In the NBA, defensive alignment is mostly about body size, and the Grizzlies' coaching staff has always insisted on using 1.98-meter-tall Sam Young to defend Durant and 1.93-meter-tall Tony Allen to defend Li Ze in the regular season.

Such a defensive strategy seems to be no problem, but in fact, Li Ze is still very efficient in the face of Tony Allen, so as the strongest outside defender of the Grizzlies, Tony Allen did not play as well as he should.

And when the Grizzlies studied a lot of video footage of the game between Li Ze and Durant, they finally came to a conclusion that maybe Li Ze can't be restricted, but Durant still has weaknesses, such as his weak side hand offense can't do as much as Li Ze, for example, after exerting a lot of physical confrontation, Durant sometimes loses his offensive rhythm...

Therefore, in the G1 game, Coach Hollins saw that the outside state of the Thunder team exploded after the opening, and immediately knew that if he wanted to limit the opponent's offense, he had to make changes as soon as possible, otherwise when the game entered the second half, the feeling was raised, and once the Grizzlies hit the iron, the game would probably be gone.

When the official timeout in the first quarter came back, the Thunder attacked, and Durant found that it was Tony Allen who defended him, and in the face of the shorter defender, Durant didn't take the other party to heart at all, and the advantage in height made him confident.

After the turtle passed the half, the Thunder team was still in a simple "V" position, Li Ze stood in the bottom left corner, Durant stood in the bottom corner of the right side, Perkins and Ibaka stood on the left and right in the free throw line two elbow areas, the turtle saw that Durant had a huge misalignment advantage here, and immediately played an offensive gesture.

Durant in the bottom right corner quickly started and began to move to the right wing, and Ibaka immediately went to cover for Durant to receive the ball, and Tony Allen showed a physical confrontation that was different from Sam Young.

First, he flexibly squeezed through the cover to prevent himself from losing his defensive position, and at the same time continued to exert physical confrontation on the right side at the moment when Durant received the ball, allowing Durant to break through with his left hand, and Zach Randolph also let go of Ibaka at this time and stood on Durant's breakthrough route in advance.

Durant found that he was about to be caught between two people, but with the ball in his left hand, he had a hard time distributing the ball to the open Ibaka, so after dribbling two large steps, he made a pull-up jump shot near the free throw line.

"Bang!" Hit the nail in a rage!

Randolph is very experienced, and the moment he saw Durant's emergency stop, he used his pork belly body to jam Ibaka, who wanted to rush for a rebound, and at the moment the ball popped up, he steadily accepted the backcourt rebound.

The audience at the scene didn't care about the Thunder's offense, after all, Durant got a good shot, just hit the iron, and under the leadership of the live DJ, the Russian City fans began to cheer for the home team's defense:

“Defense！ Defense！ Defense！ ”

After Michael Conley passed the half, he noticed the Thunder's 23 defensive position, and Mark Gasol immediately came to the top of the arc to block and dismantle Conley.

Conley changed direction with the ball in his right hand, broke through on the left side, took advantage of Marc Gasol's pick-and-roll, briefly got rid of the turtle, suddenly accelerated in the middle of the move, and let Perkins' defensive center of gravity move back, and then hit the ground with his left hand to pass the ball to Marc Gasol at the free throw line easily.

The latter received the ball and came to the paint area, held up against Ibaka, who came to help the defense, played high, turned and approached the basket, and threw a left-handed shot.

"Shh

Huge boos immediately erupted in the Ford Center arena, and the Grizzlies were shooting too high to withstand it.

Compared to last season's playoffs, the mentality of the Thunder has changed dramatically, and everyone knows how to win, and the Grizzlies target big men, and the same is true for the Thunder.

This time, Ibaka came directly to the three-point line to cover the turtle, and Li Ze immediately hit Perkins and Durant, signaling the two to not move and open up the offensive space.

After the cover occurred, the turtle turtle accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, and Li Ze, who was standing on the free throw line, first went to the cover to delay Randolph, who wanted to follow the defense, and then immediately bounced out and quickly came to the left wing outside the three-point line.

