I'm a boss in the NBA

Chapter 470 Westbrook passing the ball!
Westbrook passed the ball!
This is his first pass of the game!
It came a little late, and even more suddenly.

He is the ball passed out temporarily between breakthroughs.

In addition, his passing is not as elegant and secretive as Xu Xuan's. His passing is very direct, a bit like a through ball in a football game, simple, direct, and not fancy at all.

But it was too sudden.

Oladipo - the object of the pass, was suddenly hit by the ball in the face.

Sudden basketball, sudden self.
Oladipo almost didn't react. As a defender, he almost didn't react. Fortunately, the ball was passed to him. If it was passed to Neptune or Robertson, it would probably be a mistake.

Oladipo catches the ball, shakes Russell, and makes a mid-range jumper—

Xu Xuan couldn't reach out, and the ball fell into the net with a swish.

Score.

9:5.

Needless to say, this point was caught up after a while. Westbrook made an assist and made a free throw, successfully revitalizing the situation.

Xu Xuan thought about it thoughtfully.

Is Westbrook consciously changing?

More possession of the ball, and willingness to share the ball when the brain is not overheated, especially when breaking through the ball, which is accompanied by more mistakes. It’s no wonder that teammates can’t catch the ball. Sometimes the ball is passed too suddenly , caught off guard.

Xu Xuan recognized Westbrook's ability to make this change.

To be honest, the transformation at least shows that Westbrook is sober. After all, the previous style of play is too physical, and he is old. Facing rookies who are like animals, can he still play the same as 20, 25, and 30 years old?

Westbrook is 28 this year, and he is not far from [-].

Jump shots and three-pointers are always unstable. If he can have the accuracy of Curry or Xu Xuan. No, he can have Lowry and Walker, but he doesn't have it. He depends on his body and himself, how far he wants to go ?

Can't go far!
Maybe no one can do anything to you in the regular season, but in the playoffs, you have to play like this for seven games.

Besides the organization, Westbrook's organization is as extremely unstable as his shooting.

Westbrook is a player with strong conversion and breakthrough ability, but compared with him, his shooting and organizational ability are obviously lagging behind.To put it bluntly, a core defender without a stable outside shot will greatly limit his limits.

Organization is really an advanced skill in the NBA. Which guard is famous for his organization? Didn't he come out of it after many years of fighting in the league? Nash, Lao Yao, Curry, Xu Xuan can be considered fast.

This is really not something you can switch as you want. Experience, basketball IQ, at least these two things must be there. Transformation based on physical talent. I really don’t know if there is a precedent. It’s difficult.For Westbrook, breaking through and scoring the ball has an inherent advantage, and it also really tests the reactions of his teammates.

But it's a good thing to be able to think of this. Xu Xuan estimated that Westbrook might not be able to jump out of that framework for a while, but he has indeed changed consciously.

The two teams played fiercely in the first quarter, but because the Thunder missed all three shots in the opening game, they have been under the pressure of the Lakers.

Until the end of the first quarter, Westbrook fought hard for the whole quarter, but he still failed to narrow the point difference, but expanded it instead.

30 to 24, the Lakers scored 30 points in the first quarter!
The two sides entered the substitute time, and Xu Xuan looked at Westbrook, who was panting constantly, in a daze.

To be honest, there really must be someone like him on the court, not to mention his strength, but his fighting spirit will involuntarily infect his teammates, which is an implicit help.

Westbrook, Green, Haslem of the Heat and even Metta Shiping of the Lakers are all such people.

They dare to fight and fight hard, not afraid of sweat or blood.

It is a good thing that such teammates exist, because the team will never fall into a trough, no matter how far behind.

Of course, Xu Xuan, Curry, and James can also do this, but the methods are different.

In the second quarter, both sides came off the bench.

In this game, Xu Xuan didn't take a rest early. Even if he was in the lead, he still played a full quarter just like Westbrook.

The Lakers performed well off the bench. The combination of Lu Wei and Yang Shaoxia is not to say how strong it is, but at least it is not weak. When it feels good, it may be able to put others down.

The main force of the Thunder's bench is Enes Kanter, a 211 tall center.

The scores on both sides rose alternately, but the Thunder's longing for an equalizer in the second quarter failed to come true.

