Tournament experience is a huge help to the players, and Ibaka was given a chance to start after Jeff Green's injury.

Although he can't help the team on the offensive end, Ibaka is growing rapidly on the defensive end.

Perhaps it was Li Ze's [defensive core] badge that allowed Ibaka to cash in on his talent early, and Ibaka clearly had a huge advantage in this game against the Cavaliers' rookie JJ Hickson.

The two men were almost the same in height and weight, but in the opening minutes, Ibaka completely dominated each other with his excellent physical gifts, and Hickson failed to make several basket attempts.

The Cavaliers attacked, LeBron James once again relied on O'Neal's blocking, got rid of Durant's defense, went straight to the inside, faced the double interception of Kostic and Ibaka, and once again distributed the ball to Hickson under the basket.

The latter hesitated to receive the ball, which allowed Ibaka to get back into position and easily interfere with Hixon's shot, before Kostic successfully protected the rebound in the backcourt.

"The rookie Ibaka defense on the Thunder's side is a bit interesting, and there has been a significant improvement compared to the early start of the season, although he was completely suppressed by Zach Randolph in the last game, but the rookie interior of the Cavaliers is also not good."

When Director Zhang saw that the Thunder team successfully defended again, he immediately praised Ibaka's performance happily.

"The Thunder's defensive strategy is very obvious, that is, to give the outside line, cover and change the defense, and it is clear that James can break through, and then strangle two three-pointers on the outside."

"The last time we met, James just scored a high score and lost the game, so let's look forward to seeing if the Cavaliers can come up with a way to deal with it."

After more than 5 minutes in the first quarter, at 14:7, the Thunder easily led by 7 points.

With Ibaka's excellent play on the defensive end, he successfully suppressed James's tank breakaway, except for the opening three-pointer, the remaining 4 points were scored by O'Neal under the basket.

On the Thunder's side, everyone is about to enter the downwind God of War mode, with Turtle's high-post blocking and dismantling jumper, Durant's emergency stop mid-range to catch the ball after covering, and Kostic's basket eating cakes, all of which were scored.

Noticing that the Cavaliers had all the players quickly retreating, the turtle slowly dribbled through the half, and gave his teammates a simple tactical gesture, signaling that this attack would hit Li Ze's low-post tactics.

The Thunder team suddenly began to move, Durant slowly moved to the top of the arc in the bottom corner of the right side, while Li Ze and Ibaka made a cross cover on the baseline, and then came to the waist position to receive the ball.

After Li Ze successfully received the ball, the turtle turtle quickly walked around Li Ze's baseline to bring away the defenders, and everyone cleared one side, leaving Li Ze with a huge space for singles.

In the face of Anthony Parker's defense, Li Ze attacked the basket, put the ball with his left hand after three threats, and quickly changed direction after dribbling the ball under his crotch.

After a slight pause, his body leaned up, and at the same time, he stretched out his right hand and pretended to close the ball, this small Buddha worship action easily shook Anthony Parker up.

Noticing that the opponent was shaking, Li Ze accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand, easily passed the defense, and did not wait for Hickson to come over to help defend, and quickly picked up the basket with his left hand.

"Hmmm...", a one-handed layup was scored.

"Whew!!"

The audience in the Quickloan Center Arena let out exclamations in unison, and Li Ze's rhythm change shook off the defense and made an easy layup, smooth and good-looking, which is completely different from LeBron James's playing style.

"Beautiful goal! Li Ze's physical coordination is too good, such an extraordinary is pleasing to the eye, and this ball will definitely be among the top ten NBA goals today. ”

The host Yang Jian also watched the more refreshing he became, which was different from watching the UAE game, Li Ze played with bells and whistles, various rhythm changes, and dexterous hand work, which made people dizzy and fascinated.

LeBron James noticed that the team's point difference had reached 9 points and was about to reach double digits, and he was a little anxious, and after halftime, with Hixon's blocking, he went straight to the basket.

No longer passing, after fighting against Ibaka in the air who came from the help defense, his right hand lightly dodged the block, and hit a layup to score the ball.

"Ahh

Seeing the team's star score again, the fans at the scene immediately erupted in huge cheers, and they had to respond, but they couldn't let Li Zexiu go down.

After the goal, LeBron James raised his hands as he retreated, and the atmosphere at the scene was a little more enthusiastic.

