Basketball: Start with the Neuroknife

Up to now, Kevin Durant has averaged 20.6 points per game, which is the highest scoring average among the 2007 freshmen, and the only one who has averaged more than 20 points per game.

It is said that he should be the most concerned 2007 rookie.

But judging from the amount of reports, this is not the case. Li Wan, a newcomer, is at least twice as much as him by virtue of his location in Los Angeles and his "nerve knife" attribute.

Kevin Durant is really upset. Before Greg Oden was injured, he was second. Greg Oden is injured now, and he is still second. Isn't Oden injured in vain?

He is really tired of wearing the hat of "second child". In this game, he will prove who is "the rookie who should be most concerned about in 2007"!

Staring straight at Li Wan, he just wanted to tell Li Wan that Kevin Durant was not afraid of scoring explosiveness.

But how could Li Wan guess the reason, he shook his head speechlessly. - I didn't expect that this child is actually a "fool" at such a young age!

Kevin Durant noticed that Li Wan shook his head slightly, his expression changed greatly, his eyes became a little more resentful, his lips trembled slightly, and his hands couldn't help clenching into fists.

Does this guy think I can't?

An even more infuriated Durant, without further delay, walked to the bench, unzipped his very prominent pink school bag, took out his arm guards from inside, dressed them, and began to warm up.

The "flame of anger" enveloped Kevin Durant. As soon as the game started, he was one step away from the three-point line, caught the ball and shot. When Kobe reached out, he found that this guy had a bigger wingspan than he thought. Looks scary.

The ball fell to the frame.

2-0!

Kevin Durant completed the goal when he came up, and he kept clenching his fists during the defense, excited for his good touch tonight. This time, he is more confident that he will be more impressed than Li Wan in scoring.

It's just that his excitement in returning to defense is a bit out of line in Kobe's view, a bit too proud!

After wiping the collar of his jersey, Kobe switched to the "Black Mamba" mode.

The Sonics' first game of the new season is against the Nuggets. Kevin Durant met the league's top scorer Carmelo Anthony in his NBA regular season career debut. At the end of that game, Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 10 of 21 shots. The hit rate can reach 50%!

On the other hand, Kevin Durant's data at the end of the game was fixed at 18 points and 5 rebounds, which looked good, but only 7 of 22 shots were made, and the shooting percentage was 31.8%.

At the end of the game, Kevin Durant took a passenger plane back to Seattle and stepped on the elevator stairs of the plane.

He was thinking: Is this the way the NBA is every night?

This time he lost confidence.

Fortunately, in the next few games, he discovered that he only met the top players in the league in the first game.

But in the next few minutes of fighting with Kobe, he realized that he was wrong, and it was ridiculous!

Carmelo Anthony may be one of the best players in the league, but to say the top, this bald man who wears the Lakers' No. 24 and looks stingy at first glance gives him much more pressure than Carmelo Anthony.

Under Kobe's defense, he couldn't even make a normal shot.

And when he faced Kobe with the ball, he was too shaken to keep up with the rhythm.

He was blown up, utterly blown up.

P-J-Carlesimo on the sidelines wanted to take off his glasses.

Looking further, he felt like he was about to have a migraine.

Kevin Durant's strength has always been an issue. He couldn't even complete a single bench press test in the joint workout. The actual situation is not that bad, but it is not optimistic.

He made a bold attempt this season, putting Kevin Durant at the No. 2 position. With his mobility, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to guard the outside line. But now it seems that even at the second position, Kevin Durant will still encounter situations where his own strength allows the counterpoint to be suppressed.

Especially when it comes to a swingman like Kobe Bryant.

Kevin - Durant is the Sonics' main attacker, averaging 20.6 points.

However, this does not mean that the Thunder do not have other scorers. Power forward Chris Wilcox is averaging 13.4 points per game, small forward Jeff Green is averaging 10.6 points per game, and point guard Neil Watson is averaging 10.8 points per game. .

When Kevin Durant was locked by Kobe, they also stood up and responded to Kobe who kept scoring.

The first quarter hit 7 minutes and 15 seconds, and the Lakers only led by 3 points.

"Let Li go!"

Phil Jackson took a look at the score and time, asked Phil Handy to notify Li Wan to replace Luton Walker, and then asked Kobe to switch to the 3.

This is his evolution in the Nuggets game. From the perspective of the effect, it is not bad. Except for Bynum, Li Wan communicated smoothly with other main players.

He's ready to fix the lineup.

He didn't even notice it himself, his use of Li Wan gradually became "fancy", from the second position to the first position, and then to the third position...

Originally, the idea of ​​just wanting to use his explosive scoring ability has also become an expectation for him in all aspects.

Li Wan stood on the sidelines waiting to play. When Kevin Durant saw him coming up, his dazed head instantly sobered up, and his eyes became a little more angry. He turned his head to look at P-J-Carlesimo on the sidelines and demanded to keep him on the court with his eyes.

P-J-Carlesimo instinctively backs off, and since that chokehold, he's been avoiding players who are in a state of excitement, excitement, or anger. Even if Kevin Durant is a good boy.

"beep!"

Jeff Green's spiritual attack caused Luke Walton to lose a foul.

Two free throws.

The first penalty was made steadily amid the cheers at the scene.

The buzzer sounded and Li Wan came on stage. There was a burst of boos at the scene.

