On December 9, 2011, Thunder general manager Presti felt like his head was going to explode

As soon as the free market opened, Durant's agent Kleiman came up and gave him a heavy punch, and the colorful pie didn't work at all, so he had no choice but to agree to the other party's request.

Since Durant's previous five-year contract period was 25% of the salary cap, under the just-launched 11th version of the collective bargaining agreement, due to the existence of the Li Ze clause, this contract will become a 30% starting salary, an increase of 7.5%.

After communicating with Turtle's agent, Ted, Presti and Kleiman spent the afternoon talking to the league about Durant's contract.

In the end, the result is really good, the NBA league will bear the extra 5% of the salary, but the salary space must also be calculated according to the current contract

This season is the contract year of Li Ze and Ibaka, and Presley also negotiated with Turtle's agent Ted in the morning, and the other party also has no intention of reducing salary, and the five-year 94 million maximum salary contract is not negotiable.

After talking to Turtle's agent, Ted, Prestie and Turtle's agent last season, the two have signed a contract of intent to pay up to the 25 percent salary cap.

At that time, the two parties also took into account the changes in the collective bargaining agreement, so the news has not been announced, but there is such an additional clause in the contract, so Ted came to confirm the contract.

This year is the first year of Durant's big contract, and after converting to a starting salary of 30%, he will get 15.51 million US dollars this year, but fortunately, there is still one year left in the child labor contract of the turtle, and 5.08 million US dollars helped!

Because in order to poach Perkins from the Celtics last season, Presti signed a four-year, $34.8 million contract with Perkins in March, and Perkins will get $7.12 million this season.

Coupled with Li Ze's 4.6 million U.S. knife child labor contract and other players' contracts, the Thunder's salary this season has reached 62 million.

After communicating with the NBA league in the afternoon, Presti reconfirmed the luxury tax line for this season, 73970553 a US dollar, and if it exceeds one US dollar, it will have to pay taxes.

Next season, Turtle's contract will take effect and he will get $16.4 million, Durant will also have $16.67 million in the second year of his big contract, Li Ze's child labor contract will be $582, and Perkins' contract will be $7.8 million.

However, once Li Ze's 5-year contract of about 94 million maximum salary takes effect in 2013, the trio's contract of 16.4 million + 17.63 million + 17.83 million will occupy the vast majority of the salary cap.

The salary cap for these two years should be about 58 million, the luxury tax is about 72 million, and the trio's salary of 51.86 million will undoubtedly produce a huge luxury tax.

After all, Ibaka's contract can't still be 2.2 million, and Perkins' contract will reach 8.48 million US dollars at that time, and the salary will completely explode!

Presley was completely speechless when he saw the future salary estimate handed to him by the staff, and as he had guessed before, no one would accept a pay cut after winning the championship.

Li Ze's clause has just been introduced, and young players will definitely not give up the first big contract in their lives, after all, playing in the NBA league, in addition to pursuing championships, the rest is to make money.

Players and owners are inherently opposed, and it's impossible to get a championship and take a pay cut

The staff in the office saw that Presti had been silent, and everyone was silent.

Due to the limited market in Russia, there is no big broadcast contract, and the advertising space is also stretched, in this case, the team wants to make a profit, to a large extent, it has to rely on merchandise and tickets.

But it's a pity that the purchasing power of the city circle is not strong, although these two can make the team not lose money, or even make a small profit, but if you want more profits, you have to rely on the league's subsidies.

The alliance's new revenue share and luxury tax distribution have been raised, and the boss Bennett has taken a fancy to this, so he wants to get a subsidy.

"Okay guys, let's go home and rest today, don't worry about the team, our squad won't change much this season, we will stay competitive."

"Sam, you also rest early, there are some things we can discuss together."

"God has favored the city very much, we should still keep the core players, and we can report to the management together."

When Presti sent all the gossiping staff away, he looked at the salary budget in his hand again, and felt very helpless.

In fact, as the manager of the team, he can fully maximize the benefits, and quickly trade the player away while there is still one year left in the child labor contract of the turtle.

Or wait for Li Ze to enter the fourth year of his contract and become a restricted free agent, and other teams will offer a 4-year maximum salary, and then sign and then change after matching, completely wasting Li Ze's bird rights.

