Chapter 194: Business is Business (8800 Words Chapter)

On December 21, the Thunder had a back-to-back road trip, and by this time everyone had already left for Charlotte, and the general manager Presti, who had been in the city, was worried about a trade.

Throughout December, a number of teams have already started to act, and on the 15th, the Rockets, Nets, and Lakers made a three-way trade.

The Lakers sent Vujacic and a 2011 first-round pick, and Joe Smith, a 2011 second-round pick, and a 2012 second-round pick from the Nets.

As the imaginary enemy of the Thunder, the Lakers' movements have always attracted the attention of everyone on the Thunder team, but after seeing this three-way deal, Presti immediately realized that the Lakers wanted to save money...

Thinking of the Lakers' 90 million+ salary, Presti just picked up the lemon, the other party is to save money by paying less luxury tax, while the Thunder team doesn't want to spend a penny more at the moment.

This season is the last year of Durant's child labor contract, and the salary is 6053663 US Knife, Turtle Turtle's salary is 4017720 US Knife, and Li Ze's salary is 4304520 US Knife.

The trio's cheap contract can be enjoyed for up to two years, and Durant's big contract will take effect next year, and then it will be the turtle's contract, and when Li Ze also signs the maximum salary, the Thunder's salary space will completely explode.

As the general manager of the team, when the team did not plan to pay more luxury tax, Pres carefully calculated for several days, only to find that this job could not be done at all!

The general manager has to set aside the corresponding salary space at the beginning of each season, but after thinking about it, as long as Li Ze's maximum salary contract is also signed, the operability of the Thunder team will be almost gone, and then they can only follow the example of the Heat and sign some free agents to make up for it...

Coupled with the fact that Turtle's agent Ted has been negotiating with the team recently, Presti has become more and more depressed, and the other party has accepted an early contract extension, but it must include additional terms.

Agents are not stupid for the new collective bargaining agreement, Ted has always thought that Turtle Turtle will definitely become an All-Star player, and of course his clients will get a maximum salary, not a penny less! As a result, Ted has been unusually resolute in recent negotiations and has not given Presti a chance to play the emotional card at all.

"The Thunder reached the Western Conference Finals last season and may win the championship this season, isn't Russell, as an offensive and defensive point guard, worth the salary cap? Renewing his contract early allows Russell to play with peace of mind. ”

As soon as Presti thought of the words of his agent Ted, he was a little speechless in his heart, of course he knew the importance of the turtle, so after talking for half a month, the two sides had initially reached an intention to renew the contract in advance, and the management of the Thunder team also accepted the turtle to get the maximum salary contract.

However, then the management gave Presti another problem, if Li Ze was signed later, the team did not want to pay too much luxury tax, Jeff Green could consider trading away, and at the same time, he also had to leave salary space for Ibaka.

Fortunately, veteran Collison has agreed to re-sign a contract with the team after ending this year's big contract of 13 million, which makes Presti breathe a sigh of relief, the locker room cannot be without a veteran, Collison can understand the team, and it really helped him a lot.

It's just that after Presti told the team's plan to Coach Brooks, he was met with serious opposition from the other side, and Brooks coach believed that the Thunder needed offensive space, and no one could replace Jeff Green's role.

The two almost had a big argument over it, but in the end, Presti was convinced, and he told Coach Brooks about the team's long-term plans.

The Thunder will guarantee that all three of them will get a starting salary contract of 25% of the salary cap, and guarantee to sign Ibaka and Soflosa, under the condition that the main framework remains unchanged, this lineup will remain until the end of the trio's next 5-year contract, which is the final bottom line of the Thunder.

You can pay the luxury tax, but like the Lakers, the salary has come to 90 million+, and there is a huge luxury tax, and the Thunder management will never allow it, after all, the team is only self-financed, and it has not yet reached the point of making money, and the broadcast contract has not yet been settled!

Thinking of the recent troubles, General Manager Presti is also a little bored, if he can, he doesn't want to trade Jeff Green, but for the development of the team, some things have to be done, looking at the phone in his hand, Presti silently thought:

"I can only ventilate the agent's side first, I hope it won't affect the player's competitive state..."

On the 21st, the Thunder arrived in Charlotte in the afternoon, and Li Ze had become extremely salty since he got on the plane, and he was too tired mentally... On the last day of the blonde sister in the city, in addition to the early Christmas dinner, she had a really overdone night and almost broke her waist directly!

The atmosphere in the locker room of the Thunder team has not been very good recently, after all, the main players are all newcomers, and this kind of uncontrolled trade has really affected everyone's mood, and Jeff Green has not been in a good mood.

