I really just want to be a role player

Chapter 482 One is worth two, quantity alone is useless without quality!
On March 3, TD Waterhouse Center Arena.

Night falls.

The Thunder team's third road trip, the first stop is the Magic team.

The Magic has a decent record, 23 wins and 13 losses, not comparable to the Thunder, but it is also a proper top four in the Eastern Conference, with good strength.

Durant and Howard chatted very happily, happy basketball, playing with anyone is a happy mood.

What's the point of winning and losing?
As a human being, the most important thing is to be happy.

This is very Warcraft!

At the beginning of the game, the two sides played back and forth in the first half, and no one could do anything to the other.

After all, the Thunder's inside line still couldn't withstand the impact of Howard and Glenn Davis' turnaround.

Of course, the Magic's outside line is not easy. Durant, Westbrook, and Su Bei also beat the Magic's outside line to nothing.

In the first half of the game, the Magic relied on Howard's performance in dominating the penalty area, leading the Magic to a score of 56 to 53 and gaining a 3-point lead.

The closer to the basket, the higher the shooting rate. With the advantage of the basket, the Magic took the lead, which is very reasonable!

In the third quarter, the music was played, and then the battle continued, and the Magic's perimeter blossomed.

"When the Magic found their shooting touch from the outside, they played a real one-star four-shot tactic.

This Magic team is a championship-level team.

Howard and the outside line are radiant and complement each other, both inside and outside.

There is also Kottgrew's organization and control of the field, which basically has no flaws. The Magic team in this mode is really unstoppable..."

No problem, this is the formula for the Magic to win. For other tactics, anyone who can play their own good tactics is basically a very difficult team.

Even a simple pick-and-roll tactic can show the charm of flowers of different colors.

In the third quarter of the game, the Magic's offensive firepower was fully fired, and they beat the Thunder with a score of 30 to 22, extending their lead to 11 points.

There are only 12 minutes left for the Thunder to reverse the score.

The fourth quarter started, Westbrook rested, and the Thunder lined up a desperate lineup.

Collison, Durant, Subei, Harden, Billups.

The Magic were comfortable, resting Howard and Nelson Jr., and playing a rotation lineup of Glenn Davis, Earle Clarke, Turkoglu, JJ Redick and Chris Duhon.

Leading by 11 points, the Magic can indeed make waves.

"The Thunder attack the ball, Billups drives the ball upfield, everybody pulls out.

Billups singled out Duhon with his body..."

Du Hong, who lost for 185 days, had a problem with scoring points on defense. Facing Billups, who is very good at using his body to bully his opponents, he can only fight and retreat.

You know, Howard is not on the court. If you put Billups into the penalty area, it will be difficult to keep the basket. This option is not advisable.

"Turkoglu can only empty Subei and flank Billups.

Bang-!
As if predicting in advance, Billups sent a scalpel-like ground pass, sending the basketball to Su Bei, who was 45 degrees empty on the left.

Catch the ball, lift it up, and fly Turkoglu's block who rushed back to block. Su Bei chose a steady scoring method, dribbled the ball in and broke through, hit the penalty area, jumped up, and made a pick in the air... "

Swish-!
With a knife in his hand, Su Bei attacked the basket with two points, and easily put the basket to score.

The point difference became 9 points.

"Very nice attack selection!!
Howard didn't stay on the court, and Su Bei broke through instead of betting on whether there were bullets in his three-point pistol, which is very reasonable..."

"With or without Howard, the Magic are two different teams.

Whether it's offensive or defensive..."

After being chased for 2 points, the Magic did not panic. After all, they could not expect Howard to play the whole game.

They still have to leave some of their physical energy in the love scene outside the court!

A few minutes after Howard was off the court, there was a double-digit lead, what more bike?
Du Hong took the ball to the front court and immediately handed over the damn basketball to the only core player on the court.

"Turkoglu singled out Su Bei with the ball, posing three offensive threats, and Su Bei was half a step away, neither giving a breakthrough nor giving a shot.

As soon as he lifted the ball, Turkoglu immediately dribbled the ball, trying to use his physical strength to overwhelm Su Bei.

And fighting and retreating, Su Bei did not lose his position, and waited for Durant's help to defend, and flanked Kottglu..."