The latter option, in particular, is the most in the interests of the team, with the Thunder using up Li Ze's child labor contract, so that the team that trades only needs to pay a four-year contract with a maximum salary, reducing risk.

This kind of move will definitely make the other party applaud, and at the same time, the Thunder team can also gain more chips.

For the team, every time a contract with a maximum salary is offered, there is a huge risk, after all, no one can say what will happen in the future, and a player with a big contract suddenly rotten, or an inadvertent injury, may change the player.

But once he does this, then he will basically stand on the opposite side of the player, lose people and money, and it will be difficult for the two sides to be friends again in the end.

Li Ze made history in the city of Russia and helped the team win the first championship in team history, in this case, this approach is absolutely humiliating!

Similarly, trading Durant is also a good option if the chips are right, and as long as the wind is released, the trio can bring good returns to the team.

Presti can't make his own decisions like this, he's already worked hard, so the final choice will lie with the choice of the team owner, or rather, the choice of the team's shareholders.

What the fans think, what the players think doesn't matter, and even the team's staff can't intervene in this matter, after all, everyone is working, and the shareholders are the ones who pay real money.

The team loses money, which damages the interests of the shareholders, and maybe the fans will be dissatisfied with the deal, but who cares, there is only one sports league in the Russian city, as long as the results are passable, the tickets are always sold.

Presti sat alone in the office for a long time, and finally looked at the photo on the desk of the Thunder team toasting and taking a photo at the Finals, and sighed silently in his heart:

"If the ball market in Russia had been bigger, the result would have been completely different."

On December 10, the second day of the opening of the free market, there was a blockbuster three-way trade.

The Dallas Mavericks traded Tyson Chandler, Oman Nivens and Georges Princesis to the New York Knicks and a 2012 second-round pick to the Washington Wizards.

The New York Knicks traded Andy Lawtings to the Dallas Mavericks.

The New York Knicks traded Ronny Turiav, cash and a 2013 second-round pick to the Washington Wizards, who traded the 2012 second-round pick to the Dallas Mavericks.

In the end, the Mavericks didn't get a second-round pick from the Wizards because they were protected by the top 55, but with a trade exception in New York, the deal got its purpose.

Mavericks fans were very disappointed that the team made such a trade choice for the simple reason that it was to save money, and Dallas fans complained wildly on Reddit, but could not make any impact on the deal.

Again, it doesn't matter what the fans think, the bosses are interested in the American knife, the fans in New York scold the street every day, and the team didn't make changes until last year, and the owner Dolan obviously doesn't care about the fans' opinions.

Tyson Chandler longed for a championship, but in the end he couldn't resist the temptation of a big contract in New York, and the Knicks had a bigger contract and played in a big city, and he certainly wouldn't turn it down.

On December 11th, Lakers fans were also disappointed that their best No. 6 man, Odom, was traded.

The Dallas Mavericks traded a 2014 first-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Lamar Odom and a 2012 second-round pick, while the deal also earned the Lakers a trade exception for the Mavericks.

The Lakers chose to send away the best sixth man, and the purpose is also very clear, also to save money, old Buss also has to consider the issue of luxury tax, anyway, the oversized broadcast contract has been obtained, what if the results are a little worse?

Of course, this deal wasn't the Lakers' original intention, initially they wanted to bring Hornets All-Star guard Chris Paul to Los Angeles!

This news began to circulate inadvertently, and then caused an uproar, Paul + Kobe + Gasol? Oh God!

Lakers fans are excited, Volute has finally ushered in the strongest helper, the 6th crown is coming, surpassing Jordan is not a dream!

In order to get Paul, the Lakers pulled the Rockets to make a trade together, the Lakers sent Gasol and Odom, and the Rockets sent Dragic, Scola, Martin and a 12-year first-round pick.

In the end, the Hornets got Odom, Scola, Kevin Martin, Dragic and a 2012 first-round pick.

Since the Hornets are currently in league custody, the owners of other teams simply won't let this happen, and Cavaliers owner Gilbert jumped out against it first, and he has seen enough of the superstar huddle.

