The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 197
Westbrook's serve to Durant was destroyed by Guy. Because Guy touched the ball, time also went to the end.

Sure enough, the sideline ball is really a world problem!
At 96:96, the two teams were tied in the regular season and entered overtime!

"Overtime, we have to continue our defense, Nick, you are very important, you can ask for defense if necessary, Prince, are you okay here?"

On the bench, Brooks looked at Li Pu, who was dripping with sweat.

"No problem!" Li Pu said without saying anything, just nodded.

Seeing Li Pu like this, Brooks nodded in satisfaction.

For Brooks, in such a Thunder team, Li Pu is the second person who reassures him besides Durant.

This level of trust even exceeds that of the team's second-in-command Westbrook.

Although Li Pu usually has a lot of ghost ideas and likes to spray people, he looks a little out of tune, but Brooks knows that he is a very hardworking and very smart player. When the team needs him, he can play any role.

He can defend, grab rebounds, score inside, and pull outside. It can be said that he does what the team needs him to do without complaint, and he does it beautifully.

Therefore, Brooks' trust in Li Pu increased, almost to the point where Li Pu became dependent.

I don't know if Brooks two years ago saw Li Pu's disdainful eyes for the first time, did he think of today?
Back from the timeout, overtime officially begins.

Li Pu jumped the ball to help the Thunder get the first down.

Westbrook handed the ball to Harden, Harden dribbled the ball for a layup and caused Mayo to foul.

Don't look at Harden as a substitute, he is the player with the fourth most playing time on the Thunder tonight, second only to Dewey and Lee.

On the contrary, the starter Sefolosha only played 15 minutes tonight. Compared with Harden, he is a fake starter.

Mayo on the opposite side has a similar position to Harden, but the time he eats is not only Tony Allen's, but also Conley's.

As for the Thunder, Westbrook's playing time was shared by Lin Shuhao, although Lin Shuhao only played 10 minutes tonight.

Mayo and Harden have a common weakness, that is, defense is not as good as offense.

Harden made two free throws, 98:96.

Sure enough, in the next round, Mayo wanted to pay Harden back.

It's a pity that his ability to make free throws is no match for Harden. At the moment of his shot, Harden directly chose the back of his hand, not giving the referee the slightest chance to whistle.

As expected of a man who gets up at four o'clock in the morning and memorizes the rules. Not only is he proficient in foul drawing in offense, but he can even be used in defense!
Mayo was also confused by Harden's move and missed a shot. Li Pu protected the rebound.

Then, Harden dribbled the ball into the Grizzlies inside again, and made a layup with a low hand, which caused another foul by Conley!

"Fuck!"

For a while, the entire arena was full of curses.

This Harden is so disgusting!

However, Harden didn't care at all, went straight to the free throw line, and made two free throws again, 100:96.

The point difference was stretched to 4 points.

But the good times didn't last long, and then Mayo assisted Randolph to score two points.

Then Harden missed a three-pointer, Li Pu put down the offensive rebound and handed it to Harden again, Harden still missed the layup.

The Grizzlies seized the opportunity, Mayo made a layup, 100:100, and the Grizzlies tied the score again.

At the beginning of overtime, the presence of the sixth man on both sides was very strong.

It's no wonder that the two of them have the most experience on the court at this time, and the other starting players are storing energy.

Now, with the Grizzlies catching up again, Durant finally started to act on the Thunder side.

First, he received Westbrook's breakthrough point and hit a three-pointer, and then in the fast break, he received Westbrook's empty dunk and scored five points in a row.

After that, although he missed a three-pointer, Li Pu grabbed the offensive rebound and made a tip-up, 107:100, opening the point difference to 7 points.

Stopped the Grizzlies directly.

"Nice job!"

After the timeout, the Thunder players were cheered by the substitute players. With 1 and a half minutes left in overtime, they established a 7-point lead, which is really great!
"Everyone, don't be too happy, you have to make persistent efforts, and celebrate after you completely win this victory!" Seeing the smiles on the players' faces, Brooks couldn't help telling everyone.

Of course, that's all. In fact, even Brooks believes that in this situation, as long as his team plays steadily, this victory is within easy reach!

Even the head coach thinks so, and the players are no exception, everyone is filled with joy.

Until returning to the field, Mayo's three-pointer gave everyone a blow.

At this time, they left and realized that the other party was a grizzly bear!How can it be so easy to win?
Sure enough, Durant made a mistake afterwards and was seized by the Grizzlies. After receiving the ball, Mayo scored another three-pointer, and he really chased the score to only 1 point.

This time it was the Thunder's turn to call a timeout.

It has to be said that the Grizzlies are really tenacious, and even chased the point difference back in less than 1 minute.

Back on the court, the Thunder players finally stopped taking their guard lightly and went all out to do a good job in the final game.

The Thunder attacked, and Westbrook mainly asked Li Pu to pick and roll.

Originally Westbrook meant to force the opponent to switch defenses after the pick-and-roll, but the Grizzlies didn't switch defenses. Although Westbrook was given a chance to shoot, but fortunately Westbrook didn't have a hot head and didn't take a shot, but rushed in. restricted area.

Then Westbrook stepped up. Although he didn't make the ball up, he successfully caused Mayo's foul!

This time Mayo also committed six offenses!

This cheered up all Thunder players.

Throughout the overtime, Mayo was almost the best player on the Grizzlies team. Among the team's 10 points, he scored 8 points alone, pulling the team back from the cliff.

However, it was such a person who was finally beaten by the Thunder. Who could be unhappy?
Then, Westbrook made two free throws, the score was 109:106, with 19.3 seconds left.

The Grizzlies called a timeout again, and when the timeout came back, they replaced Arenas.

Now Gilbert Arenas is no longer the former general. Since the gunmen incident, his state has plummeted. If the Grizzlies hadn't signed him this season, he would almost have no ball to play.

And this season, he averaged only 4.2 points per game.

If it weren't for Mayo's six fouls, Allen's offense would be impossible, and the Grizzlies would not be able to send Arenas to the field.

You know, in this round of the series, Arenas has never played a game!

Soon, the Grizzlies made a sideline kick.

I have to say that the sideline ball was really difficult. The Thunder chased it desperately, and neither Conley, Gay nor Gasol had a chance to catch the ball.

Just when Randolph was impatient, he saw Arenas use the pick-and-roll to get rid of Harden, and Randolph didn't think about it anymore, and directly handed the ball to Arenas.

Arenas, who got the ball, first changed directions continuously, and after creating a shooting space, he directly chose a three-point shot.

"Bang!"

No one expected that Arenas, who had never played in this round of the series, hit this priceless goal.

Whoever cuts the knife immediately, but I am the general!
After that, as Durant missed a three-pointer, 109:109, the two sides entered the second overtime.

(End of this chapter)