The 34-year-old Tim Duncan may not be able to play as dominant on both ends of the floor as he did when he was younger, but when the veteran gives up the offense appropriately and goes all out defensively, he still shows the league's top interior line.

The most important thing is that in the 10~11 season, the NBA league has not received an appeal from a certain king with a good brother, and the current cylinder defense rules are that players can turn in the air as long as they keep jumping in their own cylinder to defend themselves, and the referee also allows defenders to turn to the sides to block offensive players when they are in the air.

Therefore, the current version of the interior player still has a great advantage, but the Thunder is an outside team, projection-oriented, coupled with the referee's friendly whistle, can always get free throws, and the overall impact is not great.

The outside team is afraid that their offense will be powered off, and the Thunder's outside line suddenly became constipated tonight, because the Spurs guarded Li Ze on the outside, Jeff Green got a lot of outside opportunities, but failed to hit the ball in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, at 35:30, the Spurs used their efficient offense to successfully lead by five points, although the team fell behind, but the audience mood in the Ford Center was not affected at all, and everyone was still very happy.

During the intermission, Li Ze saw that Jeff Green was a little depressed, and immediately comforted him:

"It's okay, man, don't put too much pressure on yourself in the regular season, just keep shooting when you get the chance, and I'll keep passing you the ball."

"Thanks! Bro, I hate being in the position of fat people, DeJuan Blair should really go to lose weight! ”

Jeff Green said with a depressed face.

Seeing Jeff Green's expression, Li Ze couldn't help but think of the current situation in the Thunder locker room, due to the fast pace of the Thunder's offense, almost every game in the regular season has about 90 shots.

Durant has the largest contract, takes the most money, and is not weak, so he has about 19 shots per game, and Li Ze also enjoys the same treatment, but many times, he will also give some of his shooting rights to the turtle, especially this year is still a good brother's contract year, and the data still has to be brushed!

Coupled with the turtle's 16 or so shots in a game, the trio accounted for half of the team's shots, and the rest of the shots were up to other teammates to compete with each other, Jeff Green's contract was not negotiated, and this season was the time when data was needed, so Li Ze understood Jeff Green's frustration.

After all, data is a beautiful knife, no data is impossible, Excel is very important when negotiating contracts!

In the second quarter of the rotation, on the Thunder's side, Li Ze and Jeff Ge Lin played together, and the Spurs also took Tony Parker and George Hill again, plus Dejuan Blair, Matt Bonner, and Antonio McDice, this lineup is exactly the same as the rotation in last season's playoffs.

The Thunder took the lead in attacking, and after Li Zeyun passed half court, he immediately played a high block with Ibaka, noticing that Matt Bonner and George Hill directly chose to pinch the ball, and Li Ze, who held the ball in his left hand, made a deft back-hitting pass and accurately passed it to Ibaka.

The latter catches the ball and dunks with both hands easily under the basket!

"Bang..."Eat the cake easily.

"Kayce's wonderful pass! Tearing apart the opposing defense with ease, the Spurs paid the price for their defense! Come on, lads! ”

The home commentator on the sidelines, Twin, was full of passion and boasted about Li Ze.

Looking back, Tony Parker quickly held the ball across the halfcourt, took advantage of Antonio McDyce's block to get rid of Li Ze's entanglement, and hit the basket with the ball in his left hand, noticing the Thunder's defensive contraction, and immediately passed the ball to Matt Bonner outside the three-point line, who received the ball and made a quick shot from outside the three-point line.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"Shhhhh

As soon as the Russian fans saw the Spurs score a three-pointer, they immediately erupted in loud boos in an attempt to put pressure on the visiting players.

After quickly sending the baseline ball, Li Ze came to the top of the arc after half the court, George Hill saw that Li Ze was going to play singles, and his scalp suddenly became numb, Li Ze found a rhythm to dribble under the crotch continuously, and suddenly lowered the center of gravity of his body very low, and accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand.

Li Ze's crotch dribbling is not the same as the popular technique in this year, it is more about using the hip turn, stuck the position, and does not pursue to completely pass the person, when breaking through to the free throw line, Li Ze suddenly dribbled behind his right hand, and then used his foot to retreat outside the three-point line.

