Chapter 086: A Personal Wave (4500 Words Chapter)
Although Ibaka was drafted by the Thunder last year, in fact, he only completely landed in the NBA this year, and due to the language, he has not been able to integrate well into the team before.
But after Li Ze joined the team, his state has been greatly improved, first of all, Li Ze can speak Spanish, which can help him communicate better.
Moreover, Ibaka himself has a little secret, that is, when he is on the same field as Li Ze, he feels that he is in better shape!
Before, I felt that the jump shot was more certain, but recently Ibaka feels that his defense has also opened up, and the body's instinctive defensive position selection rarely makes mistakes, he doesn't know why, but he likes to play with Li Ze.
In fact, this is the effect of Li Ze's badge bonus, [Organizational Core] + [Defensive Core] has a great effect on talented rookie players.
Both Ibaka and Turtle are beneficiaries, and Durant's projection is gradually stable, and there is also the credit of Li Ze's badges, which will not make players superstars immediately, but they can definitely make them grow better.
In the second quarter, the Kings' offense had to rely on Harden and Andres Nocioni, who still blocked and dismantled inside, and Li Ze pestered Harden to force the opponent to hand over the ball.
Cosby received the ball near the free throw line, Ibaka stepped forward to interfere, and in the face of such a defense, Andres Nocioni immediately came to catch the ball and broke through in an instant.
Etang Thomas's athleticism was a little weaker, his pace couldn't keep up, and seeing that the opponent was about to make a layup, Ibaka descended from the sky and came to help the defense to send out a pegboard hat!
"Smack..."
Li Ze's eyes were fast, he controlled the ball, and directly accelerated to push the conversion attack, Harden wanted to step forward next to him to interfere, but found that Li Ze dribbled too fast, and he couldn't catch up too late...
Cosby retreated quickly, saw Li Ze killing the basket, and wanted to come up and delay it, but when Li Ze was traveling at high speed, he had already seen Sofrosa on the other side.
Two to one opportunity, Li Ze flicked his wrist and directly gave the unguarded Soflosa, who took off with the ball and dunked it with one hand!
This was the Thunder's first fast-break score of the game.
Soflosa, who won the dunk, patted his chest and saluted Li Ze, and then quickly returned to the defense, the Kings quickly sent the baseline ball, and Harden immediately blocked and dismantled after half court, switching Sofrosa to his side.
After continuous crotch dribbling, he suddenly changed direction in front of his body and walked his left hand into the interior line, Ibaka's defensive position was very good, and he immediately came over to help defend, but Harden predicted the defense in advance and threw it directly.
"Whew..."2-pointer scored.
"Sabo, try not to give Harden his left hand, this guy's right hand is not so strong, just guard him on the left side!"
When Li Ze served, he reminded Sovrosa by the way, these small details have been talked about by the coaching staff, but when they play, the players on the field will forget about it.
"No problem, don't worry, Kayce!" Sofrosa immediately signaled that he already knew.
After Li Ze dribbled through the half, Ibaka immediately came over to block the demolition, Harden squeezed through the defense with all his strength, sticking to Li Ze, and at the same time, Cosby on the inside also raised his hands and stepped forward to delay.
But Li Ze, who accelerated the dribble with his right hand, suddenly made a crotch around the ball behind his back during the march, and this change of rhythm and the feint of wrapping the ball around the ball behind his right hand made Harden and Cosby stunned at the same time.
At this moment, Li Ze took advantage of a light one-handed basket.
"Bang... Hmm..."
The ball flew just past Cosby's fingertips and he hit a layup.
"Oh!!"
The home fans couldn't help but let out an exclamation, this ball was played too smartly, and the movements were also very chic and beautiful.
Harden looked at Li Ze, who had retreated, a little helpless, he had tried his best to defend, but Li Ze was able to break through his defense, and in an instant, he remembered the scene when he was dominated by Li Ze in the past...
"This guy is up again, and the skills of the person who plays iron every day are so good! God is not fair! ”
Harden was crazy in his heart, he knew that Li Ze had mainly focused on strength training recently, but looking at the performance in this game, the dribble was still unaffected.
The Kings' offense was still unhurried, focusing on Etang Thomas, and Andres Nocioni blocked and shot a jumper from beyond the 3-point line.
The 3-pointer hit steadily.
Coach Brooks naturally saw this situation off the court, and Etang Thomas still had some role to play as a veteran, but in the face of the Kings' constant blocking and pick-and-roll offense, the pace was indeed a little bit difficult to keep up.
But as head coach, Brooks still wants to have a veteran on the court, because Ibaka is inexperienced and sometimes concedes some backcourt rebounds.
The Thunder attacked, Li Ze quickly passed the half, or Ibaka's blocking, the left hand accelerated to break through, and Harden fought hard beside him.
Seeing that the opponent's defense was not fast, Li Ze made a left-handed pass to Ibaka, who was at the free throw line.
The latter catches the ball and shoots straight to the jumper.
"Whew...", a steady hit from mid-range.
