Chapter 206: The Opening Battle (2)
Eric Gordon, who got the ball, advanced very quickly, and he tried to attack one while the Thunder was not firmly established, but the Thunder's defense was not loose because the game had just begun, especially Westbrook, who was eager to prove himself, last season Wei Shao was injured in the regular season for 36 games, but Durant single-core led the team to bring the Thunder to the second place in the West, so people from the outside world think that Durant is the indispensable person for the Thunder, not Westbrook, but the Turtles themselves don't think so, He feels that Durant's injury is just an opportunity, an opportunity to prove that he can lead the team without Durant!
"Dude, I'm not going to let you score!" The turtle posted it up and said while confronting it, the two are very familiar with each other, and the 2008 draft was star-studded. Derrick Rose was the top pick, Russell Westbrook was the fourth pick, Kevin Love was fifth, and Gordon was seventh.
Gordon has the ability to shoot three points beyond the distance, has a strong ability to break through and finish under the basket, has a certain passing ability, the defense is underestimated, a good top defense and co-defense ability, the only weakness is the ability to control the ball, it is easy to lose the ball, and the height is too short, once it is focused, the defense efficiency will be very low, so it is suitable to be a second and three masters, so the Suns traded him to play point guard.
By the way, Eric Gordon played Jordan's son in the movie "Space Slam Dunk", and then beat up the gang's 2 real sons in high school......
"This guy is still so strong!" Eric Gordon looked at the turtle opposite him, who was about the same height and weight as himself, and did not force it, but handed the ball to the Suns boss Li Mojie.
Li Mojie got the ball on the three-point line on the wing, tentatively held the ball, and motioned for his teammates to pull away.
"Oh? Man, you think you can single me? Ibaka was unconvinced.
"Try it!" Li Mojie shrugged his shoulders slightly, pretending not to care, then lowered his center of gravity, cut the ball to his left hand after a few dribbles, took a step forward to the left with the ball in his left hand, and stood in a horse stride, with his left foot in front of his right foot and behind his right foot.
"This guy!" Ibaka is 208cm, and his center of gravity is much higher than Li Mojie, so he must be very careful in defending Li Mojie, otherwise once Li Mojie breaks through, then Li Mojie will hit the basket directly!
But Li Mojie's singles teaching is still not over, I saw him make a Buddha worship action and step out of his right foot, take advantage of the situation to dribble under the crotch, the ball is cut from the left hand to the right hand, the left foot steps forward, and the left foot immediately kicks back; Take a step back with the right foot, then drop the left foot in place, and the left foot should fall behind the right foot, that is, the right foot in front of the left foot and behind the left foot, and then the same left foot will be the main one, and the right foot will be a secondary kick jumper.
"Take three steps back!" DJ Albert shouted.
"My God, hit, Li Mojie's step-back three-point shot in the opening, the Suns took the lead!" ESPN Commentary Desk Van Gundy shouted.
"This, this, God, I'm not dazzled, is it really Li Mojie who started on the field? Pierce sitting down there? Mike Brin opened his mouth wide to look at Pierce, who was wearing the No. 34 Suns jersey on the Suns bench, and applauded in satisfaction, feeling incredulous.
"Hahaha, Mike, this is your loneliness, Li Mojie has broadcast his training live this offseason, and Pierce has a successor!" Van Gundy replied with a smile.
"Incredible, incredible, such a smooth singles technique, this is his second season!" Mike Brin shook his head in surprise.
Regardless, the game continued, the ball was in Westbrook's hands, and the turtles were also very fast, but after half-time, the turtles slowed down.
It wasn't until Adams came to the halfcourt and stood high in the middle of the court that the turtle restarted and rushed to the basket.
Markieff switched to defend the Turtle, but Markieff was not fast at his feet compared to the Turtle, and the ball Markieff had not fully entered the game, so the Turtle shook slightly, and he lost his defensive position, and could only let the latter easily approach the Sun's basket, and there was no way at all.
