The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 76 Saving the Team
When Li Pu can shoot, the defensive pressure on the Nuggets will not only deteriorate a little, but will deteriorate exponentially.

Originally, they only needed to lock the penalty area to limit Li Pu's offense, but now, they had to expand the defensive area.

However, Li Pu's mobility is far beyond that of ordinary players. Once he is given enough space, his breakthrough cannot be defended at all.

No, this time, after the pick-and-roll, Nene didn't shrink the basket, but rushed out.

As a result, Li Pu made a false move, dribbled the ball for a step, passed Nene and rushed into the penalty area, dunking with both hands!
At this time, the coach of the Nuggets, George Karl, was anxious. Before the game, he arranged defensive tactics against Durant and Westbrook. In the end, he was blown away by Li Pu.

What is this called?
"Prince caught the ball again, and this time Nene threw it out. Did Prince make a shot? He shot! The ball went in! Prince ignored Nene's defense and made another shot!"

Li Pu is really too tall, and his shot point is even higher. Even Nene, who is 211cm tall, still can't interfere with Li Pu's shooting.

With Li Pu hitting again, the Thunder finally tied the score, and Li Pu also scored his 16th point. You know, halftime has not even been played yet!

At halftime, the score was 55:68, and the Thunder entered the second half with a 13-point advantage.

"Yes, you boy!"

"Why are you so accurate tonight?"

"It feels so good, could it be that he practiced ball handling during the day?"

"roll!"

Play for fun, make trouble for trouble, don't make fun of playing ball!

To be honest, Li Pu didn't expect that he would feel so good tonight?
It's just that how long this feeling can last is unknown!
He only hoped that this feeling could last longer.

Brooks was also surprised by Li Pu's mid-range shooting percentage tonight, and he was able to make three of three shots, but he knew that this was not Li Pu's conventional weapon, and he could not pin the victory of the game on Li Pu's super-level performance.

"Prince performed very well in the first half, especially in the second quarter. Then everyone else will have to work harder. This is a Christmas game, and it will be broadcast live on all meters. I don't think Prince is the only one who wants to show off?"

Brooks joked with everyone in as relaxed a tone as possible.

"That's right! Of course we won't rely on Prince alone!" Durant, as the team leader, naturally took the lead in expressing his opinion.

"We won't lose to him!" Westbrook said afterwards.

Next, other people expressed their opinions one by one, and the atmosphere in the locker room gradually turned from joy to enthusiasm.

Brooks likes the lively atmosphere of the team very much. After all, they are young people who need passion to mobilize their emotions. If they are all lifeless, then their performance will definitely not be good!
Back in the second half, Anthony deserved to be an offensive kaleidoscope, completely unaffected by Li Pu's block in the first half, and succeeded in a layup against Durant.

Just kidding, Lao Tzu is "the essence of human beings who can block me", even the basket can block me, what is this blow?
Next it was the Thunder's turn to attack.

Since Li Pu already has the ability to shoot outside, after the pick-and-roll with Westbrook this time, Nene's position is obviously a little bit outside.

This gives Westbrook a chance to accelerate.

I saw him stepping on the hot wheel and "bang" in the crowd, the speed was so fast that the defenders couldn't even react.

Westbrook dunked with one hand, and the Thunder scored two more points.

Conversely, after Nene and Billups pick and roll, they also hit a mid-range jumper after receiving the ball.

It was the Thunder's turn to attack again.

This time, Li Pu did not pick and roll with Westbrook, but chose to play with Durant after the pick and roll, which actually caused a loophole in the Nuggets' defense again. Durant went down to receive a pass from Westbrook, Two-handed slam dunk!

It can be seen that although Li Pu did not score a point in the first two rounds of the second half, relying on his shooting threat, he created opportunities for his teammates.

This is the value that the data cannot reflect!
Both teams felt good throughout the third quarter, and neither side seemed to be able to guard the other, which made their point difference not narrow.

In this way, when the third quarter ended, the Thunder already had an advantage of more than 10 points.

But this is the Christmas game after all, and the Nuggets are not a weak team, they won't just get caught like this!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ty Lawson on the Nuggets bench broke out. Facing Harden, who had not yet formed the "Hop Brothers" CP, Ty Lawson made sudden shots and scored 7 points on three of three shots. In one fell swoop, the point difference was narrowed to 5 points.

This really scared Brooks into a cold sweat.

However, before he called a timeout for substitutions, Harden also broke out, staged a scene where he and the future CP exchanged points, and won back a victory with a "three plus one".

After that, until the main players of the two sides returned, the point difference remained at around 10 points.

Returning to the arena, the two sides entered the final decisive moment.

At this time, Li Pu got a chance to shoot on the offensive end, but this time the good luck did not come again, and Li Pu missed the shot.

Wait, did I actually say that?This is not normal... (Li Pu: tui!)
After seeing Li Pu miss the shot, the Nuggets took a look, hehe, the skill CD has cooled down?
As a result, they began to try to shrink the defensive line again, and the Thunder's offense also began to stagnate, and the original point difference began to shrink again.

Under such circumstances, seeing the point difference getting smaller and smaller, Li Pu felt a little anxious.

He knew that the team's predicament at this time was caused by himself, so the person who wants to make a change must also be himself!

However, what he has to do is not to shoot hard, but to use his own advantages!
And my own advantage, of course, is...

After Billups and Nene pick and roll, they hit the ground and pass the ball to Nene.

Such a concealed pass is generally difficult to be discovered, but Li Pu found it.

He actually used his long arms to scoop up the ball that just hit the ground!

Successfully completed the key steal!

This is not over yet, he threw the ball forward vigorously, and then ran two quick steps to catch up with the basketball.

This is how Li Pu groped for a quick break with the ball.

Since his ball-handling skills are not in place, he needs to reduce the frequency of his shots, so he needs to increase the distance between each shot.

Sure enough, after just two shots, Li Pu was already near the three-point line.

This is still using hands, and of course Li Pu's next step is to combine the ball and dunk in three steps.

Seeing a big man over [-] meters fast break through and dunk in three steps with his feet on the three-point line, although this is not the first time Li Pu has shown this skill in the NBA, but on this nationwide live broadcast platform , It still made many viewers who don't pay attention to the Thunder on weekdays get to know such an inhuman player.

"Bang!" Following Li Pu's dunk, not to mention the fans at the scene, any audience in front of the TV or computer screen was deeply shocked by Li Pu's dunk.

(End of this chapter)