Start without the ball

Chapter 39 Challenge
The player Yiyi entered the field amidst the DJ's introduction, and when Li Haoyu ran into the Pisacek Energy Center from the player tunnel, the home fans burst into cheers.

The fans have already recognized Li Haoyu and his strong immediate combat ability displayed in the four games.

It was him who single-handedly tied the Warriors when Westbrook was absent.

It was him who turned out against the Celtics and saved the Thunder that night.

In the arena, there are an order of magnitude more fans wearing No. 7 than in the past.

The starting lineup sent by the Suns: No. 70 pick Ayton, Anderson, Josh Jackson, Ariza, and the current single-game scoring leader, [-]-point kid Devin Booker.

Thunder starting: Adams, Grant, Paul George, Ferguson, Westbrook.

Li Haoyu's cardboard tool man was upgraded and entered the starting lineup to become Westbrook's tool man.

Now, Li Haoyu's rebounding data has become a big problem.

Just when Li Haoyu was worried about his rebounding data, the game started.

Ayton got the ball with his bouncing speed, and the Suns attacked first.

After Booker reached the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Ariza, who was 45 on the left.

After that, Booker successfully reached the 0-degree space on the left with the help of two screens from the free throw line and the left bottom corner from the top of the arc.

Ariza passed the ball and Booker shot directly.

"Swish"

Booker came out on top for the Suns.

The score was 3-0.

Thunder attack.

After Westbrook arrived in the frontcourt, he called Adams to step forward for a pick-and-roll.

With the pick-and-roll, Westbrook found a breakthrough opportunity.

The explosive acceleration came directly to the empty basket, and the feet kicked off the ground, and the bulging muscles of the legs burst out with terrifying strength.

Westbrook soared into the air, and in the air, the right hand that raised the ball stretched back vigorously, his body was like a strong bow ready to go.

After accumulating power, smash the ball into the basket hard.

This buckle is full of violent aesthetics, explosive acceleration, terrifying bounce, and amazing strength fully reflect the amazing talent of the reckless man.

After landing, Westbrook raised his legs and walked out of the overlord step, announcing to the visitors that this is the Thunder's home court.

In the next game, the shortcomings of the Suns' starting lineup were highlighted. The starting lineup was too high. Facing the Thunder, which ranked at the forefront of the league in fast break points, the Suns couldn't keep up with their defense speed.

With 3 minutes and 20 seconds left in the first quarter, the score came to 14 to 22.

The Thunder led by 8 points.

Suns coach Kokoskov requested a timeout.

TNT commentary seats.

Smith: "When the timeout comes back, the two sides will change into a rotation lineup, and Li Haoyu will also appear. It seems that the point difference will be further widened."

Pierce: "Yes, you can see that once Li Haoyu played in the previous few games, the team either recovered the point difference or took the lead. He has extremely high efficiency."

Tengxing commentary seat.

Duan Ran: "Brother Yuzi is about to go, I'm afraid the sun can't stand it."

Huo Nan: "Li Haoyu's matchup pressure is not very high in today's game. I feel that Li Haoyu will continue to explode."

The timeout is quickly over and it's time to get back into the game.

Suns rotation: center Chandler, power forward Holmes, small forward TJ Warren, shooting guard Bridges, point guard Booker.

Thunder team rotation: center Noelle, power forward Patterson, small forward Ferguson, shooting guard Li Haoyu, point guard Schroeder.

Donovan had an 8-point lead. He believed in Li Haoyu's scoring ability, so he replaced George and Westbrook to rest.

Thunder attack.

Li Haoyu landed in the bottom corner on the right.

With Patterson covering, run 45 degrees to the left.

Bridges, who was defending Li Haoyu, was taken a step away, but he was still chasing.

At 45 degrees, with Noelle covering, Bridges, who was chasing hard, was completely blocked.

