
When he recovered the leather in his half of the field, Jalen Williams had two defenders in front of him. Despite the presence of JA Morant and Santi Aldama, the Thunder's winger gained speed. And ended up overcoming his two opponents To go up to the dunk with a hand.
This action during the Game 2 between OKC and Memphis, in the middle of the third quarter, illustrates the trend of this start of the series well: the grizzlies are speeded by the Oklahoma players. After two meetings, the n ° 1 of the league dominates outrageously in terms of points in counter-attack: 48 to 8!
Mark Daigneault puts this impressive differential on the account of the balloons stolen by his training-we saw Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stinging bullets before spinning in counterattack in the first quarter-as well as the mastery of the rebound. “” Which is not acquired against this team “, note the coach By emphasizing the cleanliness of the Game 2 delivered by his team to win the battle of possession.
Upstream of this first round, the coach had observed the match of their future opponents in play-in against the Mavs (19 points in counterattack). “” They were super fast. It was a good indication for us to understand how they were going to approach this match. They were going to try to distance us while playing in speed, to dictate the tempo. We have to be ready for that in Memphis », Underlines the Thunder technician.
A very fast team
With a little less than 17 points per game, Memphis was the 7th most dangerous team in the league This season in this field. And even the 2nd, behind the Nuggets, in terms of points in transition (56). Change of total atmosphere in this series so far.
“” This is a point on which we insist for sure. This is one of the fastest teams in the league, and granting them to them is to grant them their identity. When you want to win a match, especially at this stage of the season, you have to deprive the opposing team of something “, Note Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
The latter, like his coach, first welcomes eight small points conceded, rather than the 48 registered, on these two sleeves, symbols of a defensive withdrawal in place. To see if this trend is confirmed with the 3rd match of this night in Tennessee.