Of course, not only the owner of the Cavaliers, but also other people don't like to see the Lakers make a profit, you all got a 20-year, $3 billion broadcast contract, and at this time you want to form another All-Star backcourt, what is the balance that the league says?

Although the general manager of the Hornets had approved the deal, in the end Mr. President made a move, and David Stern directly vetoed the deal for "basketball reasons", making the hapless Paul dream of Los Angeles shattered

Lakers fans have been scolding the president for not doing anything in the past few days, and they are also very unhappy with the old Buss for giving up the best sixth man.

Even if there is no Paul, as long as the guard line is upgraded, there is still a lot of hope for the championship, but the thighs on the bench are gone, how can this be played?

On December 14th, Lakers fans broke the defense again.

The Los Angeles Clippers traded Alpha Rukh Aminu, Eric Gordon, Chris Carman and a 2012 first-round pick to the New Orleans Hornets.

In exchange for Chris Paul, $350,000 and a 2015 second-round pick!

The unlucky Paul ended up going to Los Angeles, but the Los Angeles Clippers.

After this deal, many fans found that the Clippers seemed to have accumulated enough talent.

The combination of Griffin and Paul definitely has a play, and considering Paul's ability to control the court, the Clippers have a good chance of getting out of the belly.

Chris Paul's proudest ability is to be able to guarantee the team's floor, which he has proven in the Hornets, and last season's Black 7 eliminated the Spurs, which is Paul's current masterpiece.

The free market is surging, and everyone on the Thunder team is not paying much attention, and General Manager Presti has been instructed by the boss at this time to secretly test the price of the turtle in the market.

As a result, before the offer was received, the rumors that the Thunder wanted to trade the core guard spread, and the free market exploded!

Turtles are of course very good, averaging 22.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.2 turnovers per game last season, shooting 45.2% from the field and 33.1% from three-point range.

As for why there is such a big reaction in the market, it is mainly because trading the turtle turtle means that the Thunder team may dismantle the trio, which also means that Li Ze can also be traded.

Turtle Turtle is still a child labor contract this year, and the transaction value is not small, but compared with Li Ze, the gap is big, MVP! With a small guard as the core, you may not be able to win the championship, but with the super guard as the core, dynasties have appeared!

This season is Li Ze's third year, and if the MVP can be traded after the season, then the new team can also enjoy a one-year child labor contract, and then the team will have a lot of room to operate.

And many teams have long coveted the Celestial Empire market represented by Li Ze, Yao Ming has made a city like Houston make a lot of money, and if Russia can't do it, you will pull it across, change to a big city, and it will definitely take off!

For a while, there were few offers for turtles, and Presti received offers from many teams for Li Ze. It's tempting indeed!

The players of the Thunder team naturally saw such news, and everyone was a little incredulous, in the eyes of the players, the Thunder team's selection of the trio was a shit luck, and the rookie contract was about to dissolve before it ended?

Li Ze was not affected too much, but the turtle turtle became very unhappy.

And Durant is a little entangled, he feels that as long as Li Ze is in the team, the position of boss is basically gone, and Li Ze will always get the most attention.

But when I thought of the team's absence of Li Ze, in case the record was stretched, it would definitely be him who would be sprayed, and when I thought of the crazy hacking of him by various media, Durant couldn't be happy, and he was indeed very evaluated in the unexpected world.

The morning training had just ended, and when it was time for lunch, the turtle began to complain frantically after sitting down:

"We just won the championship last season, and the team doesn't want to pay the luxury tax and wants to trade us now, Shet! The Lakers have a salary of more than 90 million in order to compete for the championship! ”

Li Ze seemed very calm, if from an economic point of view, the choice of the Thunder team is understandable, and the championship is also won, the boss must want to make more money, seeing the angry appearance of the turtle, he simply comforted two sentences:

"Don't think too much, the contract is currently a team option, how to trade, it is completely up to the team, no matter what happens, just play with peace of mind, of course, a big contract can not be less, I believe that the team will not deliberately stumble."

As soon as Durant heard Li Ze mention the big contract, he couldn't help but possess lemon essence.

