Chapter Thirty-Nine: Remnant Thunder
"The core of the Thunder team, the 'Thunder Double', has all been injured and has been exempted, and head coach Scott Brooks has sidelined Reggie Jackson, Andre Roberson, Lance Thomas, Serge Ibaka and Steven Adams. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Speaking of which, the Thunder experienced a wave of injuries early in the season, especially with star Kevin Durant still out for a while, and the good news for the Thunder is that Westbrook is about to return to the court. ”
"Yes, it's also an opportunity for the 76ers who have stabilized their roster!" Smith followed in the cavity.
Robert quietly slipped behind Reggie Jackson, wanting to steal the ball, who knew that Reggie Jackson seemed to have eyes behind him, and he dodged Robert's sneak attack sideways. Robert didn't expect Reggie Jackson to suddenly turn around, his hand was firmly slapped on Reggie Jackson's arm, and the ball rolled out of Reggie Jackson's control and out of bounds. Standing on the sidelines, seeing the clear referee, without a trace of hesitation, blew Robert for a thug foul.
As soon as he received a foul at the beginning, Robert shook his hand a little unpleasantly, but followed Robertson around the court. Reggie Jackson took the ball from Ibaka, turned around to avoid McCarvey who was squeezing in, and stepped inside. It's not that easy, Bamot put aside Thomas next to him, came over, and the slowed McCarvey made up for Bamot's defensive position and changed the defense! Seeing Thomas, who had been misplaced, Jackson flipped the ball over with his right hand. Thomas put his back on McCarvey and squeezed it hard, feeling almost, and turned around to shoot against McCarvey to get the Thunder off to a good start.
Knoll picked up the ball, stepped out of bounds and passed the ball to McCarvey, McCarvey brought the ball to the frontcourt, looked at Jackson, McCarvey decided to regain the face he had just been thrown off, dribbled the ball with his low hand, continued to run under his crotch, and suddenly took a step to the left, mobilizing Jackson to also take a step to the left. Seeing Jackson follow his own pace, McCarvey smiled and retracted his steps, gently padded his toes, and was ready to throw. Jackson hurriedly jumped up to block, but found that McCarvey did not shoot, just when Jackson fell, McCarvey jumped, his body made contact with Jackson, and then threw the ball, and the referee whistled at the same time. The ball spins on the basket or falls into the basket, and the hit will be penalized! McCarvey breathed a sigh of relief, spun the ball in his hand twice, threw it steadily, and hit the penalty!
The Thunder began to stabilize their position under the leadership of Ibaka and began to play steadily, Jackson controlled the ball again, and still chose to go inside, McCarvey did not try to steal this time, and clinged to Jackson tightly. Seeing that he couldn't get rid of McCarvey, Jackson simply didn't go in, took a step back and made a jumper, begging to pop out of the frame. Noll under the basket shouted 'my' and was about to jump, but Ibaka jumped up from the side and slammed the ball into the basket. Under the vigorous pulling, the ball frame can be seen to bend significantly. The ball frame bounced up with a "bang~~", and through the loudspeaker, it was like a bomb exploding in the sky above the stadium.
As soon as the goal was scored, the whole audience stood up and cheered. "Whew~~" bursts of strange screams spread out in the audience.
"Haha, violent dunks, wonderful dunks, just this ball, can make fans worth the ticket price!" Smith laughed and said loudly to Barkley.
"What is this? Imagine that when I was still playing in the league, I didn't have a performance like this that night? Barkley said with a disdainful look at Smith. Oh yes, this kind of performance is really not easy for your career! Haha............"
Smith had a big 'embarrassment' written on his face, and Barkley laughed unscrupulously at Smith's appearance.
The game went on, McCarvey saw Covington in the open space when he was about to pass the half, threw the ball across the half, Covington jumped up to get the ball, and when he landed, Adams on the opposite side had already made up for it. Robert was next to Covington, running back and forth about 45 degrees outside the three-point line, Covington felt that he had lost the offensive opportunity, so he passed the ball over, Robert received the ball and took two steps back, saw the opportunity, and hit a three-point shot.
Adams came out to block Jackson, Jackson continued to walk inside with the ball, and Adams pulled away. Knoll took his position early, blocking Jackson's path, and McCarvey also bypassed Adams and followed Jackson's footsteps to block Jackson's way back. Seeing that he was already in trouble and had been pressed and lost the space to shoot, Jackson took advantage of the fact that there was still some passing space and gave the ball to Adams in the back. Watching the ball pass by, McCarvey stretched out his hand meaningfully, but he didn't expect to touch the ball, but fortunately, the force of touching the ball was not too big, but it made the direction of the ball change slightly. Seeing that the direction of the ball was a little wrong, Adams stepped over and scooped up the ball, held the ball in front of his chest with both hands, saw Ibaka get into a good position, and hoisted the ball to Ibaka in a high-profile manner, Ibaka jumped up and took the ball down, against Covington, with his feet hard, and in a strong burst Covington lost his position, and turned around to hook the ball into the basket.
The Thunder, who lacked a double less core, did not fall behind the 76ers at the beginning, biting the score tightly, and the two sides went back and forth. McCarvey didn't choose to pass the ball this time, but faced Jackson's defensive three-point shot, and this time McCarvey's luck was not good, and the ball obediently went into the basket. The Thunder began to organize the offense, and Robertson, who had been running back and forth, stepped up at this time, and also hit a three-pointer in the face of McCarvey's defense in the defensive transition.
After seeing the ball hit, the Thunder players quickly retreated to the halfcourt, put on a three-two defensive formation, and waited for the 76ers to attack. McCarvey was not too anxious to dribble to the frontcourt, and Robert broke free from Robertson's defense with the help of the cover and reached for the ball. McCarvey didn't look in Robert's direction, but passed the ball to Bamot, a not too good and too bad option. Bamot took two steps inside with the ball, squeezed the Thunder's defense, jumped up and threw the ball to Robert, Robert, who received the ball, saw that the defender was still two steps away from him, so he threw the ball, and at the moment the ball was shot, Robertson pounced, jumped up and almost touched the ball, which scared Robert.
The two teams began to struggle, and the mutually reinforcing defense began to drag down the players' physical strength, and the shooting percentage began to decrease, and by the end of the first quarter, the two teams had only scored 49 points together, and the 76ers only led by 3 points. After leaving the game, Brown took out the tactics board and explained what needs to be changed and paid attention to in the upcoming game. With the referee's reminder, the players from both sides appeared again, and the battle in the second quarter was about to begin!
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