Chapter 466: A Wonderful Slam Dunk!
I have to say that Durant's departure has a really big impact on Wei Shao, not to mention anything else, in terms of personality, Wei Shao has changed a lot.
Regardless of whether there is a falling out between the two of them, one thing is for sure is that Wei Shao didn't want Durant to leave, and he really didn't expect Durant to be so decisive and leave.
But Wei Shao is a tough temper, you can go, I will lead the team to prove myself!
I'll prove that the Thunder will be better than ever without you Kevin Durant!
This is Wei Shao!
He wouldn't be stupid enough to call and ask why Durant is leaving, why he is leaving the Thunder, and why he is joining the Warriors who beat them last season.
He didn't want to ask, and he didn't want to know!
I, Russell, have I ever been weaker than others in my life?
Kevin Durant, sooner or later he has to let the other side know what's wrong!
......
The matter between Wei Shao and Durant, everyone knows the grievances and grievances.
Wei Shao is not happy, and Durant who went to the Warriors is actually not much better.
Being discriminated against, abused, and ostracized......
But this is the NBA, there are ups and downs.
There is a price to choose, how to choose, how to choose, the cost is different.
......
Wei Shao didn't come to him, and Xu Xuan didn't take the initiative to come up, forget it, let's wait until the game is over, this guy probably won't be able to listen to people now.
Otherwise, there wouldn't have been 44 shots in the last game, and it's simply not human......
......
"Yes, Xu is very strong, I agree with that, you all know that I am friends with him, very good friends, but after this game, you will know who is the best single player in the league! That's me, Russell Westbrook! โ
Wei Shao was not polite at all, and said directly in the pre-game interview.
"Friends are friends, and when you get to the arena, it's the battlefield! I haven't seen Xu before, which is a shame for me, but after the game, I will make up for it with a victory! โ
The words are very rampant, and they are also very middle-class...... There's a smell of Wei Shao......
Xu Xuan ignored it, what he said in the pre-game interview was very bland, there were no provocative words, let alone the words of the second second.
At around 6:55 a.m., the referees began to prepare for the game, and the coaches on both sides were also making the final tactical arrangements.
Five minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and as the hands reached 7 o'clock, the game officially began.
The starters on both sides also followed the referee's command onto the pitch.
The Lakers are away, the Thunder are at home, and this "strongest single-core battle" will start soon!
The two sides started, and the Lakers' side was the same as the previous two games, with Xu Xuan, Russell, Ingram, Randle and Yi Jianlian's super young starting lineup.
said that they are young because this starting lineup is only 111 years old in total, of which Xu Xuan is 21 years old, Russell is 20 years old, Randle is 22 years old, Ingram is only 19 years old, Yi Jianlian is 29 years old, and the average age is less than 23 years old!
It's just a young man!
If ranked by average age, the Lakers are estimated to be in first place, and it is estimated that only 76ers can compete with them.
The starting lineup on the Thunder's side is, Willis, Oladipo, Robertson, Sabonis Jr. and Adams.
The average age of their lineup is not very old, Wei Shao is 28 years old this year, Oladipo is 24 years old, Aquaman is 23 years old, Robertson is 25 years old, Sabonis Jr. is 20 years old, and the average age is 24 years old, which is slightly older than the Lakers.
The Thunder have had a lot of departures this season, and in addition to Durant, Randy Foye and Dion Waiters are leaving the team as free agents.
Randy Foye went to the Nets and Dion Vitesse went to the Heat.
Then there's Ibaka's deal.
The Oklahoma City Thunder traded forward Serge Ibaka to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Victor Oladipo, Ulson Iyasova and this year's 11th pick in the first round, Domantas Sabonis.
It's a one-for-three deal.
In Xu Xuan's opinion, this transaction is naturally profitable, and it is the kind that makes a lot of money.
Since sending James Harden away, the Thunder's tactical core has revolved around Durant, Weiss and Ibaka.
Ibaka was born in Congo and will be in his prime at the start of next season at the age of 27. He was drafted by the SuperSonics with the 24th pick in the first round in 2008 and has been with the Thunder for seven years.
He has excellent physical qualities, has been in the starting position for more than a season with the Thunder, and is one of the Thunder's most attended players.
He averaged 11.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game during his career with the Thunder, shooting 52.3% from the field. In the playoffs last season, he averaged 12 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. Ibaka will become a free agent after next season, and his annual salary next season is about $12.35 million.
