Back in the Western Conference semifinals last season, the Spurs' offense was running smoothly against the Thunder without Ibaka. The old guys only need to rely on passing and covering to easily beat the Thunder's interior line.

However, just when people were predicting that the Spurs would sweep the Thunder to advance, Ibaka, who was almost out of season, suddenly announced his comeback.

In the playoffs, Yiyang is not the only one who will do this. Serge Ibaka also forced a comeback with an injury and fought for his life for the honor of the team!

It's no exaggeration, it's really a fight for life. His leg injury is more serious than Yiyang's cracked ribs, and he endures the pain under the guise of closure, gambling on his bright future and becoming a well-deserved city hero.

In that series, Ibaka even took away the light of Ershao, making everyone give him a standing ovation.

In the end, the Spurs still won the series. Ibaka lost the gamble and forced his comeback was a significant decline in his athleticism this season.

But even so, Ibaka is definitely the hardest guy on the pitch. Now the situation is very unfavorable for the Thunder. Ibaka knew it was time for her to step up!

The entire first quarter of the game was a cycle of Westbrook's never-ending impact, defeat, impact, and defeat. If it weren't for Reggie, who came on as a substitute. Jackson acted as a firefighter, and the Mavericks may have had the game out by now.

At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks scored 33 points in a single quarter. With a 7-point lead, go into the intermission.

Westbrook shot 1-of-6 and his only goal came from the opening block. Chinese fans often use one phrase to ridicule some teams - the boss did his best, and his teammates CBA.

But in Thunder, the phrase must be said the other way around. Teammates did their best, boss CBA.

Instead of making the team better, Westbrook has made a mess of the team's offense. His super-high possession rate on the court and low shooting percentage that grossly mismatched possession brought the Thunder's offense to rock bottom.

It's good that Reggie. Jackson put up an excellent performance of 10 points in a single quarter, otherwise the Thunder would have become a joke all over the world by now!

"With 1 of 6 shots, it seems that there is still a defense in this league that Westbrook can't take. I know Westbrook played well in the first few games. The shooting percentage is stable, and he can also deliver assists appropriately. But there's a very embarrassing record of the Thunder having only once won against a top-eight team in the West so far this season. It can be seen that Westbrook will still be a little weak in the face of real strong opponents. What's more, the Maverick is a strong enemy among the strong! ”

During the intersectional break, Mike. Brin and Kevin. Harlan had a great time, but Kalesimo didn't say a word.

Before the game, he praised the Thunder and Westbrook so much, but he didn't expect Westbrook to give himself such a big "thanks" in the first quarter of the game. He didn't want to be laughed at as an old man talking nonsense after the game.

Work harder, Russell!

Scott. Brooks really wishes that Durant could take off his suit and play and hand over the team to Westbrook to lead, maybe it was the wrong decision from the start!

But Brooks can't just strip Westbrook of his shots, and Thunder management would rather trust Westbrook than him as a young coach. That's the difficulty of being a coach, if there is a problem with the team, no matter whose fault it is, the first to be swept away must be the coach.

Brooks didn't want to lose his job, so he wouldn't go against Westbrook. The former Coach of the Year winner just reminded Westbrook to pay more attention to his teammates' availability!

Ibaka hung his head silently, his mind flashing back to the first quarter of the game Westbrook ignoring his empty seats. Truth be told, Ibaka is used to Westbrook's style of play.

He was able to lead the team to victory, but Westbrook "lost control" significantly more often than other stars.

The Congolese know that Westbrook is out of control today, and can barely pull it back. In the next game, the opportunity can only be fought out by yourself!

As soon as the second quarter began, Mavericks fans burst into shouts. They hope that Yiyang can lead the team to settle the battle in half the game, and if Westbrook continues to play like this, it is not out of the question.

In this section of the game, Yiyang seems to be much more active. As soon as he came up, he tried to score points on his own. After hanging the cover and getting rid of Westbrook, Yiyang continued to accelerate to attack the penalty area!

Gobert had stuck Adams behind him, and the Thunder's box door was wide open. Yiyang jumped up for a layup, and he wasn't too cautious because the opportunity was too good.

Just as he lifted the ball, Yiyang felt a huge sense of pressure behind him. He was knocked out of his center of gravity and lost full control of the basketball.

The basketball was slammed by a pair of big hands behind him, and the fan flew out and hit the rebound hard.

At first, Yiyang thought it was Westbrook catching up. But the actual situation is not what I imagined.

