Chapter 207: Outrageous Hit Rate (10,000 Words Chapter)
As the trade deadline approaches, whether it's a championship to bolster the roster or a bad relegation to save money for the team, teams are starting to operate frequently as the All-Star Game approaches.
On the afternoon of February 4, after a brief catch up with Nash, Li Ze followed the Thunder for pre-game recovery training, considering that Jeff Green and Kostic on the team are both likely to be traded by Presley, and there has been no gossip trade information in the locker room.
However, through surfing the Internet in the past few days, Li Ze still noticed a few transactions that made him quite concerned:
For example, the Dallas Mavericks signed Peja Stojakovic as a free agent, and the Pacers hired Frank Vogel as head coach.
Seeing these two pieces of information, Li Ze has a feeling of witnessing history, the Mavericks are about to become a complete body, and the Pacers coached by Vogel will gradually develop into a stumbling block on the Heat's road to the championship.
As a good business league, the NBA league can sometimes seem unkind, and after Stoudemire left the Suns, various data experts predicted the Suns' decline long before the start of the season, and in the face of such a situation, the NBA league chose to directly reduce the Suns' national live broadcast.
Veteran feelings? Non-existent, poor results, no star players, not worthy of attention, the league needs to use limited resources to develop more potential teams.
So tonight's game, the national live broadcast is gone, but fortunately, the Suns fans at the scene are still enthusiastic, and every time the Suns complete an offense, there will be huge cheers on the scene, especially after Vince Carter completes the offense twice in a row, it is the front row of the audience who shouts excitedly.
The 34-year-old Carter's physical condition has begun to gradually decline, and he is still barely the tail of his peak, playing more than three minutes in the first quarter, the Suns' offense is smooth, but the Thunder's offense is also unstoppable.
Carter defended Li Ze in this game, facing the veteran, Li Ze did not have the slightest polite plan, with a cover from Kostic, Li Ze quickly bounced out, and easily came to the left wing outside the three-point line.
After receiving the pass from the turtle, Li Ze directly lowered the center of gravity of his body, accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, and Carter, who had just rotated in place, hurriedly slid backwards, and as a result, he saw Li Ze pull back with a large crotch.
The left hand paused slightly, and when Carter's defensive center of gravity moved forward again, Li Ze adjusted his footsteps, shook his body at the same time, pretended to break through with the ball in his left hand, and then quickly changed direction in front of his body, with his eye movements, a simple misleading change of direction, completely shook off Carter's defense.
Carter was slightly stunned, and Li Ze had already completed the ball at this time, and he shot at the mid-range emergency stop:
The two-pointer was easily scored.
After receiving the ball, he shook twice and completed the goal, this is Li Ze's offensive efficiency when the line does not use pressure defense, and the golden [Difficult Shooting King] + [Hot Zone Hunter] badge bonus effect is too obvious!
In the middle distance, once there is no defensive pressure, Li Ze even feels that even if he throws a blind chicken, he can have a 5% shooting rate.
In addition, by adjusting the offensive rhythm by dribbling, the golden [rhythm shooter] can also participate in the combination bonus, so at present, this simple dribble and complete the shot are Li Ze's most efficient offensive methods, follow the feeling of the body, and the shot is over!
Watching Li Ze score again, Carter felt a little helpless, with the increase of age and injuries, the defensive experience is indeed enough, but the body's reaction speed really can't keep up, especially Li Ze's fast and slow shaking, which completely relies on the explosive power of the body to stop and start, which is too difficult to prevent...
The Suns fans at the scene were also a little numb, after the opening Li Ze and Durant's offense never missed, simply covering and receiving the ball, and then completing the shot, swishing in, it looks good when you get used to it.
Quickly sent out the baseline ball, Nash dribbled across the halfcourt, the Suns' offensive rhythm was not fast, and after Channing Frye completed a block in the left elbow area of the free throw line, he quickly gave the ball to Channing Frye, who was on the outside, and in the face of the block, the Thunder directly switched defenses, and the turtle guarded in front of Channing Frye.
There was no three-point opportunity, and Carter, who was on the right wing, hurriedly moved to the top of the arc, wanting to go directly to make a hand-to-hand pass.
Due to the decline in the Suns' interior strength, the Thunder team, which defended the joint defense at the beginning, became a mark-to-man defense at this time, and Li Ze boldly defended and always firmly attached to Carter's side.
The first hand-to-hand pass was unsuccessful, under the interference of Li Ze, Channing Frye did not dare to pass the ball easily, Carter had no choice but to pull away, far from the three-point line, and finally succeeded in receiving the ball.
