The Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder are both in the Northwest Division, and the relationship between the two teams may affect the division championship in the end, so every time they meet, the two sides play extremely fiercely.

After the opening, the Thunder played fiercely, and the outside line continued to increase the pressure on the ball, but the Jazz survived the first three minutes and gradually found the rhythm of the game.

Oku responded at the free-throw line and fed the ball to Boozer in the low post, who received the ball, took a step up the line, carried Jeff Green, and threw his right hand with ease.

"Hmm...", a low post hit a strong hit.

The Jazz's old-fashioned offensive style is still tried and tested, Jeff Green is indeed difficult to limit Boozer in the low post, and the old coach Sloan's tactic is to target the weak defense of the No. 4 position and constantly attack the interior.

But the Thunder team also grasped the weakness of the Jazz team, Oku's slow speed of blocking and dismantling, and the three of Turtle Turtle, Li Ze, and Durant frequently played the No. 5 position outside the three-point line.

Especially with the blessing of the home whistle, with 6 minutes and 58 seconds left in the first quarter, Durant's breakthrough caused Oku's foul again.

"Sir, I didn't press down, you can take a look at the replay, I've been raising my hands up!"

Oku showed the defensive action just now, and kept explaining to the referee that he really didn't want to get the second foul so quickly, but unfortunately the referee wouldn't change the decision.

The veteran coach Sloan had no choice but to replace Paul Millsap in advance, Boozer pushed to the center position, and Millsap played to the No. 4 position, and the height of the Jazz dropped suddenly.

Coach Brooks shouted out to his players from the sidelines, made an offensive gesture, and motioned for everyone to continue attacking the basket.

Durant stood at the free throw line, shook his shoulders, and hit two free throws steadily.

"Oh!!"

The Ford Center erupted in loud cheers again, 14-6, and the Thunder opened the game with an eight-point lead.

Deron Williams still dribbled through the half court unhurriedly, taking advantage of Boozer's high block, getting rid of the turtle's defense, and accelerating with the ball in his left hand to break through and go straight into the box.

Kostic was a step slower to defend and could only watch Deron Williams score with a low-handed layup, which was also the advantage of the Jazz's small lineup, and Millsap could better open up the offensive space.

But after the Thunder team quickly sent the baseline ball, the turtle dribbled the ball directly into Li Ze's hands after half court, and immediately ran to the left bottom corner to open up the space, and Kostic lifted the block to help Li Ze get rid of Myers's entanglement.

Li Ze slowed down his breakthrough speed, leaned on Boozer, while observing the Jazz defense, noticed that there was no help to defend up, and used his right foot as the axis as the axis in the movement, pulled the ball back with his left hand, and made a turning feint.

Boozer's center of gravity was shifted back, Li Ze's body twisted, his left hand pulled back, quickly closed the ball, and pretended to shoot, Boozer immediately pounced, Li Ze paused slightly, faced the opponent's defense, and lightly stepped up and down to pick up the basket.

"Huh... "The ball scored and the whistle blew.

"What a ball! Li Ze came to a dream dance move, Boozer was stunned, this must have scored the top ten goals! ”

After the host Ke Xiaofan saw Li Ze's wonderful goal, he instantly raised the volume of his commentary.

"It's a great pace of attack! It looks slow, but this continuous shaking is really good, let's vote more, I want to see Li Ze enter the All-Star, how beautiful this style of play is! ”

Su Qun couldn't help but pull up the ticket for Li Ze again.

Coach Brooks on the sidelines saw Li Zejia hit a solid shot, and immediately returned to the bench with peace of mind, and easily came to a tactical back, this is the game plan formulated by the coaching staff before the game, attacking the basket to make kills.

Originally, the coaching staff originally wanted to use the turtle's breakthrough to kill the opponent's inner line, but they found that Li Ze was actually better at this technique, and the turtle and turtle were breaking through in a straight line, but Li Ze was a feint, and in the end, this task was assigned to Li Ze.

For the remainder of the first quarter, the Jazz found that Li Ze and Durant were simply masters of porcelain.

After Durant broke through, he used his height and arm span to fight with the interior body and create fouls, while Li Ze was in the low post, using his footwork to shake off the defense and cause the defender to shoot fouls.

The most important thing is that the referee really gives the whistle...

By the end of the first quarter, 22-32, the Thunder had a 10-point lead at home.

"Kayce, you almost destroyed Miles and Brewer's defense, you probably didn't notice their expressions, you were about to cry with grievances, and when Sloan replaced them, it felt like the old man was about to eat people."

Jeff Green sat on the bench and began to gloat.

