The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 68
At the beginning, the Thunder beat the Warriors 15:5, and the point difference came to double digits, successfully suspending the Warriors.

But it's not over yet.

After the timeout, although the Warriors' offense has been adjusted, but in terms of defense, although it is not useless, at least it can be said to be better than nothing!

Facing Biedrins, Li Pu played like O'Neal tonight, overwhelming the penalty area, and no one can match him.

Li Pu, who is usually at a disadvantage against him, is able to show his strength tonight!

At the same time, the Thunder players in other positions also performed very well.

The same is true for the starters, and the same is true for the substitutes.

Regardless of the Thunder's bench headed by Harden, the off-court play is also unambiguous on the court.

As soon as it came up, Harden and Ibaka made a goal each, and then on the defensive end, Ibaka sent a hot pot to help the Thunder continue to expand the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder scored 32 points, and at the same time allowed the Warriors with excellent offensive ability to only score 17 points.

In the second quarter, although the Warriors' offense recovered and the Thunder's shooting percentage dropped, the Thunder still controlled the point difference to more than 10 points, completely suppressing the Warriors.

In the third quarter, the Thunder even played a 10:0 offensive climax, opening the point difference to more than 20 points in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the game was going to take a while, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Brooks even replaced all three of Dewey and Lee for a rest, allowing Harden and Ibaka to lead the bench to stay on the court.

For the Warriors, Ellis and David Lee have already been replaced. Because Curry is a rookie and seems to be in good form tonight, Coach Smart asked Curry to play for a while.

I never thought that after playing for a while, something would happen.

Curry led a group of role players to blow up the Thunder's bench.

Turning in front of his body and dribbling behind his back, Curry's fancy dribble made Meno, who was defending him, almost turned into a fool.

This is not over yet, after Curry dribbled the ball, he could suddenly enter the penalty area, hey, he didn't, he was just playing!
After breaking through Maynor, he directly fused the ball and retreated to the outside of the three-point line, and a three-pointer got into the basket like a rainbow.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Stephen Curry hit a three-pointer again, and the point difference has come within 10 points!" The commentator Michael Breen couldn't hide his excitement.

Who would have thought that the game that was thought to be a waste of time would turn out to be turbulent again. Relying on this second-year baby-faced rookie, he would actually recover the point difference.

At this point in the fourth quarter just over two minutes into the game, Brooks had to call a timeout.

"Hold on, hold on to me, let's do a good job of defending ourselves, the opponent can't always be so accurate..."

While Brooks was still giving the players confidence, Li Pu suddenly interjected: "I think he will always be so accurate!"

"Who? Who's talking? You..." Seeing that it was all Li Pu, although Brooks was very angry, he still said patiently, "What do you mean?"

Brooks knows Li Pu's character, play for fun, make trouble for trouble, but he never jokes about playing games.

Therefore, for Li Pu's sabotage just now, Brooks had the temper to listen patiently to his explanation.

"That guy's shooting is very accurate, and no one can stop him when he is in shape. Among the new generation of point guards, he is the most explosive in scoring. Our substitutes are unstoppable, and we must play all the main players!"

"No one can stop it?" Durant asked in surprise.

"Number one?" Westbrook objected.

"The substitute can't stop?" Harden and Ibaka said at the same time.

"..." Seeing that Li Pu's words made the whole team excited, Brooks also admired him very much, you really have a set!

Originally, Brooks wanted to replace the main force, but now Li Pu made the crowd excited, so naturally he had to send all the main players on the field.

Due to the insistence of Harden and Ibaka, Brooks only replaced the three of Dewey Lee, plus Harden and Ibaka who were already on the court. First attempt as a closing lineup.

The reason why Brooks did this is mainly because Ibaka is taller and has better defense. His partner with Li Pu makes the Thunder's penalty area defense even more terrifying.

After all, this is the cooperation of two block kings, and this restricted area can be called a no-fly zone.

In addition, as Ibaka's mid-range shots become more and more accurate, the integration of Li Pu and Ibaka on the offensive end has become more and more harmonious.

The game restarted, not only the Thunder replaced the main players, but the Warriors also replaced the main players. Ellis and David Lee also returned.

When seeing the hope of winning, who would not want to fight again?

Compared with the inside twin towers of the Thunder, the Warriors did not send Biedrins, but let David Lee play center, replaced Biedrins with Reggie Williams, and played Small lineup.

However, please don't get me wrong, the Warriors' coach Smart does not have the courage and ability of Steve Kerr. He did this because Biedrins committed five fouls in the third quarter. , he had to let David Lee comeo at center.

Another backup center, Dan Gadzuric, is completely useless, not to mention Li Pu, even Krstic can beat him!
Back from the timeout, the Thunder attack.

Originally facing the small lineup of the Warriors, the Thunder should try to hit the ball inside as much as possible, and use the height of the inside to punish the opponent.

But the Thunder's offensive strength is on the outside, so Westbrook directly handed the ball to Durant, and then Durant's outside shot bounced out of the basket and missed!
Lipp thought he could grab the offensive rebound, but was stuck by David Lee and White, and the rebound was finally taken by Curry.

As expected of you, Center Ku!

Curry, who got the rebound, dribbled the ball all the way to the frontcourt quickly.

Westbrook has been just sticking to Curry to prevent him from making sudden shots.

When he came outside the three-point line, Curry immediately chose to make an emergency stop. Seeing this, Westbrook jumped up and prepared to block the shot.

But at this moment, after Curry received the ball, he chose a back pass and passed the ball to Ellis who had just come outside the 45-degree three-point line.

After receiving the ball, Ellis directly chose a three-point shot.

I have to say, Ellis is really brave!

Tonight, he made zero three-pointers in the first three quarters, and he dared to choose a three-pointer under such circumstances.

"Shh!"

Ellis' iron tree blossomed and successfully hit his first three-pointer of the game.

And with Ellis's three-pointer, 93:87, the difference between the two teams has reached 6 points. It seems that the Warriors are really going to make a big comeback!
(End of this chapter)