After the pass, Channing Fry wanted to take advantage of the situation to make a high block for Carter, but was squeezed by Li Ze agilely, Carter wanted to use the block to speed up the breakthrough with his left hand, but felt the defensive pressure on his side, and finally stumbled, helplessly stopping the ball outside the three-point line.
As a former superstar, he was easily restrained by a new player on the defensive end, which made Carter a little unhappy and embarrassed!
With 12 seconds left in the offensive time, Carter chose a personal single, continuous crotch dribbling outside the three-point line, and accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, but he didn't expect such a move to be directly predicted by Li Ze.
Blocking the route of travel, after the physical confrontation, the left hand stabbed, followed by a big step, the right hand directly controlled the ball, and then dribbled across the half court, Li Ze ignored Carter, who was chasing behind him, just one step after the free throw line, and took off directly from a distance.
After gliding in the air and turning the ball around hard, Li Ze grabbed the ball with his right hand and put the ball into the basket with one arm!
"Boom!" The windmill storm is a good deal!
After landing steadily, Li Ze, while patting his chest, quietly pretended to X at the camera under the basket with an expressionless face, and Carter, who was chasing the defense, gave up the defense after seeing Li Ze take off, and the 34-year-old Carter stood on the bottom line, looking at Li Ze with depressed eyes, and vaguely showed the shadow of his 22-year-old...
"Shh
"Cool! Kayce, we should have defended like this a long time ago, and every time I defend a team, it makes me feel so bad! β
Li Ze returned to the half court with scattered boos, and the turtle on the side immediately stepped forward to high-five in celebration, and then excitedly complained about the previous defensive strategy.
"No way, other teams don't have the same interior as the Suns, Robin Lopez is too little of a threat in the low post, stay focused, Russell!"
Although the Thunder team has a 6-point lead, Li Ze doesn't want to be beaten by the Suns because of lax defense, after all, the opponent's three-point shooting ability is not weak, and the full-court pressing defense has to continue.
Vince Carter, who used to be able to single-handedly take on most players in the league, is gone, starting from the off-ball end, with the addition of [Off-ball Running Killer] + [Marking Master], Li Ze began to stalk Carter.
Once he catches the ball, [Death Entanglement] + [Ball Steal Expert] makes Carter even more bitter, even if he uses the block, due to the average quality of the cover of Channing Frye and Robin Lopez, Li Ze's excellent defensive agility and the bonus of [Copper Wall] can easily squeeze through.
Carter was invisible on the offensive end, and the Suns' offense began to be constipated, and after Nash and Channing Frye missed three-pointers in three rounds, the Thunder played another wave of 6:0 mini-climaxes, directly widening the margin to 12 points.
At 24:36, the Thunder took a double-digit lead in the first quarter, Li Ze sat on the bench, took the kettle handed by Ibaka, took a big sip, replenished the water, and then said with a smile:
"It's still a good rhythm of the game, even if you don't have three-pointers, you can lead to double digits, and the Suns may not be able to make the playoffs this season."
When Durant heard Li Ze's words, he nodded in agreement, and then sighed:
"Maybe Grant Hill should consider retiring, I loved watching him play when I was a kid, but injuries ruined him, and it seems that he doesn't have a chance to win a championship."
Durant, who was opposite Grant Hill in this game, felt a little embarrassed, his left-handed offensive ability this season has improved significantly compared to last season, and Grant Hill could still compare with him twice with experience, but now, it has almost become a one-sided crush.
"Very good, everybody's ready to play, I'm going to increase the rotation tonight, and in the second quarter, I'll follow the previous game strategy, play more pick-and-rolls at the No. 5 position, Kayce, control the offensive tempo on the court."
Coach Brooks was very pleased with his team's performance tonight, and if he continues to maintain that lead, he wouldn't mind adding some rotation to get the atmosphere team on the court as well.
Due to Dragic's injury, the Suns' backcourt combination became Zabian Dodell and Michael Petrus during the rotation phase, and the 12-point difference also allowed Gentry to send head coach Vince Carter directly, and Jared Dudley on the outside, and Marcin Gortat at center.
In the rotation phase of the second quarter, the Thunder took the lead in attacking, and in the face of such a large and four small lineup, Li Ze, who dribbled past half court, immediately made offensive gestures, and Ibaka and Collison both went up to the free throw line at the same time.
Noticing Gortat's defense, Li Ze chose to take the right side of Collison's block, and when Collison moved to the line again, Li Ze, who had been holding the ball slowly, suddenly dribbled the ball behind his right hand.