Ignoring George Hill, who jumped to the block, he quickly jumped to the ground.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

Seeing Li Ze hit a three-pointer, George Hill instantly remembered last year's playoffs, and people were directly numb...

"Oh!!"

Seeing Li Ze successfully score the response goal, the audience began to cheer loudly, and Coach Popovich on the sidelines thought of his substitute lineup, shook his head helplessly, and then gestured to Blair on the field, signaling to be pinched as planned...

In the next few minutes, the Spurs began to guard against Li Ze's three-pointers, and Blair's sandwich shot gave Jeff Green a lot of chances, hitting a few open shots, and the scores of the two sides began to rise alternately.

In the second half of the second quarter, when Li Ze went to rest, the Spurs were still leading by 2 points, and the 28-year-old Tony Parker had begun to gradually enter his prime.

At halftime, 66-62, such a score was not very similar to the Spurs, and Coach Popovich did change the Spurs' style of play, starting to emphasize more offensive space and increase the projection of three-point shots.

After the start of the third quarter of the game, the Spurs still maintained their efficient outside projection, coupled with Duncan, who focused on interior defense, the score went up, while the Thunder's offense was a little unbearable, and Durant and Turtle continued to play iron.

What made Li Ze even more strange was that Durant stopped shooting after a few irons, seeing that Matt Bonner's three-point shot was still sloppy, Li Ze began to shoot three points, trying to respond, but under the opponent's targeted defense, the shooting rate was not ideal.

After more than 7 minutes of the game in the fourth quarter, the difference was still 10 points, and Coach Brooks began to replace the main lineup, and the opponent felt explosive, plus the Thunder still had back-to-back games to play tomorrow, and the coaching staff chose to admit defeat in advance...

In the end, at 119:109, the Thunder ushered in their first defeat of the season at home, the Spurs made 12 of 20 from beyond the three-point line in this game, and Matt Bonner alone shot the Thunder alive.

Li Ze made 8 of 17 shots, including 2 of 8 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 23 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 turnovers.

After the game, except for George Hill, who was defended by Li Ze 1 in 10 and was extremely depressed, everyone in the Spurs was in a good mood, and the playoffs were swept by the gentlemen, and it was impossible to have no ideas in their hearts.

Since this game is a national live broadcast of NBATV, Durant, who scored the highest score on the team after the game, was interviewed on the sidelines, and he once again got 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 turnover and 1 block in this game, and the data has nothing to say.

"Kevin, it's a pity that the Thunder couldn't maintain their winning streak tonight, for this game, where do you think the Thunder lost?"

As soon as Durant heard such a question, he immediately began to use the official cliché:

"We didn't do well offensively, but we have to give credit to the Spurs from the perimeter, they shot an astonishing 60 percent from three-point range, and any team is going to be hard to win in a situation like tonight, so I want to take off my hat to them!"

"Kevin, I noticed that in tonight's game, you shot 1 of 5 from beyond the three-point line, and the Thunder's three-point shot doesn't look stable in the new season, will you adjust your tactical play?"

Durant first tightened his heart when he heard the reporter's question, and when he heard that the other party did not compare his and Li Ze's data, he breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile:

"Every team has a bit of fluctuation in their outside projection and we're going to keep playing that way, we made it to the Western Conference Finals last season and we proved that you can get good results just as you can with outside shots, and losing just keeps us training harder!"

"Kevin, thank you for accepting my interview, I'll vote for you at the All-Star Game!"

"Cool! Thanks for your support, buddy! ”

Durant, who returned to the locker room, was talking and laughing with everyone on the surface, but the sense of urgency in his heart increased again, and he was 8 of 18 in this game, including 1 of 5 three-pointers and 9 of 9 free throws.

