Durant's 17 points in the first quarter left the Bulls with no choice, and they could only hope that the first quarter would end quickly.

In the second quarter, Durant, who played the whole first quarter, was replaced by Coach Brooks off the court. With them leading by double digits in the first quarter, Coach Brooks simply dropped all the benches. Center Thabitt, power forward Collison, small forward Brewer, scoring guard Martin and point guard Jackson.

On the Bulls' side, due to the joint defense that lasted almost half of the first quarter, it is said that the physical strength of the starters is naturally tight. Coach Thibodeau simply let the main players rest, leaving only Sun Xiaotian on the field.

In addition to Sun Xiaotian as a shooting guard, the center is Muhammad, the power forward is Gibson, and the small forward is Jimmy. Butler, and point guard "Little Potato" Nate.

Sun Xiaotian, who had rested for half a quarter, had almost recovered his physical strength, and more importantly, he had calmed down a lot in his heart, and several defenses of Saifrosa in the first quarter did make him a little unable to find the north.

As soon as the second quarter came up, Sun Xiaotian took the lead in firing the cannon. He used Gibson's cover, and he and Jimmy scored on a jumper through cross-screens and runs, and a pass from Nate in the bottom corner.

Defending Sun Xiaotian is Kevin. Martin, you can understand why Sun Xiaotian voted so naturally and easily.

Martin has never been a defensive player, and his thin body and lack of defensive awareness have made him a defensive hole in the team, which was the case with the Kings, with the Rockets, and still here. Perhaps that's the gap, Kevin. Martin wasn't destined to be an All-Star.

"If I can't defend well, I'll train my offense well"

That's Kevin Martin's motto, and while his defense is like air, his offensive prowess is well known.

He averaged 20+ data per game for several seasons, making him a rare scorer in the league. And unlike other scorers, he never wastes extra shots when he scores. When he was with the Rockets, as the formal boss of the team, he only averaged 14 shots per game, in exchange for 20+. But in other teams, as the star of the house, why can't he shoot 20 times! Isn't that the case with Anthony in New York?

Kevin. Martin's stunt is to make fouls, and this brother always adheres to the principle of "not making fouls is mistakes" when it comes to making fouls, and resolutely takes fouls to the extreme.

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If the offensive core of the Bulls on the court now is Sun Xiaotian, then the offensive core of the Thunder at this time is Kevin. Martin too.

Seeing that Sun Xiaotian and Sun Xiaotian had scored, Martin was also a little impatient. He was also able to get the ball on the outside smoothly through the Thunder's pick-and-roll by the Thunder's interior players, and it was Jimmy who defended Martin. Butler.

In the face of Butler's defense, Martin didn't seem to care very much, I saw Martin suddenly get up and down, he was as light as a swallow, and Butler didn't know what was going on, he had already given it.

Unwillingly, Butler hurried to catch up from behind, but he couldn't control his steps under his feet. Just as Butler was exhausted, Martin suddenly jumped up, and he was about to shoot.

Due to inertia, Butler's shoulder gently slammed into Martin, and Martin fell to the side as if he had been hit by a truck, and he threw the ball into it.

"Toot! No. 21 Butler fouls! The referee made a decisive decision.

"What! Where did I foul? I didn't even touch him! "Jimmy. Butler still doesn't quite understand.

"It was a fake fall, didn't you watch it?" At this time, Coach Thibodeau off the field quit, and he began to put pressure on the referee!

Martin was calm, allowing the fans to boo, and in the boos he steadily scored the ball.

Looking back, Sun Xiaotian controlled the ball, and he waved his hand to tell everyone not to worry. Gibson catches the ball on the line, and this time Nate. Robinson used his speed to shake off Jackson, who was defending him, and ran to the basket himself, where Gibson tucked the ball straight to him. Perhaps because he was too short, Nate just threw the ball out, and out of nowhere, Tabit broke the ball with a big hat. A 2.21-meter shot with a 1.73-meter shot, how do you look at it and feel like a bully.

was successfully defended by the Thunder, and Kevin was the first to go to the front court after getting the ball. Jimmy, who is defending him at the moment. Butler didn't keep up with him, and Sun Xiaotian was replaced by Sun Xiaotian, who defended him.

Seeing that there was no chance to break fast, Martin sank down and played slowly, and at this moment, Collison had already run up and was ready to cover for Martin.

Martin and Collison's pick-and-roll is a killer feature in the Thunder's bench, Collison's pick-and-roll effect is excellent, through cover, Martin can better get rid of defender projection, and the success rate is quite high.

With the cover of Collison, Martin went directly to the top fox, and at this moment, Gibson and Mohammed did not dare to go too far forward.

Martinley ignored them and jumped straight up to shoot. Gibson was one step ahead and hurried up to seal the block. However, who would have thought that Martin's shooting posture was too strange, and Gibson had no choice. This kind of "crooked" shooting makes defenders unguardable, and the effect is obvious.

"Huh!"

The ball is in again!

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Martin's toughness isn't entirely there, not only can he get defenders to foul when he has the ball, but he can also foul others when he runs off the ball.

Perhaps inspired by Martin's performance, Sun Xiaotian felt more and more that he was starting to get on the bar with him.

After Martin scored 5 points in a row, Sun Xiaotian was not ambiguous. He took advantage of Martin's weak defense and frequently made strong breaks, which made Martin pay the price of 2 fouls, and Sun Xiaotian also took the opportunity to score 4 points.

For the next few minutes, both teams' offenses seemed to revolve around Martin and Sun.

Martin, for his part, used his "skills" to get himself to the free throw line and score easily. Sun Xiaotian turned around and used his excellent foot movement and sharp breakthrough to get back on the thunder.

For a period of time, Martin and Sun Xiaotian began to explode each other. After playing in the second quarter, Martin had scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting with his soft touch and free throws. And Sun Xiaotian didn't let it much, and he also scored 9 points, and the competition between the two didn't end until the official pause.

The main players of both sides have also returned to the court, and for the Bulls, they are ready to defend for 48 minutes. But when facing Durant and Wei Shao, who have rested enough, even Coach Thibodeau doesn't know how long they can resist.

It's really hard to win this game, it's a typical game where the strong guys still play super strong, and the weak guys can't play all the games.

At halftime, the Thunder led the Bulls by 11 points, 59-48. Looking at the score, it is not big, but if you look at the contributions of the players on both sides, it seems that the balance of victory today is not on the side of the Bulls.

The Thunder had seven players score, including Durant and Wei Shao combined to score 37 points, of which Durant alone scored 22 points, and Martin on the bench also easily scored 11 points.

Looking at the Bulls' side, except for the starters, their benches were dumb today, and the entire bench only scored 6 points, which was not as much as the opponent Martin alone.

Sun Xiaotian was not bad, scoring 12 points at halftime, becoming the Bulls' top scorer in the first half.

Despite falling behind, no one dares to underestimate the resilience of the Bulls, including the Thunder. You may still remember the scene when the Bulls and Kaizi played 7 games in the playoffs the year before last, and that kind of tenacity has become the current team culture of the Bulls.