Without waiting for Dudley to react, his left hand dribbled behind his back very quickly again, and at the same time lowered the center of gravity of his body, and accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand.
Dudley's defense was slightly stunned, and at this time, Collison's blocking and dismantling was also standing on the right wing outside the three-point line, and at the moment when the blocking and dismantling occurred, Li Ze quickly changed direction in front of his body, sticking to Corrison's body, and broke through to the left, and Dudley was completely blocked at this time.
Gortat saw that his teammate's outside defense was gone, and he immediately panicked, and hurriedly raised the delay, Li Ze's center of gravity dropped very low, and he pretended to break through with the ball in his left hand, Gortat subconsciously slid backwards, and saw Li Ze dribble behind his back, easily retreated, and made a jump shot outside the three-point line.
The three-point shot hollowed into the net.
Continued beautiful shaking, successfully got rid of the defense, and finally scored three points, a wonderful goal, which made the Suns fans on the scene subconsciously let out an exclamation, and then erupted into huge boos.
"Shh
"The defense is okay!"
After the goal, Li Ze saw Dudley looking at him blankly, and immediately praised the opponent's defense, and then quickly retreated, while telling his teammates not to relax and maintain defensive intensity.
β......β
Dudley and Gortat were a little confused, it was obvious that the Thunder team was going to play the No. 5 position, this tactic was very simple, "V" shaped position, two big players lifted up to open up space, Gortat had to keep up, otherwise once the blocking and demolition happened, Li Ze would throw it...
The Suns attacked, Carter did not force himself, but gave the ball to Gortat on the inside, and in the face of Collisson's defense, Gortat, who wanted the ball in the low post, leaned twice, opened the defense, and scored two points under the basket.
The Thunder team quickly sent out the baseline ball, Li Ze still had the same tactics as the previous round after dribbling through the half, this time Gortat was very fast on defense, raising his hands high, trying to delay Li Ze, but found that the ball in Li Ze's hand was missing, and he heard a burst of exclamation from the scene, and then realized that Li Ze sent a crotch pass.
After receiving Li Ze's pass, Collison, who was down, took three steps and dunked with both hands under the basket!
Li Ze raised his eyebrows at Gortat with a smile on his face, and then quickly returned to defense, when he had the ball in his hand, the kind of basketball intuition brought by the golden [Organization Core] badge allowed him to easily control the offensive space on the court, whether it was passing or shooting, he looked very calm.
In the next few minutes, Coach Gentry on the sidelines sat directly back on the bench, there was no play, the difference was close to 20 points, Ibaka and Jeff Green frequently received assists from Li Ze, and they went crazy...
On the bench of the Thunder team, the atmosphere group was quite excited, and with a big difference in points, they would be able to play!
In recent games, due to the strength of the opponent, Coach Brooks has always insisted on a short rotation, and many people have not earned a minute of playing time, which is also the reason why everyone is excited, and they can finally play!
In the second half of the third quarter of the game, Brooks head coach had already begun to rotate, and Li Ze was replaced and rested after playing less than 4 minutes in the fourth quarter, and this game also made him feel that the Suns were going to be silent.
In the hot game between the two sides, the game time flew by, and in the end, 112:97, the away Thunder easily defeated the Suns, with a 41-8 record, back to the first place in the league.
After the game, Li Ze looked at his technical statistics and sighed again in his heart:
"24 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals, the shooting rate is more than 6% again, maybe this is a little expert in abusing vegetables..."
This game did not attract too many fans on Amika's side, after all, the Suns' record has collapsed, and the star players have run away in the offseason, except for the local Phoenix fans will care, no one else will go out of their way to watch the Suns game.
But at this time, in the Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean, many Suns fans have broken their defenses, CCTV Sports has also broadcast many Suns games before, and the 7-second gorgeous offensive team has naturally attracted the attention of many fans.
"You won't be out of the playoffs this season, will you? Is Lao Na really going to be without a crown for life? My youth is gone! β
"Carter really can't do it, the Suns trade failed again, and O'Neal shouldn't have been traded back then, that deal indirectly ruined the Suns."
"Could it be that Li Ze is too strong? So it seems that Carter is a little weak, it was okay to watch Carter play before, but I really didn't expect to score 18 points in this game, and most of the points were scored without being in opposition to Li Ze. β
"The Suns will have no play in the future, I watched a few games of the Grizzlies, and it is estimated that the opponent can get the playoff position this season, plus the Hornets have a good record, and the Suns may have to start rebuilding."
"Nash is also old, he has 9 shots in a game, and in the face of Westbrook's impact, the defensive end can't stand it at all, hey, maybe I won't watch the Suns in the future."
