Chapter 335 Anything is like a nail to a hammer

Wallace's pass ran through almost the entire court, and all that was left was a blistering performance of the tall man in the Thunder box.

In the face of the empty basket, the tall and strong received the ball, took off, dunked, and did it in one go.

The bench of the "beautiful" Nets was boiling, and even Coach Johnson rushed to the sidelines to applaud the players, and with the tall and strong dunk, the Nets overtook the score in the third quarter.

The Thunder certainly weren't willing to fall behind, especially Durant, how could he tolerate a rookie's unbridled scoring on his home court.

In the ensuing game, Durant tried to hit the opponent with a mid-to-long-range jumper, but unfortunately, Durant, who had a good hand in the first half, bounced off the basket in the first few shots of the third quarter.

The sudden loss of touch made Durant have to change his offensive style, and with a "snap", Durant suddenly changed direction at the limit, and instantly wiped from Wallace's side into the interior line.

Facing the Nets' double bag of Smith and Humphries, Durant still chose to play by himself, and after a fierce collision, Durant forced a shot with a throw.

"When", Durant still didn't shoot, counting this ball, Durant has missed 5 consecutive shots.

During this period of time, the Nets played quite reasonably, after the Thunder team consciously strengthened the defense of the tall and strong, Wallace and Smith both shot and hit one after another, which shared the defensive pressure of the tall and strong team, and of course, the tall and strong also did their best to maintain strong offensive pressure on the Thunder.

"Smack" Wallace with an extremely stealthy land-hitting pass. The ball passed through the tight space between Durant and Sephorosa and passed accurately into the hands of the tall man.

After receiving the ball, the tall and strong man took two big steps, stepped on the reasonable collision zone line, folded and lifted himself in the bag clamp of the Thunder's interior players Perkins and Ibaka, and used the air and body flexibility to score the ball.

With this goal from the tall man, the Nets went on a 15-4 attack wave to turn the score to 66-57 at the start of the third quarter.

Falling behind by a large score at home made the Thunder players anxious, especially Durant's consecutive singles caused the dissatisfaction of Westbrook, the team's starting point guard.

Westbrook is an attacking defender in his own right, and he certainly doesn't want to be a spectator. At a time when Durant is weak. He decided to step up and save the team.

With a "pop", Westbrook slammed the ball to the ground, and used an exaggerated change of direction to shake off the veteran Starkerhouse of the Nets who came off the bench and slammed into the interior at high speed.

Facing the Nets' interior Humphries' defense. Westbrook was throwing his entire body off the line with almost his entire being. A low-handed layup.

"Brush" sound. Westbrook's layup hits the hoop.

66:59

"Ah~~~" After the goal, Westbrook beat his fist on the chest and roared, and his passion also made the fans in the entire Chesapeake Energy Arena burst into loud cheers again.

Westbrook is a rare breed of point guards in the league, with no shortage of height, strength, and speed. He is also the most athletic point guard in the league.

Westbrook is often the "bully" in the game, just like the good big men of Shaq O'Neal who are physically dominant.

As a result, a strong player has the mentality to dominate the opponent and attack relentlessly, which leads to a stubborn effort to beat the defender.

The "anything is like a nail to a hammer" approach is evident in Westbrook, who is almost always defended by players who can't physically play against him.

Some may be strong enough but lack speed, others may be fast but too slender, and almost all defenders opposing him have no height advantage.

To Westbrook, every defender looks like a "label," and he intends to use every opportunity to rip the label off.

Stark House, the Nets' on-court point guard, is at an all-round disadvantage against Westbrook, so Westbrook is bent on showing his superiority in the position.

Westbrook, who was holding the ball near the free throw line, took a heavy shoulder and took a step forward, but it was all just a feint, and after shaking the center of gravity of the defender Starkerhouse, Westbrook suddenly made a sharp stop, jumped quickly, and pulled out his hand.

Everything is in Westbrook's control, and in fact, there is no problem with Westbrook's shooting power and angle in this ball.

But luck was not on his side today, the ball rolled in the hoop and then turned out in a ghostly way, and Humphries under the basket immediately jumped up to collect the defensive rebound.

In fact, Westbrook likes to do this kind of maneuver, he pretends to rush to the basket to attack the basket, and quickly pulls up the jumper during the breakaway, he can stay in the air for a while, changing the timing of the shot to ensure that he is not blocked.

It's a tough shot, but it's not easy to pull off, and Westbrook is shooting just 34.9 percent from the distance between the 5-foot and 3-point line this season.

