The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 133
In fact, Li Pu broke his promise.

Throughout the first quarter, Li Pu not only failed to block Nowitzki, but also allowed Nowitzki to make 6 of 3 shots in the first quarter and score 10 points efficiently.

If you play like this for four quarters, I'm afraid Nowitzki will score 40+ again.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 31:26, and the Thunder still trailed by 5 points.

To be honest, in today's opening game, the Thunder played very well and gained a certain lead, but unfortunately, they were evened by the Mavericks in less than a quarter.

In addition to Nowitzki's credit, it is also inseparable from the Mavericks' powerful bench.

The Mavericks' bench gangsters mainly rely on three people, "Jets" Jason Terry, "A Mountain in Puerto Rico" Jose Barea, and "former All-Star" Peja Stojakovic.

This is the lineup in the case of Caron Butler's reimbursement for the season, otherwise the Mavericks' bench depth will only be deeper.

But even with just relying on these three, they have averaged more than 30 points per game since the playoffs, and even scored 48 points in the last game!
Well, in fact, there are 45 points without Peja...

Terry's performance tonight was not good, and his shooting percentage was not high, but Barea felt hot!

With an official height of 178cm, Barea's real height will only be lower, but he is very strong and not afraid of confrontation. At the same time, he plays very resolutely and dares to fight hard on the court.

Just like now, after receiving a pass from Kidd, he directly chose a three-pointer in the face of Harden, and the basket was hollowed into the net.

With Barea making the goal, the point difference seemed to widen again after the start of the second quarter.

Everything is like a repeat of the last game!

Faced with this situation, Brooks made a decisive decision, that is to go to Durant!
Not to mention, Durant was really good after he came up, and he stabilized the situation with a mid-range shot.

Not long after, Li Pu followed suit.

Barea used the pick-and-roll to shoot a mid-range jumper, but Li Pu refused!
I can't cover Nowitzki, can't I cover you?

After blocking the shot, Li Pu galloped towards the frontcourt with huge strides. At this time, Harden had already picked up the basketball and threw a long pass to Li Pu.

When Li Pu received the ball, he was already beyond the three-point line. After getting the ball, he directly chose a three-step dunk. Barea, who followed behind him, had no intention of blocking it at all.

He paid attention to Li Pu's dunk completion.

Just kidding, how can he stop this?

You can't lie on the ground and touch porcelain, right?
With Li Pu's dunk, the Thunder set off a counterattack.

The Mavericks substitute, who has always met the gods and killed the gods, was actually restrained when facing the Thunder's defense.

This surprised Jim Carrey on the sidelines... Ahem, coach Rick Carlisle was very surprised, but after a brief analysis, he immediately came to a conclusion that this Li Pu is really scary!
It turned out that in order to limit the outside line of the Mavericks, the Thunder chose to defend every ball after the pick-and-roll.

This is definitely not a wise choice.

You must know that it is not an easy task for a big player to defend against a small player. Not only does it consume a lot of physical strength and energy of a big player, but at the same time, because his footwork is not as good as that of a smaller player, it is easy to be broken by a smaller player.

But in this game, Li Pu did it.

He can defend against Barea and Terry, preventing the opponent from breaking through and daring to shoot. After forcing the pick-and-roll, they can only choose to pass back to the center because the center of the Mavericks has no shooting ability.

In this way, whether it is Li Pu's assisted defense, or Westbrook and Harden's steals, it becomes extremely easy. After all, it is easy to judge the passing route of the opposing defender and just wait and see.

In this regard, Carlisle couldn't help frowning. Sure enough, for a coach, the most annoying thing is to face such a player with absolute talent.

They can often use their unreasonable talents to completely disrupt the tactics arranged by the coach!
Of course, this does not mean that Li Pu is invincible, because absolute talent does not completely equal absolute strength, and the Mavericks have absolute strength.

"Dirk, you have to play early, and Tyson, you have to play too. When defending Prince, keep one step away from me!" During the timeout, Carlisle seized the time to arrange tactics.

As an academic coach, Carlisle's on-the-spot command ability is the best in the league, and his ability to watch and cook is very strong, otherwise he would not be nicknamed "Chef Card"!
"Coach, are you going to let him go? But he can shoot!" Chandler was a little puzzled.

"His shooting is not consistent, I want him to shoot more than let him dunk!"

"I understand!" Since the coach said so, he naturally obeyed. He is a player, how can there be a coach who understands the game?
The timeout ends and the game resumes.

The Mavericks played a pick-and-roll between Terry and Nowitzki on the offensive end. Nowitzki disassembled and bounced outside the weak-side three-point line. Terry faced Lip's defense and naturally passed the ball back. Nowitzki.

Since Nowitzki played outside instead of down, and opened the distance, it made it difficult for Li Pu and Harden to steal.

Therefore, Nowitzki got the ball smoothly, and Nowitzki did not stop, and directly chose a three-point shot.

Nowitzki's shooting not only has a high release point, but also the arc of basketball is much higher than that of ordinary people, so Harden is only a symbolic interference.

Not surprisingly, the basketball went into the net hollow.

Nowitzki feels the same.

When it was the Thunder's turn to attack, the Thunder also held the ball after the pick-and-roll, and Chandler did indeed keep a step away from Li Pu as Carlisle said.

This distance is very subtle, whether it is long or short, but for NBA players, this is a good opportunity to shoot, provided that you have the ability to shoot.

When Li Pu saw this scene, he didn't think about it at all, he pulled up and shot. The defender on the opposite side gave him such an opportunity, how could he not grasp it?
Seeing Li Pu shoot without thinking, Chandler immediately rushed to block, but it was too late.

At this time, let alone blocking, even interference is difficult to complete.

After all, few of Li Pu's shots could be blocked, not to mention that Chandler still left room for one step.

The basketball also entered the net hollowly, and Li Pu hit a mid-range jumper.

"This..." Chandler was a little dazed seeing this scene, and quickly turned to look at Carlisle on the sidelines.

However, Carlisle applauded him and nodded: "Good job, keep it up!"

It looked like he was completely unaffected by Li Pu's shot.

With Carlisle's guarantee, Chandler felt more at ease.

However, this scene was noticed by Li Pu. It turns out that you are going to bet on whether I can get in?Really underestimated!
(End of this chapter)