β......β
On Feb. 5, the game against the Suns ended, and the Thunder immediately flew to Salt Lake City to take on the Jazz tonight, which was also the final back-to-back game before the All-Star break.
The Jazz currently have a 30-21 record and are in seventh place in the West, and although Li Ze's future memories tell him that there may be some contradictions within the Jazz, the Jazz are currently united and tired.
Although Ameika's media reporters have reported that Deron Williams seems to have some contradictions with the old coach Sloane, the previous reports have long been thrown by fans to Wowjava.
In the game that night, the Jazz fans were still enthusiastic, and many people even spat fragrantly, loudly "praised" the Thunder team, although it was the NBATV live broadcast in the United States, but the enthusiastic Jazz fans didn't care about the image at all, and still went their own way.
By the end of the first quarter, many Jazz fans were in high spirits, 30:37, the Jazz led by 7 points at home, and more importantly, Paul Millsap was too efficient, 5 of 6 in the single quarter, beating Jeff Green and scoring 10 points easily.
Coupled with Al Jefferson's 3-of-4 shooting and 4-of-5 free throws, he also scored 10 points, and the Jazz's interior combination was powerful.
At the intermission, on the bench of the Thunder, everyone looked calm, with 30 points in a single quarter, and everyone knew that the offense was of course no problem, so although the score was behind, no one looked depressed.
"We switch the defensive formation, we don't need to help the defense, but at the same time we need to strengthen the outside pressing, try to cut off the contact between the opponent inside and outside, Kayce, Soflosa, after half time to press the opponent's defenders, as for the inside defense, we have been defending alone."
As soon as Li Ze heard the words of Coach Brooks, he knew that this was giving up treatment, and in the second half of the first quarter of the game, the opponent almost blossomed inside and out, obviously in the case of not being able to limit the opponent's interior play, the coaching staff still chose to attack, and the defense also became marking.
Veteran coach Sloan is very satisfied with the Jazz's performance, especially Deron Williams and the combination of the two interior lines, which makes him very satisfied.
In the rotation phase of the second quarter, the Jazz made a counter-substitution, Earl Watson and CJ Myers came off the bench as normal, the new Hayward and Paul Millsap also continued to play, and the 2.13-meter Francisco Elson replaced Al Jefferson.
The Thunder took the lead in attacking, and Hayward was also a little excited at this time, Li Ze did not attack frequently in the first quarter, and scored 6 points in 3 of 4 in a single quarter, obviously this performance gave Hayward a delusion: "I limited him!" β
Through the observation of the first quarter, Li Ze almost understood the Jazz's defensive strategy, which is still the old-fashioned way of putting two points long and not giving three-point shots, but the old coach Sloan used two cannon fodder defenders in the first quarter, and Raga Bell and Hayward alternately entangled Li Ze and Durant.
Most of the Jazz's scoring in the first quarter was played by two interior players and Deron Williams, and the Jazz did a really good job when they were doing their jobs.
After dribbling through the half, Li Ze quickly gave the ball to Jeff Green on the left wing outside the three-point line, and then went directly to the left blocking position to ask for the ball with his back.
Easily received Jeff Green's pass, Li Ze leaned back hard, quickly released the ball with his right hand, and hit it twice with a simple and rough bang, which made Meng XinHayward's chest feel stuffy, and then his shoulders shook quickly, and he directly turned over and jumped back.
"Whew...", an easy hit from mid-range.
Only then did Hayward remember the fear of being dominated by Li Ze in the previous fight, especially when he saw Li Ze's offensive choice of "uncle is going to hit his back", he couldn't help but feel a little numb, and subconsciously glanced at the old coach Sloan on the sidelines, and saw the coach's encouraging eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
"I'll be here again in the next round!"
Taking advantage of the Jazz's baseline shot, Li Ze whispered a word to Hayward, who was defending himself, and without waiting for the budding reaction after speaking, he immediately quickly returned to the defense.
β......β
Hayward wanted to say two tough words, but when he thought of Li Ze's scoring ability, some words that pretended to be X were unspeakable, and trash words that couldn't be fulfilled could only make the other party laugh.
The Jazz's offense, the outside line passed the ball quickly, the Jazz coaching staff was well prepared before the game, Earl Watson immediately handed the ball to CJ Myers on the wing after half time, and at the same time, Paul Millsap and Francisco Elson on the baseline made a simple cross-cover and immediately came to the low post to receive the ball.
In the face of Ibaka's defense, Millsap quickly released the ball with his left hand after three threats, walked up to the line to break through, and after reaching the paint area, quickly pulled the ball back, and then turned quickly, shook off Ibaka's defense, and scored two points under the basket.
