I'm a boss in the NBA

Chapter 468 Exciting to the extreme slam dunk!

It has to be said that Durant's departure had a great impact on Westbrook. Let alone other things, Westbrook has changed a lot in terms of personality.

Regardless of whether there was a falling out between the two, one thing is certain is that Westbrook didn't want Durant to leave, and he really didn't expect Durant to be so decisive and leave as soon as he said it.

But Westbrook has a stubborn temper, just go as long as you go, I will lead the team to prove myself!
I will attest that the Thunder are better than ever without you Kevin Durant!

This is Westbrook!
He wouldn't be stupid to call and ask why Durant left, why he left the Thunder, and why he joined the Warriors who defeated them last season.

He didn't want to ask, let alone know!

I, Russell, have I ever been weaker than others in my life?
Kevin Durant, sooner or later he has to let the other side know something is wrong!

Everyone knows about the relationship between Westbrook and Durant.

Westbrook is having a hard time, and Durant, who went to the Warriors, is actually not having a good time.

to be discriminated against, to be abused, to be excluded
But this is the NBA, ups and downs have everything.

Choice has a price, how to choose, how to choose, the price is not the same.

Westbrook didn't come to him, and Xu Xuan didn't take the initiative to join him. Forget it, let's talk about it after the game is over. This guy probably won't listen to people now.

Otherwise, there would be no 44 shots in the previous game, it is simply not human.
"Yes, Xu Qiangqiang, I agree with this very much. You all know that he and I are friends, very good friends, but after this game, you will know who is the strongest single-core player in the league! Then It's me, Russell Westbrook!"

Westbrook was not polite at all, and said directly during the pre-match interview.

"Friends are friends, and the field is the battlefield! Before that, I never met Xu, which made me very regretful, but after the game, I will use a victory to make up for this regret!"

What you say is very rampant, and it's very secondary. It's like Westbrook.
Xu Xuan ignored him. He spoke very plainly during the pre-match interview, without any provocative words, let alone secondary school words.

At about 6:55, the referee began to prepare for the game, and the head coaches of both sides were also making final tactical arrangements.

Five minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and as the pointer reached 5 o'clock, the game officially began.

The starting players on both sides also walked onto the court following the command of the referee.

The Lakers are away and the Thunder are at home. This "Battle of the Strongest Single Core" will begin soon!
The two sides started, and the Lakers were the same as the previous two games, with Xu Xuan, Russell, Ingram, Randall and Yi Jianlian's ultra-young starting lineup.

They are young because the starting lineup is only 111 years old. Among them, Xu Xuan is 21 years old, Russell is 20 years old, Randall is 22 years old, Ingram is the youngest at 19 years old, and Yi Jianlian is the oldest at 29 years old. The starting lineup under the age of 23!

It's simply outrageous to be young!
If ranked according to the average age, the Lakers are estimated to be ranked first, and it is estimated that only the 76ers can compare with them.

The starting lineup for the Thunder is Westbrook, Oladipo, Robertson, Sabonis Jr. and Adams.

The average age of their lineup is not too old. Westbrook is 28 years old, Oladipo is 24 years old, Aquaman is 23 years old, Robertson is 25 years old, and Sabonis is 20 years old. The average age is 24 years old, which is slightly older than the Lakers. little bit.

The Thunder left a lot of people this season. In addition to Durant, Randy Foye and Dion Waiters also left the team as free agents.

Randy Foye went to the Nets, and Dion Waiters went to the Heat.

Then there's the Ibaka deal.

The Oklahoma City Thunder traded forward Serge Ibaka to the Orlando Magic for Victor Oladipo, Erson Iyasova and this year's 11th pick in the first round. Tas Sabonis.

It's a one-for-three deal.

From Xu Xuan's point of view, this transaction is naturally profitable, and it is the kind that makes a lot of money.

Since sending away James Harden, the core of the Thunder's tactics has been around Durant, Weiss and Ibaka.

Ibaka was born in Congo and will be 27 years old after the start of next season, at his peak.He was selected by the SuperSonics with the 2008th pick in the first round in 24 and has played for the Thunder for 7 years.

He has excellent physical fitness, and he has secured the starting position after playing in the Thunder for more than one season. He is one of the players with the highest attendance rate in the Thunder.

