Chapter 095: Awakened Durant

The Clippers still use the same starting lineup as before, and although Dunleavy Sr. is not satisfied with the attitude of some veterans, the ability of other players is really not good, so they still have to use those people.

Byron Davis and Rasol Butler are still in the backfield, Al Thorton and Marcus Camby are up front, and Chris Carman is in the center.

The Thunder's side is also an old lineup, with Turtle and Li Ze partnering in the backcourt, Durant and Jeff Green at the front, and Kostic at center.

The young lad recovered quickly, after a night's rest, he basically recovered, and Kostic was on the bench for the second half of the Spurs, so he was also very fit.

After Li Ze dribbled through the half, Rasol Butler immediately came up to defend, and he thoroughly experienced Li Ze's strength in the last encounter, and the defense was naturally extra focused.

While protecting the ball, he made an offensive gesture, and the turtle immediately came over to receive the ball, and Li Ze also began to run without the ball after handing over the ball.

At this time, Jeff Green had also been raised, participating in the transition ball, and after running two figures in a row, Kostic came up to block the dismantling, and Chris Carman quickly followed.

After blocking and dismantling, Li Ze noticed that Durant had gotten rid of the defense without the ball and sent a high-toss pass directly between the moves.

The ball arrives, Durant relays in the air, and splits and dunks with one hand!

"Bang...", a flowing attack.

"Oh!! Yes!! ”

Seeing that the home team's first attack was so exciting, the crowd at Ford Center immediately sent their own enthusiastic shouts.

Durant, who dunked successfully, immediately gave Li Zebi a thumbs up, and the ball was really comfortable.

"Wonderful cooperation, so wonderful, the lads are getting better and better!"

Home commentator Twyn saw such an offensive cooperation and immediately exclaimed.

This is the game plan that the coaching staff arranged for Durant before the game, reducing some meaningless singles and ball handling, and making more use of cover to create reasonable offensive opportunities.

The rookie was a little weaker in playing and playmaking, so last season the team was basically a two-man game.

But this season, Coach Brooks doesn't have to worry, as soon as Li Ze came, he threw out a bunch of tactics at once.

The Clippers still started the game inside, and after a few consecutive passes, Byron Davis gave the ball directly to Chris Carman in the low post.

After receiving the ball, the latter hit twice and directly turned over and hooked.

"Whew...", a low 2-point score.

Li Ze saw this situation and knew that now when the teams encounter the Thunder team, they must have started from the inside, and the defense of the No. 4 and No. 5 positions does have some problems, but the ability is limited, and the coaching staff does not have many methods.

In the offensive round, after the turtle dribbled through the half, Kostic immediately came over to block and dismantle, and the right hand dribble directly accelerated to break through, and instantly passed Chris Carman, who was on the defensive position.

Marcus Camby just wanted to go over to help defend, but the turtle turtle had already taken off, and the one-armed tomahawk buckled!

"Bang...", the breakthrough is re-dunked.

The speed of the turtle's breakthrough is really amazing, and it flies directly in a few steps, which is not reasonable at all.

"Russell's wonderful one-handed dunk, it's too fast, Marcus Camby's help defense hasn't come over yet, and this side has already dunked!"

Narrator Twen begins to give a hymn to the tortoise.

"Good shot, Russell, work harder on the defensive end!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the turtle's excitement had not passed, Li Ze hurriedly played chicken blood when he returned to defense, expecting Kostic to suddenly become an inside defensive gate was unrealistic, and he still had to find a way on the outside.

Hearing Li Ze's shout, the turtle turtle immediately patted his chest and signaled that he was fine.

The Clippers began to feel the defensive pressure on the outside, and Byron Davis was stalked by the tortoise, so he immediately handed the ball to Al Thorton for a transition.

Seeing Marcus Camby asking for the ball in the low post, he immediately passed the ball over, and after receiving the ball, the latter used his height and experience to play with his back in the low post and turn to make a layup.

Jeff Green still can't stop the big man's low-post offense, and the single defense effect is really not good.

After Li Ze dribbled the ball past half court, he immediately played a hand-to-hand with the turtle turtle, and after the off-ball Durant came out, Li Ze passed an advance amount.

Durant on the move accelerated directly after receiving the ball, crossed the free throw line and suddenly dribbled behind his back, shook off Al Thorton's entanglement, and made a pull-up jump shot.

"Whew...", an easy goal from the middle distance.

Li Ze gave Durant a thumbs up, smart offensive choices, rhythm changes to throw off the defense, and emergency stop jump shots, saving time and effort!

It only took 10 seconds to score the ball in this attack, which is the offensive rhythm of the Thunder team, and Li Ze just wants to pull up the rhythm.

On the defensive end, Rasol Butler wanted to hand over the ball and transition to receive the ball, but Li Ze's defense was too oppressive, and this time the hand hand was not successful.

Fortunately, Al Thorton came over to receive the ball successfully, Byron Davis hurriedly signaled to give the ball to the inside, Chris Carman received the ball in a bad position this time, and when he saw that the offensive time was coming, he shot directly from the middle distance.

"Bang...", iron.

Jeff Green received the rebound and passed it directly to Li Ze, and by this time the Thunder's transition offense had already rushed up.

The Clippers also tried desperately to defend themselves, but unfortunately the interior players were slow on their legs and feet, and the defense was not on the top.

After Li Ze passed the half, he saw Marcus Camby defending himself, his left hand changed to a backward body, and his right hand dribbled to accelerate the breakthrough, and Marcus Camby hurriedly took a big step back.

As a result, Li Ze suddenly pulled back under his crotch, and then made a mid-range stop-and-go jump shot.

