Start without the ball

Chapter 219 Defense at the younger brother level

The admission ceremony ended, and the two sides returned to the bench to make final preparations.

Donovan said with a relaxed face: "Relax and fight, they can't withstand your offensive firepower."

The game started quickly, and the main players of both sides stepped onto the court.

Thunder starting lineup: center tortoise big daddy, power forward tortoise tortoise tortoise tortoise, small forward to kidney deficiency Joe, scoring guard tortoise to assist daddy, point guard to a certain sewer creature.

Jazz starters: center Gobert, power forward Favors, small forward Ingles, shooting guard Mitchell, point guard Rubio.

The referee threw the ball into the air, Gobert easily picked up the ball with his long arm, and the Jazz attacked.

Rubio carefully dribbled forward and handed the ball to Mitchell at 45 degrees on the right.

The Jazz guard clamped the ball to his side, facing Li Haoyu's defense, he began to speak:
"Boy, it's time for the two of us to settle the matter of the All-Stars."

"What to solve, didn't you get blown away by me at the All-Stars?"

Mitchell gritted his teeth angrily, accelerated to the right after dribbling.

Li Haoyu's current sliding speed will not be thrown away by Mitchell in one step like in the first match, and he follows beside him at this time without losing his position.

Although Mitchell was a little surprised that Li could keep up with his breakthrough speed, he knew that he had an absolute advantage in strength, and if he resisted slightly to his side, Li Haoyu lost his defensive position.

The Jazz guard made an emergency stop and made a mid-range shot.

shuh~
The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Jazz led 2-0.

Li Haoyu sighed that he had to speed up his strength improvement, otherwise it would become an obvious shortcoming in the playoffs.

The Thunder attacked, the turtle came to the top of the arc, and with the help of the big daddy Adams' pick-and-roll, he rushed to the basket, and Gobert switched defenses.

Westbrook's breakthrough was too fast, and the Jazz center was unable to parry and was quickly thrown away. At this time, Ingles in the bottom corner retreated to the basket.

Turtle has two options, a forced layup or George in the corner of the ball.

Westbrook chose the assist and passed the ball to George in the corner.

Kidney deficiency Joe shot a three-pointer, and George's wrist trembled a little when he shot.

There is no such thing as a ball shake technique, only the loud sound of hammering iron.

boom!Gobert protected the rebound.

The Jazz attacked, Rubio came to the top of the arc, Gobert stepped forward to pick and roll, Westbrook was blocked, and Rubio rushed from the right to the basket.

The Jazz point guard was very slow, and he didn't get rid of Adams. Just when the turtle thought the defense was successful, Rubio passed the ball behind his back and gave it to Gobert who rolled down after the pick-and-roll.

The Jazz center raised the ball with a long arm and scored 2 points with a fire-style dunk.

Donovan couldn't help touching his chin off the court. He felt that the Thunder's defense seemed like a deflated balloon without any intensity.

The Thunder haven't scored yet, and the fans are still standing and watching the game.

"Give the ball to Lee!"

"Yeah, let Li organize the attack!"

Westbrook dribbled the ball to the top of the arc. He already knew that George was not feeling well, and the turtle held the ball and waited for the hot man to move.

Li Haoyu, who landed 45 degrees to the left, ran to the bottom corner on the right with the help of Adams' cover.

Mitchell followed one step behind, and on the edge of the three-second zone on the right, Grant once again blocked his pursuit.

Seeing that his teammates couldn't keep up, Favors switched defenses to follow Li Haoyu. Knowing that there was no chance in the right corner, Li Haoyu turned his back and changed direction, running along the baseline to the left.

Favors did not expect that Li Haoyu would suddenly change lanes. The 120KG Jazz power forward had difficulty adjusting his focus to pursue and was thrown away by a long distance.

Westbrook hit the ground beautifully and passed the ball to the edge of the three-second zone on the left. When the ball arrived, Li Haoyu caught the ball and turned to the basket to prepare for a shot.

