Chapter 248: Consecutive Back-to-Back (9000 Words Chapters)

In the 2011~2012 season, the superstars who were hailed as the four quarterbacks of the NBA by the fans of the Celestial Empire were basically outdated.

Allen Iverson hasn't been on the spotlight for a long time, while Tracy McGrady has started his wandering career with the Hawks this season.

Vince Carter was waived by the Suns and finally signed by the Mavericks as a free agent, and only Kobe Bryant is still active in the eyes of fans and continues to fight for the sixth championship of his career.

The new generation of players has begun to rise, the 03 players have begun to enter their peak, and the James Gang has begun to show their heads, but the appearance of Li Ze has also made the players around the 09 class get attention, and the championship is the last word!

On the evening of the 29th, the Chesapeake Energy Arena was still full, and the fans of the Russian City were of course aware of the team's tense schedule, so they were particularly involved in this game, and from the start of the game, they kept cheering loudly for the home team.

At this time, the first quarter of the game had been played for 5 minutes and 22 seconds, and the score on the court was 9:17.

Turtle dribbled across half court with the ball, took advantage of Ibaka's high block, and accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand, and Nowitzki's forced big delay didn't bother him too much.

After accelerating with all his strength, he got rid of the defense, faced Heywood's block, and picked up the basket with his left hand after the confrontation, and the ball slammed out of the basket.

In the cheers of the fans at the scene, Durant controlled the ball and immediately threw the ball to Li Ze on the outside, and the Thunder won 24 seconds again.

As soon as Delonti West saw Li Ze receiving the ball, his scalp immediately went numb, and in this set of matchups, he was completely crushed, and Li Ze had scored 6 points on him after the opening, and also made him pay for a foul.

Seeing that his teammates opened up the offensive space again, Li Ze signaled that he didn't need to block and dismantle, dribbled the ball under his right crotch, and at the same time raised the center of gravity of his body, while shaking his body to the left, he held the ball in his left hand and paused slightly.

Then he suddenly changed direction sharply in front of his body, lowered his body's center of gravity, and accelerated with all his strength with the ball in his right hand, with a huge range of movements, allowing Li Ze to easily shake off Delonti West's defense.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Li Ze, who broke through to the free throw line, noticed that Haywood seemed to want to help defend, and pulled his right hand down the hip during the march.

Delonti West was shaken up with a big split, and watched Li Ze close the ball and then made an easy jump shot from mid-range.

"Brilliant goal! The Mavericks' perimeter defense had to change its strategy, and as we predicted before the game, Kayce completely crushed Delonte West from the opening time. ”

"DeSean Stevenson really deserves a good contract, and the small team shouldn't let him go to the Nets."

The national live broadcast of the game was carried out by ABC, and the guest commentator of the night was Hall of Fame coach Hubby Brown.

On the on-site commentary seat, the commentator Mike Tyrico immediately took over when he heard the old man's words:

"The Mavericks signed Vince Carter after the free market opened, but perhaps due to the short training camp time, Carter was on the team in this game, but he couldn't start, maybe we can expect the Mavericks' rotation."

At this time, the game entered the official pause, Li Ze walked to the bench with a relaxed expression, high-fived the atmosphere team one by one, and then sat down in his seat, took the kettle handed by Marchand-Brooks, and simply replenished the water.

It was a more relaxed game than he had imagined, and the Mavericks' perimeter defensive intensity dropped significantly from last season.

Delonti West used to be King's knife guard, but the lack of the main rotation in the Celtics last season can already show the strength of the opponent.

Although the Thunder team is ahead, the performance of the turtle is a little impatient, maybe the last game with the Grizzlies was stretched, and there was too much criticism after the game, and the turtle wanted to prove himself in this game, and the result is now another 3 in 0.

"No. 5 pick-and-roll, Russell, solve the problem with shooting, Haywood can't keep up with your rhythm."

Hearing Li Ze's reminder, Turtle Turtle immediately patted his chest and said that he had received it, and Coach Brooks directly rotated the lineup at this time and replaced Li Ze with Soflosa.