“Defense！ Defense！ Defense！ ”

When the Thunder team attacked, the audience at the Quickloan Center arena also came to their senses and began to help the home team defend with shouts.

But the turtle was unaffected, and after a high block with Kostic, he made a pull-up jump shot near the free throw line.

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

"Squeak..."

Coach Mike Brown immediately called a timeout, and although O'Neal was impeccable on the offensive end, he couldn't move his legs in the face of blocking and pick-and-roll on the defensive end... The Cavaliers were the first to make substitution adjustments.

After the timeout, Coach Brooks began to serve chicken soup to everyone:

"Nenard, hold on for two minutes, and then we'll rotate, Byron, you've got to get ready to go on the court in a minute, be good for the rebound, Kayce, keep going that offensive rhythm."

"Tomorrow we can go back to the city and have a good rest, guys, hold on!"

In the last game against the Grizzlies, Kostic was really consumed enough.

The best physical condition is still Li Ze and Turtle Turtle, Durant did not have much defensive pressure in the first quarter, and the offense was also fishing, and there was no big problem with physical fitness.

"I still love playing against Eastern Conference teams, except for the Celtics, and I'm kind of looking forward to James' look after he loses!"

Durant simply drank some water and whispered to Li Ze with a gloating expression.

"Maybe he's used to losing to us, after all, we won the last time we met!"

Li Ze didn't care about James' performance, after all, the Cavaliers in the East were not their competitors, so he said casually.

"Haha, Kayce is right, maybe James will really get used to losing to us in the future, I want to play 82 games against the Cavaliers."

The turtle turtle also smiled and said, the outside defense is not oppressive enough, the inside frame protection ability is weak, and the turtle and turtle completely walked out of the sewer in this game.

The Cavaliers, who came back from a timeout, took O'Neal and replaced it with Anderson Vallejo, enhancing the mobility of the interior defense.

LeBron James also began to increase his outside shots, and after blocking with Vallejo, James made a pull-up jump shot at the left elbow of the free throw line.

"Bang...", he was angry.

After the long rebound was picked up by Durant, the Thunder launched another transition offense.

A pass first found the turtle, the latter received the ball, dribbled through the half court and immediately passed to Li Ze, at this time, although the Cavaliers had all retreated, but did not do a good job of defense.

Li Ze received the ball with his left hand and faced Valejo's defense with an In his left hand

and

out, directly accelerated past the opponent, and rushed to the penalty area.

LeBron James quickly returned to defense, and Li Ze did not reluctantly attack, simply breaking through the ball and finding Durant on the outside.

The latter received the ball and broke through instantly, noticing that Hickson's defense took a big step back, and Durant crossed the dribble and pulled back, and made a pull-up jumper.

"Huh...", the long two points hit steadily.

"This game is going to take to make the first quarter of the Thunder smooth, then this game will completely enter the rhythm that the Thunder team likes, and we have also broadcast a lot of games, but if the first quarter leads more, it will basically be garbage time in the fourth quarter."

Zhang analyzed a lot before the game, and as a result, the Cavaliers were beaten head-on by the Thunder team who were fighting away, which was a bit embarrassing.

"The Cavaliers have some problems with their outside defense, and it's obvious that Durant isn't going all out on offense."

"Compared to previous games, this game has reduced a lot of breakthroughs, most of them are catch-and-shoot jumpers, and it is very likely that it is affected by physical fitness."

"Look at this ball first, James broke in again, caused Kostic's hitter foul, and finally scored, it is also a good choice to stand on the free throw line and create damage!"

The host Yang Jian was also a little helpless in his heart, the Thunder team game broadcast by CCTV, most of the time the game was spent, and the Thunder fans of the Celestial Empire described it very appropriately, do you still need to watch the game of the Thunder team? Waking up is a big win...

LeBron James stood at the free-throw line, took a deep breath, and hit two free throws safely.

But time was running out for the first quarter, and the Thunder slowed down their offensive tempo, and Li Ze signaled everyone to be patient with the ball, and by the way, Kostic was also allowed to take a breath.

After a simple pass on the ball, the turtle and Ibaka played a block and dismantle, and after getting rid of Gibson's entanglement, the turtle accelerated in a straight line with the ball in his right hand, and suddenly the small spinning top turned around in the middle of the process, and after turning to the basket, he made a layup with a low hand with his left hand.

