super point guard

Chapter 349 The Battle of Tianwang Mountain ([-])
On the first offense of the second quarter, Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Kevin Durant broke through with the ball and went straight into the Indiana Pacers paint area after getting rid of Rudy Fernandez's defense.At that moment, Indiana Pacers power forward Tyler Hansbrough moved quickly and blocked Kevin Durant, and the two fell hard to the floor at the same time.

"It is estimated that the referee Joe Crawford will blow Tyler Hansbrough's blocking foul." Game commentator Mark Jackson said.

However, the facts were beyond Mark Jackson's expectations. Although the referee Joe Crawford did blow the whistle in his mouth, he did not point to Taylor Hans lying on the floor after blowing the whistle Blue, but pointed to Kevin Durant next to him.

"Offensive foul?" After seeing Joe Crawford's penalty, even Reggie Miller next to Mark Jackson couldn't believe his eyes.

"This is terrible." Mark Jackson continued, "This is already Kevin Durant's second foul in this game. Although it is not a foul trouble, but Kevin Durant as a foul Oklahoma City Thunder's leading scorer, early fouls will affect Kevin Durant's playing time, which is not good news for Oklahoma City Thunder."

Although the big screen in the Conseco Arena has been replaying the slow motion of Kevin Durant knocking down Tyler Hansbrough just now, and from the slow motion it seems that Taylor Hansbrough The suspicion of a defensive foul was greater, but the referee Joe Crawford still did not change his penalty.Although the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Scott Brooks, raised objections to the referee on duty, it did not change the result of Joe Crawford's penalty. Coach Scott Brooks had to send Kevin Du Rand replaced.

"Russell Westbrook's performance in the first quarter was not good, he could only sit on the bench and slowly adjust his state, and Kevin Durant had to rest, Oklahoma The Oklahoma City Thunder can only rely on James Harden alone to catch up to the seven-point gap. Although this is the regular lineup of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first half of the second quarter, but they want to catch up with the Oklahoma City Thunder. A seven-point difference is indeed quite difficult." Mark Jackson said while sighing.

After Kevin Durant went off the field, the Oklahoma City Thunder could only rely on James Harden to attack the city and completely let James Harden control the ball.But guest point guard James Harden missed two consecutive field goals, and the Indiana Pacers took advantage of the opportunity to widen the gap and lead the Oklahoma City Thunder by nine points 30-21.

Seeing that the team fell behind more and more, Russell Westbrook couldn't sit still, jumped up from his chair, and came to the head coach, Coach Scott Brooks.

"Coach, please let me play!" Russell Westbrook said to Coach Scott Brooks.

Coach Scott Brooks looked up at the time and said to Russell Westbrook, "It's not time for you to play yet!"

"But if this continues, we will fall behind more and more!" Russell Westbrook said eagerly.

Coach Scott Brooks frowned slightly.

"Please let me play!" Russell Westbrook pleaded again.

"Although Russell doesn't seem to be in a very good state tonight, at least he can still contain the opponent's defense, and at the same time he doesn't have any troubles about foul trouble." Coach Scott Brooks thought to himself, "And Even if Russell is in a bad state, it is impossible not to score all the time, and the threat on the offensive end remains undiminished. Now that Kevin cannot play and James Harden is alone, it may be worth trying to use Russell. "

Thinking of this, coach Scott Brooks nodded slowly, agreeing to Russell Westbrook's request.Russell Westbrook immediately took off his sports jacket and came to the technical stage to get ready to play.

On the court, the Oklahoma City Thunder's backup point guard "Old Fish" Derek Fisher saw Russell Westbrook was about to play, so he decisively chose to foul and let the high-speed running The ball in it stopped.Then the buzzer sounded in Conseco Arena, and Russell Westbrook replaced Derek Fisher and returned to the court again.

Promise, who sat on the Indiana Pacers' bench to watch Russell Westbrook return to the court, couldn't help but glance up at the timer above the backboard. "With less than 3 minutes into the second quarter, Russell Westbrook actually played early." Xu Nuo said with a frown.

