The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 191 A Perfect Start
Seeing the basketball getting farther and farther in his sight, Li Pu suddenly jumped high, almost half a head ahead of Gasol Jr., and handed the ball to Westbrook in the backcourt.

The game officially begins!
Westbrook is still so energetic, he can dribble the ball like a disco.

After coming to the frontcourt, the Thunder began to run tactics.

The Thunder's tactics have always been very simple, and they are often ridiculed as a singles team.

The starting lineup is Dewey and Li Sanshao singles, and the substitute is Harden singles.

Therefore, many people think that the reason why the Thunder cannot win the championship is that the offensive tactics are too single.

However, there is one thing to say, the Thunder can really kill people with their talents!
In fact, the Thunder's offense is certainly not limited to singles.

The Thunder mainly focus on defense and counterattack. In addition to using talent to play one-on-one in offense, there are also pick-and-rolls.

For example, right now, when Westbrook dribbles to the frontcourt, Li Pu quickly lifts up and gives Westbrook a pick-and-roll pick-and-roll. These are the most commonly used tactics by the Thunder, simple and crude but effective.

Whether it is Westbrook or Li Pu, their impact is almost one of the strongest in the league in their respective positions.

Therefore, no matter which team is defending their pick-and-roll, they will choose to shrink the inside.

Grizzlies are no exception.

Conley and Gasol Jr. shrunk to the inside together.

However, after the pick-and-roll, Li Pu did not squeeze into the overcrowded inside like Westbrook did, but took two steps back and came outside the three-point line.

At the same time, Westbrook, who got into the crowd, turned his head and passed the ball beyond the three-point line to Li Pu.

Li Pu immediately made a three-pointer.

Eight hundred miles under the command of the sun, fifty strings turned outside the Great Wall!
The basketball went into the net hollow, 3:0!

Today's Li Pu, his three-point shots are getting more and more stable.

Compared with last season, his three-pointers have made great progress this season. His shooting percentage in the regular season has reached 35.6%, averaging 1.4 shots per game. This shooting percentage is second only to Durant and Harden in the team. and Sefolosha.

You must know that last year, his three-point shooting percentage was only 27%.

It can be said that Li Pu is already a very reliable outside line turret today.

Li Pu's three-pointer didn't make the Grizzlies' team feel the slightest wave of emotion.

After all, this is only the first ball at the beginning!
After they brought the ball to the frontcourt, they played tactics step by step.

High-level support, hand-to-hand, and internal cuts, everything is as accurate as a computer program.

The Grizzlies have no superstars, no gorgeous offense, but they can often defeat the strong with the weak, relying on iron-blooded defense and strict discipline.

However, this time, their tactics failed.

Gasol's high-post support handed over the ball to Conley. However, when Conley broke through, he was intercepted by Li Pu after the defense.

Seeing this, Conley wanted to pass the ball back to Gasol. After all, if the ball can reach Xiaojia's hands and Xiaojia hits Xiaojia, this ball will definitely score!

However, when he passed the ball, it was completely cut off by Li Pu!

It turned out that although Conley saw the gap, he underestimated Li Pu's defensive area and reaction speed.

Li Pu saw that Conley was going to pass the ball, and he stretched out his hand to hit Li Pu's hand with the basketball.

After stealing the ball, Li Pu was very self-aware and didn't dribble, but held the ball in his hand.

Facing a defender like Conley, if he dared to dribble, he would definitely be cut off!
Sure enough, Conley, who made a mistake, immediately counterattacked on the spot, trying to get the ball back, but Li Pu raised the ball above his head, and Conley could only look at the ball and sigh.

And at this moment, Westbrook rushed out first, and Li Pu found Westbrook with a strong long pass.

After Westbrook took the ball, he came to the penalty area and took off like a cloud, and smashed the ball into the basket.

5: 0.

It was the Grizzlies' turn to attack again.

Randolph made a hook at the basket, but was interfered by Ibaka and missed!
The rebound was accepted by Ibaka, and the Thunder's fast break struck again.

This time, Westbrook still rushed into the penalty area first, but was flanked by Gay and Conley.

Even so, Westbrook still soared into the air, looking like he was about to dunk the dunk between the two.

Seeing this, Gay and Conley jumped up at the same time, trying to block Westbrook's ball.

But at this moment, Westbrook actually passed the ball to the strong side outside the three-point line in the air.

This is not a good passing action, but it created a good shooting space for Durant. After being vacated, Durant received the ball, shot a three-pointer, and hit it again!

8: 0.

Due to the delay in scoring, even the calmest Grizzlies finally got a little upset.

So in the offense, when Gasol Jr. cooperated with Randolph, there was a low-level error. Randolph failed to use the ball, and the basketball flew directly out of the baseline.

The Thunder won a possession for nothing.

Facing this sudden blessing, Thunder certainly didn't intend to miss it.

Falling into a positional battle, Westbrook first handed the ball to Durant, and then he entered the penalty area and came to the bottom corner to open up space for Durant.

Durant played singles with a stick and made a mid-range shot against Gay.

Miss!

But at the basket, Li Pu was behind Gasol, using his height and wingspan to take off continuously, and successfully allocated the ball to Durant again, which was regarded as the offensive rebound.

This time, Durant lived up to Li Pu's efforts, and after catching the ball, he faced Gay and made another three-pointer!

"Prince made the offensive rebound and passed it to Durant. Durant made another shot, a good shot!"

Accompanied by the passionate commentary in the arena, the moment after Durant threw the ball into the basket, the entire arena erupted.

"Drip!"

The opening was scored 10:0, and the Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins finally couldn't sit still, got up and called a timeout.

Coach Hollins' actions fueled the "arrogance" of the fans at the scene. The fans were very aggrieved by the loss in the last game, and their momentum was weakened by three points when they played against others on the Internet.

And right now, this perfect opening made them feel confident for a while, and the haze on their heads was swept away.

That's right, that's the way to fight!This is the true strength of our Thunder team. How reasonable do you think the play is?

Of course, the Grizzlies can't go without scoring all the time.

Back from the timeout, Conley used the pick-and-roll to hit a cold arrow from outside the three-point line, helping the Grizzlies finally score.

However, this situation is not the regular style of play of the Grizzlies after all. If Conley shoots every ball like this, then he is not Conley, but Curry.

In the following games, facing the Thunder's high-pressure defense, it was extremely difficult for the Grizzlies to score every time, and the shooting percentage was never even [-]%!

On the other hand, the Thunder, Westbrook's breakthrough, Durant's mid-range shot, and Li Pu's second offense, almost everyone's advantage was played out.

Even after Harden came off the bench, he scored 3 points in just 7 minutes with sudden penalties.

For a time, the defense that the Grizzlies were proud of, in front of the Thunder's powerful offense, was like the belt of a night worker-completely defenseless!

So, at the end of the first quarter, the Thunder had already led the Grizzlies by 38 points 17:21.

With this perfect start, the Thunder almost spent the game in just one quarter.

(End of this chapter)