Chapter 283: The Hand That Came from Behind

The basketball entered the frame and rolled up a "white wave". Terry reveled in the cheers, and he couldn't help but spread his arms and lean down, feeling like a jet soaring through the endless sky.

"Everyone, look out, the jets are about to take off!" Kenny. Smith also said the explanation along with Terry's movements, and the Mavericks finally broke their gap outside the three-point line. Terry's calm shot made the Mavericks' morale rise at once.

Although the man who just scored the goal was Terry, Kenny. Charles Smith beside him. Barkley, however, set his eyes on Yiyang, who was expressionless.

This Chinese, who is only 1.93 meters tall, actually snatched the rebound in front of Ibaka just now! Although Ibaka, who returned to defense, did not occupy a favorable position, but the rebound just now, Yiyang jumped too high. From Barkley's point of view, he even felt that just now, Yiyang's head was flush with the basket!

The NBA league is indeed full of all kinds of "birds and beasts", but they jump on a level with the basket....... It's really not for everyone.

Terry's three-pointer allowed the Mavericks to close the gap. On top of that, this three-pointer also sounded the clarion call for the Mavericks to counterattack. After that, the Thunder's offense was noticeably a little impatient. Young people are always young people, and when they see that the momentum is not right, they will always panic. But not all young people are as calm as Yiyang.

Durant made a block for Westbrook, and Westbrook naturally would not be humble, and accelerated directly around Durant, trying to throw off Yiyang and attack the frame directly.

Yiyang deftly bypassed the block and quickly stuck to Westbrook's side. Westbrook didn't care about that, he raised the basketball, intending to use a master layup to complete the offense through Yiyang's defense.

However, Yiyang's excellent arm span still allowed him to cover Westbrook's whole body. Westbrook is like a little bird trapped in a cage, no matter how good you can fly, as long as you can't break through the shackles, you are destined to not be able to soar into the sky.

And at this moment, Yiyang is the cage and the shackles.

Although Westbrook still reluctantly threw the ball out, under Yiyang's tight defense, the Thunder No. 0's forced layup naturally failed to hit. The Mavericks protected the defensive rebound, and the impatient Thunder seemed to be messing up again.

"It's too easy to play, and Westbrook is very unrealistic to try to score with a simple pick-and-roll. What's more, we put more energy into the defensive end today than we thought! Westbrook will have to be patient if he wants to break through the shackles. Barkley looked at the technical stats, and in the second quarter of the game, Westbrook only scored once in the field. And just now, it was his fifth shot in this game. 1 in 5, even for an outside player, such a shooting percentage is too dismal.

So far, Yiyang's defense against Westbrook has been perfect. 40 points in a single game? I'm sorry, this kind of thing, Yiyang will never allow it to happen in the center of the American route!

A brilliant offense and a successful defense that kept the Mavericks energized. This time the attack Yiyang burst with the ball, and then passed the ball to Terry after attracting the defense.

The shooter is like that, if he feels good, then let him keep shooting, maybe he can really bring unexpected surprises to the team. Therefore, everyone also thought that Terry, who received the basketball, was the end point of the Mavericks' offense.

However, Terry didn't shoot after receiving the basketball, but quickly shifted the ball again!

The camera follows the basketball and swings its "head", and the orange-red basketball drags the afterimage and falls into Nowitzki's hand.

At this time, Nowitzki got the ball at the top of the three-point line, and there was no shadow of Ibaka in front of him. What about the Congolese? That guy was delayed by the off-ball blocking set up by the Mavericks again, and the blocker was Yiyang, who rushed into the interior to attack!

"Another guard did an off-ball pick-and-roll for a big man, and as I said, the Mavericks will definitely do that more than once today! Dirk three-point shot, Yes! The ball went in, and the Dallas Mavericks, who shot 0 of 6 three-pointers in the first quarter, have now hit two three-pointers in a row! The Thunder's hard-managed 7-point lead was chased to only 1 point in an instant! Dallas' shooter pack is starting to recover, and I think the Thunder have to be ready to deal with it! "Charles. Barkley was completely impressed by Carlisle's tactical set-up and the Mavericks' ability to execute the tactics. Such a team really shouldn't be underestimated!

