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Coming out of the locker room, both teams made their own tactical adjustments.

The first four minutes of the third quarter were completely different from the end of the first half.

Carlisle forced Li Zhen to rest on the bench. Carlisle consciously began to give the ball to other Mavericks players. Li Zhen played too long and was prone to injury.

The Thunder was keen enough to realize that this was a good opportunity, and they began to speed up and counterattack.

The Mavericks had a lot of veterans in their lineup, and it was always difficult to return to defense. Fortunately, Terry's timely outbreak helped the Mavericks continue the firepower without Li Zhen.

However, Terry's offense could not be as sustainable as Li Zhen. When Brooks adjusted Durant and Westbrook to take turns to help defend Terry, Terry was miserable. Terry's height, wingspan and speed were not as good as those of Dewey and the other two, and Terry's offense was also in trouble.

The Thunder took this opportunity to narrow the gap to only 4 points.

Carlisle called a timeout with 7 minutes and 22 seconds left in the game, replaced Terry with Li Zhen, and let Kidd and Li Zhen partner!

On the Thunder side.

Coach Brooks encouraged Durant and Westbrook and then said to them,"You can attack as much as possible inside. They can't limit you."

Westbrook and Durant nodded at the same time.

Li Zhen and Kidd's perimeter defense ability is OK, but the Mavericks' inside is a bit slow. This is a good opportunity.

Brooks is ready to seize Haywood's point to attack wildly.

Haywood is a heavy center. He is more than enough to defend the inside line normally, but today he seems to be a beat slower in the face of Westbrook and Durant's breakthrough.

Their frequency is not at the same rhythm at all.

Timeout.

The Mavericks organize the offense, and Kidd brings the ball across half court.

If Li Zhen is paired with Kidd, he doesn't have to bear too much organizational pressure, he only needs to score. This is also Carlisle's conscious intention to help Li Zhen save energy. The one defending Li Zhen is Durant.

The Thunder changed many people to defend Li Zhen today.

At the beginning, it was Sefolosha, and then Westbrook and Harden.

Their defensive effects are not good, and now Durant is asked to defend alone.

Durant's height, wingspan and lateral speed are there, his defense cannot be bad.

Kidd was also closely watched in this round. Even with a screen, he couldn't break through to finish.

Kidd could only pass the ball to Li Zhen on the side.

Li Zhen received the ball and made a fake move to hang on Durant's arm.

Durant immediately swung his hands slightly backward to avoid fouling.

Durant saw that Li Zhen was faking a move and directly scolded Li Zhen:"Li, I won't give you any chance to foul."

Li Zhen's offensive position was not good, so he passed the ball back to Kidd. Li Zhen was ready to find a better offensive position before receiving the ball.

Li Zhen started running with Durant. Li Zhen said to Durant while running:"KD, hey, look at that, is that Scarlett Johansson?"

Li Zhen's eyes slightly swept to the right of Durant.

Li Zhen was not the ball holder, so the defense didn't need to be so nervous. Durant instinctively followed Li Zhen's eyes and looked over.

As a result, Durant saw a fat middle-aged woman!

Fuck, so fat! So ugly!

"Li, there is no Scarlett."Durant complained immediately.

Li Zhen took advantage of Durant's distraction to receive Kidd's pass, stepped back to the free throw line and shot! The two-point open back shot drew a beautiful arc

""Shua!!"

77 to 83.

Others don't have such a strong ability to seize opportunities, but Li Zhen does. Li Zhen knows that Durant will be distracted when he hears what he said....

Just like someone pointing to the other side and saying,"Here comes Reba", Li Zhen will also instinctively distract his attention.

Men, they all covet other girls' bodies.

Durant hadn't said the classic saying of drinking bath water at this time.

But Li Zhen knew that Durant liked Scarlett, but Durant didn't know that Li Zhen liked Reba.

This is the advantage of information asymmetry, which can also be beneficial if used properly on the court. When the fans saw Li Zhen score easily, they immediately cheered!!

Li Zhen pretended to apologize and replied to Durant:"Sorry, KD, I saw it wrong."

While running, Li Zhen still pretended to shake his head and sigh and said,"It's obviously Scarlett, how could I recognize it wrong?"

Watching Li Zhen's various acting, Durant's face was dark with sarcasm, and he ignored Li Zhen.

That's a 40-year-old aunt, you told me it was Scarlett?

Scarlett is a popular lover, Durant didn't think Li Zhen knew that he liked Scarlett, it should be just a coincidence.

Durant swore that he would never believe Li Zhen's nonsense again!

If you believe it, his Twitter account will be exposed!!!

The Thunder attack!!

Durant angrily looks for Westbrook's pick-and-roll.

Although Westbrook doesn't know why Durant does this, he still goes over.

Westbrook takes Marion away, and Li Zhen stays to defend Durant.

After Durant dribbles the ball in a series of changes of direction, he yells at Li Zhen:"I will beat you today!!"

Li Zhen said sincerely:"KD, to express my apology, I will give you Scarlett's number after the game, do you want it?"

Durant knew that this was Li Zhen's nonsense, but still chose to slow down the attack to ask:"Do you have her number?"

Durant obviously didn't believe it

"Yes, I met her at a party when I went to Los Angeles to play away games. You can't meet her in a small place like Russian Village." Li Zhen kept swinging his skills while talking.

【God cuts hands】

【[God-like Cut]

Durant hesitated while dribbling the ball. What Li Zhen said seemed to be true.

After using the skill three times in a row, Li Zhen completed the cut at the moment when Durant dribbled the ball to the right.

The ball was stolen, and Li Zhen dribbled the ball to counterattack directly!!

Fast break and one-stop shot easily scored!!

77 to 85.

Durant found that he had been tricked again!

"Li, I will definitely, definitely beat you to pieces!"Durant was completely furious.

After being provoked by Li Zhen's words again and again, Durant now felt that his IQ was humiliated!

Li Zhen shrugged his shoulders at Durant and said nothing.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully attacking the SS-level super giant with trash talk, and obtained [Trash Talk Expert] (Primary)"

"【Trash Talk Expert]: After the host attacks the opponent with trash talk, the opponent's overall attributes are reduced by 3%. The effect is maintained by the host's trash talk attack strength!"

Okay, I have discovered a new skill. It seems that sometimes when facing an SS-level superstar, not only can you drop a big gift package, but you can also discover skills.

Li Zhen has found another direction for improvement.

"KD, stop being in a daze, attack quickly!!"Brooks didn't know what happened to Durant just now.

Westbrook and Harden looked at Durant with some dissatisfaction. Durant had problems on both offense and defense.....

Durant was so angry when he looked at Li Zhen. This guy's mouth was really abominable.