Pick Westbrook

Chapter 212

Chapter 212

The referee blows his whistle and the game restarts.

Westbrook advanced with the ball, and Curry slid to the bottom line and used Artest's pick-and-roll to get outside the three-point line.

Now the entire league has a full tacit understanding when defending the Bucks Curry's off-ball running.

That is, every screen must be replaced, otherwise, as long as Curry is given a little shooting space, the latter will not hesitate to shoot a three-pointer from the outside.

In the last game, Curry made 8 murderous three-pointers, but they are still in the collection of the best goals.

So Durant completely followed Curry to the three-point line.

Meanwhile, Villanueva set a fake pick-and-roll for Cousins ​​in the paint, then threw it out to the baseline three-pointer.

Jeff Green was also pulled beyond the three-point line.

At this time, only Ibaka was left in the restricted area of ​​the Thunder team.

Ibaka looked at the restricted area that was inexplicably empty, but didn't understand.

"What do you mean?"

Cousins ​​suddenly came to the basket to take a strong position.

In terms of strength, Ibaka is not yet Cousins' opponent.

So without the help of other Thunder players, Cousins ​​ate deep inside.

Westbrook hits the pass.

After receiving the ball, Cousins ​​pouted his butt, pushed Ibaka half a step behind him, then turned around and dunked in.

boom!

"This buckle is powerful!"

Yu Jia couldn't help but said: "The rookie Cousins ​​really refuses to admit defeat."

"Ibaka failed in the first two singles, so he just came for the third time."

Su Qun discovered the details on the court, shook his head and said, "Although Cousins ​​also singled Ibaka, this time the players on the Bucks obviously cooperated very well."

"They almost took away all the Thunder players who could shrink the inside and help the defense, and let Cousins ​​eat so deep."

"Don't say Ibaka can't defend this ball, any center in the league can't defend it."

"After all, Cousins' offensive ability is quite strong."

on the field.

After dunking, Cousins ​​looked at Ibaka arrogantly, then shook his shoulders.

Curry jumped on the court very happily.

"Brother, look quickly, Ibaka's face is black with anger."

"Is my taunting action more lethal than your head stabbing?"

Artest on the side was very speechless.

He really wanted to say that Curry's sarcasm was enough to be sarcasm, but he was going to be beaten if he couldn't stand it.

If it wasn't for him and Rasheed Wallace to protect Curry all the time last season, this guy doesn't know how many times he would be hit by his opponent because of his shoulder shaking after shooting a three-pointer.

on the field.

Ibaka also wants to regain his face in singles against Cousins, but in terms of offensive skills, he is more than a star and a half behind Cousins.

So after being defended by Cousins, Thunder coach Scott Brooks yelled at the court.

"Give the ball to Kevin!"

next round.

Durant holds the ball outside.

Artest defended close.

"Defending Durant has to be like defending Tracy McGrady. You can't give him any space to shoot directly."

"Because both of them are tall and long-armed players, it is rare for opposing players to successfully interfere after jumping up, let alone block shots."

Durant thought of when he faced the Bucks before.

He was missed by this team in consecutive steals, and he didn't even dare to dribble the ball on the court.

But now, he has completely solved his dribbling problem, and few players in the league can directly break the ball from his hands.

Durant dribbles with a low center of gravity.

Artest always fights with his body, not giving the opponent any easy dribbling space.

But just after a physical confrontation, Durant used his strength to rush in directly.

Villanueva came up to help defend, but Durant took a step forward and took off directly, shooting a mid-range shot.

Swish!

hit!

Seeing that Villanueva's outstretched hand could only be located at the position of Durant's chin when defending, Yu Jia couldn't help grinning.

"The jump is so high, the wingspan is so long, and the rhythm is so good."

Su Qun said: "This is the reason why Durant was able to win the league's scoring title last season. He is really a player who has no solution on the offensive end."

"At the same time, his dribbling has been greatly improved compared to when he first entered the league."

"If passing and defense can be practiced in the future, Durant will become at least a top five superstar in the league."

Bucks coaching bench.

Marshall flipped through the data and said: "Durant's shooting percentage is extremely even throughout the court, so he is an offensive scorer with almost no dead ends."

"At present, there is no particularly good way to defend and limit him, especially since he has improved his dribbling ability."

Tyronn Lue looked at Li Lai and said: "Defending Durant has become a problem for all teams in the league last season. He is a master of indiscriminate singles."

