Chapter 295: Why Can't I?
When the ball was scored, Marion proudly raised his right arm, then ran to Yiyang's side and high-fived him gently. Durant is sure to be one of the best forwards in the league in the future, no, he is now. But Marion doesn't plan to lose to his juniors like this!
No one expected Marion to shoot a cold shot, but in fact, all the Mavericks players on the court right now could suddenly open fire. With Yiyang and Kidd on the floor at the same time, you can't imagine where the ball will go in the next second.
Marion's goal undoubtedly interrupted the Thunder's momentum, but a single three-pointer was not enough to stop the young players who were playing well. The Thunder's counterattack will be very fierce, unless the Mavericks can contain them on the defensive end as well.
Westbrook knows that against Yiyang again, he won't be as easy on the offensive end as he was when he was against Terry. Before he was halfway through, the "big net" woven by Yiyang and Kidd had been rolled out, waiting for the "fish" of Oklahoma to collide with each other.
Now the Thunder's scoring cannot be interrupted, so Westbrook did not choose to play alone, but passed the ball to Sephorosa.
Sephorosa did not hesitate to receive the ball, and when Ibaka mentioned the middle distance, he handed the ball to the Congolese.
Ibaka is strong and strong, but he has a good shot in the middle. However, Nowitzki clung to Ibaka so tightly that the Congolese had no chance to attack.
So, the Thunder's basketball was transmitted again, and this time, the ball went to Durant, a super forward who can average 27.7 points per game.
Marion's eyes look like he hasn't woken up, but if you dare to trespass into his territory, this sleepy-eyed guy will surely "entertain" you.
Durant raised the ball high with both hands, and then suddenly lowered his center of gravity to break through! As soon as he took the first step, Durant saw that Marion began to retreat, so he stopped sharply, turned around and jumped, and did not forget to secretly push Marion during the process.
The actual process of an NBA game is more intense than what you see on TV. Many of the small movements of the players are difficult to observe on TV, and you can only experience them first-hand to understand why this place is called the battlefield of the civilized era.
Marion was pushed like that and also deviated a little from the defensive position. Durant made a step-back jumper, and with his height and reach, he should be able to take it easily. However, a strong white man with long hair and an angry face suddenly jumped in front of Durant's eyes, obscuring Durant's vision.
After seeing Durant ready to play alone, Nowitzki came up to help defend. Unexpectedly, he just caught up with Durant to get ready to shoot.
was disturbed by Nowitzki's sudden jump, which disrupted Durant's shooting rhythm. He shot a little shorter and slammed into the side of the basket.
After Nowitzki pounced on the defense, Ibaka thought that even if Durant couldn't shoot, the rebound would be his own. However, the basketball that hit the side of the basket bounced far, and Nowitzki jumped a second time after landing, straightened his long arms, and scooped the basketball into his own hands on the side of the penalty area.
"Ahh Durant let out a low growl of annoyance, then quickly stepped back. It can be seen that the game of high defensive intensity is still too difficult for Durant and Westbrook now.
Nowitzki didn't hesitate after grabbing the rebound, and immediately passed the ball to Yiyang. At this time, the Thunder players were still retreating, and the defensive formation was not fully rolled out. Taking this opportunity, Yiyang started to run wildly!
From the back to the front to the front to stage a dragon storm, this kind of thing is not less than Yang. Westbrook hurriedly followed, using his strong body to force Yiyang to slow down.
However, Yiyang, who was staring at the basket, suddenly passed the ball behind his back during the run, and the basketball went around Yiyang and Westbrook's backs and fell into Kidd's hands.
When Kidd came up to receive the basketball, he happened to be standing outside the three-point line! The veteran didn't say a word, jumped straight away, and seemed to be planning to chase down and shoot a three-pointer.
Sephorosa hurriedly blocked, and Ibaka ran straight to the basket, ready to fight for the rebound.
Kidd shot in the air, Ibaka stuck in position, raised his head, but stared for a long time, but didn't see the basketball fly over.
The Congolese looked back in surprise and saw Nowitzki shooting! It turned out that just now, Kidd was a fake vote. He jumped up and didn't shoot the ball, but passed the ball to Nowitzki, who was overlooked.
Nowitzki had a terrible hand today, hitting multiple shots against Ibaka's defense. However, this opportunity for a large vacancy is still not a problem for the Germans.
The basketball leaps high into the air and plunges headlong into the net. Nowitzki raised his arms and retreated, and the rhythm of the attack was simply too comfortable!
"Passing the ball with both hands, with just two hands, and Kidd put the Mavericks' offense in order! With 15 points to go, the Mavericks have a chance to pull the gap back away. The Oklahoma City Thunder will have to be more patient on the offensive end if they don't want to lose at home! ”
Barkley, as a bystander, certainly knows the importance of patience. But the young Durant and Westbrook inevitably became more impatient when they fell behind by a big score.
