Li Ze looked a little weird, Durant, what's wrong? Defensively motivated so high?

After playing for more than three minutes in the opening game, whether it was Jason Maximil or Jonas Jerebko, they were successfully limited by Durant, and Durant on the defensive end seemed to have played chicken blood...

The Pistons' interior and outside are all a little dumb, and Rodney Starkey, who played well in the first few games, was limited by Li Ze, and the shooting rate was not high in several strong shots on the inside.

After a few hits, the Thunder's transition offense also began to exert its power, and the turtle also played a one-stop breakthrough layup throughout the game.

At 12-6, the Detroit Pistons were hit head-on, and head coach John Kuster immediately called a timeout, spending the first quarter, and the rest of the game was unplayable.

The crowd at Ford Center was in high spirits, and they felt that the Thunder and Pistons weren't even the same team, and the fans in the city were starting to swell.

"The Thunder's style of play is becoming more and more mature, especially the transition offense, playing too well, and the passing of the ball on the offensive end is also very good, it seems that the Thunder team is really going to rise!"

Su Qun, who was on the sidelines, saw that the Thunder team had taken the lead after playing for more than three minutes in the opening game, and couldn't help but sigh to the staff next to him.

"I don't know which of these playoff teams in the West will be the first to fall behind, anyway, I think the Rockets are likely to be out of action this season."

The reporter of Sina Sports couldn't help but complain about the current situation of the Rockets.

"It's a pity for the Rockets, if Da Yao doesn't get injured, he can continue to compete this season."

"Forget it, the owner of the Rockets just doesn't want to spend money, and the problem of the guard line has never been solved."

Because tomorrow the Thunder team is going to play the Rockets back-to-back, so this topic came together, and everyone began to complain wildly.

Su Qun also knew in his heart that the Rockets' championship window may have passed, and the Western Conference semifinals may be the best playoff result in Da Yao's career.

After returning from the timeout, Rodney Starkey tried to solve the Pistons' current lack of strength on the offensive end through individual ability, but unfortunately, it was difficult for him to get rid of the defense against Li Ze, who was a lap bigger than him.

After several cross-step dribbles, Rodney Starkey found that Li Ze was still firmly covering himself, tall, strong, and very sensitive, and the most important thing was that Li Ze rarely shook...

There was not much time to attack, and in the end, he had no choice but to defend and came to a side-stepping mid-distance.

"Bang...", still striking iron.

After Kostic collected the rebound, he gave it to nearby Durant, who didn't stop the ball and found Li Ze with a pass, and the Thunder's transition offense was launched again.

After receiving the ball, Li Ze accelerated wildly, rushed through the opponent's half, noticed that the turtle behind him had followed, and made a hidden back pass in the middle of the move.

After the turtle received the ball, ignoring the interference in front of him, Rodney Starkey, rushed up in three steps, and slammed the dunk with one arm!

"Bang..."

After the Thunder's offense was completed, several Pistons players stepped back.

Seeing such a scene, Li Ze finally knew why the Pistons' results would go downhill, and the willingness to defend was insufficient, and they were all thinking about attacking and brushing up data.

"Russell's wonderful counter-attack dunk, that's what we like to see me attacking, rush up, OKC!"

Commentator Twin turned on his own passionate commentary mode.

In the remaining minutes of the first quarter, the Thunder relied on their athleticism to completely blow up the Pistons, and the starters entered the downwind God mode.

The three-point rain of the Thunder team is coming, it should be said that Li Ze's personal three-point rain is coming.

Li Ze, who completely incarnated as an outside battery, showed his excellent ability to catch and shoot, and the catch-and-shoot jumper after covering, and the breakthrough shots of Turtle and Durant all made Li Ze eat cake easily.

The badge bonus of [Catch-and-Shooter] + [Hot Zone Hunter] gives Li Zezhan terrifying outside firepower.

After the Thunder passed the ball several times on the outside, Li Ze got rid of the defense through Kostic's back cover, received a pass from Durant at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, and did not hesitate to catch the ball and jump shot.