At the end of the first half, the two sides scored 55 to 46, and the Lakers widened the point difference to 9 points.

The OKC fans at the scene took advantage of the intermission to buy popcorn and drinks, and then talked about the first half of the game in twos and threes. Most of them didn't know each other, but they had one thing in common, they were all OKC fans, then enough.

Most people's attitudes are not very pessimistic, 9 points behind at halftime, not small, but it is not impossible to turn over, as long as Westbrook is open, any miracle is possible.

In the locker room of the Lakers, coach Frank Vogel did not arrange much. The Lakers played well in the first half. His only requirement was to keep it up, and to prevent Westbrook from suddenly bursting out.
Xu Xuan was flipping through technical statistics.

In the first half, he played the entire first quarter and the last minute of the second quarter, almost 1 minutes in total. He made 14 of 7 shots, including 5 of 4 three-pointers, plus two hits. Free throws, 3 points, 15 assists, 4 rebound.

The reason for the lack of rebounds is that he can't grab them at all, and he can't grab the "rebound harvester" headed by Westbrook.
Originally, two power forwards and two centers together had enough people to grab rebounds, but now we have to add another Westbrook to grab a wool, which is impossible to grab.

Xu Xuan was so desperate to grab the defensive rebound in the end, it was because of Yi Jian's repeated concessions.

He's the highest scorer on the Lakers side, no doubt about it. Of the 55 points, he scored 15 points alone, and the Lakers had already played 11 players in the halftime. This average score is not much.

On the Thunder team, Westbrook also scored the highest score, with the same 15 points as Xu Xuan, but he took a lot more shots than Xu Xuan. Xu Xuan only took 7 shots to get 15 points, while Westbrook scored Side, it took 11 shots to score 15 points, 4 more shots.

He made 11 of 5 shots, including 3 of 2 three-pointers, and three free throws.

The three-point shooting rate is good, but the mid-range is too bad. Throwing away the three-pointers, he made 3 of 2 and counted layups. The two-pointers made a total of 8 of 3 shots. This shooting rate is not good.

However, Westbrook has a lot of assists, 7 assists in the half, three more than Xu Xuan, and rebounds too, Xu Xuan only has one rebound, while Westbrook has 6!
The Thunder had a total of 24 rebounds in the half, and Westbrook accounted for a quarter.

Quite a lot!
This is really a lot!

6 in the half, if you count, there are 12 in the whole game!
And Westbrook. He is just a guard with 191. He just grabbed 7 rebounds in a group of 6-footers.

Perhaps, you can find out by comparing, Xu Xuan's physical fitness is not weak, right?

He only has one rebound, and Westbrook has six.
Oladipo's 12 points were the second-highest scoring half for the Thunder, followed by Adams' 10 points and 5 rebounds.
That's right, as the team's center forward, Adams doesn't have as many rebounds as Westbrook in the half.
Xu Xuan flipped the pages casually, with a smile showing from the corner of his mouth from time to time.

Playing games. It is not as scary as imagined, nor is it as tense as imagined. Proper relaxation is more conducive to the next performance.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Xu Xuan and Westbrook both returned to the court.

The decisive battle has begun!

As the OKC fans at the scene thought, being behind by 9 points at halftime was nothing to Westbrook.
He felt good about three-pointers in this game, and he will make a few more three-pointers later.

Game start.

The Thunder served first, and Westbrook brought it over. Sure enough, he dribbled a step up the court, called Adams' pick-and-roll, and directly pulled up a three-pointer——

The strength is great, anyway, it is much stronger than when Xu Xuan shot.

However, Westbrook's three-pointer in this game may feel really good. The ball that Xu Xuan expected to hit the basket actually hit the net directly
it turns out?

Chilling!
The second half started with Westbrook's three-pointer.

Lakers offense.

Xu Xuan's offense is different from Westbrook's. He chose to break through this attack!
His shots are more accurate, but breakthroughs are more lethal.

Of course, there is another hidden benefit that allows more teammates to participate.

It’s okay to shoot three-pointers. He also believes in his touch, but he keeps shooting from the outside. The only role of his teammates is to run back and forth and check WeChat steps. The rest are probably fake.

On the contrary, if he chooses to break through, he will attract most of the defensive focus and create opportunities for his teammates.

