The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 208
"Harden changed direction continuously with his crotch, took a three-pointer step back, and scored! Oh, my God, Harden feels hot tonight and has already scored 13 points!"

Popovich never expected that Harden, who came off the bench, performed very well. Not only did he help the Thunder overtake the score in the second half of the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Harden and the returning Ibaka beat the Spurs 7:2, opening the point difference to 10 points in one fell swoop.

Popovich was forced to call a timeout.

Obviously, there is a problem with Popovich's strategy. After he puts Ginobili on the starting lineup, there will be problems with the lineup at the bench stage.

Whether it is Stephen Jackson, Splitter or Gary Neal, none of them can match Harden!

Seeing that this lineup could not win, Popovich quickly replaced Danny Green and Matt Bonner.

The performance of the two of them tonight was extremely bad. Let alone whether they could make three-pointers from the outside, Popovich was very dissatisfied with the defense alone.

Back from the timeout, Popovich put Parker and Duncan back on the court.

At this point in the game, even the daring Popovich did not dare to use a ten-man rotation, but reduced it to an eight-man rotation.

In this way, in order to prevent the core players from playing too much time, he must use GDP separately.

But in this way, both the offensive and defensive ends of the team did not have the power of the starting game.

In this way, at the end of the half, the Thunder led the Spurs by 52 points 44:8.

At the beginning of the first quarter, when they were the most behind, the Thunder fell behind by 7 points, but now after halftime, the Thunder led by 8 points, 15 points a mile and a mile away.

The fans at the scene were very satisfied with the result, and kept shouting "OKC" to vent their joy.

The first two games of this round of the series made them very depressed.

Spending the most ticket money and watching the game where your own team was beaten was simply spending money to make a fuss.

But now it's better, even the fans who support the Thunder the most, didn't expect that the guys from the Thunder are really up to date!

At the Spurs' home court, they pulled two games in a row and brought the game back to Oklahoma City.

Moreover, judging from the results of this half of the game, the strength of the Thunder team is obviously higher than that of the Spurs. They believe more and more that their Thunder team will definitely be able to break out of the West this time and reach the finals!
The 15-minute half-time break was over in a blink of an eye.

Soon the game entered the second half.

However, the situation is fickle, and there are new changes in the second half of the game.

Parker, who rushed inside, faced Li Pu's defense and missed a throw.

Relying on his experience, Duncan rushed to grab this valuable offensive rebound and distributed it to Ginobili on the outside.

Ginobili made a three-pointer and hit it again!
This is his fourth three-pointer tonight!

Manu Ginobili, who started today, is really fierce, scoring a team-high 25 points.

In comparison, Parker is more hip, only 10 of 3 shots.

The main reason is that the Thunder's defensive focus is on the inside tonight. It is too difficult for a small guard like Parker who ends up at the basket to face such a defense.

On the contrary, there were a lot of open shots on the outside. No, Ginobili was able to score 4 three-pointers, which was also part of the reason.

With Ginobili's three-pointer, the point difference returned to 3 points again, and the point difference can be tied in one round.

At this time, the situation on the field is very anxious, the game has entered a fierce stage, and every point is crucial.

Durant took the initiative to take over the ball again, and came to the frontcourt with the ball, letting his teammates pull away to prepare for singles.

Obviously he is ready to take over the game and start the death mode in advance!

Leonard lowered his center of gravity, his eyes were not only serious, but also a little apprehensive.

In this round of the series, I have already used all my defensive capabilities, but looking at Durant's data, he still averaged 50+ per game with a shooting rate above 28%. Both efficiency and production are excellent!

This made Leonard have a mentality that if he defended himself, he would have the same mentality as if he hadn't. Thanks to Leonard's mental toughness, he could withstand such a blow, but if it was a different person, his mentality might have collapsed!

But mentality alone is not enough for Leonard to guard Durant.

Sure enough, in the next second, Durant didn't even make a fake move, and chose a three-pointer directly outside the three-point line.

Leonard was caught off guard and was a step late, allowing Durant to complete the shot.

The forest is dark and the grass is frightened by the wind, the general draws his bow at night!
The basketball got into the basket obediently, "shua", and hit a three-pointer!

The point difference returned to 6 points again.

In the stalemate stage of the game, such an answer ball is the most terrible, because it is not just a score, but also a blow to your heart.

Even for a veteran like the Spurs, the mentality changes.

No, in the next round, Ginobili wanted to take advantage of his good touch and make another outside shot, wanting to continue his firepower.

It's a pity I didn't enter!

But at this time, it was Duncan again who grabbed the offensive rebound under the basket.

This is the fourth offensive rebound he grabbed tonight. With such a performance, it can only be said that he deserves to be the No. 4 rookie.

Li Pu failed to protect the rebound, but he didn't have time to blame himself. He quickly stepped forward to block Duncan and prevent him from directly attacking the basket.

Duncan first looked outside. Obviously, his first choice was to give the ball to the outside.

However, the scene of the last round is still vivid, which makes the Thunder's perimeter defense very tight, neither Ginobili nor Parker can receive the ball.

Therefore, Duncan first signaled to his teammates to pull away the strong side, and then chose to single Li Pu again.

To be honest, this is not a good choice.

Because, this round of the series has proved that Duncan's singles against Li Pu's success rate is not high.

If possible, Duncan doesn't want to single Li Pu like this, but there is no way, the team needs him to stand up now!
Mr. Great Basic Skills began to dribble, confront, shake his shoulders, turn around, all movements are smooth and smooth, and they are all honed moves!
However, the plantar fasciitis in the past two years has already taken away his jumping and explosive power, and all his skills are based on physical fitness.

Duncan's static talent is not as good as Li Pu's. Now that he has no explosive power and speed, Li Pu can actually come first and touch the basketball after Duncan completes the shot.

The basketball finally bounced out of the frame, but it didn't go in after all!

This time, Li Pu stuck his position firmly and never gave Duncan another chance to grab a rebound.

Duncan also seemed to know this, this time he did not choose to forcefully take off, even after finding that the position was not successful, he left and returned to the defense first.

In the end, the rebound was protected by Li Pu.

Seeing the back of Duncan leaving, Li Pu actually felt a bit of desolation.

People joked that he was the No. 21 rookie, but everyone knew that he was really old.

No one knows how much sweat and effort he has put in to maintain his competitive state.

But Li Pu knew that what he paid was not only sweat, but also the tenacious spirit after falling from the altar!
(End of this chapter)