When the team needed a three-point shot, Durant didn't shoot with a cold hand as before, because he began to worry about his own data, and when he thought that the crazy iron might find media reporters to question, Durant gave up the three-point shot and began to desperately impact the basket...

got good data, but lost tonight's game, which made Durant a little depressed, but thinking that this was just a regular season game, he couldn't help but comfort himself:

"I'm sharing the ball! The stats in the regular season are better, and in the playoffs, I can't be compared to Kayce, I'm the star of the team..."

With the loss of the Thunder, the Spurs successfully topped the league by virtue of the relationship between victory and defeat, which surprised Amerika's media, and in the offseason, everyone was imagining the matchup between the old and new Big Three, but at the beginning of the season, the Spurs suddenly jumped out!

Such a result also made the Heat team that had promoted the entire offseason a little embarrassed, the stage was set up, but the protagonist was robbed, and there was more than one team that stole the scene, the Bulls in the East still occupy the first position in the East, who is the protagonist? It depends on the results...

The Thunder's loss tonight did not affect the turtle's good mood, and he returned home happily with the car humming a song, but before he could get a good rest, he received the agent Ted Foucher (Thad

Foucher).

"Good evening, Ted! Is there any good news for me to tell me if you call me so late? ”

The agent on the other end of the phone, Ted Foucher, was not polite when he heard Turtle's words, and immediately spoke:

"Russell, there may be some problems with our contract extension, on the one hand, the problems of the Thunder, and on the other hand, the NBA may face a shutdown next season, and the league and the players' union still haven't reached an agreement, and seriously, it's not a wise choice to talk about a contract at this point in time!"

As soon as the turtle turtle heard the question of the contract, he immediately cheered up and asked:

"We made it to the Western Conference Finals last year, and the Thunder didn't want to renew my contract with a maximum salary? The team will definitely keep the main frame, and as long as we add the big guys, we will definitely win the championship with just a little luxury tax. ”

Agent Ted Foucher had known Turtle Turtle back in his time at UCLA, so he naturally knew his employer and went straight to the point:

"Russell, I have to consider your best interests, there is no problem with the new contract extension, Kevin occupies 25% of the salary cap, even if you and Kayce are added, the three occupy 75% of the salary cap, the Thunder will definitely not hesitate to sign you."

"But the conflict between the league and the players' union is that the players want more money, and the owners think the players' wages are too high."

"It is widely expected that if the two sides can reach a settlement, the players may make some concessions on wages, but with some add-ons!"

"We're going to set aside time for these terms, the Thunder want to complete an early contract extension with you, but it's likely to hurt your interests, I won't agree to it, Russell, and now I'm going to hear what you think."

Turtle Turtle never expected that there would be these troubles, and he suddenly felt that his head was big, but after all, this was his first big contract, and after a long silence, he said:

"You have a point, my playoff performance last season deserves a max contract, the Thunder should pay for our performance, we will win the championship, Ted, I don't know about the terms of the contract, but I want to get my share!"

"I see, remember what I said, if Presti comes to you about the contract, don't show your strong intention to renew, I'll take care of these things for you! That's it, this season is very crucial, Russell, have a chance to win more honors! ”

When the turtle heard the agent's words, he immediately replied with vigor:

"Don't worry! With Kayce here, shots and assists are not a problem, and my regular season stats are definitely better than last season! I'm going to make it to the team of the season. ”

"That's it! Rest well, Russell! ”

When Nina heard that Turtle Turtle had ended the call, she immediately cared about her boyfriend and said softly:

"Russell, is there a problem with the contract? The league isn't really going to shut down, is it? It doesn't matter, even if we don't play for a year, we still have enough money to live on, and I have saved most of your salary! ”

Seeing his girlfriend Nina's concerned look, Turtle Turtle immediately replied with a smile:

"Even if there is a shutdown, it won't last long, there's no problem with the contract, you know, my stats have not been bad, the Thunder will definitely pay, don't worry about this, hurry up and bring me two chocolate donuts!"

"No! It's about to take a break, and you can't eat dessert anymore! ”

When the turtle saw that his girlfriend had returned to her usual appearance, she immediately laughed and played, and the future can only be left to time.

At the same time, when Li Ze, who returned to his home in Russia, was surfing the Internet, he saw a message about Da Yao, and the Rockets officially confirmed that Yao Ming suffered a stress fracture in his left foot and was reimbursed for the season...