In fact, the agent has already analyzed him, but Jeff Green is used to life in Russia, he also likes the atmosphere in the Thunder's locker room, and the most important thing is that he still gets 10+ shots per game when the trio has a lot of balls.

No matter how he feels in every game, as long as there is an open opportunity, the three will pass the ball to him, which makes Jeff Green feel very comfortable, can win, have data, as long as he signs a good contract, he is completely satisfied, but unfortunately, it seems that the Thunder do not have this will...

"Hey, Bro, don't think about it so much, when we get to New York tomorrow, after the game, we can have a good time, and leave the contract problem to the agent, all we have to do now is to enjoy the victory and enjoy life!"

Durant naturally knows that his die-hard supporters may be traded away by the team, but there is really nothing he can do about such a thing, and his agent Kleiman has long warned him not to meddle in the team's affairs, so the only thing he can do is to throw more money and make his good brother happy.

"Thanks, Kevin, don't worry, I'm mentally prepared, anyway, I'm going to play everywhere to make money, I'll adjust my condition."

Although reluctant to leave the team, Jeff Green also understands that business is business.

"After this back-to-back game, we're going to have a Christmas game, be happy, Bro, all the fans are going to watch us on Christmas Day, it's so cool!"

Jeff Green heard the turtle mention the Christmas game, and immediately came to the spirit, which is also the highlight of the NBA every year, and it is an honor for the players to be able to play the Christmas game.

"I just don't know if Carmelo Anthony will be able to return from injury by then, and the Nuggets won't have Anthony at that time, maybe the game will be one-sided."

Of course, Li Ze also wants to play a good Christmas game, but the excitement of the game sometimes depends on the opponent, and at present, the Nuggets team with injuries is a little inadequate.

"Haha, don't let the media reporters hear such things, otherwise they will definitely exaggerate the report again."

"Yes, what Kayce said in an interview in the last game was obviously very simple, but the media said that such remarks were satirical to LeBron James, but the fans believed it after reading the report."

When Li Ze heard his teammates talk about the report of the NBATV post-game interview, he didn't care too much about it, just hyping up the traffic, not to mention that what he said was the truth, James can be yin and yang, then he can naturally fight back:

"You couldn't win the All-Star MVP last year, and this year it's okay, does this guy really think he's the King?"

...

The Charlotte Bobcats traded Alexis Akinsa and Tyson Chandler to the Dallas Mavericks this offseason in exchange for Matt Carroll, Eric Dampier, Eduardo Nahla and some cash.

The deal was made possible because the team wanted to save money, Tyson Chandler's contract was always a burden, and for the Bobcats, who didn't want to pay the luxury tax, saving money was the number one priority.

Boss Qiao's draft vision is not good, but he also has a small abacus in his heart, anyway, there are no results, why spend more money? Even if you don't pay the luxury tax, the market value of the team is slowly rising, and you can make money lying down, so why bother with those playoff teams...

This season's Bobcats, led by veteran coach Larry Brown, have a 9-18 record so far, and the team's achievement has also made Boss Joe determined to spend money? Dream on!

As for why the team's results suddenly collapsed, it is also related to the injury of Gerard Wallace, since he was elbowed by Bynum in January last year, the tough guy Wallace has not been able to recover to his best physical condition although he returned to the fire line after 20 days.

That elbow hurt his lungs, and since then Elvis Wallace's competitive state has slowly declined, and soon after the start of the new season, he was plagued by injuries again.

The attendance of the Time Warner Center Arena tonight is average, the team's results are stretched, the star of the house is unable to play, and the Thunder team is encountered, and there is a high probability that this game will be lost again, so many fans choose to watch the game at home, and they are behind and change the channel directly...

The Bobcats' backcourt DJ Augustin and Matt Carroll were defenced by the Turtles and Li Ze after the opening game, and as for why they didn't choose to defend together, because the Bobcats' interior Chris Dior and Kwame Brown were not aggressive enough.

After playing more than 4 minutes in the opening game, except for Dior who used his big ass to successfully beat Jeff Green under the basket once, the Bobcats failed to score three times in a row after that, and Kwame Brown's butter hand may have improved, but the finishing ability is really urgent.

Stephen Jackson broke through to Kwame Brown, who received the ball, faced Kostic's defense, carried it with his body in the three-second zone, and then threw it directly with his right hand.

"Bang...", another iron.

