Chapter 263: Resisting Pressure
"Smack!"
The big yellow hand appeared on top of Perkins's head in vain, and then the five fingers were spread and firmly pressed on top of the basketball that Perkins had raised, Perkins only felt a huge force coming from the top of his head, and then his straight arms unconsciously swung back, and the basketball in his hand could no longer be grasped.
"Oops!" His face changed, and he knew that it was not good, but he didn't have time to react at all, and he didn't have time to resist.
The basketball flew up and slapped into the air, like a relay, and another big dark hand took it, and then slapped it on the floor to launch a fast attack.
Iguodala!
The one who took the lead was the soul of the 76ers, and it was the rising leader of Philadelphia who flew over to block the hat, and the two swords combined touched countless fans.
It's too fast, from defense to offense, after Tang Wenlong finished covering Perkins, he still rushed through the half court for the first time, and went hand in hand with Iguodala and Lowry to form an arrow lineup.
The Thunder's retreat line was scattered, Iguodala in the middle split the ball to the left Lowry, and Tang Wenlong cut to the basket.
Lowry threw the ball into the air, Tang Wenlong jumped in the air in advance, glided to catch Lowry's pass, and then shook his arms down and dunked into the basket. 5 to 2.
There was another sigh in the energy arena, and it was Tang Wenlong again.
Westbrook's face was ugly, the layup just now was ridiculously off, Coach Brooks on the sidelines had already started jumping in a hurry, and he knew that he seemed to have made a wrong choice, but in that situation just now, his offense was actually very sure, if it wasn't Gasol Jr. who was defending him.
He gathered his mind and adjusted his breathing. Possession of the ball in the front court.
Durant receives the ball through the screen. did not shake off Tang Wenlong. Stepping on the three-point line with his back, Ibaka ran to block and pick-and-roll, and Perkins covered Westbrook off the ball on the other side.
Durant attacked with the ball in front of the frame, took the ball with both hands and put it on the ground, and after a tentative step, he changed to the left to break through.
The big stride dribble, the amplitude is large, but the speed is average, Tang Wenlong can easily keep up. Toughly blocked the middle position between Durant and the basket, constantly giving physical confrontation.
Westbrook, who cut into the air, arrived just in time, and Durant hit the ground with one hand and distributed it to Westbrook.
The basket was still piled up, and this time Westbrook made a wise choice, a big throw to Saflosa, who was ambushed on the wing, and Saflosa missed the three-point position.
"I can't shoot when I get the chance!" Coach Brooks was apprehensive and distressed about this great opportunity to open the spot.
I can't shoot, and I can't grab offensive rebounds. Gasol squeezed past Perkins and protected the rebound in the backcourt from a more advantageous position.
In fact, Perkins, who has an annual salary of eight million, is really overvalued. Although he is an important piece of the puzzle for the Thunder to reach the Finals this season, compared to Gasol Jr., it is not a grade at all. Although the latter is a well-known blue-collar and meat shield in the league, it can only be resistant at best, and compared with the Celtics period, the speed and agility have dropped too much, and once the blocking and dislocation is in the face of a small player, it will not be able to save and form a dislocation.
So far, the Thunder have been treating Perkins as a treasure, but what they really need is a blue-collar interior that can fit Durant and Westbrook, and it is best to have a fierce presence in the frontcourt rebounds, just wait for the second less to miss the shot and grab the rebound.
However, the 76ers' backcourt rebounding ability is also among the top in the league, not the top, but definitely not bad.
Two more rounds passed without either side scoring.
Tang Wenlong received the ball and turned to break through, and the forward-looking movement of his footsteps made Saflosa, who was defending him, instantly put himself in an unfavorable defensive position, and he broke through to the bottom line, which immediately attracted all the attention of the Thunder.
The ball was transferred to Iguodala at the free throw line, and Iguodala then distributed the ball to Lowry, who was open outside the three-point line.
Shot, 8 to 2.
The Thunder immediately called a timeout, but it was almost time to force a timeout, and the fans at the Energy Arena were depressed, but they didn't expect to score the first Durant jump shot from the opening to now, but now they were beaten 8-0 by the 76ers.
This anti-pressure game made the Thunder players exhausted, and no one spoke when they walked off the court, and they didn't dare to take a breath.
After the timeout, Westbrook and Durant played a pick-and-roll, Tang Wenlong and Iguodala rotated defense, Iguodala followed Durant, and Tang Wenlong defended Westbrook.
"Nima, what's the difference between this block and not?" Westbrook complained in his heart, and he was speechless about the 76ers' outside defense, he had never played such an uncomfortable game, even if Iguodala was alone, Tang Wenlong and even Lowry were also very fierce in defense, not afraid of physical confrontation, not to mention, the help defense was so fast that he could make a mistake when he passed the ball in minutes, making him shrink back.
He was ruthless, and after two casual swayings, he dribbled sharply to the right and broke through.
Tang Wenlong moved in broken steps, and easily followed Westbrook after a small jump back, Westbrook saw that Tang Wenlong opened a little distance, so he simply jumped in the high position!
"Whoosh!"
Tang Wenlong completely judged it, jumped in time to interfere, and raised the block high with his long arms, as if he could cover all the shooting space of Westbrook.
Westbrook panicked and couldn't help but raise the arc.
The basketball hit the front of the basket and flicked, and Gasol clicked on the rebound, jumped up again to collect the rebound.
I didn't expect the Thunder to come back from the pause and still not score, and the audience couldn't shout cheers, this opening situation was too unfavorable for the Thunder, and it had nothing to do with the tactical level, and there was no even a feeling at all.
On the contrary, it was the 76ers' offense this time, after Tang Wenlong burst into the basket, Gasol made a layup and caused Perkins to foul.
With one of two free throws, the 76ers led the Thunder by seven points 9-2.
In this round, the Thunder finally broke the goal drought, Westbrook broke through the way to Ibaka, and Ibaka hit a mid-range shot under David West's near-excellent defense, 9-4.
The fans immediately cheered again.
The fans are always the most enthusiastic, even if the home team has played like a ball before, but when they see a goal, or something beneficial to the home team happens, the fans who really love it will still send applause and encouragement as soon as possible.
Then the 76ers missed the shot, Durant caused Tang Wenlong to foul the player, went to the free throw line and made two free throws, and the Thunder chased the score to 9-6.
David West hits mid-range, 11-6.
Durant gave the ball to Saflosa, who hit a second three-pointer in the first quarter, 11-9.
This is the case with the anti-pressure game, after resisting the pressure, you will slowly find your form, and the difference between the two teams will start to be in a stable trend, and recently, it will almost tie. (To be continued.) )