"Is Li already a player of this level?"

Mike Conley is sitting on the amber leather sofa in front of the TV at the moment, waiting for Li Wan to avenge him. When he saw the boos caused by Li Wan's appearance, he rubbed his lips so that he could watch. With a mature "mouth-shaped" beard and envy in his eyes, he always thought that it was a cool thing to cause boos on the sidelines.

It's just that his presence is still a bit transparent in the NBA.

This guy must be over 2.11 meters.

Standing next to Kevin Durant, Li Wan is even more certain that this guy has the height of a center. Think about how tall he is, and how coordinated he is...

So perverted!

Jeff Green made a solid second free throw to cut the lead to one.

The Lakers still gave the ball to Kobe.

Jeff Green stood in front of Kobe, this is the adjustment of P-J-Carlesimo, he has long wanted to change this way, but the ability of Luke Walton, the third position of the Lakers just to play, is not Kevin. Durant can compare, such a switch, just let the Lakers change someone to attack Kevin Durant.

Li Wan is different. He looks stronger than Kevin Durant, but there is no obvious difference. Durant should not suffer too much against him against him.

Jeff Green was the fifth overall pick in the first round of this year. The Celtics selected him and sent him to the Sonics in exchange for the league's top scorer, Ray Allen.

As a player who only entered the draft in his junior year, Jeff Green has a very good immediate combat ability both on the defensive end and on the offensive end. It's just that in front of Kobe, his strength is still not enough to see.

"Shh!"

Bryant used this trick to gradually become his signature shot technique, turning the ball and hitting the basket firmly. Compared with Kevin Durant, Jeff Green has the ability to confront, but this did not translate into interference with Kobe.

"Come, come, come, let's fight another counterattack!"

Earl Watson has the ball over halftime.

Kevin Durant's movement is very active, and his offensive desire is written on his face.

Li Wan followed behind him, recalling the results of yesterday's analysis in his mind.

The data shows that in the 6 preseason games and 5 regular season games after Kevin Durant entered the league, the shooting completion rate was as high as 73.3%. In addition, the overall assist rate was 59.3% and the jumper assist rate was 64.8%. This shows that Kevin Durant is a typical traditional two-position play, focusing on shooting and off the ball.

Playing like this, it is absolutely impossible to fully display Kevin Durant's static and dynamic talents, but P-J-Carlesimo did it anyway, which at least shows two points: Kevin Durant's confrontation ability is not enough to deal with the striker. players, and also lacks NBA-level ball handling.

This conclusion was also confirmed in Kobe's defense of Kevin Durant just now.

It's a pity that Li Wan doesn't have Kobe's core strength, so he can't post it very decisively like Kobe. He chose to grab two high points. Whenever Kevin Durant was near these two positions, Li Wan would interfere with the passing of others in the Thunder by grabbing positions in advance.

This is another discovery he made while researching Kevin Durant videos and data.

Kevin Durant has played smart this season.

He knows that a single shooter is bound to be limited by close defense, so he often makes some mid-to-long-range jumpers.

In most NBA coaching manuals, the long two-point shot is the least efficient and most inconsistent way to score on the court.

But because Kevin Durant already has the ability to shoot from the NBA three-point line, it is not difficult for him in the long distance. After catching the ball in this position, as long as the defender dares to defend, he will immediately take advantage of the great stride brought by his excellent static talent to pass the opponent in one step and attack the basket to complete the score.

Most of the league's No. 2 positions can't stop him from taking the first step when he is close to him. The pace is too great!

But this can only be used as a "cold arrow" means.

This is also the reason why his breakthrough success rate is as high as 89.1%, and the percentage of layups with the ball in the total shots is only about 7%.

Li Wan is now grabbing the spot ahead of time, forcing Kevin Durant to move to a position where he doesn't shoot often.

"Bang!"

Kevin Durant, who caught the ball, watched the shot miss and scolded "fxxk!"

The Lakers counterattacked, the ball was transferred to Li Wan at the top of the arc, and P-J-Carlesimo shouted nervously, asking others to pay attention to switching defenses.

The SuperSonics' assistant coaching team has studied Li Wan. He has a very cunning "hand over hand" fake at the top of the arc. Many teams have suffered from this tactic.

Kevin Durant is waiting.

Li Wan didn't play any fakes, Kobe walked around behind him, and he handed the ball obediently. Just the moment the ball left his hand, he immediately moved from Kevin Durant's left side without the ball. Suddenly, Kevin Durant responded quickly and turned back to chase. But at this time again, Li Wan returned to the three-point line.

Rao is that Kevin Durant has the agility of a guard, but he can only watch Li Wan catch the ball again and shoot.

But this arc...

Kevin Durant, who is good at long-distance shooting, has some doubts about Li Wan's shot. And when the ball flew to the basket, Odom grabbed the ball and easily completed the alley, split and dunk, his doubts disappeared.

This is not a three-point shot, but an empty pick linked to the inside line.

The view is so good!

Phil Jackson looked at Phil Handy next to him, and the two smiled knowingly, showing a comfortable expression.

This kind of attack looks so comfortable.

Li Wan's breakthrough without the ball swayed Kevin Durant's foot, and also made the Supersonics inside line unable to help go forward to make up for the defense. But he was still caught by Li Wan.