"Smack!"
Okay, I've got this ball!
Westbrook said secretly when he saw that Markieff had lost his defensive position.
But at this moment, a big white slap suddenly appeared between Westbrook and the Suns' basket, like a barrier, which made Westbrook panic.
This......
Wei Shao was in a trance, and the basketball in his hand disappeared, he looked back, and he didn't know when, the orange basketball had appeared three feet away.
Don't think about it, his layup was blocked.
"It's Rudy, Rudy Gobert's block, the Suns' interior barrier this season!"
Li Mojie's first shot made the fans cheer, and now Gobert's block made the atmosphere even more hot!
Wei Shao's layup was blocked by Gobert and then re-served, and the hasty three-point shot missed again, Markieff grabbed the rebound and returned to the other end, Li Mojie and Gordon played a pick-and-roll cooperation, took Gordon's pass under the basket, and hit two points with a light pick-and-roll.
On the Thunder's side, Westbrook hit the interior in a row, but in the face of the interior combination of Gobert and Markieff, Westbrook failed to hit two consecutive layups.
The offense on the Suns' side was beyond the expectations of the Thunder, Li Mojieri burst out and shot from the new magic to Anthony and Pierce, in the first four minutes, Li Mojie had scored 7 points, with a high jump shot, and the other two were all inside offenses, one was made, and the other caused Ibaka's foul.
After figuring out the opponent's opening routine, both sides obviously have more pertinence on the defensive end, the Suns completely shrink on the inside, not giving Westbrook the opportunity to impact the inside at all, and when Westbrook passes the ball out to Andre Robertson on the outside, although he will have a very famous goddess as a girlfriend in the future, the "ball control" technique may be possible, but the shooting technique aims at the ability......
"The Thunder's lineup on the court looks good defensively, but who's going to make room for Westbrook Clara? Andre Roberson shot 15.4% from three-point range last season, not to mention Ibaka, Adams, Perry Jones and others, including Russell, the Thunder didn't even have a reliable three-point shooter on the court, the Suns' current defensive strategy is very simple, just shrink the basket, you see the current score is 15:4, the Thunder only scored 4 points on free throws, and didn't make an offensive effort, didn't Scott call a timeout? Mike Brin looked at the situation on the court and said, he almost said what kind of lineup this is, what age is it, not even a three-point shooter on the court, how do you break the Suns' current 3-2 defense? Li Mojie, Gobert, and Markieff who are good at defending on the inside, and you are not a real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle can pick up a katana, a three-section stick, and a harpoon to kill the three strong men on the opposite side.
Sure enough, Brooks called a timeout and replaced it with 198cm SG Anthony Morrow and 203cm SF Lance Thomas, replacing Perry Jones and Andre Robertson.
At this time, the Suns adopted a 3-2 joint defense style of shrinking the interior, so the Thunder's new Anthony Morrow and Lance Thomas made a three-pointer and a mid-range shot, and two consecutive offenses made the Thunder open up the situation and also broke the Suns' joint defense.
The Suns' offense also encountered some trouble in the next two rounds, in the case of the Thunder paying great attention to defense, Li Mojie really began to be trapped, Gordon tried to block and Markieff twice to block and cooperate, but the effect was not very good, so the first quarter of the game ended, the score was 21:26, and the Suns led by 5 points.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder attacked, Westbrook's breakthrough after dribbling was blocked by the Suns in the middle distance, and the ball was distributed to Anthony Morrow, Morrow missed the shot, and Li Mojie's data added a rebound.
The Suns called a timeout, Hornacek looked at Brooks on the opposite side and smiled, in the eyes of outsiders, the current Suns team is a class of raw melons and eggs, and it is difficult to become a climate, but only Hornacek understands that although the current Suns team is indeed a majority of newcomers, how talented and strong this group of people is!
"You still have my Li Mojie, right? Hehe! Hornacek sneered and said, "Nikola, you go up and play power forward and open up space for Mojie!" ”
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