His contract is naturally the largest compared with the same period, but due to the increase in the salary cap in the past two years, the salary is still about 5 million less than the contract between Guigui and Li Ze.

"I don't know if the salary cap will change in the future, Kleiman told me that if the league's salary cap continues to increase, then after the end of the rookie contract of the player in the future, the salary of the next contract may exceed 100 million!"

"Fack! What a happy future player! ”

Durant's sour words made Li Ze quite agree, even considering inflation, a contract of more than 100 million yuan is indeed exaggerated enough, and the memory in his mind tells him that such a scene will indeed occur.

Li Ze couldn't intervene in the transaction, and he didn't want to show incompetence and rage, so he immediately changed the topic and said:

"Maybe we need to invest a little more to make sure the property doesn't shrink, have you heard of the BodyArmor sports drink? It's definitely a nice up-and-coming brand! ”

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The shortened season of 2011~2012 has a total of 66 games.

The first game is the Christmas game, which the NBA league gave early warning, and of course, the most eye-catching game is that the Heat's Big Three will take on the defending champion Thunder on the road.

This kind of schedule is a bit of a mess, but the fans said they like it very much, Mars hit the earth, this scene is very good-looking!

On Christmas Eve, the free agency market continued, and the Thunder announced the elimination of Nate Robinson on this day, and the quality of the player did not meet the team's expectations, but the layoff of the player the day before the start of the season was mainly to save money.

Anyway, the minimum wage for the Thunder has already been reached, and in line with the principle of saving what can be saved, it is not surprising that Presti made such a choice.

But losing his job on Christmas Eve was a terrible feeling for Nate Robinson.

Li Ze was preparing Christmas dinner with Anne at his home in Ocheng at this time, and the black-haired royal sister was pickling the turkey with a focused expression, and when she saw Li Ze making trouble on the side, she couldn't help but glance at him angrily:

"If you want to help, just go to the other side and cut the vegetables, it's all your fault, our progress is half an hour slower than expected!"

Li Ze immediately stepped forward and hugged the waist of the black-haired royal sister from behind, this Christmas, the other girls went home, only Anne chose to spend the holiday with him, which made him very happy:

"We still have a lot of time, don't we? I've put a lot of thought into the Christmas presents I've prepared for you! ”

Hearing Li Ze's words, Anne was in a good mood, turned her head, gave a fragrant kiss, and then continued to prepare the ingredients, while smiling and saying:

"Of course, the gift will not be opened until tomorrow morning, so that it will be more ceremonial!"

Seeing the black-haired royal sister's serious look, Li Ze smiled and directly picked up the other party, causing Dashu to exclaim:

"It's too late to prepare in the afternoon, let's catch up on the drama first, and rest for a while by the way!"

Anne just wanted to agree, but found that Li Ze was carrying her to the bedroom, and suddenly she couldn't care about the spices in her hand, and she couldn't help but beat Li Ze twice:

"Put me down, you're such a beast!"

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On December 25th, the day of the Chinese New Year is directly celebrated, and tonight they will witness the team at home to receive the championship ring, and the championship flag will also float in the stadium at home from today.

Since the Thunder found a new stadium title owner in the offseason, the home arena will be renamed the Chesapeake Energy Arena this season.

That night, all 19,599 seats were full, and tickets were sold out back in June, and all the fans of the city didn't want to miss this scene, for the first time in the team's history!

The uniforms thoughtfully prepared white championship T-shirts for the audience, and although most of the offseason activities were lost, the Thunder were not stingy with the award ceremony, which was definitely a day to remember.

When all the players on the home team came out on the court, the lights shone into the center of the court, and Bennett, the owner of the Thunder team, stood at a round table, picked up the microphone very happily, and said loudly:

"Thank you to the Russian city fans who were there, today is a day to remember, we will see the championship flag flying over the stadium, the first championship in the history of the team, we really did it!"

"Thank you to all the staff, the success of the team is inseparable from everyone's efforts, thank you to the excellent lads, you have created a miracle that belongs to the Russian city!"

"Scott, I'll leave it to you!"

Amid the huge cheers of the fans in the Russian city, Coach Brooks began to present championship rings to the players one by one, and the championship rings of the Thunder team were mainly white, with the Thunder team logo on the front.