On the 10th, when Da Yao was just injured, Li Ze called to greet him, and he could hear that Da Yao was still relatively optimistic about the injury situation at that time, and now he has been diagnosed with a stress fracture, which is a devastating injury for a traditional center.

After the fans of the Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean saw this news, they all fried the pot, they just played 5 games in the new season, and they were reimbursed for the season again, and the Rockets must be out of play this season.

And this injury looks serious, considering that this year is still Da Yao's contract year, such an injury is simply worse...

"Are there any brothers who are studying medicine? Come out and explain this injury, it looks very serious! ”

"This is a fracture of the force's foot, plus it is still a contract year, this situation is really hard to say, it still depends on the recovery later."

"Replace Bynum, Da Yao hurry up and come to Crouching Tiger, join forces with Volute, and the championship will definitely be soft!"

"Get out of here, get out of here, you're everywhere! Hey, the competition in the west is still too fierce, it seems that the UAE has made the right choice, it's okay to throw some three-pointers, reduce hand-to-hand combat, and it's good for career! I'm not going to make a black UAE iron-blooded jumper again..."

"It's a pity to come back after recovering from injuries next year, and I can't see Li Ze and Da Yao teaming up."

"The Rockets may have to rebuild, and they will watch the Nets and Thunder in the future, and don't say anything, the Thunder championship!"

After the media reporters and football commentators of the Celestial Empire confirmed the news, they all shouted pity, after all, Yao Ming had just broken through the first round before, and at the age of 30, he was also at the peak of a player, and it was really difficult to get injured at this time.

Then everyone thought of the Asian Championships after that, this is a competition related to Olympic qualification, and there is absolutely no room for failure, relying on the UAE and roughly the two of them alone is definitely not safe, this time it is time to recruit Li Ze, right?

But many media think of Deng Huade's current public opinion environment, this matter is really hard to say....

On November 15, the Thunder flew to Salt Lake City, where they will take on the Utah Jazz on the road, just half a month after the last meeting between the two teams, so the two sides will play this game openly.

The Energy Solutions Arena was packed tonight, and after the opening, under the leadership of the live DJ, the Jazz fans continued to cheer for the home team, and the atmosphere was particularly hot:

“Defense！ Defense！ Defense！ ”

But such a fiery atmosphere did not help Meng Xin Hayward, after desperately chasing the defense, seeing Li Ze receiving the ball on the left wing outside the three-point line again, Hayward suddenly felt a tightness in his heart, and then stared at Li Ze's movements.

After receiving the ball, Li Ze first shook and pretended to shoot, making Hayward's defensive center subconsciously move forward, and then his body swung to the right, and at the same time his right foot quickly tried to step, seeing Hayward's defense move to the right, he quickly released the ball with his left hand, and broke through with a cross step.

After three strong dribbles with his left hand and carrying away Hayward with his body, Li Ze jumped directly with both feet, ignoring Al Jefferson who was returning to defense, grabbed the ball with his left hand, and after the aerial confrontation, the tomahawk burst the dunk!

"Bang...", break through the barrier and succeed.

"Oh!!"

"Shhh

Playing away, Li Ze didn't do too much celebration, and looked relaxed and quickly returned to defense, while the Jazz fans began to erupt into huge boos, and the Thunder team started too showy, which made everyone very uncomfortable.

Al Jefferson was staggered by Li Ze, and almost hit the basketball hoop directly after landing, and then saw Hayward's innocent look, and suddenly became angry:

"Hey! Rookie, you can't let Li break through easily, you have to do a good job of outside defense! ”

"I'll try..."

Hayward, who was in a loss, could only whisper, but when he thought of the confrontation between himself and Li Ze, he was depressed to death, his speed, strength, and all were at a disadvantage, and he could only say that he really couldn't prevent it.

In the next few minutes, Hayward really wanted to walk straight back to the bench, and Li Ze began to frequently receive the ball with his back in the waist position, and only used one move after receiving the ball.