Li Ze smiled slightly in his heart when he saw the turtle that was getting smoother and smoother, after the [Organization Core] badge was upgraded, the bonuses provided to the turtle and turtle were mainly focused on the end under the basket.

Turtles are currently shooting only about 23 percent from three-point range, but finishing under the basket is 63 percent.

This is already a very good stat in a point guard, and the media criticized him for not wanting to assist, and frequently attacking the basket, this point guard is too unconventional...

With 2:12 left in the first quarter, the Thunder slowly replaced their rotation players, but this did not affect the team's offense and still firmly controlled the pace of the game.

At 31:23, the away Thunder easily led by 8 points, and in the second half of the first quarter, the two sides frequently stood on the free throw line, and the whistle of this game was still very good for the Cavaliers.

At the break, head coach Mike Brown glanced at the players on the bench and sighed helplessly:

"The defensive resources can't keep up, so it seems that we can only use a killer weapon in advance!"

"LeBron, at the beginning of the second quarter, you will first take the bench lineup on the court, chase the points with all your might, add some outside long shots, you must believe in yourself, guys, if you have an opportunity, shoot resolutely outside the three-point line!"

LeBron James nodded, his fitness is fine, Coach Mike Brown is right, he should really add some outside shooting, after all, the Thunder put his shot, he needs to respond.

And on the Thunder bench, the high-spirited turtle turtle ignored the resentful expression of his dance partner Meno, and said directly to Coach Brooks:

"Coach, I feel very good, I don't have a problem with my fitness, let me play first in the second quarter!"

Coach Brooks originally liked short rotations, and after hearing Turtle's words, he waved his hand and happily agreed to Turtle's request:

"Byron, pay attention to Collisson's echo when you get on the court, you must protect the backcourt rebound, we have to play our own transition offense, and strive to win the game!"

"I understand, Coach!"

Byron Mullens is a rookie in the same class as Li Ze, and before this game, he could only play in garbage time, and this time he entered the regular rotation, and he himself is very excited, and he is finally out of the atmosphere group!

When the second quarter of the game began, the Thunder team came up and played a cross-cut tactic with a double cover on the line, and after Li Ze received the ball at 45 degrees on the left side outside the three-point line, LeBron James's defense also rushed to the ball, and his ability to chase and defend was indeed commendable.

Li Ze made a cross-step breakthrough after receiving the ball, noticing that LeBron James's defense was very close, Li Ze did not choose to pull back directly, but quickly dribbled twice with his left hand before pulling the ball back, and then quickly changed direction with his right hand under his crotch.

Lower your center of gravity, quickly tap the ball twice with your left hand, adjust your footsteps, and change direction with your crotch again.

LeBron James was still shaken by Li Ze's fast and slow rhythm, and when Li Ze accelerated through with the ball in his right hand, he had successfully jammed half of the opponent's body.

As he went, he noticed that Valejo had returned to the basket, faked a real pass, shook off the defense, and gave it to Byron, who received the ball and easily put it in the basket.

"Shh

The audience in the Quickloan Center Arena immediately sent a huge boo for Li Ze, Li Ze's game was simply turned upside down, with all kinds of bells and whistles coming in waves, and the Cleveland fans were a little mentally bursting.

"You should dunk, Bro!"

When returning to the defense, Li Ze teased Byron, who had just come on the field, to relieve the other party's nervousness.

"Uh, I didn't expect to get an easy dunk, thanks, Kayce!"

Byron was very grateful for the assist from Li Ze and scored as soon as he came on the pitch, which was definitely a fantastic start.

The Cavaliers attacked, and LeBron James, whose anger value was rising, immediately played with Vallejo after half time, and noticed that Li Ze also went down the line to defend, bypassed the cover, and without hesitation, he jumped directly outside the three-point line.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

The Thunder team was not affected in any way, quickly sent out the baseline ball, the turtle dribbled quickly across the halfcourt, paused slightly outside the three-point line, quickly changed direction, and left the ball to the restricted area.

Javard Williams, who came off the bench, immediately returned to the basket, and the turtle made a fake pass to the unguarded Collisson, who received the ball and threw it easily.

