Chapter 383: End of Season
Sun Yue received the acceleration and ran forward a few steps, and soon reached the free throw line in the front court to receive Li Kaiming's pass, and at this time Durant also chased the position of the three-point line, and was catching up at a very fast speed.
After receiving the ball, Sun Yue's speed slowed down, but he didn't hesitate to close the ball and take three steps!
Durant in the back saw that this Chinese was not afraid of his defense, and he was immediately angry!
Ok, good, good! Li Kaiming and I didn't say anything about each other, and even a role player from Huaguo began to show off his might in me! If I don't give you some color today, how can I Kevin Durant still mix in this league?
So Durant sped up and forced directly behind Sun Yue, while Sun Yue gritted his teeth, took the last step directly with his eyes closed, and then raised the ball high with both hands, and Durant behind him stretched out his long arms like an ape, ready to teach this bold Chinese a lesson.
But Sun Yue's dunk was very fast, Durant's block was a step slower, Sun Yue directly dunked the ball with both hands, and then only heard a snap, Durant's hand was late, and it slapped directly on Sun Yue's wrist!
Honk!
Although the Thunder's three-whistle penalty treatment is very good, but today is the home court of the Wizards after all, and the referee has given the three-whistle free throw is dark enough, and he will never dare not give the Wizards whistle again.
Seeing Sun Yue play a 2+1 on Durant, the players of the entire Wizards team were boiling!
Li Kaiming rushed up and directly pushed Sun Yue!
"You're awesome! That's it, fuck me! ”
And the rest of the players present also bumped shoulders or high-fived Sun Yue one by one, this ball is really too powerful!
Sun Yue walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw steadily, which was a turning point for the Wizards, because this ball not only allowed the Wizards to successfully chase the ball to within 5 points, but also caused Durant's third foul!
It stands to reason that it was already the second half at this time, and there was nothing wrong with the third foul, but at this time, Li Kaiming had been completely activated by Durant, so he must press Durant tonight to win tonight.
Since you've already committed three fouls, I'll reluctantly send you three more times so you can clock out early!
Adu, buddy, this is all for your own good, don't be ignorant!
Next, Li Kaiming once again returned to the inside monster mode of the last time he played against the Thunder, and began to constantly find Durant to fight on the inside, using his weight and strength advantages to press Durant on the inside.
Either you're called a bag clip, or you're going to be blown up by me, you choose one!
Durant's self-esteem is still very strong, it can be seen that he is a person who cares about other people's evaluations very much, if he single-handedly guards Li Kaiming and asks his teammates to help, then in the eyes of others, he will become a soft egg who can't prevent Li Kaiming, which is absolutely unacceptable!
So Durant chose to face the difficulties without hesitation, and then in the next quarter, it completely became Li Kaiming's background board.
Li Kaiming received the ball with his back, then turned around, pushed Durant to the basket, and dunked directly with both hands before the inside defense!
In the next round, Li Kaiming asked for the ball with his back again, then turned to the frame, shook Durant with a shooting feint, and then broke through to the inside line, facing the defense of the center under the basket, directly a high ball to the basket near the basket, and the empty Bradge pulled it up directly, and then dunked it empty!
In the next round, after Li Kaiming received the ball in the waist position, he tried to step with three threats, forced back Durant's sudden cold arrow, and scored 2 points!
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After a series of operations, the Wizards unknowingly overtook the score, and Durant was still immersed in singles and single defense Li Kaiming to prove himself.
Playing to the back, because Li Kaiming's single-handedness to Durant's shooting rate was too high, Durant's mentality was broken, so he began to give up treatment and directly and deliberately fouled Li Kaiming's rhythm.
So, in the end, with 4 minutes left in the game, Adu, who should have been in the car and not under the car, directly committed 6 fouls and successfully graduated from the mcI center.
Looking at Durant's lonely back, Li Kaiming shook his head with a smile.
Why bother? Why bother forcing me to do it?
Now, you'd better stay under the car!
Without Durant, the Thunder team relied on the remaining double whistle to snatch the victory from Li Kaiming, who opened in the last five minutes, unless the Turtles and Yiden Grandmaster stayed at the free throw line for the rest of the night, and then punished the Wizards starters.
But if this happens, then tonight's referee won't want to leave a whole corpse in the mcI center, let alone the fans, Li Kaiming will not be the first to spare them!