After Jeff Green protected the rebound, he quickly gave the ball to the turtle, and the Thunder launched a transition offense again, Li Ze and Durant also accelerated wildly, noticing that DJ Augustin wanted to delay early, and the turtle quickly threw the ball into Li Ze's hands.

In the rapid march, he observed the defensive position of the Bobcats' retreating personnel, sent a precise ground pass directly with his left hand, the ball passed between the two, and when Durant received the ball, he rushed up directly in three steps, ignoring Matt Carroll on his side, and after jumping high, he burst with one arm with full power!

"Bang..."

After scoring this goal, the score of the two sides came to 15:7, obviously such a fast-paced offense and defense, so that the Bobcats were a little uncomfortable, the old coach Larry Brown frowned on the sidelines, and when he looked at the bench, he shook his head helplessly, there was really no one!

Gerard Wallace, like the crowd, still didn't react when he saw the team behind, the audience was used to losing, while Wallace felt a little sad, his agent had informed him that he was ready to be traded by the team.

The Bobcats quickly drove the baseline ball, Stephen Jackson saw that the point difference was going to be widened, and when DJ Augustin just dribbled past half court, he immediately asked for the ball on the right wing outside the three-point line, and in the face of Durant's defense, he accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand.

After dribbling to the waist position, he resisted Durant's block and made a mid-range pull-up jump shot.

"Bang...", he was angry.

The long rebound ball was directly accepted by Li Ze, and then quickly launched a conversion attack, and DJ Augustin on the outside line returned to the defense as soon as possible, wanting to give Li Ze a physical confrontation on his side, but the small guard of 183 is really limited.

After Li Ze quickly burst into the paint area with the ball, his left shoulder hit the opponent, then adjusted his footsteps, took off directly, and in the exclamation of the audience in the front row, he made a strong reflexive dunk!

"Bang...", the conversion was slammed into the hand.

Seeing DJ Augustine rubbing his chest and looking at him depressedly one day, Li Ze immediately comforted him in a friendly voice:

"Next time you encounter this situation, you still choose to watch me dunk, oh! Coach Larry Brown looks angry! ”

“...!”

DJ Augustin heard Li Ze's words, subconsciously looked at the head coach on the sidelines, and saw the coach staring at him with a serious face, people were directly numb, of course he knew that the coach didn't like new players, and he felt that the future in the Bobcats team was not bright...

In the next few minutes, the Bobcats were able to score some goals inside, with Dior and Kwame Brown scoring back-to-back points for the Bobcats, but the margin was still not narrow, and the Thunder were always able to score in response with ease.

Coupled with the occasional quick comeback, by the end of the first quarter, the Thunder had a nine-point lead in the first quarter at 32:23.

During the intermission, the atmosphere at the scene was also tepid, the audience watched the game, and Li Ze, who was sitting on the bench, suddenly thought of the future development of the Bobcats, and couldn't help but admire Boss Qiao's draft vision even more, really not a superstar can be selected.

With a poor start to the season and a period of turmoil for the team, the Bobcats' main players were tepid, but the substitutes who rotated in the second quarter were full of energy.

Shaun Livingston, who joined the Bobcats as a free agent in the offseason, played very hard after he came on the court, and this is also an old acquaintance of Li Ze, although the other party did not like to participate in team activities last year and has been plagued by injuries, but the relationship between the two is okay.

Li Ze is also very familiar with the opponent's technical characteristics, attacking for the first time in the second quarter, dribbling the ball directly to Sofrosa on the right wing of the three-point line after dribbling through the half, and then directly asking for the ball with his back at the right elbow of the free throw line.

After receiving the ball, he quickly turned around, attacked with his face frame, and made a quick tentative step with his left foot, which made Livingston's defensive center of gravity subconsciously move back, and then Li Ze made a realistic false feint, Livingston subconsciously pounced, and then immediately felt bad in his heart.

The moment he shook off the defense, Li Ze lowered the center of gravity of his body, quickly released the ball with his right hand, accelerated with all his might, broke through the cross-step dribble, and after three strong dribbles, he came directly to the basket, ignoring Tyrus Thomas's jump block, after jumping with both feet, he stretched his body in the air, and smashed the dunk with one arm with his right hand!

"Boom..."The ball was smashed directly into the basket by Li Ze.

Tyrus Thomas stumbled after landing and almost fell to his knees, at which time the fans at the scene finally reacted, and a faint cheer rang out:

"Oh! That's cool! ”

“......”

