NBA: Crazy Little Giant

The second quarter began.

Chen Cheng took to the field again, smiling, and applauding and cheering for his teammates.

"Come on, guys."

"Kick them out for me!"

Chen Cheng's words were sonorous and passionate.

"tomato!"

"tomato!"

"Knock them over!"

While the teammates on the court responded loudly, it can be seen that they have entered an excited state of the game.

This surprised the Pacers coach.

Is this guy's physical strength so strong?

He only rested for a few minutes? His physical strength is fully recovered?

The Pacers coach has no idea how terrifying the recovery ability of Chen Cheng, who has the little sun kidneys.

The Pacers still have Al Jefferson in the interior in the second quarter.

Jefferson, like in the last period of the first quarter, attacked Chen Cheng in the low post to consume Chen Cheng.

Jefferson leaned against Chen Cheng with his back, took a tentative step with his right foot and wanted to turn around, but Chen Cheng blocked Jefferson's turning position with his chest in time.

"ouch!"

"This big guy's upper body strength is terrifying!"

"Better than his compatriots in their prime in the past!"

If Jefferson had encountered someone like Towns, he would have faced the challenge and completed the turn.

But facing Chen Cheng, Jefferson could not turn, as if he was stuck.

Jefferson retracted his right foot, and with the left foot as the pivot, he wanted to make a half-court shot.

Jefferson's body is very wide, which will invisibly increase his offensive space.

Plus a 220cm wingspan.

It is difficult for Chen Cheng's hand to reach Jefferson's shot directly.

If you want to block it, you have to jump.

Chen Cheng was fooled by Jefferson's fake shot again.

A smile appeared on Jefferson's lips. It was not easy, and he finally fooled him.

At the same time, Thunder coach Donovan on the bench couldn't help but smile bitterly after seeing this scene.

"perhaps!"

"Maybe!"

"Only at this moment, people will feel that Chen Cheng is just a rookie who has just entered the league."

However, Jefferson's rhythm is really strong. Even if an old basketball player comes, he will probably be deceived.

Jefferson's low-post technique like an embroidery needle made Chen Cheng pay a little tuition.

But Jefferson's speed is not fast.

After shaking, Chen Cheng immediately adjusted and chased Jefferson.

Jefferson, who felt the difference, was horrified.

So fast?

Jefferson, who had already jumped, saw that he was about to be blocked, and suddenly saw Paul George cutting in.

A low-hand pass was given to Paul George.

After Paul George received the ball, he took off on the spot.

Chen Cheng, who was still chasing Jefferson to block the ball a second ago, bounced up again at this time.

The exaggerated second bounce enveloped Paul George.

Paul George's face sank

"OMG!"

"What kind of monster is this?"

The defense that covered the sky and the sun made Paul George have nowhere to hide.

But Paul George used his back as a wall in the air, using his super core strength to stay in the air, avoiding Chen Cheng's block, and made a hook shot like catching the moon from the bottom of the sea, staggering and hitting the ball

""Ding!"

Chen Cheng pressed down in the air to block Paul George, but the referee caught him and called a defensive foul........

Paul George stands at the free throw line

"Chen, be careful of fouls!"

"Chen, you must pay attention to fouls!"

Thunder coach Billy Donovan reminded worriedly on the sidelines.

Donovan didn't take this game very seriously, but he was concerned that Chen Cheng's"fouling potential" would be infinitely magnified in tit-for-tat games, such as in the playoffs.

Chen Cheng likes to block shots too much.

Although his defensive sense and awareness are very good, they are not much worse than Garnett and Duncan in their prime.

Although his lateral movement on the defensive end is not as good as Garnett, uh, nor as good as Duncan, it is also good enough.

Two shortcomings on the defensive end of the interior:

1. He likes to block shots very much.

2. Insufficient defensive experience. Although Chen Cheng is very scary, he is essentially a rookie.

But facing some inside players with excellent skills and delicateness, as well as inside players with first-class core strength, Chen Cheng's block shots are easily caught and fouled.

In recent games, Chen Cheng's fouls have not been well controlled, averaging 4.8 per game. The problem is that Chen Cheng's playing time is only 34.6 minutes.

If he plays for 40 minutes in the playoffs,

Chen Cheng may not be able to hold on until then.

""Okay, boss, I understand." At this time, Chen Cheng, who had already committed three fouls, nodded with a somewhat grim expression.

