super heavy artillery

Chapter 434

An Luo only rested for 5 minutes in the first half.It was his longest game since April.And judging from the current situation, he still needs to stick to a long playing time in the second half.Of course.The same goes for Westbrook and Paul George.

Thibodeau made it clear that he wanted to smash a victory.The four "poor man's giant" players of the Timberwolves basically went down to drink their saliva, and then returned to the game.Compared with this group of Timberwolves players who are on the verge of going berserk, the Thunder's fairly good bench lineup is indeed no match.So Donovan didn't dare to be careless.From the bottom of his heart, Donovan is still a very cautious person.

However, even going all out, the Thunder are still 11 points behind.Throughout the first half, the Thunder were forced into hand-to-hand combat with the Timberwolves players.Especially Butler and Teague, these two guys seem to have a deep hatred with the Thunder, and they have made great moves on the defensive end.Although they paid a few fouls for this, it didn't change that style of play at all.

Frequent physical contact will naturally cause some conflicts.

In the second half of the first quarter, Westbrook's layup was blocked by Butler, who came over from the defense.Although the referee whistled the latter for a foul, the anger in Westbrook's heart was instantly ignited by the opponent.He got up from the ground and headed for Butler.Then, the two of them put their heads together and started talking trash.If it weren't for the referee and the players on both sides to pull the two away in time, the consequences might have been more serious.

In the second quarter, An Luo also clashed with the opponent.In fact, his temper on the court is still good.Although sometimes I can't control my mouth and like to say some unfriendly words.But he had never been so angry.

At that time, An Luo was in the right elbow area.He originally wanted to find a chance to shoot outside the right three-point line through Adams' screen.But Butler just squeezed over and followed him closely.The visitors then got entangled together, apparently trying to get rid of each other, but secretly pushing each other.Just as An Luo went to pick up the basketball passed by Robertson, Butler bent his left arm and gave An Luo an elbow without leaving a trace.The piercing pain made An Luo unsteady.Although he controlled the basketball by virtue of his leading position, he was still abruptly snatched away by Butler.

When did An Luo suffer such a loss!When he fell to the floor, he stretched his right foot forward and tripped Butler, who was about to launch a fast break, to the ground.The latter smashed the ball on the floor, got up and walked towards An Luo.An Luo was also angry.He was not happy when he saw the cruel look on the other party's face.You did it first, and now you have suffered a loss, do you feel wronged?As soon as he squeezed his fist, he was about to lean over.Seeing that the two were about to push against each other again, the referee quickly ran over and stood between them.

"beep~"

The referee's eyes are sharp now!An Luo was immediately called a foul.This time An Luo was even more unwilling!When I was violated, the referee didn't blow it, but when I did it myself, I was blown.What's the point?He immediately ran to the referee and explained to him: "It was just an accident, sir! I fell and he hit it himself."

But it doesn't help!The referee stood by his decision.An Luo got his third foul of the game, which made him suffer a lot in his subsequent defense.Of course, this is a later story, and An Luo also took a 3-minute break because of this.

Trash talk, friction, conflict has always been with this game.The head coaches of both sides may be the most nervous people!Especially Donovan.Therefore, during the intermission, he repeatedly emphasized that the players should restrain their emotions.You must know that the NBA's stand against players fighting on the field is very serious.The Timberwolves will definitely win.But if it delays the subsequent games because of this, the loss outweighs the gain.

"We must calm down! The other party has been looking for confrontation and has always wanted to provoke us. Don't be fooled!"

In the third quarter, including most of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves have always maintained a leading advantage on the court.The three core players, Westbrook, An Luo and Paul George, all suffered a lot of fouls, so that in the following games, their defense has not been at its best.However, the Thunder recovered the score a bit in the second half.After all, the Thunder's offense is no worse than their defense.And in this league, no team can completely limit the Thunder's scoring.

85:90.This is the score on the court with 3 minutes left before the end of the game.With the Thunder ahead, the Timberwolves lead by 5 points.

Donovan called a timeout, and then played Westbrook and Anlo again after a 2-minute break.The Thunder is about to launch the final attack!
After coming up, An Luo ran a large circle around the court from the top of the arc, and received the basketball from Adams in the right bottom corner.Along the way, An Luo continuously used the cover of Robertson, Adams and Paul George to pull the Timberwolves' defense line to pieces.After catching the ball, An Luo tapped his toes, swayed Teague who was rushing out, and then jumped up and shot.

"Shu~"

The ball went in!An Luo's three-pointer chased the score to only 2 points.At the same time, this is also his fourth three-pointer in the game.

Looking back, Teague saw the needle and rushed into the penalty area from between Paul George and Adams after the pick-and-roll.Then a European step bypassed Westbrook, who came up from the defense, and scored the ball.Help the Timberwolves stabilize the situation.

But before he could relax, the Thunder approached the score again!

Adams quickly sent the baseline ball.Westbrook rushed to the three-point line like a gust of wind.Facing Towns and Butler, he didn't force it, but passed the ball from behind, and assisted Paul George who followed him with a layup.

Ignoring the celebration, the two hurried back to defense.But at this time, the Timberwolves made a fatal mistake.Teague was intercepted by Adams when he lobbed Towns to the basket.As an inside player with strong stealing ability, Adams almost saved the entire Thunder this time.

After succeeding in the steal, Adams threw the ball to An Luo, who was in the outermost position, as quickly as possible.At this time, Donovan suddenly stood up, he was going to call a timeout, and arrange this attack.But An Luo has rushed beyond the three-point line.The opportunity was so good that he immediately dismissed the idea.But he was still not at ease, and stood on the sidelines and shouted:
"Hit in! Hit in!"

"How did you shoot? Go grab the rebound!"

"Pretty!"

(End of this chapter)