"It is estimated that the Oklahoma City Thunder had to replace Russell Westbrook in advance in order to chase points." Danny Granger, who was sitting next to Xu Nuo, said, "After all, this game is to affect the championship. It's not a good thing to be behind too much in the key game of belonging. And at this time, Kevin Durant can't play, and only Russell Westbrook can provide support for James Harden."

Xu Nuo didn't say anything else, just turned his head and glanced at the head coach Larry Brown who was not far away.

Danny Granger smiled, "It is estimated that it will be difficult for you to get a chance to play in these few minutes." Danny Granger said to Xu Nuo.

"But tonight my task is to defend Russell Westbrook, since Russell Westbrook has returned to the court, why not put me on the field?" Xu Nuo said.

"Let's take a look at Darren's performance first." Danny Granger still said with a smile.

Darren Collison's defense is still a little bit worse than promised. Although Russell Westbrook is not in good shape, it is more than enough to deal with Darren Collison's defense.After Russell Westbrook scored four points in a row, the Oklahoma City Thunder made it 27:35 on the court, and the two teams were still separated by eight points.

Coach Larry Brown turned his head and looked at Promise. "Get ready to play, promise!" Coach Larry Brown said.

So, about 2 minutes after Russell Westbrook returned to the court, Promise stepped on the court again.

"Sure enough!" Coach Scott Brooks looked at the promise to play again, and put his hand on his forehead anxiously.Coach Scott Brooks knew very well that Russell Westbrook's poor performance in the first quarter was precisely because of the promised strict defense.Now that Russell Westbrook has just begun to regain his touch, he promises to return to the court again, and Russell Westbrook will face a severe test again.

Maybe Xu Nuo's defense is really good, maybe it's because Russell Westbrook began to have a psychological shadow when facing Xu Nuo. Since Xu Nuo played, Russell Westbrook's performance began to fall silent again.With OJ Mayo's breakthrough layup, the Indiana Pacers at home have led the away Oklahoma City Thunder by 41 points 30:[-].

"The Indiana Pacers are consistently leading by double digits, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are still fairly close to catching up despite having Russell Westbrook and James Harden on the court. Difficult," Reggie Miller said.

As soon as Reggie Miller's voice fell, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks began to make personnel adjustments, and the team's top scorer Kevin Durant appeared again.

"Now we can only rely on Kevin Durant." Mark Jackson said.

Just as Kevin Durant returned to the court, Coach Larry Brown also began to dispatch troops. Except for OJ Mayo, the other four players were all replaced by main players.

After Kevin Durant came on the field, he immediately made a long three-pointer from the outside. Danny Granger followed up with a mid-range shot and hit back, but Kevin Durant made another three-pointer from the outside. Divide the ball and make long shots to help the team narrow the point difference to less than ten.

"It's really Kevin Durant!" Mark Jackson sighed, "Dare to stand up and score when the team needs it most. This is the real superstar and the leader who leads the team to victory!"

"But now they are still behind." Xu Nuo said with a sneer.

Oklahoma City Thunder can't close the gap despite coach Scott Brooks keeping Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden on the court to within five minutes.Russell Westbrook couldn't score a single point against the promised defense, and James Harden wasn't shooting very well.Under the promised pass organization, the home team Indiana Pacers' offense went smoothly, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder by 53 points with a score of 41:[-] and entering the intermission.

"Twelve points behind the opponent at halftime, the Oklahoma City Thunder's game situation is quite unfavorable!" said game commentator Reggie Miller.

"I believe Coach Scott Brooks will definitely make tactical adjustments during the intermission to address the team's problems in the first half of the game," Mark Jackson continued, "There is still the second half of the game, let's talk about it now." It is too early to win or lose. Who can win this game and take the initiative in the series, we will have to wait for the second half of the game!"

(End of this chapter)