"Huh..."The three-pointer hit steadily.

"Three-pointers again! Kayce hit another three-pointer, and it's unbelievable, he's now scored fifteen points on all five shots! ”

Narrator Twin raised his voice excitedly again.

"Oh! Yes!! ”

The Ford Center Arena erupted in huge cheers, 28-14, with 2 minutes and 56 seconds left in the first quarter, the Thunder had a 14-point lead, which was a first quarter of flowers!

Coach John Kuster scolded angrily, the defensive position was always half a beat slow, and the defensive motivation of the starting lineup was problematic.

"Squeak..."

The Pistons asked for another timeout, and Coach Kuster couldn't accept such a defensive attitude and had to make a substitution.

The atmosphere on the Thunder bench is hot, the water cooler players are also a little excited, the game goes early, they will have a lot of playing time, Brooks head coach has been short rotation, and everyone on the bench is already hungry.

"That's cool, Bro, I think you're going to beat your scoring record today!"

The turtle let out a heartfelt exclamation.

"Then it depends on the Pistons' performance in the second quarter, the scoring record is not important, the important thing is that we can easily win this game and save some energy!"

Li Ze said with a relaxed expression.

There was not much time left in the first quarter, and both teams began to rotate personnel, with the Thunder retaining Li Ze and Durant and taking Sofrosa, Ibaka and Nick Collison on their side.

The Pistons brought on Will Bynum and Charlie Villanueva and replaced Atkins and Wallace, who lacked attacking power, and the double-digit margin had to be on offense.

But it's a pity that in the next game, the Thunder team blossomed more, and Li Ze, who shot outside, began to give assists frequently, and Ibaka also showed his excellent defensive ability on the defensive end.

Rodney Starki finally relied on the cover of his teammates to get rid of Li Ze's defense, and excitedly killed the inside, but Ibaka, who came to help the defense, waited for him and split his head and face.

"Smack..."

Collison controlled the ball and found Li Ze with a pass, and the Thunder launched another transition attack.

Three-line fast attack, more opportunities to play less, Li Ze saw Durant go straight to the bottom corner, and he knew a little in his heart, this is also to show his three-point shooting ability.

During the march, Li Ze flicked his wrist and gave Durant the vacant position in the bottom corner, and without waiting for the opponent to make a move, he immediately turned his head and began to defend himself, and at the same time raised his hands to signal the audience to cheer.

After Durant received the ball, he made a simple adjustment and made an open three-point jumper.

"Whew..."hollow into the net, convert three points to score.

"Ahh Wow! ”

Durant felt that his ball had not yet been scored, and the audience had already erupted into huge cheers, and when he turned his head, it turned out that Li Ze was pretending to be X... I was suddenly powerless to complain:

"It's me who threw the ball in, but X was fully loaded by you alone?"

By the end of the first quarter, 36-22, the Thunder had a 14-point lead over their opponents, and victory was already beckoning for them.

"It's amazing, Li Ze had 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists in the first quarter, I feel like he didn't attack with all his strength, and he was basically connecting the team in the next few minutes."

The reporter of Sina Sports was already stupid, and he suddenly remembered the words that Li Ze said after winning the NCAA championship: NCAA and NBA are no different...

"I'm dumbfounded, this three-point shot is as simple as drinking water, who of our domestic players has such projection ability?"

The accompanying staff couldn't help but compare Li Ze with domestic players.

"This is the projection ability under high confrontation, no need to compare, if you really have such an ability, everyone will come to play in the NBA, let's see how many points Li Ze can score this time!"

Although the game took one quarter, Su Qun was still very much looking forward to Li Ze's personal performance.

Coach Brooks is also willing to be an adult, and said directly to Li Ze during the intermission:

"Kayce, stay aggressive and attack decisively when you get the chance!"

Li Ze nodded to show that he understood that Coach Brooks allowed him to score in the second quarter.

