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38. Confident Thunder Youth Army!

In the whole game, Kevin Durant, who is the team's star, still performed very dazzlingly in this game.

In this game, Durant played for a total of 31 minutes, and this was when Yang Fan deliberately wanted to keep Durant on the court for training, otherwise this playing time would probably be less.

With 31 minutes of playing, Durant made 11 of 19 shots on the offensive end, including 2 of 6 from outside the three-point line and 6 of 6 free throws, and finally scored 30 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Even during this game, Durant showed some shortcomings of instability in shooting, and the personal abilities of defensive players were also very limited.

But judging from the final result, Durant's personal efficiency in the new season is undoubtedly very high.

In addition to having a great relationship with his personal talent, this also has an inseparable relationship with other teammates being able to share the pressure for him.

You know, in the past life, this Thunder team was very poor, and there are only a handful of people who can share the pressure on Durant.

In this case, Durant often has to take some opportunities, which is not a good way to force the attack.

Therefore, in the early stages of his career, Durant's personal shooting rate seemed relatively low.

However, with the joining of All-Star player Jamison this season, and under Yang Fan's specific tactics, others can also open up space and provide help for Durant.

This also led to a significant improvement in Durant's offensive efficiency compared to his previous life.

Of course, whether it is said or not, just because Durant's height and wingspan, coupled with his dribbling skills and shooting feel, Durant has no reason to fail in this era.

Apart from Durant, Jamison's performance in this game was still very stable, even though he performed some ends outside the three-point line in most cases according to Yang Fan's tactics.

But this does not mean that Jamison's offensive means are only three-pointers from the outside.

You know, as a forward star who was selected as the Eastern Conference All-Star last year, Jamison's finishing rate can be said to be very stable both outside the three-point line, middle distance, and at the basket.

I believe that if it weren't for his defensive ability, Jamison's career would have gone further.

In the whole game, Jamison, who is already a veteran of the league, only played for 25 minutes in total. He made 8 of 13 shots on the offensive end, including 3 of 8 from outside the three-point line and 2 of 2 free throws, contributing steadily 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

In addition, Jordan Jr., who started for the first time this season, played for 28 minutes.

Facing Hawyce, who has extremely poor frame protection ability, Jordan Jr. completed the task assigned to him by Yang Fan.

In the whole game, Jordan Jr. had only made two moves, and these two moves were all from the free throws made by Westbrook for him.

In the end, with 28 minutes of starting, Jordan Jr. contributed 4 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Among these 11 rebounds, there are up to 5 offensive rebounds.

Although this data is still a certain gap compared to his peak period, head coach Yang Fan was quite satisfied with Jordan's performance in this game.

After all, the road has to be taken step by step, and it is difficult to eat a fat man in one breath.

In addition, Wilkins felt a little cold in this game. He only made 1 of 7 shots outside the three-point line, forcibly paying tribute to a wave of "Los Angeles Wolong".

Fortunately, the other teammates performed very stably, so Wilkins' cool touch did not affect the team's final outcome.

For others, Westbrook scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Ibaka scored 9 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block, Dragic scored 6 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and Jeff Green scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal.

Even Desmond Mason, who has always only fights and can't play, contributed 6 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block in this game.

I have to say that when Yang Fan saw Mason's tough performance in this game, he almost burst into tears on the sidelines.

"Good guy, you finally reminded me that you are a basketball player, not a boxer!! I'm really touched!!"

Finally, it has to be mentioned that one of Batum's performances in this game is still quite struggling.

As early as the preseason, Batum's personal performance on the court was the one who struggled the most among all the team's new players.

Although Yang Fan has always seen this, he has never had time to adjust.

After all, Yang Fan knew very well that as a French player, Batum had a very high basketball IQ.

Moreover, his playing style is more comprehensive, with a certain shooting ability, but requires a small amount of ball rights.

However, for this slightly young Thunder team, Yang Fan believes that there is nothing missing in the team, and what is missing is the distribution of ball rights.

Especially when Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Westbrook and others all need to grow, it is difficult for Yang Fan to make a lot of ball rights deployment for Batum.

At first, Yang Fan also considered developing Batum into a 3D player, but Batum's defensive ability on the court was really unsatisfactory.

Yang Fan does not believe that just through acquired efforts, he can completely make up for his physical shortcomings.

So after thinking deeply for a long time, Yang Fan already had his own idea in his heart.

Before this idea was implemented, Yang Fan asked Batum to practice the main purpose of two 45-degree three-point shootings on the right.

After all, Batum's shooting feel is quite soft, and it doesn't take much effort to practice shooting.

Even if Batum is used as a fixed-point pitcher, it is really a bit of a pearl and a slight use.

But judging from the current situation of a team on the Thunder, this will undoubtedly be a solution.

During the post-match reporter interview, the number of reporters who came to interview Yang Fan in this game increased significantly.

If the players just feel overwhelmed in a game, then this may be the reason for the players' own feel.

But if the players attack on the court so smoothly in two consecutive games, then the head coach's contribution is absolutely unscathed.

Facing interviews from reporters, Yang Fan did not perform too high-profile.

Although he has always been hiding the credit to him very obscurely, at least in the scene, Yang Fan seems quite modest.

"Haha, although I arranged their stadium positioning for each player as early as the offseason."

"But they can play such a smooth game on the field, which is also very important to their personal efforts."

"I think they all have very good execution and can always do my arrangements on the court."

"So we will definitely work hard to move forward in the new season and strive to make everyone feel impressed."

After accepting the reporter's interview, Yang Fan thought he was very casual and turned around and left the interview room.

Because in the next few games, the Thunder will start the away journey of the new season.

And the opponent's overall strength will produce a qualitative leap.

Even if these opponents are not the top tycoons in the league, compared with the bottom teams such as the Timberwolves and the Grizzlies, Yang Fan will obviously have more things to consider.

For this Thunder team, which is gradually showing confidence, the challenge of the new season is undoubtedly just beginning...
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