Ibaka celebrated with a fist after the goal, and he has been shooting very well in training recently, and being able to shoot mid-range in the game has also given him a boost of confidence.
The Kings' defense is very uncomfortable at the moment, and the Thunder team is playing simply and crudely, which is to cover Li Ze and let Li Ze attack, and if you go to help defense, he will pass the ball, and after Ibaka throws in, it is even more difficult to defend.
Sure enough, in the next game, Li Ze broke out again.
After Collison came up to block the pick-and-roll, Dent Green was slow, and Li Ze directly stepped back and made a jumper.
"Whew..."The 3-pointer hollows into the net.
The Kings attacked, and after Harden blocked and dismantled, he broke through with difficulty, resisted Li Ze's defense, and threw the ball into the ball.
After Etang Thomas came up to block the pick-and-roll, Cassby was bigger, but Li Ze found Etang Thomas while traveling, who took the ball and took off directly, and Harden had no choice but to foul and send Thomas to the free throw line.
"Whew..."Both penalties went in.
The Kings attacked, and after Harden blocked and dismantled, he fed Kenny Thomas bread, who received the ball and wanted to make a violent dunk, but was directly capped by Ibaka!
After the defense, Ibaka passed to Li Ze, and the Thunder sent another conversion attack.
Li Ze's right hand dribble kept accelerating, Andres Nocioni wanted to step forward to steal the ball, but Li Ze easily flashed a back dribble, and saw that Soflosa had rushed up.
It doesn't stick to the ball either, a precise high throw in the middle of the road, Soflosa jumps high, catches the ball with both hands, and catches the dunk in the air!
"Bang...", a thunderous transition attack was scored.
The Kings attacked, Andres Nocioni wanted to continue to play Etang Thomas's blocking, but after the disassembly, Li Ze's defense was too oppressive, and he dribbled the ball to his feet and made a mistake...
After Li Ze dribbled through the half, he just wanted to play an Ibaka block, but Harden and Andres Nocioni came up directly to wrap up, and Li Ze quickly gave the ball to Soflosa.
Then it was a feint to run down, with Ibaka's back cover, he directly shook off Harden's entanglement, and just ran outside the three-point line, Sofrosa quickly returned the ball directly.
After receiving the ball, Li Ze did not hesitate and drifted 3 points to shoot.
Today's basket is as wide as the sea, and the 3-pointer hollows into the net.
"Oh!!"
The home crowd exclaimed again, and this juggling 3-pointer was a bit like a shrimp pig's heart.
This shot was made, Li Ze had scored 11 points in the second quarter, and the Thunder played a wave of 19-7, and these three-pointers almost directly collapsed the Kings.
Pressing the rhythm didn't work, Li Ze's offensive ability crushed the Kings' defense, he could shoot suddenly, and he could organize offense, and the Kings' forward line was eaten alive.
Not long after the official timeout, the head coach of Paul Westphal called a timeout again, he had to get back the main force early, and he was about to collapse after a quarter, which was not their game plan.
On the Thunder's side, head coach Brooks is also giving the players a beating up.
"Very good performance, guys, keep up this offensive rhythm, Kayce, stay aggressive, you're going to play the second quarter tonight and we're going to take a big lead into the half."
Coach Brooks also needs to get the main lineup back early, because there are games tomorrow, they have to play back-to-back road games, they have to fly to Los Angeles tonight, and then take on the Clippers on the road.
Therefore, he hopes that this match can be won early and reduce the consumption of the main force.
After the two sides changed back to the main force, the Kings' offense also began to speed up, and the point difference was a bit big.
Benno Udri quickly gave the ball to Hawes at the free throw line after blocking and dismantling, and Kostic also defended it, and when he saw that there was no chance, he gave the ball to Harden, who received the ball and went straight to the right side to break through.
Li Ze raised his hands high throughout the whole process and covered Harden with his body, but the score was behind, and Harden played resolutely, facing Li Ze's defense, and suddenly made a large step-back jumper during the march.
"Whew...", a difficult hit from mid-range.
"Well done, Bro, looks like you've increased your right-handed training, and it's working well!" Seeing Harden fall to the ground after scoring in, Li Ze stepped forward and dragged him up, praising him by the way.
"It's just a balloon, I should listen to you, I practiced my right hand more in high school, but it's a pity...", Harden shrugged self-deprecatingly, and quickly returned to the defense.
The Thunder's offense is still played by hand-to-hand passes on the line.
The turtle relied on Kostic's blocking and dismantling cover to go straight into the penalty area, saw Jason Thompson coming to help defend, and immediately found Jeff Green in the bottom corner.
The Kings' outside rotation is not slow, and Jeff Green sees that the opponent has slid over, and he doesn't stop the ball, and immediately gives it to Durant on the outside.
The latter received the ball and broke through in an instant, directly past Andres Nocioni, saw that Hoyce rotated in place again, and then passed to Li Ze on the outside.
Li Ze received the ball lightly, directly shook Harden's center of gravity, and dribbled back with his left hand to step back and shoot a jumper.
The 3-pointer was scored again.
