Chapter 45: Hornets VS Thunder (3)
With three minutes left in the first quarter, Brightins replaced Bai Xiaofei.
"Boy, look carefully, I, who have NBA-level strength, actually substitute a character like you!" Blings glanced contemptuously at Bai Xiaofei, who was wearing a towel and bowing his head, and thought to himself, "When you see my true strength, will you feel ashamed and feel ashamed!" ”
Brykins came on the field with confidence.
Peterson controlled the ball to guard Cook, Cook dipped a shot into the penalty area, Sangeira hurriedly made up for the defense, Cook distributed the ball to Kertic, who took three steps directly and made a layup!
"It's not that easy!" Brightins yelled and jumped up to block, but Stickic, who was flying in the air, actually made a small pull-up motion, the basketball bypassed Brightins' blocked arm and threw the ball from the other side of the basket, and the basketball thrown by Cutage spun at high speed, rubbed against the basket, and turned into the net.
This ball will have European characteristics of the center's delicate skills to the fullest, 213 cm tall can also make the air pull rod shot such a guard action, although Cutic weakened this action a lot, but it is still very practical, such a ball wants to score, the direction of basketball rotation is very important, this direction is always in the direction of the basket rotation, and the force can not be too large, otherwise it will turn out.
Brykins was dumbfounded.
In the next round, Brightins was at the left free throw line, Iverson passed the ball, for Brightins' shooting strength, this position is his response position, not his attack position, but Blingkins did not pass the ball, but immediately after receiving the ball, he turned forward, and the face frame was to single Kertic!
Due to the limitation of height and weight, Brightins's back singles is his weakness, and his mobility and frame attack are his weapons, relying on these two hands, he played very good results in college, and it is also because of this that he gave the little-known Bai Xiaofei a substitute before his face was full of dissatisfaction.
Brightings left foot in the center of the pivot foot, right foot constantly testing Kertic's defensive position, suddenly, Bright started to break through to the right side, Vestich was close to Breggings in front of him, Brightins is not as tall as Vestich in terms of height and weight, he rushed to the inside and was pushed farther and farther away by Kertic, Blaggins suddenly stopped, dribbled a shot and prepared to shoot, Vestich has been playing in the league for five or six years, how could he be fooled with this kind of feint with almost no technical content!
Buckings was helpless, put the ball back, he stopped the ball! He's thinking about whether to pass the ball out or force a shot! Passing, you will appear to admit yourself, force the shot, there is a possibility of being blocked by Krtic, and you will lose face even more!
"Brightins, what are you doing! Shoot fast! Twenty-four seconds! ”
Williams yells in a hurry!
Brightins passed the ball to Iverson outside the three-point line, and he ran outside the three-point line, Brightins's behavior is a typical ruffian style on the court, he made a single opponent but couldn't play, there were only a few seconds left in the offensive time and then passed to others, the hasty shot must be exchanged for a hit iron, in other words, Breggins has no three-point ability at all, he ran outside the three-point line completely to let others stop passing the ball back to himself!
Who knew that Iverson, who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and Lang's natural and stubborn nature, of course would not eat Brightins's set, and slapped the ball passed by Blings with one hand, stopped without stopping, and passed it back to Blingkins outside the three-point line!
Blaggins was stunned when he received the ball, and subconsciously looked at the timer on the rebound, the time was only one second, and it was too late to pass, so Blings could only throw it away!
This shot, Krtic's defense, the pre-game player report was already very clear, Breggins had no three-point shooting ability at all, Christic immediately ran to the basket and was ready to scramble for rebounds!
"Huh!"
The ball is in! A goal thrown by Brightenshu actually scored! Kertic was also dumbfounded, and there was no other option but luck. Brightins himself was dumbfounded, he didn't aim when he shot, he actually went in, and he still went into the net!
Brygins roared excitedly, but Iverson had a grim face.
