The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 42, Westbrook ends.

"Throughout the third quarter, the Thunder showed momentum and did not collapse because of the end of Durant and Green. The departure of the two main players stimulated the bloodiness of these players."

"Yeah, but it should be noted that Westbrook has fouled five times."

"Richardson, well done, keep playing like this, and hit No. 0 in the fourth quarter"

Although the score was overtaken, Larry Brown didn't seem particularly anxious. The championship coach seemed very calm. He could see that the Thunder was at the end of their battle. As long as the No. 0 left the field, the Thunder would definitely collapse. All the tactics in the third quarter The starting point is Thunder's No. 0.

Larry Brown looked at Brooks and envied him more and more. It was hard to imagine that there was such a rookie besides Kevin Durant under his coaching.

"Russell, pay attention to controlling your fouls. If you commit another foul, you will have to leave the field."

Unlike Larry Brown, Brooks didn't have time to think so much. Now the team is leading, but there are still many problems, and the team has too few attack points.

Looking at the big screen, the score is now 80-76.

Brooks decisively put Westbrook on the bench in the fourth quarter.

"Li, the opening stage of the fourth quarter is under your control first."

Brooks said to Li Senlin very solemnly that he hoped that Li Senlin would return to the state of playing the Lakers in the fourth quarter.

Li Senlin wiped the sweat off his brow, feeling a little weak and paralyzed, all the bosses are gone, and there will be a day when I will be the boss in the Thunder team.

It is true that there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys dominate.

There are no generals in Shu, and Liao Hua is the vanguard.

Then Li Senlin looked back at the group of friends who were eager to try. It seemed that they were very envious of him. Lefort and Johan Pedro were all very excited.

"Level, you go."

Brooks had no choice but to find another guard from the unconventional rotation.

Finally hearing the head coach calling his name, Lefort stood up excitedly, took off his pants, and was ready to play. He also hoped to be on the same position as Li Senlin.

Westbrook sat back on the bench and covered his face with a towel. He needed to rest. He consumed a lot in this game. KD was not there. All the defensive attention of the Bobcats was on his side. It's not bad, but the fourth energy can't keep the advantage, it all depends on him.

Li Senlin has been playing for almost 20 minutes.

"Beep."

"The fourth quarter begins. Uh, Westbrook is off the court to rest. This time, Li Senlin will play with a substitute lineup. Let's see what effect the Thunder's third team will have on the Bobcats' second team."

It is also true to say that it is the Thunder's third lineup. The current lineup of the Thunder is

"Lee Forest, Collison, Lefort, Joe Smith, Wilcox."

Only Wilcox is left in the starting lineup, and two of the remaining four are not in the regular rotation.

On the other hand, the Bobcats have a second lineup of starters and substitutes.

"Augustin, Sean May, Adam Morrison, Okafor, Jared Dudley."

As the starting point guard, Felton also entered the rest period, so it was Augustine who faced Li Senlin on the court.

Li Senlin dribbled the ball and advanced across the half.

It was the first time that there was no boss on the field and no star card was used, so Li Senlin was still a little nervous.

"Rookie, why didn't your number 0 come up, and you, a weak chicken, were sent up."

Augustine watched Li Senlin spit.

"Your mouth stinks, you didn't brush your teeth in the morning."

Li Senlin is very disdainful of this guy, his strength is not good, and he talks a lot of nonsense. I don't know where he learned it from.

Li Senlin looked up to observe the positioning of his teammates.

Now the Thunder's lineup is very poor in scoring, and only Old Smith is still useful. The other players are all pulled away, ready to watch Li Senlin's solo practice.

Li Senlin was really having a headache. It seemed that Brooks really planned to let him attack with the ball.

Beckon, let Collison come out and cover.

Collison lifted it up and blocked it for Li Senlin. Li Senlin broke through and passed the ball to Collison who was still outside.

Collison looked at the running positions of his teammates and was stared to death, so he had to throw it to Li Senlin who ran over.

Li Senlin waved his hand and told Collison to go away. He looked up at the time. There were only 8 seconds left, and he was going to shoot Augustine directly. He was paralyzed, and he had a hit rate of about 40% after interference.

Pulling the ball down with both hands, Augustine didn't dare to neglect. Seeing that Li Senlin seemed to be pulling up to shoot, he immediately stuck it up, waving his hands continuously, and actively put his hands next to Li Senlin's arms to interfere.

Looking at the position of Augustine's hands, Li Senlin said in his heart, boy, let me show you Deng's touch.

The arm of the Giant Swing took the initiative to find Augustine's hand, pulled it up, leaned back and shot, and fell to the ground. . . .