The Mavericks scored again, and the margin was narrowed again. Now, Westbrook has only one thought in his head, score! Only by continuing to score can we maintain this already shaky and slim advantage.

This time, Westbrook plunged into the Mavericks box like a bullet. Yiyang, on the other hand, is like a warrior with steel plates all over his body, resisting bullets piercing the heart of the Mavericks.

Westbrook leaned on Yiyang's forced layup and knocked out of the frame again, only this time, the referee's timely whistle saved him.

"Mavericks No. 1, defensive foul!" The referee shouted and gestured to the technical table, Yiyang did not reason with the referee, but silently walked to the designated position.

The game played more than a quarter, and Yiyang was the first foul. This also shows that Westbrook's lethality today is not strong. If Westbrook is reduced to scoring by making fouls, then Yiyang believes that he will not do anything today.

Despite the abuse and boos from the Mavericks fans, Westbrook still hit two free throws to give the Thunder a three-point lead. However, in terms of mentality, the Thunder team is more like the lagging side, for fear that the score will be pulled away by the Mavericks!

The Mavericks are advancing so quickly that they look like they're the younger team. As soon as Yiyang stepped across the midfield line, he directly handed the ball to Terry, and then ran to the inside line himself. It seems that Yiyang still plays an auxiliary role in this attack.

Ibaka watched Nowitzki's runs intently, and glanced at Yiyang from time to time to see if the guy was coming to block Nowitzki again.

However, the situation is exactly the opposite of what Ibaka thinks.

Nowitzki suddenly made a sideways block and stopped Westbrook, who was chasing Yiyang. Yiyang raised his hand to the right 45° mid-range, and Terry's ball was passed just right.

After receiving the basketball, Yiyang directly started to impact the basket. In the face of Ibaka's supplementary defense, Yiyang turned around with this "African Mountain" as the axis and easily passed Ibaka. Yiyang turned around so fast that Ibaka even hurried Yiyang to pass directly through his body

After turning around and passing Ibaka, Yiyang didn't dribble the ball and jumped directly to the basket. Ibaka certainly won't rest on his laurels, leaping high, ready to mark his territory with a chaser.

Yiyang knew that Ibaka would definitely try to block himself from behind, and he also knew how terrifying this Congolese's blocking ability was. Therefore, Yiyang did not go to the basket in the usual way, but held up the basketball with one hand, and gently pressed his wrist to pick the basketball up.

A bottom-up basket is much more difficult to block than a straightforward layup. Ibaka watched as the basketball passed in front of her hands, grazed the rebound, and gently entered the net.

In the air, Ibaka and Yiyang, who couldn't control their bodies, slammed together, and Yiyang, who was slightly emaciated, naturally couldn't resist the impact from Ibaka.

Yiyang slammed into the reporter's area, and Ibaka really didn't save the slightest effort just now. But the moment Yiyang heard the referee's whistle, he felt that it was all worth it! If you hit a layup, you have to add a penalty, so why not fall for the sake of that reward?

Just as Yiyang was happy, the faces of Nowitzki and Chandler obscured the lights shining from the dome of the arena at the American Airline Center.

Yiyang grabbed the two guys' forearms and stood up again. He walked straight to the free-throw line, as if he hadn't been the one who had just fallen. Westbrook pouted, this Chinese's toughness is not at all comparable to his own!

At the free throw line, Yiyang didn't miss, and the Mavericks hit a three-point shot. And this also means that the advantage that the Thunder team accumulated from the first quarter of the game is gone!

Seeing that the score was tied, Brooks called the first timeout of the game in the second quarter. He will replace Harden with Sephorosa as a way to bolster the defense. Only by first limiting the Mavericks' scoring spree can the Thunder regain control of the game.

"Sean, take a break! Peja, take off your training clothes. I have only one request for you, shoot threes, shoot threes! Contrary to Brooks' setup, Carlisle hurriedly brought Stojakovic on the court, naturally in order to strengthen the offense and enhance the Mavericks' firepower from beyond the three-point line. Take advantage of the momentum and pull the score away in one fell swoop!