In the next round, Stickic went around to the outside, received a pass from Harden, hit a three-point shot, and on the other side, Brightins hit a mid-range shot, the two sides went back and forth, so lively, on the Hornets side, Brightings completely fell into the "self-crazy" mode, took the ball and didn't pass the ball, just a strong single Kertic, standing opposite Kertic, Brightins' eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire, and he almost ate Kertic, which made Cutic mutter.
"How did I offend this dude? The ball is not very good, but there are a lot of things! ”
And on the Thunder's side, Thorton is the main defense Thunder substitute first firepower point, James Harden, Thorton has never been a defensive giant, his defensive level and awareness, at best, is in the middle of the league, let him give up the offense, to defend Harden, the effect is self-evident, this can be seen from the next shot - Harden took the ball outside the three-point line, the cat was on the waist, the basketball was continuously reversed in his left and right hands, Thorton didn't dig out, he knew, he couldn't dig it out, Thorton just stuck the defensive position tightly, Harden suddenly broke through to the right side with the ballThorton kept up with the footsteps, Harden's rhythm suddenly changed, the basketball went from his right hand to his back and back to his left hand, and he jumped one step after another, jumping and shooting! And with a little bit of backlash!
"Huh!"
The basketball hit steadily, this move is Harden's signature, step back and step back to shoot a jumper!
And Thorton was still standing in place, looking at the basket in a daze, and his heart swelled with Lang Hua.
At the end of the first half, the Hornets relied on Paul's consecutive breakthroughs to bite the score 45:48, and in the first half, Paul scored 18 points on 2 of 10 free throws, while Westbrook scored 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting and 5-of-6 free throws! And Bai Xiaofei still didn't score and grabbed 6 rebounds.
Harden's shooting rate is very high, even if he doesn't score a layup, he always has a way to make fouls, go to the free throw line and score easily, Thorton has no way to do this, and Brightins' side, facing the tall and big Cutic, can't play inside, basically a mid-range jumper, can't get into the sky, this game is not bad, shot 7 shots, scored 3, plus the three-pointer of the first shot, got a total of 7 points, grabbed 3 frontcourt rebounds. On the other hand, Kertic hit three of his four shots to score seven points and grab five rebounds due to his relatively small possession.
If Westbrook was an angel in the first half, then in the second half he turned into a demon, and in the second half, the Hornets made defensive adjustments to Westbrook, no longer Poundset's single, it was Paul and Poundset's double attack, Paul completely let go of Saflosha, in fact, the Hornets were betting on Safrosha's three-point shot!
This change in defensive strategy has worked wonders, because there is no ball, Saflosha's role on the offensive end is basically zero, Westbrook broke through with the ball, passed Bondset, faced Paul's entanglement, and Bai Xiaofei's defense under the basket - even if Bai Xiaofei's defense is not in place, as long as his thick body stands under the basket, it is an interference with Westbrook's shooting, Westbrook missed three consecutive shots, and the Hornets, under the leadership of Paul, stabilized the rhythm and focused on West's jump shot, Three minutes into the third quarter, the Hornets overtook the score, and six minutes later, the Hornets had taken a five-point lead, and the Thunder quickly called a timeout.
The head coach of the Thunder is called Scott Brooks, a representative figure of the league's new head coach, studying under George Carr, like his mentor, Brooks advocates the three precepts - "team rebounding, each performing its own duties and average ball possession", but he is different from Carl's old coaches, when facing the league's two major stars, Durant and Westbrook, he can intersperse his coaching philosophy and star tactics, which not only ensures the team's star halo, but also allows the team's other role players to play, This is the best thing about Brooks, in the season before Brooks took over, the Thunder only had 23 wins, after Brooks settled in Oklahoma City, a season down to 50 wins, obviously, the team has one more Harden does not make the team win so many games, and Brooks, is precisely the most critical part of this, as a result, Brooks won last year's best coach trophy.
After the timeout, almost everyone thought that Harden would replace Saflosha, including the head coach of the Hornets, Williams, so he replaced Poundsett with Iverson just to counter Harden's firepower.
But everyone was wrong, and instead of sending Harden on the court, Brooks replaced him with ......