"It's still comfortable to play in Russian City, but if it's in Salt Lake City, a lot of defensive moves will be whistled for fouls, and I want to play 82 home games."

The turtle is also very happy, when he blocks and picks, sometimes he can't keep up with the opponent's rhythm, but as long as he allows some small movements, even if he is a step slower, he can still interfere with the opponent, and Deron Williams was choked by him in the first quarter.

"It's not time to relax yet, the Jazz will definitely fight back, the score difference is not enough, and we have to work harder!"

Li Ze looked relaxed and simply reminded his teammates.

The second quarter of the game went more smoothly than Li Ze expected, perhaps due to the atmosphere in the Ford Center, where the rotation of Wesley Matthews and Andrei Kirilenko almost smashed the basket.

On the Thunder's side, Li Ze and Soflosa's outside hands are hot, coupled with Ibaka's protection of rebounding in the backcourt, the conversion offense is wave after wave, and the point difference continues to expand.

At halftime, 46-62, the Thunder went into the second half with a 16-point lead.

But things went wrong early in the third quarter, when Boozer hung on Jeff Green's arm and went up in a backcourt rebound scramble, and then Lee saw Jeff Green clutching his shoulders and falling to the ground in pain.

"Hey! Hey! Didn't you notice that you were hanging on his arm? ”

Li Ze immediately stepped forward and pushed Boozer away, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Sorry! Man, I really didn't mean to, how do you feel? ”

Boozer raised his hands in the air, indicating that he had no ill intentions, and asked about Jeff Green with concern.

Seeing that Jeff Green was still clutching his shoulders in pain, and other teammates also surrounded him, the referee saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly signaled the team doctor to come over for examination.

After a cursory diagnosis, the team doctor gave Coach Brooks a gesture to indicate that Jeff Green should not be able to continue playing.

"Fake!!"

The head coach of Brooks on the sidelines cursed, which was a big blow to the Thunder team in the rising period, and Jeff Green's role at the No. 4 position was irreplaceable.

"Smack... Syllable... Smack..."

The crowd at Ford Center also gave Jeff Green a round of applause of encouragement as he departed.

"Young teams are afraid of injuries, and if Jeff Green is seriously injured and needs to be out for a long time, it will be a huge blow to the Thunder, and Jeff Green will play a big role on the offensive end, so hopefully the injury will stay away from the athletes!"

In the Sina studio, Su Qun also sighed.

In the next game, the Thunder played boringly, and in the huge cheering of the home fans, they always maintained the point difference, and with 5 minutes and 12 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Jazz replaced all the main players.

In the end, 94-105, the Thunder won comfortably at home against the Jazz, ending the final game of 2009.

After the game, the players on both sides briefly greeted each other, and everyone on the Thunder team quickly returned to the locker room, and Coach Brooks knew that the players were concerned about Jeff Green's injury, and said directly:

"There are no structural injuries, but Green needs to recuperate for half a month, which is good news!"

"Shet! Injured in the contract year, shit Boozer! ”

Durant scolded secretly after hearing the news, this is a critical period for getting a big contract, and the injury is the most uncomfortable at this time, originally he got 31+6+3 in this game, and he was in no mood to celebrate after hearing the news.

Li Ze and Turtle are also in a heavy mood, no one likes to see their teammates injured, but this is the NBA, and the fierce confrontation makes it impossible for everyone to avoid the invasion of injuries, and sometimes, injuries are also part of the game.

……

On January 1, 2010, the first day of the new year, the Thunder came to Jeff Green's home to visit his injury.

"Hey! Bro, it's not a big deal, it's just a half-month break, I'm lucky, no structural damage, guys be happy! ”

Jeff Green's right arm and shoulder were already fixed, and he was teasing himself as a one-armed hero.

"Green, don't rush to come back, you must completely heal your shoulder injury, there are still many games ahead, and most importantly, we still have the playoffs to play this year, and the body is the most important!"

Li Ze whispered while helping Jeff Green entertain his teammates.

"Don't worry, Kayce, I understand this, I can't avoid injuries when I play, I'll deal with these problems, come on, it's up to you to play in January!"

Jeff Green was moved in his heart and patted Li Ze's shoulder with his uninjured left arm, indicating that he was fine.

"When you're healed from your shoulder injury, I promise to put on a Latin-inspired party for you, so get some rest, Bro!"

Durant also comforted his good brother, they are both contract years this year, and Durant also felt the same way when he saw Jeff Green injured.

"Wow! Great, it's been a long time since we've had a party, and I'm already looking forward to it! Can I bring Nina with me then? She's been going crazy lately. ”

The turtle suddenly burst into excitement.

"Yikes! Russell, this is a gathering of men! "You're not going to have children right now, are you?" "Russell is hopeless!"