The left foot was stuck in the center of Hayward's legs, and then Li Ze released the ball with his right hand, and after hitting it, he quickly rolled over and threw a jumper.

"Huh...", he sighed and hit the two-point shot steadily.

After Li Ze played three rounds in a row, the old coach Sloan finally couldn't help but ask for a timeout, and at this time, the audience was also beaten out of power by Li Ze, and the enthusiastic shouts gradually disappeared.

Seeing that Hayward, who had returned to the bench, kept his head down, Coach Sloan didn't have much to say.

"Millsap, pay attention to the help defense against Lee below the free throw line, Hayward, just like we laid out before the game, don't let Lee easily receive the ball in the low post, your task in this game is to defend well."

When Hayward heard that Coach Sloan did not blame him, but chose to continue to let him play, he immediately said with some excitement:

"I'm going to do a good job defensively, Coach!"

After the timeout, the Jazz attacked, and Hayward, who was holding back his belly, faced Li Ze's defense and chose to respond, after receiving the ball outside the three-point line, he first shook it, and then accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand.

Hayward had already used all his strength to eat at this time, hoping that he could break through the defense quickly, but after just two dribbles, he felt that the defensive intensity on his side suddenly increased, and after the physical confrontation, the rhythm of the dribble was completely destroyed.

Before Hayward could react further, the ball in his left hand was also fired, and after seeing Li Ze's successful steal, Hayward subconsciously pounced, wanting to use a foul to stop the fast attack.

But perhaps because of the sweat on the floor, Hayward's feet moved, and he lay on the ground, watching Li Ze rush through the half, with only one thought in his heart:

"Why me again? Destroy..."

Although Li Ze was a little strange that the opponent did not use tactical fouls, he would not give up this opportunity, he accelerated with the ball in his right hand and went all out, 1 to 0 in the front court, the free throw line had just passed a step, took off from a long distance, and came to a 360-degree turn and dunk extremely stretched!

"Shhhhh

Obviously, such a fancy dunk action caused the audience to be very dissatisfied, and Jazz fans began to boo Li Ze...

But the false voice could not prevent Li Ze from scoring, 6 of 6 in a single quarter, easily scored 12 points, 35:26, with Li Ze's excellent play, the Thunder team led by 9 points in the first quarter.

During the intermission, Turtle Turtle was a little depressed, and tonight's game, Deron Williams started desperately, which made him consume a lot on the defensive end, and also caused him to feel poor on the offensive end, opening with a 4-of-1...

Coach Brooks is very happy with the team's performance, back-to-back games, and a good shooting percentage, and victory beckons him!

"Change the defensive formation, use 23 defenses directly in the second quarter, Korver is not in the squad, the Jazz should be in a short rotation tonight, let go of Kirilenko's outside line, we protect the basket!"

The Jazz and the Thunder both belong to the Northwest Division, the two teams play each other frequently, the Jazz don't want to be killed by the Thunder at the beginning of the season, without the pressure of back-to-back schedules, the old coach Sloan directly used a short rotation, only replaced the new Hayward, replaced CJ Myers, and the main force continued.

It's just that Li Ze, who played to the No. 1 position, can be regarded as a strong defender with the ball, and Deron Williams may be able to take advantage of the turtle, but in the face of Li Ze's defense, he is directly dumb, and his height, weight, speed, and strength are completely crushed...

In the second quarter, the first offense, the continuous change of direction in front of the body could not get rid of Li Ze's defense, seeing that the offensive time was running out, he went straight to the basket against Li Ze's defense, and his left hand was helpless to shoot.

"Bang...", he was angry.

The rebound was protected by Ibaka, and a pass found Li Ze, and the Thunder quickly launched a transition offense, quickly rushing across the halfcourt, and CJ Myers immediately came up to delay Li Ze's offense.

Li Ze glanced at the Jazz's defensive position, and noticed that CJ Myers was very close, and his right hand suddenly in

and

out, then dribble behind the back, open up some space, twist the body, change the direction of the left hand under the crotch very quickly, the center of gravity of the body is low, and the right hand holds the ball to accelerate with all its might.