"Whoever guards him is a misplacement."

"But we don't have to worry too much about this. After all, Durant's offense alone is not as good as our entire team."

Li Lai studied Durant's data in the first two games long before the start of the game.

Averaged 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and averaged 46% shooting.

Compared with his future shooting percentage of 50% per game and his career average of 49% shooting percentage per game, Durant still has not become the unsolvable second in ten thousand years.

Of course, although Durant was only the second player at the time in terms of overall strength, he was the number one offensively for many years in a row.

"So until the full Durant shows up, there are still ways to guard him."

"Teaming!"

Li Lai signaled to Artest and Villanueva on the court, and then double-teamed Durant infinitely.

As for the missing Jeff Green, there are other players on the field to make up for it.

Of course, it is either Curry or Westbrook who can make up for Jeff Green, because Cousins ​​has to guard the penalty area.

So it is foreseeable that Jeff Green will play a very good game tonight.

But this is an acceptable picture for the Bucks. As long as Durant's offense is held down, the Thunder cannot be the opponent of the Bucks.

Because the Bucks' offensive firepower is league invincible.

The Bucks attack.

Curry took the initiative to go inside to cover Cousins ​​and then pulled outside the three-point line. Ibaka had to follow up from the inside.

Westbrook has passed the ball to Curry knowingly.

Ibaka froze.

"What do you mean?"

Curry singled Ibaka with the ball, playing small and big.

After a continuous dribble shaking, Curry faked a breakthrough to trick Ibaka into taking a step back, and then threw it directly with open hand.

"The speed of this ball is really too fast!"

"I swear, I've never seen a player shoot so fast."

"Even if Ibaka has proved his league's first-class defensive ability last season, he is also helpless in the face of Curry's singles."

Swish!

Basketball hollow into the net!

Ibaka was about to cry, why did he single-handedly hit me again.

Curry and Cousins, who scored the goal, clapped their hands and said: "The coach is right, when will it be our teammates' turn to bully others."

"If he dares to bully you, I will dare to bully him."

Cousins ​​couldn't help grinning, and suddenly felt that the Bucks were protecting their weaknesses up and down.

In the next round, Westbrook rushed to the basket and dunked against Ibaka's defense.

Westbrook, who scored the goal, put his hands together on his lower abdomen, and then shook at Ibaka.

"You deserve a urinal, too."

Ibaka finally understood by this time.

Just because he bullied Cousins ​​with two goals in the opening game, the Bucks are now looking for trouble from him.

"I just want to show off in front of O'Neill, what's wrong with me!"

The first quarter is over.

开局0:6落后的雄鹿队后来居上，以30:26取得了4分的领先优势。

杰夫-格林单节7投4中，拿下了8分2篮板1助攻的数据。

Compared with his performance of 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game this season, Jeff Green almost completed half of his goals in a single quarter.

The second game.

The Bucks sent Dragic, George Hill, McGrady, Villanueva and O'Neal.

The Thunder's bench lineup is Maurice Peterson, Royale Ivey, Nick Collison and the like.

McGrady and Dragic teamed up and scored 5 points in the first 17 minutes of the second quarter, directly stopping the Thunder with a 20:8 shock wave.

Coach Scott Brooks had no choice but to replace Durant in advance to help the team reverse the disadvantage.

After the latter came up, he was double-teamed by Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O'Neal.

Durant originally watched his idol Tracy McGrady present and wanted to compete with him.

In the end, I didn't know that O'Neill didn't give him a chance.

As long as Durant holds the ball, the opponent will definitely double-team him.

Little O'Neal didn't know what Durant was thinking, but he wanted to give the two a chance to compete on the same stage.

After all, the Bucks are leading the court at this time, and it doesn't matter even if they spend a defensive round.

But the key is that Jermaine O'Neal saw his coach's furious look in the first quarter, and he already knew that the opponent was an extremely rigorous and serious head coach.

And at this time, Li Lai had already arranged the defensive task of double-teaming Durant in advance. Would he dare not double-team?

Otherwise, Artest and Westbrook would have to be scolded again.

"Oh, this coach doesn't talk about martial arts. No matter who makes a mistake, he scolds Artest and Westbrook. Does he know the ball?"

Durant, who was double-teamed, could only pass the ball to teammates Maurice Peterson, Royale Ivey and Nick Collison.

But the finishing ability of the three is much worse than that of Durant.