In back-to-back games, the coaching staff was also afraid of a thigh injury to King, and with 2:58 left in the first quarter, Durant was also replaced, and Daequine Cook came on.

In the last minute or so of the first quarter, all five players on the court had become substitutes, with Eric Maynor, Nick Collison and Nazr Mohammed all getting their chance to play.

The Mavericks didn't make much rotation, but Odom hit four irons in a row after coming on the court, wasting Jason Terry's excellent play, and the margin was not narrowed at all.

At 23:33, the Thunder led by 10 points in the first quarter, Li Ze was 4 of 4 in a single quarter, 2 of 2 free throws, and easily cut 10 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Of course, Coach Carlisle was very dissatisfied with the outside defense, but unfortunately, the training camp was only open for half a month, and the team didn't have time to run in with the new signings, the regular season started, coupled with the slow heat of the veterans, the first few games were lost.

In the face of the Thunder's outside talent, Carlisle head coach had no choice but to take Vince Carter, and the lineup in the second quarter became Jason Terry, Vince Carter, Ramar Odom, Dirk Nowitzki, and Ian Masimmy.

The Thunder team is still in regular rotation, Li Ze, who has rested for half a quarter, appears again, the Thunder team takes the lead in attacking, and the fans in the city who are in a good mood immediately began to cheer for the home team:

“OKC! OKC! OKC! ”

Li Zed's half-time movement immediately signaled for Collison to come up to cover, and Vince Carter's defense was very aggressive, but the veteran was still half a beat slow when he squeezed through the screen, and Ian Masimmi, who was 2.11m, was forced to make a big delay.

Ian Masimmi had just moved sideways to the left side, raising his right hand high to prevent Li Ze from breaking through easily, but in the blink of an eye, he found that the ball in Li Ze's hand was missing

There was a huge cheer in his ears, and Ian Mashinmi realized that he had been pierced!

The ball passed through the opponent's crotch accurately, and after the body shook to the left, the foot suddenly exerted force, Li Ze deftly passed through the middle of Carter and Ian Masimmi, controlled the ball again with his left hand, and after dribbling a big step, his feet jumped and quickly took off.

Nowitzki under the basket just came back to his senses, and he didn't have time to react at all, watching Li Ze grab the ball with one hand with his right hand, and smash the ball into the basket with a tomahawk explosion!

"Boom!" Breakthrough dunk success.

The Chesapeake Energy Arena erupted in huge cheers, and Li Ze's ball really exploded! The fans at the scene shouted excitedly, and the turtle and Durant on the bench also threw towels with the atmosphere group.

The wonderful goal completely ignited the atmosphere of the scene, and after the goal, Li Ze smiled at Carter, which made the veteran almost break the defense

In the face of the Mavericks' rotation lineup, the Thunder team still followed the mark-to-man defensive style, and immediately changed the defense when the outside line encountered cover, and under the oppressive defense of Li Ze and Soflosa, the Mavericks gave the ball to Nowitzki on the inside immediately after a simple transmission.

In the face of Ibaka's defense, after three threats, he shook off the center of gravity of the defense, and Nowitzki made a dry pull-up jumper with a block and a slight back.

"Whew" hit steadily from a distance.

Ibaka is still a little annoyed, every time he faces a projection power forward, he feels very painful, how to prevent this?

But fortunately, in this game, Nowitzki was not aggressive, and did not ask for the ball continuously, but left more opportunities for Odom and Carter.

But after a few rounds, the point difference was pulled down to 14 points, and Li Ze was able to easily break through Carter's defense every time, and once he broke through to the inside, the Mavericks assisted in defense, and Collison could take the opportunity to eat cake.

The Mavericks took advantage of Nowitzki's containment and began to score and play continuously, quickly passing the ball from the outside, and Carter received the ball and got the opportunity to shoot in the open space, but Li Ze's rotation speed was also very fast, and he immediately jumped up to pounce.

Under the interference, the three-point shot hit the iron again! The long rebound popped up, Sofrosa immediately controlled the ball, and then passed to Li Ze, and the Thunder would quickly launch a transition offense.