This time, Westbrook didn't stick to the ball and continued to pass patiently. But in the end, Durant, who was forced to have no chance, still gave the ball back to Westbrook.
Westbrook saw that since Durant didn't come, he was not welcome!
After receiving the ball, Westbrook made a breakthrough, and then suddenly paused, disrupting Yiyang's retreating rhythm. After that, his crotch changed direction and accelerated past Yiyang.
Yiyang was broken through, and it was the smoothest breakthrough Westbrook has had against Yiyang's defense since the series. As always, this defender, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, threw himself into the air, and in the face of the encirclement of Chandler, Nowitzki and Yiyang, he resolutely chose to ...... Pass!
Westbrook was stunned to shove the ball through the gap between the three to Ibaka, who was standing under the basket. But the ball came so suddenly, and it was so short that the big man had to bend down to catch it.
Such close distance, such a fast ball speed, and not very good passing quality allowed the basketball to fly out of bounds before Ibaka's hands could catch it.
"It's a pity, Westbrook had a good idea, but it's still a little reluctant!"
There was a sigh at the scene, all complaining about the bad luck. However, was it really bad luck to miss this goal?
Perhaps Westbrook hadn't thought about passing the ball at all, but it was just a temporary idea when he didn't have a chance in the air. This kind of ball may seem like an idea, but it's actually extremely inefficient. Yiyang also has an example of breaking through to deceive the defender and then stuffing the ball to his teammates and dunking directly, but Yiyang is playing and rushing to pass the ball from the beginning, which is different from Westbrook, who can't play by himself and forcibly throws the pot.
A mistake that left Brooks heartbroken. He now had the idea of pinning Westbrook to the bench again, but looked at the Thunder's bench. If Westbrook is replaced, it will be more difficult for the team to chase points.
The Mavericks sent the ball from the baseline, Kidd controlled the rhythm, and Yiyang quickly ran to the frontcourt, only to find that the defender had become the "Swiss Army Knife" Sephorosa.
The Thunder are planning to try the situation with a substitution defense, maybe Sefrosa will be better defended against Yiyang?
Sephorosa is indeed a defensive specialist, and he's just as strong and hard as Westbrook. But unlike Westbrook, Sephorosa has a very cool head in defense, is not easy to shake off, and does not gamble defensively.
Yiyang ran into Seflorosa, and I have to admit that he ran into a big problem.
Yiyang first approached the forbidden area unhurriedly, during which Sephorosa kept pestering Yiyang. Just when the two of them just stepped into the penalty area, Yiyang suddenly pushed Sefrosa, and then quickly ran outside the three-point line, trying to get space to catch the ball.
A practical and standard V-shaped run, Yiyang can usually get rid of most counterpoints with this move. But Sephorosa wouldn't eat this kind of trick, he quickly followed again, and his arm was in front of Yiyang, leaving no space at all!
Seeing that Yiyang couldn't escape, Kidd commanded the block, as if he was planning to break through by himself.
Kidd took advantage of Nowitzki's cover to get inside, but in the overcrowded box, Kidd didn't find the slightest chance. Neither the shot nor the passing opportunity, Kidd saw it. In order to ensure the success rate of the offense, Kidd did not force it, but circled around the baseline and dribbled back to outside the three-point line.
At this time, Yiyang leaned on Seflorosa directly at the top of the arc outside the three-point line to ask for the ball, and at the same time, Yiyang glanced at Kidd.
The two guards were like interior players at the moment, pushing and squeezing each other outside the three-point line, Yiyang holding Seflorosa with one hand and raising the other high. Sephorosa held Yiyang's back with one hand to prevent him from exerting his strength, and with the other hand, he went around the front to block Yiyang and prevent him from receiving the ball.
"The Swiss defence is leaky, maybe he can really take it down!"
Kenny. As soon as Smith finished speaking, Kidd passed the ball! Seeing this situation, Sephorosa, who was blocking behind Yiyang, suddenly went around and tried to cut off the basketball!
However, when the Swiss went around to Yiyang, he found that the ball was still in Kidd's hand, and it was a fake pass just now, and he was played by these two guys!
"Damn it!" Sephorosa immediately turned around, and sure enough, Yiyang had already cut in from the middle lane!
Kidd made a ground-hitting pass and accurately gave the ball to Yiyang, who cut in. Yiyang's counterrun and Kidd's fake pass were so sudden that neither Ibaka nor Perkins came to their senses.
When Yiyang stepped into the restricted area, the two inside players were still rushing to the basket. After receiving the basketball, Yiyang jumped directly. In the air, he was confronted by the strong Ibaka. The latter raised his arms high and attacked from the side, and Yiyang was slammed in the air, losing his center of gravity. But when the center of gravity did not begin to fall, Yiyang maintained his position and gently threw the basketball to the basket.