This set of slow and fast shaking made CJ Myers lose half of his body in an instant, sliding desperately, and at the same time forcefully confronting Li Ze's body on his side, but Li Ze suddenly pulled back from his crotch, and then took a deft step back, instantly returning to the three-point line.

Noticed CJ Myers getting a big split by him... After Li Ze adjusted, he made an easy jump shot.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"Oh!!"

“... Shh

Seeing Li Ze's performance, the Jazz fans couldn't lift their spirits, they were beaten out of temper, they could only exclaim, looking for a sense of existence, and the home commentator on the sidelines couldn't move, they really couldn't prevent it at all, the Jazz team lacked a defender who could match Li Ze.

Li Ze, who quickly retreated, smiled slightly, and after his core strength was improved, this kind of step-back jump shot became more and more relaxed.

Coupled with a lot of silver badge shooting stability bonuses, as long as you shake off the defense, the shooting rate is almost close to 5 percent, and the offensive method of three-point shooting is very cost-effective!

The rest of the game was the same as the last time, with Durant successfully hitting hard in the third quarter, and the Thunder once again made another wave to easily win the game.

It's just that when the game was officially suspended in the fourth quarter, Deron Williams seemed to have a couple of words with the old coach Sloan, which also made everyone who watched the Thunder shout incredible.

"This guy is crazy, isn't he? He even talked back to the head coach, and it was Sloane! Meritorious coach of the Jazz! ”

The game was depressed, only scoring 20 points, and the turtle who returned to the bench couldn't help but whisper.

"Maybe there's something going on inside the Jazz and management is definitely on Sloan's side."

The memory of the future is a little unclear, but in general, Li Ze still knows that something should happen to the Jazz this season.

"Leave that alone, guys, I need help with garbage time!"

When Li Ze heard Jeff Green's words, he shook his head helplessly, this is a player in the contract year...

The rest of the time was quickly over, and in the end, 115:104, the Thunder team successfully won back-to-back games, and Li Ze once again efficiently cut 26 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 turnover and 2 steals in this game.

Li Ze's happiness is, of course, built on the new Hayward, who got 4 points, 2 assists and 2 turnovers tonight... This also led to Li Ze not seeing the other party at all after the game.

Durant nodded with satisfaction when he saw his technical statistics after the game, 9 of 18, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, 26 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, 5 percent shooting rate, no turnovers, such a performance must not be black!

On November 17th, the Thunder team who returned to Russia for a simple day of rest will face the Houston Rockets at home tonight, and after the season was reimbursed by Da Yao, the Rockets began to lose in a row, and currently only have a 3-7 record.

Coach Adelman also has a hunch that perhaps this is his last season in charge of the Rockets, and the Rockets added Courtney Lee on the outside in the offseason, and also traded Jordan Hill and Brad Miller on the inside, which seems to be good, but there is no chemistry between the players.

In this game, except for Scola who performed bravely, with 26 points and 8 rebounds, the other players were all piecemeal, and the game showed a one-sided situation early.

In the end, 99:116, the Thunder easily defeated the opponent at home, and Li Ze also punched in the third quarter again, scoring 22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.

The day after tomorrow, the Thunder will fly to Boston to challenge the Celtics away, and this game is still broadcast live in the United States, and the Thunder are considered to be rubbing the game.

TNT has started to warm up for this game after the last Celtic loss, and the revenge battle, this gimmick, is deeply loved by Amerika fans!

Li Ze didn't pay much attention to the mouth cannon before the game, and went to bed early after going home at night, because after playing the Celtics, followed by the game with the Bucks, he had to adjust his physical condition for the back-to-back games later.

In the dream training space, Li Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the upgraded badge: "Long-distance take-off and dunk are still effective!" ”

Achievement Badge [Infinite Takeoff]: 3/500

Increases the success rate of a player starting a dunk or layup from a longer take-off distance, and recovers a little stamina after a successful finish.

Li Ze saw the newly added attributes, and then thought of the effect of [Buckle Master], and couldn't help but look strange:

"Is this what is called a blood-returning badge? Is this encouraging me to dunk more..."

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