Because the Thunder led by 14 points in the first quarter, Coach Brooks also increased the rotation, and at the beginning of the second quarter, the lineup was Li Ze with four substitutes.

Sean Livingston and Sofrosa partner in the backcourt, with Li Ze and Ibaka on the front line, and Collison in the center, this lineup, Li Ze has become the offensive endpoint.

Coach Kuster is a short rotation, except for Will Bynum, the remaining four are all starting lineups, and the double-digit point difference makes the Pistons have to fight hard.

The Pistons attacked, and Rodney Starkey saw that the opposite person in front of him became Soflosa, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and finally he didn't have to play against Li Ze.

However, he soon found it difficult for Soflosa's defense to break through, and had no choice but to pass to Djerebko on the inside, who faced Ibaka's defense and missed the low hook.

Nick Collison defended the backcourt rebound, and this time the Pistons stepped back quickly and had no chance to convert, passing the ball to Livingston, who received the ball and slowly dribbled across the halfcourt.

Seeing Li Ze asking for the ball in the low post, he immediately played the ball, and at the same time signaled his teammates to open up the offensive space.

Jason Markhill didn't dare to get too close to Li Ze's defense, Li Ze took a tentative step after receiving the ball, saw the opponent move back again, and immediately pulled out a jump shot.

"Hmm..."Steady in the middle distance.

"Oh! Kayce is destroying the Pistons, it's too easy, maybe he has a chance to break his scoring record this game. ”

The narrator, Twin, has run out of words...

In the first half of the second quarter of the game, Li Ze showed the ability of the league's top small forward at both offensive and defensive ends, and everyone on the Pistons team was beaten by him, and it was useless for anyone to defend.

In the face of the guard line defense, Li Ze has a strong back, as long as he is arched to his shooting hot zone, [Difficult Shooting King] + [Strong Shooting Master] + [Hot Zone Hunter] makes his mid-range shooting rate very high.

In the face of the forward defense, Li Ze used his balanced left and right hands and skillful ball control skills to tear through the defense line.

[Triple Threat Veteran] can be combined with various offensive badges, and the opposing Mark Hill is about to be eaten alive by Li Zesheng.

The Thunder team attacked, Li Ze's defense against Mark Hill outside the three-point line, continuous crotch dribbling, left hand to accelerate the breakthrough, Maxiel's side was close to the defense, and tried to use his body to interfere with Li Ze's dribbling.

But this kind of defense was too strong, and during the march, Li Ze's rhythm changed, and he dribbled the ball on the spot with his left hand, twisted his body slightly, and made a feint that wanted to turn around.

Mark Hill was shaken directly, and he could only watch Li Ze accelerate and break through again, pick up the basket with his left hand, and score 2 points lightly.

More than halfway through the second quarter, Li Ze is currently 4 of 5 and 2 of 2 free throws, and has scored 10 points, and the difference has come to 20 points.

Although the point difference is very large, Coach Brooks still replaced Turtle and Durant, and Li Ze also rested at this time, after all, this is the home court of the Thunder, and in order to give back to the fans, the main team also needs to play three quarters.

By the end of the half, with a 66-46, 20 lead, there was hardly much suspense left in the second half.

After the start of the second half of the game, Li Ze did not continue to attack hard, and after brushing the data to 30+5+10, except for a few catch-pot balls, he rarely shot.

Durant's score was swishing up, through three-pointers and free throws, after the third quarter, he also scored 30 points, and both sides played very unrestrained in the third quarter.

The fourth quarter is the playing time of the two teams' water cooler players, and the two sides played very intensely, and the fans of the Russian City said that the ticket was indeed not a loss.

In the end, the game was over, and the Thunder won 118-102 at home, comfortably defeating the visiting Detroit Pistons.

Maybe it's because they were too ruthless, the surface brothers couldn't do it, and after the game, the two sides just hugged each other and greeted each other, and then the Pistons players turned around and left, not wanting to stay for a second longer.