The moving turtle directly threw the ball to Li Ze on the outside with his right hand, and the ball was shaky, so that Sam Young's defensive center of gravity subconsciously moved forward, quickly lowering the center of gravity of his body, Li Ze strode forward with his right foot, and at the same time released the ball with his left hand, dribbled the ball with his cross step, and pretended to break through with the ball in his right hand.

Li Ze clearly attacked Sam Young's defensive front support foot, which made the opponent unable to adjust the defensive center of gravity in time, and watched Li Ze dribble vigorously on the spot with his right hand, directly retreat to the three-point line, and shoot easily.

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

Hearing the loud cheers from the scene, Sam Young's scalp was numb, and when he thought that there were three more quarters to come, he would have to face Li Ze, and he just wanted to shout loudly in his heart:

"Let me defend Durant!"

"Very clever offensive selection, pay attention to Kayce's dribbling rhythm, two simple dribbles, successfully hit the defender's front support foot, incredible body coordination! Maybe the Grizzlies made the wrong matchup choice! ”

On TNT's commentary bench, Reggie Miller turned into Li Zechui again, but he really didn't like the Grizzlies' defensive options, and it was obvious that Sam Young's single defense ability was not as good as Tony Allen.

Coach Hollins just clapped on the sidelines to motivate his players, as a rookie team in the playoffs, many times they were stunned by consecutive goals from opponents, and Hollins motioned for Michael Conley to continue to give the ball to the interior while lowering the tempo a little more.

In the remaining minutes of the first quarter, the Grizzlies continued to maintain their efficient offense, with Sam Young and Tony Allen completely turning into defensive tools, with all the ball focused on Randolph, Gasol, and Conley.

At 28:31, under the Thunder's efficient offensive performance, the Grizzlies still clung to the score.

Randolph and Marc Gasol were both 4-of-4 in the first quarter, and such outstanding performances made the Russian fans at the scene a little worried.

When there was 1 minute and 32 seconds left in the first quarter of the game by head coach Brooks, the rotation began, and Li Ze was the first to be replaced, and when he waited for the break, he saw Durant gasping a little, and immediately woke up the other party:

"In the face of Tony Allen's defense, you have to slow down your attack, the opponent is very good at chasing covers, Kevin, you have to take advantage of your height, don't worry, there is still a long time to play!"

"Shet! I didn't expect this guy's defense to be so good, I underestimated him a little before! ”

After Durant heard Li Ze's words, after taking a big sip of water, he began to complain about Tony Allen, and then thought that if he didn't perform badly, the media would definitely come up with a "Durant Terminator" gimmick after the game...

The turtle was also a little uncomfortable to defend, not because Conley's single defense was good, but because the opponent almost went off the line every time he blocked and dismantled, and after breaking through to the inside line, there was always a big man to protect the frame, which made his game mood a little unreleashable.

Early in the second quarter, both sides fielded their own rotations, with head coach Hollins making extensive rotations, with the Grizzlies changing their backcourt to Vasquez and O.J. Mayo, and Sean Battier and Darrell Arthur on the frontline, while Randolph continued to play.

On the Thunder side, Li Ze and Daquain Cook form the backcourt, with Sofrosa and Collison on the front line, and Nazr Mohammed in the center.

The Thunder took the lead in attacking, and in this lineup, Li Ze, who played to the No. 1 position, had a heavier offensive task, and after halftime, he immediately launched a block with Collison outside the three-point line, and Darrell Arthur was obviously instructed, and at the moment of the blocking, he directly chose a big delay.

In the face of such a defense, Li Ze's choice was simple and rude, a large In and Out of his left hand in the middle of the march, instantly changing the rhythm of the dribble, the center of gravity of the body fluctuated with the action, and at the moment when the opponent was slightly stunned, he suddenly lowered the center of gravity of his body, and accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand.

