Kidd stood at the free-throw line, and the veteran was long numb to the boos of the fans. Although Kidd's offensive ability has shrunk dramatically at nearly 40 years old, Kidd is still very solid when it comes to free throws.

Two free throws and two hits, without any accidents. After the coaches of both teams made adjustments, the Thunder still did not score, while the Mavericks managed to overtake the score.

Brooks has been staring at Yiyang, the yellow-skinned Chinese who did nothing to defend Westbrook two days ago, will he completely prevent Harden from dumb fire today?

No matter how bad the result just now, the Thunder must stabilize the situation and continue to attack. Now the Thunder need to do a good job not defensively, but offense! If they can't score all the time, the Thunder's efforts on the defensive end will only be wasted.

After two free throws, the Thunder regained offensive control. Westbrook wanted to force Kidd, after all, the old guy's current speed was certainly not comparable to his own. However, when Westbrook leaned in with the ball, he found that Kidd was not like Yiyang, who could easily open it himself.

Although he is not fast, and despite his age, Kidd has a very good core and can withstand the onslaught of defenders on the defensive end. Seeing this scene, Carlisle couldn't help but smile off-the-field.

Not to mention the guard, in the Mavericks' confrontational training on weekdays, Kidd did not fall behind at all when defending Marion, the No. 3 position.

Westbrook looked at the veteran in front of him in some surprise, is he really an old guy who is almost 40 years old!?

In the first two games, Westbrook spent most of his time entangled with Yiyang, so he didn't know much about Kidd. But today, Westbrook has found out. The Mavericks, the old and the young, are all monsters!

A willpower is indestructible, and no matter what you do, you can't shake him off. The other is strong and strong, and it is not at all advantageous to be entangled with him.

Yiyang and Kidd locked the Thunder's guard line tightly, which is why Carlisle is confident to win on defense. Although when it comes to the Mavericks, people's first reaction is "these guys are very good at shooting". But in reality, Carlisle has no fewer people who can defend than he can shoot.

There was no way, Westbrook had to call Ibaka to block the pick-and-roll. The Congolese mentioned the high position, and Westbrook broke through. But the purpose of Thunder No. 0's breakthrough is not to score, but to share the ball!

Ibaka immediately went down after the block, and in terms of footwork and athleticism, the Congolese was much better than Nowitzki.

Nowitzki couldn't keep up in time and was thrown away by Ibaka, who was down. Westbrook, meanwhile, had a pass that was just right for Ibaka. By this time, Ibaka had already picked up speed, and there was no one in front of him.

According to this situation, even if Chandler returns to the basket, he may not be able to stop him.

Although he knew that if he went to make up for it, he would definitely be hit enough, but there was no way, and it was Chandler's duty to protect the basket. So the "boxing king" quickly ran to the basket, and the violent collision between the two strong elders made the fans' hearts rise to their throats!

Ibaka held her breath, ready for the next slam of the road. That's the way the playoffs are, when they meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, and no one will retreat!

The Congolese holds the ball in both hands and has his calves accumulated, ready to leap high! Just as he was about to jump, the basketball in his hand was slammed off!

"What!?" Ibaka looked down, and sure enough, it was Yiyang!

Yiyang's defense was very timely, rushing to Ibaka's side without him being aware of it, and reached out to cut the basketball away.

But the basketball was cut away and flew to the baseline, and if the ball went out of bounds, everything would be lost, and the Thunder would have a chance to reorganize the offense.

So Yiyang didn't think about it, the basketball that flew out of the realm looked like a lively antelope in his eyes. And Yiyang at this moment is a hungry lion!

I saw Yiyang pounce directly at the basketball, and his whole body was parallel to the ground. In the air, Yiyang hugged the basketball with both hands, but Ibaka stretched his limbs and completely blocked Yiyang's passing route. If Yiyang can't pass this ball back, then it will be useless for him to save even if he flies!

There was no room to pass the ball, and he had already begun to fall to the ground again. In a hurry, Yiyang suddenly smashed the ball diagonally down!

"What!?" By the time Ibaka reacted, the ball had hit his instep and bounced out of bounds.

Yiyang fell into the press area and mingled with a group of reporters with cameras. After that, the referee blew his own whistle. "Thunder No. 9 out of bounds, Mavericks possession!"

"Well done!" At the moment when the referee made the decision, Nowitzki shouted excitedly, and then hurriedly rushed over and pulled Yiyang up.

"What fucking shit!" Ibaka scolded loudly, he couldn't believe that Yiyang actually used such an unreasonable way to keep the ball.

"Also, this guy is desperate to get the ball for the Mavericks. His co-defense just now was perfect! Now it is necessary to pay attention to Yiyang's defense not only Harden and Westbrook, everyone on the Thunder team must be vigilant at all times! Because you don't know where that number one is going to come from! ”

As Barkley spoke, the Mavericks had already started the next round of offense. Kidd was so skillful with the ball that Westbrook didn't dare to make a tackle.

At the same time, Yiyang, who had just fallen hard, had already started to run actively. Carlisle asked Yiyang to play the No. 2 position not just for defense, he also said just now that Nowitzki is not feeling good, the ball will hit him more often.

Yiyang slipped to the bottom line and looked as if he was about to run to the bottom right corner to catch the ball. When Yiyang passed by the basket area, Nowitzki turned sideways and helped Yiyang hang Harden.

Harden struggled to get rid of the pick-and-roll and tried to pounce on Yiyang. Just when everyone thought that Yiyang was going to catch the ball outside the three-point line, that No. 1 suddenly killed a horse gun!

A sudden reversal without warning! Let Yiyang quickly pass past Harden! Harden immediately turned his focus, but there was no time to continue to follow.

