Chapter 195: Evenly matched

After the Clippers' offensive round, the Thunder quickly adjusted their mentality and prepared to attack.

After the team's point guard Westbrook controlled the ball in the half, he immediately went to look for Durant, but when he saw that Durant was blocked by Wang Cannon and couldn't show his head at all, he could only shake his head and choose to attack by himself.

The Thunder is such a team, Westbrook and Durant are almost evenly divided, if Durant doesn't attack well, then Westbrook will come, if Westbrook's offense can't work, Durant will step up.

Now Durant was completely suppressed by Wang Cannon's physical advantage as soon as he came up, so Westbrook decisively chose to fight himself.

At this time, the defender of Westbrook is currently the best player on the Clippers' guard line, Matthews.

But Matthews' technical characteristics make him better at defending players who are good at shooting and strong, and when he encounters a point guard like Westbrook, the defense is much less effective.

Two consecutive disguises outside the three-point line allowed Westbrook to pull Matthews out of a stun move, and taking this opportunity, Westbrook suddenly ran away in the direction of the basket like a wild horse.

Westbrook's breakthrough speed is extremely fast, almost no less than the king's cannon, and when he rushes to the basket, the only one who has time to return to the defense is Jordan Jr., who is himself guarding under the basket.

There are many ways to deal with a center of the size of Jordan Jr., Westbrook couldn't have done more.

One of the best ways to do this is to make close physical contact with Jordan Jr. and then hook up with a fake foul.

Under normal circumstances, the center is most afraid of this way of layup, and if you are not careful, you will be blown a foul by the referee, and when you are defending, you will naturally be restrained and dare not make any big moves.

It's the same with Jordan Jr. Westbrook leaned on himself, and little Jordan immediately didn't dare to use his strength, at this time, if he carried Westbrook hard, he didn't have to guess, this girl would definitely scream, throw the basketball in his hand into the sky and lie directly on the ground.

In this case, the referee will definitely blow himself for a defensive foul. It's pretty unworthy. And this is only the first ball, and it is not a particularly important critical period, so Jordan Jr. just stretched out a hand in the direction of Westbrook's breakthrough and made it look like he was defending, if Westbrook made a successful layup, it couldn't be helped, and if he failed to make a layup, it was also earned.

Seeing little Jordan like this, Westbrook immediately smiled proudly. It was really easiest to face these stupid big guys, and while thinking like this, Westbrook sent the basketball in the direction of the basket, and with a slight pick of his wrist, he was about to pick the basketball into the basket.

But at this moment, Westbrook suddenly felt a strong wind behind him, and before he could react, a hand suddenly poked out from the back of his head. Directly flew his blue cover out.

"Holy!" Westbrook was dumbfounded, he was absolutely confident in his speed. When he rushes up, there are definitely not many people who can catch up with him, and Matthews, like Matthews, who defends himself, will definitely not be able to catch up with him!

Looking at the color of the arm poking over his head, Westbrook knew immediately who it was!

"King Cannon!" Westbrook, who landed on the ground, turned his head angrily and saw Wang Cannon standing behind him with a breezy face, as if he hadn't done anything.

Before Westbrook could speak. Wang Cannon suddenly turned to Ibaka and said to Ibaka, who was standing not far from them, "Look, this is the hot pot!" ”

Ibaka temperament, he naturally knew that Wang Cannon was taking revenge on him for blocking Wang Cannon's dunk just now, but Westbrook was really a little unlucky to lie down with his gun, right?

The basketball flew out of the court directly by Wang's cannon cover. So the ball is still in the hands of the Thunder.

However, due to the time of the previous offense, the moment of re-serving was left with only 6 seconds for the Thunder to attack.

Six seconds isn't a long time, but it's okay to organize an attack.

Looking at Westbrook with an unhappy face, Thunder's head coach Brooks was afraid that this Wei Er Shao would have a hot head and do something troublesome, so he directly shouted on the sidelines: "Block Kevin and let him attack!" ”

Hearing Brooks's shout, Wang Cannon immediately rejoiced, okay, this is ignoring my save!

If the blocking and demolition tactics can block Wang Cannon, then Wang Cannon's average of 5 blocks and 5 steals per game is basically impossible to get!

Following the head coach's arrangement, Perkins, the largest and heaviest center in the Thunder's starting lineup, ran directly to Durant's side to help Durant block Wang Cannon.

Durant immediately ran to the three-point line as Perkins was in place, while Ibaka threw the ball to Durant from the baseline.

After receiving the basketball, Durant did not dare to pause at all, and immediately jumped up to shoot.

But when he set his eyes on the basket, he was shocked because Wang Cannon had already gotten rid of Perkins' block and ran in front of Durant.

At this time, Durant had already jumped and was ready to shoot at any time, but Wang Cannon made Durant dare not act recklessly.