Livingston shook his head with a wry smile, and then immediately raised his hand with his teammates, indicating that this ball was his problem, and after the defensive alignment, he thoroughly understood that the strength of the two was not at the same level at all, and Li Ze had already crushed him physically.

In the next few rounds, it almost became Li Ze's personal singles show, and the Thunder's style of play was unusually simple, after halftime, a pistol tactic first, and if there was no opportunity, Li Ze quickly gave the ball to the outside to land Jeff Green or Soflosa.

No matter who the Bobcats defend, Li Ze asked for the ball with his back at the two elbows of the free throw line, and this time he was replaced by the cute new Derek Brown of the same class as Li Ze to defend, the second-round pick also has the height of 201, and the weight is almost the same as Li Ze, at this time he is firmly staring at Li Ze's movements.

Noticing that the opponent's defensive feet were standing in parallel positions, Li Ze's shoulders shook in confusion after receiving the ball, and then quickly lowered his body center of gravity and easily brushed the defense, and Derrick Brown hurriedly chased after the defense.

Li Ze's dribbling power at this time is very strong, and after two dribbles, he directly exerts force with his feet, and without waiting for Derrick Brown to react, he drifts to the right and throws backwards and jumpers.

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

Derrick Brown looked at Li Ze with a confused face at this time, this is the third time he has defended Li Ze, but he still can't limit the opponent, and all three backward jumpers are scored, how to defend this?

"Oh! Lee is destroying our team with Michael Jordan's technical moves, the lads should step up, I don't want to see him score easily next time! ”

After enduring 4 rounds, the Bobcats' home commentator finally broke out completely and began to complain about the performance of the players, it was really painful to watch you play!

In the next few minutes, the Bobcats finally began to pack Li Ze, and Li Ze was not reluctant to attack, what he wanted was this effect, as long as the package was clamped, his teammates would inevitably have opportunities, and then they began to send assists frequently.

After a 10-2 run at the start of the second quarter, the Bobcats basically ran out of temper, 64:48, and the Thunder had a 16-point lead at halftime.

Li Ze was 7 of 8 and easily scored 14 points at halftime, and he had only one thought in his mind at this time:

"The referee has really started to strictly enforce the No Hand Check rules! There is little interference with the catch on the line. ”

Due to the back-to-back games tomorrow, the head coach of Brooks has also begun to increase the rotation of players, and in the case of a large lead, Daquin Cook and DJ White have also been given the opportunity to play, and the two have also played extremely hard after coming on the court.

The team may be about to make a trade, and the role players don't actually want to leave the Thunder, after all, the team's locker room is full of young people, and there is no need to talk about seniority, although Durant and Li Ze sometimes compete for the right to speak in the locker room, but the team's ball distribution has been doing a good job.

"Do you think we're going to be traded? I really don't want to leave the Thunder. ”

On the bench, Byron Mullens whispered to the budding newcomer Cole Aldridge next to him, saying that Byron was also sent to the Development League by the team in November, so he was very worried about the upcoming trade that would be sent away by the team.

And after hearing the inquiry, the new Cole Aldridge whispered a heart-piercing truth:

"I don't think we have much trading value, we should probably stay!"

“......”

The rest of the game went on quickly, and in the end, at 118:92, the Thunder defeated the Hornets on the road and continued their winning streak, Li Ze once again scored a game-high 28 points, Durant scored 27 points, Turtle Turtle scored 24 points, and the trio combined for 79 points again.

...

On December 22, after a brief retouch, the Thunder came to New York non-stop, but fortunately won the last game easily, and their physical fitness was not affected too much.

After coming to the hotel, after a simple lunch, Durant complained to Li Ze beside him while scrolling Twitter:

"LeBron James got a triple-double of 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists on 14-of-22 shooting in Madison Square Garden a few days ago.

"Because the Heat are winning all the time, many media reporters and commentators have changed their attitude at the beginning of the season, believe me, if the Heat win the championship, James's reputation will be directly reversed, and criticism will immediately turn into praise."

The future memory in Li Ze's mind tells him that the championship can change a lot of things, and the data can change a lot of things, after all, many years later, only these two things can impress the fans.

"There's only one championship, I don't want to give it to anyone else, I want both the championship and the stats."

When Li Ze heard the turtle's words, the turtle turtle who devalued the three pairs in the future suddenly appeared in his mind, and the turtle and turtle were the first person in terms of the data of the three pairs...

The New York Knicks made a big move in the offseason when they sent away their All-Star power forward David Lee and then traded Stoudemire from the Suns.

