Chapter 421: The Future of the Thunder Team
Yi Jianlian did the same, and called the block like Kevin Durant, but the gestures he gave were more hidden, and Kevin Durant didn't notice when Bogut was keeping up. X 23 U S
was beaten like this, Kevin Durant was naturally very unwilling, and he wanted to do another one in the next round, but this time Westbrook chose to show his sword.
A strong burst that was completely crushed with physical fitness got rid of Mo Williams and picked the basket.
Some players don't have a physical quality that is shocking when they first enter the league, maybe it's because of their age, or because they're ...... Not injured yet.
Westbrook belongs to both, and this breakthrough Mo Williams layup can be seen, his blood from the sewers began to show, it can be said that he is now like LeBron James in the No. 1 position, and his domineering physicality makes him disdain to make any feints when breaking through.
Mo Williams, who was beaten one, faced him, took advantage of Bogut's block to shake out the open space, and hit a shot.
Westbrook held Bogut with his whole hand, and didn't even wrap around, just watching as Mo Williams hit the shot.
This is a big drawback for Westbrook.
He wasn't aggressive defensively.
Many people say that James Harden is an expert in eye defense, but in fact, his "second brother" has not been much less than him in eye defense.
It's just that compared to James Harden, Westbrook has fewer troubles off the court, which makes many people deliberately ignore it, and the time when James Harden was mentioned many times as "eye defense" happened to be the time when he was hot with the "best defensive player" Kardashian.
But in fact, the situation of being shaken by the opponent in one step was not uncommon in the early stage of the turtle's entire career.
The two sides just exploded each other and finished the first quarter of the game.
The ferocious firepower of Kevin Durant and Westbrook on the offensive end made the Thunder look no worse than the defending champions in the first quarter.
At 29-27, the Thunder trailed by two points, and if it weren't for Kostic's missed layup in the final moments, the Thunder could have tied the Bucks in the first quarter.
In the first game of this season, the "King Bomb Combination" showed a strong momentum far beyond the previous season, especially Westbrook, if Kevin Durant has become more mature in offensive options, then the Turtle has definitely risen to a higher level of strength.
"I can say that after last season's playoffs, Russell Westbrook is definitely becoming more and more mature, which I didn't expect, but it happened!"
Thunder head coach Brooks was very satisfied with Westbrook's performance in the first quarter during the intermission interview, and also praised the momentum of the whole team in the first quarter against the Bucks, "They played everything we trained in training camp, and although it was only the first quarter of the first game of the new season, they were really good, and I think they will play better this year!" ”
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the two sides entered the regular rotation time, Crawford came on the court, and his performance was as efficient as ever, in the first three minutes, he scored 7 points in a row, Crawford had two games in the finals last season that were not very big, scoring only 5 and 4 points respectively, and he also had ups and downs in the playoffs, but in the regular season, Crawford was the king's substitute, scoring after dribbling in various coquettish ways as if he was putting on a personal show.
It's just that his consecutive scoring did not help the team open up the situation, and the Bucks continued to lead by 2~3 points.
The second team of the Thunder also has a guy who is constantly leading the team to score, and the "third brother" James Harden's beard has grown, and his strength has become stronger.
Or rather, Harden is more familiar with the league.
Twice faced Crawford to break through and make fouls, scored four points on four free throws, and didn't even start breaking a sweat.
The "Porcelain King" is definitely a phenomenon in the league for making fouls, and even Kevin Martin of the Rockets must bow to Harden in terms of making fouls.
He's so good at making fouls!
Later, after the league modified the rules to encourage scoring and made the "body hair whistle" popular, Harden became a god, averaging more than 35 points per game.
Of course, now he is still working towards the first "Best Sixth Man Trophy" in his career, and even many experts and fans believe that this honor will be the ceiling of Harden.
And he was once called the "Ginobili II Generation" because of his unconventional European step layup, and the later "Second Generation" became another superstar who is very likely to win the regular season MVP.
The change of times can really change the fate of many players.
James Harden did Falls' task perfectly, biting the score before the big brother and second brother came on the court, and both teams regained their starters at 5:30 of the second quarter.
"It's just that from the game to the present, the newcomers selected by the Thunder team in the past three years have grown to varying degrees this season, and this rapid growth is undoubtedly the best feedback for the Thunder management's perseverance in the past three years, and it is foreseeable that the management of the Thunder team has found a very correct route for the rebuilding of other small city teams in the league.
"Of course, there's another possibility, like the Trail Blazers, obviously they still have a good vision, but the result is very tragic."
The starters on both sides came back and continued their strong momentum until halftime, and the Bucks only led by 3 points at 57-54.
"The Thunder are really strong this year!"
"Yes! This year's Bucks are definitely stronger than last year, but they can still keep stalemate with the Bucks! ”
"I really underestimated the Thunder, I'm afraid the Thunder will go far in the playoffs this year!"
In the Sina live chat section of Huaxia China, Chinese fans were also surprised by the performance of the Thunder team in the first half, many Chinese fans only knew that the Thunder team had a Kevin Durant last season, and even Westbrook, a sophomore, was not very familiar with it, but this game let many Chinese fans know that Westbrook, who looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with explosive physical fitness, and also knew that the "bearded" James Harden who is good at making fouls, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the core of the future of the Thunder team. And in this game, they really played a central role. u