The two big men of the Mavericks were still in the backcourt at this time, and Li Ze, who was holding the ball and accelerating wildly, had already rushed to the three-point line.

Carter had already retreated with all his might, but Li Ze, who was moving, suddenly wrapped his right hand around the ball with one hand in his crotch, and then turned around quickly with his left foot as the axis.

At this time, Carter was like a stake, he didn't react, and watched Li Ze turn to the basket and pick up the basket with his left hand!

"Oh! Beautiful conversion layup! It's a bit like Chris Paul's moves, and it looks like Kayce borrowed quite a bit from Paul in the offseason. ”

Commentator Mike Thirico saw that the difference had reached 16 points, and immediately began to talk about off-court gossip.

Coach Carlisle on the sidelines walked directly back to the bench seat, this game is likely to be gone, seeing the silent Kidd on the bench, Carlisle can only sigh silently in his heart:

"The championship, it seems, is getting farther and farther away."

In the next few minutes, Carter was also completely broken by Li Ze, and the lateral speed could not keep up, and he was completely numb by Li Ze, and he was hit in two rounds in a row, and was blown two fouls by the referee.

Odom, who blossomed with iron trees, scored 2 points with difficulty, and in the next round of the Thunder's "V" attack, Li Ze at the top of the arc held the ball in his right hand and easily got rid of Carter's pursuit with the help of the cover of Ibaka in the elbow area on the right side of the free throw line.

Nowitzki hurriedly retracted to the basket, and saw the traveling Li Ze turn around and break through again, and finally couldn't stand the direct foul!

"Squeak."

The referee's whistle blew for a shooting foul on Nowitzki, and Li Ze got two more free throws.

"The Mavericks still need to continue to grind, and in the offseason they let go of Tyson Chandler, their rim protection ability has been severely reduced, and they have had problems with rebounding, and Kayce is giving away points on free throws."

From the beginning of this game to the present, Hubby Brown has been complaining about the choices made by the Mavericks in the offseason, seeing Li Ze hit all two free throws, the old man sighed helplessly, this game is boring, and he came all the way to the city.

When the second quarter entered the official timeout, there was silence on the Mavericks bench, and the rotation lineup was collapsed by Li Ze.

And the team has committed 5 fouls so far, and when you think about the whistle, Durant hasn't played yet, and everyone in the Mavericks knows that the game may really be cold.

There was jubilation on the Thunder bench, Li Ze was 2 of 2 in the first half of the game, 4 of 4 free throws, and easily cut 8 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists again, and the Thunder scored 14 points in the second quarter, all created by him.

"That's cool, Bro! We won tonight and now we can have a good rest tomorrow. ”

The turtle and turtle were draped in a towel, and almost danced directly with joy, Durant was also in a good mood, if the second quarter of the game entered garbage time, then the data must be handy, who can not love it easily?

Coach Brooks rotated personnel again, allowing Li Ze to fully rest, and in the next game, the two sides completely entered the training time.

This is also the impact of the shrinking season, the training camp only opened on the 9th, and in more than half a month, many new signings have not had time to integrate into the team, which makes the first half of the schedule appear to be a scene of training by competition, and the Mavericks are currently in such a state.

In the next game, the Mavericks also reduced Nowitzki's playing time, and the defensive intensity of both sides dropped again, but the scene was very lively, the offense played back and forth, and Durant and Turtle scored consecutive points.

After the start of the second half of the game, Li Ze played 9 minutes and 41 seconds in the third quarter, and then did not play again.

Although he didn't play much, Li Ze still scored the highest score in the game, 9 of 12, including 1 of 2 three-pointers, 8 of 8 free throws, 27 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal, and his performance was impeccable.

Durant was a little depressed, the intensity of the game dropped, the whistle stopped sounding, and finally only got 24 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover, and the turtle rebounded strongly, efficiently cutting 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers.

Under the stable performance of the trio, in the end, 98:109, the Thunder team fighting at home easily defeated the opponent and won 4 consecutive victories.