In the end, the Wizards defeated the Thunder 118-112, Li Kaiming played 35 minutes, 13 of 21 shots, including 4 of 8 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and 37 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks.
The rest of the Wizards team also performed well, and after Li Kaiming stood up, this group of guys was like Kunkun who had eaten sildenafil, and they immediately stood up!
Bracch had a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Hinrich had a quasi-double-double of 12 points and 9 assists, and Sun Yue had 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal.
However, after this game, the Wizards did not have time to taste the fruits of victory, because the next day they will face a very strong opponent, the Chicago Bulls led by veteran Ross.
Before the All-Star break, the Bulls' record was still hovering in the fourth or fifth place in the East, which was a bit unexpected by many experts, because after a few years of rebuilding, the Bulls are now basically set on the inside and outside core, and there is also a group of very capable role players, so it stands to reason that this season should be the time to make results.
Unexpectedly, in the first half of the season, the Bulls' record improved by one or two compared with the previous two seasons, which was completely inconsistent with people's expectations of this player.
But after the All-Star ended, the whole Bulls team seemed to have a new look, or perhaps after half a season of running-in, they found the most suitable rotation and cooperation, all in all, the Bulls suddenly started a wave of winning streaks.
As of the game with the Wizards, the Bulls' record has rushed to 47-18, tied for first place in the East with the Boston Celtics, the Wizards have been squeezed into the third place in the East, and the Heat behind them are also chasing hard, and the current record has come to 46-21.
In the last half month of the regular season, the entire Jinxi Northwest was in a mess, and until the last minute, no one knew what kind of ranking this season would be in the playoffs.
As for the current Bulls team, it is unceremonious to say that the state and morale of their entire team have reached the playoff level, and the coordination of the offensive and defensive ends has reached a point of near-perfection after a season of polishing and Tom Thibodeau's tuning.
Facing such a Bulls, even if the Wizards have not lost before, Sanders is under a lot of pressure, especially the Wizards are still back-to-back.
The final result was not surprising, the Bulls finally got their first win against the Wizards in the last month of the season, beating the Wizards 98-79.
If you look at the scoreline, it's hard to win when the offensive wizardship is defended to this extent.
After losing three straight games to the Wizards, it became clear that he was focusing on the Wizards' rotation and tactics, after all, the Wizards team could be their potential opponent in the playoffs.
Thibodeau's targeted arrangement, coupled with the hot state of the Bulls' players, finally limited the Wizards' outside firepower.
The Wizards' outside players also had a very bad hand, back-to-back fatigue and the Bulls' strong defense allowed the Wizards to shoot 4-of-18 three-pointers from the outside, and it is worth mentioning that 3 of these 4 three-pointers were scored by Li Kaiming, and the remaining one was scored by Lewis.
In this case, Li Kaiming fell into a very difficult single play throughout the game, and the Bulls' defense was very interesting, not letting him shoot on the outside at all, forcing him to go inside, letting Noah be the last line of defense under the basket, and then defend others.
In the end, Li Kaiming scored 27 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks, but the game was still lost.
This defeat also poured cold water on Li Kaiming's head, his rookie season has been smooth sailing so far, and it has been a bit too smooth, which makes him sometimes look at no one, is this the world's top professional league?
What he doesn't know is that NbA plays so many games in a year, and most teams will hardly show their real strength in the regular season in order to save energy and avoid injuries, and only need to ensure that they can enter the playoffs with a satisfactory pick, and the playoffs are the real stage.
This encounter with the Bulls in quasi-playoff state made Li Kaiming truly realize what professional sports are.
After the loss to the Bulls, the Wizards have few games left in the season, and the difficulty is average, basically half tanks and half playoff teams.
The Tanks have begun to deliberately lose by the end of the season, so this kind of game is basically won as long as Li Kaiming plays, but the closer to the playoffs, some teams begin to relax, such as the Boston Celtics, in the last two games of the season against the Wizards, they only let the team's main players play less than half of the game, and the other game is simply rested.
Because the Celtics' ranking has basically been decided, the top three in the East have no share, and the fifth in the East has no way to chase it, and the core of the team is not young, so they directly hang up the exemption card.
The top three in the East, the Bulls, the Heat and the Wizards, have been playing seriously because everyone wants home-court advantage in the second round.
The Bulls' hot form continued into the end of the season, when they became the only team in the East to win more than 60 games and sit first in the league with a 62-20 record.
When he saw the Bulls' record, Sanders wanted to die!
My best coach! The duck flew away!