"It's too fast! The baseline serve, let Westbrook break through easily, the Cavaliers' outside defense has to pay attention, and they must be able to defend it first in order to recover the score, and if it goes on like this, the game will really take place. ”

Host Yang Jian feels bad, he won't spend half the time...

LeBron James is completely speechless, Gibson, a guard with a knife, can't attack and defend, and he must be dismissed in the next game!

In the first few minutes of the second quarter, the audience in the Quickloan Center Arena became cooler and cooler, and the scene had completely turned into a personal show between Li Ze and Turtle Turtle, the two of them were getting more and more hilarious, Li Ze was responsible for controlling the rhythm, and Turtle Turtle was only responsible for charging into battle.

The turtle turtle, who had already hit the head, accelerated wildly in the transition attack, rushed through the halfcourt, first changed his left hand to pass Javad Williams, and then ignored Vallejo under the basket, and the turtle rose into the air.

The body is like a bent bow, a powerful one-arm buckle!

"Bang..."

"It's amazing! Westbrook's physicality is incredible! The outside line of the Cavaliers really can't be prevented, and the conversion offense has begun to be against people, and if it continues to play like this, the score difference will get bigger and bigger! ”

The audience at the Quicken Loan Center Arena was getting more and more depressed, and the celebration was smashed...

LeBron James broke through the first few rounds, but the basket at home was like a cap, and the outside line was all iron, and after this offense and Hixon's blocking, James decided to come by himself and made another jump shot outside the three-point line.

"Bang..."Iron!

After seeing the long rebound ball picked up by Soflosa, the Thunder team once again frantically launched a conversion offense, and the corners of James' mouth twitched, this game really needs a pill!

The Cavaliers struggled to defend and finally stopped the transition offense, and the turtle held the ball at 45 degrees on the right side outside the three-point line and gave Li Ze a look.

At this time, Li Ze pretended to go up to the line to play a hand, and suddenly ran back along the bottom line to cut into the air, throwing off LeBron James's defense.

Li Ze took a step after receiving the ball, jumped with both feet, and faced Valejo's block, with a powerful one-arm slam dunk!

"Bang...", the ball goes in, and the person flies.

Valejo, who fell to the ground, had only one thought in his heart at this time: "Why is it always me who is hurt...."

"Oh!!"

The audience in the arena of the Quick Loan Center let out a huge exclamation again, Li Ze's dunk, the visual effect is too strong, seeing the replay on the big screen, Li Ze almost put the ball into the basket, this dunk is indeed too fierce!

The atmosphere team on the Thunder's bench threw towels on the ground and yelled on the sidelines, and Durant also made a gesture of listening, signaling the audience on the sidelines to continue to boo...

"That's cool! Kayce, it's time for a slam dunk contest! ”

Before Li Ze could pretend to be X after dunking, he was hit by an excited turtle...

"Squeak..."

Coach Mike Brown called a timeout, and the game was already one-sided, and he could only hope that he would close the gap when he started the game.

But it's a pity that in the next game, the outside line of the Cavaliers is still strong, and they can only rely on O'Neal's low post and James's breakthrough to maintain the game.

At halftime, at 63:49, the Thunder took a 14-point lead.

At halftime, in the Thunder locker room, everyone was smiling, victory was in sight, and winning this game would allow them to continue to lead the West, and at the same time they could return to Russia and rest for 4 days.

"I think there's something wrong with the Cavaliers' mentality, they're not defending anymore! O'Neal, this guy doesn't come up at all! ”

Durant didn't expect this game to be so easy, the last time they met, the Thunder was very difficult to win, but tonight's game, it was unexpectedly half a breakdown.

"After all, O'Neal is also a veteran, and I hope the Cavaliers will still be so iron in the outside half."

Li Ze was also a little surprised, after all, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Lakers in the last game, and the next day, the outside line actually withered directly...

"Haha, this may be what Kayce often says about the conservation of character, after a quasi-game, the end game must be iron, our game with the Grizzlies is not high, this one will rebound!"

"It's great to finally get some rest back in Russia, and I'm starting to miss Ford Center."

After the start of the second half of the game, the Cavaliers' outside shooting rate still did not rise, although the Thunder team also began to play iron, but with a 14-point lead, coupled with the metronome of Li Ze on the floor, the Cavaliers have never been able to play an effective counterattack.