"Beep"

The referee blew the whistle and made a gesture of straightening the palm of the left hand, with the left elbow at 90 degrees, and hitting the left wrist with a half grip of the right hand, which was a foul.

Then he raised three fingers to the technical table.

"NO! I just want to steal!"

Augustine shouted with an incredulous expression.

what happened?
The audience didn't see it clearly, and the referee whistled for Augustine's thug foul.

Li Senlin said nothing. He shrugged his shoulders at Augustine, ran to the free throw line, and prepared to make three free throws.

Augustine still looked perplexed, didn't I interfere in the past, why did I foul a three-pointer.

At this time, the whole story of the incident began to be replayed on the big screen at the scene.

When Augustine interfered with Li Senlin with his arm, he put his hand between his arms. Li Senlin took the initiative to find his arm and jumped up.

It was suspected of looking for a whistle, but Li Senlin used the rules very reasonably. Although the referee knew that he did it on purpose, he had to blow this whistle. The foul by Augustine's thugs was still obvious.

Regardless of Larry Brown and Augustine yelling at the referee, Li Senlin ran to the free throw line and prepared to make a free throw.

Two of three free throws, 82 to 76.

Seeing that the referee ignored him, Augustine didn't dare to go too far, so he had to suffer this dark loss and was in a bad mood.

Dribble the ball, half court.

He signaled his teammate Okafor to come up for the pick-and-roll, and he was going to return one.

"You're an idiot who only cheats on fouls." Augustine started chattering again.

"Your name is DJ-Augustin, right? How many points did you get today? Not even a fraction of me." Li Senlin replied pretendingly.

Okafor quickly came up and blocked Li Senlin.

Augustine broke through, easily bypassed Collison's supplementary defense, scored a layup,

82 to 78.
It is very difficult for the Thunder's lineup to do a good job of defense, so they have to use offense against offense. It has to be said that because the two point guards of the Bobcats are not strong in defense, it gave Li Senlin a lot of time to adapt.

In the next minute, Li Senlin played a great role in connecting his teammates. Joe Smith and Collison both scored points respectively. The Bobcats can stop the offense, but the Bobcats can't prevent their offense. After all, the two teams are bad teams, and there is not much defensive system, so most defenses are meaningless. .

As time passed, the score came to 92:88, and the point difference remained at 4 points. It was not until the last 6 minutes that Westbrook re-entered the game and replaced Li Senlin.

After Westbrook came on the stage, he continued to attack, always suppressing the Bobcats' counterattacks again and again.

Until the last 24 seconds of the game, the Thunder still led by 3 points. Westbrook glanced at the scoreboard, 108:105.

At this time, Westbrook is still holding the ball on the court, and the attack time is 6 seconds.

Westbrook found a gap, rushed in, came to the restricted area, still ignored Okafor, took off, and vacated. .But this time Okafor fell.

The referee whistled the offensive foul decisively, Westbrook graduated with 6 fouls, and Li Senlin played again.

"Lee, we must win this game."

Westbrook left the court very reluctantly. He had exhausted his greatest strength in this game. He scored 40 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists in the game. A quasi-triple double. .

The entire audience stood up to send off the No. 0 rookie. Regardless of the result today, he let other teams in the league know that the Thunder has a No. 35 in addition to No. 0.

Li Senlin shouldered the expectations of Durant and Westbrook.

But it's a pity that the Bobcats made the last attack. Richardson faced Li Senlin and the huge boos of the audience. He made a difficult three-pointer from outside the three-point line.

108: 108.

The game was tied in regular time.The game entered overtime. Although the Thunder had an advantage in the last quarter, they did not win the game in regular time.

Following the three-pointer at the buzzer, the Thunder's home court, the Ford Center, fell silent.

In overtime, without Durant, Westbrook, how can Jeff Green's Thunder have a chance to win?The three players who didn't play were the Thunder's top three scoring stars.

For overtime, even the Thunder fans have no confidence.

The performance of the entire Bobcats team today was really outstanding. Durant and Westbrook couldn't accept the game after successive outbursts. Now there are 5 minutes of overtime. What should I do?

Westbrook off the court was also blind-eyed. He had tried his best, and there was no way to help the team in overtime.

Following the three-pointer at the buzzer, Durant and Jeff Green, who were watching TV in the locker room, slapped the table vigorously to vent their dissatisfaction. They were not reconciled to this game.

At this time, the emotional state of the Thunder team is very bad, and all players do not want to enter overtime.

On the other hand, the Bobcats' morale was high, from leading to being overtaken, and then tied at the last moment.

Brooks also sighed in his heart, this game is difficult, and in overtime, he is not optimistic that such a lineup can win the game.

(End of this chapter)