The two sides, one left and one right, are the total score of the entire playoff journey and the numbers of 2011 plus the O'Brien Cup, and the surrounding area is filled with broken diamonds, and the whole ring is simple and elegant.

All the players from last season were there, regardless of whether everyone was still playing on the Thunder team, everyone who received the ring was very happy tonight, and Li Ze was the last person to receive the ring, and took the microphone in the cheers of the fans at the scene.

First looked at the championship ring on the ring finger of his left hand, and then said loudly:

"Thank you and thank you for your support of the team! Wow, this ring is really beautiful, but I don't think it's enough to have white, this year we're going to add another blue ring, and the O'Brien Cup will come to O'Brien again, what do you think? ”

"Yay!!"

Li Ze's words made the fans cheer at the scene, and all the players came to the center of the field again, everyone showed the rings on their hands at the same time, and completed the group photo with a smile, and the atmosphere on the scene was completely excited.

In the away team's player tunnel, everyone in the Heat team turned into lemon essence, and in the first game of the game, they witnessed the happy collar ring of the opponent of the Finals on their home court, shrimp and pig heart!

As soon as Bosh thought of the scene where he was beaten to tears by Li Ze in the finals, the anger in his heart kept surging, and Wade pulled his face and didn't say a word, just silently watched the Thunder team complete the group photo.

This offseason, the Heat team has changed a lot, Pat Riley has not been stingy after lobbying the owner, more or less paid some luxury tax, and the team has added some role players.

But most importantly, Wade lost his horse and suffered a Finals loss, and in the end he chose to make a sacrifice and give his horse to his good brother LeBron James.

There is only one basketball, and if you want to achieve better results, the Big Three have to sacrifice each other, but Wade's sacrifice is relatively large among the three, and if he loses the position of the boss, the corresponding ball possession will also be reduced, and the data may also shrink.

LeBron James, who wore a black headband, also said nothing, and this offseason, he worked his back skills, and at the same time, he chose to gain weight in order to be able to play more efficiently.

The Heat's 2.1 version of LeBron James is officially released, and the elegant style of play will gradually disappear, and the crushing of speed and power is what the chosen one is currently pursuing.

The first game of the new season is the Christmas battle broadcast live in the United States, coupled with the young triumvirate matchup, which directly filled the attention of this game, and TNT, as the broadcaster, also sent its own ace commentary lineup.

Unlike narrator Mark Jackson, Steve Cole still hasn't found a job at the moment.

So this season, he will continue to be a guest commentator at TNT, and immediately after the Thunder's award ceremony, Steve Kerr said:

"I noticed the change in LeBron James before the game, he looks stronger, it seems that the loss in the finals still has a certain impact on LeBron, he must have been training hard in the offseason."

Reggie Miller began to praise Li Ze when he heard his old partner's words:

'Kayce is also in good shape, having played in a Test event at the London Olympics this summer and then at the Asian Championships, and I looked through some of the highlights and it was clear that Kayce was more in control of the game.

Commentator Kevin Harlan couldn't help but interrupt when he heard the two guests waw wow just blowing:

"I believe that tonight's Christmas game, the two sides will definitely give us a wonderful game, and it is very interesting that the starting lineups of the two sides have not changed much compared to the finals, maybe tonight can be regarded as a continuation of the finals."

On the commentary bench at the scene, the three of them continued to analyze the game, briefly introduced the matchup, the players on both sides simply bumped fists to greet each other, neither side spoke, everyone can be regarded as old opponents, and the Heat team is obviously angry.

When the referee signaled for the players from both sides to come to the center of the field, all the Russian fans in the stadium stood up and began to shout loudly to cheer for the home team:

“OKC！ OKC！ OKC！ ”

"Smack!"

With the blessing of the home atmosphere, Ibaka successfully jumped to the ball for the Thunder with his excellent jump, which made the Russian city fans on the scene burst into cheers again.

Chalmers saw the turtle dribble past half of the court, and immediately came to the outside of the three-point line to play a pressing defense, compared with the Finals, the Heat's defensive strategy remains the same, still marking defense.