LeBron James began to attack the basket frequently, but such a performance could not save the Cavaliers' decline, and they only struggled for more than 4 minutes, and after Li Ze threw another catch-and-shoot ball, the Cavaliers completely collapsed.

Durant took advantage of the fire to rob, shooting inside and outside to score, and O'Neal even began to watch the Thunder go to the basket...

The garbage time came earlier than expected, and in the second half of the third quarter, the two sides had already begun to tacitly brush up on the score.

In the end, 114-100, the Thunder defeated the Cavaliers on the road, still leading the Lakers by one win and continuing to lead the West.

Perhaps it was a little depressing to lose, after the game, LeBron James turned his head directly to the players' tunnel, as if he wanted to use this behavior to show his dissatisfaction with the team.

O'Neal was unaffected by the loss, and happily hugged the Thunder players after the game.

"Lee, you're really good, and the All-Star Game is definitely a major loss without your participation! If I were 10 years younger, we would have won the championship with ease! ”

O'Neill found Li Ze and started the business mutual blowing mode with a serious face.

"Haha, Shaq, I believe your words, no one can stop the young shark, you are a legend!"

Li Ze came up and blew violently, the praising O'Neal was overjoyed, the more the two blew, the happier they became, and O'Neal almost walked directly back to the Thunder locker room with Li Ze, little knight, don't wait...

Coach Brooks also breathed a sigh of relief, after playing 4 away games, 3 wins and 1 loss, he can rest for 4 days and play 4 games in a row at home, so the schedule is much easier.

"Alright, boys, have a good night's rest, tomorrow we can go back to Russia, and then the team will have a day off, let's go home and relax!"

"Yay!!"

After the game, on the Tiger Pounce Forum of the Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean, the Symes were excited, after the Lakers lost to the Cavaliers in the last game, the Tiger Pounce became Zhan Pounce again, and this time it was finally their turn to fight back!

"All-Star ticket king at this level? Eye defensive? Eight steps to the basket? After the game, I went straight back to the locker room, which was really not at all generous! ”

"In the game of more than three quarters, 11 free throws, it would be good to have the referee take care of it, and the score was brushed to 25, and James played without any technical content."

"James was blown up by the Thunder Three Less! Li Ze 24 points, Durant 26 points, Westbrook 24 points, I'll see who is still blowing James here. ”

"The Thunder team's game is really brutal! Half time spent, seriously, I've been looking forward to it for so many days, James is so disappointing to me! ”

"Commies are orgasmic again, have you forgotten how I beat the Lakers in the last game? Don't be here to scream, Kobe Bryant is long gone. ”

"Don't you have a place to post? You sunspots can be seen in every post-game post-game post, hurry up, this is the Thunder's post-game post-game post, garbage forum, and don't care about these people. ”

After Li Ze returned to the hotel, he first sent a message to Chapman, and when he returned to Russia tomorrow, they needed to discuss the issue of the sneaker contract, and after a brief wash, he immediately collapsed on the soft big bed.

When he successfully buckled Valejo, his body suddenly felt relaxed after landing, Li Ze felt that maybe the [Buckle Master] badge had been upgraded, holding this thought, Li Ze slowly fell asleep.

In the dream training space, Li Ze saw the two prompts that appeared on the achievement room, and immediately smiled slightly, playing with the Cavaliers can always get a lot of gains.

Entering the achievement room, Li Ze looked at the newly produced bronze badge in front of him, touched it, and checked the attributes:

Achievement Badge [Infinite Takeoff]: 3/50

Enhance the success rate of a player starting a dunk or layup from a longer take-off distance.

Simple and crude attributes, Li Ze feels that he can try the actual free-throw line dunk in the future, and this badge is definitely a weapon for X! Tap the upgraded silver badge again:

Achievement Badge [Buckle Master]: 6/500

Increases the chance of a successful dunk against a defender, and restores a little stamina to a successful dunk.

The attributes of the silver [Buckle Master] badge have not changed, but the effect should be enhanced, fortunately, there is a lot of experience added to each buckle, otherwise it would be too difficult to upgrade this badge.

Li Ze saw a striking silver color in the achievement room, and immediately felt satisfied:

"When I brush all the badges to silver, I should be able to say goodbye to the title of bankrupt Jordan, think about it, it's a little exciting!"

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