Chapter 144: The Rookie Who Broke Out (4/12)
LeBron James watched the first quarter of the game between the Spurs and the Thunder in the locker room, a game that was nothing special, and the players on both teams did not perform well, such as the Spurs' Kawhi Leonard did not perform well, and actually allowed Daquin Cook to get a few empty opportunities, but fortunately, Daquin Cook himself was not hard and only seized two of the opportunities. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
And Kevin Durant's performance on the Thunder's side was also average, although he later regained his touch, but throughout the first quarter, his performance was suppressed by Anxi.
Thinking of this, LeBron James couldn't help but wonder: "That Ann, I remember when we met the Spurs in the regular season, he was a defensive player, why did he suddenly become the Spurs' top scorer?"
McMiller, who was on the side, shrugged his shoulders and said that he didn't know, and it was no wonder that a rookie role player, how could they spend too much time paying attention.
LeBron James's cell phone rang again, it was Savannah who called, his fiancée, LeBron James hurriedly explained a few words, then turned off the TV and left, Savannah was waiting at home in a hurry, and had already called several times.
In San Antonio, the second quarter restarted, Anxi was replaced and rested, and the Spurs' lineup on the court changed to point guard Patrick Mills, shooting guard Manuginobili, small forward Cowhi Leonard, power forward DeJuan Blair, and center Tim Duncan.
On the Thunder's side, James Harden played, plus Kevin Durant, who found his touch in the second half of the first quarter, and brought Nick Collisson, Derrick Fisher and Nazr Mohammed to the second quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Manuginobili's mid-range shot missed, Kevin Durant grabbed the rebound, and the Thunder accelerated the offensive tempo.
Durant and James Harden made a perfect blocking and pick-and-roll coordination at the top of the frontcourt arc, and in the face of Kawhi Leonard's defense, James Harden took the ball and shot, hit a three-pointer, and accurately hit the basket.
Then Derrick Fisher steals Patrick Mills in the backcourt, Kevin Durant rushes to the front court is a three-pointer, and the Thunder actually played a wave of small high-tide, and the score was overtaken by the Thunder.
The Spurs came to their senses when Manuginobili's determined break resulted in a foul on veteran Nazr Mohammed, who walked to the free-throw line.
Popovich also took advantage of this time to make substitutions, he did not replace Anxi, but replaced Danny Green, this game Kawhi Leonard's state is really not good, in order to win, Popovich can only sacrifice kawaii's playing time.
After the substitution, the Spurs' defense was much better, Manu hit both free throws, James Harden faced Danny Green, missed the shot after the single, and Tim Duncan on the inside jumped high to get the rebound above Nick Collisson's head.
The next few minutes turned into Tim Duncan's show time, shooting a big hat in the front court, and in a few minutes, the score was overtaken again.
So in CCTV's live broadcast room, Director Zhang joked: "Tim Duncan deserves to be the best rookie of the season, and his performance is comparable to Anxi in the first quarter." ”
On a certain barrage live broadcast network, a series of 6s were beaten, and some people asked: "Does Director Zhang also go to Hupu?"
There was also a group of people pretending to be Zhang Gui who replied: "Yes, my Tiger Pounce ID is--I won't tell you, hehehe." ”
Tim Duncan's outburst helped the Spurs overtake the score, and without Anxi blocking Kevin Durant, the Spurs tied the Thunder midway through the second quarter.
Taking advantage of a dead-ball opportunity, Popovich made another substitution, Anxi came out to replace Tim Duncan, and the reason why Popovich made this substitution was also because the Thunder put Durant in the power forward position, used Nick Collison to top the center position, and then replaced Saboseforrosa as a small forward.
So in the second half of the second quarter, Anxi faced Kevin Durant again.
In a matter of minutes, Kevin Durant had swiped his stats to 7-of-14, and in the first half of the second quarter, he shot 4-of-5.
And Anxi's appearance is to limit Kevin Durant and help the team pull the score away.
As soon as Anxi came on the court, Kevin Durant made another free throw, hitting both free throws, and then the Spurs' offense.
Patrick Mills controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, made a small block with Manuginobili, and then Manu carried the ball and rushed inside, throwing it to the end, and the two teams continued to tie.
Kevin Durant held the ball to the frontcourt, Anxi posted it, Durant didn't waste time, directly followed by a quick step, broke through Anxi's side, and then stepped on the three-point line to make a dry pull.
Durant has a lot of confidence in this ball, and he feels good in the second quarter, but helplessly, Anxi played, Durant's dry pull was blocked by Anxi and deviated from the basket, and DeJuan Blair stuck in the position on the inside and grabbed the rebound.
Durant didn't realize how perfect Anxi's defense was for him, a minute later, he continued to hold the ball and play Anxi alone, it should be said that he and Anxi are also old rivals, and they have played each other three times in the regular season, but in these three games, Anxi's defense of Kevin Durant has not been successful, at most it has only caused some interference to Durant, and when it comes to defending Durant as a blacksmith, it has never been.
And now Anxi has learned to be smart on the defensive end, he doesn't pursue the kind of flawless defense, but to do the kind of defense that has certain flaws, and the little flaw revealed will make the opponent attack along this flaw, and by the time they find out that Anxi has made up for the flaw, it will be too late.
The current Durant is in such a state, in the face of the little space that Anxi leaked, Durant thought that he got a perfect shot space, and then broke through with the ball - a jumper!
Anxi's blocking followed, perfectly blocking Durant's shooting space, and then, it was iron again.
With a bang, after Anxi came out, Durant was two consecutive irons.
DeJuan Blair picked up the rebound again, there was a round of applause on the sidelines, Greg Popovich also clapped his hands, the Spurs were widening the difference, and Scott Brooks on the opposite side didn't know anything.
The Spurs came back and hit a three-pointer, and Danny Green's three-pointer hit the basket accurately to give the Spurs the lead.
Then, under Anxi's defense, Kevin Durant's mid-range shot missed again, three times in a row.
The Spurs, on the other hand, seized the opportunity and Patrick Mills made a layup to extend the Spurs' lead.
That's it, Anxi's appearance locked Kevin Durant, and in the second half of the second quarter, the Spurs continued to expand their lead, and by the time Scott Brooks found out, it was too late.
At the end of the first half, the Spurs led by 10 points at 62:52 and entered the halftime break. (To be continued.) )