In the Thunder locker room, Durant excitedly talked about his scoring experience:

"Guys, three-pointers and free throws are definitely the best way to score, and of course, I have to admit that I had a good outside touch in this game, but you can try to make foul free throws."

In this game, Durant hit 4 three-pointers, 10 free throws, and easily got 30 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

"Three-pointers are so difficult, and if the referee blows the whistle every time I break through, my points per game average can increase a lot."

Turtle Turtle was a little envious of Li Ze and Durant, his mid-range was a little inaccurate in this game, and as a result, the score did not brush up to 20, 18 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 turnovers.

"Kevin is right, if the three-point shot has a shooting rate of about 35%, and appropriately add some three-point shooting, the scoring efficiency will definitely improve a lot."

"Given that we only have one star player on our team at the moment, don't count on free throws."

"If we all have LeBron James' blowing scale, maybe we have a championship chance this season!"

Hearing Li Ze's words, everyone immediately burst into laughter, James's star whistle is almost the only one in the league.

It's not difficult to understand this, the breakthrough style of play, the support of the league, as a future face player, this privilege still has to be given.

Durant was very satisfied with his own performance in this game, he scored 30 points on the offensive end, and successfully limited the opposing player on the defensive end, and he couldn't help but think beautifully:

"Look how else you can hack me! That's a real show! ”

Since we have a flight to Houston tomorrow, we all go home early tonight to rest and recharge and get ready for tomorrow's game.

After Li Ze arrived home, he replied to the blessing text messages sent by the apparent brothers, and at the same time thought about what Christmas gifts to give to the two girls.

"I hate Christmas, I've given gifts all over the years..."

……

On the plane to Houston, everyone on the Thunder team was still Texas Hold'em, and seeing Durant's annoyed look, Jeff Green immediately asked:

"Kevin, don't tell me, you're looking at the shit media again."

"No, the media coverage is good, but last night there were a lot of Pistons fans who kept commenting on my Twitter and they called me the free thrower, Farker, what a shit nickname!"

Durant was in a good mood last night, until he went home and glanced at the news on Twitter, and was immediately speechless;

"What? Can this also be black? ”

Then, he directly connected with the Pistons fans until the middle of the night, and with his excellent Twitter combat effectiveness, he completely stopped replying to the other party.

"Don't care about the evaluation of the opposing fans, after all, they lost, we need to be considerate of the feelings of the loser, the more you reply to the message, the more excited they are, the best thing to do is to ignore their shit!"

Li Ze basically stopped reading the comments on Twitter recently, there were too many lemon essences, and he was really too lazy to deal with that group of people.

"No, I'm going to defend my Twitter domain, no one can beat me on Twitter, don't worry, guys, I've added my discussion group again, and a lot of times I don't have to go out in person."

Hearing this, Li Ze's face was strange, and he was a little skeptical, if Durant signed a big contract, would he directly create a media company to serve him...

"Do you always feel like you're doing this familiar? Maybe someone will do these things in the future..."

The Houston Rockets currently have a 13-13 record and are currently in eighth place in the West, which Celestial fans are quite satisfied with.

Recently, there was a post on the Tiger Pounce forum that was very discussed, "Who has the stronger scoring ability, Li Ze or Ariza?" Rockets fans posted enthusiastically.

"It's still Ariza's scoring ability that is stronger, Ariza has played very well in the last few games, and his score has been 25+ in three consecutive games."

"Haven't you seen Li Ze play upstairs? Ariza is stronger, don't protect it, whether Li Ze is good or not when he blows him up, I have long seen that the two are not at the same level at all. ”

"The Thunder's game is still broadcast too little, have you forgotten how Li Ze beat Ariza? From body to technique, Li Ze is absolutely victorious, and Ariza is a role player. ”

"It's just, what's comparable, whether it's record or personal data, Ariza can't compare, I'm a Rockets fan, I'm not optimistic that Ariza can play at all."

