The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 132 Playing for real
On May 5, the second series between the Thunder and the Mavericks continued in Oklahoma City.

This time, before the game, the Thunder team changed from the loose state of the previous game, and they were ready for battle early. If others don't know, don't they themselves know?
In the eyes of others, they just take it lightly, but in fact, only they know that they have already done their best.

Durant scored a full 40 points, but still failed to win.

No way, Nowitzki was even more fierce, making 15 of 12 shots and scoring 48 points, which is simply amazing.

Poor Ibaka, just a second-year rookie, suffered more than he deserved, and was completely blown away by Nowitzki.

Therefore, tonight's Thunder team, from the pre-match preparations to the discussion at the meeting, had a serious face throughout the whole process. Even Li Pu, who always liked to joke, was terribly silent.

The Mavericks' starting lineup tonight continues with their usual lineup: Jason Kidd, Deshaun Stevenson, Shawn Marion, Dirk Nowitzki and Tyson Chandler Le.

To be honest, this lineup has a balanced offense and defense, both internal and external, and the only weakness is probably age.

If the entire lineup of the team is five years younger, it would be very scary!

But in the eyes of Thunder fans, this is not the case.

"Nowitzki is a softie. If Ki doesn't attack, there is only organization left. The defensive pace can't keep up with Westbrook. Marion has a D but no 3. Chandler is an ordinary blue-collar. How can such a lineup compare with the Thunder? ?”

Since the class has not yet started, the whole classroom is in a mess.

When Wang Xing heard the students from other classes not far away talking loudly there, he felt uncomfortable for a while.

Although the other party was praising Lei Ting, such a phenomenon of ignoring the facts and boasting indiscriminately was really embarrassing.

If the Mavericks are so vulnerable, how did they make it to the Western Conference Finals?How did they defeat the Thunder in the first game?

"But the Mavericks won the first game!"

Fortunately, someone asked this question for Wang Xing.

"It's just that the Mavericks are lucky. After eating dumplings, I don't believe that the Mavericks can always be so accurate!"

"The game has begun..."

Before class started, the noisiest group of boys in the classroom suddenly fell silent. Everyone took out their mobile phones and began to watch the text live broadcast.

The girls on the side couldn't help shaking their heads, wondering what's so good about basketball?

After the start of the game, the Thunder once again showed the momentum to win.

Facing Kidd, Westbrook firmly believes that even if he doesn't need to use the pick-and-roll, he can easily break through his defense.

Kidd is now 38 years old, and he is no longer the MVP who led the team to the finals.

It is said that old legs come first, even if Kidd's defense is excellent, his lateral speed has already regressed seriously, and now he really can't keep up with Westbrook's speed.

Knowing that Westbrook was going to break through from the right side, but before Kidd could act, Westbrook accelerated and broke through from Kidd.

But if the Mavericks' defense can be penetrated so easily, it wouldn't be such a headache for the Thunder.

When Westbrook broke into the penalty area, Chandler immediately came to help defend.

Chandler, who is 216cm tall, weighs only 109kg, which makes his footwork more flexible than ordinary centers.

Today's "Champion of Boxing" is not the young man who was tortured by Yao's blood back then. He has been in the league for 10 years and has extremely rich experience. He is almost the defensive core of this Mavericks team.

Seeing Chandler's defense, Westbrook did not hesitate at all, and immediately threw the ball near the basket!
Sure enough, the next moment, Li Pu's figure appeared there.

"A beautiful alley-oop, Westbrook and Pu Shao's air connection is still so beautiful! Although this is only the first year of cooperation between the two, the tacit understanding between them seems to be playing together since they were young!"

In the classroom, the teacher is lecturing on the podium, and many boys are covering their phones with books in the seats below.

The same is true of Wang Xing, but he went too far, using the earphones to connect the wires through the sleeves, holding them in his hands, but placing them next to his ears.

However, it was already May, and he was still wearing a coat, so any fool could see that something was wrong.

Kefan's voice came from the earphones, which made Wang Xing very agreeable. In his opinion, Li Pu and Westbrook are a good pair. The two cooperate so well, so they must be good brothers in private, right?
Li Pu (Westbrook): How did he come to this conclusion?
With Li Pu's successful alley-oop, the score came to 13:8, and the Thunder temporarily took the lead.

Then it was the Mavericks' turn to attack, and Kidd dribbled the ball slowly to the frontcourt.

As a team with mostly veterans, it is naturally impossible to run with the youngsters like the Thunder.

Therefore, the team needs an excellent organizer to control the rhythm of the team.

Coincidentally, the Mavericks happen to have such a one.

As the top ball master in the history of the league, Kidd, who is now old, can help the team the most by organizing.

Kidd took the ball slowly to the frontcourt, and after everyone on the team settled down, he passed the ball to Nowitzki.

This time Nowitzki's opponent was not Ibaka, but Li Pu.

This was specially arranged by Brooks based on the losses he suffered in the first game.

Although Ibaka's physical talent is really good, and his size is also the standard height of a power forward, he is still a bit short in front of the 213cm Nowitzki.

Coupled with Nowitzki's bug's golden rooster independence, it is difficult for Ibaka to restrict Nowitzki.

But Li Pu is different.

He is much taller than Nowitzki, and his speed, height, jumping, and explosive power are better than Ibaka in almost every aspect. Therefore, what Ibaka can't do doesn't mean that Li Pu can't do it. arrive.

Sure enough, Nowitzki's back punch didn't work well in front of Li Pu. The weight difference between the two was almost the same. It was impossible for Nowitzki to forcefully eat Li Pu through strength.

But Nowitzki has never been a player who relies on strength to play. His skills are far stronger than those insiders that Li Pu has encountered recently, except for Duncan, of course!
After mobilizing Li Pu's defensive focus, he turned back again, ready to perform his signature move, Golden Rooster Standing Alone.

But unlike Ibaka, even though Li Pu couldn't fully take off, when he stretched out his hand, he could still interfere with Nowitzki.

Sure enough, Nowitzki, who had almost hit every shot in the last game, ended up hitting the iron for his first shot in this game.

"Oh, it's a pity, it didn't cover it!"

Seeing Ibaka and Durant protect the rebound from Chandler's head, Li Pu couldn't help sighing.

"Cover? You want to cover me?" Nowitzki was a little surprised when he heard Li Pu sigh.

"Is it weird? I almost got it just now, next time, I will definitely be able to do it next time!"

Facing Li Pu's confident answer, Nowitzki's eyes flashed with surprise, this guy is actually playing for real!
(End of this chapter)