Ask teacher Hong Wen to fight for a final attack. MVP fights SGA s aura first loses first?

After 7 fierce battles and passing the first round, the Nuggets had no time to rest and adjust. Less than 48 hours later, they had already switched to Oklahoma City, and opposite them was a younger opponent with better team cohesion and more balanced offense and defense.

Unlike the Nuggets' chain of battles and hard work, the Thunder had rested for 8 days after sweeping the Grizzlies 4-0 in the first round. During these days, the whole team has been fully charged. As for the Nuggets' playing style and how to deal with the Nuggets, the Thunder's coaching staff have made extremely comprehensive arrangements.

Therefore, after the start of this game, the Thunder gave a very clear approach to positioning on the defensive end. In the inside, Homgren was appointed as the main defense teacher, while Haltenstein guarded Gordon and narrowed the penalty area as much as possible to help Chet defend, while always paying attention to blocking Teacher Yo's passing route.

On the outside, the Thunder did not choose to switch defenses blindly, but asked Dort to chase Murray as much as possible.

The intention of doing this is also very clear. The Thunder allowed Jokic and Murray to get a certain amount of points personally, but they cut off their connections as much as possible, so as not to let Yomu's pick-and-roll work. As for the connection between the two and their teammates, they were all cut off by the Thunder.

Although Jokic and Murray continued their first round feel at the beginning stage, they were obviously faster than the Thunder in the introduction of offensive state. However, the Thunder generals were not panicked about Teacher Yo's continuous attacks and Murray's cold guns on the outside. They were calm and composed in their pre-match arrangements, and believed that as the Nuggets progressed, the attack quality would definitely decline after entering the rotation stage.

Facts have also proved that the Thunder's predictions are completely accurate. In the middle of the first quarter, the Nuggets once led by 8 points with Westbrook's jump shot after making the appearance. But at this time, their output efficiency also reached the peak. As the Thunder activated Caruso and Carson Wallace, who were more energetic on the bench, the balance of victory and loss gradually reversed, and the so-called advantage of the Nuggets disappeared in a short period of time...

The number one hero of the Thunder, undoubtedly Caruso, who came on as a substitute. Shortly after he came on the court, he alertly cut off the ball in Murray's hand and gave the Nuggets a warning. More than a minute later, Caruso set his sights on Teacher Yo again. He judged the latter's intention to pass the ball very accurately, and once again gave the steal in time.

Recalling last December, when the Thunder decided to renew Caruso with a four-year, $81 million contract, many people did not see through the profound meaning of this operation, and even questioners mocked him, spending 80 million to renew a man who averaged 7 points per game. Is such a cost-effectiveness really appropriate?

If you only look at the basic data, Caruso is indeed very inconspicuous among the more than 500 active players. But it should be pointed out that if you look at high-level data, some of Caruso's value is quite rare among active players. First, Caruso's average shooting percentage of home defense players in the regular season was only 39.3%, which was 7.7 percentage points lower than the normal shooting percentage; second, (among all players who played more than 50 games in the regular season) Caruso's cutoffs per 48 minutes reached 8.4 times, which is also leading the league.

In other words, Caruso is one of the strongest distractors in the entire league, and these seemingly abstract hidden values ​​are also vividly transformed into practical miraculous effects in today's game.

When we arrived at the beginning of the second quarter, Caruso sent out his third steal in this game, and after directly intercepting Murray's pass, he quickly directed a fast break and made the ball in time to complete the attack for Wallace. Not only did he steal and first pass, Caruso then made a counterattack layup with Murray. In addition, he was able to score a three-pointer first, leading the Thunder's outside attack wave.

So, in the second quarter, the Thunder completely controlled the battle and established a leading advantage of more than 10 points.

Entered the second half, perhaps because he saw that Caruso's offense and defense effects were so wonderful, the Thunder coach Dagenot simply put him into the starting lineup and continued to use the speed up on the defensive end to put pressure on the Nuggets. Caruso has lived up to expectations. He continued to make full output in scoring, three-pointers, blocks, steals and assists. His popularity on both offense and defense even once surpassed Jokic and Alexander's two most popular MVP candidates.

The Nuggets were not discouraged. Since they were not opponents of the Thunder by comparing speed and the bottom three, they were not opponents of the Thunder, so everyone insisted on playing high and relied on their tonnage advantage to rush out of a glimmer of hope in the penalty area. At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets did rely on this simple and crude way to approach the score.

But compared to the relaxation and lightness of all the Thunder players, the Nuggets are obviously the side with stronger physical overdraw and heavier pace. Jokic rushed in the Thunder penalty area like a beast in the late third quarter. He succeeded in his second attack, and then grabbed rebounds in a row. He scored a double 20 before the third quarter was finished.

The teacher was warm again. He was unwilling to accept the failure and also burst out with fighting spirit that was rarer than usual. During this period, a camera shop caught him. The teacher roared at the teammate Porter who was not in time to change defense while retreating. Of course, in addition to scolding his teammates, he is also setting an example.

Entering the final quarter, Jokic almost fought all the bullets to attack, and scored 42 points and 22 rebounds without solving data. Teacher Yo's biting and roaring finally opened the door to victory again. In the last moment, Homgren lost all the key free throws, allowing the Thunder to completely give up a good game in vain, while Gordon suppressed the time and staged a magical three-pointer kill.

A highly anticipated series starts in such an incredible way. Obviously, next, this set of duels will become more interesting...