Li Haoyu was empty, and asked for the ball from Schroeder at the top of the arc, and he wanted to use a three-pointer to open the horn of offense.

However, the ball was not given to Li Haoyu. Schroeder chose to break through, shot from the free throw line and scored 2 points.

The score was 14-24.

Li Haoyu thought for a while, he didn't offend Schroeder recently, he didn't pass the ball even if the space was open.

You must know that I have given Schroeder a lot of assists.

Maybe it was just a coincidence, Li Haoyu turned around to defend.

The Suns attacked, and Booker called Chandler to come up for the pick-and-roll.

After the pick-and-roll, Booker directly made a three-pointer. This Sun is Booker's team, and he has absolute possession of the ball.

"Shu~"

Booker hit a three-pointer.

The score was 17-24.

Schroeder thought for a while, and wanted to respond to the three-pointer. After passing the frontcourt, he signaled tactics, commanded his teammates to position, and waited for Li Haoyu, the Thunder's most stable three-pointer, to run out.

Li Haoyu landed in the bottom left corner.

Ferguson stepped forward to screen, but Ferguson's small body led to poor screen quality.

After a little confrontation by Bridges, Ferguson became unstable and left a gap.

Bridges squeezed through the gap and followed Li Haoyu half a step behind.

Li Haoyu ran 45 degrees to the right.

At the free throw line, after Patterson and Noelle let Li Haoyu go, Bridges, the double goalkeeper, stayed at the free throw line.

Li Haoyu successfully reached 45 degrees to the right and reached out for the ball.

Schroeder still didn't pass the ball, he chose to break through, took a step inside the left three-point line, made a mid-range shot, and hit the iron.

Mmp, I signaled the tactics to let me move, but you didn't give me the ball when I had a chance?

What do you mean?
Li Haoyu couldn't bear it, so he went up to argue with Schroeder.

Li Haoyu: "You let me run, why don't you pass the ball?"

Schroeder: "I can't pass."

Li Haoyu: "I clearly saw that you directly broke through."

Schroeder: "%￥#%...￥"

While the two were discussing, Booker stole a fast break and scored another 2 points after receiving a long pass from Chandler.

19:24.

Donovan couldn't stand it anymore, and quickly signaled a timeout.

On the way back to the bench, Li Haoyu kept arguing with Schroeder.

"What happened?" Donovan asked.

Li Haoyu: "I ran out of space and he didn't pass the ball to me."

Schroeder looked helplessly at Donovan and said:
"When he ran out of the open space and I was about to pass the ball, Booker, who was defending me, stepped forward and pressed sideways. He didn't let me pass the ball, so I had to break through myself."

On the other side of the field, Suns defensive assistant Mike, who studied the video the day before yesterday, was excitedly saying to the head coach:

"My method worked! It is impossible for us to prevent Li Haoyu's running without the ball. He will always have a shooting opportunity, but the shooting opportunity does not mean scoring. He must have the ball in his hand when he takes the shot."

The head coach Kokoskov said: "As long as Li Haoyu runs out of opportunities, he must not let the person with the ball pass the ball. Compared with Li Haoyu's terrifying shooting percentage, it is true that Schroeder with the ball fell into singles. Be cost-effective, you have accomplished your task brilliantly!"

This is Mike's countermeasure. In any case, Li Haoyu will have shooting opportunities. As long as Li Haoyu runs out of the open space, he resolutely steps forward to press Schroder and prevent Schroder from passing the ball immediately.

Even if Schroeder passes the ball after adjustment, it will take some time, which is enough time for players chasing and defending Li Haoyu to be in place.

However, this defense also has a drawback, that is, aggressive forward pressure will give Schroeder room to break through.

However, Schroeder's shooting rate after the breakthrough is far inferior to Li Haoyu's open shots, and this loss is acceptable.

Li Haoyu's outstanding performance has attracted the attention of the league's coaching staff, and he will face huge challenges.

(End of this chapter)