"Very well defended! Sergi! β
Noticing that Ibaka was a little frustrated, Li Ze immediately encouraged the other party, in the NBA game, sometimes the players will enter a magical state of play, how to throw and how to score.
Ibaka's defense just now wasn't completely out of position, but Millsap leaned over and put the ball in, which is a personal ability, so there is no need to dwell too much on it, and it will be over when you come back.
Quickly dribbled across the half, Li Ze once again gave the ball to Sofrosa on the right wing outside the three-point line, and then quickly came to the right blocking area to ask for the ball with his back, Meng Xin Hayward wanted to use some small actions to interfere with Li Ze to catch the ball, but unfortunately there was a gap in the strength of the two.
At the moment when Hayward wanted to go around the front defense, Li Ze quickly stepped forward, and at the same time blocked the opponent with his arm, and then shifted his center of gravity backwards, leaning back hard, and with the bonus of [Card Master], Hayward was once again firmly stuck behind Li Ze.
After receiving Soflosa's pass, Li Ze's shoulders shook in confusion in the direction of the line, and then quickly lowered the center of gravity of his body, broke through along the baseline with a touch of the situation, and easily got rid of Hayward's defense, and then dribbled twice in a row with his right hand to the basket and took off.
Facing Francisco Elson's block, he tossed and turned in the air, pulled the lever widely, and went from the right side of the basket to the left, twisting his body in the air, and picking up the basket lightly with his right hand.
"Smack"
"My bowl!"
After the aerial confrontation, Li Ze first shouted, and when he saw the ball fall into the basket after landing, he immediately raised his arms and shouted, then chuckled lightly and walked directly to the free throw line.
Obviously, the referee's decision made the Jazz fans on the scene very dissatisfied, and immediately broke out into huge boos, and if they blow like this in the next round, they will scold the referee!
"Shhhhh
"Maybe in two more rounds, we can tie the score!"
Despite the boos of the audience, Li Ze pretended to be X and said a word to his teammates, then adjusted his breathing, and scored the ball steadily, and everyone in the Jazz team was silent, which made them a little confused, and they always felt that Li Ze scored too easily.
Millsap's offense finally hit the iron, Collison protected the rebound, the Jazz quickly retreated, and Li Ze's transition speed was also very fast, at this time he didn't wait for his teammates to attack and settle down.
Taking advantage of the Jazz's defense not yet to gain a foothold, the fast-advancing Li Ze first made a left-handed back dribble after half court to adjust the rhythm of the dribble.
Hayward, who had been by his side, hurriedly adjusted his defensive center of gravity, and noticed that Li Ze lowered his body's center of gravity again, as if he wanted to break through with the ball in his right hand, and his body moved subconsciously, and then immediately shouted in his heart: "Not good!" β
Li Ze, who was pretending to break through with the ball in his right hand, quickly changed direction in advance at this time, noticed that Hayward was not completely out of position, his left hand paused slightly, and then pretended to break through again, and at the same time dribbled vigorously in place with his left hand.
Hayward's defensive center of gravity was first to the right, then to the left, then backward, and finally to predict the mistake again, and subconsciously defended forward, but the body did not react, and sat directly on the ground.
"Oh!!"
In the energy plan arena, when they saw Li Ze shaking down Hayward, they all subconsciously screamed.
At this time, Li Ze directly closed the ball at the top of the arc one step away from the three-point line, then shook his shoulders defiantly, adjusted his breathing, and then made a steady jump shot.
The three-point shot hollowed into the net.
"Shh
"Shet! Shit's goal! β
"He definitely pushed people, otherwise Gordon wouldn't have been shaken, he fouled the referee!"
Li Ze saw that many front-row spectators began to greet him in a friendly manner, and immediately pursed his lips, spread his hands, and made a celebration that Jazz fans did not like very much.
"Squeak..."
The old coach Sloan directly asked for a timeout, and the 7-point difference became 1 point, and the second quarter had just begun, and he couldn't stand it, and he needed to get the main lineup in advance.
"That's cool, Bro! I knew we could get the score back, haha, maybe we could get it back at half-time! β
The turtle was already beating his chest excitedly on the bench, and Durant showed envious eyes, he has always been very eager to be like Li Ze, dribbling with his left and right hands indiscriminately, although his weak side hand has improved this season, but he still can't do Li Ze's gorgeous shaking.
"Kayce, drink water, drink water!"
Byron of the atmosphere group immediately handed over the kettle, and although everyone in the locker room knew Li Ze's strength, they were still a little confused every time they saw such an outrageous performance.