Noticing that Randolph under the basket has begun to move, Li Ze, who broke through to the paint area, quickly turned around with the ball in his left hand, Randolph was overjoyed when he saw Li Ze's movements, and just wanted to come over to help defend, but found that the ball in Li Ze's hand was gone, and the moment he came back to his senses, Nazr Mohammed easily ate cake under the basket.

"Kayce has once again shown her excellent combination ability! After the online blocking and dismantling, it seems that the Grizzlies have to pay attention to the defense! ”

Steve Cole was the first to exclaim, and the commentator Kevin Harlan found that the two guests next to him could blow more than the other...

"Well done!"

Li Ze simply encouraged the veteran Nazr Mohammed, who is sometimes prone to spitting cakes, so he must be properly encouraged...

"Watch my passes, guys! Whenever I make a breakthrough, as long as the other person shrinks, there will definitely be opportunities. ”

Taking advantage of the time to return to defense, Li Ze briefly told his teammates that the head coach of Brooks did not have a clear way of playing during the break, and Li Ze, as a point guard, had to reassure his teammates first.

OJ-Mayo was a little speechless when he saw Li Ze next to him, he really didn't want to play against Li Ze, but the Grizzlies' rotation lineup, he had to contribute his firepower, and he could only catch the ball hard at this time.

Mayo and Arthur made a cross cover in the three-second zone, Li Ze was prepared, completed the switch in an instant, and when Mayo came to the three-point line to receive the ball, Li Ze's defensive rotation was already in place.

After a flicker, Mayo found that Li Ze still maintained a good defensive position, and quickly tried to step twice in a row, Mayo chose to accelerate the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, Li Ze easily predicted the opponent's offensive choice, and always firmly covered the opponent on his side.

Cross-step dribbling back, the left hand quickly changed direction in front of the body, and the right hand turned in confusion, Mayo tried his best, but still couldn't get rid of Li Ze's defense, and finally the stubborn Mayo resisted Li Ze's block, and completed the shot with difficulty in the middle distance.

"Bang!" Hit the nail in a rage!

Reluctantly, so that the ball did not bounce too far, Collison took advantage of the situation to protect the rebound, and as soon as it was passed to Li Ze, the Thunder launched a conversion attack.

The Grizzlies directly chose to return to defense when they saw the iron, and no one wanted to be converted by the Thunder, and everyone flocked to the Grizzlies' half court at this time.

In the transition offense, Li Ze's dribbling was fast and steady, noticing the Grizzlies' retreat formation, Li Ze, who came to the three-point line, slowed down slightly, dribbled behind his right hand while his body's center of gravity dropped slightly, looked up at the frame, and pretended to fit the ball.

The realistic feint directly flew Vasquez, the left hand quickly changed direction in front of the body, and the right hand held the ball with all his strength into the penalty area, and jumped with both feet in the paint area, quickly taking off.

As soon as Randolph was in position under the basket, he found that Li Ze had flown over, his body jumped subconsciously, and then immediately reacted to become a background board...

In a hurry, Randolph's bounce height was not enough, which made Li Ze after the aerial confrontation not affected in any way, condescendingly, through this black fat man, grabbing the ball with his right hand and wheeling the ball into the basket with one arm.

"Boom!"

“Kayce Gets inside！ Slam dunk！ OH！ ~”

Amid the loud cheers that erupted in the Ford Center arena, commentator Kevin Harlan also shouted excitedly.

The two teams played calmly in the first quarter, and there were no wonderful shots, and Li Ze's sudden outburst suddenly made the fans of the Russian City high!

Fortunately, Randolph was heavy, and he only stumbled after landing, but when he saw Li Zezheng yelling and loading X at the camera under the basket, he turned around and shook his finger at him covertly, which immediately made Randolph angry enough.

When the entire Ford Center arena turned into a sea of white, everyone on the Grizzlies felt the pressure, and when they saw that the point difference had widened to 7 points, it always felt like the game was going to be over all of a sudden.

