0200 Nothing can stop
After the game, the penalty issue became the focus of discussion among fans and commentators.
Garnett's complaints and Su Yang's sarcastic response turned into a hot topic on Twitter in half an hour.
In the whole game, the Kai team made a total of 29 fouls, Pierce and Ray Allen both made five fouls, and they were troubled by fouls since the first quarter. Many fans believed that this caused the Kai team to be unable to rotate normally and were always controlled by the Thunder.
Bill Simmons, a well-known commentator and loyal Celtics fan, tweeted: "As everyone knows, I have always admired Su Yang's coaching very much. I firmly believe that he allowed the NBA to accelerate evolution, but I must say that in the first game, the referee gave the Thunder great help. Su Yang may not even like the Thunder to create so many fouls, but that is the fact."
Simmons' Twitter was retweeted a lot, and espn was also cited in the morning analysis program.
After repeated discussions by several guests, Stephen Smith and other guests unanimously agreed that the referee had greatly affected the situation in the first game, but it was not that he wanted to help the Thunder, but that it was difficult to grasp the standards in the first game. The slap in Durant in the final quarter was a supplementary case.
Su Yang got up early in the morning and saw the show, and he agreed with that statement. When the NBA referee called the game, especially the big scenes in the finals, he was indeed prone to getting into a problem of scale, because many of the NBA competitions were very vague.
For example, the basic definition of blocking fouls in defensive fouls: Defensive players are not allowed to extend their hands, arms, legs, feet, or distort their bodies abnormally to hug, push, and bump, block the attacking players' forward route or force them to change their route.
There are many words that lack precise vocabulary in the definition, and coupled with the definition of reasonable collision areas and legal positions, it is easy for referees to be full of punishment. The method often uses is to find fouls and try to balance the two teams' vague profitability.
Just as Su Yang was about to turn off the TV, espn released a Twitter screenshot of the referee Donagi who was prosecuted before. Donagi wrote on Twitter: "There will be some aggressive calls in the second game. I think you will see that there are many unreasonable covers that will be fouled. If you don't believe me, you will believe me in the end."
A referee who is involved in counterfeiting and lies is still talking in a sensible way, and Su Yang is not willing to believe it.
But he couldn't help but think about what impact it would have on the Thunder if he was seriously punished and covered up.
Illegal cover has always been a weapon for referees to affect the game. The Rockets led the Mavericks 2-0, but since the third game, the referee crazily called for Yao Ming to cover his illegally, causing the Rockets to collapse on the offensive end, greatly helping the Mavericks to make a big comeback.
Su Yang thought for a while, then drove Mazda to the training base and pulled four assistants to discuss together.
"The quality of the cover is very important for players who use the cover. If you block for half a second or more than half a meter, you can get a hit and improve at least..." Su Yang started the topic, and many players who benefited from illegal cover flashed in his mind.
Snyder and others followed the topic and came to a conclusion in about five minutes. If they were strictly punished for illegal screening, the Thunder would suffer greater losses than the Celtics, because the Thunder had a lot of tactics that were initiated through no-ball cover, and the Kais would be better at defending.
The Kai team was also affected, but the offensive level was just that, and the degree of loss was not large, instead narrowing the gap.
"Then let's make a plan first. If that happens, we can make timely adjustments..."
Su Yang made the decision to take the four assistants to conduct in-depth research and discussion, and did not complete various plans until noon.
In the afternoon, the agent assistant Taylor called Su Yang and said that from many channels to feedback, the market prospects for the upcoming Apple 4 are very good, and the price of Apple stock is about to rise sharply. It is recommended to find a way to buy more, which will definitely make money.
Su Yang then called Jiang Ruolan to ask, and learned that MT's financial situation was good, so he decisively invested the newly received wages. Anyway, Apple 4 will rise sharply after it is listed in the United States. When Apple 4 is listed in China, its stock price will rise sharply.
On the morning of the fifth, Thunder resumed training. After the regular content is completed, Su Yang's preset tactics will be practiced.
At 7 pm, the second stop of the Thunder and Celtics Finals started, and the pre-match ceremony was still so exciting.