The two managers collided with two very different ideas, and the timeout ended quickly to the roar of the fans. Harden sat on the bench a little depressed, and he didn't make any mistakes when he just lost points......

It can't be helped, that's the price of partnering with Westbrook in the back line. With Sephorosa behind Westbrook, I believe the Thunder's defense will be more solid.

Westbrook also knew that the situation was not in favor of the Thunder at this time, and he did not continue to attack the basket, but used the breakthrough to give Durant a chance to shoot from a distance.

Durant, as usual, catches the ball and shoots. But this time, Peja, who is also tall and has long arms, interfered with Durant's shooting rhythm!

In order to avoid the block, Durant shot a little earlier. The basketball slammed into the front of the basket, and Ibaka and Nowitzki jumped at the same time and touched the basketball at the same time, but neither of them held the ball firmly.

The basketball was spotted out and picked up by the aggressive Peja. Peja turned and handed the ball to Yiyang, which means that this attack of the Thunder team has completely failed!

Yiyang advanced with the ball, and Terry ran wildly along the left side of the court. Yiyang picked up the basketball with both hands halfway through the run and set his eyes on Terry, which was a harbinger of Yiyang's ball!

Sephorosa "Swiss Army Knife" Sephorosa, who was right behind Terry, was waiting for an opportunity to make a steal, but don't confuse me with Harden, who can only attack and not defend!

Yiyang pushed both hands in Terry's direction, and Sephorosa picked up his pace and stretched out his arm, ready to intercept the ball halfway through. However, instead of flying to Terry, the basketball went to Peja, who was in the opposite direction of Terry!

"Haha, there are not many people in this alliance who can still play this kind of art on the wrist!" Kenny. Smith didn't have to watch the replay to know what had just happened. Obviously, Yiyang is passing the ball towards Terry, how can the ball fly in the opposite direction?

In fact, it was Yiyang who changed the direction of his wrist movement in the moment of passing. As a result, Yiyang appeared to be passing the ball to Terry, but actually passed the ball to the other side.

Seeing this goal, Kidd was so excited that he almost rushed onto the court. This kid's passing really makes practicality and ornamentation coexist!

Such an unreasonable pass naturally caught the Thunder off guard. Peja, who was concentrating, caught the ball steadily, stopped and shot directly, chasing down the three-point shot.

Durant didn't know how the ball was suddenly coming to his side, and by the time he reacted, Stojakovic had softly thrown the basketball.

Durant turned around in despair, however, a miracle didn't happen. The ball still went in, and the Mavericks completed the comeback, and it was in the form of a three-point shot. You know, the three-point shooting rate of this group of guys in the first quarter of the game is 0%!

Peja's goal made the young Thunder even more flustered. Westbrook motioned for Ibaka to quickly send the ball out so that he could assault the opponent's basket.

It's a good idea for this guy to want to score quickly, but he ignores the fact that the one who defends himself is always calmer than himself!

Westbrook took the baseline ball and rushed straight to the frontcourt, only looking at the basket and the three-point difference, and did not pay attention to the surrounding situation at all.

Dribbling and dribbling, Westbrook suddenly felt that the basketball was out of control! He looked down and saw that a hand was reaching out from behind him and stabbing the basketball away!

Yiyang had long been prepared for a sneak attack, but he didn't know that Westbrook was really defenseless. He managed to snatch the basketball from behind the number 0, and when the crowd didn't react, he pushed forward alone.

The transition between offense and defense was instantaneous, and no one on the Thunder had time to react except for Westbrook. But when Westbrook turned around to chase Yiyang, Yiyang had already thrown him away.

The No. 0 guard, who scored 40 points in a single game in the Western Conference semifinals, could only follow behind Yiyang, watching the No. 1 jump high, turn his back with waist and abdominal strength in the air, and complete a two-handed strong back buckle!

After landing on the ground, Yiyang hammered his chest, which was almost his most arrogant celebration.

Yiyang passed by Westbrook, today, I won you!

14-2, the Mavericks beat the young Thunder with a wave of offensive climax.

This is the American Route Center Arena, and this is the place where the defending champion Lakers are buried. Want to win here? Let's take a look at how many pounds and taels you have!