The series between the Thunder and the Hornets officially began, and the Thunder first clicked basketball at the beginning.

Westbrook got the first round of basketball and immediately held the ball and forced a direct one-on-one with Paul, and the rest of the Thunder's players completely opened up the space.

In the first round of the opening game, the Thunder exposed their goal, they were going to use Westbrook to Paul.

Paul is also a person who is extremely unwilling to admit defeat, he bravely went up to fight against Westbrook, Westbrook is indeed stronger than Paul in absolute physical hardware, and his character is more direct.

In the face of a hard confrontation, Westbrook went up to the basket, but Paul naturally couldn't let him get his wish, and his body was close to Westbrook and waved his hands in front of Westbrook to interfere with Westbrook's vision.

Paul came up so desperately to defend that Westbrook's first forced layup of the opening game finally missed.

Westbrook's first offense missed, but the Hornets were already feeling the killing intent of the playoffs by this time.

At this time, Joan Barry also said on the commentary stage: "The Thunder played fiercely at the beginning of the day. Westbrook's body is very strong, and he has been hitting Paul like this from the beginning. Paul had problems on both ends of the floor in the second half, and Westbrook simply played that. Brooks' trick is simple, but it's clever! ”

Horn was also a little anxious watching below, someone had to help Paul at this time.

Because Paul is different from Westbrook, Paul is the heart of the Hornets, and he needs to work more on the organization and more energy to observe the court. If all of Paul's energy is wasted on fighting Westbrook, the Hornets will suffer a big loss. And Westbrook is originally a hard-fought style, so he will be excited to play like this, and he will play very coolly.

When the Hornets arrived at the Thunder's half, Paul and West began to play pick-and-roll, and the Thunder were very ferocious in defending at this time.

The Thunder's Serge Ibaka and Westbrook both have strong defensive capabilities, while Paul and West's pick-and-rolls are more skill-dependent. In this situation, the Hornets were not easy to attack, and the Hornets did not hit the first round.

Although neither team hit, it was clear that the pressure on the Hornets was more and they were on the controlled side.

When the Thunder came over again, Ariza on the Hornets' side immediately went up to help Paul defend. Although Westbrook is direct, he is not stupid after all, and as soon as he saw the other two people, he immediately returned the ball to Durant outside.

Durant took the ball and defended head-on with Collison, Collison was much shorter than Durant, too much, Durant couldn't defend Collison with his shoulders, let alone use his hands. Durant has a killer heart, he is never soft in the face of weakness, and he directly shoots three points against Collison Durant.

"Brush!"

On the Thunder's side, Durant opened first, and the Hornets followed closely and also played a change Okafor to play the low post.

Ball thought very well before the game, I have a big Okafor to beat you Kostic is not easy, but when you get to the court, Okafor has a physical advantage, but no technical advantage, and he turns and misses.

Okafor couldn't beat Kostic, the Thunder defended it, and Ariza was entangled when Westbrook came to charge Paul again.

He wants to help defend Durant and let it go, it's not right not to help! Just as he was struggling, Westbrook came up with a zombie jumper and scored 2 points.

As soon as the game started, the Thunder took the initiative, and Westbrook beat Paul wildly, just letting the two go head-to-head.

This kind of heads-up is a good deal for the Thunder, and then Durant is easy to wait for the opportunity to score, and on the defensive end, the Thunder is to pounce on West and Paul, allowing Collison to make some breakthroughs, so as to grasp the main contradiction and let go of the secondary contradiction.

The Hornets were beaten very painfully when they came up, and the two main points could not be used, and the score was very unsmooth. In the opening 4 minutes, the Thunder led the Hornets by 8 points at 14:6.

Ball couldn't take it anymore and began to get on Horn.

As soon as Horn came out, the Thunder home fans immediately booed Horn, who had an argument with Durant before.

At this time, Dan Schulman in the commentary bench also said: "Horne finally played, and the current Hornets are only real Hornets with Horne." Let's see if this guy who frequently creates miracles can open up the situation. ”

"The Thunder are clearly targeting the Hornets' style of play right now, and the Thunder are definitely targeting Horne as well. Let's not get our hopes up too much! ”

Joan Barry was on the side to frustrate Schulman, Horn came on to kick off on the touchline, and Horn passed the ball directly to West on the left.

Horn was happy as soon as West came out, and the space on the inside could be stretched. West took two steps to the basket against Kostic, and then West spun around and scored two points with a throw.

Horn's return to the court without scoring also has the effect of opening up space, and Horn will come to defend Horn when Ibaka plays, and West will be able to bully Kostic, a soft persimmon.

The Thunder attacked again, Westbrook still wanted to bully Paul, and Horn immediately went out to support the boss.

Horn can come out of the bag, because this season's Ibaka is not the same Ibaka in the future, and his shooting is not very consistent.

Westbrook was still very rational when he hit Paul and Ariza, but when he saw Horn's mocking face, he immediately couldn't calm down, and rushed up and hit him directly in the face.

Facing Horn Westbrook with an acceleration and breaking towards the basket, Horn immediately stuck to it, and at the same time interfered with it very covertly.

Horn came up and used a small trick very covertly, which Horn had already thought of off the court. A player like Westbrook, the harder you work with him, the more energetic he gets, and if you want to get his enthusiasm to subside, you have to use some means.

Sure enough, Westbrook was rushing passionately, and Horn came up with a small trick, and Westbrook suddenly softened and missed the layup.

Horn grabbed the rebound and turned around and passed the ball to Paul, who pressed the rhythm and played the position, and Horn and West went over to give Paul double cover.

Paul passed the ball out and Horn took the ball in the high post, West went to the low post card position, and Horn took the ball and immediately stuffed it to the basket. The Thunder wrapped the basket here, Horn took a step towards the basket and cut into the air, West passed the ball quickly, and Horn faced the empty blue this time.

In the face of the empty basket, Horn flew up and smashed it with a violent dunk!

"Bang dang!"

As soon as Horne came out of the game, he helped his teammates pull up space, and then cut into the air himself, and the Hornets chased four points in a row.