Start without the ball

Chapter 42 Acid

On the Suns bench, Mike, the defensive assistant, was covering his head after seeing Li Haoyu successfully catch the ball. It seemed that his defensive arrangement was about to fail.

Mike didn't expect that Li Haoyu could run out of open space with the thin Ferguson and an insider's screen, and actually saved an insider to ensure Schroder's pass.

Suns coach Kokoskov:

"Do you have any other defensive strategies? He feels hot today. If you don't stop him, I'm afraid we will be off work at halftime."

Mike: "This question is beyond the outline."

Kokoskov: ? ? ? ?
Mike: "Unless there are means other than NBA rules, such as"

Kokoskov said with a serious face: "I want you to restrict him, not to abolish him!"

On the field, Bridges angrily went to Okobo and complained because his opponent scored consecutively:

"The coach arranged for him to cut off the passing lane when he is open, don't you understand?"

Okobo: "You can't keep up with your counterpart and instead blame me?"

Bridges: "It's as if you could live with me instead."

Okobo: "In the next round, the two of us will make substitutions. You block the pass. I'll show you what defense is."

After speaking, Okobo took the serve and pushed forward.

Bridges came to the low post, and he wanted to hit Li Haoyu back with his 2-meter height.

Bridges managed to get stuck and reached out to Okobo at the top of the arc for the ball.

Okobo is still angry because of Bridges' accusation, and thinks it can be passed, but it is not necessary.

After ignoring Bridges, Okobo called Chandler for a pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Okobo accelerated to the basket and made a throw, but failed to control his strength and failed to hit.

When Li Haoyu thought he was going to be singled out by someone in the low position again, he didn't expect that Okobo didn't pass the ball.

When he felt that he was very lucky, Okobo's throw shot hit the back of the basket, and it happened to bounce into Li Haoyu's hands, and he was lucky to pick up a rebound.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions. After handing the ball to Schroeder, Li Haoyu whistled and ran forward.

After halftime, Li Haoyu found that the defender was replaced by Okobo.

This stinky brother blocked Bridges just now, and now he is going to defend himself again?

Although I don't know what happened to Bridges and Brother Smelly, they are nothing in Li Haoyu's eyes.

Li Haoyu took Okobo to the bottom corner on the left.

Reaching out to the free throw line, Noelle came over to cover.

In the pre-match combat meeting, each player will get some information about their opponents.

Bridges did enough homework to deal with Li Haoyu, but the information Okobo got was all about Schroeder and Westbrook, and he didn't study Li Haoyu.

Okobo only knows that Li Haoyu, the B, has something to do with his position.

When Li Haoyu called for the screen, Okobo was extremely careful, turning his head to observe the free throw line, for fear of being directly blocked to death.

Now that Okobo has turned his head, Li Haoyu is not polite.

Mystery: The technique of turning back and cutting the enemy!
Li Haoyu cut to the basket along the baseline.

Schroeder lobs the ball to the basket, and Bridges has nothing to do with such a high lob.

Li Haoyu kicked his legs hard on the ground, caught the basketball in the air, and smashed it into the basket with both hands.

"boom!"

28:37.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Haoyu led the Thunder to an 11-0 spurt.

Kokoskov requested a timeout.

After landing, Li Haoyu beat his chest and roared, venting his unhappiness in the first quarter.

Schroeder, who got 4 assists, walked towards Li Haoyu and gave a high-five gesture. Although there was a little friction between the two in the first quarter, it was harmless.

After seeing Li Haoyu's excellent performance in the second quarter, Donovan nodded in satisfaction.

Back on the bench, Li Haoyu sat down after high-fiving each other with his teammates.

Felton: "I knew you'd come out of it, come on young man."

Li Haoyu expressed his gratitude to Felton. This veteran can always provide advice when he is impetuous. He is indeed a rare locker room leader.

On the other side, on the Suns bench, Kokoskov was yelling at Okobo:

"Why didn't Bridges make a pass when he was about to reach his position? He has an obvious physical advantage. Also, why did you switch defensive positions on your own initiative?"

Kokoskov glanced at Bridges and continued:
"I don't know what happened to the two of you, but we are in a game now! If someone else makes small moves on the court, it will be at your own risk!"

The American coach may tolerate some actions of the players because of the environment they are in, but the pure European coach Kokoskov can't rub the sand in his eyes.

The timeout passed quickly, and the coaches of both sides switched back to the main lineup.

In fact, there is another option to crack the Suns' targeted defense, which is to let Li Haoyu enter the main lineup.

In the main lineup, if the opposing point guard still resolutely blocks the passing route of the ball holder, then the reckless man will make it clear that the sun suddenly popped up.

Due to the threat of Westbrook's breakthrough, the Suns could only choose to let Li Haoyu catch the basketball easily.

However, such an approach will weaken the Thunder's bench scoring ability, and Donovan will not accept it easily.

More importantly, if he enters the regular main lineup, Li Haoyu can't run and attack unscrupulously. After all, the scoring of the two superstars must be guaranteed.

After the main lineup returned to the field, the Suns continued to be beaten. Today, Tie Gui fired all his firepower and counterattacked many times.

在第三分节还剩3分30秒时，双方比分来到71比86，雷霆领先15分。

Li Haoyu returned to the court again.

Westbrook went down to rest, and George was still on the court, holding the ball at the top of the arc.

Due to George's offensive threat, Warren didn't dare to block the pass easily. Li Haoyu landed in the bottom corner on the right and successfully reached 45 degrees to the left with the help of two insiders.

George passes the ball.

Under the open space, Li Haoyu stood up, aimed at the basket, and pulled out the basketball in his hand.

After the shooting was upgraded to 87, Li Haoyu became sensitive to some imperceptible details. When the basketball left his fingertips, Li Haoyu knew that the ball must be scored.

"Shu~"

Li Haoyu scored another three points.

71:89.

Westbrook off the court was a little unhappy. His current statistics were 22 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Seeing George who stayed on the field get an assist so easily, he was sour!

Reckless really wants to stay on the court and get his assists to double digits.

Sun attack.

Okobo looked at his teammates on the two sides at the top of the arc, Warren on the left and Bridges on the right.

According to the matchup advantage, the ball should be given to Bridges, who has a height advantage.

But Okobo was hesitating, obviously he did the right thing, and it was all because Bridges blamed himself before being scolded by the coach.

After thinking about it, Okobo passed the ball to Warren on the left.

George found that Okobo hesitated, and if he hesitated, he would lose.

The passed ball was a bit floating, and he decisively accelerated and intercepted the pass.

The moment Li Haoyu saw George's steal, he flew forward like an arrow from the bow.

George has been playing for a whole quarter, and his physical fitness has been affected. He couldn't get up to speed. Seeing that Li Haoyu was about to come down, he passed the ball.

After receiving the ball, Li Haoyu faced the empty frontcourt, thought for a while and stopped at the three-point line.

It feels so hot to the touch, why do you need 2 points if you can score [-] points?
Li Haoyu swelled and threw the basketball in his hand.

The basketball fell into the net after crossing a beautiful arc~
71 to 92, the Thunder has led by 21 points!
When seeing Li Haoyu hit a three-pointer again, Westbrook was not excited off the court, and his heart was cold.

The point difference has been widened, the game has become a hot chicken time, I should have no chance to play, and the triple-double fell through.

The final score was 95 to 118. The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Suns and won their fifth victory of the new season.

　There is one more later, around 12:[-]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)