The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 101 Attack Failure
"Blue No. 13, pushing foul, the home team serves from the sideline!"

When the referee made such a penalty, Ginobili and Harden got up almost at the same time and came to Bavita to complain to him.

Unexpectedly, a penalty actually dissatisfied both parties.

Harden naturally thought that he had not fouled, but Ginobili believed that the foul should be a shooting foul, not an ordinary foul.

But Bavita didn't bother to look at them at all, and he had opened his eyes today. In his career of more than 30 years, he had never seen this pair of crouching dragon and phoenix chicks.

Fouls can be made so evenly matched!Can you be any more fake?

A farce ended with Bonner throwing a throw-in.

After Ginobili received the ball, he did not entangle with Harden this time, but passed the ball to Duncan.

Don't look at the fact that the Spurs' offensive power has now been transferred to the outside, but when the team really needs it, Duncan can definitely stand up.

Right now.

Duncan played back with the ball near the left side of the penalty area, with no emotion at all, all basic skills.

To be honest, after losing weight, Duncan's post-up singles power has been greatly reduced.

Now facing Li Pu who has gained weight for almost a year, it is not easy to push Li Pu.

But Duncan's skills more than make up for his diminished strength.

After shaking his shoulders, he turned around and shot, the basketball bypassed Li Pu's big hand, hit the board at 45 degrees and bounced into the basket, everything was so unpretentious and boring, but it worked!

With Duncan's goal, the score was reduced to 4 points.

Neither team had any problems defending, but they just couldn't defend the other side.

In the subsequent games, the two sides still come and go, not giving in to each other.

At the end of the first quarter, relying on Harden to assist Green and hit a mid-range shot, the Thunder led by 37 points 31:6.

The Spurs' defensive efficiency this season is only 98 points. Today, the Thunder scored 37 points in the first quarter. One can imagine how annoyed Popovich is.

Sure enough, during the intermission, Popovich turned on the hair dryer mode, pointed at everyone except Duncan and cursed.

On the Thunder side, Brooks was equally dissatisfied with the team's defense.

It stands to reason that in terms of defensive resources, the Thunder now have more resources than the Spurs, but the Spurs can rely on experience, discipline and tactics to be better defensively.

In comparison, the Thunder are still too immature. After all, defense is not offense. In addition to talent, experience is also needed!
At the beginning of the second quarter, Dewey and Li Sanjun rested off the court, and the team was handed over to Harden and Green to lead.

However, after the opening game, the Spurs seemed to be awakened by Popovich's scolding. The defensive end put a lot of pressure on Harden, which caused Harden not only to score a point, but also to make two turnovers.

And the Spurs didn't waste such a mistake, and directly scored two fast breaks, and tied the score within 2 minutes of the second quarter.

As a result, Brooks had to call a timeout.

Back from the timeout, Brooks replaced Sefolosha and Muhammad, replaced Durant and Ibaka, and prepared to play a small lineup.

Of course, this is a small lineup, but the height is not small at all, but the five players on the court at this time are all players who can pull out and shoot.

Logically speaking, with Durant and a small lineup with excellent shooting space, the Thunder should have no problem attacking.

However, even if Durant is replaced, it is still difficult for the team to score.

The Spurs used a 2-3 zone defense, which compressed the Thunder's breakthrough space. It just so happened that the Thunder's outside shooting suddenly had no aim at this moment.

This caused the Thunder to misfire except for Durant and Harden who can use singles and fouls to score.

The Spurs took the opportunity to play a wave of 10:2, not only overtaking the score, but also widening the point difference to nearly 10 points.

During this period, Brooks replaced both Li Pu and Westbrook on the field, but still failed to change the situation, and the point difference continued to widen.

Standing in the penalty area, Li Pu can clearly feel that the Spurs' defense is like water, squeezing your room for movement bit by bit, making you feel a kind of suffocation.

Just like this offense, after Westbrook and Li Pu picked and rolled, they found that the penalty area was full of people.

Seeing this, for the first time, Li Pu did not choose to cut inside, but to shoot outside.

However, when Westbrook passed the ball, he was intercepted by Parker who had been waiting for a long time.

Then this little French sports car started up in fifth gear, leaving everyone behind...except Li Pu.

Although Parker managed to leave Li Pu behind after speeding up, he didn't do so so much that he couldn't even see the taillights.

And when he was about to layup, he unknowingly slowed down, Li Pu took the opportunity to jump high, and slapped the ball on the backboard.

Although such a nail-biting cap has prevented the score from being further stretched, but the team's offense has not started for a long time, this game is still difficult to play.

Sure enough, in the next round, Westbrook's zombie jumper missed, and the Spurs seized the opportunity again. Ginobili broke through in a snake shape, facing Li Pu's block, and hit the board with a high throw.

Such a fairy ball, no matter how high Li Pu jumps, it can't be blocked at all.

With this goal scored, the point difference has come to more than 10 points.

From leading by 6 points to falling behind by more than 10 points, it took only half a quarter. The Thunder lost so badly that they were almost blown away by the Spurs in one quarter.

It was the Thunder's turn to attack again, and Westbrook took the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to Durant.

This was what Li Pu hoped for. After all, he already felt that Westbrook was a bit over the top at this moment, as evidenced by the zombie jump shot just now.

The opponent obviously didn't lose his position, so he insisted on voting!
Therefore, when Westbrook just brought him to the frontcourt, Li Pu pointed at Durant and asked Westbrook to hand over the ball to calm down.

Strange to say, Westbrook got up and didn't even listen to Durant, but he was quite obedient to Li Pu.

Of course, this does not mean that they have a good relationship, but that once he makes a mistake or plays badly, this guy will really laugh at him and scold him!

The key is that I still can't scold him, so I don't care!
Basketball came to Durant's hands, which is actually not a good choice, because Durant is a good singles player, but not a good organizer.

At this time, what the team needs is not singles, but the need to mobilize the Spurs' defense and revitalize the whole team!
Sure enough, Durant chose to shoot after the double change of direction, and the basketball hit the basket and missed!
However, at this moment, Li Pu suddenly appeared, took off this priceless offensive rebound from the crowd, and obtained a valuable second offensive opportunity for the team.

This time, he handed the ball to Westbrook while yelling, "Don't shoot!"

"Shut up! I don't need you to teach me how to play!" Westbrook shouted embarrassingly.

(End of this chapter)