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Chapter 535 Carried Everything Alone (Deacon Jiageng)

In a blink of an eye, on May [-]th, the second game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Kings and the Thunder continued at the Sleep Train Arena.

With the end of Curry's MVP award, the announcer began to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams, and cheers erupted in the arena.

In the TNT commentary seat, the host Marvin Abbott asked: "What do you two think of the whole league's move for the Thunder?"

Isaiah Thomas smiled and said: "I don't think that will have any effect. This matter is like making suggestions for municipal construction. Many suggestions sound very reasonable, but only those in charge of municipal construction know the difficulty of implementing the recommendations. Where."

When Reggie Miller heard the words, he thought to himself, no wonder you Thomas is a fake coach, and you have led the team to win less than 200 games in your career.

That was the proposal of old Nelson and coach Paul Silas. Others are dozens of times better than others, so at least you have to see it before talking.

After thinking about it, Miller said: "I think it has a certain value of trying. The change of tactics will have a great impact on the game. For example, in the game where the No. [-] Rockets defeated the Warriors, Coach Mike Malone finally changed to win..."

Thomas pouted contemptuously: "That's because LeBron doesn't play like himself. He doesn't attack with all his strength. He is asking for trouble. He has always been suitable for playing without the ball for a long time. Even if the catch-and-shoot percentage is extremely high, he needs more. A killer who can be singled out."

Abbott interjected: "So these two days there have been reports that Durant is considering jumping out of his contract and joining forces with LeBron in the Warriors, and the results of the Thunder-King series are likely to play a decisive role. Can jump out of the contract..."

During the conversation, the appearance ceremony ended.

The starting players of the two teams entered the field one after another.

On the Thunder side, Westbrook, Robertson, Durant, Ibaka, Adams, on the King's side, Curry and Antetokounmpo and others.

The starting lineup has not changed.

Su Yang quickly glanced at the Thunder generals, thinking: These guys seem to be full of energy, and they are fully charged after three days of rest.

The referee holds the ball and walks to the middle circle, and the jump ball starts.

Snapped!The Thunder won the jump ball.

Starting with a five-out formation, Ibaka slid down the right wing and simply provided a wide screen to block LaVine.

Robertson took the opportunity to start from the left bottom corner, strode to the top of the arc, set up a wall to block Curry, and provided a cover for Westbrook.

"Oh, it's really coming..."

Su Yang suddenly raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect the Thunder to really adopt the old Nelson's suggestion and ask Robertson to cover for Westbrook.

Isn't this the Thunder's big and four small lineup?

It's a bit rushed.

While thinking about it, LaVine did not chase after Robertson who dismantled the outer bullet, but joined Curry to attack Westbrook back and forth.

After all, Robertson's three-point line position threat is too low.

I saw Westbrook took advantage of the situation to join the ball, made a big change to the basket, took off in front of Cousins, and passed it to Adams with a low hand in the air.

Adams catches the ball and jumps for the basket.

The hoop is close at hand.

But the basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Cousins ​​followed the jump and grabbed the rebound. Before he landed, the Thunder team had already retreated to the center line.

"It seems that the Thunder are going to give up the offensive rebounds and don't give us a fast pass to change the attack. It's so ruthless." Mike Brown couldn't help sighing, and McMillan next to him nodded in agreement: "They have made changes in both offense and defense. Look It sounds decisive."

Su Yang only felt his eyelids twitch, and then he was very excited, thinking: Come on, let's have a good fight, I, Su, will single out the entire league today.

On the court, Curry received the ball from the right wing.

LaVine and Green stepped forward to cover in succession.

Thunder Adams delayed slightly, but Curry dashed around the circle and quickly reached the top of the arc. Westbrook squeezed through the screen and chased after him.

The two rushed to the left waist with their front and back feet. Curry stopped abruptly and reversed his steps.

The basketball slammed into the net hollowly.

Cheers erupted in the arena.

The two teams switched offense and defense.

The Thunder made an echelon screen in the short corner on the left, and Durant took the opportunity to circle out, catch the ball from Westbrook, and dribble the ball together to make a pull.

The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

Antetokounmpo is almost covered in the face, but when the energetic Durant finds his rhythm, no one in the NBA can interfere efficiently.

King Yi Bian counterattacked.

LaVine screened for Cousins, and Cousins ​​took the opportunity to run from the top of the arc to the right wing, pretending to be a screen for Curry, but in fact disassembled ahead of time, turned around and cut in, received a pass from Curry, and took two steps to make an emergency stop and jump. Imitating Duncan's 45-degree toss to wipe the board, it's a pity to hit the iron.

Westbrook took Adams to grab the rebound, turned around and rushed forward, very fast, but did not bury his head into the crowd.

