The Thunder turned around, but also fell into the Pelicans' defensive expectations, the three-point shot had no chance, they could only go into the mid-range shooting area, and Jamie Lamb fired and scored two points.

The Thunder continued to score, and their hand was not weak, but finally there was no three-point shot, no morale-hurting fast break and basket scoring.

The Pelicans finally controlled the opponent at the last moment, and the two teams played 37-27 at the end of the first quarter, although the Pelicans were still 10 points behind, but the Pelicans were not pulled away too much when the Thunder was so crazy, which was also a victory.

During the break between quarters, Van Gundy was on the sidelines telling the team's perimeter defense.

Van Gundy used nagging to thin the ears of the Pelicans. After this 5 minutes, the Pelicans kept echoing in their heads, "outside defense, outside defense, outside defense" like this.

While the Pelicans are desperately instilling outside defense, the Thunder are also cautiously making various adjustments.

The Thunder is constantly warning their players, don't be careless, don't be careless, don't be careless.

Both teams were very cautious today and were reluctant to reveal a single hole.

During the interval, Collins also commented:

"The Pelicans didn't play badly in the first quarter, but the key is that the Thunder's shooting percentage was too high! This kind of shooting rate is abnormal, and the key to the next game must be the Thunder's three-point line, and the three-point line is the lifeline of today's game. ”

Su Qun also believes in China that the three-point line will determine the outcome of today's game.

In the second quarter of the game, both teams came back, and it was the Thunder who attacked first, and the Thunder came on a bench lineup at this time.

Jemirilamb dominated the offense on the court, Jemirilamb came up with the ball, and some fouls were 2, and he broke through with the ball. He clicked on it, turned around and threw a turnaround jumper.

Jamie Lamb forced himself to attack so much, and the result was naturally a miss.

The Pelicans immediately received the rebound in the backcourt, and at this time the Pelicans were also on the bench, and Oladipo came over and passed the basketball to Henson from the outside.

Henson took the ball at the top of the arc and saw his team-mate cut down into the air, and he also immediately passed the ball out to complete an assist.

But at this time, the Thunder's defense is indeed much better than the previous two games! Henson's passing at this time was a little careless, and the Thunder immediately grabbed it all at once. Henson's assist was ruined.

After the Thunder destroyed the opponent's defense, they immediately turned around and quickly came towards the Pelicans' half.

Both teams played rigorously in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, the defensive intensity of both teams increased.

The Pelicans were a little scared because the Thunder shot eight three-pointers, and the Thunder were even more scared when they were reversed twice by the Pelicans.

Both teams are playing in a rigorous manner, and the defense is very fierce.

The Thunder steal the basketball, and immediately chased after it, and the Thunder changed this bench lineup, although they also wanted to play crazy like Westbrook, but Fisher did not have this ability.

They inadvertently went back to the old way of individual singles in the past. Fisher came over and passed the ball directly to Perry Jones, who took the ball and shot straight away as he had done in the first half.

But at this time, the Pelicans' defense is different, and the Pelicans' defense is focused on defending the perimeter, when Perry Jones makes a shot. Snyder was frantically lunging out.

In this case, Perry Jones' shot was also affected, and Perry Jones' long-range shot missed.

The Thunder's first three-pointer in the second quarter finally missed again, and the Pelicans let out a long breath at this time.

It's finally time for the Thunder to miss a three-point shot. All of the Pelicans players hope this is a good start, and the Thunder's three-point shooting will be normal.

The Pelicans slowly advanced this round, and Oladipo took the ball and gave the basketball to Henson.

Henson responds with the ball from beyond the three-point line. Parkinson, who came off the bench, knew Henson's three-point accuracy, so he stuck to Henson's body to prevent Henson from making a move.

However, at this time, Henson suddenly made a turnaround breakthrough, like a small whirlwind, two steps to the bottom line, and threw a small throw to the basket at the position of the bottom line.

However, playing sports with the ball is not Henson's characteristic, the basketball is big as soon as he shoots, and he flies to this side of the basket, and Biedlins, who did not get playing time in the first quarter, immediately flew up and grabbed the rebound in the front court, and then immediately wanted to attack the basket.

And then at this time, Biedrins' feet moved, and the referee's whistle blew for Biedlins' rebounding foul?

Biedrins' action just now is indeed a bit big, but this kind of ball is generally not blown. Now the referee blew Bidrins, which is tantamount to bullying!

Biedrins immediately came over to reason with the referee, and Li Feng also came over to put pressure on the referee, letting the referee know that the Pelicans are not easy to bully and can be blown casually.

Biedrins and Li Feng are exerting pressure, but it is impossible to change the sentence. The referee still gave Biedrins a foul, and the ball was transferred to the Thunder's side.

The Thunder played here, and there were still tactics, and the team's movement was very good, but because there was no Westbrook to control the situation outside, they didn't catch the best offensive point when they were running.

In the end, the basketball was handed over to the bench forward Collison to deal with, and Collison saw that the team's offense had stalled.

He also took the ball and forced it twice, dribbled with his back to the ball, shook it from side to side, and then wanted to force it up and throw a throw.