The Thunder reached the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs last season and once led the mighty Warriors 3-1, only to be reversed by the Warriors to complete a big comeback.
Ibaka's role is not small, but if you want to exchange it for Oladipo and Sabonis Jr., the Thunder team will definitely earn it, not to mention that there is one more Ilyasova.
Who is Oladipo?
An All-Star player in the future, a top five scoring guard in the league, a master who averages 23+4+5 per game, and the core of the Pacers!
If it weren't for the injury, with Oladipo's talent and hard work, he wouldn't be able to impact the top three scoring guards, and he would be a little worse than the bearded and Klay.
What Booker, what CJ, what DeRozan, you have to lean aside!
Oladipo is also a player that Xu Xuan admired very much in his previous life, hardworking, not afraid of hardship, and talented, but his training intensity is higher than 95% of the players in his league!
And what about Sabonis Jr.?
This guy is also very talented, he seems to be bound to Oladipo, Oladipo was traded to the Thunder, he followed the Thunder, Oladipo was traded to Indiana, he followed to Indiana.
Later generations are also the main ones who average 18+5+12 per game, and a very versatile new star center.
I have to say here that the big bird's eyes are really vicious.
Pickled pepper is gone, in exchange for two very talented young people, especially Oladipo, if it weren't for the injury, this would be another star-level player.
Seemingly...... Xu Xuan is now the only player who played for the Pacers and retired safely...... I just don't know, in this life, pickled peppers will not go to the Thunder, if pickled peppers don't go, then Oladipo will have no chance to go to the pacers.
But not necessarily, it's hard to say anything.
......
As the referee's whistle blew, the ball was thrown high into the air, and Adams and Yi Jianlian jumped up at the same time -
The race is on!
Aquaman is 213 tall, weighs a little more than Yi Jianlian, and when he jumps, Yi Jianlian is a little slower, and the ball is turned back to the backcourt by Adams.
Thunder's first attack.
The UAE was a little embarrassed, playing three games in the regular season and not jumping a single ball.
But these are all subsections, and Frank off the field is also recorded in a small book, and the following is to shift part of the focus to the jump ball for Yi Jianlian's training...... It's a very basic thing, it's not important to say, but sometimes it can be crucial, like when it's a scrum......
Wei Shao dribbled over, the front court observed, Adams mentioned the high block from the inside, Wei Shao took a step by blocking and dismantling, and the little zombie jumper-
Wei Shao's unique stunt.
With a bang, the basketball didn't have any arc at all, and smashed straight on the basket, Yi Jian jumped up to protect the rebound, and threw it to Xu Xuan, who held the ball for half the court.
The Thunder's offense is very simple, after blocking and dismantling, Wei Shao will either play by himself, or play by himself, or ...... Fight ...... yourself
Unless there are special circumstances, there are generally no surprises.
Compared to the offense, their defense is obviously much better, defending Xu Xuan will naturally not be Wei Shao, Wei Shao has to shoot 44 times in a game, and then let him defend the opponent's top soldiers, you are going to exhaust him?
Defending Xu Xuan is Roberson, the strongest individual defensive point on the Thunder's side.
Xu Xuan was not in a hurry, he dribbled the ball outside the three-point line at the top of the arc for a while, and when the offensive time reached 12 seconds, he beckoned Yi Jian to come over to block and dismantle.
Truth be told, Robertson is an attacker...... It's miserable, but the defense is really good, and Xu Xuan has never been given space to shoot.
After Yi Jianlian saw Xu Xuan's gesture, he directly moved from the basket to the three-point line.
There is still a difference between the blocking and dismantling positions of the two teams, the Thunder side Wei Shao mainly attacks the mid-range, so the blocking and dismantling is generally in the high position, while the blocking and dismantling on the Lakers' side mostly occurs around the three-point line.
Thunder didn't want to change the guard, so he squeezed past Yi Jianlian and went around in advance.
It's hard to wrap around.
Xu Xuan didn't have a head iron, and threw his hand to pass the ball to Yi Jianlian, who had just finished covering and returned to the basket from the top of the arc.
Yi Jianlian had just walked to the free throw line at this time, and turned around to catch a throw-
The rhythm didn't stop, and Adams didn't have time to defend.
Brush it up!
Yi Jian scored two points in a row, and the Lakers got off to a good start.
2 to 0.
"Look out for them! Watch them out! โ
Wei Shao gasped for breath and shouted at his teammates.
