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Harden repeated his old trick and faked a pass to score. Joey did not lose his position under the blessing of the Death Coil Badge -

Bang!

A block shot denied Harden's layup.

Leonard, who protected the rebound, immediately launched a fast break."Sports Car" Tony Parker lived up to his name. When he rushed to the Thunder's paint area, he also passed the ball.

A smooth jelly layup ended the fast break.

Harden, who was a little surprised, bumped into Joey who was returning to defense. The former's eyes were somewhat surprised.

""Rookie, don't look at me like that!"

Harden couldn't stand Joey's calm eyes. It felt like he was being stared at by a beast. He couldn't help but shudder.

Joey didn't say anything, but gave an"answer" in the next round.

The Thunder attacked, and Leonard, Joey and Duncan's inside and outside defenses were too tight. Harden, who couldn't find an opportunity, passed the ball to his second brother Westbrook.

Westbrook leaned against Parker and prepared to layup, but Duncan under the basket seized the opportunity and slapped him on the backboard.

Joey picked up this long basket���, quickly pushing forward to initiate a fast break, followed closely by Harden who was also very fast without the ball.

Just as Harden rushed into the three-point line one step ahead of Joey, the latter suddenly did a move that puzzled all the players of the Thunder team - he drew his bow and arrow outside the three-point line! Whoosh!——

"Bang!

The basketball hit the neck of the basket, bounced high, and fell accurately into the net, setting off a burst of white waves!

""From San Antonio Spurs' No. 3 guard Joey, a brilliant three-pointer!"

The DJ commentator at the Thunder's home court Chesapeake Energy Arena shouted into the microphone.

Nearly 20,000 home fans rolled their eyes - which side are you from?

Joey officially scored in double digits in this game, and the score between the two teams was forced to close to 3 points.

64:67, Thunder led by three points!

After being chased by five points in a row, Thunder coach Brooks frowned on the bench, and the young head coach called a timeout.

The two teams entered a short substitution phase.

"Can you still play?"

As soon as the Spurs players came off the court and had no time to sit down, Popovich hugged his chest and asked Joey, who was obviously exhausted, coldly.

The latter did not hesitate and looked directly into the old man's eyes, firmly and seriously:

"I can it.）"

Thunder bench.

Coach Brooks arranged the tactics for the last quarter - replacing Ibaka, who had played three consecutive quarters and was obviously exhausted, with Perkins (Kendrick) at the center position, Durant, who had rested for half a quarter, at the power forward position, Harden, who performed well in the second and third quarters, continued to play as a shooting guard, and point guard Westbrook maintained the frequency of inside attacks.

Then he gathered everyone together:

"Let's give it a try guys. We sent the old guy on the opposite side home to fish once last season, and I believe he can still do it this season!"

"Kill the Spurs!"×15

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As soon as the fourth quarter started, the Thunder's lineup was daunting.

All three of the Thunder's young players were deployed, plus two inside players, Hashem and Perkins.

Westbrook took the initiative to find Joey, and used his speed to force his way into the basket. Facing Duncan's defense, he passed the ball to Perkins who was left open, and the latter scored the ball with an extremely awkward shooting posture.

64:69, the score difference returned to five points!

Joey indicated that it was his fault.

Parker received the ball and advanced steadily. Joey and Leonard played a double screen. The former took a step inside the three-point line and threw the ball but missed.

Duncan grabbed the offensive rebound and was double-teamed. In the chaotic crowd in the paint area, he passed the ball to Dio. The flexible French"fat man" stuck out his big butt and pushed Hashem away, and scored a layup.

In the next round, Durant broke through with the help of a screen. Joey quickly blocked his breakthrough route, but unexpectedly, the"great" Durant dribbled back to open up space.——

""Shua!"

The long two-pointer was scored, and the Thunder's home court erupted in a loud cheer.

It was nothing more than advocating how great Durant was, and that the Spurs' rookie No. 3 was just a small role...

Joey's face remained unchanged. Even in the face of Durant's provocative behavior of tapping his fingers and showing a contemptuous expression, the former still"turned a blind eye".

Popovich nodded secretly off the court.

The game situation in the fourth quarter gradually heated up. The players of both teams played extremely efficient tactical cooperation, and the score continued to rise...

Often after the Thunder's Durant scored a goal against the defense, the next round, the young combination of Joey and Leonard responded with a quick push and conversion offense.

But the Spurs are a team with a relatively high average age after all. Even when Manu was resting and no one played poorly, they still couldn't resist the Thunder's"youth storm", and the situation on the court gradually moved closer to Oklahoma!

This made the fans who were watching the game sigh that"time is unforgiving."

However, the Spurs' victory has never relied on just offense, but more on conversion. Blocking tactics after the offense!