"As long as we hold on for two rounds, I promise we'll take the lead, remember to defend against Millsap's right hand!"
Li Ze once again encouraged his teammates that before the All-Star Game, it is best to get some winning advantages, once the team trades, the lineup is not smooth, and it is very likely to lose, so in the recent game, as long as there is a chance to win, Li Ze will go all out.
After returning from the timeout, the Jazz took the lead in switching back to the main lineup, and the veteran coach Sloan criticized the defense of the new Hayward and told Raga Bell to give Li Ze a physical confrontation on the defensive end.
Deron Williams took advantage of Al Jefferson's pick-and-roll to get rid of Li Ze's entanglement and hit a mid-range pullup jump shot to help the Jazz stabilize the situation on the court.
The Thunder quickly sent a baseline ball, and after Li Zedribble through the half, he found that the defender had become Raja Bell, and immediately changed his offensive strategy, playing offensive gestures to his teammates, and at the same time giving the ball to Soflosa, using Collisson's cover to make a UCLA cut.
Raga Bell's defense was indeed aggressive, and he squeezed through the cover very quickly, and there was no opportunity for an unprecedented basket, Li Ze quickly slipped over the baseline, took advantage of Jeff Green's underscreen, and came to the left wing outside the three-point line again to receive the ball.
"Boy, don't try to score easily with me!"
Raga Bale's defense quickly rotated into place, but he didn't dare to get too close, just stared at Li Ze and spewed out a trash talk at the same time.
As soon as the words fell, Li Ze quickly tried to step with his right foot, then quickly lowered the center of gravity of his body, broke through with the ball in his right hand, just dribbled past the three-point line, dribbled behind his back with his right hand, and then stepped directly outside the three-point line, and made a jump shot with a slight back.
"Huh..."Three-point shot hollow net.
"Man, maybe you can introduce yourself first, I don't have much of an impression of you!"
Originally, Laga Bell was shaken by Li Ze and stood in place, and the little flame in his heart rushed up, and after seeing Li Ze score, he put on a look that I didn't know you, and he was almost so angry that he exploded, and his black face instantly turned black and red...
As a veteran, Laga Bell actually doesn't like to talk trash with Meng Xin, he thinks that he is also a little famous, although the "Kobe Killer" is not good, and the average new player also gives him some face, but Li Ze's performance really made him angry.
Successfully angered the opponent, Li Ze smiled in his heart, in the first quarter of the game, the former three-point shooter once again showed a good competitive state, so now Li Ze very much expects the angry Raja Bell to shoot more under his defense, so that the interior defense can be much easier.
In the next game, the scores of the two sides began to rise alternately, scoring 4 goals in a row, and Li Ze was able to attract a lot of defensive attention from the Jazz team every time he attacked, which allowed other teammates to get more opportunities and frequently receive Li Ze's flying cakes.
When Li Ze rested, and Turtle and Durant came on the court, the Thunder's offense was still efficient, and the excited Turtle Turtle continued to shoot into the middle distance, and when he entered the free throw state, Durant began to stand on the free throw line again.
At halftime, 62:59, the Thunder were leading by three points, while also allowing the Jazz to score only 22 points.
After the start of the third quarter of the game, the Jazz took the lead in changing their defensive strategy, when Li Ze received the ball outside the three-point line and chose to break through with the ball, Deron Williams on the line would participate in the defense.
But there is always an X factor in the game, and the turtle turtle, who was extremely excited in this game, not only responded in time when Li Ze was trapped, but also hit three consecutive shots outside the three-point line.
The Thunder offense, the thoroughly hilarious Turtle Turtle just dribbled past the half, through Kostic's high block, a simple change of direction in front of the body, getting rid of Deron Williams' pursuit of defense, just one step past the three-point line, and a two-point pull-up jump shot.
The two-pointer was scored again.
"Roar!!"
The continuous goals made the turtle more and more excited, at this time he excitedly high-fived Li Ze to celebrate, and then applauded himself passionately, quickly retreated, rolled up his shorts, and put on a posture that I want to prevent you from dying.
"Shh
The Jazz fans immediately sent a huge boo, what was the situation?
With the excellent play of the turtle, the Thunder team successfully played a wave in the third quarter, 94:83, and the Thunder team completely overtook the score.
After the start of the 4th quarter of the game, when the opponent chose to wrap the bag, Li Ze began to run a lot without the ball, and after receiving the ball, he only made hand-to-hand passes on the line, using the breakthrough of Durant and Turtle, and the Thunder team played two hammer tactics in a row.