Collisson's movements are good, but his confrontation ability is too poor, he can't get up in front of Bidrins, and his forced offensive hand style has completely changed.

In this case, Collison's throw naturally missed.

The Pelicans grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the table was not much better than the opponent, and quickly chased over, and Brewer took the ball and turned around by himself, wanting to play a beautiful individual offense. But he is really not the material for attacking with the ball, his body is too average, and his body is also deformed after the confrontation, and he misses the shot.

At this time, there are substitute players on both sides, and the offensive efficiency is immediately reduced, mainly because the substitute players on both sides are stuck in singles.

A player who is in good health can take advantage of any confrontation. He can do whatever he wants.

But a player is not good at physical. Even if he has excellent skills, it is difficult to get an attacking opportunity because he is at a disadvantage as long as he is in the confrontation.

In the second quarter, both teams started the game with a good run, but they didn't score, and the efficiency of both teams began to decrease.

On the one hand, this is because the role of the substitutes is indeed not as good as the main team, and on the other hand, the defense of both teams has really improved. Under the high-intensity defense, both teams were unsuccessful in attacking.

At this time, Doug Collins also said in the commentary seat:

"Neither team has scored so far, the Thunder's three-pointer is gone, and the Pelicans' team offense is gone. Both teams should step up! ”

Mike Brown also said:

"The Pelicans are really not playing well in this section, not a team!"

Mike Brown still pointed out the shortcomings of the Pelicans team as a whole.

The Thunder lost two rounds in a row, and Scott Brooks was also a little angry. The team's inability to score made him angrier than not being able to defend.

Scott Brooks' anger really had some effect, and in the midst of Scott Brooks' roar, Jamie Lamb finally made a good pass.

When Collison cut to the basket, he passed the basketball directly to Collison's hands, Collison was too deep into this position, and he took the ball back and scored two points with a hook hand.

The Thunder scored first in the second quarter!

Although the Thunder scored on their side, it was not easy for them to score these two points from the scene, and it was completely different from the situation in the first quarter.

Once the Thunder start scoring. The Pelicans also have a better appearance, the Pelicans hit quickly, and Oladipo suddenly forced a breakthrough and actually deceived a foul.

Oladipo went to the free throw line, and at this time, the Pelicans took advantage of the dead ball to quickly replace Li Feng.

The Pelicans really can't live without Li Feng. No one in the team except Li Feng can take on the responsibility of being the core of the outside line.

The flaw in this lineup is the only fatal wound of the Pelicans, so at this time the Pelicans can only let Li Feng work hard, originally Scott Brooks was not ready to change so early, but he saw that Van Gundy was really using Li Feng to death. He had no choice but to let Westbrook go up for a while.

The Thunder's current roster has scoring ability, and what is missing is one person who can mesh these players together, and Westbrook can just do that. So Scott Brooks was the first to bring Westbrook to the court.

The two teams made substitutions, and Oladipo hit both free throws from the free throw line. When the substitution comes back, the Thunder will fight again, and there will be different content.

Westbrook got the basketball and immediately passed it to Collison, who then handed the basketball back to Westbrook.

That gave Westbrook a chance, and he took the ball up and broke the Pelicans' defense, turning back and passing to Jamie Lamb, who had a split second in the space. It was a good opportunity for Lamb as Jamie Lamb took the ball and threw three points.

When the Pelicans looked at where the Thunder were scared of throwing three-pointers, they saw that Jamie Lamb's three-pointer also missed.

The Thunder started the second quarter with two consecutive missed three-pointers, and their three-point shooting percentage finally looked normal.

At this time, Su Qun also said:

"Van Gundy focused on defending the three-point line, and now it's finally working!"

Jamie Lamb's three-pointer missed, and the Pelicans immediately grabbed the backcourt rebound and quickly pushed up.

Before the Pelicans only had Henson, the offense gave people the feeling of lack of destructive power, but now with Li Feng and Henson, this destructive power and passing ability are sufficient.

Li Feng and Henson repeatedly passed outside the three-point line, Li Feng took advantage of an opportunity to force a break through Jamie Lamb from the wing, Lamb had no choice, and watched Li Feng shoot a throw under the basket.

The pelican on Li Feng immediately had an effect! An effective point of attack is enough to drive the whole team's offense.

39-31, the Pelicans took advantage of this opportunity to slightly chase back two points.

Westbrook on the Thunder's side led the team at this time, still focusing on organization, taking the ball over or blocking with the center, and after the two of them cooperated, Westbrook gave the basketball to Collison when he was moving.

If this kind of ball were given to Steven Adams, at least one foul could be returned, but Collison's confrontation and footwork were not good. At this time, he took the ball, and immediately paused, and then remembered to take a step, just his decomposition action.

The referee saw it at a glance and immediately blew Collison a walk, and Collison was blown away, which was really not wronged at all.

Where is Scott Brooks shaking his head, Durant also couldn't help laughing on the sidelines, only Collison himself felt very wronged, and he was still complaining to the referee over there! The referee didn't bother to pay attention to him at all. Turned around and awarded the basketball to the Pelicans.

