The era of point forwards in the NBA

Chapter 250 The Thunder Team's Crisis (please subscribe, ask monthly pass)

At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder relied on Curry and Durant to recover some points after Lin Yue left the court. However, Anthony played very strongly in the first quarter and Durant spent a lot of energy on defense, but the team still trailed by 20 points 25-5.

安东尼6投4中，三分球2中1，罚球4中4拿到13分2篮板2助攻，打满首节没有1个失误。

雷霆队这边杜兰特6中3，罚球2中2，拿到8分3篮板1助攻。

库里三分球3中2，拿到6分2篮板1助攻。

林跃则3中0，靠着2中1的罚球，仅得到1分2助攻，完全不在状态。

However, the Thunder fans in front of the TV didn't panic. Lin Yue's active time was in the second and third quarters. The first quarter was never his performance time. They expected Lin Yue to play in the second quarter and help the team overtake the score.

However, the team's head coach Brooks discovered Lin Yue's strangeness.

"What's the matter, the environment is not good?" Brooks asked with concern. Yesterday's match was intense, and the position of the match itself required adaptation. It seemed that Lin Yue hadn't found his form yet.

"It seems to be, a little altitude sickness, shortness of breath." Lin Yue said, but this did not affect his determination to play.

Since the performance is not good, organize well and create opportunities for teammates.

Coach Brooks didn't say much, he knew that Lin Yue's personality was difficult to persuade, and if the situation was not right, he would replace him immediately.

"The game continued in the second quarter. The Thunder let Lin Yue play the point guard position against Chauncey Billups. Neither of them scored in sports in the first quarter. I don't know what kind of performance this quarter will bring." Reggie Miller said.

Due to the fact that Kevin Ollie is resting for the Thunder, Lin Yue replaced him as the point guard.

The Thunder had possession of the ball, and Lin Yue sent the ball to Livingston, allowing him to lead the half court.

The state was not right tonight, and he chose to organize the offense before he adjusted.

After Lin Yue and Livingston made a pick-and-roll cooperation, they passed the ball to Livingston who made an air cut.

The latter made an emergency stop and scored two points, helping the team chase the score to three points.

As a well-organized point guard, Billups chose to rely on speed to tear through the defense against Lin Yue, who was taller than him.

Facing Billups' crossover, Lin Yue's defensive pace was obviously slow, and he was not good at defending against bursts unless he came. His current state is not good, and it has directly become a loophole in the defensive formation.

Billups dashed to the basket and then made a layup and evaded the defense to score the ball, scoring his first sports goal of the field.

In the next offensive round, Billups used his defensive ability to enter the All-Defensive Team to keep Lin Yue beyond the free throw line, and he couldn't get through at all.

Fortunately, Livingston and Lin Yue cooperated tacitly, and the two played an alley-oop cooperation. Lin Yue received Livingston's lob in the air and dunked successfully.

27 to 24, Livingston became a key element of the team's offense.

With JR Smith's missed three-pointer, the Thunder got a chance to tie the score. This time, Lin Yue passed a pass to Sefoloza who ran out of the open space. The two cooperated, and Lin Yue hit the ground back to him.

At this time, Sefolosha was outside the corner three-point line that he was familiar with. Lin Yue helped him block the chasing player. As a result, he missed the ball slightly, and the basketball bounced out of the frame.

Ibaka also failed to get the offensive rebound, Lin Yue slapped his hands hard, but unfortunately the goal was missed, otherwise the score would have been recovered.

Sefolosa noticed Lin Yue's actions and felt sorry for not making the shot with a good chance and failing the expectations of his teammates.

"Sorry." Sefolosha said to Lin Yue as he returned to defense.

"No, my problem." As the Nuggets were pushing fast to counterattack, Lin Yue didn't have time to say more, but stopped Billups, who was speeding up. He was indeed a little anxious just now, and such negative emotions should not be revealed during the game.

Neither player scored in the next two rounds.

When the time was almost up, the two sides replaced the main players on the court. At the same time, Billups was replaced by Ty Lawson, one of the former North Carolina Five Tigers, who had played against Lin Yue and Curry many times.

Seeing that his former opponent is now the hottest rookie in the NBA, but he sits firmly on the bench and becomes the seventh or even eighth man of the team. The tactical status is very different. I can't help feeling how much change can be made in two years.

With Anthony back on the court and Billups off, Lawson has the ball.

This guy liked to attack with the ball very much in college, but in the Nuggets, the coach asked him to start with defense and organization, which seems simple but requires talent, and Lawson is still lacking in this aspect.

The ball came to Anthony, and the Nuggets had to look at him if they wanted to win the ball. This time, Anthony did not make a shot himself, but passed it to the inside. Kenyon Martin has already locked his position and is ready to catch the ball with his back.

As the No. 2000 pick in the [-] draft, Kenyon Martin was once vigorously trained by the Nets and reached the finals with Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson, but was swept out by the Lakers.

After that, he played better and better, and entered the All-Star, but unfortunately he still failed to reach the height that the number one pick should have.

The decent performance made the Nets see no hope. In the end, he signed first and then traded to the Nuggets. Here he does not need to focus on personal scoring. Affected by various injuries, his explosive power is also declining. Although he is averaging a double-double this season, his scoring is a career low. Ten years later, he no longer has the style of the No. [-] pick.

Even so, he cannot be called the number one scholar of parallel imports.

In the face of Ibaka's defense, he can still overwhelm his opponent. Years of experience have taught him to play reasonably.

Lin Yue is still not in an offensive state. Durant and Curry returned to the court early, which helped him reduce a lot of pressure on the offensive end. Tonight's away game, Lin Yue experienced the feeling of hitting a rookie wall for the first time.

It has been a smooth journey to today, and finally found his own shortcomings. He played two strong teams in a row with high intensity.

On the contrary, Curry and Durant are not as fit as Lin Yue in normal training, but in official games, a reasonable distribution of physical fitness can make them play more easily.

At the end of halftime, the Thunder trailed the Nuggets by 50 points. The Thunder's three juniors did not have high offensive efficiency today. All three shot below [-]%, especially Lin Yue, who didn't score any sports games in the half.

The reason why the current Thunder team can achieve such a record is that the efficient offense of the three makes up for the lack of defense. Once someone falls behind and the firepower cannot continue, the problem of defense will be infinitely magnified.

"The Thunder is nothing more than that." In the locker room, Anthony said contemptuously. He thought that the Thunder, which was ranked second in the Western Conference, was so strong, but now it seems that they are paper tigers.

The main players of the team are all rookies, and the continuous hard battles have exposed many problems.

The Thunder had a real crisis.

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