Li Ze couldn't help but smile when he saw everyone complaining about the turtle turtle, hoping that this injury would not affect the morale of the team.

Blessings are incomparable, disasters are not one-way, Li Ze suddenly felt that this old saying was indeed very reasonable.

On January 2, the Thunder challenged the Milwaukee Bucks away, before the game, the good brother Bamot cordially entertained Li Ze and Turtle Turtle, and everyone reviewed the good life in college together, and chatted very happily, but unfortunately the game at night made Li Ze's heart cold again.

Just five minutes into the opening game, Kostic accidentally stepped on the foot of his teammate Serge Ibaka after protecting the backcourt rebound, and suffered a serious ankle sprain and directly withdrew from the game.

After the Bucks returned from injury, Andrew Bogut turned the tide on the Thunder's inside, and finally with his 23+15 double-double, 97-103, the Bucks successfully defended their home court.

The Thunder trio still played steadily, with Li Ze scoring 24 points, Turtle 22 points, and Durant 31 points, but the interior line was lost, and it was difficult for the young Ibaka partner Collison to limit Bogut's play.

After the game, Coach Brooks' face darkened slightly, and he told the players another unfortunate news:

"Kostic will need a week to return to training at the earliest, guys, it's a tough time for the team, but we're going to get through it, we're tired, don't care if you win or lose for a while, health is the most important thing!"

Li Ze was speechless, he didn't know if this was a butterfly effect, the Thunder team had the first record in the West, but the game was getting harder and harder, except for the fish belly team, every powerful team wanted to bite them, which also increased the physical consumption of his teammates.

"I hope that the injury will stay away from everyone..."Li Ze silently blessed in his heart.

Compared to the hapless Thunder, the Chicago Bulls have recently played a wave of four consecutive wins, and the current record is 14-17, returning to the eighth place in the East.

While Ben Gordon is still plagued by injuries, Coke Hinrich has been back in form and has solved the team's immediate needs.

On January 4, the Thunder traveled to Chicago to take on the resurgent Bulls.

After consecutive away games, on the afternoon of the 4th, the Thunder team only had a simple recovery workout, and the head coach and coaching staff of Brooks were a little anxious, and the two main interior players were injured, and it will be a difficult game tonight.

"Look at the Chicago media, they simply regard Rose as Jordan's successor, and the Bulls are only in eighth place in the West now, why is everyone praising Rose?"

Originally, Turtle Turtle thought that after the Bulls' results in the new season, the media and ball critics would definitely criticize Rose, but it turned out to be the opposite, which made him kind of want to just lemon.

Li Ze didn't expect the turtle turtle to read the opponent's news report, but after thinking about it, he understood what was going on.

Don't think that the rookies of the same class are all good brothers, in fact, everyone is eager to step on each other's top positions, because there are so many honor points, and if others take them, they will get nothing.

The best rookie in the class of '08 was awarded to Derrick Rose, and Mayo and Turtle, who were also rookies, were angry enough, especially Mayo, who was equal to Rose in terms of statistics, but it was the other party who won the award in the end.

Turtle Turtle actually secretly competed with Rose, when he was in UCLA, he had already reached the top 4, but he was taken away by the rampaging Rose wave, and he wanted to get back to the court in his rookie season, but he was abused by the Bulls.

This season finally ushered in his good brother Li Ze, the Thunder's record soared, but the Bulls continued to pull their hips at the beginning of the game.

"So, it's still very useful to play well, the media and critics sometimes just look at highlights, and if you can be selected as a top 10 player regularly, believe me, your fans can at least double."

Li Ze smiled and teased the turtle.

"Rose is really good to play, but the way he plays, it's just constantly draining his knees, which doesn't do him any good for his career."

Durant also praised Rose's play, but he didn't like Rose's style of play.

"My breakaway dunk was brilliant too! Shet, but no one has complimented me at all, I'm going to defend with all my might tonight, don't try to score on me, Shet, I'm going to see if the media will continue to brag about Rose after the game! ”

Turtle Turtle had already turned on lemon essence mode at this time, and it was because Derrick Rose stole everyone's attention that he was treated unfairly.

Li Ze didn't interject, quietly listening to the turtle beside him spitting bitterness, and secretly thought in his heart:

"It seems that tonight is a grudge game, and the rookies of the same class are really enemies!"

Today is Tuesday in the Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean, CCTV naturally broadcast the game of the Thunder team, and the pre-game host Yang Jian and guest Xu Jicheng also talked about the injury problems of the Thunder team.

"The Thunder sprained his ankle in the last game against the Bucks, and this injury will be at least another week, plus Jeff Green, who was injured before, and the Thunder has no one on the inside."

