Chapter Forty-Eight: Half Match
Back on the court, both teams made personnel changes, the Kings replaced Cousins with Dyham Porter, Cosby replaced Garcia, and Udri replaced Thompson, with Udley, Tyrek, Thorton, Cosby, and Dyrem Porter on the court.
The Thunder, who led the score, replaced the bench, and only Durant stayed on the court as a starter. Maynor, James. Harden, Durant, Nick. Collison, Nazr. Mohammed.
Tyrek's desire to perform is extremely strong, on the one hand, for victory, and on the other hand, because of the sudden throbbing in his heart, he wants to make an impression on Angeli.
After the Thunder switched to the bench, the defensive intensity dropped significantly, and the defense of the guard line of Mayno and Harden was completely inadequate.
Now in his second season of career, Harden's potential is already being revealed, and his offensive firepower is slowly unleashed as he gains experience in the game, and given enough time, he is bound to grow into a star in the league. But now Harden has more potential, and it is offensive potential, his physical condition is fine, but the motivation of defense is not high.
The Thunder's other backup guard, Meno, is a pure playmaker, and his good shooting and vision allow him to play a steady 15 minutes or so in games, but his talent is limited, and his thin body limits his defensive ability.
Faced with the duo's perimeter defense, Terrick began to gradually get into his own rhythm of the game. Relying on his super ball sense and top physical condition on the guard line, Terrick easily tore apart the Thunder's outside defense.
The Thunder's two benches on the inside, Collison and Mohammed, is an extremely tough player with a fierce style of play, but the bounce is average and the movement is slow. Muhammad, a 13-year veteran of the league, came to the Oklahoma City Thunder from Charlotte Bobcats this season, playing in a similar style to Collisson, who is good at fighting for rebounds and is a pure interior blue-collar player.
Tyrek stepped into the interior to face these two interior defenders with extremely poor maneuverability, and it was like no one's land. Tyrek, who is excellent in speed and agility, is like facing two wooden stakes, whether it is a layup or a second pass, his teammates are handy.
Although Durant's hand is still hot, and Harden also relies on his various offensive methods to cause problems for the Kings, the Kings still close the contrast under the leadership of Tyreck.
Yudri dribbled the ball up front, and Tyrek deftly ran off the ball, slipped the baseline around Bowler, and beckoned for the ball. Udri gave Tyrek a step inside the three-point line in the bottom corner, and Meno, who was chasing Tyrek, was blocked by Dareham Porter, and Tyric was unguarded two meters in front of him!
Tyrek is ready to jump on the spot, his feet are strong, he jumps quickly, and at the same time, his arms vibrate, the ball is raised to the right back of his head, aim at the basket, his wrist is forced, his fingers pluck the basketball, and he shoots! The "crooked handle" shooting posture with Tyreco's personal style, hollow into the net!
With this goal, the Kings overtook the score! Won 43-42 over the Thunder by 1 point!
The moment Terrick scored the goal, the fans raised their hands and stood up to cheer for the team!
Tyrek stole a glance in Angeli's direction, only to see Angeli shouting with joy as well. Although Tyrek saw Anjiali's heart throbbing, he didn't say that it was love at first sight, but in front of a beautiful woman who is extremely in line with his own aesthetics, who doesn't want to attract the attention of the other party? The scrappy Tyrek even became more accurate in his jumpers, which he was not good at, and seeing Anjiali cheering for his goal, Tyrek couldn't help but be even more excited......
After the Kings overtook the score, Thunder coach Scott Brown. Brooks had to call a timeout.
"Tyrek, good play, there are more than 2 minutes left in the second quarter, come down and rest for a while, let's play again in the third quarter......" Coach Westphall patted Tyrek on the shoulder and said.
"It's okay coach, it's just two regular season games, I'm in good shape now, I don't need to rest......"
At Tyreck's insistence, Coach Westfair did not replace Tyreck, and at the end of the half, the Sacramento Kings drew 50-50 with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Tyrek scored 14 points in the second quarter of the game, and Tyrek played 24 minutes in the half, scoring 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, the highest score in the game.
"The first half is over, it's halftime, the team is currently tied with the Thunder, on the other side of the Rose Garden Arena, the Memphis Grizzlies and Portland Trail Blazers have also finished the first half, the Grizzlies are 45-47 behind the Trail Blazers by two points, Jerry, what do you think?"
"Grant, the strength of the Thunder team should not be underestimated, I will be honest, the team's strength on paper is still weaker than the Thunder team, which we must admit, but the victory or defeat of the basketball game is affected by all aspects, and the spirit of the team today is extremely vigorous, especially Tyreck, who is currently playing the first half, and the team can maintain this state in the second half, and it is not impossible to beat the Thunder. On the other hand, the Grizzlies, who are playing away against the Portland Trail Blazers, who are currently ranked 6th in the West, are also a strong team, and judging from their performance in the first half, the Trail Blazers, who have home court advantage today, are in better shape. But it's all bad, let's look forward to the boys' performance in the second half! ”
At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the main forces of both sides returned to the court, and the talent of the Thunder team was indeed high and terrifying, Durant and Westbrook took turns bombing the Kings' basket, and there were Seforosa and Ibaka inside and outside the defensive end, and the Kings fell into passivity again for a while.
But the feel of this kind of thing is really not good, sometimes there is, sometimes it is cold. Westbrook hit a lot of iron after hitting two shots at the beginning of the third quarter, and the Kings fought back under the leadership of the two big cores inside and outside, Tyrek and Cousins.
Tyrek continued to play strongly, and Cousins faced the Thunder's interior defense, and gradually found a way to deal with it in the second half. Perkins is a great defensive deterrent, a very aggressive defensive attitude, and a very good defensive center. However, his pace is too slow, and he relies on Ibaka's excellent mobility and top-level defensive ability to make up for Perkins' shortcomings.
Cousins is extremely physical, and at the same time has a soft mid-range, in the first half was limited by Perkins's entanglement, Cousins frequently relied on his low-post small skills and the weakness of Padins' lack of movement ability to play in the middle distance, even if Ibaka assisted in defense, Cousins can calmly transfer the ball to his teammates, and Perkins, who is more and more impatient, also fell into the predicament of fouls.
The scores of the two teams rose alternately, and for a while they fell into a tug-of-war between you and me......