Gobert switched defenses and tried to block the shot. Li Haoyu had a sly smile on his lips. Why is my hatred so high? Don't you care about Adams?

Li Haoyu passed the ball to Neptune in the three-second zone. Facing the lost hinterland, Neptune also fought back with fire, and his power was more domineering than Gobert.

Miller: "When a normal player runs to the right corner and Favors changes defense, he will stop in place if he loses an offensive opportunity, but Lee can always seize all kinds of fleeting opportunities and take advantage of Favors' lack of agility. Head to the Jazz paint.

An offensive player without the ball in his hands turns the defense upside down, and that's all he can do. "

Pierce: "Obviously, the Jazz have made targeted arrangements for Li. His hatred value is too high now, but the more he cares, the more he can't do anything about him."

Thunder fans can finally sit down after Neptune's dunk, and the Pisacek Energy Center applauded Li Haoyu's wonderful assist.

In the next game, Li Haoyu continued to tear the Jazz's defense line through his running position, which created many opportunities. Unfortunately, the Thunder's outside line was sharp today.

George was 4 for 0. After trying once, Westbrook was very self-aware and did not continue to shoot long shots. He started to break through after receiving the ball, but the best chance was when he received the ball. When he broke through, the defense had already rotated.

Grant played fairly stable and made 2 of 1 three-pointers, but this cannot make up for the decline in the Thunder's defense today.

George is in poor form, Westbrook's defense is not strong, Li Haoyu's strength is at a disadvantage, and the Jazz's offense is extremely smooth.

After halftime, the Thunder trailed by as much as 15 points. In the locker room, Donovan repeatedly emphasized defense, but on the court, the Thunder's defense remained unchanged.

On the offensive end, Gobert's defense made Westbrook and George's breakthroughs no longer a threat, and Li Haoyu could only rely on Li Haoyu to score points.

In the end, the Thunder suffered a bitter defeat at home with a score of 109 to 126.

In this game, Li Haoyu scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists in a tight defense. In this game, Adams ate cakes like crazy and scored 20 points, and Grant also scored 15 points.

It's just that Silicone's performance was sluggish. George scored 12 points with free throws, and Westbrook only scored 14 points.

After the game, ESPN reporters interviewed Adams.

Adams: "It's like we haven't woken up today. The defense is not strong enough to stop the fierce offensive of the Utahs. It's time for us to wake up."

The atmosphere in the Thunder locker room is heavy. Everyone knows the reason for the loss. This is very common in the league. Some teams will experience a cliff-like decline after the All-Star break. This is something that no one wants to see.

Without saying a word, everyone lowered their heads and went about their own business. Li Haoyu thought that this could not be done, so he got up and said:

"Guys, we don't deserve to win tonight. Even a rookie like me, who hasn't played in the playoffs, knows we can't go far with this level of defense."

Everyone looked up at Li Haoyu, and after attracting attention, Li Haoyu continued:

"We have to make changes and show our iron and blood defense. Today the Utah people are doing anything reckless on us. This is unacceptable. We need to adjust our state!"

Veteran Felton got up and said: "Lee is right. I know everyone is very sad to lose this game, but we need to cheer up."

George: "The responsibility for this game is mine. My poor state has dragged everyone down."

Li Haoyu: "This is not the time to discuss responsibility. If we win, we will go crazy together, and if we lose, we will fight together! What we need is change, what we need is to get back our lightning and thunderous offense, and what we need is to get back our impregnable defense."

Westbrook: "Yes! If you win, you will go crazy together, if you lose, you will fight together!"

The atmosphere in the locker room was much better. Li Haoyu raised his right hand after five high-fives: "come on!"

Everyone gathered, Li Haoyu: "Who we are?"

"Thunder!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"What are we going to do next?"

"Defence!"

George: "In the next game, we will use our defense to tear apart our opponents. I will go back tonight and make more adjustments."

Adams: "I will be optimistic about the inside, whoever comes in is looking for death."

Although this game was lost, it sounded the alarm for Thunder. Li Haoyu felt relieved seeing his teammates with high spirits.

(End of this chapter)