Bang-!
With a back pass, Kottgrew coquettishly sent the basketball to the left three-point corner, and JJ Redick, who had just moved there without the ball, was empty.

"Harden followed, Earl Clark blocked, JJ Redick raised, and calmly made a three-pointer from the corner..."

The Thunder could only listen to the gunshots.

The reputation of the Turkish magician is not in vain. Although his statistics have declined seriously, there are still not too few opportunities to create points.

Bang-dang-!
"Three-point shot missed!!

The opportunity came up, but JJ Redick didn't work.

Without Howard grabbing the offensive rebounds, the Thunder protected the backcourt rebounds.

Collison quickly passed the ball to Billups, and the Thunder's counterattack started.

Su Bei, Durant, Harden, all with long legs, rushed forward..."

Duhon wanted to use his speed to block Billups' acceleration. Unexpectedly, Billups was very steady. He changed direction, turned around and dribbled, and then used his body to get in position. Duhon's defense broke through and passed. lost each other.

The Thunder's acceleration has indeed been affected, but Davis, who is known as the big baby, lagged behind, and the Thunder still played more and played less in the frontcourt.

"After halftime, Billups pushed with both hands, favoring Su Bei alone, and gave the ball to the steady Su Bei.

Received the ball, dribbled through, and JJ Redick defended.

Bang-!
There is no greed, Su Bei passed the basketball to the middle, Harden was empty, took the ball and dribbled the ball for a layup..."

Swish-!
Earl Clark didn't dare to reach out to block the shot, and easily sent 2+1, so he could only watch Harden calmly make a layup.

The Thunder chased for another two points, and the point difference became 7 points.

There is still room for error, don't panic.

The basketball was still in the hands of Turkoglu, outside the 75-degree three-point line on the left, holding the ball and posing three offensive threats.

Su Bei still took half a step to protect the pressure on breakthroughs and shots.

"What the hell?

Kottgrew, who is smart in playing basketball, doesn't talk about martial arts, suddenly, he pulls up the ball and raises his hand to try a three-point jump shot..."

Su Bei was still careless and didn't flash.

Moreover, dodging is useless. With his height of 2 meters, he has the advantage, and he is just betting that there is no bullet in Turkoglu's three-dimensional pistol.

Bang-dang-!
Wrong guess, the basket didn't get used to him.

Try it and die, Turkoglu's [-]-pointer sent.

"Rebound grab, Collison holds Davis, Durant jumps up and protects the rebound.

Huh?
Durant didn't score the ball, but dribbled the ball forward himself, changed direction and passed JJ Redick who came to interrupt, and rushed up like a guard dribbling the ball.

It's too abnormal. Durant, who is 2 meters 11, is not only fast, but also has a stable level of ball control. The Thunder have another chance to counterattack.

Su Bei and Harden, one left and one right, rushed to the frontcourt to unlock their physical talents.

Durant rushed over half court and had to be interrupted by him. Kottgrew stepped forward, and the basketball was passed out. Subei received the basketball from outside the 70 three-point line on the left, one step away from the three-point line! !
Oh open!

What the hell kind of operation is this?
No need for a steady two-pointer, Su Bei pulls the ball up, basically without adjustment, raising his hand is just a chasing three-point jumper, this is too messy..."

Swish-!
With his hand up and down, Su Bei's three-pointers never failed, and he hit the basketball with precision.

Three points.

The point difference became 4 points! !

"It's so beautiful!
This shot is too strong! !
Su Bei's skillful people are bold, this is comparing themselves with themselves!

He could have rushed to the basket and scored two points steadily, but he chose a more heartbreaking three-pointer.

With 5 points and 1 assist, he led the Thunder to a 7-0 offensive and stopped the game..."

Stan Van Gundy did not expect that Subei's offense would explode. This short pause was just a helpless adjustment to interrupt the Thunder's offensive rhythm.

At the same time, the hole cards were played, and Howard, Niles Jr. and Richardson returned to the field.

The game is back.

Sure enough, the strength of the Magic with Howard and without Howard is not at the same level.

Although JJ Rekdy's mid-range shot failed to hit, but...