"Only the Volute can bring out the best Ariza, and without the Lakers, he can't do it, so there's a chance to get back to the Volute!"

"Get out of here, there's you everywhere, what does this post have to do with the Lakers!"

"It would be nice if Ariza could come to the Cavaliers, and there will be a shortage of players around me who can shoot three-pointers and defend."

"Upstairs, hurry up and wave your knife to find your emperor, there are you everywhere, I'm really convinced, I have reported it, thank you!"

Li Ze didn't know that the fans on the other side of the ocean had a quarrel at this time, and when he came to Houston, Da Yao entertained him with an authentic Shanghai meal by the way, and by the way, he talked about the United Arab Emirates.

"Li Ze, when you go to New York to play away after Christmas, introduce the trainer on your side to the United Arab Emirates, he has been in poor form recently, and with the Nets' training alone, the playing time will be less and less."

There is still a lot of gossip among the players in the league, and Li Ze's trainer team is also famous, and everyone agrees that Li Ze can have such a good competitive state, and the trainer accounts for at least half of the credit.

"No problem, what Toney and Meg are best at is tailoring training plans for players and adjusting their physical condition, and they both have a lot of friends, so they can help the UAE find a trainer again."

Li Ze agreed, they are all his compatriots, and they must do something hard.

"That's good, he must be embarrassed to trouble you when we meet for the first time, and when the time comes, you can help him more, the United Arab Emirates has such a good athletic talent, it would be a pity to go back to China to play."

"Replace wine with water, I'll give you one first!"

"Haha, that's so polite, it's all a trivial matter, I promise to help the UAE find a trainer who suits him."

Head coach Adelman has had a headache lately, and McGrady is back from injury, but the Rockets management will continue to hide their star player.

The Rockets have basically made it clear that they want to trade Maddy, and they are already in contact with other teams, and once the mid-season trade opens, Maddie will be sent away immediately.

Obviously, there is an instant combat power in the team, but Adelman can't use it, and then thinking about the deformed lineup of the Rocket team, he feels more and more that the future is not bright, and he can only think silently in his heart:

"Hopefully the team will improve after the trade."

Toyota Center Arena, tonight's attendance is not too high, but there are many Chinese fans who came to the scene to support Li Ze.

When Li Ze appeared, he suddenly heard a lot of cheers.

The Thunder and Rockets have played each other twice, and both players are very familiar with each other, and both sides are still in the regular rotation for this game.

Before the game, the turtle and turtle came to a dance excitedly, Aaron Brooks, is the turtle's favorite player at the moment, since the defense that he picked up, in the face of small players, the turtle can always punch hard...

There was no suspense after the opening, and Kostic jumped to the first offense for the Thunder.

After the Thunder team simply ran two figures-of-eight, Li Ze received the ball to face Ariza's defense, dribbled twice under his crotch on the spot, dribbled back with his left hand, and turned quickly with his right hand.

By the time Ariza reacted, he had already lost half of his position, and Hayes saw Li Ze break through the inside line, and there was only one feeling in his heart:

"Don't you come here.jpg"

But the help defense still has to go up, Li Ze in the march threw his left hand, and Kostic under the basket caught a heavy dunk in the air.

The old routine is still easy to use, and it is easy to dunk and eat cakes.

After playing two games with the Rockets, he had already thoroughly figured out the opponent's routine, and the coaching staff did not arrange too much in this game, so everyone could play normally.

Turtle and Durant were still in high spirits, and the two guys had been discussing how to score points in the locker room.

The result of the game was not what Li Ze expected, and under the leadership of the Thunder's best sixth man, Aaron Brooks, the Thunder defeated the Rockets 110-94.

Aaron Brooks was 2-of-15 from the field, slashing 5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists to lead the Rockets to defeat...

As for Ariza, under Li Ze's defense, he was invisible again, living up to the eager expectations of many Rockets fans.

With 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Li Ze's mediocre performance, after all, his mind had already flown to the game the day after tomorrow:

"Lakers experience pack, I'm here again!"