Coupled with the addition of Kalena Azubuke, Anthony Randolph, and Ronnie Turyaf from the Warriors, the Knicks' roster has been greatly improved from last season

At present, head coach Mike D'Antoni leads the Knicks to a 16-12 record and is in sixth place in the East, which makes many Knicks fans happy, and the playoffs are already beckoning to them.

Madison Square Garden, directly full tonight, Knicks tickets are never sold, plus tonight is another game against the Thunder, many Knicks fans have long wanted to watch Li Ze play on the spot, and the last time he missed Li Ze to break the ancient record, it has made Knicks fans regret it.

And tonight's game is still TNT's national live broadcast, which is also the advantage of big cities, even if the results are bad, the number of national live broadcasts will not be too small.

Before the game, guests Reggie Miller, Steve Cole and commentator Kevin Harlan also chatted about the recent situation of the two teams on the live TNT broadcast booth.

"Seriously, I still don't really like coming to Madison Square Garden to talk about the game, after all these years, the fans here still don't welcome me, and I really want to see Kayce beat the Knicks and shut up the arrogant fans by the way!"

Although you should be impartial and objective as a guest commentator, it is acceptable to work once in a while, and many fans in the stadium are frantically raising the middle finger behind Reggie Miller's back, so this is a simple counterattack.

"Haha, I'm really enjoying playing here, the Knicks are in good shape this season, head coach D'Antoni is incorporating his coaching philosophy into this team, and he's really good at using Stoudemire, and tonight is a test for the Thunder's interior line."

As the former general manager of the Suns, Steve Kerr has also been greatly influenced by D'Antoni, and although the Suns who can only attack gorgeously are lonely, their tactical play has begun to spread in the league.

Commentator Kevin Harlan got the director's prompt and immediately picked up the conversation:

"The Heat played a classic game here not long ago, LeBron James was even more efficient to cut a triple-double, and I expect the Thunder boys to play well as well, both teams are in the regular rotation, and the game is about to start!"

The Thunder didn't pay much attention to this game before the game, after all, they are currently 26-3 and ranked first in the league, who is the Knicks? The only imaginary opponents for the Thunder are the Lakers and the Heat.

However, after more than 6 minutes of the first quarter, the Knicks taught the Thunder a lesson.

After Stoudemire's continuous strong attack on the inside, the Thunder's defense became a two-to-three defense, and the Knicks' offense was still Felton's simple blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Stoudemire on the line.

After dismantling, Stoudemire received Felton's ground-hitting pass and slammed it directly to the inside, Kostic's defense hurriedly followed, and Durant noticed that Stodmir wanted to turn to the line, and immediately contracted the bag, trying to force the opponent to turn to the baseline.

But Stoudemire's choice was smarter, seeing Durant's defense move, he threw the ball directly into the hands of Wilson Chandler from outside the three-point line, who received the ball without hesitation and made an open three-point jumper.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"The Thunder paid the price for their shrinking defense, the Knicks played very simple tactics, but the effect was very good, which is somewhat similar to the Suns' style of play, D'Antoni is very good at adjusting the guard, and Felton is organizing the team's offense very well at the moment!"

Steve Kerr saw the Knicks play the tactics that the Suns used to play, and immediately sighed with some nostalgia.

The Thunder quickly sent out the baseline ball, and after half court, Mr. Turtle and Li Ze made a hand-to-hand exchange on the line, using Kostic's block, Li Ze accelerated the breakthrough with his right hand at the top of the arc, and noticed that Wilson Chandler on the right wing quickly contracted, and Li Ze immediately gave the ball to Durant on the wing.

After receiving the ball, Durant seized the gap in the defensive rotation and made an open three-point jumper.

"Bang...", striking iron again.

After striking iron, the corners of Durant's mouth twitched, and he complained about James before the game, and as a result, he hit the iron like crazy in the game... The Thunder quickly retreated, but the Knicks' transition offense was simple and rough, and Felton rushed across the halfcourt, quickly passed the ball to Gallinari outside the three-point line, and converted the three-point shot directly.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"Roar!"

The Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden are shouting with excitement, and the number one in the league is nothing more than that, shoot you guys! Spike Lee, a die-hard Knicks fan, also stood up and raised his hands at this time when he saw the team scoring a goal, signaling that the atmosphere at the scene was a little more high.

In the next round, after Li Ze's mid-range iron was also hit, Spike Lee, who was wearing a Knicks jersey, laughed and shouted at Li Ze:

"Hey! Brat! No. 1 on the list of MVP candidates? All in the record? Beating the Nets next door isn't a big deal, it's the real New York! ”

"The real New York is going to be destroyed!"

