Chapter 33: The War of Guns and Cannons
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During the break, Mark Jackson and Byron Scott spoke together about the game, conveying the staffing and quality gap between the two sides to the fans watching the game via televised.
"Byron, don't you think it's interesting?" Mark Jackson chuckled softly.
"Tell me clearly, what's interesting? Audiences don't like to sit in front of the TV and watch you play tricks, Mark. Byron Scott said.
"Isn't it interesting to have two shots in the Thunder backcourt against one shot at the Hornets backcourt."
"You're saying The One is the 'cannon' of them?"
"That's right, isn't The One's offense like heavy artillery? Once it enters the inner line, it turns the world upside down, like a heavy cannon on the enemy's position. ”
"Well, it seems like that, so the score of the two teams in the first half was very anxious, but it was The One through continuous physical confrontation, and I think the final victory must be the Thunder, the difference in strength between the two teams is too great. By the time The One runs out of fitness, the Hornets won't be able to support it and may collapse, after all, their roster is too young. ”
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As soon as Yang sat on the recliner in the locker room, gasping while drinking Gatorade, after the Thunder strengthened his outside defense in the first half, he could only go to the interior to think of a way, and the frequent confrontation of the body made his physical energy deplete quickly, so he had to hurry up and rest.
The first half was not so much a shot and a shot from the Thunder backcourt against the Hornets, but a one-on-one shot from the fat man. Because Gordon was almost dumb in the face of Durant's single defense, only when the fat man attracted the bag, Gordon was unmarked and had room to shoot to score a point.
Head coach Williams didn't have much to do about this situation, only to ask the other players of the Hornets to try to block and cover the fat man, so that he could shoot when he had the opportunity and pass when he didn't have the opportunity, and try to save energy.
"Well done, Kevin, you have a lot of work to do, you have to increase your firepower on the offensive end, and you have to keep the Eric Gordon block on the defensive end; Russell, in the second half you have to keep pushing and draining The One's energy while scoring goals, and when he can't make a difference on the pitch, we win. Thunder head coach Brooks said to Dewey.
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Chinese Quarter, Manhattan, New York.
The Yang family's restaurant was full of people at this time, and everyone was watching the live broadcast while expressing their opinions.
"Lao Yang, I see that there seems to be something wrong with your family, he was already faltering when he got off the court, it seems that his physical consumption is quite large, do you think they will lose, after all, the other players of the Hornets don't look very good!"
"Yes, Durant's scoring ability is too strong, he almost wants it in the face of Gordon's defense, and the Turtle's breakthrough is very sharp, and he can't stop them one by one!"
Lao Yang listened to everyone's discussions, and he was also a little anxious, but he couldn't help it! I wanted to make a call to ask the fat man what was going on, but the phone was pinched in his hand for a long time and it was not broadcast. It's halftime and his call could affect the rest of the Hornets.
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At the start of the second half, the Hornets served the baseline ball. The main players of both sides did not play, and they seized the time to rest on the bench, and a group of substitutes were playing on the field. When it was almost time, the main players of the two teams came on the field one after another, and the game entered the white-hot stage.
Durant attacked with the ball, and because Gordon couldn't defend the small school bag, Williams asked the fat man to switch defenses with him, although the fat man's defense was also a scumbag. The fat man defended the small school bag, Gordon defended the turtle, and Brooks' tactical strategy did not work.
Seeing the fat man lying in front of him, the little schoolbag couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, just the fat man's performance at the defensive end, and he also came to defend his top scorer in the league.
The fact is just as he thought, the fat man turned into a light master when defending him, and his defense was similar to that of his third brother Harden, who had just traveled, and the two of them were half a pound and eight taels, and Durant easily shot in front of him. And the role of the fat man is not on the defensive end, anyway, even Eric can't prevent it, so he can just harass the shooting of the small schoolbag.
Yang Yi advanced forward with the ball, the Thunder did not change the formation, and he was still Westbrook. Since the manager had a request at halftime, Lance Thomas took the initiative to block for the fat man. After Yang shook off the turtle, Saab Seforosa, who was closest to him, was still more than a meter away, which was enough distance for him to shoot three points.
"Clank!" Luck was not good, the basketball smashed on the inside of the basket and bounced out directly, and Ryan Anderson, who was in the basketball flight track, grabbed the ball and threw it to Yang Yi. The fat man took a look at the ball and made a quick three-point shot before Durant blocked it.
The flying basketball crossed a wonderful arc in the air, and flew into the basket with a 'swish', and the ball rubbed against the net to make a pleasant sound.
"Haha, Kevin just scored two points on The One's head, and The One returned a three-pointer in the next round." Byron Scott laughed, it was a wonderful thing to see the main players of both sides in the game!
There was a cheer in Lao Yang's restaurant, the fat man was powerful, and he returned the color to Durant so quickly. Lao Yang stroked his beard and said calmly to everyone: "It is worthy of my species, I want to get it!" ”
Offensive and defensive transitions, Thunder's ball possession. Wei Shao attacked with the ball, Ibaka stepped forward to block and dismantle, the turtle threw Gordon behind him, and the fat man dropped Durant and pounced on the turtle. However, this is useless, the turtle changes direction in front of the body to accelerate past the fat man, and flies to the basket to dunk it.
"I've been tricked by this trick again, and the basic skills of the system don't seem to be of much use!" Yang Yi thought secretly in his heart. He glanced at the turtle for a moment, and then said to himself: "This guy is very fast, how can he be called a turtle!" It seems that the culprit of all this is his face! Alas, if I had been given such a similar nickname by the fans, then I would have decided to play football and not be able to mix in the basketball world! ”
Gordon originally came over to comfort the fat man, after all, he would be a little embarrassed every time he was dealt with by the same trick. But he heard the fat man talking to himself and walked away with black lines on his head, this guy's mind was full of Martian things, and he couldn't read or understand it at all.
The fat man advanced with the ball, Anderson stepped forward to cover, he broke through from the right side and suddenly thought that Anderson's three points were not bad, so he took advantage of the turtle to think about himself and gave the ball to Anderson, the unmarked Anderson shot easily, the ball and the net rubbed a beautiful sound, the three-point shot went in, Anderson hit his first three-pointer of the day.
After the offensive and defensive transition, Westbrook broke through Yang Yi with the ball, attracting the attention of most of the Hornets players, he suddenly threw the ball to the basket, and the small schoolbag took advantage of everyone's attention to the turtle to kill the basket with an arrow step, and raised the ball with one hand to split the dunk to complete Dewey's air connection, and smashed the ball into the basket.
"Thunder Shuangshao's wonderful performance, seamless air docking, today's top five balls appeared again! Listen to the voices of the fans at the scene, who are delighted with this aerial relay. Mark Jackson said with a smile.
"Originally, the two teams were not on the same level, but the emergence of The One changed all that. It's an exciting battle, and the last section of the two Young Guards will reveal to you! ”
The war of guns and cannons continues!