play for it

Chapter 128

At the Chesapeake Energy Stadium, the game was about to start. Just as the fans and media reporters entered the field one after another, the players of the two teams were already wearing training uniforms, and were warming up for the final shooting on the field.

Swish!
He made several three-pointers in a row, which made Yang Ke raise his brows with a smile on his face. It seemed that he felt pretty good tonight.

The shooting warm-up effect was good, Yang Ke stopped immediately, walked to the side, and gave the opportunity and space to other teammates who needed to adjust their touch, such as Leonard who was not good at shooting.

Walking to the bench, Yang Ke picked up his drink bottle, drank it slowly, and at the same time turned his head to look at the Thunder bench.

The head coach of the Thunder, Scott Brooks, was having a heated discussion with the assistant coach, and not far from them, KD and Westbrook were sitting on chairs, chatting and laughing.

"Yang, what are you looking at?"

At this moment, Ginobili, who had finished his warm-up, walked off the court, with a towel on his shoulder and a bottle of drink in his hand, and walked to Yang Ke's side in a few steps.

"I'm looking at Westbrook. His physical fitness seems to be too good. It feels like his physical fitness should be among the top at the guard position."

Looking sideways at Ginobili, Yang Ke stretched out his right hand and pointed at Westbrook from a distance. He felt the heavy pressure from Westbrook, so his face was very serious.

"You are right in observing that Russell Westbrook has good physical fitness and super athletic ability."

Ginobili nodded, thinking of his past experience with Westbrook, combined with the experience he summed up before, he said to Yang Ke, "He is not a pass-oriented point guard. He is good at straight-line breakthroughs and explosive power. Amazing, great strides, great heights in the air."

"Although Westbrook's breakthrough is very sharp, he actually lacks effective scoring methods near the basket, and his shot selection is also relatively poor. His true shooting percentage is only slightly higher than the league average..."

When Ginobili transferred experience to Yang Ke, the game officially started!
The starting lineups of both sides came on the field. Just 1 minute into the game, with the help of a dead ball, the Spurs requested a substitution and replaced Parker with Yang Ke!

The Spurs' act of substituting suddenly aroused incomprehensible exclamations from the fans and audience on the scene and in front of the screen!Even professional basketball commentators and media reporters expressed doubts and incomprehension.

On the Thunder bench, the assistant coach asked Brooks, "Coach, what do you think Popovich sang? Did you replace the main point guard just after the game started?"

"He's going to change."

With a flash of light in his eyes, Brooks stood up from his seat, walked to the sidelines, stared coldly at Yang Ke and Parker who were clapping alternately, and secretly pondered the deep meaning of Popovich's move.

"Yang, Westbrook is full of impact and unstoppable. But his defensive evaluation is very average. He has problems with defensive concentration. He is easy to lose face when defending without the ball. You can attack this aspect."

On the field, just as Yang Ke and Parker passed each other, Parker whispered in Yang Ke's ear.

"understand!"

Nodding his head, Yang Ke quickly tucked his jersey into his shorts. Since the ball was in the hands of the Thunder, he trotted a few steps to sit in front of Westbrook.

After a while, the game continued. After several reverse runs, Westbrook quickly received a serve from Ibaka outside the court.

Steadily controlling the ball, he glanced at Yang Ke in front of him. Westbrook, who was not yet on top, took a step back cautiously, and dropped the tempo by the way.

Just a few seconds after Yang Ke and Westbrook faced each other peacefully, another core of the Thunder, Durant, took the lead in launching an attack.

Faced with Leonard's difficult close-fitting and entangled defense, Durant suddenly took two steps back, opened up the space, and quickly ran along the three-point line.

When he ran outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left, Durant received a pass from Westbrook. When he saw that Leonard, who was following him, had the intention of entangled again, Durant looked pale. Changed, and decisively made a few breakthrough feints.

In the face of Durant's fake action, out of fear that he would really break through, Leonard immediately didn't dare to step forward to get close, but he also calmly controlled the distance between him and Durant. .

Looking at Leonard's actions that followed closely, after a few fake moves, Durant observed the situation on the field, and then lightly tapped on the spot without any concealment, and it was a jumper.

This jump shot came very suddenly, Leonard reacted, jumped up and stretched out his long hands and rushed over, but in the end the basketball still flew past his fingertips.

Durant's posture is very graceful, the shot is very smooth, draws a beautiful arc, the basketball goes into the basket, and the 3-pointer is easy.

Amid the loud cheers from the fans, Borrego gritted his teeth and shouted unwillingly: "Damn it, if it were another player, Leonard would have successfully interfered with this goal!"

"It can't be helped, who makes Durant's wingspan longer."

Shrugging his shoulders, Popovich said helplessly that although Leonard's wingspan is long, it is only 220.98cm, while Durant's wingspan has reached an unmatched 228cm.

The game continued, and it was the Spurs' turn to attack. The players on the field did not have any emotional changes because of the three-pointer. Yang Ke steadily controlled the ball and kept the rhythm to lead the half court.

Huh?Was Westbrook defending me?

Looking at Westbrook in front of him, Yang Ke was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to the other side, only to find that Sefolosha actually went to guard Green.

Before Yang Ke came on the field, Sefolosha was marking Parker.In the absence of coach Brooks' request, switching defenses is a decision made by the players themselves, which shows that in the eyes of the Thunder's defensive gatekeeper Sefolosha, Green's threat is much higher than that of Yang Ke.

You actually underestimated me!
Curling his lips, Yang Ke felt very uncomfortable with Sefoloza's underestimation, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he decided to single out Westbrook once.

To attract the Thunder's defensive attention, he is also prepared to focus on defense in this game, and on the offensive end, focus on creating opportunities for his teammates.

After Parker's reminder, Yang Ke knew that Westbrook's defense was much worse than his offense, so he controlled the ball and observed it for a few seconds.

The Thunder's inside defense is very strong. After thinking for a moment, he decided to try a three-pointer. Of course, Yang Ke is not as confident as Durant. Before shooting a three-pointer, he still needs to do a set of fake moves.

(End of this chapter)