After the game, after the Mavericks finished shaking hands, they immediately walked to the players' tunnel, Russian City is their sad place, if there is a choice, several veterans do not want to come to Russian City to play at all, the loss of the Western Conference Finals, still makes them difficult to let go.

And after this game, Amerika's media reporters have sent poisoned milk, this year's Western Conference, no one will be the opponent of the Thunder!

On December 30th, TNT once again teamed up with Shaquille O'Neal, who had just announced his retirement.

On June 2 of this year, O'Neal announced his retirement on Twitter, and then held a brief press conference at his home in Orlando, where the superstar ended his career in a low-key manner.

However, on the morning of the 30th, TNT's program imitated LeBron James's decision, first showing a simple video clip, O'Neal sat in a chair and said seriously:

"I'm going to bring my talent to TNT, and I'm going to form a triumvirate with Chuck and Kenny to dominate the NBA broadcast industry for the next 10 years!"

After the video, O'Neill, dressed in a formal suit, appeared in the TNT studio with a smile and began his career as a football commentator.

"Welcome to the TNT family, we also have our own Big Three this year, I think today's topic is perfect for you, let's look forward to Shaq's debut!"

As soon as the host Ernnie Johnson's voice fell, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley on the side couldn't help but laugh out loud, and today's topic is who is stronger between 21-year-old Li Ze and Kobe

O'Neill couldn't help but laugh when he saw the topic, and then replied seriously:

"There's no doubt that Kayce was better statistically, the rules were very different from now, and Kobe was also good, but I was the real core of that Lakers team!"

"Maybe Kobe Bryant is watching in front of the TV, Shaq, are you going to change your mind?"

Charles Barkley mimicked Kobe's eyes, gave O'Neal a cold look, and then several people laughed again, and finally Kenny Smith brought the topic back to the topic:

'A lot of people have complained about too many back-to-back games this season, and in this situation, it's really not friendly to some teams that are mainly veterans, and the arrival of Shaq allows us to reopen the conversation.

"Whichever team is going to win this season, I'm going to vote for the Thunder, the lads seem unstoppable, they've been in very good shape since the start of the season."

"I'm more bullish on the Heat, you know, I've partnered with LeBron, he's a very competitive player, and last year's loss will definitely make him full of fire this season, and the Heat have also had a very good record since the start of the season."

O'Neal immediately gave LeBron James a stand, Charles Barkley on the side also nodded in agreement, and host Earney Johnson continued to support Li Ze:

"It looks like we're going to tie the game, Kayce has been in great form since the start of the season, and if there are no big surprises, the Western Conference Weekly Championship at the end of December should belong to him, and the Suns won't cause too much trouble for the Thunder!"

“.”

As predicted by many sports media, on the night of the 31st, the Thunder, who were playing at home after a day of rest, directly blew up the Suns in the first half of the game.

At 46:60, the multi-point blossoming Thunder made the Suns powerless to fight back.

The guard line formed by Nash and Jarred Dudley was completely crushed by Li Ze and Turtle, and veteran Grant Hill could only smile and shake his head in the face of the energetic Durant, and the game lost suspense in the first half.

The trio clocked in almost half of the time, and the second half was all training time.

In the end, 97:107, the Thunder ushered in their 5-game winning streak, Li Ze played 25 minutes, 8 of 12, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, and 20 points, which was also the highest score of the two teams

At the end of the last game of 2011, the Russian fans at the scene were jubilant, for them, it was definitely a happy year, the team won the championship, and Li Ze became the youngest MVP + FMVP in NBA history.

Despite the team's trade messages, fans are still hopeful and looking forward to the birth of the Thunder dynasty.

On January 1, 2012, the first day of the new year, the NBA Conference announced its Player of the Week for the first week of the new season.

Li Ze won the Western Conference Player of the Week award with an average of 27.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game;

LeBron James averaged 33.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.5 blocks per game to win the Eastern Conference Weekly Award.

Although the two are not in the same position, Amika's media reporters still compared Li Ze and James in detail, and finally found that Li Ze played 8 minutes less than James

Good guy, it turned out that the head coach restricted Li Ze's play!

