Chapter Thirty-Eight
At the end of the first quarter, the Heat led the Thunder by 9 points 34-25. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Heat's two main players were very efficient, with Wade scoring 10 points comfortably and Beasley scoring 8 points. On the Thunder's side, Durant's shooting percentage was touching, he shot 2 of 8 and scored only 5 points. Fortunately, Westbrook opened up the quarter, scored a lot of difficult balls, and scored 12 points.
It was also the highest single-quarter score in his career.
Overall, the strength of the two teams is not on the same level, and the Thunder have played 2-18 this season, ranking at the bottom of the West.
The team is a little too young, and they don't even have a veteran over the age of 30 to support them. Of the three cores, Durant is 21 years old, Jeff Green is 23 years old, and Westbrook is 21 years old, so they play with talent.
There are many games in which they fight until the last minute, but often due to lack of experience, they still regret to lose.
But it's a good thing for Durant, who has honed his offensive skills in the early seasons of his career, and eventually grew into a generation of killers - the top scorers in history.
In the second quarter, the two sides sent substitute lineups.
The Heat kept Beasley on the court and Wade rested. On the Thunder side, Durant led the team.
Beasley was so excited by such a coincidental formation that he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.
Come on!
Hurt each other!
Durant stood not far away, and he seemed to feel Beasley's fierce fighting intent as he raised his head and looked at him with a defiant look.
This pair is the real duo, and now, their first clash in the NBA has begun, without Wade and without Westbrook.
Backbite!
When the game came back, the Thunder attacked first.
The ball is controlled by Earl Watson, a solid point guard who likes to play a little clever on the court, but his abilities are limited.
As soon as Durant came up, he asked for the ball in the low post, and Watson was obedient and immediately passed over.
The Thunder only had one main point of attack on Durant, so the rest of them consciously pulled away to create space for Durant to play alone.
"Dude, there's no way you're going to get past me!" Beasley was very tight, and he whispered next to Durant's ear.
Durant snorted, he first moved sideways, then stepped back to make a jumper, Beasley interfered, and the ball hit the iron.
Joel Anthony grabbed the rebound and the Heat attacked.
Livingston and Beasley played pick-and-rolls in the middle, with the former hitting a covered jumper.
36 to 25.
Although Beasley also wants to take the ball to play Durant alone, his status in the Heat is far from Durant's status in the Thunder, not to mention that he is still a team player in his bones, and he will not mind if his teammates can score easily.
"Hey, Michael, why don't you single me? It's a one-on-one duel for a man! "Durant started using the Radical Method.
Beasley, of course, won't be tricked, he's not a second-class patient.
The Thunder attacked, and it was Durant who held the ball again.
He chose to change direction and break through, and the change of direction was extremely exaggerated, Beasley was a beat slower and didn't keep up, and he came to the free throw line and threw a shot.
36 to 27.
Durant is the kind of player who releases his emotions when he scores, so this time he clenched his right fist tightly and yelled loudly!
The Heat attacked, and the ball was led to Beasley in the bottom corner, but he couldn't get a chance, so he had to come by himself.
He made a cross step along the baseline to break through, Durant sank his center of gravity to defend and did not give space, he simply came to a beautiful pull back and turned, passed Durant, no one under the basket, and he gave a wonderful dunk!
38 to 27.
"Well, I can give 10 points for this action, it's a pleasure to watch Beasley play!" Live commentator Mike Brin reveled.
"It's true that his singles skills are perfect, and I'm more interested now to see what Durant will respond to!" Another narrator, Van Gundy Jr., also spoke.
"Beasley only missed seven games, and the Heat immediately dropped from third to seventh in the East, and we can't deny the greatness of Dwyane Wade, but we can see from the record that Beasley has a big role to play for the team. Without him, the Heat may not make the playoffs, but if he partners Wade, the Heat are a strong team. Mark Jackson commented.
That's a very pertinent statement, and Beasley is now the catalyst for the team's chemistry.
First of all, his cooperation with Wade is rarely defended, and secondly, he can attack with the ball on his own, and he can be organized, and his performance on the defensive end is also remarkable.
"Although he is temporarily behind in the rookie rankings, I believe it will not be long before he is back to the first place!" Mark Jackson touted again.
Cut your gaze back to the court, Thunder ball possession.
Durant continues to hold the ball and play alone, some people criticize him for being alone, but in fact, he can't help it, just imagine: a rookie in his 20s, there is no reliable scorer on the team except him, and it happens that he happens to be good at singles, so it is understandable that he is alone.
Beasley was afraid that Durant would change direction, so he took a step, but who knew that the latter directly pulled up and shot a three-pointer this time, and the basketball hollowed into the net.
38 to 30.
Beasley is helpless, the opponent is tall and has long arms, and he still plays dry pulling, how to prevent it?
I can only pray that his hand is not good.
Durant at this stage is so terrible on the offensive end, so you can imagine how strong he will be in the future.
"I said, I'm going to score 10 three-pointers in your head, and this is the first one!" Durant smiled at Beasley.
Beasley isn't annoyed, although I can't stop you, but you can't stop me either!
Sure enough, in the next round, Beasley successfully hit Durant, he crushed his back to the restricted area, and then turned over and jumped after two consecutive shoulder shakes, and the ball hit the board into the basket, and the posture was picturesque.
"Kevin, your strength is too small, why are you like a!" Beasley taunted as he returned to defend.
Durant's face is not very good-looking, and this sentence pokes at his sore spot, and his strength has always been a serious problem.
The next few rounds became a show for the two.
Durant hit a pull-up jump shot here, Beasley jumped to the basket and made a layup, and Durant made another three-pointer in turn, and Beasley chased his ass and hit it 2+1......
With three minutes left in the second quarter, the two sides were tied at 55-45, and the Heat still took the lead.
Beasley was substituted and Wade came on.
Durant had a break in the first quarter, and he was also a little tired, and Brooks sent Jeff Green to take his place.
Both men exploded on the offensive end of the second quarter, with Beasley scoring 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, totaling 21 points. Durant, on the other hand, shot a little more, shooting 7-of-14, including three three-pointers, and he didn't make free throws and has scored 22 points so far.
"Michael, it looks like you've been training a lot these days, and you're in good shape!" On the bench, Spo praised Beasley.
Beasley smiled: "The team is very difficult, I can't help and feel very uncomfortable, so I have to go to practice!" ”
Soon, the first half was over.
Wade sat for a long time and didn't score after coming on, while Jeff Green had a surprisingly good hand, scoring 10 points in just three minutes, but fortunately Chalmers and Jones each hit a three-pointer and the score was not close.
63 to 55.
The game went into halftime.