Chapter 311: Injured (4/4)
"The Thunder's adjustments worked, and they played well on offense after the start of the game, so even though the Spurs' offense was just as sharp, the Thunder didn't fall behind. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Yes, with Reggie Jackson coming to the starter, the Thunder played very well in the opening game, and Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant were able to pass the ball with confidence after attracting the pinch shot, because Reggie Jackson and Hanji Ibaka were both able to hit open shots. ”
The live broadcast of the game was no longer ESPN, but TNT, and at this time, several big mouths of TNT were chatting about the game between the two sides on the sidelines.
But for the Thunder, after putting Reggie Jackson in the starting lineup, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook's rest time needs to be more reasonable, and they must ensure that they can attack in the transition of the game, otherwise they will most likely be overwhelmed by the Spurs' bench offense. ”
Just as the TNT commentators were talking, the Spurs on the court had already begun to make substitutions, Li Yang and Dior came on the court, replacing Danny Green and Split, and the Spurs' substitutions in this game became a normal rotation.
At 15:17, Li Yang looked up at the score, today's two teams played really crazy on the offensive end, this was only half a quarter of the game, and both teams scored more than 15.
"However, will you be able to maintain such offensive firepower in the future?" Li Yang raised the corners of his mouth and muttered to himself in his heart.
Li Yang doesn't know if the Thunder can maintain such offensive firepower next, but after Li Yang came on the court, he was already ready to attack with full firepower, which is also the reason why Popovich replaced him on the court, the Thunder went to Jackson early, so there were a lot of offensive points at the beginning, but in terms of many offensive points, the Spurs really didn't fear anyone.
The Spurs took the lead in attacking, and because Parker was still on the court at this time, the task of possession was still in Parker's hands.
Parker and Duncan broke through to the inside after blocking and pick-and-roll, and at this time, Li Yang, who was in the bottom right corner, began to run towards the high position.
Li Yang's run doesn't look smart, because it will allow the Thunder defender who originally landed in the bottom right corner to bring in and interfere with Parker's breakaway.
However, it is a distraction for Parker, it is also a distraction for the defenders, and it is a very good opportunity for Li Yang.
When Reggie Jackson was caught by the breakaway Parker, Li Yang flashed to Parker's back, the area to the right of the free throw line, to receive the pass.
"Huh!"
After receiving the ball, Li Yang shot a two-point shot steadily.
Unlike the previous game, which was responsible for impacting the interior and causing damage, in this game, Popovich gave Li Yang the task of receiving and scoring more, and the task of controlling the ball was more given to Parker.
After all, in the previous game, Parker was the first game against the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference semifinals and strained his left thigh, and Popovich will still protect Parker more.
In this game, Parker's injury looked completely fine, and Popovich handed more of the ball back into Parker's hands.
And with the steady improvement of Li Yang's shooting ability, he is indeed more effective in partnering with Parker and others, although Li Yang's biggest kill is still with the ball in hand, but if there is an open space, his shooting percentage is also very impressive.
Not long after he got on the court, Li Yang received a pass from Parker and hit a mid-range shot, and then he received a pass outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, then shook off the defender, rushed into the three-point line and made a one-step pull-up jumper to add two more points.
While Li Yang scored consecutive points on this side, Westbrook on the other side also began to strengthen his offense at this time because of the departure of Danny Green.
According to Popovich's arrangement, Li Yang did not go to Westbrook after he came on the court, but went to play against Reggie Jackson, who performed well in this game, Li Yang's counterpoint did limit Reggie Jackson, but Westbrook, who was on Parker, was also attacking, and chose to shoot himself twice in a row.
It's just that because the Spurs have always paid great attention to Westbrook's breakthrough defense, Westbrook can only choose mid-to-long-range shots at this time, and in these two games, Westbrook's mid-to-long-range shots are not particularly good, and these two shots only hit one shot.
The Spurs attacked again, and it was still Parker who had the ball, and after Parker broke through the ball for two consecutive rounds, Westbrook immediately signaled to his teammates not to rush forward to help defend, and he planned to defend Parker alone.
Parker obviously saw Westbrook's plan, so after Duncan blocked the pick-and-roll, Parker rushed forward directly and hit the basket.
It's just that Westbrook's reaction was really not slow, and he flashed from behind Duncan and stuck to Parker's side, so that Parker couldn't directly shake off the defense and rush into the interior to score.
However, Parker's scoring under the basket has never relied on completely throwing off the defense, and he is better at playing the time difference.
The cat rushed into the three-second zone, Parker put his shoulders on Westbrook's body, as if to carry Westbrook completely, and at the moment when Westbrook was affected by this body contact rhythm, Parker strode out with his left foot, his body suddenly leaned forward a little, and a low hand layup.
Because there was no jump, Parker's shot was naturally very fast, and by the time Westbrook reacted, the ball in Parker's hand had flown out, grazed the rebound and fell into the basket.
Parker scored two points, and Li Yang, who was originally following up to the basket and was ready to wait for an opportunity to catch the ball or grab a rebound, had no task at this time, and reached out to pull Parker, who had just fallen out of the bottom line because of too much movement and body loss of balance.
"Tony, what's wrong?"
Stretched out his hand to pick up Parker, but Li Yang immediately noticed that Parker's was wrong, and Parker, who was just about to stand up with Li Yang's hand, sat back on the floor again.
And when Li Yang looked at Parker covering his left thigh, Li Yang suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, which was exactly where Parker had strained before.
While signaling the referee to stop the game, Li Yang turned his head and immediately gestured to Popovich and team doctor Will Severn on the bench.
"Hey, what's going on on the field? The Spurs' doctor came in, and it seemed like there was something wrong with Toney's left leg. ”
"Toney's left leg had just been strained in the previous round, and if that breakaway did strain again, it could have made it serious. ”
When the two commentators on the sidelines spoke, the Spurs fans who were also on the sidelines were also a little stunned when they looked at the big screen, especially when they saw that the team doctor was checking Parker's left leg, and many people held their hands above their heads.
"Tony is hurt? This can't be true. ”
"God, how can this be?" (To be continued.) )