Many ball critics who like to do things want to shout for Li Ze to let go, but considering the poor schedule of this season, everyone is silent about it.

At this time, Li Ze, who was resting at his home in Ocheng, was video chatting with Lily Collins, and he was very well informed about A's celebrity, and there were rumors that Facebook was going to buy Ins.

"Kayce, for the sake of our old friends, can you satisfy my curiosity, how many shares of Ins does Big Machine Records have?"

Li Ze looked at the A celebrity who blinked in the camera with big eyes and began to pretend to be a pure girl, and he was a little speechless in his heart, the beauty plan was useless on his side.

"These are all trade secrets, and even if Facebook really wants to acquire, it must be in the form of shares and cash, which is at most more than 100 million in revenue."

As soon as Lily Collins heard Li Ze's words, her eyes lit up, the more she looked at Li Ze, the more handsome she became, this is simply a walking money printing machine! She secretly estimated Li Ze's income, and after calculating it, she almost didn't want to act, and it was good to be raised

"This season's All-Star season is about to begin, hey! Don't underestimate me, don't forget the new play I just received, Julia Roberts is also on the crew, we get along well, I will mobilize everyone to canvass for you together! ”

As soon as the A celebrity saw Li Ze's eyes, she instantly exploded, and then immediately showed off the "Snow White: The Magic Mirror and the Magic Mirror" she had just received, Li Ze saw the other party's arrogant appearance, and couldn't help but ridicule:

"Maybe you're better suited to play the Evil Queen, and Julia Roberts is not bad to play Snow White!"

Lily Collins pretended to be puffed up, and bargained with Li Ze again:

"You've messed with me! Next time you use a private jet, you won't be charged! Anyway, I'll help you canvass for votes, if you don't get the vote king, you'll crash to death on the tree! ”

"You won't be disappointed, My princess!"

“.”

On the second day of the new year, the Thunder flew straight to Dallas, where they will take on the Mavericks on the road tonight.

As in the previous two games, the Mavericks held on for three quarters at home before collapsing in the final quarter.

Despite finishing with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists as a driver, the Mavericks' perimeter defense still has huge problems.

9 of 17, including 3 of 5 three-pointers and 5 of 6 free throws, Li Ze also efficiently scored 26 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, plus Durant's 28 points and Turtle's 23 points.

In the end, 108:98, the Thunder team, who were fighting away, won 6 consecutive victories.

However, everyone didn't have time to celebrate, and flew back to Russia overnight that night, and tomorrow it will be back-to-back games, and the Thunder will host the Trail Blazers.

On the night of the 3rd, the Thunder's performance finally fluctuated, and the Durant blacksmith possessed him in the first half and almost smashed the basket of the Chesapeake Energy Arena directly.

And the Trail Blazers' new signing, Jamal Crawford, played with a convulsive play, and after halftime, 60:51, the Thunder trailed by nine points at halftime.

Although Durant found a five-to-five buff in the second half, the Trail Blazers were always able to respond, and Aldridge also performed very well, helping the team withstand the Thunder's counterattack.

At 110:106, the Thunder finally lost to the Trail Blazers, ending their winning streak.

At the end of the game, the Trail Blazers players were all smiling and happy to win against the defending champions! Aldridge even scored a game-high 30 points, and the All-Star power forward has finally become the team's boss this season.

Li Ze was 10 of 19, including 2 of 6 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, 28 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 turnover, Durant who pulled across only scored 20 points, and Turtle Turtle scored 22 points in a decent manner, and the three of them could barely be regarded as normal play.

After the game, in the locker room of the Thunder, Durant looked at the technical statistics in his hand and shook his head helplessly:

"I don't like to fly around a lot, next time we might have the morning plane, I came home last night and I couldn't sleep, it really affected my game."

And Li Ze thought of the next schedule, and couldn't help but complain:

"No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No. 10, No. 11, is the NBA league crazy? This kind of schedule is crazy, even if it is two days off, six days and five races is a bit excessive. ”

The coaching staff on the Thunder's side is actually numb, the season has just begun, two consecutive 6 days and 5 games, who can withstand this? Fortunately, the next two games were against the Rockets, and although it was inevitable to fly around, the game was relatively easy.

