In this way, less than 6 minutes into the first quarter, the Bulls fell behind the Thunder 9-17.

During this period of time, the Thunder only relied on Wei Shao to score 8 points and 3 assists.

Wei Shao's excellent performance Ren Xinrich can't be prevented, and every time Wei Shao relies on Ibaka's cover to eat Xinrich. During this time, Hinrich contributed 3 turnovers, and even once was snatched from the ball by Wei Shaosheng.

Sun Xiaotian was no better, and only relied on free throws to score 2 points. He was completely defended by Sefrosa, and Sefrosa's suffocating defense was impeccable in Kobe's opinion, let alone dealing with a rookie.

"Sun! You can take a break first! Sasha has eaten you through, you need to sort out your thoughts, after all, there are still 3 quarters left in the game! Thibodeau used the timeout to replace Sun Xiaotian and send Bellener on the pitch.

The Thunder replaced Perkins with their sixth man, Kevin. Martin, and Durant was pushed to the No. 4 position.

During last season's Finals, in order to deal with the Heat's "small, fast, smart" tactics, Coach Brooks often took Perkins, who was unusually slow, off the court and let Ibaka play the No. 5 position and Durant at the No. 4 position. This kind of lineup has also reaped unexpected results for a period of time.

Now this lineup seems to have become the strongest offensive lineup of the Thunder team. In addition to being more flexible in defensive rotation, this lineup also has the ability to shoot three-pointers at any position, and the offensive range can be further expanded.

In the first half of the first quarter, it was basically Wei Shao's performance alone, and Adu basically didn't have many shots. However, he scored two of his only three shots and scored four points.

In the face of Wei Shao's unstoppability, Coach Thibodeau deliberately arranged targeted tactics. He needs to let the players limit Wei Shao's breakthrough through joint defense, and can't let him have an easy breakthrough opportunity. At the same time, pay attention to his connection with the rest of the Thunder players and cut him off from the outside world.

Not to mention, the Bulls' joint defense strategy was immediate. When the defensive tactics are less powerful, the players echo more. And for Wei Shao, who is in the midst of the fight, he seems to be very unconvinced.

One or two offenses in a row didn't work, and the Bulls seized the opportunity to play a fast break.

Looking back, when Wei Shao was about to try, he was stopped by Coach Brooks off the court.

"Give it to KD! You run backwards and cut in the air! ”

Wei Shaoji reluctantly handed the ball to Durant, and at this time, the starting point of the Thunder's offense was replaced by Durant.

Durant dribbled on the outside at this time, and the Bulls put on a typical two-three defense at this time.

In the face of defending his own Lu Erdeng, to be honest, in terms of body, Durant really can't take advantage. However, Durant's own excellent outside shooting ability and excellent first start are incomparable to Ruhr Deng.

Durant suddenly accelerated, dribbling with his right hand and his left shoulder against Luer Deng. At this time, Ruerdeng knew that he couldn't stretch out his hand, and once he stretched out, he would definitely be fouled by the referee.

At this time, Hinrich next to him suddenly came over to wrap Durant, and Noah, who had been waiting for a long time, was also ready to block him.

However, Durant showed his super high ball quotient at this time.

He suddenly took a stand, followed by a step back, and both Luer Deng and Hinrich were able to reflect in time, directly out of Durant's sight, and his calm mid-range shot.

And that's just the beginning!

Half a minute later, it was the Thunder's turn to attack. At this time, Wei Shao had already obediently run away. The ball also went to Durant's hands, and the Bulls still used joint defense tactics.

Truth be told, many NBA stars, including Durant and James, don't like the combination of defense, and they are not good at breaking the defense.

An effective way to break the defense is the three-point shot.

If you steal accurately, I'm happy to kill me, anyway, I won't let you kill me.

At this time, Ibaka was still covering in the same high position, but before he could be in place, Durant suddenly dribbled the ball on the right side, and before Ruhr Deng could react, he shot directly.

"What!"

The Bulls players were also surprised!

"Huh!"

Three points into the net!

And the attack took less than 6 seconds.

"That's unreasonable, isn't it?"

Before the Bulls could figure it out! In the next round, Durant was even more unreasonable. Maybe he felt that he was coming, he grabbed the rebound alone, dribbled and advanced alone, and when he reached half a meter outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right side of the Bulls, he shot directly without thinking about it.

"What!"

Sun Xiaotian on the field had a surprised expression on his face!

"Huh!"

The ball is in again!

After shooting the ball, Durant turned around and roared.

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In Thibodeau's view, there is no way to prevent this, and if Durant finds his touch outside the three-point line, he basically scores a series of points.

Thibodeau wanted to call a timeout, but he seemed to think his players still had a way to cope and adjust. He just told them off the pitch to be calm, follow the established strategy, and focus on preventing the opponent's breakthrough.

But that's not all. Just as the fans at the scene applauded Noah's three-point shot under the basket. Durant took advantage of Ibaka's grabbing the baseline ball and gave it to Durant who had already run to the front court for the first time. At this time, Lu Erdeng, who was defending him, seemed to be unable to keep up, and saw Durant dribbling straight to his own restricted area.

And at this time, there was no one else on the inside of the Bulls except Boozer.

When Durant saw it, he accelerated, took three steps and did two steps, and jumped high directly when he was two meters away from the basket, and it was a violent dunk across Boozer.

At first, Boozer wanted to block him, but he saw that this guy who was even taller than himself on the inside had already jumped. If he jumps again at this time, he will become the emperor of today's top ten ball backgrounds, so he gave up and let him wreak havoc on the basket!

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At the end of the entire first quarter, Durant scored 17 points alone to lead the Thunder to a 36-23 lead over the Bulls.

It can be said that although the Bulls' joint defense prevented Wei Shao in the second half of the first quarter, in the face of Durant, who shot 7 out of 9, the Bulls had no choice but to really lose sight of one or the other.

And all this was seen by Sun Xiaotian, he looked at Durant's hurricane, and he admired it from the bottom of his heart. He'll need to adjust his form very quickly and try to have a real showdown with him in the next matchup.