The Pelicans happily caught up at this time, and Li Feng ran back and forth on the baseline, and finally got rid of Jamie Lamb and got the basketball.

Li Feng took the ball up this time, and replaced it with Perry Jones to defend Li Feng. Lamb's defense of Li Feng just now suffered too much, so they could only make substitutions to defend.

At this time, Li Feng took the ball and took a step forward, giving pressure to the opponent, and then saw that the bottom line leaked when the Thunder clamped him, and Li Feng stuffed the basketball from Perry Jones's armpit into the hands of Oladipo in the bottom corner.

Oladipo took the ball at this time and shot decisively, and Jamie Lamb, who was next to Oladipo, hit Oladipo's hand at once.

Oladipo misses a three-pointer thrown out. But the referee immediately gave Jamie Lamb a foul.

Lamb's foul was a bit unworthy, and Doug Collins said:

"Lamb's defense is so exciting! In this way, it is a matter of giving points to the other party for nothing. ”

"Maybe this guy is irritable because he doesn't feel good!"

Mike Brown was speculating on the side. In fact, Mike Brown really guessed that Jamie Lamb was so excited because he didn't feel very good at this time, and he was a little anxious.

Oladipo goes to the free throw line for the second time. One of two free throws narrowed the score a little closer, and the two teams still had a seven-point gap left.

The Thunder's point difference was narrowed, and they advanced in the backcourt and played a lot more steadily. The team came over and immediately handed the basketball to Westbrook to deal with.

At the top of the arc, Westbrook shook his body with the ball trio and took advantage of Collisson's cover. Suddenly broke through to the right.

Westbrook broke through this step, and when Li Feng hurriedly wanted to go over to help defend, he saw Westbrook's whole person fit and pounced towards the basket, and came to a layup, at this time Li Feng did not dare to defend.

Whoever touched him when Westbrook fell forward fouled, Li Feng could only withdraw his hand, and then watched Westbrook use this move to score two points.

Durant is not here, Westbrook is more than capable of taking over the game! Although he looks unremarkable, he doesn't have to be bad for Durant in key moments.

The Thunder finally relied not on three-point scoring, but on breakouts, something the Pelicans would actually like to see.

It's still reasonable to play like this, the Pelicans still have a way to defend, and if they play, they are afraid that the Thunder will be unreasonable, and there will be no way if they are unreasonable.

The Pelicans came over, Oladipo came over and gave the basketball to Li Feng, and Li Feng still attracted the defense and passed the basketball to Oladipo, who appeared in the vacant space. Oladipo took the ball and threw a three-pointer at this time.

Oladipo didn't throw three-pointers before, and it was comfortable to cheat and foul, but now he misses the shot when he shoots.

He missed the shot, and the Pelicans were about to start running back, but he didn't expect Henson to squeeze Parkinson out of the way under the basket, so Henson grabbed a frontcourt rebound.

Grabbing the rebound in the frontcourt, Henson wiped the board with the basket, and scored two points for the team on the second offense.

Neither team scored just now, and now they are starting to score, but the way they score is not that earth-shattering dunk, three-point attempt. Instead, relying on free throws, secondary offenses, and difficult breakthroughs, it is still relatively difficult for the two teams to score now.

The two teams entered a state of tug-of-war, to this state. Su Qun was immediately pleased, and he commented in China:

"The current pace of the game is still good for the Pelicans! This kind of rhythm of slowly seeping and playing slowly little by little, the Pelicans are not even afraid of the Spurs, let alone the Thunder. And the Thunder are in this rhythm, and the offense they are good at will definitely not be able to play. ”

Hearing Su Qun say this, Yang Yi also said on the side:

"So you think the Pelicans will soon catch up with the score at this pace!"

"Of course, but it will definitely catch up in a few minutes, it won't be a storm!"

Su Qun replied in the affirmative, firmly believing that the second quarter began to be beneficial to the Pelicans.

Mike Brown also said at this time:

"Since the beginning of the second quarter, the Pelicans have taken the defense of the three-point line very seriously. By now, three and a half points have passed, and the Thunder have not made a single three-pointer. As far as this part of the game is concerned, the Pelicans are relatively successful. ”

"Hmmm! Indeed it is! ”

Collins said on the side, but he immediately took a turn and said:

"But it's also possible that the Thunder's three-pointers will suddenly throw several in the next period! Thunder is often not measured by common sense. ”

Collins said that the Thunder cannot be measured by common sense, but that is not the vast majority of the time. Most of the time, the Thunder are a very normal team, bound by normal basketball theory.

Henson made a basket, and the Thunder immediately advanced back with the ball, and the Thunder came back this time the Pelicans strengthened their defense against Westbrook, and Westbrook's defense had no chance to shoot at all.

But when the Pelicans were desperately blocking Westbrook here, Perry Jones leaked out of course.

Westbrook struggled to throw the basketball into Perry Jones' hands, and Perry Jones, who was over-accurate in the first quarter, shot in the open space at this time. (To be continued......)