Coach Hollins immediately called a timeout, knowing that the inexperience of a new team in the playoffs was extremely easy to collapse, and he didn't care that the second quarter had just started and that he had to interrupt the momentum of the Thunder.

After returning from a timeout, Randolph hit another two-point shot under the basket, and the Thunder didn't care, and immediately sent a quick baseline ball, and Li Ze blocked and dismantled with Collison outside the three-point line again after halftime.

Daequinn Cook took the opportunity to give Li Ze a cover at the free throw line, delayed Arthur's defense, and then immediately bounced out to open up the offensive space, Arthur's defense was half a beat slower, Li Ze accelerated with all his strength with the ball in his right hand, successfully stuck half of his body, resisted the opponent's block, and in the paint area, he leaned over half of his body and easily picked up the basket with his right hand.

"Huh!" Two points from the basket.

“Too easy！”

Easily completed the offense, Li Ze smiled and shouted two words, then shook his head and quickly retreated, Coach Hollins on the sidelines did not expect Li Ze to have a huge change in offensive options in the playoffs, and the Grizzlies were suddenly numb...

Li Ze chose to break through continuously, mainly because he wanted to cause Randolph's foul, he was not worried about the team's inside line, this black fat man has rich offensive means, and he really wants to let the opponent play smoothly, Ibaka really can't withstand it, and the experience gap between the two is too big.

Perhaps it was an insight into Li Ze's intentions, no matter how provocative, Randolph was still steady and steady, and he could stand on the free throw line if he didn't score, although Li Ze organized the Thunder's offense well, but the point difference has been jumping back and forth at 7 points.

With 4:22 left in the second quarter, Brooks replaced Lee Ze, Cook, and Nazr Muhammad with Turtles, Durant, and Ibaka, and the Grizzlies still withstood the toughest moment.

Li Ze just sat down, and everyone in the atmosphere group hurriedly handed over the kettle and towel, you must serve the golden thighs!

Li Ze took the technical statistics handed over by the assistant coach, and took a brief look, 7 of 11 in the half, 1 of 1 three-pointers, no free throws, 15 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, shook his head slightly, and was a little dissatisfied that he didn't get free throws.

Nate Robinson on the side was completely speechless when he saw Li Ze's small movements, and he was not satisfied with this data...? Many players are happy to score 15 points in a game!

In the remaining minutes, the Thunder's offense had a little problem, and Durant actually hit the iron continuously, but fortunately, the Grizzlies' shooting percentage also began to decline, and the difference finally stayed at 5 points.

At 54:59, the Thunder entered the second half with a five-point lead.

At halftime, in the Thunder locker room, Durant was a little depressed, he didn't expect that he would play so inefficiently in the face of Tony Allen's defense, and then he thought that Li Ze was almost cutting melons and vegetables in the face of Tony Allen, Durant was possessed by lemon essence again, and he was so sour that he died...

Coach Brooks was very satisfied with the team's performance, and the tactical strategy laid out before the game was also well executed, although the defensive end was not satisfactory, but considering the strength of the Grizzlies inside, such a result was acceptable.

"Perfect first half, in the third quarter we can pick up the pace of the game and continue to attack their big men with pick-and-roll offense!"

"The big man should pay attention to the number of fouls, don't go into the penalty state too early in the third quarter, we have to try to win the game in the third quarter!"

The assistant coach pushed out the tactical whiteboard that had just been written, briefly explained the offensive routine of the Grizzlies, and reminded Li Ze and Durant that they could properly retract the defense, and also reminded the turtle defense that it must insist on squeezing through and not relaxing...

After the start of the second half, the Grizzlies were desperate on the defensive end, especially Tony Allen, who almost completely gave up the offense, and defended Durant's kraft candy style throughout the whole process, squeezing through every cover, never allowing Durant to receive the ball easily.

On the offense of the Thunder team, Durant had a rare cover and had an open opportunity, received a pass from the turtle, and then hit a shot again.