"The rebound was grabbed by Howard, and he immediately gave the ball to Nelson Jr., broke through with the ball, made a two-point jump shot with an emergency stop, and there is..."

Swish-!
Nelson Jr. made a two-pointer to help the Magic's offense stop the bleeding in time.

There is no attack that cannot be scored. If it cannot be scored, it will be the second time.

Howard's rebounding advantage allows the Magic to attack wave after wave, non-stop offense, what do you use to top it?
The point difference came to 6 points.

"Billups took the ball to the frontcourt and saw that Subei was guarded by Richardson. Instead of pampering Subei alone, he handed over the damn basketball to Durant. .

From outside the 75-degree three-point line on the left, he held the ball and posed three offensive threats. He met Earl Clark, an ordinary role player. Became a reckless person..."

Durant, a reckless man, has more skills than West, and Earl Clark is really incomparable
And fight and retreat, wanting to wait for Howard's help defense to sweep up, but Durant, as predicted, broke through to a comfortable position, pulled the ball and shot.

Swish-!
"Yes!!

Durant broke through and made an emergency stop and scored two points.

Not only is Durant too strong, but also because the Magic are too weak.

None of them can play at the power forward position..."

Durant took over Subei's class and took the ball to attack and score points.

Within two strokes, Earl Clark was blown away.

No way, the Magic can only try with Ryan Anderson.

It's just a pity that this Ryan Anderson's defense is even worse. He is an empty power forward.

A shooter who can shoot three-pointers is very suitable for Howard's one-star four-shot system.

Offensive is not top, defense is a question of giving points.

"Durant went into death mode and took over the Thunder's offense.

The Magic's defense was blown away by Durant's shot..."

Durant, who found his shooting touch, is so terrifying.

There are shots from inside and outside, no matter what.

Moreover, it was not a three-pointer, or a long-range two-pointer, which made the Magic have no defense at all.

Howard couldn't get out and was trapped in the penalty area, and the other opponents couldn't stand it. Even if Turkoglu was on, he couldn't stand it either.

Durant put on a three-threat pose, Turkoglu took half a step, and Durant pulled up and shot, but he is not only just doing it outside.

That arm span, Turkoglu can't reach, and that accuracy is so hot that you can't stand it.

When Turkoglu was close to him, Durant swayed left and right, swayed out of space, and immediately broke through with the ball, that speed, that change of direction...

Really worthless!
The Magic's power forward position sucks.

Durant took out the sickle, and he could easily harvest the heads.

单节6投5中，三分球3中2，罚球6中6，狂砍18分5篮板，还有王法吗？

Are there any laws?
The brilliance of the handsome boys in Subei was threatened by Durant. With the success of Subei and Durant, the Thunder beat the Magic with a score of 37 to 23. Once again, they completed a big comeback in the fourth quarter. .

Om-!
With the sound of the beep, the red light is on, and the game time is over.

With a score of 107 to 104, the Thunder escaped in the final quarter and successfully narrowly defeated the Magic with a 3-point advantage, extending the winning streak to 14 games, which opened a good start for the March schedule.

Durant made 21 of 12 shots, 8 of 5 three-pointers, and 9 of 9 free throws. He scored 38 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Westbrook made 19 of 10 shots, 10 of 7 free throws, and scored 27 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds. The data looks beautiful, but the efficiency is not high.

The point guard position of the Magic team is also a big flaw. Neither Nelson Jr. nor Duhon can withstand his impact. The performance is just that, it can only be said to be passable.

Subei made 13 of 7 shots, 9 of 4 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. The performance in the first three quarters was mediocre, but in the crucial fourth quarter, he played a strong performance, scoring 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds, without losing senior role players face.

Howard made 20 of 14 shots, 8 of 5 free throws, scored 33 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. His performance can't be said to be outstanding, but it's a pity that his teammates are useless, and he can't move!
Richardson scored 16 points, Nelson Jr. had 15 points, Turkoglu had 11 points, and Ryan Anderson scored 14 points. It seems that the Magic scored in double figures, while the Thunder had only three players scoring in double figures.

But the combined score is 85 points. On average, it is 28.5 points, one is worth two, no matter how many there are, there is no quality, and it is useless! !

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(End of this chapter)