"Boom!" At an angle almost parallel to the ground, Yiyang was pulled down by gravity.
At the same time, the basketball grazed the rebound, and after a circle on the basket, it "climbed" in!
"If the ball is scored, you have to add a penalty! Haha, with Kidd's cooperation, he played all the Thunder players! What a wonderful breakthrough, and the control of the ball at the moment of the shot, it is really amazing! ”
Seeing that the basketball hit, Yiyang, who was still lying on the ground, couldn't help but wave his arm. When he gave Kidd a look just now, Yiyang didn't dare to guarantee that Kidd would understand what he meant. But that historical tactician thought of it with him. Kidd is Kidd, and even though he's approaching 40, he's still one of the league's best spots.
Ibaka, on the other hand, shook his head across his back, and this was his third foul of the game. If you foul again, you'll be in complete trouble.
He still couldn't believe that the emaciated defender could still score after being knocked into the air by himself. Basketball is a highly competitive sport, and the quality of physical fitness can sometimes directly determine a player's ceiling. But then again, is basketball really just about physical fitness?
Nash, known as the "Son of the Wind", was not favored by people at the beginning, and some even said that he was the most talented player in history. In addition to his average physical fitness, he is also a congenital progressive spinal disorder, which causes his spine to slowly relax, and Nash even suffered a compression fracture of his spine during a competition. But it was such a player who won two MVPs and led the team to the Western Conference Finals.
In Riverside, California, USA, in 1965, a little boy fell to the ground, but his family could not bask in joy because the boy was born with a deformed hip that prevented him from walking normally. Such a child, many people were worried that he would not be able to live a normal life in the future, let alone stand on the NBA arena! However, it was such a child who was born with a disability and could not walk normally that not only became a first-round pick in the NBA draft, but also grew into a superstar in the NBA, making a name for himself and becoming one of the greatest three-point picks in NBA history. Reggie. Miller's story teaches everyone that physical impairments are no excuse for not being able to play basketball.
What's more, Yiyang does not have the above-mentioned diseases. Why can't a Chinese with ordinary physical confrontation ability but absolutely healthy play basketball?
Nowitzki and Chandler pulled Yiyang up, the same guy who looked slightly emaciated and had just broken through the ferocious Sephorosa, and then managed to score and foul in front of the bull-like Ibaka.
"The moment I was hit by Ibaka, I didn't even think he could get up!" Kenny. Smith watched Yiyang stand on the free throw line expressionlessly, and then hit the free throw steadily, feeling a little incredible.
Asian guards, when have they been so crazy in the NBA?
After this goal, Yiyang officially widened the difference to 18 points. There is still 2 points left, and the difference will break through the 20 mark.
However, it is clear that the Thunder have not yet found a solution to the problem. After an attack, Durant successfully broke through Marion, stepped directly into the restricted area, and flew to prepare for a split!
In the last game won by the Thunder, Durant used his arm length advantage to stage a crazy show of blocking Chandler.
Today, this 35th is no less to be outdone. He leaped sharply, still blocked by Chandler in the air. It's a pity that this time, under the interference of Chandler's efforts, Durant's dunk hit the basket and flew out directly.
If this goal is scored, the morale of the Thunder team will definitely be greatly boosted, and it may even be possible to complete the comeback in one fell swoop. But the intentions are often good, and Durant didn't dunk the ball and allowed the Mavericks to regain offensive opportunities.
The Thunder side still switched defenses, with Westbrook staring at Kidd and Yiyang being taken care of by Seflorosa. This time, Yiyang directly went around the three-point line at the other end of the court by slipping the bottom line.
Sephorosa was delayed by Chandler's off-ball block, but he didn't desperately accelerate to chase Yiyang, in case Yiyang took advantage of the opportunity to break through.
Yiyang pocketed to the bottom right corner, and Kidd's pass was delivered just right. Sephorosa didn't press with all his might, but let Yiyang go.
Unexpectedly, after Yiyang received the basketball, he directly pulled it up and threw it! Sephorosa let him go a little far, and it was a near-empty opportunity.
"Swiss Army Knife" hurriedly jumped and pounced, but Yiyang's speed was faster than expected!
Looking at Yiyang's shots, Peja on the bench smiled with relief. He stood up in advance and waved the towel in his hand for Yiyang.
In the next second, after the basketball hit the side of the basket, it fell into the frame for the second time. Yiyang hit a three-point shot and scored six points in a row, turning the difference to 21.
Seeing the basketball enter the net, Yiyang just nodded vigorously, and then quickly retreated.
Brooks, who sat back on his bench on the sidelines, may be really cold now.
The Thunder, who made it to the Western Conference Finals and had the most physical guard, are now almost lost to a slightly emaciated Chinese......