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Chapter 640 Welcome to the playoffs

The attendance rate of Oracle Arena has remained high in the past two seasons, and it is even more difficult to find tickets in the playoffs. The Warriors where Yang Shuai belongs is the most popular team in the entire league, and there are many fans from other cities They flocked to the city to watch the game.

The playoffs are finally about to start, and a war full of gunpowder is about to be staged in the East and West. The Warriors also ushered in their first opponent in the playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

After the appearance ceremony, Yang Shuai, who was on the bench, turned his head and glanced at Tang Ying who was sitting not far behind and smiled slightly. Of course, he did not forget to throw a smile at Gladys who was also sitting beside him, and then said Walk into the arena step by step.

The Warriors' starting center is Tyson Chandler, power forward Antawn Jamison, small forward Yang Shuai, shooting guard Tyreke Evans, and point guard Kirk Hinrich.

For the Thunder, the starting center is Kendrick Perkins traded from the Celtics, the power forward is Serge Ibaka, the small forward Kevin Durant, and the shooting guard Sabo Sefolo Sand, point guard Russell Westbrook.

The jump ball Chandler won the first offense for the Warriors. After Kirk Hinrich dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, he changed his usual habit of directly handing the ball to Yang Shuai and chose to hand the ball to Jia who was stuck inside. Mison.

Jamison catches the ball and plays alone, but Hinrich, who is passing the ball, suddenly starts running.Cutting to the hoop from beyond the three-point line, Hinrich took over the basketball from his teammate as he ran past Jamison, and sprinted along the baseline to the hoop for an easy layup.

The Thunder obviously didn't expect the Warriors to complete the offense with such a tactic after the opening. Westbrook was blocked by Jamilin and couldn't keep up in time, and no one inside the Thunder returned to the inside to defend.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the half court and began to break through. His explosive physical fitness really made his breakthrough very lethal. For example, at this moment, Hinrich failed to stop it.

Mid-range emergency stop, Westbrook dodged Hinrich's defensive shot shot, also got two points.

The Warriors' offense still did not go through Yang Shuai's hands, and it was still the cooperation of Hinrich and Jamison. This time, it was Hinrich who used a back run to catch the ball and attracted the Thunder's defensive attention, and then assisted Jamison to make a mid-range shot. .

It is undeniable that the Warriors' offense has a great dependence on Yang Shuai, but the rest of the Warriors players have very good strength after all. In addition, they have been greatly tempered by playing against strong teams in the past two years. After they played well, even if Yang Shuai participated in the offense of the Warriors too much, he played quite well.

Of course, the role of Yang Shuai in this process is undeniable, as long as he stands on the court, Thunder players have to be cautious.

A few minutes had passed in the blink of an eye in the first quarter. After Hinrich dribbled the ball to half court, Yang Shuai had already landed in the middle distance and caught Durant. This time he did not choose to look for an offensive opportunity by himself but handed the ball directly. Yang Shuai's hands.

After catching the ball, his upper body leaned back, and Yang Shuai's super strength acted on Durant's body, making the head of the Thunder take a step back involuntarily, seeing that Perkins immediately moved towards this direction pace.

Yang Shuai quickly put down the ball held in front of his chest, and Durant hurriedly got up and prepared to defend. This was the first time Yang Shuai took the initiative to attack in this game.

"Brilliant pass! Tyson's chance..." At this moment, Barkley in the commentary suddenly shouted.

With his back against Durant, Yang Shuai put the ball down but didn't dribble. He put his hands on his side and used it to swing back. The ball flew out of his hands, bypassed Durant, and then flew behind Perkins, as if Like a cannonball, he rushed directly to Chandler who was rushing to the basket at this time.

After receiving the ball, Chandler, who was unattended, quickly pressed down with both hands, and dunked the ball fiercely into the basket.

The scene became jubilant because of Chandler's heavy dunk. Nearly 6 minutes after the opening, this was the first dunk for both sides.

After the Thunder's quick delivery of the ball, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and immediately signaled Ibaka to step forward to pick and roll, and then rushed to the basket quickly.This time, Hinrich quickly bypassed Ibaka and followed Westbrook. Westbrook is indeed capable, although Hinrich is close to his side, he still He rushed into the three-second zone with the ball.

Chandler immediately returned to the basket and sandwiched Westbrook in the middle. As the Warriors' inside defensive barrier, Chandler played a great role in helping opponents break through the player's restrictions.

Westbrook did not choose to give the ball to Perkins at this time, because he found that Jamison had rushed over from the high post quickly, and the goal was to rush to Perkins.

Turning around, Westbrook threw the ball to Ibaka who was at the free throw line. Although Ibaka is good at defense, his shooting ability has also improved a lot after entering the league for two years.

"Be careful!" Westbrook yelled again immediately after the ball, because he found that at this moment a figure was approaching Ibaka quickly, and this person was a figure that all players in the league were afraid of. Yang Shuai !

