Chapter 052: Brother Tiehua
During the interval, the turtle kept complaining that it felt too bad today, and Bangbang struck iron.
"Billups defended really well, but the main thing was that I didn't feel good." Turtles went 1-of-5 in the first quarter, Billups always let him break through, and was disrupted by Nene and Martin when he entered.
"Don't worry, the hit rate is conserved, and it will slowly rise." Li Ze hurriedly comforted the turtle, this player was very emotional in playing.
"Okay boys, play well in the second quarter, you must pay attention to the rebounds, Chris Anderson is fierce in the frontcourt rebounding, and pay attention to the card position when grabbing rebounds."
Birdman Anderson, this guy has a tattoo of bells and whistles, plus that cockscomb head, it's really impressive.
At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides changed to a rotation lineup, with Li Ze taking Meno, Collison, Ibaka, and Byron on the court.
On the Nuggets side, it's Lawson, Afralo, Joey Graham, Anderson, Mark Allen.
The Nuggets' bench lineup is not very good, and if they are rotated in the regular season, there are a few players who are water cooler guardians, and they can play in the preseason.
After Li Zed's half-time, he played a hand-to-hand with Meno, and then relied on the cover to ask for the ball directly in the low post.
Meno directly hoisted the ball to Li Ze, leaned against Afflaro with his back, and as soon as he released the ball, Lawson came directly to interfere with the pinch.
Li Ze quickly distributed the ball to Meno on the outside, who received the ball and shot directly from the open three-point position.
"Bang...", the long rebound was picked up by Afflaro, and he directly launched a conversion attack.
Lawson was so fast that he accelerated when the ball reached him, and finally scored against Byron's interference.
"It's so fast, our rookie Lawson is starting to perform!" The narrator also began to brag about Lawson.
Byron's retreat speed is still a little slower, after all, it is really difficult for the big man to run on both sides, Li Ze dribbled through the half court again, and this time directly asked for a Byron's No. 5 position to block and dismantle.
The opposing center's defense was a crouch, but Anderson was full of energy, and Li Ze broke through and hit the ground with a back pass to find Ibaka near the free throw line, who made a jumper.
"Bang..." hit another iron, and the long rebound was picked up by Lawson, and he launched a conversion attack again.
In the face of Meno's defense, he hit a layup directly, and Meno's body was indeed not much taller than Lawson, and he suffered a little when defending.
Li Ze saw that the situation was not good, and immediately signaled his teammates to stabilize their rhythm and not run with the other party.
"Byron, grab a rebound in the front court appropriately, it doesn't matter if you can't grab it, don't let them play fast break." Li Ze shouted at Byron as he dribbled.
After halftime, it was still a hand-to-hand hand, Collison bounced directly through Ibaka's back screen, Meno passed the ball directly, and the latter made a jumper from beyond the 3-point line.
The baskets were all smashed crooked by you, was this infected by the turtle?
The corners of Li Ze's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly beckoned his teammates to quickly return to defense, Byron stirred up on the inside, and this time the quick conversion attack Nuggets did not fight.
Afflalo relied on Anderson's cover, directly received the ball outside the 3-point line, and made a jumper, Collison was slow to react to the cover and was caught by the opponent.
The 3-pointer hit without pressure.
After Mason passed the half, he immediately passed the ball to Li Ze, who came out of the cover, and directly crossed after receiving the ball, and broke through the defense with the ball in his right hand.
Facing Anderson, who assisted in defense, he deliberately exposed the ball, and changed his rhythm directly to the top of the layup.
"Smack... My bowl! "Anderson fouled the player, but unfortunately the goal didn't go in.
Li Ze stood at the free throw line and took a deep breath, and then steadily scored the ball, and then needed to score.
In the next 3 minutes, the two sides officially started the iron battle, Li Ze frequently sent assists to his teammates, but he just couldn't score, and he still had two pot balls, and he also hit the iron steadily.
With six minutes left in the second quarter, the Nuggets asked for a timeout, and the opponent was going to change the main team.
"Good job, boys, shoot when you get the chance, keep the confidence and take a break." Brooks is also a little helpless, this clattering iron is really unacceptable.
The atmosphere of the audience was not enthusiastic, although the home team was ahead, they also played iron frequently, otherwise they would have led by about 10 points.
"I think I'm feeling better, Kayce, get some rest!" The turtle's ability to adjust his mentality is really strong, and he will have regained his self-confidence.
After 6 minutes in the second quarter, the two sides changed to the main lineup, Billups controlled the rhythm steadily, Anthony still felt hot, and the mid-range shot, three-pointer, and breakthrough were at hand.
In addition, JR-Smith also broke out a little, and the two sides opened the score at once.
On the Thunder's side, the blacksmith possessed, the tortoise, Durant, and Sofrosa all hit the iron, and Kostic and Jeff Green hit a few shots.
But the Nuggets got smaller and smaller the defense, and finally they all squeezed inside.
Coach Brooks is helpless, why is he so iron? You're smashing the baskets!
The crowd screamed and screamed, and they had fallen into a sea of joy, the home team kept hitting shots, and the opponents were banging iron, and they liked this scene the most.
"Maybe we should overhaul the basket, the Thunder hit a lot of iron in the second quarter, and it looks like Coach George Karl will have a lot easier in the second half!"
The home commentator also teased the Thunder's shots.
In the last attack of the first half, Durant made a large forward change of direction after dribbling under his crotch, and directly entered the restricted area, but was destroyed by Martin's hitter.
The whistle blew, the thug fouled, and Durant stepped to the free throw line.
With both free throws scored, the first half ended at 58-48, and the Nuggets led by 10 points into the second half.
At halftime, head coach Brooks began to give his players a beating of the blood.
"Bold shots, boys, we have good shooting opportunities, the opponent's defense has begun to shrink, you must be resolute when you have a chance, Russell, you have to shoot a 3-pointer when you have a chance."
Turtle Turtle nodded to show that he understood, due to the continuous iron, in the end, he basically stopped jumping and directly began to kill.
Li Ze saw that everyone's mood was not too high, and he thought in his heart that maybe this was the disadvantage of the young team.
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At the beginning of the third quarter, the turtle opened the scoring for the Thunder, and came up with a long-range three-point shot.
But the Nuggets, under the control of Billups, played with ease, constantly taking advantage of Anthony's strong point, either playing singles, or quickly moving the ball after attracting defense, and finding open opportunities.
The Thunder's defense was also penetrated, unable to attack, unable to defend, and played 6 minutes in the third quarter, the margin was stretched to 18 points, and Coach Brooks asked for a timeout again.
"Kayce, Ibaka, you guys have to be resolute when you get on the court, shoot when you have the chance, pay attention to the protection of rebounds on defense, and don't lose rebounds anymore."
Li Ze nodded to show that he understood, the current point difference, it is too difficult to chase, this is the team that reached the Western Conference Finals last year, and the experience of the two sides is not equal at all.
Sure enough, after the timeout, JR-Smith exploded, and he hit two 3-pointers in a row, one of which was 3+1.
Coach Brooks shook his head helplessly, it is worthy of the team that fought for the Lakers last season, and there is indeed a gap between the two sides.
took advantage of the opportunity of the free throw, removed the main force, and replaced the water cooler substitute lineup, Li Ze and Ibaka were also still on the court.
When Li Ze saw this situation, he could only sigh helplessly in his heart, the Thunder team is currently the Iron Flower Brothers!
"Dare to fight in garbage time, and take the opportunity to brush the badge experience is also good..."