But Westbrook didn't realize the problem, and he still decided to go it alone, and he went on to play two consecutive individual singles.

First, he knocked the ball away against the blocks of two defenders, and then he threw the basket out of the signature stop.

In the middle of the third quarter, Westbrook forced a breakthrough on the right side, but at the moment when he entered the inside line, he fell to the ground without standing firmly.

Westbrook sat on the floor and shook his fist at the referee, whining and complaining.

At this time, Durant immediately rushed over, but unexpectedly, Durant did not dissuade Westbrook, but pointed to his head with two points after Westbrook got up, and began to roar at Westbrook, which meant to let Westbrook use his brain.

At this time, Westbrook had a flat face. Without even looking at Durant, he turned and walked towards his own half.

There was a direct clash between the Thunder's most relied on "double young" on the court, and a bad feeling permeated the entire Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Sure enough, in the next game, while Kevin Durant patiently waited on the wing, Westbrook missed one ball after another.

"Lack of coolness, once you have a fever, you often do it yourself, and you see the team's first brother Durant as nothing" This is TNT commentary Barkley's assessment of Westbrook, unfortunately. Today's Westbrook fully confirms that.

The Thunder coach tried to ease the dark battle between the two core players on the court with a timeout. But the Thunder coach's intentions didn't pay off.

After the timeout, the Thunder's tactical routine did not change much, and the two of Durant and Wei Shao kept playing alone, and the team's offense was completely uncooperative.

Durant and Westbrook shot wildly. But the timing of their strike is up for debate. A lot of times when the team is not in position. Barely shooting too much, and hitting more "iron" while scoring some beautiful shots.

85:71

After three quarters, the Nets led the Thunder by 14 points on the road.

"Forward, Forward, Forward" Thunder fans at the Chesapeake Energy Arena have not given up on supporting the home team. They still pinned their hopes on the rise of the Thunder "double star" and led the Thunder to stage a Jedi counterattack in the fourth quarter.

However, to the disappointment of fans, not only did Westbrook become more and more impatient in the fourth quarter, but even Durant, who was always calm, shouted at the referee many times during the game.

At 4 minutes and 11 seconds in the fourth quarter, the Thunder attacked.

"Cluster", Durant used a "flexible" step that was completely inconsistent with his body shape to dodge the defense of the fierce Wallace and hit the Nets restricted area.

Nets power forward Humphries immediately pounced to make up for the defense, but at this time Durant fully demonstrated his ability as the league's top scorer, and after rushing in front of Humphries, he suddenly made a sharp stop, followed by a 360-degree turn, and instantly turned Humphries.

In just 1 or 2 seconds, Durant passed two people in a row, and went straight to the Nets basket from outside the three-point line, just when Durant, who stepped into the restricted area, jumped high and was about to smash the ball into the basket.

The Nets' tall and strong team unexpectedly returned to the basket from the wing to help the defense, and the moment Durant jumped, the tall and strong also followed in the air.

Durant's momentum and tall and strong did not retreat, so that the two inevitably collided in the air, and with a "peng" sound, the two fell from the air at the same time, and the basketball bounced out of bounds in the melee.

After the referee on duty glanced at Durant and Tall Strong, he did not mean to blow for a foul, but simply signaled to the Thunder to serve.

"SHIT, he's fouled, he's fouled, are you eyeless or brainless? ......" At this time, Durant suddenly broke out, he rushed to the referee and complained angrily, his height of 2.10 meters made Durant completely look down on the referee.

However, Durant forgot that the referee was not an "opponent" he could conquer, and with a "beep", the referee who had been looking up at Durant did not hesitate to give Durant a "technical foul",

"Wow" The whole arena was in an uproar, and all the Thunder fans subconsciously wiped their eyes, they preferred to believe that they were wrong, but the referee just gave Durant a technical foul.

Durant had a technical foul in the third quarter for his tall offense, and this time he received another technical foul for his tall defense.

Two technical fouls meant that Durant would be ejected, and in the midst of the noise, the home fans had to accept that fact.

Less than 5 minutes into the fourth quarter, Durant, the core player of the Thunder team, was directly ejected from the game because he was dissatisfied with the referee's decision to receive a technical foul again.

Thunder star Durant completed an embarrassing personal "achievement" on this game - it was the first time in Durant's career that he was ejected from the game.

In the previous six years of his NBA career, Durant had never been ejected from the game as a "good boy" in public, but this record was finally broken in this game. (To be continued......)

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