The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 66 Shooting Drills
On December 12th, there are still 15 days before Christmas, and the Oracle Arena has already begun to have a festive atmosphere.

All kinds of Christmas tree and Santa hat atmosphere decorations have appeared in the arena.

After playing with the Thunder players on the training ground for a while in the afternoon, An Jiali was sitting on the sidelines at this time. She had recovered her goddess appearance and became a beautiful scenery on the sidelines.

There were many eyes looking at her around, but An Jiali didn't care. Her eyes were always on the Thunder's bench.

"Okay, let's play hard tonight. The Warriors' weakness is obvious, which is defense, especially outside defense. We must seize this opportunity!" Brooks was explaining the final tactics.

To be honest, Brooks is right. The current Warriors have no problem with offense, but the key is their poor defense.

Warriors starting lineup tonight: Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis, Dorell White, David Lee and Andris Biedrins.

None of the starting five players are known for their defense, which can be called the "five leaks of death"!
Although the time has come to the 10s and the small ball era is about to begin, the defense has never changed to win the championship. It is impossible for a team to become a truly strong team with only offense and no defense.

As everyone expected, the game officially started when the referee blew his whistle.

The Thunder's starting lineup tonight is still the previous regular lineup: Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Jeff Green and Li Pu.

Therefore, when Li Pu successfully jumped the ball, he distributed the ball to Durant.

Durant dropped the ball directly to Green, who had already run to the frontcourt, and David Lee was defending Green.

Although David Lee is a newly promoted All-Star player, that refers to his offense. On the defensive end, David Lee can rely on his own weight to defend against a certain low position, but what he is facing at this time is not No-nonsense Green.

Seeing that Green accelerated, he successfully broke through David Lee.

Then facing White who came to help defend, he threw the ball directly into the sky, followed by Li Pu who rushed over, followed by an alley-oop and dunked with both hands.

The opening is a wonderful dunk!

"Oh!!!"

On the Thunder's bench, they really did what they said.

Seeing that Harden was so surprised that he fainted again, his whole body fell backwards, and then he was picked up by Ibaka, Lin Shuhao and others. Menow kept fanning Harden with a towel, which was very joyful.

When Li Pu returned to the defense, seeing their funny looks, he stretched out a mosaic finger.

Next, it was the Warriors' turn to attack.

While Curry is the point guard, control of the ball is in the hands of Monta Ellis.

To be honest, Monta Ellis is definitely a very talented player.

He is extremely fast and good at pick-and-roll breakthroughs. He is a veritable scoring machine and can contribute 24 points per game this season.

However, he is not a good team leader. He can only attack, his shooting and passing are unstable, his offensive selection is poor, and his wanton personality is even more criticized.

But his current strength is obvious to all.

Tonight, he faced Sefolosha's defense with the ball, and with a simple change of direction, he successfully passed the defensive champion Sefolosha.

Although Sefolosha predicted the direction of Ellis' breakthrough in advance, Ellis' speed was too fast, and Sefolosha was 10 cm taller than Ellis, so it was even more difficult to guard against.

Ellis, who successfully broke into the penalty area, kept his speed unabated, and rushed towards the inside line with sparks and lightning all the way, until he hit Li Pu head-on.

To be honest, Ellis didn't take Li Pu seriously.

In his opinion, Li Pu is a "big bamboo pole plus". He may be able to block some shots by relying on his height and wingspan, but he is not qualified to block himself!
As he said that, he saw Ellis successfully pass Li Pu with a simple one-handed frontal change in a narrow range.

Alice Bujin, who left Li Pu behind, pouted: Look, it's nothing more than that!

Passing Li Pu is like passing the last line of defense of the Thunder. Next, all you need is a layup.

Ellis threw the ball with one hand for a layup, and then was capped out of the baseline by Li Pu.

"What? How did this guy keep up with me?" Alice was shocked when he saw Li Pu appearing behind him.

And Li Pu didn't even look at him, but reminded his teammates on the field to pay attention to the baseline serve.

In his opinion, Ellis is nothing more than that. He is not tall enough, his shooting is unstable, and his physical fitness is nothing but speed. Maybe such a person can be the sixth man of the team, but he can be the leader of the team?

Give me a break!

In addition, even if he is the sixth man, he is still not as good as the sixth man of his own team!

Biedrins served from the bottom line, Ellis and David Lee were closely guarded, but at this moment, Curry, who was guarded by Westbrook, suddenly ran back and went to the outside line to successfully catch the basketball.

To be honest, this year's second-year Curry is indeed a rising star, but no one ever thought that he could grow into a superstar and become an All-Star.

After all, Curry entered the league late. Although he has a baby face, he is older than Durant. Look at this year's Durant, who averaged 26.7 points per game, leading the team to the forefront of the Western Conference. (Why is the top five not considered the top?)
Look at Curry's average of 18+5.8+3.9 per game. Although the data is good, as a point guard, he has too few assists. As a shooting guard, his scoring is not impressive.

Coupled with his thin body and poor shot selection, he is not favored by the public.

However, Li Pu, who knows the future, does not dare to underestimate Curry. This is the only superstar with real global influence after the 10s. Even if he is not yet fully mature, he cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, when Curry received the ball, Lip immediately let go of Biedrins and rushed towards Curry.

However, Curry's shot speed was too fast, even though Li Pu had already jumped up immediately, it was still too late!

The basketball passed between Li Pu's fingers, went straight into the basket, and entered the net hollow.

3:2, Curry scored a three-pointer as soon as the game opened.

Seeing Curry happily bouncing back, Li Pu narrowed his eyes, this guy is really scary!

"Crack!" At this moment, Li Pu's ass was suddenly attacked, interrupting Li Pu's thinking.

"What are you doing?" Li Pu hurriedly asked after seeing that it was Westbrook.

"Be optimistic about your own people, don't meddle in your own business!" Westbrook said.

"If you didn't miss someone, I would make up for it?"

"I'll take care of him myself!"

"Okay, then you have to work hard, don't let people easily find open spots for shooting practice!"

(End of this chapter)