"Coach Xu, how do you think the Thunder should survive in the next game?"

The host Yang Jian asked a question that the majority of fans are concerned about.

"I think the Thunder should rotate more, Ibaka started and played very well, but Collisson's basket protection is not good, and the center position can continue to dig players in the team, and the head coach should not make a short rotation at this time."

"On the offensive end, it's up to the Thunder trio, and at the same time, players like Sofrosa have to get some more playing time, and most importantly, you have to be careful when you play, and it's important to stay healthy."

Xu Jicheng felt that the luck of the Thunder team was too bad, and it was obviously on the rise, but the starting lineup injured two interior players, and the game before the All-Star Games would definitely not be good.

"I also agree with Coach Xu's point of view, at this time, we must pay attention to injury problems, I hope the players can stay healthy, the starting list ahead has come out, the Bulls are still starting today, it seems that the recovery is really good."

"The Bulls have Derrick Rose and Kirk Hinrich in the starting backcourt, Roel Deng and Ty Gibson up front, and Joakim Noah at center."

"The Thunder have changed a lot in the starting lineup due to injuries, with Russell Westbrook and Li Ze in the backcourt, Kevin Durant and Sergi Ibaka in the front, and Nick Collison in the center."

"The lineup on both sides is very young, and the interesting thing is that the rookies on both sides are from '07 to '09, and this game can be regarded as a rookie battle, and the game starts right away, and we switch the screen to the front."

The host Yang Jian also began to devote himself to the commentary of the game.

The United Center Arena was packed tonight, and although the team is currently only eighth in the East, the atmosphere is still very hot, with many fans wearing No. 1 jerseys to cheer on the home team.

When the arena suddenly went dark and the DJ screamed to introduce the home team, the scene erupted in huge cheers, especially when Derrick Rose appeared, and the atmosphere reached a climax.

When the players on both sides warmed up before the game, Li Ze also had a lemon, the Bulls' jersey color scheme was too good-looking, red letters on a white background, watching Rose dunk there, Li Ze was also a little speechless, this guy really believes in his body too much.

The referee motioned for the players from both sides to come to the center of the field, and the players on both sides gave a brief greeting, and Ross deliberately ignored the turtle and greeted Li Ze.

"Hey, Bro, it's finally time to play in the NBA, and while you're suffering from injuries, I'm not going to let go tonight."

"Haha, your record is far worse than ours, come on, Bro, let's catch up with our victory first."

Li Ze was not polite, and teased Ross with a smile, and after Ross heard Li Ze's response, he just shrugged his shoulders with a smile, such a performance made the anger value of the turtle on the side skyrocket, it was too arrogant, and he ignored him!

The referee motioned for Ibaka and Noah to jump the ball in the center circle, and the game officially began.

"Noah used his height advantage to jump to the ball for the Bulls, and Rose dribbled quickly across the halfcourt."

The Bulls opened the first attack, Gibson raised for Rose to block and dismantle, and the tortoise with the anger value bonus squeezed through the cover very quickly, but Rose's speed was too fast, and the left-handed dribble broke through the direct penalty area and took off.

After the jump, the body twisted, tossed and moved in the air, from left to right, pulled the lever sharply, dodged Ibaka's block, and picked up the basket with his right hand.

The two-pointer was easily scored.

"Ahh Wow!! ”

The crowd at the United Center Arena shouted excitedly, this is their joy Derrick Rose, only Rose in the league has such a gorgeous and explosive style of play!

"Rose's core strength is too strong, come up and throw himself out first, then make moves in the air, and wait for the defender to land, he will shoot, which reminds me of Michael Jordan back then, this talent is so good!"

Xu Jicheng is missing Jordan again...

The Thunder team attacked, and after the turtle and turtle passed the half, Li Ze immediately played an offensive gesture to his teammates, this is a brother's grievance game, and the first attack has to let the turtle come by himself, and he must play a response ball.

Li Ze and Durant stood in the bottom corner one left and one right, Ibaka raised to do a high block, and Rose went directly down the line to put the turtle in the middle distance.

Such a defensive choice made the turtle angry enough, and the anger value in his heart rose again, blocking and dismantling the left side to break through, dribbling a step, and immediately stopping and jumping to shoot.

"Whew...", a steady hit from mid-range.

After the goal, the turtle did not celebrate, and after glaring at Rose, he immediately returned to the defense quickly.

Li Ze naturally noticed Rose's defensive choice, and couldn't help but smile in his heart:

"The silver [Organization Core] badge has an attack bonus, and the turtle's mid-range is currently very accurate, this grievance game is a bit interesting!"