"It seems that the head coach of Hollins seems to have caught Durant's weakness, and I want to take back what I said before, Tony Allen was very effective in defending Durant, which really exceeded my expectations!"

On the TNT commentary bench, Reggie Miller was very surprised to see Durant struggling, and then Steve Kerr also spoke:

"Maybe it's because of Game 1 of the playoffs, Durant doesn't seem to be in a good physical condition, and it looks like he hasn't adapted to the Grizzlies' defensive intensity, but the Grizzlies' offense is also having problems, and their two wing shots are just too poor!"

On the Grizzlies' offense, Zach Randolph just got the ball in the low post, and Li Ze on the left wing immediately gave up on the opposite Tony Allen and cooperated with Ibaka to pack Randolph.

Randolph quickly threw the ball into the hands of Tony Allen, who received the ball, hesitated outside the three-point line, and then hit a jumper...

The rebound was picked up by Gasol and returned to the Grizzlies again, and Sam Young on the outside got an open opportunity, received a pass from Gasol, and made an open three-point jumper.

"Bang!" One more iron.

The Russian fans at the scene immediately erupted in huge cheers, and the Grizzlies are really good-looking! This time, the long rebound ball was directly accepted by Li Ze, and seeing the Grizzlies retreating quickly, Li Ze gave the ball to the turtle, and at the same time reminded his teammates loudly:

"Protect your rebounds! Stay focused! ”

Simple pistol tactics, after completing a hand-to-hand with Li Ze, the turtle and turtle accelerated in gear, went straight to the basket, and finally knocked out of the basket under the interference of Gasol.

Perkins under the basket first clicked, and then Ibaka picked up the melon behind Randolph's head with his excellent jump, grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and quickly gave the ball to Li Ze in the elbow area on the right side of the free throw line.

Sam Young saw Li Ze receiving the ball, and he didn't dare to stick too close, he was already numb, but he saw Li Ze's realistic false feints after trying to move, and the defensive center subconsciously moved forward.

The opponent moved slightly, Li Ze quickly lowered the center of gravity of his body, broke through with the ball in his right hand, easily passed Sam Young's defense, noticed that Gasol had helped defend in place, broke through to the baseline position, Li Ze drifted to the right and threw a backward jumper.

"Huh!" Solid mid-range hits.

Marc Gasol was completely speechless, he almost forgot that Li Ze actually prefers the middle distance...

Li Ze and Perkins and Ibaka simply high-fived to celebrate, the playoffs are like this, everything revolves around response, offense has to respond, defense has to respond, rebounding has to respond, only with a tough attitude can you completely suppress the opponent, morale is sometimes very important.

After that, the scene became a little ugly, due to the increase in confrontation, the shooting percentage of both sides began to decline again, and at the same time, the Grizzlies increased their rush for rebounds, and the Thunder were not to be outdone.

Perkins played the role of a meat shield, mixing on the inside at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, coupled with Ibaka's excellent jumping, the two sides were evenly matched in rebounding.

In order to improve his shooting rate, Li Ze also reduced his three-point shots, began to receive the ball more in the blocking area, and finished close to the basket.

The scene became more and more lively, and the sound of hitting iron was also frequently heard, and the Russian fans at the scene were worried that the Grizzlies' outside line would suddenly become powerful, but when the fourth quarter was halfway through the game, everyone was completely relieved that the Grizzlies' outside line just couldn't shoot!

Coach Hollins next to him was still loudly reminding his players to stay focused.

The Thunder's offense, Li Ze popped out with the help of Perkins' cover in the three-second zone, Sam Young desperately chased the defense, saw Li Ze suddenly paused, seemed to want to run back, Sam Yang hurriedly adjusted the defensive focus, but Li Ze's reverse run was fake, and after shaking, he quickly rebounded...

Outside the three-point line, the left wing received a pass from the turtle, and without making adjustments, he threw the ball away, and the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell straight to the basket.

"Huh!" Three-point shot hollow into the net!

