Chapter Ninety-Four: Back to Normal
The Hornets played another aerial relay, and the morale of the whole team burned like wildfire.
The entire New Orleans arena was shaking, and the Thunder had to call a timeout, and the Thunder took advantage of this timeout to replace Westbrook and Durant in one go, and they couldn't hold it anymore.
When the Thunder made substitutions, Ball was not idle, and he also replaced his two main players, Paul and West.
Hubby Brown also said at this time: "Horn played with intensity at the beginning of the second quarter, and he showed us the determination, a very determined attitude towards the game. That's what the Thunder are good at, and now Horn has done it too! ”
The Thunder came back with a second young man, and they played a little tangled, and they couldn't play their previous singles tactics with all their might.
Wei Shao came up to pass the ball to Durant, and Durant hesitated to take the ball, and then the Golden Rooster made a 2-point shot independently.
If Durant didn't hesitate for a moment, the ball had a good rhythm, but if he hesitated a little, the rhythm was gone. Durant missed, and the Hornets controlled the rebound and chased the Thunder's half like a raging wind.
Paul came over and immediately passed the ball to Horn, who took the ball to face Durant's defense, and he held the ball and shook it from side to side.
Durant hesitated slightly, and the moment Gran saw that Horn did not dribble and did not come to the pack, Horn sprinted out with a very tough step.
Horn's speed is about the same as Durant's, but Horn is stronger, his big arm sticks out to open the way, and he pulls Durant behind him with one arm. Horn passed Durant at once, Green was too late to help defend it, Horn faced Ibaka under the basket, the handball flickered in front of Ibaka, and Ibaka was slightly stiff at his feet.
Horn made a smooth jump, Ibaka hit the back to block on top of Horn's head, Horn flashed a small lever in the air to Ibaka's armpit, and then Horn made a reverse layup with his right hand.
"Brush!"
Horn made a decisive breakthrough in an instant and resolutely made a layup on Ibaka's head.
"Boom, boom!"
Horn hit again, and the New Orleans arena roared as if it had exploded, and Horn let out a beast-like roar when he landed.
At this time, he finally understood what a strong person is, a strong person is not only wise, but also fearless, and a fearless person is a real strong person. Otherwise, no matter how strong the ability is, it is not just a meat foot.
Horn's roar at this time made the fans echo in the stadium, and the New Orleans arena was trembling.
The Thunder felt the fear and the fury of the other, and Westbrook had forgotten about the team offense they had played before.
He was about to hit Ariza when he came up, and Ariza didn't pinch it casually, he violently resisted Westbrook, and Paul went up from behind to wrap up.
At this time, Westbrook had a good passing opportunity, but he did not pass the ball and forced his own mid-range shot.
"Bang!"
As a result, Westbrook misses the shot, this guy is too manic!
There are only two results of being too dry, one is to directly torture the opponent to death, and the other is to kill yourself. So too dry is unstable.
The Hornets grabbed the rebound and quickly chased the ball to the Thunder's half, Horne took the ball and the Thunder immediately wrapped it, he quickly passed the ball to Ariza, Ariza dribbled the ball and turned back to pass the ball to West, West took the ball and turned back two steps to pass the ball to Paul.
Paul ran to an open position at this time, and Paul threw a three-pointer directly with the ball.
"Brush!"
Paul's three-pointer hit steadily, and the Hornets not only overtook the score at this time, but completely suppressed the visiting team in terms of morale.
How could the Thunder bow their heads at this time, Westbrook took the ball up or rushed hard to the Hornets' basket, and Ariza was finally fouled by Westbrook.
Westbrook stepped to the free-throw line, but at this point Brooks was a little worried.
Westbrook's individual singles will indeed work, but the downside of this effect is that the whole team loses chemistry. Let Westbrooke play well alone, the price is the loss of chemistry of the whole team, whether this is right or wrong, I really can't say.
Westbrook hit both free throws here, and the Thunder's defensive intensity also increased, and the Hornets came back and had to start from the position.
Paul's side just saw that Horn came over, and he still passed the ball to Horn, and Durant was also a little weak in the face of Horn at this time.
Durant is not a defensive player at all, and his defensive ability is not very good, although he has great physical gifts.
Horn was like a madman at this time, taking the ball and shaking it in front of Durant, a spying step, Durant moved at his feet, and Horn made another spying step, completely shaking off Durant and raising his hand to shoot a two-point shot.
"Brush!"
Horn scored again, and in these few rounds Horn scored consecutive goals and hit the Thunder continuously.
Brooks hurriedly dispatched Green to defend Horne alone, and at the same time, the Thunder came to the Hornets' half and really gave up the previous team offense.
Durant also took the ball alone, and even Westbrook didn't look at it. Having conceded two balls on Horn, this is when he is in a hurry to hit a response ball.
Durant held the ball and shook quickly in front of Horne, and Horne was shaken away, but Paul of the Hornets suddenly came up at this time, pierced Durant's stomach, and reached out to point the ball away.
The Thunder were in a hurry at this time and started to play alone, but the Hornets are not a single defender on the defensive end, and the Hornets' defense is still there. Thunder two less, it is not easy to simply open the situation.
The Hornets are currently leading in the scoreline and in mentality, when Paul passes the ball to Horn again.
Horn dribbled the ball to attract the defense and passed the ball back to West, who took the ball and transferred it to Ariza on the other side, who blocked Okafor on this side and made a three-pointer.
The Hornets' offense continued, and another wave of small ** was played.
The Thunder came back and caused another foul, but the good chemistry that the Thunder had at the start of the game was gone.
Now the Thunder are in trouble and have become a double less infinite singles again.
This situation is particularly ugly, and at this time Hubby Brown also said: "I said before the game started, the Thunder don't draw tigers and don't become anti-dogs, and now the Thunder really do." They don't have a team now, they don't have a good sense of individual singles, and the Hornets won't give them the opportunity to adjust! ”
Hubby Brown saw the situation very clearly, and in the first half, the Hornets completely took the initiative, the score was in their favor, the field was in their favor, and the form of the players was in their favor. The right time and place are right for people and wasps today.
At the end of the first half, the Hornets led the Thunder by nine points at 57:48, and the first half ended amid the cheers of the audience.