The Thunder's offense was just as simple, with Li Ze quickly popping up to the left wing outside the three-point line with the help of Perkins' cover in the three-second zone, although Wade's defense did not lose position at the first time and successfully chased it outside the three-point line.

When Li Ze received the pass from the turtle, Perkins also quickly lifted the cover and opened up the space under the basket, and Wade subconsciously glanced at Perkins' defensive position.

But at this moment, Li Ze suddenly lowered his body's center of gravity, quickly released the ball with his left hand, and after stepping with his right foot, he broke through with a cross-step dribble, and the extremely fast first step made Wade lose half of his body immediately.

Li Ze's breakthrough speed was not fast, and he even made a crotch change during the march, and the sudden change in the rhythm of the dribble made Wade's defense slightly stunned.

When the ball in his right hand crushed to the left blocking area, Li Ze directly turned around with a gyroscopic top, firmly stuck Wade behind him, and his huge stride made him easily come to the bottom left of the basket, and then pick up the basket with his left hand.

“Kayce Gets inside！ OH！ That's good！ ”

There are no skills and all power layups, which made the commentator Kevin Harlan exclaim, Wade was crushed so badly, this scene is really rare.

The Russian fans at the scene watched screaming, and when Wade saw the relaxed Li Ze retreating with a smile, he was suddenly choked with anger again, dreamed of returning to the finals, and was crushed again.

The first offense hit the shot, and the Russian fans in the audience all sat in their chairs, and then continued to shout for the home team's defense:

“Defense！ Defense！ Defense！ ”

Chalmers, who dribbled past half court, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth when he saw the Thunder defending two or three again, which simply became his nightmare.

When Bosh came to the free-throw line to respond, Wade was the first to receive the ball on the right wing from beyond the three-point line.

Then the Heat began to quickly pass the ball on the outside, pulling the defense of the Thunder on the line Li Ze and the turtle, and LeBron James had already received the horse of his good brother, so the offense was not dealt at the top of the arc.

In the face of Durant's shrinking defense, LeBron James took advantage of Joel Anthony's blocking after receiving the ball, took a step inside the three-point line, and made a two-point emergency stop.

"Huh!" Two-point ball hollow net.

It can be seen that LeBron James, who is a lap bigger, is indeed in very good shape, and his shooting confidence seems to be better.

In the next few rounds, because the Heat did not overemphasize 24 seconds and forced the rhythm, the offense of both sides began to open and close, and as long as there was a missed shot, it would be immediately counterattacked by the other party.

The Thunder naturally liked this offensive rhythm very much, and Durant even showed off his dribble in a transition offense, and directly held the ball after receiving the rebound.

The defense against LeBron James outside the three-point line, after a simple jump dribble with the ball in his left hand, suddenly a large change of direction in front of the body, and then a slight pause in the right hand, when James's defensive center of gravity shifted to the right, the forward change of direction again.

After the double change of direction, Durant completely got rid of the defense and made a mid-range pull-up jump shot from the free throw line!

“Amazing！ Kevin Durant！ He get it！ ”

Exaggerated cross over, visual explosion, and commentator Kevin Harlan was shocked by Durant's movements.

Durant was also very proud after the goal, which was the result of a summer of hard work, and his left hand was stronger than last season, allowing him to control the ball more freely.

Hearing the cheers of the fans at the scene, Durant couldn't help but shake his head at LeBron James to express his contempt.

Then in the next two rounds, Durant was choked by the physically stronger James.

After a simple pick-and-roll, Durant was almost completely carried away by holding the ball and hitting the inside, resulting in one foul each on both rounds for Serge Ibaka and Perkins.

Perhaps because of the first game of the season, the referee did not steal the scene too much, and the first quarter of the game was very smooth, and the continuous fast-break scores of both sides made the Russian fans on the scene very enjoyable.

With 2:48 left in the first quarter, the Thunder's offense, the two big men again mentioned the left and right elbow areas, and after the trio continued to cut around the outside, this time Li Ze received a pass from Ibaka on the right wing outside the three-point line.

At the moment of receiving the ball, the right hand released the ball, after dribbling a big step, suddenly pushed the ball to change direction, and then the left hand dribbled the ball under the crotch very quickly, the body turned the hip while lowering the center of gravity of the body, and the right hand held the ball to accelerate with all its might.