I saw Westbrook suddenly stopped and raised his hand, successfully touched Curry, followed by a real take-off, and collided with Curry.

The referee whistled for a foul.

Curry is dumb and eats coptis.

What a foul, there is no problem with whistleblowing.

It's just that I didn't expect that the pure Westbrook could also deceive people.

The little expression that looked at Westbrook lost his joy.

Westbrook tilted his head to respond, as if saying: Let you fly me away.

There were boos everywhere in the arena, Westbrook stood on the free throw line, suddenly turned into Brother Antetokounmpo, and actually prepared for 10 seconds before taking the shot.

The first penalty hit the circle and entered the net.

Westbrook deliberately turned around and walked to the LOGO position outside the three-point line, and high-fived Robertson, instantly full of leadership.

"This is not right..."

Su Yang was a little startled, wondering if it was possible that Westbrook had been stimulated by something to suddenly make such a big change.

He was not in a hurry to push the fast break, and even cheated fouls by thinking, and even took the initiative to interact with his teammates. Robertson was a little surprised.

After all, the free throw line is quite far from the LOGO, and Robertson naturally thought there would be no high fives.

Could it be that he heard that Durant might jump out of the contract and wanted to set an example to let Durant stay.

No matter what, the legendary reasonable turtle that has appeared before seems to appear in the competition again, which is really powerful.

Between guesses, Westbrook also hit the second free throw.

The king counterattacked and ran a zipper tactic.

Curry didn't have a good chance to get the ball from the left wing for the second time, so he decisively passed it to Cousins ​​on the left waist, and then ran to the top of the arc as a screen.

LaVine took the opportunity to get rid of Robertson and ran to the left wing.

The Thunder switched defenses as usual, but LaVine didn't get a chance.

Cousins ​​immediately hit Adams, groaned and slammed his stomach three times, turned around and made a layup with a deep step.

Durant took the rebound from Adams, rushed across the center line quickly, and used Ibaka to cover in advance to launch a rush attack. The three-point line changed sharply to break through Green, and changed to a left-handed dribble to the basket, ignoring LaVine and Curry. Interference, take off and hit the board with the lever.

The basketball slammed into the net.

Curry picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, and quickly sent it to LaVine to advance. The Kings team made a third-line attack, but the Thunder fell behind.

Thunder's back defense speed is visible to the naked eye.

In a blink of an eye, Green controlled the ball at the top of the arc to observe, while Curry used Antetokounmpo and Cousins' left-wing screen to make an emergency stop from the left bottom corner and ran back, took the basketball, and was positioned at the 45-degree three-point line. And got the opportunity to fight small and big military training.

The fans cheered everyone upon seeing this.

Curry continued to shake his crotch, made a gesture to break through to the left, and suddenly pulled the ball and retreated to take off and shoot a three-pointer. The rhythm was super fast.

At that time, Adams slid and followed closely, and his fingertips touched the basketball. He didn't completely block the shot, but changed the trajectory of the basketball.

The shooting is straight and non-stick.

Durant picked up the basketball and immediately passed it to Westbrook, and the rest of the Thunder players quickly played in unison, three-for-four in the frontcourt.

There were boos in the arena.

Westbrook slowed down at 45 degrees on the left side, and rushed against Cousins ​​and LaVine, but instead of layup, he passed the basketball.

Green, who was squatting under the basket, turned around in a hurry, but Adams took the ball and took off on the spot, aiming at the basket was a dunk.

The king attacked again.

Antetokounmpo failed to break through with a long pass from the right wing, and instead threw the ball to the top of the arc, and then, together with Cousins, double-screened for LaVine.

LaVine ran out of the opportunity, and Green raised his hand to pass the ball.

LaVine catches and shoots.

A three-pointer strikes iron.

The Thunder grabbed a rebound and counterattacked. Westbrook dribbled the ball to the right wing and used Ibaka to cover and break through. The ground raised his hand and hit the ground to pass the ball vigorously.

Ibaka catches the ball at the top of the free throw coil and takes off, ignoring Antetokounmpo's defense, jumping high and smashing dunks vigorously.

The basketball exploded into the net.

Ibaka buckle Antetokounmpo!

Su Yang was startled.

It's not that Ibaka dunked Antetokounmpo, but that Westbrook was so witty to attract the defensive attention of the Kings players.

At this moment, Westbrook is playing like Paul.

And it's an impact-enhanced version of Paul.

"It is said that the tortoise with a reasonable level has already appeared, and the Thunder let Robertson do the pick-and-roll, and also gave up offensive rebounds and other changes. If you want to win this game, it must be quite difficult. This time, after all, I still have to carry it all by myself. ..."

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