NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 156: James the Insidious (15)

"Crack, snap."

James, lying on the ground, listened to Lin Chuan's ridicule. Before he could express his anger, he heard applause from behind him.

James turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound.

Durant walked over clapping his hands and looked at James sarcastically.
"It seems that the breakthrough that has always been successful is no longer effective."

"It's not you who's defending, why are you barking at the dog?"

James was still cursing when he saw Durant reaching out his hand with a sincere look on his face to pull him.

"The ground is cold, don't sit for too long or you'll catch a cold."

James looked at Durant with suspicion.

He was tricked by Lin Chuan last time. Not only was he not pulled up, he almost fell to the ground again.

This time he won't easily believe Durant's kindness.

"Sincerely, Americans don't lie to Americans."

Durant stretched his hand further forward, sincerity on his face almost bursting out.

Even Haslem, who was about to come over to pull James, was moved by his sincerity and did not move forward.

"I trust you once..."

James muttered something and reached out to grab Durant.

"Shh!"

Durant raised his hand, bypassed James' hand, and slapped Lin Chuan behind him hard.

"Snapped!"

"Hahaha, I said this kid isn't smart enough."

Durant laughed.

Lin Chuan also laughed out loud.
"Damn, I didn't expect this trick to work again after it worked once."

"You are really bad, Kevin."

"No, it's still you who ruined it."

Listening to the ridicule of the two people above his head, a hint of viciousness flashed in James' eyes.

He shook off the hand extended by his teammates, got up from the ground, and silently ran to the sidelines to catch the ball.

The ball just now went out of bounds, and now the ball belongs to the Heat team.

Durant stepped forward to defend, but still failed to stop James from catching the ball.

The moment he saw James catch the ball, Durant slid back to the three-point line with several consecutive steps.

It's okay to let him shoot, but if he's too close he'll be easily broken through.

This time, James finally learned his lesson.

Instead of insisting on a one-on-one duel, he made hand gestures and let the Heat players play tactics.

After running back and forth to create an opportunity, James passed the ball to Bosh who was in an open position.

With a mid-range shot, Bosh seized the opportunity and scored the ball!
The Heat finally broke the deadlock and got the first point of the game.

Seeing James choose to assist, Lin Chuan in the inside couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

Just hit it like this.

How can he complete the system's temporary tasks without passing the ball?

In this game he has to keep James' score below 20 points!

The Thunder attack.

Westbrook dribbled the ball forward and passed it to Lin Chuan.

Standing at the 45-degree elbow position, Lin Chuan glanced at Durant.

"anything else?"

"another one!"

Durant answered confidently.

When it comes to attacking, he has never been afraid of anyone.

James alone can't defend him.

After receiving the basketball, James immediately stepped forward to defend.

Unlike James, Durant's basket is really accurate.

He can't relax easily.

Seeing James almost sticking to him, Durant immediately passed the ball over James' head and took the ball to his side.

Then he took a tentative step, and as he took a step forward, he stretched out his ball-protecting hand to block James' position.

step!
Two steps!

Emergency stop!

James, who was chasing closely, was immediately shaken off.

A little space immediately appeared in front of Durant.

At the free throw line, Durant jumped and shot!

"Shh!"

The basketball shot into the net!

"You're too young to defend me!"

Durant grinned.

James did not respond, but just ran back to receive the ball and organize the offense.

Slowly dribble the ball across half court.

Finding the right opportunity, James suddenly accelerated and broke into the penalty area before the Thunder's defense was stable!

"Bang!" The floor made a loud noise under James' big steps.

Coming in front of Lin Chuan again, James chose to jump again this time!
"Arrogant fellow! You haven't suffered enough, have you?"

Lin Chuan jumped up again, deciding to teach this ignorant guy a lesson.

"Shh!"

At the same time Lin Chuan jumped up.

James in the air suddenly contracted his stretched body.

The ball was passed to Chalmers who was blocked in the corner.

"Shh!"

Three points scored!

He seized the open three-point opportunity in the corner!
"Have you learned to be smart?"

Lin Chuan stared at James and asked him a soul-searching question.

"Or are you just afraid to face me?"

James was shocked.

Indeed, he has been accused of passing on blame many times.

On this shot, he did notice the open space in the bottom corner.

However, facing the basket so close in front of him, did he want to give his teammates a chance, or was he just scared?

I'm afraid even James himself can't figure it out!
It was the Thunder's turn to attack again.

It's so simple that there is no difficulty in passing the ball.

Durant once again singled out James. With four seconds left, one step inside the three-point line in the bottom corner, Durant made a 0-angle pull-up shot and scored again!

In this game, every shot from any angle can score a goal.

Still under James' close defense.

It seems that Durant's hot hand can no longer be restricted.

Glancing at the score.

Currently trailing by two points.

But if we continue to fight, it may not be certain...

Staring at Durant, James suddenly smiled.

Durant was so scared by what he saw.

"What a joke, it looks a lot like XX, okay?"

James' smile froze, and his expression became gloomy again as he looked at Durant's back as he returned to defense.

…………

At the end of the first quarter.

The Heat are currently 7 points behind the Thunder who are coming from afar at home.

Among them, Durant scored 17 points in this quarter.

He made 7 of 6 shots and seemed to be on the verge of going into rampage mode.

"So I said, he can't compare to me!"

In the rest area, Durant was very proud.

"Look, I'll defeat them in the second quarter and they'll be finished!"

"Yes, you are much better than him."

Lin Chuan swallowed the energy drink in his mouth and cheered for Durant.

"It's just the Heat! It's nothing!"

…………

Six minutes later.

Durant catches the ball.

At this time, he has entered the ZONE mode, killing gods and Buddhas who stand in his way.

He has scored 14 goals in 11 shots so far.

And all of them were achieved against James' defense.

"You piece of crap, I've already scored 27 points so far, and what about you? You can't even get a fraction of mine."

Durant held the ball with both hands and stared at James with a mocking look on his face.

"You missed the shot and got blocked under the basket, and you still have the right to call yourself the best player?"

There was a vicious flash in James' eyes, and he remained silent.

He walked quickly forward to within punch distance of Durant.

They can even directly feel the hot air coming out of each other's nose when breathing.

Durant's wingspan is too long and his shooting is too accurate.

Only by being so close could James defend Durant's three-pointer in the first place.

Durant took a tentative step, and James immediately took a few small steps back.

At this moment! Durant retracted his steps, and his whole body was like thunder, and his waist quickly exerted force!
Durant's powerful core quickly lifted his body into the air!
It's now!

Pull out the shot!

James tried his best to interfere!
But he did not try to jump up to block the shot. Instead, he raised his arm to interfere and rushed towards Durant who had not yet landed.

Seeing that Durant had already shot, James turned his head towards the basket, as if he was paying attention to whether the ball went in.

Inadvertently, while turning back, his foot stretched out silently.

This twisted big foot is aiming directly at Durant's landing point!
(End of this chapter)