他在雷霆的生涯场均得到11.6分7.4篮板2.5盖帽的数据，投篮命中率达到52.3%。在上赛季季后赛，他场均可以贡献12分6.3篮板1.3盖帽。伊巴卡将在下赛季结束后成为自由球员，他下赛季的年薪约为1235万美元。

The Thunder reached the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs last season and once led the mighty Warriors 3-1, but it was a pity that the Warriors reversed the ending and completed a big comeback.

Ibaka's role is not small, but if it is used to exchange Oladipo and Sabonis Jr., the Thunder will definitely make money, not to mention the addition of Ilyasova.

Who is Oladipo?

The All-Star player of later generations, the top five shooting guards in the league, the leader who averaged 23+4+5 per game, and the core of the Pacers!

If it weren't for the injury, with Oladipo's talent and hard work, he might not be able to hit the top three shooting guards, which is just a little worse than Beard and Clay.

What Booker, what CJ, what DeRozan, all have to lean aside!
Oladipo is also a player that Xu Xuan admired very much in his previous life. He worked hard, was not afraid of hardship, and had talent, but his training intensity was higher than 95% of the players in his league!
And what about little Sabonis?
This guy is also very talented. He seems to be bound to Oladipo. When Oladipo was traded to the Thunder, he followed to the Thunder. When Oladipo was traded to Indiana, he followed to Indiana.

Later generations are also the masters who averaged 18+5+12 per game, a very versatile star center.

Here I have to say that Big Bird's vision is really vicious.

Pickled Pepper left, in exchange for two very talented young people, especially Oladipo, if it weren't for the injury, this would be another star-level player.

It seems that Xu Xuan has now become the only player who has earned his worth in the Pacers and retired safely. I just don’t know, in this world, will Pickled Pepper go to the Thunder, and if Pickled Pepper doesn’t go, then Oladipo will also There is no chance to go to the Pacers.

But not necessarily, nothing to say.

As the referee blew the whistle, the ball was thrown high into the air, and Adams and Yi Jian jumped up at the same time——

The game is on!

Neptune is 213cm tall and weighs a little bit heavier than Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian was a little slower when he jumped up, and the ball was returned to the backcourt by Adams.

Thunder's first attack.

The UAE was a little embarrassed. They played three games in the regular season and didn't jump the ball in a single game.

But these are all subsections, and Frank off the court also wrote it down in a small notebook. For Yi Jianlian's training, he will shift part of his focus to the jump ball. This is a very basic thing. It's not important to say, but there are Timing can also play a crucial role, such as scrimmage.
Westbrook came over with a dribble and observed from the frontcourt. Adams mentioned the high pick-and-roll from the inside.

Westbrook's unique skill.

With a bang, the basketball hit the rim without any arc at all. Yi Jian jumped up to protect the backboard and threw it to Xu Xuan. Xu Xuan held the ball for half court.

The Thunder's offense is very simple. After the pick-and-roll, Westbrook either plays by himself, or by himself, or by himself.
Unless there are special circumstances, generally there will be no accidents.

Compared with offense, their defense is obviously much better. Naturally, it will not be Westbrook who defends Xu Xuan. Westbrook takes 44 shots in a game, and then let him defend the opponent's leading soldiers. Are you going to exhaust him?
The one defending Xu Xuan was Robertson, the Thunder's strongest individual defensive strength.

Xu Xuan was not in a hurry, he dribbled the ball for a while outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, and when the attack time was up to 12 seconds, he called Yi Jianlian to come over for a pick-and-roll.

To be honest, Robertson's offense is terrible, but his defense is really good, and he has never given Xu Xuan room to shoot.

After Yi Jianlian saw Xu Xuan's gesture, he went directly from the basket to the three-point line.

The pick-and-roll position of the two teams is still different. The Thunder's Westbrook focuses on the mid-range, so the pick-and-roll is generally at a high position, while the Lakers' pick-and-roll mostly occurs around the three-point line.

Lei Ting didn't want to switch defenses, so he desperately squeezed past Yi Jianlian to go around early.

It's hard to wrap around.

Xu Xuan also didn't have a head shot, and passed the ball to Yi Jianlian who had just returned to the basket from the top of the arc after covering.

Yi Jianlian had just walked to the free throw line, turned around and caught the ball——

The rhythm didn't stop, and Adams was too late to defend.

A swipe!
Yi Jian scored two points in a row, and the Lakers got off to a good start.

2:0.

"Watch them! Watch them!"