The 2-pointer hit a solid shot, and the offense was still fast, taking only 8 seconds to complete.

Marcus Camby was also a little helpless when he saw this situation, the movement really couldn't keep up, but he didn't want to admit defeat:

"Lee, it's not a good shooting option, you should slow down and organize the offense, find an open space and go to shoot."

"But I got the ball in, man, and got it to the basket, that's my job!"

Li Ze responded with a smile, he can't want to let the old guys on the other side grind the position, and the switch attack must be fast.

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In the next 3 minutes or so, the Clippers found that the Thunder were playing faster and faster, and hitting consecutive shots, and their own offense became sluggish.

Byron Davis was choked by the tortoise, and the offense could not be organized, so he could only rely on two inside lines.

In the offensive round, Durant received a pass from Li Ze again, and changed direction directly in front of the body during the march.

The huge range of motion dodged Marcus Camby's defense, and after entering the box, he switched hands to a layup and scored the ball easily.

The goal was scored, and the Thunder led by 6 points 16-10, and with 6 minutes and 51 seconds left in the first quarter, the elder Dunleavy couldn't stand it anymore and directly asked for a timeout.

"Kevin, keep up this offensive rhythm, very good, guys, on the defensive end we have to continue to press their outside line, don't help the inside line, protect the rebound!"

Coach Brooks is very happy with the team's performance, especially Durant, who has scored 8 points so far, shooting 3-of-3 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line.

Durant has completely abandoned single-handedness with the ball, and all of his scoring is a cover-and-catch offense, which has completely unleashed his finishing ability.

After returning from the timeout, Dunleavy Sr. took Craig Smith as a forward and replaced Rasol Butler, and there was no one to replace on the inside, so he could only replace one forward and strengthen the outside defense.

At the same time, Byron Davis has also started to improve his aggressiveness, and since it is difficult to organize the pass, he will just do it himself.

At this moment, the Clippers' offensive rhythm also began to speed up, and when Li Ze saw this situation, he was immediately overjoyed, and the blind chicken hit! This rhythm is the Thunder's favorite.

After Byron Davis blocked and dismantled, he directly stepped back for 3 points, scored the ball against the defense of the turtle, and the Thunder team quickly kicked off, Li Zefei quickly dribbled through the half, and the turtle immediately received the ball with his hand.

Don't block and dismantle, after receiving the ball, he broke through directly, accelerated directly from the line, got rid of the defense, Marcus Camby immediately came up to help defend, and the turtle noticed this and distributed it directly to Jeff Green in the bottom corner.

The Clippers' defense rotated in place, but after two consecutive quick passes, Li Ze received the ball in the space outside the three-point line and jumped directly.

"Whew..."The open 3-pointer hit steadily.

"Oh!! Hah!! ”

The audience immediately cheered, everyone likes to watch this kind of response ball, you shoot a 3-pointer, I will respond to you a 3-pointer, hard!

The attack took only another 12 seconds, and Marcus Camby and Chris Carman vaguely felt bad, they didn't like the pace of the attack, and quickly signaled Byron Davis to slow down.

But unfortunately, Byron Davis felt that he was feeling hot, and continued to do it with the ball, and in the next 3 minutes, the two sides faced each other, and the difference was still 6 points.

At this time, Marcus Camby and Chris Carman were a little unhappy, they couldn't touch the ball, they ran back and forth, look at Kostic opposite, how fragrant the cake is!

In the offensive round, after Li Ze received the turtle's hand, he accelerated the breakthrough with his left hand, and Craig Smith desperately fought against him on his side.

But while on the move, Li Ze suddenly dribbled behind his left hand, shook off the defense, and then made a quick stop jump shot.

"Whew...", an easy goal from the middle distance.

Durant watched the fun on the side, and immediately came over to high-five Li Ze after scoring the goal.

Coach Brooks also called a timeout, and he had to replace Kostic to give the big man a breath of relief.

"Kayce, you used that trick well, of course, your range of movement is still a little smaller!"

Durant teased Li Ze while drinking water.

"We are not the same size, but trust me, Kevin, I am proficient in all of your tricks!"

Li Ze wiped his sweat and responded with a smile by the way.

"Haha, I really shouldn't have played so many one-on-one fights with you, you guy is learning too fast!"

Durant immediately laughed when he heard Li Ze's words, no way, the team is most familiar with his playing style is Li Ze, the two have to play a few games every day, and they are currently winning and losing each other.

After the timeout, Serge Ibaka came on and replaced Kostic, and the Clippers also brought on Byron Davis for Sebastian Telfil, and Dunleavy Sr. hoped the tempo could slow down.

But it's a pity that after Sebastian Telfil came on the court, he couldn't defend himself on the offensive end, and he was continuously attacked.

The turtle even used such fancy actions as scissor feet, passed the opponent in one step, rushed directly into the opponent's penalty area, saw the defense contraction, and directly passed the grenade to find Li Ze on the outside.

Li Ze saw that the ball turtle broke through beautifully, and he jumped directly against the defense.

"Whew..."3-point goal, good luck, maybe can score the top 10 goals of the day."

After seeing Li Ze score, the turtle turtle was also happy, and he threw it out when he burst in, and the assist was so easy...

In the remaining time, the Thunder became more and more efficient, and coupled with the chaos of the Clippers' play, the point difference was quickly widened.

By the end of the first quarter, 34-22, the Thunder had a 12-point lead, and Durant also woke up, scoring 16 points in a single quarter and shooting 100 percent.

During the interval, Li Ze complained in his heart while complaining tons and tons:

"The Clippers are still soft in the end, one quarter is punched in, and the data of this game is not good..."