After two days of rest, the Thunder team turned into ruthless game robots.

On the night of the 6th, they first beat the Rockets 94-109 at home, then flew to Houston non-stop, and on the 7th, the Rockets won two consecutive defeats at 105-95.

Then return to the city again on the morning of the 8th, where they will host the Spurs, who currently have a 6-2 record, tonight.

After returning to the Russian City, the Thunder team was numb, although the game with the Rockets did not consume too much energy, but the continuous games still made everyone tired.

The Spurs weren't much better than the Thunder, and tonight's game was also back-to-back.

And on the 2nd, the Spurs broke his left hand in the game against the Timberwolves, and Popovich bombarded the league's schedule after the game, but unfortunately he finally received a ticket.

Although he has been fighting continuously for the past two days, Li Ze is still full of vitality, and he has recently output 28 points per game, and he can clearly feel that the A-grade energy drink seems to be completely digested.

The Thunder currently lead the league with an 8-1 record, and in the Western Conference, the Spurs are close behind, so the night's game can barely be regarded as a focus battle.

ESPN, as the broadcaster, also warmed up for the game in advance.

On the night of the 8th, at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the Russian City fans entered the venue early, the schedule was difficult, and the only thing the fans could do was to cheer for the home team.

Before the game, on ESPN's commentary panel, host Mike Brin and guest Jeff Van Gundy chatted about the changes in the Spurs this season:

"I know a lot of commentators weren't optimistic about the Spurs making a trade in the offseason, and George Hill is a really good defender, but it's hard for him to play well against an outside player like the Thunder."

"Kawhi Leonard made up for the Spurs' outside defense despite his limited offensive means, and I think the Spurs made the right choice."

Jeff Van Gundy, as an old-school coach, despite the Spurs being hacked 7 last season, is still bullish on the Spurs in the new season, Mike Brin looked at the technical statistics in his hands, and then added:

"Kawhi Leonard has been playing the longest time with the Spurs at the moment, and obviously Popovich is consciously working on the rookie, and I'm excited to see how Kayce will play against Kayce."

Since the Thunder team has been playing games for two days in a row, Popovich still feels that he should seize the opportunity to take advantage of the Thunder's fatigue to steal the next victory.

In the absence of Ginobili, Parker and Gary Neil are paired in the backcourt, with Richard Jefferson and DeJuan Blair up front and Tim Duncan at center.

The two teams were also rivals, so after the opening game, Tim Duncan took the lead, breaking through Perkins' defense in the first round and scoring two points from the basket.

Then the defense against Perkins, hit the mid-range again, and then outside the three-point line, covered Parker to help his teammates score two more points, and after the opening, the Spurs played a 6-0 straight game.

Turtle and Durant were obviously lacking in vitality, each hitting an iron after the opening, coupled with Parkinson's spitting cake, Li Ze felt that he had to take the lead in scoring mode in this game

Taking advantage of the baseline serve, Li Ze gestured to his teammates, signaling that he would focus on him in the next few rounds, which is also a superstar privilege, of course, Durant also has such treatment, but everyone rarely uses it.

Seeing the thighs speak, everyone on the Thunder team was completely relieved, and their teammates knew that Li Ze's physical condition was the best in the team, so this offense, Durant stood directly in the bottom corner of the right side to open up space.

Li Ze used Ibaka's cover in the three-second zone to quickly bounce to the left wing outside the three-point line, and after receiving the pass from the turtle, his teammates immediately cleared one side.

When the Russian fans at the scene saw Li Ze taking the ball, they also instantly raised their voices and shouted loudly for the team's offense:

“OKC! OKC! OKC! ”

Gary Neal didn't dare to be careless, stepped on the three-point line, and stared at Li Ze.

Noticing that the opponent's feet were standing in parallel, Li Ze put the ball with his right hand at the moment of receiving the ball, then lowered the center of gravity of his body, and dribbled twice in his crotch on the spot, and his body shook slightly with the rhythm of the dribble.