""Oh no!" Billy Donovan was also a little helpless.

Being active in defense is a good thing, but you also have to protect yourself on the defensive end, otherwise, if you leave the court early, the team will be finished.

I don't know what this big guy is thinking!

You are already the league's block leader?

Why do you still like blocking shots so much?.......

Chen Cheng, who already had three fouls, did not hold back on offense and defense.

Facing Al Jefferson's one-on-one defense on offense, Chen Cheng said nothing and forced himself to take it again.

Al Jefferson, who was a little older, held on for several rounds in the second quarter. Finally, at 3 minutes and 11 seconds in the second quarter. Al Jefferson was knocked to the ground by Chen Cheng's back-to-back shot.

This caused the Thunder fans at the scene to exclaim.

Are you kidding?

This is Al Jefferson.

A 132kg heavy inside player!

He was knocked to the ground by Chen Cheng!

It seems that Chen Cheng is no longer satisfied with bullying those skinny young inside players.

He is going to start bullying the 'powerful'!!!

Facing the unguarded basket, Chen Cheng's shot slipped out of his hand.

Uh....

This made the Thunder fans laugh and cry.

Your shot is one of O'Neal's five most embarrassing moments.��

You have to know that you are an NBA player.

You didn't even score the open shot that was a little far away?

That's too much!

However, the Thunder fans did not criticize Chen Cheng. On the contrary, they seemed to like watching Chen Cheng miss shots.

No!

To be precise, they like to watch Chen Cheng's rebounding art.

For example, now...

Chen Cheng on the basketball court jumped up immediately after missing the ball and grabbed the rebound.

Landed!

Jumped again!

At this time, Thaddeus Young came over to help.

He had good jumping ability and blocked Chen Cheng's eyes with a big hand.

""Hmph!" Chen Cheng snorted like a domineering king.

When a king is angry, blood will flow for thousands of miles!

""Bang!" With a sound, Thaddeus Yang, who was trying to stop a car with his arms, was directly knocked to the ground by Chen Cheng.

""Beep!"

The referee whistled again.

This time, the Pacers were called for a foul.

Chen Cheng scored 2+1!

But Chen Cheng missed the free throw.

Chen Cheng was very unstable in the free throws after being fouled during the offense.

He often scored 2+0!

Chen Cheng's domineering offensive style made the Thunder home fans exclaim.

It turns out that the floor flow can be so violent!

But Chen Cheng can't end every round with a slam dunk, and he can't always maintain such a high back-to-basket destructive power.......

After Chen Cheng attacked several times at the beginning, he began to assist and create opportunities for his teammates.

The Pacers saw that veteran Al Jefferson was really tired, so they replaced Myles Turner, who had not yet recovered his strength.

5 minutes and 21 seconds in the second quarter.

Chen Cheng and Aquaman's moat-style high-post double pick-and-roll created a huge shooting space for Bojan Bodanovic.

After Bojan received the ball!

A three-pointer hit!

30:32!

With this goal, the Thunder completed the reversal and led the opponent by 2 points......

The Pacers responded quickly.

Monta Ellis broke through the defense on the weak side where Chen Cheng was not, and flew to the basket.

Although Chen Cheng rushed over, he was half a step slower.

The basketball passed through Chen Cheng's fingertips and went into the net.

32:32!

The two sides tied!......

The first half of the game ended.

The score between the two sides came to 43:45!

The Thunder was only leading by 2 points.

In the second quarter of the Pacers' game, Paul George attacked on the strong side to mobilize Chen Cheng's defensive attention.

Monta Ellis was stealing on the weak side.

In this way, Chen Cheng's iron shield defense was pulled apart.

Although Ellis was blocked twice by Chen Cheng, he shot 5 of 8 in this quarter, with a very efficient hit rate.

On the other hand, on the Thunder side, although Bojan Bodanovic made 3 three-pointers, after making the second one, Thaddeus Young ran outside the three-point line before the opponent formed a high double pick-and-roll.

In this way, the Aquaman was left alone.

But unfortunately,...

Aquaman didn't have a good feel for the basket tonight, and with the interference of Paul George, the help defense expert, he missed several shots.

Fortunately, Chen Cheng's dominant rebounding ability and many secondary attacks allowed him to continue to lead the score after the half.