Although he is much higher than Wang Cannon, and he also has an advantage in terms of arm span, but Wang Cannon's bounce Durant has already been taught, if he doesn't jump, he can still pretend to shoot to deceive Wang Cannon, but he has already jumped in order to shoot as quickly as possible, and now if he makes a rash shot, the end will definitely be ruthlessly blocked by Wang Cannon's basketball again!

With a thought racing, Durant forced the basketball in the air and threw it at Westbrook.

Seeing this situation, Bledsoe, who had been waiting for an opportunity next to him, rushed out, intercepted Durant's pass halfway, picked up the basketball and rushed towards the Thunder's backcourt.

Westbrook and Sefrosa immediately retreated to defend, and because both sides were guards, they were quite fast, and in the blink of an eye, Bledsoe had already controlled the ball and rushed to the Thunder's backcourt.

Bledsoe is just a backup point guard for the Clippers, although there is some potential. But after all, the difference in strength is there. It's a bit difficult to break through two players.

But Westbrook and Severosa didn't have the slightest intention of slacking off, and they couldn't help it, because behind Bledsoe, a rather large figure had already followed.

"King Cannon! His speed is too fast, whether it is Bledsoe or the Thunder players, there is a big gap between them and Wang Cannon in terms of speed. They have just arrived at the defense line now, and Wang Cannon has already come to shoot the horse first! ”

In the sound of the clipper's commentary, Wang Cannon ran directly past Bledsoe's side without stopping, and while running, Wang Cannon also turned his hand straight to the sky.

Bledsoe immediately understood and threw the basketball directly into the sky.

"Air relay?" Seeing this, Westbrook and Sefrosa immediately wanted to go up and stop Wang Cannon, as long as they blocked Wang Cannon, then the basketball relay in the air would naturally become a mistake ball!

But when they stood on the path of the king cannon, there was no reason. Both of them regretted it almost at the same time.

No way! What do you think? Blocking the king cannon? Don't want to live anymore?

Looking at Wang Cannon's fierce and vicious appearance, who would dare to resist Wang Cannon's collision like this? Don't want to live anymore?

Almost without hesitation, Westbrook and Sefrosa moved out of the way at the same time.

But even so, the speed at which they got out of the way was a little slower, and Wang Cannon directly collided between the two of them, directly knocking the two of them away, and then jumped hard.

At this point, Bledsoe's pass had just gotten on the rebound and then bounced back. Wang Cannon received this basketball and smashed it into the basket.

"Boom!" The loud noise detonated the atmosphere of the entire stadium. It also made Westbrook and Severosa's faces extremely ugly.

Although in the situation just now, if you don't dodge, you will die miserably, but after dodging, both Westbrook and Severosa feel that their faces are gloomy, after all, they have coaxed first, and this kind of thing is not a good sign on the court.

"That was the case just now. Obviously, he can make an offensive foul! You shouldn't be hiding! Shaking his head, Sephorosa, who is an expert in this regard, said regretfully.

When Westbrook heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes, "Making an offensive foul?" Dude, you're not kidding, are you? Are you like making a foul or trying to stay alive? Or do you think your physicality is stronger than the Nuggets' starting power forward? Will Shengsheng be safe and sound if he is hit head-on by the king's cannon? ”

Saifrosa was speechless for a moment, just now when he was in front of Wang Cannon. He had already thought of making an offensive foul, but Wang Cannon's appearance really scared him, so he avoided it.

As soon as the game opened, Wang Cannon directly helped the Clippers take the lead in the game, an assist, a score, and the Clippers' 4 points were all related to Wang Cannon.

Not only that, but the Thunder's two offenses were also blocked by Wang Cannon, blocking Westbrook once, and also preventing a Durant shooting offense, forcing Durant to make a mistake.

Many people say that basketball is not a one-man game, but when some people do what Wang Cannon is doing now, then it is really not that difficult to win a game.

The Thunder attacked again, Westbrook chose to score a layup by himself after breaking through Matthews, but was interfered with by Jordan Jr. who was on the defensive and missed, and after Griffin grabbed the rebound, he didn't even give the ball to Bledsoe, who was a point guard, but passed it directly to Wang Cannon.

The latter was not polite, dribbling the ball to the Thunder's half, and when he was still more than a step away from the three-point line, he suddenly made a three-point shot.

This three-point shot was completely unexpected by the Thunder, and when Ibaka couldn't defend at all, Wang Cannon's ball hit directly.

"Good shot! Wang Cannon scored 5 points in a row! The Clippers started the game with a 7:0 Thunder! Brooks absolutely can't sit still! In the gloating tone of the Clippers commentator, Brooks hurriedly called a timeout.

Although he knew that Wang Cannon was very powerful, Brooks didn't expect his team to be completely pressed by the Clippers as soon as he came up.

In particular, Durant and Westbrook, the two stars of the team, are quite impatient and completely out of order on offense.