Wei Shao had a great temper on the court, and the Thunder players were silent and didn't speak, especially against Yi Jianlian's Sea King, he secretly touched his nose, but he wasn't angry, he was used to it.
Wei Shao is a typical hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person, and he has normal emotions on the field.
Wei Shao commanded loudly again and again, dribbling the ball across the half court.
Wei Shao doesn't defend Xu Xuan, Xu Xuan has to defend Wei Shao, no way, the Lakers don't have such a single defensive strength as Robertson, counting on Russell and Ingram to defend Wei Shao, it is estimated that they will be beaten to Chengxiang.
Wei Shao didn't entangle too much, after turning around to give the body confrontation, after pressing to the three-point line, he turned around again, moved a step sideways, dodged Xu Xuan's defense, and the little zombie jumper-
Bang Dang!
Or not.
Although Xu Xuan didn't stop Wei Shao's move, he still interfered.
Xu Xuan's defense is not the big colander of last season, not to mention how good, it is not so simple for Wei Shao to want an easy breakthrough!
The most important thing is that in the process of Wei Shao's two turns just now, Xu Xuan resisted and did not retreat a step, which gave him a good opportunity to defend.
If he had retreated just now, Wei Shao would have picked up the plane and pulled away, but it would not be so easy to guard.
It's all something that happens between lightning and flint, seemingly inconspicuous, but in fact every step is full of danger.
Wei Shao didn't score two goals...... He didn't have anything to do, and neither did the other players of the Thunder team, but he just suffered more than 10,000 OKC fans at the scene, and he didn't have time to sit down until now...... Sore legs.
The rebound was protected by Yi Jianlian.
In this game, Xu Xuan specially advised, go to the basket more, look at the basket more, the opportunities are all under the basket!
There will be scoring, there will be rebounding, there will be blocks!
Sure enough, after these two rounds, Yi Jianlian has already scored two points and two rebounds.
No way, the opposite side is Wei Shao, you can't do it if you don't want rebounds, UAE, get ready to get 20 rebounds in this game!
Xu Xuan dribbled the ball across the half.
Just after half the game, Xu Xuan's speed and strength exploded, and although Roberson was close to him for the first time, Xu Xuan's speed was released in one go.
Kick the ground!
Kick the ground!
Xu Xuan pushed his speed to the extreme without reservation, and when he was two steps away from the three-point line, Roberson was shocked, trying to grab Xu Xuan's arm or jersey with his raised hand, and use the foul to stop Xu Xuan's advancement, otherwise there was no way, he was about to be thrown away.
But Xu Xuan was unmoved, and gradually increased his speed, and the muscles of his body continued to burst out with follow-up energy, and the galloping run made the wind whizz backwards like turbulence.
Three-point line, high post...... A sudden change of direction -
crossover๏ผ
This is a very spanning, dangerous change of direction -
Not to mention the fans at the scene, even Robertson, who was chasing Xu Xuan closely behind, and Oladipo, who tried to pinch Xu Xuan from above, did not react-
Ten thousand flowers have been in the bush, and the leaves do not stick to the body!
said that it was too late and that it was fast, Xu Xuan's breakthrough obviously killed the Thunder team by an accident, they didn't expect that Robertson's carefully arranged outside defense would be passed by Xu Xuan like this-
In the blink of an eye, Xu Xuan had already killed under the basket!
Adams?
He was resisted by Yi Jianlian, Xu Xuanyun took a step and directly strengthened-
Bang!
The entire Chesapeake Energy Stadium instantly roared, the basketball hoop trembled instantly, and the world seemed to tremble-
Bang bang!
Bang bang!
Bang bang!
Bang!
Two-point smashing basket!
When Xu Xuan fell from the basketball hoop, the entire arena seemed to have just reacted from this shocking attack, and then-
Someone involuntarily fell on the seat, but immediately looked around and stood up again.
He's a loyal OKC fan, and now OKC isn't scoring, he can't sit down, but โ just now, he's scared!
Xu Xuan's one-stop operation of catching a dunk after breaking through is too showy!
Shocking performance!
"Beautiful! Pretty! Pretty!! โ
"This dunk is amazing! A combination of speed and power! A slam dunk to perfection! โ
"Is this Xu Xuan? The strongest single-core player in the league tied with Wei Shao! โ
"Russell can also do this ball, but Russell is probably not as chic as him."
In terms of speed, Wei Shao is not as good as Xu Xuan, but in terms of strength, Wei Shao is definitely not bad, and even wins!