After Westbrook and Ibaka had just played a wonderful pick-and-roll and scored an alley-oop, Parker quickly received the ball and launched an offense. After

Joey made a solid pick-and-roll at a 45-degree angle, Parker, who was double-teamed in the inside, passed the ball steadily. At this time, Durant had already returned to defend Joey.

With his long arms spread out, he stuck to the first-year rookie in front of him, not giving him any space to dribble.

At this time, there was still one and a half minutes left before the end of the game, and the score on the field was 90:97.

The Thunder led by 7 points , everyone saw the seriousness of the Thunder players led by Durant - they wanted to completely reap the victory of the game and step on the"corpses" of the strong players of the old era to reach the road to becoming the champion!

Joey dribbled back and signaled not to pick and roll, and Duncan and others ran to the baseline to pull away.

After a few crotch dribbles to find the rhythm, Joey blew the ball hard and broke through to the right. Durant quickly moved sideways to block him. The former obscurely supported his elbow to break the defense and pulled back -

Bronze·Dribbling Veteran, Bronze·Ball Protection Master and Bronze·High Difficulty Shooting King, all lit up at the same time!

"boom——"

Durant didn't know whether he didn't have time to retract his strength or was hit in the painful spot by Joey's elbow, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Wow!

The nearly 30,000 fans in the Chesapeake Energy Arena were in an uproar, rubbing their glasses in disbelief:

Kevin Durant, the three-time NBA scoring champion and the league's superstar who was in the top three of the regular season MVP rankings last season, was actually knocked down by a Chinese-American guard who just entered the league?!

ESPN commentator Mike Breen, who was commentating on this game, was stunned!

Durant felt embarrassed on his dark face, and hurriedly stood up to defend, but Joey, who had withdrawn from the three-point line, had already shot.——

""Swish!"

The basketball went into the net, and the three-pointer was valid!

As the referee made the"three-pointer valid" gesture, all the players on the court, including the three veteran stars of the Spurs, looked up at this rookie who always had a stern face.

Popovich stared at Joey, as if he wanted to see through him - the ball just now did not conform to the Spurs' usual"conversion ball, sharing ball" concept!

However...

Popovich glanced at Parker on the court again, who was patting Joey's butt excitedly.

The ball that has always been rigorous and has a high execution rate A team always needs one or two players who can break the deadlock at a critical moment, right?

In the next round, Durant, who was"dumped" and"diffracted", was ready to save face.

Unexpectedly, the second brother, Turtle, who was already in a state of panic, ignored the eldest brother's move to ask for the ball. He accelerated, shifted to fifth gear, and tore through Parker's defense like the wind. He forced himself to dunk against Duncan's defense.

At this moment, Westbrook was like a spring-loaded flying ball. He was about to dunk within one step of the free throw line. His head was almost flat against the frame, and his body was stretched into an exaggerated shape."C"The waist directly made a"close contact" with Duncan who was standing under the basket with his hands outstretched!

Wow! This is called explosion! It is much more explosive than the later generations of the gun king...

Just as the fans in the audience were excited to see the turtle take off——

""Bang!"

A huge sound of the ball hitting the rim was heard. As Duncan, who was 2.11 meters tall and had a wingspan of 2.27 meters, was standing in the paint area and was willing to be a"background board", Westbrook's ball still hit the back edge of the rim and bounced high.

What a pity!

Everyone who witnessed this ball sighed in unison.

Duncan:"You are aloof, you are amazing..."

At this moment, the"last loser" of the Thunder team had the same mood as the"No. 21 rookie".

Durant had anticipated the result the moment Westbrook took off.

Joey reacted the fastest and pressed Safrosa, who was closest to the rebound point, to grab the rebound.

With one look, Tony Parker understood.

When Parker shook off Durant's pursuit, he made a long pass as accurate as a scalpel across the entire half court to the Thunder team.���In his hand was Joey!

Everyone could not help but marvel at the first-year rookie's strong control of the details of the passing technique...

Parker received the pass and scored a mediocre layup.

The score was forced to close to only two points!

At this time, Thunder coach Brooks called the last timeout of the game.

When Durant left the court, he glared at his impulsive second brother with a rather complaining look.

Westbrook didn't care at all, and smiled and hugged Ibaka to take the towel from Harden, asking his teammates if his dunk action just now was handsome...

However, at this point, Durant, who had beaten Joey in the preseason, also fully realized the strength of this rookie. Up to now, the former has scored 16 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Compared with his 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, it is not inferior!

At this moment, Durant finally paid attention to Joey, a rookie who had just played his second official game.

When Coach Brooks deployed tactics next, Durant took the initiative to ask for the ball in a singles game at the last minute.

This is very common in Thunder games, because whenever the team can't open the situation when deciding the outcome, they will choose this"super scorer" who ranks in the top three in the league to execute the last attack.

Today is no exception.