Li Ze responded to the other party with a calm expression, and then immediately quickly retreated, when you are a nobody, a rookie, these so-called star audiences on the sidelines will not pay attention to you, last year, the Thunder team came to New York to play, but they did not enjoy such treatment.

The Thunder's offensive efficiency was not bad, but the Knicks' outside shooting exploded, and at the end of the first quarter, at 24:36, the Knicks played a crazy offensive performance.

During the intermission, while his teammates had just sat down, Li Ze said directly and loudly:

"It's just 12 points, even if we don't feel good, we can win the game with defense, continue to speed up the pace of the game, we must beat them tonight!"

"That's right! The arrogant Knicks fans must be silenced! Last year they weren't in a position to trash talk to us! ”

The turtle turtle also responded to Li Ze immediately, the Thunder team's performance in the first quarter of the game was actually quite normal, and the turtle turtle did not enter the sewer, but the opponent was too accurate.

Coach Brooks noticed that the players were re-energized, and only the interior players were replaced in the second quarter, and the trio continued to play, anyway, after this game, there will be two days of rest, and there will be no fitness problems.

In the second quarter, the Thunder took the lead in attacking, and after the turtle dribbled through the half, he directly gave the ball to Li Ze in the elbow area on the left side of the free throw line.

After receiving the ball, Li Ze accelerated the speed of his own handling of the ball, lowered the center of gravity of his body, and after a quick tentative step with his left foot, he directly crossed the dribble and broke through, successfully jamming his position.

After a vigorous dribble with his right hand, he suddenly pulled the ball sharply, shook his shoulders at the same time, and then quickly pulled the ball back, twisted his body, and threw his hand backwards.

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

From receiving the ball to shooting, the offense was completed in 5 seconds, and Landry Fields was shaken to watch Li Ze shoot.

The cheers of the Knicks fans at the scene were a little quieter, and everyone faintly felt that something was wrong, and when the Knicks attacked, Tony Douglas, who came off the bench, had just dribbled past half of the court and was immediately defended by the turtle.

Turyaf blocked the line and was also squeezed by the turtle agilely, and Douglas, who was forced to dribble with a weak side hand, subconsciously passed the ball to Landry Fields, who was on the outside.

After the latter got the ball, he just wanted to make a triple threat, but Li Ze, who was close to the defense, saw the opportunity and snatched the ball away from the opponent's arms, and Landry Fields was even more dragged by Li Ze.

Without waiting for the Knicks to react, Li Ze had already rushed through the halfcourt, just one step past the free throw line, and took off directly, with a very stretched windmill dunk!

"Oh!"

The audience in the front row subconsciously let out an exclamation, but Li Ze, who was successful in dunking, quickly returned to the defense with an expressionless face, and the big guy pretended to be X to be more ruthless...

After returning to halftime, Li Zeli applauded his teammates and signaled everyone to continue to defend, at this time the difference had reached 8 points, and the second quarter of the game had just been played for less than a minute.

Coach D'Antoni on the sidelines wanted to ask for a timeout immediately, but hesitated and felt that he should watch two more rounds, but after seeing Turiaf block and go down, he was directly overturned by Ibaka's hat, and Coach D'Antoni immediately regretted it...

The Thunder team switched offense at this time and played quickly, and after receiving the ball, the turtle changed to Douglas who quickly shook off the defense, and then immediately passed the ball to Li Ze.

Noticing that Landry Fields came up on the defensive, Li Ze made a fancy turn with his left hand, easily dodged the defense, accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, and simply went in and out in the middle of the march, and then shook Wilson Chandler again with a large forward change of direction.

Seeing that Durant had passed the free throw line, Li Ze immediately sent a precise long pass, the ball arrived, and Durant, who received the ball with both hands in the air, paused slightly, and then quickly rounded the ball and caught the big windmill in the air!

"Boom..."

"Wow! The Thunder's wonderful space cooperation, after continuous passes, Kayce sent a wonderful pass, and KD dunked successfully! This can definitely be selected as one of the top 10 balls of the day! ”

The Thunder's quick transition offense slowed commentator Kevin Harlan by half a beat, and at this time, Madison Square Garden booed everywhere, and Knicks fans already felt that the situation was not good, and it was only a few minutes...

Durant was still yelling under the basket, and Li Ze chuckled at Spike Lee on the sidelines, and then said with a smile:

"Man! There are still three quarters to go, so let's look forward to what happens next! ”

“......”