Treating teammates as tools is not what Xu Xuan wants. Growth is mutual compromise and help. Xu Xuan is willing to create opportunities for them if he can.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

It was the sound of footsteps hitting the ground.

Xu Xuan's breakthrough is still tough!Strong!strong!

Also with a touch of elusive elegance, this is Xu Xuan's unique breakthrough movement!
"Damn it, this guy is here again!"

When Robertson saw Xu Xuan running towards him, he couldn't help but gasped.

This is not the first time Xu Xuan has made this move in this game, but he clearly knows that the opponent will pass the ball, but he still can't react.

Xu Xuan put too much pressure on him!
boom!
Snapped!
Whoa!
Robertson tried his best to complete the defense, but he only had time to turn sideways, and was passed by Xu Xuan with an unbelievably gorgeous crossover!
Another unique skill!
If it was Westbrook who broke through, he would never do a crossover, he would just rush over and throw the ball out, at least it would be a foul.

Of course, he may not be able to crossover.
Swish-!
Just as Robertson thought, the ball didn't stay in Xu Xuan's hands for long. As soon as he passed Robertson, Xu Xuan passed the ball as soon as the Thunder's pincer hit.

The ball found Ingram who was just about to cut in. Bang!
boom!
Xu Xuan's pass basically does not need to be adjusted twice, it is the best position, the best position, close your eyes, and the button is over!
As a young player, Ingram is undoubtedly very excited about this kind of ball. There is no way, rookies like to score and he is thin. Although the template is Durant, and he is also very talented in the eyes of everyone, but his performance is poor. Not too good against, too bad, and the shooting provokes instability and the defense will wander.
These are his shortcomings.

And Xu Xuan is trying to find a way to correct his shortcomings as much as possible, so that his advantages can be better displayed.

This is what Xu Xuan wants to do. It is not the best way to bring him a big contract. Let him grow up and let him get a big contract through his own efforts. That is the real way!

57 to 49, looking back, Westbrook fired again from the three-point line in the frontcourt. This guy is addicted to his head. Three-pointers are indeed a "very simple means of scoring". If you shoot too much, you will be addicted.
But the goal was missed, but Westbrook was a wolf.

It doesn't matter if you don't make it, I promised to go all the way to the basket from the three-point line, grab the rebound and dribble it to the three-point line before throwing——

Not yet!
Yi Jianlian didn't give him the chance to "three brushes", protected the rebound and gave it to Xu Xuan.

After a breakthrough in the frontcourt, a simple lob was given to Randall.

The Thunder defended tightly, and the inside attack was fast. Randall made an inside pass, which was given to Yi Jianlian, who made a hook——

Whoo!The difficulty of the hook is too high. Xu Xuan has always believed that the hook is the ceiling for inside players to attack, and it is even higher than the three-pointer outside. Both have the same effect, one can open up space, and the other can ignore defense.

It's a pity that this hook didn't make a hit, and the rebound was caught by Westbrook who came out of nowhere. The position where he appeared was too secretive, no one else went here, and he was the only one who smelled fishy Same.

Xu Xuan was speechless, it was only two rounds, right?
You got both rebounds?

Excuse me, are you going to break your own record today?

Westbrook's career rebound record was last season, in a game against the Orlando Magic in February this year, he took 2 rebounds in that game.

According to this posture today, this record may be broken. After all, this is just the beginning of the third quarter. Westbrook has already got 9 rebounds. To be honest, it is a bit too much
After Westbrook protected the rebound, he directly hit a quick counterattack!
Westbrook's counterattack is very characteristic. When he rushes up, he doesn't care how many people are in front of him and how many people are behind him. When he is not rushing, he will even be distracted to dribble and walk.
This quick counterattack was successful.

When Westbrook turned around and counterattacked, Xu Xuan had already reacted, but Westbrook's explosive power was really strong, and he surpassed Xu Xuan in one fell swoop during the instant acceleration stage. The following is nothing more than a foul or non-foul problem. Xu Xuan has no head, There's no need for a foul for this.

57 to 51, the point difference became 6 points!
The chase is really fast!

As OKC fans think, if Westbrook plays comfortably, then everything is possible. If Westbrook is uncomfortable, let alone a comeback, even if he leads by 9 points, he can lose it to you.

(End of this chapter)