The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 235 Return to Oklahoma City
For Oklahoma City fans, Li Pu's attitude is very complicated.

On the one hand, Li Pu is indeed the hero of the team. Without him, it would be very difficult for the Thunder to win two championships.

But on the other hand, due to Li Pu's departure in the summer, the prospect of their team's dynasty has cast a shadow.

Fortunately, Li Pu's departure left the team with a lot of assets, whether it is Cousins ​​or draft picks, which can be used to select outstanding rookies or be used as bargaining chips.

In addition, in May this year, the Moore tornado swept across the city of Moore, Ohio, causing a huge disaster.

And Li Pu and Westbrook rushed to the scene immediately, not only brought the most needed food and water, but also donated money and materials, and helped raise donations, which can be described as their best efforts.

Therefore, when Li Pu returned to Oklahoma City, although there were some boos, he still received a lot of applause.

At least, the other is gone, but the root is still there!
Today is October 10, the day the NBA opener kicks off.

It has to be said that when the league arranges the schedule, there are some ideas.

There are a total of three games today, the Bulls vs. the Heat, the Clippers vs. the Lakers and the Kings vs. the Thunder.

Among them, the game between the Kings and the Thunder received relatively less attention. The main reason was that the strengths of the two teams were too different. One was a championship team and the other was a weak team. The game can be spent.

However, when the game between the Thunder and the Kings was about to start, the first half of the game between the Bulls and the Heat was over, and the Heat beat the Bulls by 54 points 33:21.

They didn't expect that today's bulls have become so good?

So, when the game between the Thunder and the Kings started, a large number of fans poured into the live broadcast room of the game.

"Come on, come on, Li Pu's battle with Thunder Thunder Second Young Master is so exciting!"

"I hope the Kings work hard and don't let the game be spent too early!"

"No, I went to watch the preseason game live, and the Kings still have a certain strength!"

Finally, when the number of people in the live broadcast room had exceeded 300 million, the competition finally officially started.

"Hello, viewers! Welcome to the opening game of the 2013-2014 season NBA regular season, the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Sacramento Kings. What do you think of today's game?"

"Hi everyone! Generally speaking, the Thunder is undoubtedly the dominant side. In addition to the Thunder's second youngster, the newly joined Cousins ​​​​is also an insider with comprehensive offensive skills. In the summer trade, the Thunder's strength has not Dropped too much.

Although the Kings have Li Pu joining, the team's lineup has been greatly changed. The other players are too young to prove themselves in the NBA, so the team's strength does not increase but declines.

Of course, I still support the king's good performance and hope that the two teams can contribute a wonderful game tonight! "

"Thank you Mr. Yang for your comments. We saw that the director has given us the game screen, and the starters of the two teams have also played. The Thunder started: Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka and Cousins ; and the starting lineup for the Kings: Bledsoe, Jimmy Butler, Middleton, Patrick Patterson and Lip."

For the starting lineup, the Kings did not use the preseason lineup tonight, and Giannis is still too young to be used as a starter.

Therefore, Mike Brown finally chose to use Patterson as the starter.

Patterson came from the famous Kentucky Five Tigers, that is, in the 2010 draft, five players from the University of Kentucky were all selected in the first round, creating an NBA record since the draft.

Among them, John Wall was the No. 5 pick, Cousins ​​was the 14th pick, Patterson was the 22th pick, Bledsoe was the 29nd pick, and Daniel Alton was the [-]th pick.

As a typical fourth position in space, Patterson is 206cm tall and weighs 107kg. He can shoot three-pointers, but his output is not high.

Therefore, he is qualified as a substitute, but he is obviously not qualified to be the starter of a playoff-level team.

However, the current Kings lineup, whether Giannis, Covington or Muscala are all first-year rookies, is not enough to support the team's starting fourth position.

Therefore, let Patterson make a fake start, and the others will compete fairly. By raising Gu, whoever plays well will fight more!
"Why didn't your fake Kevin start?" Westbrook and Li Pu joked during the warm-up before the game.

"Of course the secret weapon has to be used at critical moments!" Facing Westbrook, fighting against each other has long been a conditioned reflex for Li Pu.

"Hahaha, then you hide him well, don't let me see him!"

In last year's playoffs, due to Li Pu's butterfly effect, Westbrook avoided being seriously injured by Beverly. Today, he is still alive and kicking, and the Thunder is still one of the favorite teams to win this season.

It is a courtesy for Li Pu to exchange greetings with his old teammates, then as the game starts, it will be the back soldiers!
After the game started, the king got the first chance to attack.

Under Westbrook's defense, Bledsoe dribbled to the frontcourt.

Although Cousins ​​was very reluctant on his face, he still chose to go around to defend Li Pu.

In the past few years against Li Pu, Cousins ​​has lost more than he won. He has always attributed it to his teammates not being as good as Li Pu. Now that the two have switched clubs, he no longer has a reason to lose. .

Bledsoe couldn't get the ball in, so he waved to Lip.

Li Pu understood and immediately raised it, choosing to play a pick-and-roll with Bledsoe.

In the past, Westbrook and Li Pu cooperated countless times in pick-and-rolls, but now this body is actually blocking his own route. This has to be said, which is a bit embarrassing.

However, Westbrook doesn't have so much compassion. Facing such a familiar tactic, he naturally knows what to do is the best choice.

Although Li Pu has gained weight now, his body is still relatively slender, so his pick-and-roll quality is often not as good as that of a thicker center.

Therefore, Westbrook chose to bypass Li Pu and not switch defenses!

Since Bledsoe is known as Serena Williams, naturally his shooting ability is not much better. Sure enough, when Westbrook bypassed Li Pu, he still had time to catch up to block Bledsoe.

Seeing this, Bledsoe gave the ball to Li Pu who cut inside.

Li Pu, who has always been invincible, cuts inside, but this time he was deflated after getting the ball.

Ibaka used the fastest speed to block Li Pu. At the same time, Cousins ​​came from the side and double-teamed Li Pu.

This is the tactic of the Thunder team. From the very beginning, they used a double-team tactic against Li Pu!
Upon seeing this, Li Pu distributed the ball to Patterson who was in a wide open position.

After Patterson received the ball, he immediately chose a three-point shot and missed!
The rebound was accepted by Durant, and then he held the ball one-stop. Facing Middleton's defense, he made a sharp change of direction. After getting rid of it easily, he dunked!

Judging from the Kings' first attack after the opening, the Thunder's defensive strategy seems to be working!
(End of this chapter)