Li Ze started to attack left and right, hitting a three-pointer in each of the two bottom corners, and Sloan, the veteran coach on the sidelines, was very dissatisfied with the pursuit of Raga Bell and Hayward, and began to remind his players loudly.
The Jazz still didn't give up the game, and Al Jefferson, who received the ball in the low post, used excellent footwork to successfully shake off Kostic and scored two points again after the basket.
The Thunder team quickly sent out the baseline ball, the turtle first played an offensive gesture, signaled to Li Ze to play a pistol tactic, quickly dribbled through the half, and directly gave the ball to Li Ze, Kostic quickly raised the block, and at the same time the laterally moving turtle pretended to hand it over, and then immediately cut inside to take away the defense.
Deron Williams could only run with the turtle, noticing that Al Jefferson was standing behind the defense, Li Ze quickly released the ball with his right hand, dribbled the ball behind twice in a row, shook his body at the same time, quickly lowered his body's center of gravity, pretended to break through with the ball in his right hand, and then quickly changed direction under his crotch.
Laga Bell, who had decreased physical fitness, was obviously half a beat slower when he squeezed through the cover, and Li Ze, who was easily stuck in half a position, did not choose to accelerate with all his strength, just dribbling across the three-point line, pulling back with his left hand at the hip, and slamming his right hand slightly, instantly changing the rhythm of the offense.
Two extremely fast crotch dribbles on the spot, then stepped straight outside the three-point line, ignored Raja Bell's save, and quickly jumped.
The three-point shot hollowed into the net.
βDefense...β
The defensive cheers of the Jazz fans stopped abruptly, and the audience at the scene saw that Li Ze scored a goal and then hit his chest with the turtle to celebrate, and they were a little speechless for a while.
Raga Bell has lost his temper, at this time he is seriously lacking in physical fitness, and has begun to gasp for breath, and when Durant scored another 2+1, the old coach Sloan directly asked for a timeout, and the game was gone, and the difference was already 18 points.
The remaining three minutes of the fourth quarter turned into garbage time, but the tenacious Jazz fans still cheered loudly for the home team and continued to send friendly greetings to the Thunder.
In the end, at 124:106, the Thunder defeated the Jazz away from home, and after the game, Li Ze saw that the Jazz fans were still chattering, and he was a little speechless:
"The home of the devil is indeed worthy of its name, and the live broadcast in the United States is still scolding the streets..."
Li Ze made 13 of 21 in this game, including 4 of 9 three-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws, and efficiently cut 35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 turnover and 1 steal, and the shooting rate exceeded 6 percent again, plus Durant's 28 points and Turtle's 26 points, the trio once again showed a terrifying scoring ability.
"Shet! These Jazz fans are crazy, and they are scolding the referees when the game is over. β
The Thunder's crowd is walking back to the players' tunnel, and Durant, who has been sprayed wildly in this game, couldn't help but complain in a low voice, in fact, he can't complain about the referee, Durant's style of play is really easy to get the whistle, and he made 10 free throws in this game, and the Jazz fans have been completely angry.
"I've won two back-to-back games in a row, and I've got a good rest when I get back to Russia!"
Turtle, who is in a particularly good mood, doesn't care about the comments of the Jazz fans, his mind has flown back to the city, Jeff Green is not in a good mood, and this game can be regarded as exposing his shortcomings again, which makes him feel like he is about to be sent away...
Li Ze noticed that everyone's mood was normal after winning, and immediately said with a smile:
"After returning to the city, we went to Russell's house, had another baking party, brought the family, and had a good time together!"
"Cool! What a great idea! β
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NBATV's live broadcast in the United States still attracted the attention of many fans, and Americaka's ball critics also found that Li Ze's recent high shooting rate is scary, and the scoring guard has a shooting rate of more than 6 percent? It's outrageous!
In TNT's Inside the NBA program, Li Ze's performance began to be discussed, and Charles Barkley spoke first:
"The NBA league has to change the rules, and look at Kayce's recent performance, he's destroying the league's perimeter, and once he's confronted by an oppressive pursuit, he's starting to catch the ball outside the three-point line and then get rid of the defense with a cross over to finish the offense."
"It's okay to play like this, but he just used the referee's whistle, and fortunately the Thunder's cover quality is average, otherwise his three-point shooting percentage might have exceeded four percent, and he's been shooting a lot of three-pointers this season."
Kenny Smith apparently disagrees with Barkley's point of view and immediately retorts:
"This only shows that the teams in the league are still not strict enough to defend him, in fact, through data analysis, we can clearly see that when Kayce encounters a pressing defense like the Grizzlies, most of them still choose to attack from the mid-range, and in the heat of the game, he still prefers to be close to the basket."