Wade was already numb, and in the first quarter of the game, he was used by Li Ze in the same way, left and right bows, crushed to the basket and scored three goals.

At this time, seeing Li Ze stuck half of his body again, he hurriedly and quickly slid backwards to block the breakthrough route.

As a result, Li Ze, who had just dribbled past the three-point line, dribbled back with a large cross-step with the ball in his right hand, made a slight effort at his feet, and retreated to the three-point line, without waiting for Wade to react, he quickly jumped and shot.

“Kayce Open the three！ Knocks it down！ ”

In the first quarter, most of the offense was converted, and the three-point shot hit by Li Ze was also the first outside long-range shot of the two teams, and the difference at this time directly became 5 points, and everyone in the Heat team was a little numb.

The offense played like this, and the result was still 5 points behind.

Coach Brooks directly replaced Li Ze when he entered the first quarter within two minutes, which can be regarded as a substitution, after all, the team still maintains the lead, and the pressure of the game is really not great.

In the remaining two minutes, the turtle seemed to notice that the Heat's interior was still a paper tiger.

In the case of the opponent's full fouls, three consecutive rounds, constantly hitting the inside, Joel Anthony, who fouled twice, did not dare to move, and watched the turtle score 6 points in a row.

Fortunately, the Heat's offense did not lose power, and by the end of the first quarter, at 30:35, the Thunder still maintained a five-point lead.

At the intermission, Coach Spo looked around the bench and frowned, the Heat team really has no one inside, and in such a matchup, a veteran like Juwan Howard is basically given away for nothing.

By the time the second quarter began, the Heat fielded a lineup of Norris Kerr, Wade, James Jones, Haslem and Bosh.

The Thunder are still in the regular rotation, with Li Ze, Cook, Soflosa, Ibaka, and Collison rotating on the court.

When the Heat team attacked, it was soon found that the Thunder team had changed its defensive strategy and directly changed to a three-two joint defense, pinching Wade on the line, and relying on the rotation of players to defend on the weak side.

This kind of defense is actually a great test of the tacit understanding of the players on the court, but through the training last season, the first round of the Thunder was executed very well.

Wade received the ball on the right wing outside the three-point line, held the ball in his left hand, and just wanted to dribble through.

As a result, Cook at the top of the arc directly cooperated with Li Ze to wrap the ball, although the ball was the first to play, but James Jones did not get an empty opportunity after receiving the ball.

Sofrosa made up for it as soon as possible, and the Heat passed the ball from the outside again, Norris Kerr on the left wing outside the three-point line received the ball, and Ibaka quickly went up to delay.

Norris Cole, as a rookie this year, made his debut very bravely, directly choosing to hold the ball in his left hand to accelerate the breakthrough.

It seemed that he felt that he was getting rid of Ibaka's defense, and he was happy in his heart, and he picked up the basket with his left hand, and the ball was just shot, and it was instantly slapped on the rebound by a big hand.

"Smack!"

In the huge cheers of the Russian city fans, Ibaka, who sent the pegboard hat, once again controlled the ball, and the Heat League quickly retreated.

Seeing Wade's defense posted up for the first time, Li Ze immediately gave the ball to Collison in the elbow area on the right side of the free throw line, then shook his body to the left, exerted force under his feet, and suddenly ran back to the right, briefly getting rid of Wade's entanglement.

Sticking to Collisson's cover, he quickly cut to the basket, Bosh saw the moment Collison passed, and returned to the basket to help defend as soon as possible, but as soon as he stood still, he found that Li Ze, who received the ball, took a step and took off directly.

Bosh under the basket subconsciously jumped up to block, but after the aerial confrontation, he was knocked out of his center of gravity, and watched Li Ze stay in the air for a short time, and pressed the ball into the basket with his right hand!

"Boom!"

“OH！！ OH！ My god！ ”

“Kayce Slam dunk！”

On the TNT live commentary seat, the three of them exclaimed at the same time, Li Ze's dunk was indeed very impactful, and Bosh stumbled after landing and hit the street again.

