Thunder inside star: I want to thank our backcourt players, who made the Nuggets play extremely difficult

In the previous NBA Western Conference semi-finals G7, the Oklahoma City Thunder, who played at home, defeated the Denver Nuggets 125-93. After this game, the Thunder locked the total score of the series at 4-3 and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals. After this game, Thunder's starting power forward Chet Holmgren was interviewed by reporters, and he also talked about the "swarm defense" used by the team in the game.

Chett believes that the "swarm defense" of the team's backcourt players has performed excellent results and has made great contributions to the team's victory. He said: I must thank those guys, it is their super defensive contribution that makes everything very difficult. Not only does Nikola Jokic have a hard time getting an open shot on the court, but anyone trying to pass the ball to him will face high intensity pressure. We put extremely high-intensity defensive pressure on the defensive end, which also makes it difficult for the opponent to adapt. From my point of view, I just need to make sure they know one good thing. If they are overwhelmed by their opponents in defense, and I am behind them to make up for defense, they don’t need to worry about it, they can maintain this defensive intensity. I think all this is why we can continue to put pressure on.

In the NBA regular season this season, Chett played 32 games in total, with averaging 32 minutes per game, with averaging 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.7 steals and 2.2 blocks, and 1.8 turnovers and 2.3 fouls. He shot 49%, three-point shooting percentage 37.9%, and free throw shooting percentage 75.4%. In the playoffs, Chet averaged 30.2 minutes in the first 11 games, with averaging 15.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 2.2 blocks, and 1.2 turnovers and 2.2 fouls. His shooting percentage was 45.4%, his three-point shooting percentage was 32.1%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 77.6%. In the G7 against the Nuggets, Chet made 4 of 9 shots, 0 of 3 from outside the three-point line and 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 13 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block in the playing time of 28 minutes and 27 seconds. He also included 3 frontcourt rebounds, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls, with a plus-negative value of +34.

Chett did not immediately find his state and feeling of the game in the series against the Nuggets. He also seemed a little uncomfortable when facing an opponent like Yoo. However, as the series deepened, we can also intuitively feel his performance improvement. He is also constantly adapting to the intensity of the playoffs, and his influence on the game is getting higher and higher on the court. If Chet can maintain such a performance, I believe the team's competitiveness in the Western Conference Finals will be further improved.