The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 137 Escape from the Dead
The Mavericks serve in the front court, and Kidd is the one standing on the sideline to serve.

Nowitzki, Chandler, Terry, and Peja were the Mavericks standing on the court. Obviously, Carlisle put all three-point shooters on the court to increase the offensive space, while Chandler was in charge of fighting. rebound.

The Thunder also replaced Harden with Sefolosha, and also strengthened their defense.

One attack and one defense are all details, this is the difference between professional games and amateur games.

Everyone stands around the four corners of the penalty area, which is a common Box series tactic.

Generally, there are two common sideline or bottom line serving tactics, one is Box and the other is Stack.

Compared with Stack where everyone stands in a row, Box stands in a box-like shape, which makes it easier to use the court space.

The 4th and 5th positions pick and roll at the same time, and the [-]st and [-]nd positions run to the outside at the same time, and the Thunder's defensive formation instantly became chaotic.

In the end Terry received the ball, but it was Li Pu standing in front of him.

Originally, there was a dislocation at the basket, but fortunately Durant made up for Nowitzki in time and let Westbrook defend Kidd.

In this way, the defensive formation that had just had a flaw returned to normal again. The only flaw was the matchup between Terry and Lip.

Since the time has not yet run out, Terry did not take the first shot, but kept dribbling left and right to adjust the rhythm.

The teammates of the Mavericks have already opened up space for Terry at this time.

At this time, in order to ensure the success rate, it is generally not risky to pass the ball, especially Nowitzki's position is not good.

Finally, with 7 seconds left on the clock, Terry finally started to act.

The fans at the scene had already had their hearts blocked in their throats, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

Terry's fake moves were very realistic, and the continuous change of direction finally fully mobilized Li Pu's defense, but Terry did not break through, because he knew that he was not as tall as Nowitzki, and even if he did break through, he would still be able to shoot. Covered by Li Pu.

So after he took a step sideways, he directly chose a three-pointer.

However, when Terry had already taken off and shot, he saw the basket that was clearly visible, and suddenly a shadow moved over, just in front of them.

"Snapped!"

Li Pu actually stretched out his left hand sideways in the air, relying on his height and excellent wingspan, even if Li Pu landed, he still blocked Terry's shot.

"Terry shot, blocked, the ball was blocked by Prince! Terry got the ball and shot again, the timer has rung, regulation time is over!

Relying on Prince's key block, the Thunder dragged the game into overtime! "

The Thunder team's on-site commentator shouted loudly with his almost hoarse voice, but even so, it was still covered by the cheers on the spot, and the entire arena was reduced to a sea of ​​noise.

"Good job!"

"What did you say?"

The teammates came to praise Li Pu one by one, but Li Pu couldn't hear anything, but just from the excited expressions on their faces, he knew what they meant.

But when they came off the court, Brooks said with a straight face: "What are you celebrating? Did you win the game? Now is not the time to relax!"

With Brooks' words, the smiles on the faces of the originally elated players disappeared in an instant, and they sat on the bench intently one by one, listening to Brooks' tactics.

The rest time is always short, and soon everyone returned to the court, ready to start the 5-minute overtime.

Both sides have not changed much in the lineup. The Mavericks replaced Stevenson with Terry, and the Thunder replaced Sefolosha with Harden.

The game still starts with a jump ball.

As a result, it is natural to say that no matter how good Chandler can jump, he is not Li Pu's opponent.

Thunder won the first chance to attack.

After Westbrook brought the ball to the frontcourt, after a pick-and-roll with Li Pu, the ball was passed to Li Pu, and Li Pu dunked with both hands.

The block shot just now boosted the morale of the Thunder team, which was also reflected in the overtime offense.

The Mavericks attacked, and Terry received Kidd's point and hit a three-pointer, which can be regarded as making up for his fault of being blocked by Li Pu in the regular stage.

The Mavericks led by less than 10 seconds, and the Thunder took the lead again with a layup by Westbrook.

In overtime, Kidd, who had already played 37 minutes, could not move his legs long ago. On the other hand, Westbrook had already played 38 minutes and was still full of energy.

This is youth!
If in the regular stage of the game, the Mavericks can still use experience to make up for their lack of physical strength, then in overtime, the Mavericks will gradually be unable to keep up with the rhythm of the Thunder.

With Durant's mid-range shot, the Thunder have expanded the point difference to 4 points in overtime.

Carlisle quickly called a timeout.

4 points is not considered a small point difference in overtime, after all, it takes two rounds to recover.

In addition, Carlisle called a timeout to give his old players a rest and take a breath. If they continue to follow the Thunder and the youngsters, they will be exhausted sooner or later.

Needless to say, Carlisle called this timeout very well, and after returning, the effect was immediate.

Nowitzki used the pick-and-roll to catch the ball and quickly made a mid-range shot, hollowed into the net. Nowitzki scored another 40 tonight!

Turning around, Westbrook of the Thunder missed a shot, the Mavericks counterattacked, Marion dunked with both hands, and the point difference returned to the same starting line again.

It is really difficult to kill the Mavericks in one wave.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon there was not much left.

Nowitzki turned around, Li Pu didn't rush to jump this time, but opened his arms and tried to interfere with them as much as possible.

Sure enough, Nowitzki really didn't want to take the ball. Seeing that Li Pu was indifferent, he decisively gave up the breakthrough and passed the ball to Terry.

Terry went inside and made a clever layup from the other side of the basket.

Li Pu failed to block Terry due to the obstruction of the basket.

Terry made up for his mistakes and helped the Mavericks tie the score at 112:112.

This is also his 20th point tonight, and he is the highest scorer of the Mavericks besides Nowitzki.

At this time, there are still 13 seconds left, but this time it is the Thunder's turn to make the lore.

Brooks did not call a timeout, and the Thunder served from the backcourt.

A timeout was not called at this time, in order to put Terry on the field, which gave the Mavericks a defensive loophole on the outside, and the Thunder could seize the opportunity.

However, after Westbrook brought the ball to the frontcourt, before he had time to act, the Mavericks actually pinched Westbrook ahead of time.

Westbrook quickly passed the ball and passed it to Harden.

After Harden received the ball, he didn't shoot again this time, but threw the ball aside without looking at it, and it happened to be thrown into Li Pu's hands.

At this time, Li Pu was standing on the corner three-point line and was completely unguarded. There was not much time left, and there was no time for him to dribble and dunk.

Therefore, Li Pu decisively chose a three-point shot.

Watching the basketball slowly fall into the basket, at this moment Li Pu didn't seem to hear any sound, only the sound of the basketball rubbing against the net.

"Shh!"

The basketball hits the net, and Li Pu beats the Mavericks with a three-pointer!

(End of this chapter)