Li Ze, who completed the dunk, slapped his chest with his expressionless right hand and posed for the camera under the basket, which provoked the front row audience to scream excitedly, and Russian City fans like cold facial paralysis!

Bosh, who was helped up by his teammates, heard the cheers of the fans at the scene, and was completely numb, why is it always him who falls.

Waiting for the next round of the Heat's offense, the Thunder went online again to pinch Wade in advance to let the opponent get the ball, and this time the Heat moved the ball faster.

After a quick pass on the line, Norris Kerr quickly gave the ball to Bosh on the inside, and in the face of Collisson's defense, Bosh didn't seem to be able to recover from the confrontation just now, and hit an iron with a mid-range jumper.

The rebound was protected by Collison, and then a pass to Li Ze, and the Thunder team hula all ran madly to the opponent's half.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Li Ze quickly dribbled across the half court on the left side of the field while observing the position of his teammates.

Wade seemed to want to make a surprise interception, and at the moment when Li Ze was holding the ball and observing his teammates, he quickly grabbed it, but was easily dodged by Li Ze's dexterous large back dribble.

Before the other members of the Heat team had time to fill the position, Li Ze, who had completed the dribble behind his back, took advantage of the momentum and stepped back sharply, and jumped directly outside the three-point line on the left wing one step away!

“BANG！ BANG！ ”

“Kayce From Downtown！ Unbelievable！ ”

Commentator Kevin Harlan couldn't help but shout excitedly, this ball is really outrageous in his opinion, long-range three-pointers in the conversion process, this can be scored?

The Russian city fans at the scene, seeing Li Ze score a goal, pointed to the gun, blew lightly, and shouted excitedly again, the Heat team is nothing more than that.

When the margin reached 10 points, Coach Spo immediately asked for a timeout, and he didn't want to comprehend the Thunder's scoring explosiveness anymore, and immediately got LeBron James and Chalmers back after the timeout.

After the appearance of this lineup with better projection, the Thunder once again became a 23-in-1 defense, but fortunately, James Jones finally hit a three-pointer from the outside to help the Heat stabilize the situation.

When the Thunder attacked, the Heat also began to pinch Li Ze in advance, but the effect was very mediocre, because Ibaka in the contract year put 120 points into the game, and grasped the middle distance of the two open positions.

The two sides entered a stalemate again, and the score difference began to fluctuate back and forth above 8 points.

In this offense, Li Ze, who was outside the three-point line, finally hit the iron, and the long rebound was directly accepted by LeBron James, and then immediately launched a conversion attack.

Li Ze retreated as soon as possible and delayed James with all his might, but after gaining weight, the impact of the Chosen One was stronger, and it was not affected much at all, and the two quickly rushed to the three-point line.

LeBron James, who was holding the ball in his right hand during the march, suddenly turned around, shook off Li Ze at once, strode to the basket, and picked up the basket with his left hand.

"Shh

"Hey! He's definitely on the move! ”

The Russian fans at the scene immediately erupted in a huge boo, and everyone on the bench of the Thunder team also made a walking gesture, but the referee signaled that the game continued, and there was no problem with James's goal.

Li Ze's expression was a little weird, but he didn't bother with the problem of walking, as long as the referee didn't blow it, it was indeed a good ball.

The two sides were still in a stalemate for the rest of the game, with LeBron James significantly increasing his aggression in the second quarter, constantly breaking through the tank and attacking the Thunder's interior.

But with 2 points, the Thunder could also respond, and when there were 4 points and 58 points left in the second quarter, the Thunder still led by 7 points, and Coach Brooks replaced Li Ze again and began to prepare for the second half.

As soon as Li Ze returned to the bench, Marshon Brooks, a newcomer to the atmosphere group, immediately handed the big guy a kettle and a towel, and the others began to send sycophants

smiled at everyone, took a sip of water, and saw the technical statistics handed by the assistant coach, 7 of 9 in the half, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists

For such data, Li Ze just smiled in his heart:

"Conventional operations, without big centers, NBA games, indeed easier to score!"

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There are no changes to the lineup, and some unimportant games will be skipped this season, so the pace will be a lot faster.

Of course, there will be some problems in the dressing room due to the leaks of the deal. -

(End of chapter)