The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 237
Li Pu gave the ball to Butler on the outside. After Butler received the ball, he made a three-pointer from the outside and hit it!
With this three-pointer at the buzzer, the score became 22:25, and the Thunder fell behind by three points.

Butler was amazing in the first quarter tonight. With Li Pu being strictly defended, Butler stood up and scored 12 points alone, supporting the Kings' offense.

The Thunder fans at the scene were going crazy.

why?What did this guy eat wrong?Why doesn't he have such strength in the Thunder?

It's no wonder that the fans were surprised. A defensive engineer who averaged only 8 points per game last season, it's hard to believe that he's a different person in just a few months!
"Jimmy's current performance, we are not sure whether it is an improvement or a sudden explosion, but now it seems that it is impossible to ignore him!"

As a champion coach, Brooks is already well-known now, but his ability, to be honest, still hasn't improved much...

At the beginning of the second quarter, neither Butler nor Li Pu was on the court. The Thunder thought they had finally seized the opportunity to expand the score.

However, as Lamb missed a three-pointer, Giannis took off the rebound and handed it to Isaiah Thomas for a quick drive.

Thomas Jr. was like a bolt of lightning. Looking at the audience, although Westbrook retreated quickly and caught up with Thomas Jr. at the first time, at this moment, Thomas Jr. distributed the ball to Marcus Thornton on the outside.

Thornton made a three-pointer and made it!
The Kings tied the score!

Although Westbrook quickly scored two points in the next round, looking back, Thomas Jr. also used a mid-range shot to tie the score again.

Thomas Jr. actually had a fight with Westbrook!

Although Thomas has a small character, it is not the son of the famous Pistons, the boss of the Bad Boys Isiah Thomas, but because of a bet his father James Thomas made back then.

Because the old Thomas is a Californian and a diehard fan of the Lakers, he had made a bet with a friend that if the Pistons defeated the Lakers in the Finals, he would name his son "Isaiah Thomas".

As a result, he lost, and at the insistence of his mother, he changed his name from "Isiah" to "Isaiah" without changing the pronunciation.

As the No. 2011 pick in the second round in 60, his height of 175cm is not favored by anyone, but after two years, he has not only established a foothold in the Kings, but even performed better and better!
Unlike the Thunder who need to use the starting lineup to drive the rotation, the Kings' starting lineup and substitutes, after excluding Li Pu, are actually not much different in strength.

Therefore, when the Kings are on the rotation lineup, they still have an advantage against the Thunder!
You know, Thunder is the defending champion team!
The two sides played for more than four minutes. When Li Pu returned to the court, the score was 34:32. The Kings actually won by 1 point at the beginning of the second quarter.

Except for Li Pu, the Kings have not changed other players. Now Thomas Jr., Thornton, James Johnson and Giannis are present.

Back on the court, the Kings have the ball.

Thomas Jr. and Li Pu broke through quickly after the pick-and-roll. Due to Thomas Jr.'s outstanding performance before, the Thunder's contraction this time was a bit small, resulting in Li Pu being vacated on the outside.

At this time, Thomas looked back at the moon and gave the ball to Li Pu.

After receiving the ball, Li Pu fired three shots, and with a bang, the basketball went into the net!

The Kings overtook the score!

The Thunder called a timeout.

Back from the timeout, all the Thunder's main players returned, and Brooks didn't dare to let Durant rest again.

Even so, the Thunder still failed to please.

With Westbrook missing a shot, at the end of the half, at 48:45, the Kings still led by 3 points.

This situation is indeed beyond the expectations of the Thunder.

In the first half, Li Pu was restricted by the Thunder and only scored 9 points.

Logically speaking, the Thunder team's defense is already very good, but the score is still lost, which makes the Thunder team have to start thinking, is it really appropriate to pinch Li Pu like this?

"I didn't expect the guards of the Kings to be quite strong! In the summer, it's a pity that I didn't meet them!" In the locker room of the home team, Westbrook wiped his sweat with a towel and sighed.

"I told you earlier that Isaiah and Marcus are very strong, you are too careless!" Cousins ​​on the side was very annoyed when he thought of Westbrook's disdain for his old players before the game.

"In this case, we really can't be so defensive in the second half!" Seeing Westbrook and Cousins ​​quarreling, Durant hurried out to persuade them to make peace.

The quarrel between the two of them was no worse than that between Westbrook and Li Pu.

Although he doesn't get along much, Durant has discovered that although this Cousins ​​is quite good, his brain is really not working.

Li Pu and Westbrook seemed to be arguing fiercely, but after the quarrel, they acted as if nothing had happened, doing what they should do.

But Cousins ​​is different. He is really annoyed. He has already had trouble twice in the pre-match training camp.

Seeing that Cousins ​​is so worrying, Durant really hopes that Li Pu will stay in the Thunder. He is much more worry-free than Cousins.

"That's right, in the second half, we need to strengthen the perimeter defense, and we can't give the opponent so many open spaces. Dema, you need to work harder in the second half to limit Prince as much as possible!"

"Isn't it just Prince? I can definitely do him!" When Li Pu was mentioned, Cousins ​​seemed to have been beaten, and immediately said that there would be no problem!

However, no one believed his words.

At the beginning of the second half, Durant hit a three-pointer against Butler from the outside and successfully equalized the score.

Subsequently, Bledsoe broke through and scored, but Butler's shot was interfered by Sefolosha and missed!

After the rebound was protected by Cousins, he immediately counterattacked. Westbrook dunked in the fast break and overtook the score.

After that, the Kings failed to score in two consecutive rounds, and the Thunder seized the opportunity. The point difference was instantly opened to 7 points.

For a moment, the entire arena was boiling, and the Thunder fans who had been frustrated for the entire first half were finally satisfied. This is the level that the defending champion should have!
Upon seeing this, Coach Brown immediately called a timeout.

This is already a quick response. If it were Brooks, I am afraid that the point difference would be less than 10 points, and it would be impossible to call a timeout.

Back from the timeout, the Kings continued to attack.

This time after Bledsoe came outside the three-point line, he did not break through and play singles, but hoisted the ball to the inside and passed it to Li Pu.

It turned out that after the previous rounds, Coach Brown had discovered that the Thunder's defensive strength against Li Pu had decreased, so he took the initiative to arrange for Li Pu to play the ball!
After getting the ball, he turned his back to Cousins, and with the help of Cousins, he pushed himself hard, and immediately chose to turn around and hook.

Cousins ​​was still trying to block the shot, but it was a pity that Li Pu's hook was hollowed into the net.

In the second half, Li Pu started to exert his strength.

(End of this chapter)