Thunder Wolf G5 - Defense is the most important label for the Thunder

Congratulations to the Thunder for entering the Western Conference Finals again. After a narrow victory in the last away game, I found that the series had basically lost its suspense.

Wolfs cannot solve the problem of core players being strictly guarded, and role players cannot maintain a super high shooting rate on the away game. The Thunder's strong defense replacement and single defense ability even makes every attack of Wolf on the brink of mistakes. Their lack of good ball holders and rich offensive system problems are infinitely amplified by the Thunder's defense.

only scored 32 points in the first quarter, and even scored 9 points in the first quarter. 12 goals in the sports game, but made 14 mistakes, making the wolf's offense like a frightened bird. Some mistakes that were impossible to make inexplicably occur were all due to serious mental imbalances. The Thunder has completely defeated the wolf's psychological defense. And we often see that some teams lose big scores in key games such as tiebreaks.

The imbalance in mentality is far more terrifying than technical mistakes.

After Caruso came up in the first quarter, he lost the suspense early. The Thunder played out his own strong defensive oppressiveness. Every link of the outside rotation, double-team, inside defense, and single defense was handled in great detail. The small defender represented by Caruso made Randle and Reed make mistakes constantly, and the Thunder pushed back and counterattacks frantically. We even had the illusion that offense was no longer important. The simplest tactic on the basketball court was enough to kill most NBA strong teams.

Although Randall broke out in the third quarter, the game did not change substantially. The game ends here. Let's enjoy the Thunder suffocating defense.

Thunder's excellent inside defense

Randall pressed Chet to play the inside, and Halteng let out the bottom corner, McDann came up to double-team to prevent Randall from attacking in the inside.

Medane received Edwards' pass from the baseline and broke through the inside. Halten successfully made up for defense in the inside. McDan grabbed the frontcourt rebound, and Chet made up for defense again. The two inside players' continuous defense ensured the intensity of the defense under the basket.

Edwards broke through with the ball, Chett at the basket immediately made up for defense, blocked the breakthrough route, and Wallace behind him cut the ball, causing Edwards to make a mistake. This defense of Chet's backup defense and Wallace's unsuccessful pursuit are the keys to the success of defense

Thunder's ability to squeeze pick-and-roll from the outside

Randall and Gobert's top pick-and-roll, Caruso directly squeezed through Gobert's pick-and-roll wall from the far end, robbing Randall.

Thunder's super strong rotation speed

Reed held the ball on the strong side, Randle went down to the basket, Chet immediately recovered the basket from the weak side to defend Randle, Randle passed the open position in the weak side, and Dort immediately gave up the arc top Edwards frantically filling up the place, causing the wolf's mistake. Chett and Dort's rotation and defensive fill-in reflect the team's strong defensive movement ability and defensive awareness.

Thunder strong assistive ability on the outside

Randall played with the ball and could not play Wiggins. He wanted to pass Reed to the top of the arc and then organize. Caruso, who is in the top of the arc and assisted defense position, predicted Randall's pass in advance, and successfully stealed

Reed broke through Kenway with the ball, and Jewe, who defended Randall, made an assistive defense move, causing Reed to make a dribble error.

Divinzzo broke through Alexander on the top of the arc, and Dort immediately put some Edwards to help defend, causing Divinchenzzo to make a mistake. Dort's assisted defense timing was excellent.

Alexander and Dort hit Edwards on the sideline, and Dort's cutting ball directly caused Edwards to make a mistake. Dort's double-team angle and timing were excellent.

Thunder's extremely strong single defense ability

Wallace has always maintained a defensive posture and blocked Randle. Randle has no chance to break through. He passed the arc and Reed wants to pass again. Wallace goes around to defend, causing Randle to make a mistake. Wallace's single defense in this round was excellent, without any loss of position, and the confrontation was also very sufficient. Finally, the advance prediction of the front was also a concentrated reflection of the defensive ability.

Conley held the ball and Alexander cut the ball directly behind him, causing Conley to make a mistake. Alexander's single-player defensive ability is fully reflected.

Alexander predicted the cooperation between Walker and Edwards in advance, stole Walker's pass, showing a strong sense of defense.

The Thunder's super strong personal defense ability, as well as its extremely fast double-teaming and assisting defense, put huge pressure on the ball holder, and the inside Chet's blocking ability and the weak side's rotation defense make the Thunder's defense system more complete. As long as the Thunder can play defense, no team in the league can easily defeat them. Perhaps the only thing they can defeat is relying on a more team-based style of play.