After hearing Westbrook's yell, Ibaka took a step forward, but at this time Yang Shuai had already rushed to his side, his right arm stretched out, and Yang Shuai's hand was placed between Ibaka's. In the meantime, the ball that was about to fall into Ibaka's hands was also moved by Yang Shuai to the side.

Quickly dodging out from Ibaka's side, Yang Shuai bent down and picked up the ball, then quickly turned around, leaving Sefolosha behind who was about to push forward.

Speeding up and rushing forward, no one was following closely, Yang Shuai's speed also completely exploded at this moment.On the other side, Durant, who reacted, was also busy rushing to the half court to retreat.

In a two-on-one frontcourt, the Thunder had only one Durant retreating, but the Warriors had Yang Shuai and Evans on the fast break.

Durant kept backing away. He wanted to force him to stop Yang Shuai, but Evans was already approaching the basket so quickly that he had to guard against it.

Evans rushed into the three-second zone and Yang Shuai also rushed into the three-point line at this time. Durant followed closely beside Evans and found that the opponent had no intention of receiving the ball but came from the other side of the three-second zone When rushing out, Durant was in a hurry to move towards Yang Shuai, but he stopped just after taking a small step. At this time, Yang Shuai had already soared into the air and flew towards the basket.

Yang Shuai jumped up to dunk, Durant would be foolish to block the bullet hole at this time.

Sliding for a long distance, Yang Shuai's right arm tensed and he chopped down.

"Bang!" A loud noise finally completely plunged the scene into cheers.

"Fast attack and dunk after the steal! Yang started to participate in the offense, hey, Thunder be careful!"

Of course, the Thunder knew that once Yang Shuai participated in the Warriors' offense, they would be under more pressure. However, when Yang Shuai was more active on the defensive end, the Thunder also felt real pressure.

Durant kept running in the half court, but Yang Shuai followed closely beside him so that he did not find a chance to catch the ball directly.

Outside the three-point line on the right, Durant received a pass from Westbrook after running, and a force came from his side just as he was about to take off. Durant knew that it was Yang Shuai who had arrived.

The raised ball was quickly lowered, and Durant dribbled quickly to the basket.Beside him, Yang Shuai kept using his sliding steps to approach the basket, but his body didn't relax at all, making it difficult for Durant to find a chance to attack.

Seeing that he was about to rush into the basket, Durant jumped to the left, and finally avoided Yang Shuai's entanglement, but at this moment, he jumped up in front of him to stop a person, Tyson Qian Dele.

The body hit Chandler's body, Durant couldn't help but fell towards the floor, trying to control the center of gravity of the body, Durant's super long arm passed through Chandler's side and grabbed it with one hand. The ball goes to the hoop.

Realizing that Durant was going to make a move, Yang Shuai, who was also following closely, quickly dodged around to catch Chandler's skill and soared into the air.

Durant didn't find Yang Shuai, and even if he found it, he couldn't stop him, because he had already thrown the ball and he fell to the floor.

Jumping up and looking at the basketball appearing above his head, Yang Shuai raised his hands high, and directly hugged the basketball with both hands like grabbing a rebound.

"Oh! Yang blocked the block! Yang directly hugged Kevin's layup with both hands! Is he picking up the rebound?" Barkley exclaimed, and the fans at the scene were the same. Durant, who got up from the floor, didn't understand. What exactly happened, but he could see that the ball was already in Yang Shuai's hands at this time, and the Warriors players were all running to the other half.

Stepping back quickly, Durant's eyes kept falling on Yang Shuai. When he retreated beyond the three-point line, Durant's footsteps slowed down slightly. This is almost every player defending Yang Shuai's fast break. will do everything.

accelerate!Yang Shuai did not show his fast-break three-point stunt outside the three-point line, but accelerated and rushed directly to the three-point line.

Quickly turning sideways, Durant followed closely beside Yang Shuai, but he soon found that it became more and more difficult for him to keep up with Yang Shuai's footsteps.

Rushing into the free throw line, Yang Shuai, who was already very fast, accelerated again, flashed out of space from Durant's side in an instant, took a big step forward and took off into the air, Yang Shuai flew to the basket.

Ibaka on the left side of the three-second zone rushed towards Yang Shuai in the air from the side when he saw it, but Yang Shuai could block his attack so easily, and his skating speed accelerated. Card completely avoided, pressed down with his right hand, and dunked!

"Boom!"

"2+1! 2+1! Beautiful! So beautiful! After blocking the shot, he made a one-stop dunk and caused a foul. Yang started to show off!"

"Roar!"

Falling from the basket, Yang Shuai looked at Durant who also followed up to the basket at this time, slightly raised his mouth and said proudly: "Welcome to the playoffs!"

Durant's face twitched slightly but he still didn't say anything in the end. Yang Shuai is indeed qualified to say such a thing. After entering the league for four years, Yang Shuai played in the playoffs for four years and wore two championship rings. This game was Durant's first playoff game in the league.