Kevin Durant always thought that he was inferior to Yi Jianlian because his teammates were inferior to Yi Jianlian, which is the reason why he was dissatisfied for three years.

It wasn't until today's alignment that Durant understood that Yi Jianlian was indeed better than him on both offensive and defensive ends.

But!

The overall strength of the Thunder team tonight is indeed better than that of the Bucks.

I can't beat you, but as long as we win you and take the victory away from Bradley Arena, then I'll still be on the winning side!

***

The game continues.

Durant, who has regained his composure, has also returned to the level of the scoring champion this season on the offensive end, and consecutive points have helped the Thunder continue to chase points.

But Yi Jianlian's individual offense in the second quarter was also continuous, and Durant chased a few points, and he could reopen the difference in the next round.

Finally, at the end of the second quarter, the Bucks were 54-49 and still led by five points.

"Yi finished halftime and scored another 24 points!"

"Wow, this is still when he didn't take the initiative to attack in the first quarter, otherwise, I'm afraid it's another half-time 30 points! This year's Yi is really terrible, and I can't stop it if I want to score! ”

"However, it can't be helped, it's not easy to play like this, the Bucks can't lead by 5 points, and the combined firepower of Russell and Kevin of the Thunder team is no worse than easy!"

Durant scored 10 points in the second quarter.

Westbrook scored seven points in the first quarter.

Combined, the two of them barely kept up with Yi Jianlian's 18 points in a single quarter.

Barkley laughed and added: "Of course, the scores of the two of them together can't be compared, I'm afraid it's only easy!" ”

This sentence doesn't seem like much, but in fact, it is already a high evaluation of Yi Jianlian's offensive ability!

Kevin Durant has averaged 31.3 points per game so far this season, which is the league's current scoring leader, and Westbrook, although not as good as his big brother, can also average 17 points per game, and the two of them can get nearly 50 points together, which is already the sum of the points that the Celtics' Big Three can only get by averaging points per game!

It is not an exaggeration to say that the duo with the strongest firepower in the league is not an exaggeration.

Barkley said that Yi Jianlian's scoring ability is stronger than these two combined, which is equivalent to saying that Yi Jianlian's scoring ability is currently the strongest in the league.

***

The third quarter begins.

The Thunder came up with a different lineup from the start, and Brooks actually put Kevin Durant, Westbrook and James Harden on the court together.

"Thunder Three Less" appeared at the same time.

That's not often in so many games the Thunder have played this season!

Coupled with Jeff Green at the No. 4 position, this is already the Thunder's most aggressive offensive firepower combination.

However, to make up for the defensive strength of the interior, Brooks put Ibaka at the No. 5 position.

Westbrook made a layup to fire the first shot of the third quarter.

Yi Jianlian controlled the ball to the front court, first played a classic match with Mo Williams outside the three-point line, and after relying on Mo Williams to attract defense, he received the ball and hit three points to respond.

Yi Jianlian is still the same as in the second quarter, focusing on individual offense.

Durant found Yi Jianlian to play one, and after continuous shaking, he hit the ball in!

Durant, who is no longer competing, has only missed one shot from the second half of the second quarter to now.

And this ball didn't even call any pick-and-roll.

It was clear that the constant scoring of goals had regained his confidence a lot.

Yi Jianlian also called for a pick-and-roll, Tygibson came up to make a block-and-roll for him, Yi Jianlian got rid of Durant, but Jeff Green blocked it in time.

Yi Jianlian immediately passed the ball to Tygibson, who scored an empty cut to the basket.

It's the Thunder's offensive round again.

After the eldest brother played the second brother, Westbrook held the ball and switched to the opposite side of Yi Jianlian through dislocation, and he was not confident to complete the breakthrough to Yi Jianlian near the free throw line, so he pulled it back outside the three-point line.

Yi Jianlian also took a step forward.

Westbrook chose the right side after crossing the step, and he chose a large angle, obviously he didn't want to have direct physical contact with Yi Jianlian, but wanted to bypass him with speed.

It's just that Westbrook soon found himself a little taken for granted, and this big man named Yi Jianlian was not moving slower than the average outside player at all.

He almost sank all the way to the bottom, but he was still pasted by Yi Jianlian.

Westbrook could only quickly find a teammate to pass the ball, but was directly tackled by Mo Williams, who quickly completed the fast break.

Westbrook was not discouraged and found Yi Jianlian again, but this time he was obviously prepared, and while being entangled by Yi Jianlian again, he successfully gave the ball to the "third brother" James Harden.

The latter slipped to the baseline for a layup, played a time difference in the face of Bogut, and put the basket in.

But although the goal was scored, the Thunder's outside line went inside.

A good opportunity for a fast break.

Yi Jianlian quickly went down, and the serving Tygibson sensed Yi Jianlian's intentions, and a long pass spanned half of the basketball court, Yi Jianlian successfully received the ball and ran all the way into the inside line of the Thunder team.

"Phew!"

Hit the dunk!

"Yi's ball fully shows the tacit understanding between his ball quotient and the Bucks players!"

This goal was less than four seconds away from Harden's goal, and it can be said that it is the fastest time to chase points.

The tacit understanding of the team shown by Yi Jianlian and Ty-Gibson in chasing points made Barkley sigh.

Westbrook dribbled to the frontcourt, this time he didn't look for Yi Jianlian, but Durant kept running, Yi Jianlian had to keep up, Jeff Green's sudden delay made Yi Jianlian and Duranta distance, but fortunately, Tejbson followed in time, and Yi Jianlian simply changed his defense to follow Jeff Green.

Westbrook gave the ball to Jeff Green at this time, who took the ball and forced Yi Jianlian in the low post, turned around and made a jump shot after continuous footsteps, missed, and Bogut protected the rebound......

The two sides fought together.

Little K gradually realizes that something is wrong.

The four offensive points of the Thunder team seem to be heading towards Yi Jianlian!

This is to consume Yi Jianlian's physical strength!

Yi...... I also found myself being targeted.

Not only did the Thunder team on the offensive end allow him to receive the ball easily, but even the "four less" of the Thunder team on the defensive end were also playing around him, running around all kinds of dislocations, and the main attacker must face Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian's physical strength was consumed quickly.

Less than 5 minutes into the third quarter, Yi Jianlian was already gasping for breath.

The opponent didn't give him a chance to rest at all, he had to put himself into defense immediately after he finished playing on the offensive end, how could this be unbearable!

Yi Jianlian tried to press down the rhythm, but as soon as he dribbled twice on the spot, Durant pressed up, forcing him to run.

Yi Jianlian exhaled fiercely, and could only accelerate again and rush towards the basket.

The moment the ball was scored, Jeff Green immediately served, Westbrook took the ball and rushed, Yi Jianlian had to follow, but Westbrook rushed to the front court and slowed down, gave the ball to Durant, and asked him to play Yi Jianlian alone.

Shameless!

Yi Jianlian wiped the sweat on his chin, and began to think quickly in his heart, and soon he thought of something, and when Durant was about to make a move, Yi Jianlian directly sent the penalty rule.

"Toot! The Bucks fouled No. 9 and the Thunder re-served. ”