The two teams started without any change. The Kai team won the jump ball at the opening and directly scored a low post with a fast break. Garnett turned into McHale, and his sharp steps swayed Ibaka, easily made a layup and scored two points, from the cover man in the first game to the main attacker.
The Thunder attacked step by step and fell behind 0-6 in the blink of an eye. Matthews moved slightly when he was not covered by the ball. He got a second foul in a short time. Su Yang had to replace Sefrosa in advance, and the Thunder's firepower dropped sharply from the outside.
The Kai team generals were very happy, and they wanted to turn their heads and Perkins was also blown away to cover the violation and were forced to restrain the cover.
Perkins' cover was converging, and the bottom line that Lei Allen used was severely restricted by using the help of screening to transfer left and right halfs. The firepower of the team's outside offensive was greatly reduced. Su Yang saw this and instructed to block the inside, and the team quickly fell into a rare situation.
Rondo and Pierce were quite unhappy with this encounter, and their defensive movements gradually became bigger. In a blink of an eye, each of them suffered two fouls.
After the first quarter, the Kai team committed 8 fouls, while the Thunder led 26-17, with a great situation.
When the intercourse was paused, Su Yang warned the Thunder generals not to be too excited, and to fight as much as they should. The referee obviously needs to control the field.
As he expected, with nine minutes left in the second quarter, after the Thunder led by as many as 17 points, Jeff Green took two fouls in a short time, and the Thunder shot two times and was suspected of being fouled but did not say that they were fouled. The Kais took the opportunity to chase 9 points in a row.
Although Su Yang was prepared, he was still stunned and quickly adjusted the rotation to command the team members to fight more.
The Kai team seemed to think the referee was helpful and did not restrain himself like that during the cover. Garnett was called for two fouls in a short time.
The referee stole all the limelight on the scene like that, and the Kai team also entered a one-on-one mode, and the game became fragmented.
After halftime, the Thunder led by 12 points.
Su Yang couldn't be happy, knowing that what Donagi said became a fact, there might be some trouble in the second half.
The third quarter started immediately, and the two sides directly fought to the duel. Garnett swung past Ibaka and then made a foul, then beat his chest and roared. Ray Allen was against the Thunder at the bottom line and scored with strong defense. Rashid, Davis and other players of Kai team attacked the basket in succession.
On the Thunder, only Durant scored a hollow three-pointer after making a fake move, which was a relatively explosive performance.
Because of the strict cover and call, the Celtics boldly tried to block the space in the middle, forcing Durant to break through in the less skilled left hand direction. The inside line gritted his teeth and filled in time, forcing Durant to use emergency stop jump shots to end, but he also paid many fouls.
Durant's efficiency has been reduced visually, and it is difficult for other Thunder players to come forward to help share the pressure.
Su Yang wanted to play Matthews and Harden, but the former was limited by a foul, while the latter was entangled by Tony Allen.
There is no natural space inside, nor any cover to create space, making the Thunder difficult and have nowhere to use it with strength.
After the third quarter, the Thunder's lead narrowed to only 6 points left, and Westbrook and others had poor shooting shortcomings.
However, Su Yang's previous preview explanation was that even if Kai team tied the score in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Thunder generals were not panicked.
When the final battle was suspended, Su Yang came up with the lower priority in the plan - the positional battle allowed Westbrook to play unlimited singles.
First, the cover and call are too strict, and the running tactical efficiency is low. Second, the bullying Rondo has committed 4 fouls and is at a height disadvantage. Third, the bullying Perkins and Garnett has committed 5 fouls, which is considered to be a reverse use of the referee's call standards, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
Westbrook silently took the order, then scored with one step, dribbling across a large scale and rushed to score three-pointers, stuck in the gap between four people and made a layup, clumsyly relied on the knockback and jumped, ignored the double-team and forced a jump shot, and made 5 of 7 shots in eight minutes.
Westbrook also sent 1 block and 1 steal, and the wind led the Thunder to defeat the Celtics 93-86, leading 2-0.
In the whole game, Westbrook only scored 18 points, of which 12 points in the fourth quarter were considered a surprise victory.
When the whistle sounded in the end, Su Yang rushed into the venue, grabbed the reporter's microphone and shouted: "We can always believe Russell Westbrook..."
Chapter completed!