“BANG！ Kayce For the three！ ”

Seeing Li Ze throw in a three-pointer, commentator Kevin Harlan can finally release his emotions loudly, it's really painful to see you playing, there are few three-pointers in a game...

After that, Sean Battier responded with a shot from outside the three-point line, and the Thunder switched offense, and Durant fired directly from outside the three-point line and threw in another three-pointer.

"Oh! Oh! ”

At the Ford Center Arena, the fans in the city began to cheer loudly, and everyone had already started to celebrate the victory!

Throwing in this three-pointer, Durant also breathed a sigh of relief, counting this ball 2 of 6, and finally no iron...

In the final moments of the game, the Grizzlies still did not give up, although the difference had come to 11 points, but Coach Hollins did not replace the main lineup, but the game time was not enough.

In the end, 100:111, the Thunder managed to hold on to their home court.

At the end of the game, Sam Young's whole body was relieved, and he finally didn't have to continue to defend Li Ze, such a confrontation was too painful!

The winning, grinning and happy, Coach Brooks took the initiative to shake hands with Coach Hollins.

After a brief greeting between the players on both sides, the Grizzlies quickly walked back to the players' tunnel, and the first playoff game of the budding team still lost.

Ford Center has become a sea of jubilation again, and the playoffs are off to a great start!

At this time, Li Ze was being interviewed by TNT reporters on the sidelines, and in this game, he was 12 of 21, 3 of 5 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and efficiently scored 31 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 turnover and 1 steal, with a shooting rate of nearly 6 percent, which has made Reggie Miller on the commentary bench unable to blow.

"Congratulations, Kayce, you've won G1, but a quick review of the game, you won't have it easy tonight."

"This is the playoffs, the Grizzlies are a good opponent, they have a lot of interior quality and they try to slow down the pace throughout the game, but we coped well, the coaching staff prepared well before the game and their teammates played well!"

Li Ze said a lot of words, and the slightly frank black female reporter didn't want to do anything, so she asked a very routine question:

"Kayce, I noticed that your shooting percentage in this game seems to be close to 60%, which is an incredible performance, how many points would you rate yourself for this game?"

Hearing such a question, Li Ze calmly pretended to be an X:

"Well, let's score 6 points, although I stood on the free throw line in the third quarter of the game, my offensive rhythm was really disrupted, so I will continue to work hard and continue to improve myself in the follow-up games!"

“…”

Obviously, Li Ze's X pretended to make this black female reporter completely speechless, do you want to go to heaven?

…

With the game between the Thunder and the Grizzlies over, the results of the first round of the playoffs G1 are all out.

On the same night, the Eastern Conference Celtics won a hard-fought home win over the Knicks, the Spurs beat the Hornets in the West, and the Lakers reversed the game in the second half to win the Nuggets by four points.

At this point, the teams in the top half of the league, except for the Magic team, all the other teams have won, and it is not a simple matter to do the following.

After the end of G1, Amerika's media reporters and commentators began to comment on the teams and the performance of the players.

TNT, which was doing things, began to sing praises for the Lakers, sang praises for the Thunder, and blew Li Ze, while ESPN turned into Zhan once again, standing up for the Heat, and by the way, also blew Rose's performance.

However, the playoffs all start with an away win, and as a professional sports media, the first two rounds of games should not be blown too hard, and everyone is silently waiting for G3.

On April 18th, Durant was surfing the Internet at home, and seeing that everyone did not criticize his performance, he couldn't help but completely put his mind at ease, 8 of 20, and 24 points felt good, but such data compared with the regular season, the efficiency declined a little.

"Okay, Kevin, don't care too much about what the fans and the media think, not to mention that 24 points is also the second highest score on the team, you always think too much."

"Look at Russell, with 22 points, the efficiency is about the same as yours, but there are not as many troubles as yours, sometimes I feel like I'm about to become a psychiatrist, you can't be too strict with yourself."

The bald agent Kleiman couldn't help but comfort his big employer when he saw his big employer holding a mobile phone and swiping endlessly.