Seeing that Gary Neal did not choose to stick to the defense, Li Ze suddenly exerted force at his feet, quickly retreated, ignored the opponent's jump up and pounced, and made a long-distance three-point jump shot!

“OH!! Kayce Hits the three! ”

Commentator Mike Brin immediately raised his voice, and the city fans in the stadium cheered loudly, and then immediately shouted for the team's defense:

“Defense! Defense! Defense! ”

Gary Neal looked at the back of Li Ze's return to defense, and was a little stunned, subconsciously looking at Popovich on the sidelines, and saw the old man signaling to continue the single defense in the next round, and his scalp suddenly became numb.

The Spurs played their classic tactic again, with Duncan and Blair getting to the left block to receive the ball after completing a cross cover in the three-second zone.

In the face of Ibaka's defense, he put the ball with his left hand after three threats, ran directly to the basket, and the ball in the paint area was daunting.

Although the center of gravity of Ibaka's defense was mobilized, Ibaka, who was very fast, made a second jump and successfully interfered with Duncan's shot, and the ball slammed out of the basket.

Perkins managed to close the rebound, the Spurs quickly retreated, and after halftime, the Thunder played the same tactic again, and Gary Neal desperately tried to delay Li Ze's catch.

But after the bottom line once covered and lost his position, he was firmly stuck behind Li Ze, and Gary Neal saw Li Ze receiving the ball and hurriedly stuck to it.

At the moment when the opponent was defending, Li Ze took his right foot as the axis after receiving the ball, turned around in the direction of the bottom line, exerted force under his feet, and threw a big backward jumper!

“Kayce! Fade away! Yse! ”

Commentator Mike Brin couldn't help but cheer for Li Ze's goal, which was really stretched and looked pleasing to the eye, while Gary Neil was completely numb, and he was worried about this situation before the game.

Everyone on the Spurs knows that a large part of the reason why George Hill was happily traded away by Popovich was because of his consistent performance against the Thunder.

Gary Neal didn't want to devalue his contract, so he immediately gestured to Popovich on the sidelines, signaling that he needed help, after all, he was only 1.93 meters, and he was too much of a loss in size.

The Spurs' offense slowed down noticeably, and Duncan received the ball after the same cross-screen, but the receiver came to the right elbow area, and the others began to intersperse runs.

Tony Parker cut in suddenly, received a pass from Duncan, and then turned around with another spinning top in the middle of the journey, but Ibaka gave up his defense against Blair, retracted to help defense, and successfully interfered with Parker's pick, and the ball slammed out of the basket again.

Ibaka accepted the rebound, saw that the Spurs had completed the retreat, and immediately gave the ball to the receiving point of the turtle, and after quickly dribbling through the half, it was Li Ze and Durant who began to cross the running position on the baseline.

When Li Ze slipped to the right blocking area with Perkins' cover, Turtle's pass was immediately in place, and at the same time, Tony Parker immediately chose to wrap up the defense and went straight to Li Ze.

Observing Parker's movements, Li Ze took his left foot as the axis after receiving the ball, turned around and cut in, and broke through in the direction of the bottom line.

Although Gary Neil had been prepared, Li Ze's movement speed was too fast, and he was run over by Li Ze with his body after only one beat slower.

Subconsciously pulled a hand, but the result did not affect Li Ze's breakthrough at all, and he took off directly after dribbling two big steps, and in the cheers of the fans at the scene, he grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and he was a powerful tomahawk-style violent buckle!

"Boom! Chirping! "Break through the violent dunk!

"Brilliant offensive performance, MVP is starting to take over the game!"

Jeff Van Gundy, who was on the commentary bench, also gave praise for Lee's performance, and when Liezer stood at the free-throw line, Popovich had already called Kawhi Leonard to the sidelines.

Li Ze scored the ball steadily, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that Kawhi Leonard had replaced Gary Neil, and when he saw the opponent's stunned expression, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"Young Leonard, who would have thought that this person would become a superstar in the future and witness history again!"

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