Host Ernnie Johnson also began to throw out his own opinion when he heard the words of the two:
"Chuck also has some truth in what he said, this season, the referee has become more and more strict with the blowing penalty of the outside defender, which has made many excellent outside players get better offensive space, but obviously such a move is deeply loved by the fans, and the ratings will not lie!"
"But if you want to be healthy, the league has to put shackles on the outside players, we can't always limit the big guys, the league should treat everyone equally, look at the top 10 of the day now, it's about to become a Kayce commercial."
Hearing Charles Barkley's complaints, his old partner Kenny Smith immediately picked up the conversation and said loudly with a smile:
"It's okay, Chuck, we've recently opened a new feature on Kayce's technical moves, and I think it will help teams around the league, and at the same time, it will also allow fans who like Kayce to know more about their idols, lock in TNT, and our new feature will be available soon!"
Li Ze, who returned to his home in Russia, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth when he saw TNT's program, what the hell is this topic?
This reminded him of ESPN's future "Details" program, where as long as Kobe Bryant analyzes which player, there is a high probability that he will be knocked out technically...
However, when he thought of two back-to-back fights and two gold badges, Li Ze felt that the possibility of being knocked out was still slim
Achievement Badge [Master of Ball Control]: 4/5000 (Champion Badge Bonus)
Improves a player's ability to break down opposing defenders, with a chance to knock down defenders and reduce the physical exertion caused by their movements.
Achievement Badge [Conversion Master]: 3/5000 (Champion Badge Bonus)
Increases the overall speed of holding the ball when switching from defense to offense, increases the shooting percentage of finishing under the basket when defending and attacking, and increases the shooting percentage of outside shots when defending and attacking.
After these two badges were upgraded, Li Ze could clearly feel that his ball sense had been improved again, and the golden [Master of Ball Control] bonus effect could be combined with other offensive badges at will, and the feeling of controlling the ball as much as he wanted was going to heaven!
Thinking of the alliance's increasingly strict punishment for the outside line, Li Ze smiled, and his heart was secretly refreshed:
"As long as the scale of blowing punishment remains unchanged, it is useless to analyze it!"
On February 8th, Li Ze entertained the bearded golfer at home again, the Kings are currently 12-37, Harden has been completely rotten, seeing that the other party looks like he is losing numbly, Li Ze is a little worried that the super scorer will disappear completely in the future.
"Why do you feel like you've gained a lot of weight, you guys shouldn't give up diet adjustment, right?"
Li Ze saw Harden, who was a little chubby, and immediately complained.
"Gain muscle! I'm gaining muscle! After a month, I'll be back in shape and stronger! β
Harden said with some concealment, approaching the All-Star, he has been a little indulgent recently, and accidentally ate fat, but in front of his friends, he will not admit it.
"Forget it! You can master it yourself, I originally wanted to take you to the steakhouse, but now it seems that let's have a fitness meal together, even if you lose, you can't give up your demands on yourself. β
Li Ze kindly reminded again, after all, the contract year is approaching, and if the sluggish Harden can't get the contract at that time, it will be a big joke.
"It's all to blame on that brainless Cousins, otherwise the Kings' record will definitely improve a lot, Shet! This guy's low-post offense is shit! β
As soon as the record was mentioned, Harden immediately began to complain wildly, the child was suffocated, and no one played with him in the Kings team, so he finally came to the Russian city and immediately spit out bitterness with Li Ze.
"Talk to your agent, let him talk to the team management, it stands to reason that your mess should be over!"
As soon as Harden heard Li Ze's words, he was immediately deflated, and said directly:
"It's no drama at all, the Kings management is still very optimistic about Cousins..."
Seeing some decadent bearded golfers, Li Ze could only silently bless in his heart, although he won a lot of ball possession, Harden's training road was obviously a bit bumpy.
In the evening game, the Thunder team, which was in good shape, easily defeated the Kings at home, 96:112, the opponent topped half the court, and then immediately surrendered, such a fighting spirit also made Li Ze completely speechless, no wonder you only won 12 games.
After the game, the Ford Center Arena was very noisy, and the fans in Russia were frantically celebrating the team's victory.
"Hold on for another season, maybe you're going to rise, it just so happens that Jeff Green hasn't been in a good mood lately, let's have a good time together in the evening."
After Harden heard Li Ze's words, he was suddenly shocked, and immediately said excitedly:
"One big and one small, I'm going to get drunk tonight!"
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