Latest website: Under the leadership of Kevin Durant and Westbrook, the Thunder played a very good form from the beginning of the game, and have maintained this momentum, with the Knicks in the past games in the first quarter. Tie.

It was also in this Christmas game against the New York Knicks that some New York fans who usually don't pay attention to the Thunder came to understand why the Thunder is currently No. 1 in the Western Conference, leading the New York Knicks.

However, as time has passed, the New York Knicks have adapted to the Thunder’s play style. They have a total of two tactics, either Westbrook or Kevin Durant. In addition to them, others can attack. Very few.

This also makes the next defense of the New York Knicks mostly directed at these two guys.

After encountering a more intense defense, Kevin Durant was okay, but Westbrook's instability has appeared again, and the Thunder gradually appeared disadvantaged in his instability.

In the end, the Thunder fell behind by 5 points at the end of the first quarter.

The Knicks completely suppressed the Thunder in the next few minutes.

"The impact of James Harden’s departure has been highlighted. Why the Thunder are the third best of the Thunder? To be honest, the newcomers they chose in those years were very good, such as Jeff Green, and Ibaka. Now, from the Thunder It can be seen in the first quarter of the team's game that when Kevin Durant and Westbrook can't stand up, no one else on the Thunder can stand up..."

During the break, Bill Walton commented on the Thunder. In his opinion, the impact of the Thunder's loss of James Harden began to appear in the second half of the first quarter, when the team faced a stronger opponent. , When the team's Kevin Durant and Westbrook are restricted, no one can stand up.

But the former James Harden is okay!

This is the impact of trading Harden.

However, the Thunder obviously did not give up so easily. They made history before the finals of last season, but they were still a step away from the final championship.

No one else is blocking them. It is the New York Knicks in front of them. Whether it is Kevin Durant or Westbrook, the reason they work hard in the summer is to give them a note for the Knicks in the new season. Head to head.

Especially after they learned that James Harden was traded to the New York team, they doubled their training because they knew that this team was bound to become more difficult to deal with.

This is why these two guys will grow so much this year!

This is also why the Thunder will win the first place in the Western Conference after James Harden!

Not because James Harden is not important, but because Kevin Durant and Westbrook's progress made him seem less important.

What they didn't expect was that, despite this, they still couldn't beat their opponents.

Yi Jianlian's return to the No. 4 position this season is something that many team coaches did not expect.

Brooks is one of them.

The Thunder lost in the finals last season and this team put Yi Jianlian on the fourth position.

At that time, he felt that Yi Jianlian was suitable for the fourth position in the current league.

What he didn't expect was that he also discovered this himself.

Back to position four...

This time, the Knicks have James Harden on the outside and Yi Jianlian on the inside. This lineup has directly transitioned from Yi Jianlian's single-core to dual-core inside and outside.

And Yi Jianlian also fully demonstrated his defensive strength this season, becoming the league's top defender, which makes the New York Knicks almost no weakness.

If it weren't for Kevin Durant and Westbrook's fierce firepower at the beginning, they would undoubtedly lose more.

This New York Knicks is more powerful than they thought.

However, if you want them to just admit defeat, this is absolutely impossible!

Again, the Knicks eliminated them last season. They must repay this grudge!

So in this game, they didn't give up so easily!

This is also reflected on the court. As soon as the second quarter came up, Kevin Durant's offensive was still fierce, and Westbrook also adjusted very quickly. He was struggling in the second half of the last quarter and returned to the court. Later, he became calm again.

Westbrook this season, his adjustment ability is not generally strong.

In addition, a huge adjustment they made on the offensive end is that they began to attack James Harden frequently.

James Harden's defensive attitude is really bad. This is something the Thunder also knows. Even if you know that you have this weakness, you have to take advantage of it. After all, everyone is fighting on their own.

One thing to say is that after James Harden came to the Knicks, because of Yi Jianlian, he played a lot less inattentive defense last season, but his poor defensive attitude cannot be changed in just one or two months.

This also makes the Thunder's tactical success, led by Kevin Durant and Westbrook, whoever walks in front of James Harden, the entire offense will revolve around him.

It can be seen that James Harden wants to defend well and defend hard, but his defensive habits are indeed very poor, and good defensive awareness has not been cultivated, plus Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Already the top scorer in the league, this kind of guy, those who rely on defense to stand on the ground, can't help it, let alone James Harden.

James Harden kept falling, which also made his mentality gradually become anxious.

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Especially they are now facing two super scorers.

The Thunder's tactics have begun to bear fruit.

From the second quarter up to have a relationship with the Knicks.

More than 8 minutes to more than 10 minutes in the second quarter, they even overtook the score several times. If Yi Jianlian hadn't stood up at this time and forcibly hit two key goals, at the end of the second quarter, The leading team should have belonged to the Thunder.

The midfield whistle sounded and James Harden left the player channel in frustration.

The New York Knicks are still leading by 2 points at this time!

But although he is leading by two points, if it weren't for him to lose position, the New York Knicks could have led more points!