It was only within 1 minute of the last minute of this game that I saw a picture of SGA singles CJ, and the result was 2+1 to basically lock up the victory. Good guys, I really don't understand the tactical arrangement of the Thunder, like this kind of use of blocking and dismantling to directly find the misalignment is the easiest offensive initiation, but when it comes to the Thunder, I can't see it at all. Did Willie Green hide the CJ? I don't think it's just that the Thunder didn't look for that. The whole game of SGA is not only facing Jones's single defense, but also the help defense that comes over from time to time on the wing, and how difficult the SGA's offensive environment is can be imagined.
The two sides scored just over 90 points, but it wasn't a rookie game. Both sides have very good perimeter guards, with the Thunder having a block and the Pelicans having size. The physical confrontation between the two sides is also very sufficient, and the referee also allows the physical confrontation between the two sides, so the defensive intensity is very high. In addition, because both sides have good forward defensive resources, both sides can also shrink the basket and protect the basket on the inside when ensuring the defense of the outside, so it is extremely difficult for both sides to score a point on the inside, and the baskets of both teams are full of people, and there is no space at all. In this environment, it is understandable that the offensive efficiency of both sides is not high.
Judging from the allocation of resources on both sides, the Pelicans still have an absolute advantage, because they are larger, so their rebounding is the better side. The G1 Pelicans grabbed 18 frontcourt boards, a full 10 more than the Thunder, which also means that the Pelicans had 10 more shots than the Thunder, but unfortunately the Pelicans ended up hitting the same ball as the Thunder. In terms of opportunity, the Pelicans are far inferior to the Thunder. The most intuitive picture is when the two sides are tied at 90, at this time the Pelicans attack, this round they grabbed at least 3 frontcourt boards, shot at least 4 times, and the impression of at least 3 good three-point opportunities did not take hold. If the Pelicans had seized the opportunity in this round, the situation and outcome of this game might have been completely different.
The Pelicans didn't take the opportunity here, and the SGA found CJ a 2+1 basically killed the game. In the end, the Pelicans' tactics didn't come out, and CJ's three-point shot was hasty, and the Pelicans lost the ball. From the perspective of resource allocation, the Pelicans are the side that has an advantage, and the Thunder's interior shortcomings are too serious. But when it came to the critical moment, the gap between the leading stars of the two sides still made the Thunder have the last laugh. Whether it's Ingram or CJ, the game-finishing ability they show in key moments is far from the level of the SGA.