Durant was physically violated by Wang Cannon, but Westbrook was not targeted by Wang Cannon, although Matthews defended very well, it was obviously unrealistic to guard Westbrook. But in this way, the two consecutive attacks were still wasted by Westbrook, which shows that Westbrook's state today is very average.

After a moment's hesitation, Brooks said to the other person on the bench: "James, you go on the court for a while!" Remember! Stabilize the situation! ”

Brooks called James is the Thunder's best sixth man, James. Harden. Also the new bearded man of the Union.

He nodded, took off his coat and ran to the side to warm up.

The reason why the Thunder have been able to play a good record this season is that Durant and Westbrook are certainly powerful, but as the most bullish player on the Thunder bench, James. Harden's role is even more impossible to ignore.

Many people say that Harden is the equivalent of the Thunder's Ginobili.

Truth be told, Harden and Ginobili have a lot of similarities, both players who can play both small forward and shooting guard, and both left-handed. The European step, which is also good at twisting and twisting, is even more the same, they can play the absolute main force, but they are willing to run to be a substitute for the team.

Although I don't know if Harden is playing off the bench out of sexual affection, his ability is there after all. On any team in the league, Harden is a player who can be a starter or even a team-along.

And Harden is more of a point guard than Westbrook, when he's on the court. It's not so much about helping the Thunder score, it's about controlling the ball.

All in all. Harden's appearance on the court will make the strength of the Thunder rise a lot, and the Thunder, who are already stronger than the Clippers, will naturally be more pressurized now.

As soon as Harden came up, the Clippers didn't know how to play.

Bledsoe is obviously not good at defending Harden, Matthews is defending Westbrook again, and it can be said that Harden is in a relaxed state. Although Bledsoe wants to guard against Harden, the gap between the two rookies is still a bit big.

As soon as he got on the court, Harden immediately hit a three-pointer, and then assisted Westbrook to hit a mid-range shot, and the score of 7:0 instantly became 7:5.

It's also because of Harden's play. The situation on the whole court has gradually become stable.

The Thunder couldn't stop the Clippers, because the Clippers had a king cannon that was hanging and desperately brushing the number of jΓΉ, and the Clippers couldn't restrain the Thunder, but because the Thunder's firepower was a little too much.

In this situation, the two sides went back and forth, and the first quarter of the game was tied 26-26.

Both sides scored very highly, but the characters who scored on both sides were different.

The Clippers scored the most points in Wang Cannon, who scored 13 points in a single quarter, and also grabbed 5 rebounds, 2 of which were frontcourt rebounds, in the face of Wang Cannon, Ibaka's defense is useless at all, and Ibaka is a player who is good at using his body to defend, and when he encounters a Wang Cannon who likes to use his body to bully people than him, it is a helpless tragedy.

In addition to Wang Cannon, the second highest scoring of the Clippers is Griffin, Ibaka ran to defend Wang Cannon, and Griffin's opponent became Durant, how could Durant be able to defend Griffin? The two men are not at all the same tonnage, and Griffin has always been able to easily single Durant on the inside.

It is for this reason that Griffin also scored 8 points in the first quarter of the game, and it was not inefficient.

In terms of the Thunder, the scoring was more average, Westbrook scored 8 points, and although Matthews defended well, there were still some opportunities to find for Wei Shao, who had strong offensive ability.

Harden scored 6 points in the first quarter, and at the same time had 3 assists, I have to say that Harden is really the biggest weapon on the Thunder bench, if he hadn't been on the court at the beginning of the first quarter, it is estimated that the Thunder would have collapsed at the beginning.

Among the three young Thunderers, the boss Durant is the worst of the three in this game, no way, who let the defender open the king cannon? Who let the king cannon completely crush him in terms of strength?

On the defensive end, Wang Cannon has always adhered to a principle in defending Durant, and his body is close.

It doesn't matter if you have the ball or not, as long as you're on the court, I'm going to have a "love affair" with you. "And it doesn't matter if you like it or not.

Under the defense of a rogue like Wang Cannon, it is difficult for Durant to connect the ball, let alone shoot?

At the end of the first quarter, Durant only scored 2 points, but because Wang Cannon had a bit of a defensive move, and the referee awarded an offensive foul and got a free throw opportunity.

At the end of the first game, Negro was almost happy, originally thought that against the Thunder with such strong offensive firepower, it would be good to save a few points from the Thunder in the first quarter, but he didn't expect to be able to play a tie in the first quarter, which also made Negro suddenly have a lot of confidence.

"Keep it up like that! The king cannon locked up Durant, and the others limited Westbrook and Harden, as long as they can't play effectively, then this game will be easy to win! ”

That being said, it's not as easy as it says.

After all, the gap between the Clippers and the Thunder in terms of lineup cannot be made up by some simple deployments. (To be continued......)