Durant continued to flip through the phone, while his fingers were typing, and when he heard the words of the agent Kleiman, he said without raising his head:

"Trust me buddy, if we lost last night, I'm going to be hacked, I will never allow this to happen, is our media company down?"

"I'll do my errands, don't worry, if only you could play in New York, San Francisco is also good, there are a lot of start-ups there, do some venture capital, you can also make money."

Although Durant yearns for the big city, when he thinks of the big contract he just signed, he still feels that money is more important in his heart, and when he thinks of the terms of the contract with Nike, he reminds again:

"I remember getting to the playoffs and a bonus, I can't forget that!"

"Sure, Kevin, do you have a chance to make it to the finals? As long as the data is good, we can run FMVP! ”

As soon as he heard the data, the corners of Durant's mouth twitched, and he couldn't complain:

"If you really want to look at the data, then I may not be able to compare to Kayce, not only me, I believe that any outside player in the league should not be as good as him in terms of statistics..."

“…”

Reaching the playoffs will allow many players to activate riders, and teams will also receive income, with the 16 teams that make the playoffs this season sharing a total of $13 million in prize money.

The first prize money of each team is about 190,000 US dollars, and with the continuous promotion, there is more and more small money, and the prize money of the championship team will exceed 2.3 million US dollars!

On the night of the 18th, there were two G2 games in the NBA league, the Bulls once again defeated the Pacers, and the Heat also relied on excellent defense to easily beat the 76ers.

Amika's media reporters saw that the Heat team actually limited the score of the 76 team to 73 points, and once again climaxed collectively, this is the dominance of the Big Three!

On the night of the 19th, 3 G2 games started, and the Magic team finally won at home, 82:88, narrowly beating the Hawks by 6 points.

The Celtics, who played at home, also performed averagely, 93-96, a difficult victory over the Knicks; In contrast, the Mavericks showed their firepower from the outside, 89-101, and easily defeated the Trail Blazers.

The team won again in the first half of the district, and the game without too much suspense also made the fans addicted.

On April 20th, during the afternoon training session of the Thunder team, Durant saw Li Ze hit a step-back jumper for 4 consecutive rounds, and he was completely speechless, good guy, this is getting stronger and stronger, are you really going to transform into Jordan...

By the end of the training session, Li Zehan didn't come out, and the training session of the Thunder didn't challenge him mostly, most of the time he was feeding cakes and accompanying his teammates to run in tactics, and the reason for his good state was also related to a golden badge he had just harvested:

Achievement Badge [Champion Badge]: 1/5000 (Champion Badge Bonus)

Improves the ability to make back-to-back jumpers, improves the consistency of shots, and reduces the impact of frontal defenders.

This badge is just right for Li Ze, during the playoffs, under a lot of physical confrontation, he still has a higher grasp of the middle distance, and the back-to-back jumper technique is very suitable for him, after all, the height of two meters plus the back-to-back is enough to cope with the defense of most guards.

And this badge not only brings attribute bonuses, but also basketball intuition bonuses on the offensive end are the most important, for which Li Ze is still adapting, in short, his strength is a little stronger.

"It looks like we won tonight, Kayce is in great shape, hopefully everything goes well on the road after that, I really don't like to play in Memphis!"

In the locker room, the turtle simply cleaned up his clothes, and when he saw Li Ze's leisurely appearance, he immediately praised his good brother.

"I don't believe the Grizzlies will always be in such good form on the inside!"

Tool man Perkins also hurriedly stated that he was blown up by Marc Gasol in the last game, and once again lost face in front of the new players, which made the champion center a little embarrassed.

"The Grizzlies are still too bad on the outside, and if we look at the situation at night, maybe we can wrap the inside after the opening."

When Durant heard Li Ze's words, he also agreed very much:

"Trust me guys, Tony Allen won't have it easy for me to defend, too much physical exertion will definitely make him inaccurate on the offensive end!"