Yiyang, who originally ran along the bottom line to the bottom corner, now cut down the basket along the bottom line. Kidd hit the ground with a pass that was as accurate as a cruise missile, sending the basketball through the crowd and back into Yiyang's hands.

Yiyang's reversal not only deceived Harden, but also made most Thunder players have no time to react. In this way, Yiyang easily made a layup, and Harden didn't have any power to fight back on the defensive end!

"Do you want to change to Sephorosa!?" After Yiyang's goal, Anderson, the assistant coach next to Brooks, asked nervously.

Indeed, with Yiyang's offensive ability, it is not difficult to score on Harden's head. But on the other hand, it seems that it will be more difficult for Harden to score on Yiyang's head.

Brooks still waved his hand, and Harden hadn't been on the court for long. How he behaves today is still inconclusive.

A back-to-back offensive misses from his teammates made Westbrook determined to play one of his own. He had failed to pass the ball before, and now he had an excuse to convince himself to attack alone.

However, Kidd's tight defense could not be easily broken by Westbrook. Don't forget, in addition to being the most talked about for passing and triple-doubles, the all-time point guard has 5 Best Defensive First Team and 4 Best Defensive Second Team honors, which are also quite weighty.

As a young man, Kidd's anticipation and strength on the defensive end were among the best in his position. Now, although the strength has declined, it is still very good. As for the prognosis, the young Westbrook is no match for Kidd at all.

Several successive attempts to break through were stopped by Kidd, and Westbrook's heart became more and more agitated. In the end, Westbrook decided to force a layup on Kidd. While Kidd couldn't complete the block, similarly, Westbrook couldn't hit a layup just past a Kidd.

"It's almost ten minutes into the game, and the Thunder haven't scored a double-double yet! The Mavericks' defense today is really ruthless! ”

Barkley's statement is only half right, because on the offensive end, the Mavericks are equally ruthless!

Kidd had just run beyond the three-point line this time and passed the ball from the bottom to Nowitzki. Nowitzki held the ball on the edge of the three-second zone and looked ready to attack on his own.

The German is a superstar after all, and let's not forget that he scored 48 points in the first game of the series. So even though Nowitzki hasn't scored a goal so far, Ibaka still doesn't dare to let his guard down.

Nowitzki straightened up after receiving the basketball, and at the same time Yiyang had already cut to the basket. Harden's sudden stop against Yiyang is simply helpless.

Seeing Yiyang cut in, Nowitzki turned sideways and directly exchanged hands with Yiyang. Taking away the basketball from Nowitzki's hand, Yiyang continued to go deeper. Everyone was on their nerves, and no one knew what kind of shot the defender was going to take.

Perkins, Ibaka, and Harden stared nervously at Yiyang, watching his steps. But Yiyang didn't stop, but went out again after going around the bottom line.

Harden hurried to follow, but his heart relaxed a lot. At least for the time being, Yiyang is not a scoring threat.

Yiyang walked the ball outside the three-point line with his back to the basket, and Harden opened his arms to block Yiyang's passing route as much as possible. In his heart, this bearded man also made a decision, once Yiyang was framed, he immediately pressed close to the defense, and made Yiyang like the bottom corner, so that he couldn't even wear the ball!

Everything was perfectly planned, Yiyang had already run outside the three-point line with the ball with his back to the basket, and looked like he was about to turn around and face the frame.

At this time, Yiyang suddenly knocked the ball behind him, and then with his back to the basket, he directly leaned on Harden's "pillar" and turned around, completing the conversion from the back basket to the face frame, and received the basketball that was knocked backwards by himself in advance.

"Turn around with your back to the basket, haha, I feel like I've come to a cool street basketball court!"

Turns, breaks, stops, jumpers. Yiyang's actions were done in one go, and he didn't give Harden any chance to make amends at all.

Yiyang deftly shook off Harden, the new darling of Oklahoma City. However, he gently threw the ball in to further stretch the score away.

The Thunder team couldn't score a goal in their desperate work, and on Yiyang's side, the score was indeed so understated.

Harden was out of breath, and Yiyang walked past him with a light step.

Yiyang's consecutive goals put a lot of psychological baggage on the Thunder team. Westbrook and Durant, in particular, always wanted to return the color, but the more they thought about it, the worse they played.

Halfway through the first quarter, Nowitzki hit his only goal of the quarter. The German turned his back to Ibaka but suddenly turned and cut to the basket and scored an easy layup, and the Mavericks continued to extend their advantage. Nowitzki's performance like this is rare, and it can only be said that now, even Ibaka has been beaten into a trance.

As the game went on, both sides also switched to a rotating lineup. After Stojakovic and Kidd hit back-to-back three-pointers, the Mavericks took a 21-8 lead with 3:02 left in the quarter. The ambitious Thunder couldn't find a feeling when they fought at home, and it wasn't until nearly 10 minutes of the game that they finally scored a double-double.

The Thunder were completely blinded by the Mavericks' unyielding defense and Yiyang's fluid offense, and they trailed by 15 points in the first quarter alone. On the road, the Mavericks also ended the first quarter 27-12.

Yiyang, on the other hand, scored 10 points, 4 assists, and 10 points in a single quarter, which is the sum of Westbrook, Durant and Harden. Among them, Harden's score is still 0.

That's right, Harden, who performed well in the last game to save the team, missed all 4 shots in the first quarter of the game today, and was completely clean sheet by Yiyang.

Yiyang, who played a full 12-minute game, sat back on the bench, took the towel handed by the staff, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This guy didn't look tired at all, but it felt like he was more murderous......