The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 199
The flight from Dallas to Oklahoma City didn't even last an hour. Basically, the plane had just taken off, and it was about to get off the plane before it had time to doze off.

It was already late at night, and it was pitch black outside the window. Li Pu was still immersed in the game two hours ago and couldn't extricate himself.

After the Thunder won the third series in three overtimes, only one day later, the two teams ushered in the fourth series.

It's still the FedEx Forum Arena, and it's still the same opponent. I don't know if the Grizzlies are discouraged or the Thunder are in full swing.

In this crucial fourth game for the Grizzlies, the Thunder won easily, in stark contrast to the third game.

99:72, the Thunder beat the Grizzlies away by 27 points.

Such a score caused the entire fourth quarter of the game to be reduced to garbage time.

In this way, the Thunder expanded the big score of the series to 3:1, and they will return to Oklahoma City with a three-game advantage.

Although they came back from Memphis with a victory, for the players of the Thunder, there was an illusion that they survived the catastrophe, which made each of them immersed in joy at this moment, enjoying this rare happy time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the plane is about to land at Oklahoma City Airport, please adjust your seats..."

At this time, the gentle voice of the stewardess sounded on the plane's stereo.

Of course, it's just a gentle voice.

Most of the flight attendants of Ugly Airline are aunts, and the first-class cabin is slightly better. This made Li Pu, who once watched Britney Spears's "Toxic" MV, once had fantasies about Ugly's flight attendants, almost shattered.

You thought it was Britney, but in fact it is not as good as Mrs. Niu!

Sure enough, false propaganda kills people!
After Li Pu and the others packed their luggage, the cabin door had already opened. Before Li Pu got off the plane, deafening cheers were heard outside.

When Li Pu got off the plane and saw the barbed wire fence on the side of the airport, hundreds of fans actually gathered.

They are men and women, all wearing sportswear and jerseys, holding lights and mobile phones, taking pictures of the Thunder players and cheering wildly.

It's a tradition for Oklahoma City fans.

Almost after being eliminated from the playoffs of the previous year, whenever the team returns from an away game, fans will pick them up, but the scale is not as large as this time.

Although it was not the first time for Li Pu to see this scene, whenever he saw these lovely faces, Li Pu's heart was like drinking a bowl of hot Laba porridge in the twelfth lunar month, which warmed his heart.

Lip joined the other players on the sidelines to high-five and shake hands with hands sticking out of the barbed wire, only to hear their screams even more deafening.

After greeting them, the Thunder players prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Li Pu turned his head and saw the group of fans who hadn't left, and suddenly shouted: "The championship belongs to OKC!"

"OKC! OKC! OKC!"

Hearing Li Pu's words, the fans immediately became excited and yelled again and again. From the scattered voices at the beginning, they gradually converged into a uniform and loud slogan, which resounded throughout the airport.

On May 5, the Thunder played against the Grizzlies at home.

In order to fulfill the agreement with the fans, Li Pu showed amazing inside dominance from the very beginning of tonight's game, making the Grizzlies miserable from both offensive and defensive ends.

After the pick-and-roll, Gasol went down.

Due to Li Pu's outstanding performance, Gasol no longer dared to play Li Pu inside alone, so he had to use the pick-and-roll to attack the basket after a defensive loophole appeared.

After receiving Conley's pass, Gasol immediately went down to the basket, and after flying Ibaka, he immediately chose to dunk with both hands.

But at this moment, a big hand stretched out from behind Gasol, and directly slapped the basketball on the backboard.

It was Li Pu!
It turned out that just after the pick-and-roll, Li Pu resolutely gave up Conley after seeing Gasol enter the penalty area, and went straight to chase Gasol.

Coupled with Ibaka's delay, this allowed Li Pu to catch up and give Gasol a nail-biting cap.

After blocking the shot, Li Pu received the rebound and handed the ball to Harden at the first time. However, with his long legs, he strode toward the frontcourt like a meteor.

Li Pu's speed was no less than Harden's. Shortly after Harden came to the frontcourt, Li Pu also rushed over.

Harden stands outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left, posing for a shot, and looks like he is about to shoot.

But after he attracted the defense, he distributed the ball to Li Pu who followed up in the middle.

After Li Pu received the ball, he directly chose the free throw line to take off, swung his long arms and smashed the ball into the basket!
"boom!"

There was a tooth-piercing scream from the basket, but it was quickly covered by cheers all over the sky. The fans gave Li Pu the hottest cheers.

"Drip!"

The Grizzlies immediately requested a timeout!

Due to Li Pu's outstanding performance in the first quarter, the score has reached 26:12 before the first quarter is over, and the Thunder have established a 14-point lead.

And the first hero of this quarter is naturally Li Pu. He scored 12 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks in a single quarter. section obtained.

And with the outbreak of Li Pu's inside, the defensive pressure on the outside is also reduced immediately, and it also allows Durant and others to play more freely. In this way, the Grizzlies are even more difficult to defend.

Seeing this situation, Brooks did not replace Li Pu after the timeout, which made the Grizzlies breathe a sigh of relief, but because the hole was too big, the Thunder still led by 30:17 at the end of the first quarter.

After entering the second quarter, although the offense of the Grizzlies did not improve, fortunately, the offense of the Thunder was finally contained, and they did not allow them to play an offensive climax again.

Even so, at the end of halftime, the Thunder still expanded the point difference to 17 points.

Seeing that the second half was spent, the unbeatable Grizzlies went online again, and various life extensions at critical moments prevented them from completely ruining the game.

In this way, by the end of the third quarter, the score had reached 58:72, and the point difference was still 14 points.

But that's all.

At the beginning of the last quarter, Harden "Bang Bang" scored two three-pointers, which directly increased the point difference to 20 points.

Although the Grizzlies tried their best, the point difference seemed to be welded there, and it never narrowed.

In addition to Harden, I also want to praise Lin Shuhao.

His scoring at critical moments successfully prevented the Grizzlies from recovering the point difference.

In this way, with 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies gave up and replaced all the main players.

The Thunder immediately replaced Harden and Lin Shuhao, and the game ended early.

In the end, the score was fixed at 105:90. The Thunder team defeated the Grizzlies 4:1 in the series and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals!

(End of this chapter)