"Sergi. Ibaka! It's unbelievable that he actually completed the chase behind Yi! This season, he is also the player with the lowest probability of being blocked in the league, and has even surpassed Chris. Paul! I was also chased and risked, and this is the first time I remember it this season! "Mike. Brin's mouth widened, he knew very well how difficult Yiyang was to be a difficult player to block, and he also knew that Ibaka's athleticism was not as good as it used to be.

But even so, the Congolese did not give up! And those who often don't give up easily will get a chance!

After the block, Westbrook received the basketball that bounced off the rebound. He finally liberated once, ran all the way with no one able to catch up, and completed a delightful tomahawk split!

The camera lens is focused on Westbrook, at the guy who has finally let out a bad breath. But Yiyang's attention was attracted by Ibaka, this guy is the key to the Thunder's successful counterattack!

The next time the Mavericks attacked, Ibaka stuck to Nowitzki very deadly. Dirk's nine-point performance in the first quarter forced Ibaka to defend him. Of course, it also gives the rest of the Mavericks a chance to attack the basket.

Ibaka was knocked out of the three-second zone by Dekra, and the Thunder's rim protection ability dropped a level in an instant.

This time, the person who received Yiyang's pass and hit the basket became Wade. Seeing that Wade was going to make a layup by himself, Ibaka left Dirk behind!

"Be careful......

However, before Dirk's voice could shout, Wade's layup cut in from the side was slapped out of the baseline by Ibaka, who rushed in the diagonal stab!

Ibaka's eyes widened and he roared to the sky!

"Two blocks in a row, Sergi. Ibaka used his tough defense to stop the Mavericks' offensive footsteps! ”

The Congolese roared like he had won the race, he was as passionate as Westbrook, but this guy knew how to use that passion to do the right thing.

This time, Yiyang also faced up to Ibaka. Today, Westbrook is not his biggest opponent!

Gobert re-issued the baseline ball, and the basketball was passed directly to Yiyang outside the three-point line.

Yiyang held the ball and made a few triple threat steps to confuse Westbrook's center of gravity, and then suddenly got up to speed and broke to the right side of this number 0.

Without cover, Yiyang plans to pass the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" directly. Westbrook naturally wouldn't agree, but as soon as he moved sideways, he found that Yiyang was pulling the basketball in the opposite direction!

This is not a sudden starting breakthrough at all, but an Iversonian crossover!

Past Westbrook, Yiyang is like an arrow off the string, straight into the penalty area! Ibaka came to make up for the defense, but Yiyang did not pass the ball, but jumped towards the Congolese.

In the air, Yiyang placed the basketball on his abdomen, his body curled up slightly. After withstanding Ibaka's impact and dodging the defense, Yiyang stretched his body again and hit a layup!

He also responded strongly, avoiding Ibaka's block beautifully and continuing to score for the Mavericks. This game is getting more and more intense! ”

The cheers of the fans are getting louder and louder, and the two sides are facing each other, this is the exciting game they crave!

Seeing that Yiyang scored a goal, Westbrook was naturally very unhappy. He once again ignored his teammates, and was about to kill the basket with Yiyang on his shoulder.

But this time, Yiyang didn't even give Westbrook almost no shot. Thunder Zero had just hit the three-second zone, and Yiyang made a quick move and cut off the basketball in Westbrook's arms.

Basketball is not controlled by any one side at this time, and it stands to reason that the fight for floor ball is generally the responsibility of small players, because it is difficult for big players to keep their center of gravity down.

But Ibaka obviously didn't care so much anymore, he struggled to lower his center of gravity, and picked up the basketball on the ground before everyone else!

After picking up the basketball, Ibaka didn't stop. He took a big step forward, and then split the buckle with one hand!

Nowitzki directly gave up to block, and Ibaka's menacing appearance is really very oppressive!

"Bang!" The basket let out a "wail", and Ibaka hung one hand from the frame. He gave everything he had for the Thunder, and he didn't want to see this team throw in the towel like that!

"Sergi, his response ball is even more powerful than it was just now! The rhythm of this game has been brought up, and the two sides attack each other and do not give in to each other! While Westbrook was in a bitter battle, Ibaka stepped up for the Thunder again! ”

Ibaka landed cautiously, he was no longer the beast that flew away. This season, Ibaka has taken more shots from beyond the three-point line than in the previous five seasons combined.

In addition to tactical needs, his declining athleticism was also the reason why Ibaka had to change his style of play.

But today, the rampaging Congo beast is resurrected again!

Do you want to win the Thunder, too. Well, unless, you can step over my corpse!

Sergi. Serge Ibaka is the real leader of the Thunder today.