The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 164
Against James' defense, Durant forced a mid-range hit.

Then the whistle blew and halftime ended.

With Durant's mid-range shot at the buzzer, the score of the two teams became 45:44, and the Thunder led by one point, ending the first half.

Throughout the first half, the two teams played extremely fiercely, and the defense of both sides was almost at the playoff level, which was suffocating.

In terms of scoring, only Wade and James scored in double figures for the Heat, while the Thunder were more scattered. Currently, Durant is the only one scoring in double figures.

Li Pu only scored 8 points.

Although Anthony's defense is nothing to Li Pu, the defensive rotation that can't stand the Heat is extremely well done.

As long as he gets the ball inside, he will encounter pincers.

The single defense he enjoyed at the beginning never appeared again.

Can't afford it?Can you go one-on-one?
The Heat don't care how you complain, as long as you can win!

Li Pu, who was aggrieved at halftime, had no time to complain. The intermission time was fleeting, and soon the second half began again.

Because the opening jump ball failed, the Heat took the lead in attacking this quarter.

After James came to the frontcourt, he made a fake shot, and then immediately broke through with the ball, heading in against Durant.

Although Durant's size and explosive power are excellent, but he is a small dog, and he really can't move James.

Otherwise, during his rookie trial training, he wouldn't know how to bench press 84kg, and he couldn't push any of them.

You know, under the same weight, Curry can lift 10 times!

In this way, Li Pu naturally had to wait for the opportunity and prepare to defend.

In this case, James gave the ball to Haslem under the basket in advance.

After the start of the second half, the Heat did not put Anthony on the field, but chose to let Haslem play.

Like the Branch team, Udonis Haslem is also the soul of the Heat.

However, Haslem's strength is better than Collison's.

Whether it is the mid-range shot and second offense on the offensive end, or the confrontation on the defensive end, they are better than Collison.

Therefore, Haslem plays a decisive role in the Heat, not only in spirit, but also in ability!
Haslem, who got the ball, was very calm, first feinted Ibaka, and then dunked with both hands!
The Heat overtook the score at the beginning of the second half!
When it was the Thunder's turn to attack, Westbrook took the ball to the frontcourt, but the person facing him became Wade.

From the beginning of the second half, the Heat obviously also made targeted arrangements on the defensive end, preparing to use their best defensive transitions to completely open the score in this quarter.

At this point, the Heat and the Thunder have thought of it together, and the Thunder is also preparing to compete with the Heat in this quarter.

Westbrook was not afraid to face Wade, nor called a pick-and-roll, and directly chose to single Wade.

I have to say that Westbrook's speed is really fast!He really beat Wade by speed.

Although he couldn't completely get rid of Wade's defense, Westbrook still broke into the inside.

The Heat's help defense is very fast, and Haslem rushed over to help the defense immediately.

However, Westbrook didn't care at all and took off directly, looking like he was going to dunk.

This time, whether it is Wade or Haslem, they are all overjoyed, is this going to be a dunk?
Little sample, why shouldn't we be hated to death?
But after Wade and Haslem jumped up at the same time, Westbrook actually collected the ball in the air, and then passed the ball from Haslem's waist to Haslem's back.

In the air, Haslem's face became very ugly. Who would have thought that Westbrook's one muscle would become blocked at both ends?

In fact, Westbrook's jumping pass is unreasonable, but Westbrook's body is really good, and his core strength is strong enough. After a physical confrontation in the air, his body will not deform at all, and he can still pass the ball steadily. Lip behind Haslem.

When Li Pu got the ball in this place, it was almost a must. He lifted the ball high, dunked lightly, and scored two points.

Then James broke through again with a tank. This time the defender of James was replaced by Sefolosha. Sefolosha naturally couldn't defend James.

Pushed into the inside by James, and fouled by James when he made a layup.

But even if it was a foul, Sefolosha didn't commit it hard enough, and James put the ball into the basket.

Two points scored, but also a penalty!
This foul made Brooks very dissatisfied, and immediately argued with the referee on the sidelines.

The reason why Brooks is so excited is because this is Sefolosha's fourth foul!
Sefolosha's defensive responsibility tonight is very heavy, not only to defend Wade, but also to defend the perimeter. It can be said that most of the fouls from the perimeter fell on his head.

But now four offenders, Brooks can only replace him, unable to play the entire third quarter.

The argument with the referee will naturally lead to no results. It is not bad that the referee did not give Brooks a T.

After all, the Thunder is facing the Heat, not the Clippers. It is impossible to give 3 Ts in one round and send the opponent out!
Brooks reluctantly replaced Sefolosha with Harden.

Of course, this does not mean that Brooks thinks that Sefolosha is better than Harden in his heart. The reason why he does not want to replace Harden at this time is because it will disrupt his rotation.

Brooks is also a master of pinch watch substitutions!
"Duang!"

The familiar "2+0" is still a familiar taste. James missed an extra free throw, Li Pu protected the rebound and handed it to Harden who had just played.

With Harden here, Wade needs to think carefully about who he wants to defend at this time.

No matter who he defends, it means that the other person will face Chalmers.

In the end, Wade chose to continue defending Westbrook, because Westbrook performed better tonight!
So, after Harden dribbled the ball for halftime, Chalmers began to lead Harden.

As for Chalmers' small body, he was pushed away by Harden, and when he came outside the three-point line, Li Pu stepped forward to cover.

Harden used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Chalmers and directly chose a three-point shot.

Haslem slowed down a step and could only watch Harden complete the shot.

"Shuh!" The basketball hollowed into the net!
At 50:48, the Thunder led by 2 points.

Harden is not Westbrook. His three-point threat is much greater than Westbrook. If you really go around the screen, Harden's three-pointer can really punish the opponent.

Immediately afterwards, in defense, James broke through Harden, but Harden directly intercepted the ball.

Just when James spread his hands and argued with the referee, Harden had already brought the ball to the frontcourt.

Wade retreated immediately and blocked Harden, but Harden threw the ball into the air, and Westbrook followed up with an alley-oop dunk with both hands!
At 52:48, the point difference further widened.

Westbrook, who landed on the ground, took the overlord step excitedly!

For a moment, the situation on the field began to fall to the side of the Thunder. No one expected that Brooks' helpless substitution would become a stroke of genius.

(End of this chapter)