Xie Kai and Paulo came out, and the Hornets breathed a sigh of relief, and finally there was no need to face these three terrible guys together for the time being.

Robertson made some improvements in jump shots last season, and also made some improvements in cutting without the ball and stealing chickens at the basket, but he is still a player with poor independent offensive ability, unable to digest the ball rights, and is a person with average output and efficiency. He is still a blue-collar worker, essentially and in fact.

As for Abrinez, his shooting is much stronger than Robertson, but his defense is far inferior. He also has a little bit of ball holding ability and can do things like secondary breakouts when he is on the court. He can pull off the offense, but his confrontation is a bit weak. Like Robertson, he is just a role player and cannot contribute double-digit scores per game.

The Hornets got a breather, and Kemba Walker led the team to catch up with a little point difference, but they were still more than 5 points behind their opponents.

The Thunder's offense is poor at this stage, but their defense is still at a high level.

Hornets coach Crawford is a very important player in management of playing time. He did not kill the main player, but replaced it in rotation early.

The Hornets played 10-man rotation, and the first substitutes were veteran Tony Parker and second-hand pick McGigi, then Marik Monk, rookie Miles Bridges, and finally center Hernan Gomez.

Xie Kai and Paulo replaced them with 2 minutes and 29 seconds left in the first quarter.

At this time, the five players on the Thunder were Noel, Grant, Paulo, Robertson and Xie Kai. If Kanter was replaced with Noel, it was obvious that the offensive ability of the inside line had declined, but the defense had indeed improved a lot. The team's forward line had to wipe Kanter's butt on the defensive end, but now it's not necessary. Noel was originally a defensive center with excellent physical fitness, a typical representative of black, rough and hard.

At this time, the score on the court was 21:16, and the Thunder temporarily led by 5 points.

Wang Meng said: "The Thunder's rotation lineup this season is missing Kanter and adds Noel. What do you think, Mr. Yang?"

Yang Yi gestured with his hands and said, "Kanter is a very good offensive No. 5 position. He can attack from the low post and cause damage. It is difficult for inside players to completely defend him one-on-one on the offensive end. But the problem is one-on-one. If someone doesn't play one-on-one with you, he will be a little slow to play and will drag down the team's overall offense. Noel is a defensive center with good physical fitness, blocking shots and rebounds, and pick-and-roll to attack the box. He and Kanter are completely different types. His low post footsteps are rough after all, far less than Kanter, but his defense is much better than Kanter. In my opinion, the Thunder used him to replace Kanter? What they lost is Kanter's low post attack? But it also makes his defense better. The defense of this lineup is very good? The athletes in every position are extremely outstanding defenders. And these five people have good physical talents?

Assistant defense rotation? It can be taken care of both inside and outside. So I think the Thunders' replacement of Kanter will increase their defense by more than one level? The offense will not drop? Because there are Xie Kai and George there? I can also play pick-and-roll and misplaced singles without playing low posts."

Xie Kai slowly dribbled over and directed the traffic at the top of the arc.

The defender Xie opened the defender Monk.

Monk was the No. 11 rookie in the first round in 2017? Last season, he averaged 6.7 points, 1 rebound and 1.4 assists per game in 13.5 minutes of playing time.

Just looking at this data, your efficiency is amazing! But when you really look at his data, you will find that his shooting percentage is less than 40%? His efficiency is not very good.

Monk is 191cm tall? He is a double-energy guard. A guard of this height is now popular in the NBA. He can hold the ball and shoot, which is very consistent with the current requirements for the team's No. 2 position. In the past, the No. 2 position either took the shooter route or the swinger route. The double-energy guard has only become popular in recent years. If it were the past? Such height and weight can only play the sixth person, otherwise the starting defense will be bullied by the opponent's large swinger.

Monk was very fast, entangled Xie Kai so that he could not easily organize the offense. Xie Kai also knew that Hornets coach Crawford's intention was to let the fast and young Monk pester him and consume him, and let the older guard Parker defend blue-collar guard Robertson.

Xie Kai held the ball and leaned against Munch, protected the ball, and then distributed the ball to Robertson on the other side.

Robertson distributed the ball to George, who faced Bridges' defense and made a jump shot after a slutty operation - there is!

23:16, the Thunder leads by 7 points!

Bridges is a rookie this year, and there are two rookies this year. Because Bridges translates it as "Bridge", Chinese fans affectionately call them one of them "Bridge" and the other one is "Little Bridge".

This Hornets's one is Xiaoqiao, who was selected with the 12th pick in the first round this year, while the 76ers's one is Daqiao, who was selected with the 10th pick in the first round.

Both the big and big bridges play small forwards, but their technical styles are completely different. The bridge has a taller figure, longer wingspan, but also thinner and more defensive. It is likely to develop in the direction of 3D players in the future; the small bridge has better explosive power, stronger offensive ability to hold the ball, worse defense, lower lower limit, and the upper limit has the opportunity to become an All-Star.

Old Parker slowly dribbled over and organized the offense at the top of the arc. This season is likely to be the last season of his career. Although he left the Spurs, he has been retiring in the Quds City. As a member of GDP, the Spurs have no reason not to retire his jersey.

As respect, Xie Kai went to defend Parker himself instead of handing him over to Robertson.

Yang Yi smiled and said, "Thank you to defend Parker, you really gave Old Parker a very high courtesy. Usually, this matter is left to Robertson."

At the peak, Parker was extremely fast and good at layups after turning around. Later, he developed an emergency stop mid-range distance, making his offensive arsenal more abundant. But he did not develop a stable 3-pointer from beginning to end, which made his offensive threat not fully released.

But sometimes there is nothing to do with this. A player cannot say that breaking through and shooting is top-notch, that is simply a monster!

Xie Kai--Are you talking about me?

Parker distributed the ball to Monk, who used the pick-and-roll bridge to break through the bottom corner.

Xiaoqiao broke through again, and after cutting, he was interfered with the layup by Noel - missed!

Grant closed the board and handed it over to Xie Kai to push it.

Xie Kai pushed forward with the ball, faced Monk, and kept throwing away from behind in advance, accelerating the impact, and following up Robertson!

Robertson made a layup – but not!

Follow up and Grant succeeded in making a patch!

Wow—

The Thunder fans in the stands cheered excitedly!
Chapter completed!