The atmosphere group heard a few people blowing wildly, and they couldn't help but echo it, although everyone was suspected of blowing X, but the night game was smooth and a little incredible.

After the end of the first quarter, the Russian fans at the Ford Center Arena were already in high spirits!

At 17:30, the Thunder led by 13 points in the first quarter.

Contrary to Lee's expectations, he didn't know if the Grizzlies' outside line was iron, but Zach Randolph and Mark Gasol combined for 1-of-9 shooting almost made him drop his jaw.

Coach Hollins called a timeout after the opening game, trying to use thick chicken soup to wake up the players' feelings, but unfortunately after everyone hit the iron, the Thunder easily won a double-digit lead just by relying on counterattacks.

Coach Hollins didn't expect this to happen, so in the rotation phase of the second quarter, he just replaced the in-form Marc Gasol and replaced Darrell Arthur, and the other main players continued to play, smashing the main force, and the Grizzlies were going to fight hard again!

After the start of the second quarter, the Thunder took the lead in attacking, and although they took a double-digit lead, Li Ze did not deliberately slow down the tempo, and immediately gave the ball to Sofrosa at the top of the arc after halftime.

Nazr Mohammed immediately raised the screen, and after completing a hand-to-hand pass with Sovlosa, Li Ze took advantage of the right hand to accelerate the breakthrough, using Nazr Mohammed's cover to get rid of Tony Allen's defensive entanglement.

Noticing that Arthur's defense had been delayed, Li Ze in the middle of the march suddenly sent the ball forward with his right hand, and after adjusting his footsteps, he pulled the ball with his left hand sharply, and Sam Gold, who was in the middle of the move, directly shook off Arthur who was assisting in the defense.

"Oh!"

The wonderful passing action made the Russian fans in the Ford Center Arena subconsciously exclaim.

Li Ze, who changed his direction, cut into the basket with the ball in his left hand, and Randolph's defense was just about to move, Li Ze made a passing feint, shaking Randolph stunned in place, and made an easy layup with his left hand!

The moment Li Ze completed the goal, the excited Russian City Football Question began to shout, and the fancy passing action is definitely the favorite of the fans!

The Thunder was on the bench, the turtle and Durant were throwing towels again, and the atmosphere team was also screaming, and the action was too showy.

Seeing Arthur looking at him with a confused expression, Li Ze kindly reminded the other party:

"Next time, remember to stick closer, so I don't have to be fancy!"

Arthur was completely speechless, and if he posted too close, he would be passed by in one step...

In the case of the team's inaccuracy on the inside, Michael Conley on the outside stepped up first, used Randolph's big body to cover, got rid of Li Ze's entanglement, and made a two-point pull-up jump shot.

The two-pointer hit the ball steadily.

The fans of the city did not care, and the double-digit lead made them very relieved, and under the leadership of the live DJ, they once again cheered for the team's attack:

“OKC！ OKC！ OKC！ ”

Amid the rhythmic cheers of the fans, Li Ze handed over the ball to Daquin Cook immediately after halftime, and after receiving the ball, he did not wait for his teammates to come over and hand it over, but gave the ball to Collison in the left elbow area of the free throw line.

Sovrosa immediately went over to receive the ball, and Li Ze asked for the ball directly on the right side of the block through a cross cover with Nazr Mohammed.

After receiving a high hanging pass from Soflosa, Li Ze twisted his body and attacked with a frame, and after two tentative steps with his right foot, Tony Allen's defensive center of gravity subconsciously shifted back.

Li Ze took the opportunity to shoot the basketball, then quickly lowered the center of gravity of his body, released the ball with his right hand, and broke through in the direction of the baseline with his right hand, and when Tony Allen reacted, he saw that Li Ze had drifted to the right and threw a backward jumper.

"Boom...", a step-back jumper hits.

The Ford Center Arena erupted in huge cheers again, and Li Ze couldn't help but chuckle when he saw Tony Allen's helpless appearance:

"Relax man, maybe when I hit two or three more shots, you won't have to play against me!"

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