In the end, coach Scott Brooks kept going and got all the starters on the court ahead of time, which allowed the Thunder's offense to keep up with the Bucks.

The second quarter is over.

The Bucks led 62:52.

In the second half of the game, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Westbrook and Curry joined forces and directly established the victory of the game with a wave of 16:0 offensive high slot.

Durant, who also has the same strength as the two on the court, can only attract double-teams time and time again and then pass the ball to his teammates.

Then it was quietly waiting for the teammates to strike the iron.

Especially after seeing Thapo Sefolosha not dare to shoot a three-pointer after receiving such a large open space outside the three-point line, he continued to break through and chose to fight against Cousins' defense.

Finally, Durant was furious and slammed the basketball in front of him on the floor.

"Labor and management are not waiting!"

Looking at the picture on the court, Yu Jia said with some unbearable heart.

"Thabo Sefolosha's three-point shooting percentage this season is 24%. He still had 30% last season anyway. This season has almost fallen to the bottom."

"It's no wonder that the Bucks dared to let him go with such confidence and boldness for a defender with such a high shooting percentage."

Su Qun nodded and said very pertinently: "Durant was double-teamed, and Thunder players couldn't get in. That's why the Thunder lost two games in a row."

"No, they are about to lose three games in a row."

"If the Thunder are still in this state, I'm afraid they will miss the playoffs again this season."

"No, it should be certain that he will miss the playoffs."

"Because of Michael Reid's 1900 million salary space, the Thunder has no possibility of strengthening at all, and can only continue to play with this lineup."

With the lead established by Westbrook and Curry in the third quarter, the Bucks retreated early in the middle of the fourth quarter.

Li Lai sent Jeremy Lin, Danny Green, Iverson, O'Neal and Andre Ingram to end the game.

But with such a lineup, Danny Green hit 5 three-pointers in less than 3 minutes, which made the Thunder even worse.

At the end of the game, the Bucks won three consecutive seasons with 125:102.

After the game, O'Neal and Ibaka exchanged jerseys under the witness of countless fans. Although the latter got the chance to change jerseys with O'Neal, the Thunder suffered a big defeat.

Especially the scene of Durant leaving the court straight after the game is even more imaginative.

Post-match press conference.

Thunder coach Scott Brooks and Durant sat in front of countless reporters.

Because O'Neal and Iverson successively determined the reasons for their retirement, this game attracted a lot of reporters and media.

A reporter asked curiously: "Kevin, you have always said that your idol is Tracy McGrady. Why don't you hug him and chat with him after this game?"

Durant spread his hands with a schoolbag on his back, and asked knowingly, "I lost by 23 points, do you think I have the nerve to stand in front of Tracy McGrady at this time?"

The reporter continued: "You chose to leave the court directly after the game. It can be seen that you are angry."

Durant said unabashedly: "Yes, I am really angry."

"Even facing a strong team like the Bucks, I have been working hard to help the team win the game."

"But in the end, you must have seen the scene on the court."

"I don't see a future with this team."

There was an uproar among countless reporters who heard this sentence.

What does it mean?

Is Durant going to apply for a trade?

If you think about it carefully, Durant has indeed played for the Thunder for 4 seasons, and he has also grown from a rookie in the league to the league's scoring leader.

But what hasn't changed is that the Thunder are still a poor team.

Although Ibaka has proved that he has the potential to become the gate of the league, the mediocrity of the role players and the inability of the backcourt players to sort out the offense all prove that this team is still in the middle and lower strengths of the league.

Without Durant, this team can even be compared with the Timberwolves.

Coach Brooks sighed.

Why doesn't he feel that he is as pitiful as Durant.

Since accepting the Thunder last season, he has built this team into a very distinctive team, and he ranks among the top three in the league in counterattack and fast break.

But except for Durant, Jeff Green and Ibaka, the rest of the players in the team are difficult to help the team, and the lineup is extremely unreasonable.

So Coach Brooks is also a smart woman who can't cook without rice. He has great ambitions in his heart but it is difficult to implement them.

Thunder general manager's office.

Sam Presti had already heard Oklahoma City's joy over Westbrook, and heard them shouting in the streets that Westbrook should be a player for the Thunder.

Coupled with the Thunder's big defeat to the Bucks in this game, Durant left the field angrily, and there were even bad comments after the game.

Sam Press angrily wrote Li Lai's name on his desk, and angrily drew countless circles around the name with a pen.

"You bastard!"

(End of this chapter)