Westbrook gasped and shouted at his teammates.

Westbrook had a very temper on the field, and the Thunder players also remained silent, especially Neptune, who was facing Yi Jianlian, secretly touched his nose, but he was not angry, he was used to it.

Westbrook is typically tough-mouthed and soft-hearted, and there are normal emotions on the court.

Westbrook commanded loudly again, while dribbling the ball across the half court.

Westbrook doesn't defend Xu Xuan, Xu Xuan has to defend Westbrook, there is no way, the Lakers don't have such a single defense as Robertson, expecting Russell and Ingram to defend Westbrook, it is estimated that they will be beaten.

Westbrook didn't bother too much. After turning around and giving his body a confrontation, after reaching the three-point line, he turned around again, moved a step sideways, and avoided Xu Xuan's defense. The little zombie made a jump shot——

Boom!

still none.

Although Xu Xuan didn't stop Westbrook's shot, he still interfered.

Xu Xuan's defense is not the big colander of last season. Not to mention how good it is, it is not that easy for Westbrook to break through easily!
The most important thing is that during Westbrook's two turns just now, Xu Xuan resisted and did not take a step back, which gave him a good opportunity to defend.

If he retreated just now, Westbrook took the opportunity to pull away, but it would not be so easy to defend.

These are all things that happened in the blink of an eye, seemingly inconspicuous, but in fact every step is full of danger.

Westbrook didn't score two goals. It's nothing to him, and the other Thunder players are nothing. It's just that there are more than 1 OKC fans at the scene, and they haven't had time to sit down yet. Legs are sore.

The rebound was protected by Yi Jianlian.

In this game, Xu Xuan specifically told him to go to the basket more, watch the basket more, and the opportunities are all in the basket!

There will be points, there will be rebounds, there will be blocks!
Sure enough, after these two rounds, Yi Jianlian had already scored two points and two rebounds.

No way, Westbrook is on the opposite side, you can't do it if you don't want rebounds, Ah Lian, are you ready to get 20 rebounds in this game!
Xu Xuan dribbled the ball across the half.

Just after halftime, Xu Xuan's speed and strength exploded. Although Robertson pressed close at the first time, Xu Xuan's speed was released in one go.

kick the ground!

kick the ground!

Xu Xuan unreservedly pushed the speed to the extreme. When he was two steps away from the three-point line, Robertson was shocked and tried to raise his hand to grab Xu Xuan's arm or jersey and use fouls to stop Xu Xuan's advance. There was no other way, he was about to be thrown away.

But Xu Xuan was unmoved at all, and increased his speed little by little. The muscles of his body continuously burst out follow-up energy, and the swift running made the strong wind roar past like a turbulent current.

Three-point line, high position. A sudden change of direction——

crossover!

This is a change of direction with a huge span and a dangerous change——

Not to mention the fans at the scene, even Robertson, who was chasing Xu Xuan closely behind him, and Oladipo, who was trying to pinch Xu Xuan from above, didn't react——

Passing through thousands of flowers, no leaves stick to your body!
It was too late and then too soon, Xu Xuan's breakthrough obviously killed the Thunder team by accident, they never expected that Xu Xuan's carefully arranged perimeter defense would be passed by Xu Xuan in this way——

In the blink of an eye, Xu Xuan had already reached the basket!
Adams?
He was resisted by Yi Jianlian, and Xu Xuan took a step forward to force him——

bang!
The entire Chesapeake Energy Stadium suddenly boomed, the basketball hoop trembled instantly, and the whole world seemed to tremble——

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Two points hit the basket!

When Xu Xuan fell from the basketball hoop, the entire arena seemed to have reacted from the shocking attack, and immediately——

Someone fell down on the seat involuntarily, but after reacting, he immediately looked around and stood up again.

He is a loyal OKC fan, and now that OKC has no points, he can't sit down, but -- just now, he was scared!
Xu Xuan's one-stop operation of breaking through and then dunking is too beautiful!
Shocking performance!
"Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!!"

"This dunk is amazing! The combination of speed and strength! Perfect dunk!"

"Is this Xu Xuan? The strongest single-core player in the league alongside Westbrook!"

"Russell can also do this ball, but Russell is probably not as chic as him."

In terms of speed, Westbrook is not as good as Xu Xuan, but in terms of strength, Westbrook is definitely not bad, even better!
(End of this chapter)