The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 195 The referee didn't blow
Li Pu blocked Gasol's hook from the front with a slap, and the Thunder quickly counterattacked after picking up the rebound.

During the fast break, Westbrook dunked, and then the timer sounded, and the first half ended.

With Westbrook's dunk, the Thunder finally tied the score before the end of the first half.

At 53:53, the Thunder scored 36 points in the second quarter and successfully filled the hole dug in the first quarter.

After completing the dunk, Westbrook shouted excitedly at the audience. Such a provocative behavior naturally attracted boos.

But he didn't care at all, and was even a little complacent.

"Okay, let's stop shouting! Back to the locker room for a meeting, be careful to be scolded by Scott for being late!" Before leaving, Li Pu shouted at Westbrook.

"Go away!"

Being interrupted by Li Pu to cast a spell made Westbrook a little unhappy, so he didn't look good at Li Pu at all.

"Hahaha!" Li Pu didn't care, laughed and walked away.

In fact, not only Westbrook and Li Pu, but the entire Thunder players are in a good mood at this time.

This feeling is like holding your breath underwater for a long time, and suddenly your head comes out of the water, and you can take a big breath of air.

In the first quarter, they fell behind by a big score, which made them feel like they were carrying a big rock even when they were resting off the court.

It's not like now, when the big rock is unloaded, and everything returns to the starting point, the relief in my heart is beyond words.

Back in the locker room, the teammates were still chattering, until Brooks walked into the locker room, it suddenly became quiet.

"I won't comment on your performance in the first half, you know it well! What I want to tell you now is that in the second half, our defense will need to be strengthened..."

Regarding the offense, Brooks didn't mention a word. After all, the team has so many good offensive players, and he has nothing to say, just throw it with his talent.

But when it comes to defense, he has a lot to say!
"In the second half, Serge, when you are defending Zach, try to interfere with him, stand in a good position, and don't jump all the time! Prince, when you are defending Mark, in addition to paying attention to his breakthrough, pay attention to his shooting... "

Next, Brooks put forward new requirements for the defense of everyone on the team.

Coincidentally, just as Brooks was emphasizing defense to the players in the visiting team's locker room, coach Hollins was also emphasizing defense to the Grizzlies players in the home team's locker room.

Throughout the intermission, the head coaches of both teams emphasized defense in unison. It is conceivable that the next second half is destined to be a defensive battle.

Sure enough, not long after, at the beginning of the second half, as the defensive intensity increased, the entire stadium was filled with a smell of blood.

The Grizzlies attacked, and Randolph made Ibaka's cheek smack with an elbow.

When it came to the Thunder's offense, when Li Pu was dunking, Gasol even dribbled the ball and pulled him down, and fell heavily to the ground.

Of course, the Grizzlies are making such a big move, and the Thunder are not idle.

First, Westbrook slapped Conley in the face during a layup, and then Li Pu hugged Gasol Jr. under the basket.

The whole scene, if you have to describe it at this time, can be said to be a fight with a ball.

As for this scene, the referee didn't even sound the whistle a few times.

If it were ten years later, in the third quarter alone, there might not be many people left on the field from the two teams, and everyone else would definitely be sent off.

With such a big confrontation, the game will naturally not look good.

The offense of the game is almost difficult to score in sports battles, and often can only rely on free throws to score.

The scene was blown to pieces, not smooth at all.

But do viewers care?

Of course they don't care anymore!

Even what they saw was cool!

This is a man's sport!
It has been 12 years now, and there will only be fewer and fewer such bloody playoffs.

In a few years, the game will indeed become much smoother, the score will be high, and the players will have good statistics, but such passionate games are hard to see again!

For old fans, I have to say that this is a pity.

Throughout the third quarter, the two teams were almost in such a fierce battle.

Ibaka only played 5 minutes before he got his fourth foul.

However, Collison, who came off the bench, still showed a tough style.

Although Collison is thin, he plays very tough.

Facing the wide and fat Randolph, Collison was not afraid at all, almost hugging and wrestling with Randolph in the paint.

Although he is inferior to his opponent in strength and strength, he has an unyielding heart, which allows him not to be afraid of injury or confrontation, and can fight with his opponent with all his strength on the field.

Westbrook used Lip's cover to drive the ball to the basket, but unfortunately he failed to make the ball up when facing Gasol's defense.

The basketball bounced out of the basket, and Westbrook also flew out of the baseline because of the confrontation.

The referee didn't blow!

Immediately afterwards, the Grizzlies counterattacked immediately, trying to form more plays in the frontcourt before Westbrook came back.

Conley passed the ball down to Gay, Gay drove the ball to the basket, faced Durant for a layup, and also missed.

However, Durant was immediately pushed up by Gay, and the offensive rebound was grabbed by Gay.

At this point the referee still didn't blow!

Gay, who got the offensive rebound, prepared to dunk the ball into the basket without saying a word.

"careful!"

At this moment, Conley, who had already run to the three-point line, reminded Gay.

Before Guy could react, Li Pu hurried back and slapped Guy across the face, but the hand was mainly on the basketball.

But how big is Li Pu's hand?
In addition to basketball, Gay's hands and wrists have suffered a lot.

This was not over yet, because Li Pu was too fast, he couldn't stop the car, so his body collided with Guy, and Guy also flew out of the bottom line.

The referee still didn't blow!

With regard to this scene, those who didn’t know thought there were no referees on the field!

Of course, in today's game, the most relaxed person might not be the referee, but the staff on the sidelines wiping the floor.

In this one round, three people flew out. After one quarter of the game, the court was wiped clean by the players' jerseys.

There is no need for those staff to mop the floor at all, I'm afraid they will all have a cold after the game is over!

After getting the ball, Li Pu immediately launched a counterattack. With a long pass, he found Westbrook who had just got up and returned to the court.

After Westbrook received the ball, he hit the basket again and was pulled down by Tony Allen.

Rare!This time the referee finally remembered the whistle in his mouth.

Relying on his body, Westbrook finally won two free throws.

But the players on the field were so moved, it turned out that tonight's game really had a referee!
Although Westbrook made two free throws, it was a pity that he only made one of the two free throws.

In this way, in the third quarter, the two teams tied at 19 and entered the fourth quarter with the same starting line.

(End of this chapter)