This is the current strength of the Thunder team's outside line, and there are many people who can dominate the ball!
Although Durant and Turtle sometimes don't pass the ball well, they play well on the breakout, and Li Ze can still complete the offense well as a pitcher.
The Kings' offense was obviously a lot more impatient, and after Hawes blocked and dismantled, he received the ball outside the 3-point line, and he didn't hesitate to shoot it directly!
"Whew..."The 3-pointer hollows into the net.
"Wow!!"
Seeing this long-range shot scored, the home crowd immediately sent a huge cheer for the home team.
Li Ze also smiled when he saw this, and after dribbling the ball over half the court, he made a gesture to his teammates, Durant came over to receive the ball, and after Jeff Green made a fake cover, he quickly bounced out to open up the space.
Durant's right hand dribble accelerated, straight to the basket, Hawes had no choice but to make up for it, but the result was a fake real pass, and Kostic easily put the basket after receiving the ball.
The Kings' current perimeter defense is too easy to break, and in the face of this situation, Howard has a big head, let alone Hawes.
After withstanding it for a few minutes, the Kings' defense finally collapsed, and the Kings, who were thrown by Li Ze into a frightened bird, flew on the outside, and at this time Li Ze stopped shooting and began to kill inside.
saw that Hawes came over to help defend again, stood up to the opponent's defense, and went straight to the basket.
Feeling Hawes's physical contact, Li Ze threw the ball directly on the rebound without looking at the frame, screaming in pain.
"Ahh
"Squeak...," the referee blew the whistle and blew for a thug foul.
"Shhh
The home crowd was very unhappy with the decision and began to boo Li Ze and the referee.
Li Ze doesn't care about those, this foul directly made Hawes 4 fouls, blood earns! Take a deep breath and hit two free throws steadily.
The Kings attacked, and after Hawes blocked and then came to the three-point line, received a pass from Harden, and made a jump shot.
"Bang...", Li Ze took the long rebound and passed it directly to the fast-going turtle.
After the latter received the ball, he just took a step past the free throw line and took off directly, with a one-armed tomahawk dunk!
"Ah!!h The turtle who succeeded in dunking excitedly beat his chest and roared.
There was one final attack in the second quarter, and after the Kings continued to cover, Benno Udri made an open 3-point shot from the outside.
"Bang..." was still iron, and after Jeff Green collected the rebound, the first half was over.
60-44, the Thunder beat the opponent 36-20 in the second quarter, leading by 16 points into the second half.
Li Ze scored 16 points in the second quarter, once again setting his own single-quarter scoring record, although only improved by one point...
Harden was a little disappointed, he thought that after winning against the Jazz, the team was on the right track, but he didn't expect to face Li Ze and beat them in the second quarter.
Seeing the players of the Thunder team entering the players' tunnel with laughter and laughter, the bearded baller made up his mind to train hard and try not to look for big cheeks!
The emotions of the home audience were also lost by the Thunder, and this game was basically explained.
At halftime, Coach Brooks only briefly said a few words of chicken soup, and did not deliberately emphasize the tactical arrangement of the second half, after all, the Kings have fallen into foul trouble inside, and the players know how to play.
"Kayce, do you have any extra tickets for the next game?" Everyone was chatting in the locker room, and the turtle suddenly asked Li Ze.
"There are a few more, but the position is not too high, and the Griffin guy has too few tickets, but Britney should still have two tickets in the front row."
Griffin, the unlucky kid, broke his own bone before the start of the game, and this season was completely reimbursed, and he was crazy after seeing Li Ze's performance.
Every once in a while, he called Li Ze and sent messages, complaining that the old guys of the Clippers didn't care about him as a rookie at all, and they didn't come to see him when he was injured...
"I don't need a ticket too high, my high school classmates want to come and watch the game, just have a ticket, thanks, Bro." The turtle immediately clashed his fists in greeting.
"It's a pity that I left a message to Scarlett on Twitter and invited her to watch the game, but she didn't reply to me." Durant said suddenly.
"Whew...."Everyone immediately booed Durant.
"Kevin, I think you can get your phone number first, and the general celebrity's Twitter is sometimes operated by the staff, and the other party may not be able to see the message."
Li Ze felt that he had to give Durant some advice, licking the dog can't be housed!
"No wonder she never replied to me, it turned out that she didn't see the Twitter message!"
Durant has made a dog-licking killer move: self-deception!
......
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Kings only withstood for more than 2 minutes, and after the continuous iron was frantically counterattacked by the Thunder team, the game was actually over, and the two sides also began to play basketball and brush up the data.
After 6 minutes in the third quarter, both sides tacitly changed the main lineup, and the fourth quarter will enter the training time.
After Li Ze was replaced, the data was fixed on 20 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, and Durant and Turtle also brushed the score to 20...
In the end, the game ended, 110-96, the Thunder defeated the Kings, and the new season began with seven consecutive wins.
Li Ze's heart is no longer here, and he will travel to Los Angeles tonight, which is his first time playing in Los Angeles since the draft.
"I really miss the happy life in Los Angeles!"