With the ball in the net, the enthusiasm of the fans was ignited again! Tyrek made one defense and one attack to narrow the gap between the two teams to 5 points before the end of the first quarter!

When Tyrek walked to the sideline, Jimmy and Farid excitedly stepped forward and bumped shoulders with Tyrek, Tyrek calmly pushed them away, sat on the bench and drank water to rehydrate, his eyes were still on the huge court, the game was still very long.

"Excellent! Very good! Very good! Just hit it like that! Fight back on defense! Tyrek is the heart of the offense, everyone cooperates with Tyrek! As long as we keep defending at all times, this game is not without a chance to win! ”

Coach Westphale and other players clapped their hands vigorously as soon as they got off the court, shouting to motivate them.

"Jerry, the Thunder team was in good shape in the first quarter, Durant and Westbrook scored 11 and 9 points respectively, the two cores played well, and the team still bit the score in this situation, judging from the first quarter alone, the team's tactical deployment today is still quite effective......" Napier and Raiz on the commentary bench at the break began to analyze the game.

"As you can see, today the team put all the focus on defense, which is to be expected, after all, the impact of the second, third and fourth most scoring players in the team on the offensive side of the team is indelible, and with the current lineup, it is indeed a way out. However, if you want to create real problems for the Thunder, you have to look at Tyreco's play, Tyrek scored a game-high 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, and Tyrek needs to continue this performance! ”

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Kings had a lineup of Tyreck, Morrow, Jimmy, Allen, and Thompson, and the Thunder had Westbrook, Harden, Durant, and Nick. Collison, Nazr. Mohammed.

The Thunder Sanshao were present at the same time for the first time in this game, and the offensive firepower of the Thunder team at this time can be described as explosive!

On the other hand, the Kings, the starting interior linemen Farid and Whiteside were replaced. Allen didn't play in garbage time for the first time this season, and due to the Kings' previous interior staff, Allen basically didn't get any chance to play, and he was going to be used as a regular rotation, which was enough to see the Kings were stretched. Looking at the other members of the Kings on the court, except for Tyrek and Jimmy, Morrow has obvious strengths and weaknesses, sparse defense, accurate three-point shooting in the offense, and a functional player with distinctive characteristics, averaging 9.7 points per game so far this season, ranking 5th in the Kings. Thompson had a lot of starting opportunities before this season, and with the addition of West this season, Thompson was completely reduced to a bench, and Farid and Whiteside were ahead of him, but his strength is still very stable, standard interior blue-collar, and he can steadily contribute 5.1 points and 4.2 boards in 14.4 minutes per game this season.

With such a on-court lineup composed of a group of role players, the strength on paper is obviously no match for the Thunder Sanshao, but the Kings still have Tyreck!

The Kings have always implemented the tactical concept of this game, the defensive end is infinitely consumed, the half-court man is marked, even the defense is the weakness of Morrow also tried his best to fight with the opponent, the second round show Allen finally got playing time and scored hard, although the Thunder's offensive firepower is ferocious, but under the King's almost crazy strict defense, the team still withstood the Thunder's offensive wave to a certain extent.

The increase in defensive concentration will inevitably increase the physical consumption of the players, and the investment in the offensive end will also decrease, so the capital to bite the score still comes from Terrick!

As soon as one of the Thunder's offenses didn't work, Tyrek immediately asked for the ball, and as soon as the ball arrived, he launched a quick counterattack, and Tyrek's dribbling on the move was played to the extreme in this game, and no one could stop him at all!

With the Thunder failing to score on two consecutive offensive turns, and Tyrek hitting two consecutive rebounding layups in the same offensive style, Thunder head coach Scott Brown. Brooks called a timeout, at which point the Thunder led the Kings by three points at 44-41.

In between the pauses, the audience continued to shout and cheer.

“Tyreke！ Tyreke！ Tyreke！ ”

“Typhoon！ Typhoon！ Typhoon！ ”

In this game, Tyrek's sharp and fast counterattack was indeed like a typhoon passing through, wreaking havoc on the Thunder's defense!

The talent of the Thunder team allowed them to make adjustments quickly after the timeout, in the face of the Kings' strict defense, the Thunder team appropriately slowed down the offensive rhythm, patiently attacked to find open space to shoot, and the three offensive killers played unhurriedly and cooperatively, which made the Kings feel a headache, the intensity of defense did not decrease, but the impact on the Thunder team is getting smaller and smaller, the team's foul count is increasing, and it can't stop the Thunder team from scoring. The all-around capabilities of Durant, Westbrook, and Harden on the offensive end make it difficult for them to mark people once they actively run and pull the space to cooperate, after all, not everyone on the Kings team is a defensive elite.

While the Thunder have strengthened their teamwork to improve their offensive efficiency under the Kings' man-to-man defense, the Thunder have not been able to address Tyrek's influence on the court.

Tyrek, who has fully turned on the offensive mode, has shown all his offensive talents on the offensive end, and previously needed his teammates to cover him or simply counterattack quickly, but at this time he has completely started to play alone, and he controls the team's offense alone!

In a one-on-one situation, Terrick is quite unreasonably forceful, and this change of direction is not enough, then twice! Two times is not enough, then three times! With his unbeatable ball sense, he always has a way to get past the opposing defenders!

Even in the face of the bag, Tyrek still has the determination to solve the battle, from the passing between the gaps, the step-back jumper after the front shake, the difficult folding layup after the one-on-two, and the back-to-back single, Tyrek continues to fight against the Thunder with dazzling offensive skills.

Tyreek's strength on the offensive end also created opportunities for the rest of the Kings players, and with a breakaway from Tyreek, the ball was given to Morrow in the bottom corner, and Morrow rushed up to cover Tyrek's Harden before he turned around! Hit!

With 17 seconds left before the end of the second quarter, the Kings trailed the Thunder by 2 points!

The last attack of the second quarter of the Thunder, Westbrook dribbled in the front court to press the time, and started to accelerate with 8 seconds left, facing Tyrek ready to force a breakthrough from the left side!

"Smack!"

Tyrek leaned on his tall body against Westbrook's breakaway line, while his right hand stealthily circled behind Westbrook and smashed the ball away!

Westbrook hurriedly reflexively chased the ball, and at this time, the timer stopped! Half game over! The Kings, who lack major generals, are only 2 points behind the Thunder! Tyrek scored 33 points in the half!