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Chapter 790 790 is excellent, sometimes it's a mistake!
On the 13th, the Thunder faced the Timberwolves at home at Chesapeake Energy Stadium!
The league's famous crazy fans combined with the Thunder's championship momentum this year have created a breathtaking atmosphere at Chesapeake Energy Stadium!

Before the first round of the Western Conference playoffs G1 game and the opening game of the playoffs, the Thunder officially issued a status:
"We are still 16 victories away from the championship!"

Before the game, the Chesapeake Energy Stadium even projected the words "NBA finale! Wait for us to be crowned!"!

Arrogant!

Too embarrassing!

This is the view of many neutral fans and Zhou Hei.

They said before that the NBA finale was just a joke. How could they have imagined that the Thunder would dare to play such a slogan so blatantly!
Isn't this making enemies?

It won't be easy even if you win the opponent, right?

After all, making such a declaration is an insult to the opponent!

At the scene, although the Timberwolves players had anger in their eyes, they were quickly replaced by helplessness.

Although the chicken soup of Coach Little Sanders is very good these days.

Why are black eights common in NBA history, why our lineup depth is stronger than theirs, why fight hard, maybe we will win...

but……

The Timberwolves players are passionate, but they are not stupid!

They have exhausted their prehistoric power after fighting for the playoffs, Black Eight Thunder?

That's unbelievable!
What's more, the Thunder still has the Demon God who has ruled the NBA for the past few years!
how to win !

……

In the TNT studio, the Big Four discussed the "arrogant" behavior of the Thunder.

It turns out that the Thunder must have done this with deliberation.

The reason is simple, they are not arrogant,
Will their opponents lie flat?

Surely not!

That being the case, why not be a little more arrogant!

In this way, it can also boost the morale of the team!

Amid the cheers of "Thunder Domineering" from the Thunder fans, the starting lists of the two teams were shown on the big screen.

There is no adjustment for the Thunder. It is still the Big Four of Zhou Si, Durant, Melon and Kaoshen with McAway.

For the Timberwolves, Rubio and Covington partnered in the backcourt, Barnes and Zeller partnered on the front line, and Lopez guarded the penalty area.

To be honest, this Timberwolves lineup is really not weak on paper. If all the members are healthy, they can't say that they can hit the upper half of the Western Conference.

So, in Coach Sanders Jr.'s heart...

They really are not powerless!
cough cough...

At the Chesapeake Energy Stadium, after Du Xiaoshuai easily beat the floor center Lopez for the Thunder, Zhou Si, who received the ball, began to organize the Thunder's first attack amidst the wild cheers of the audience.

Kaoshen actively came to the outside line to pick and roll for Zhou Si!
Cousins, who was squatting in the low post at the beginning, wanted to play Lopez in the low post.

In his eyes, Lopez is a dish.

However, Zhou Si glanced this way but Cousins ​​immediately understood without passing the ball. The eldest brother felt that his success rate was not high.

If it was before, according to Cousins' violent temper, he would definitely explode.

But now, Cousins ​​obediently stepped forward to pick and roll.

The experience of dozens of games in the past told him that there would be no good results against Zhou Si.

This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between them.

After the pick-and-roll was completed, Zhou Si used his restraint to directly take away Covington and Lopez.

Outside the three-point line, Cousins, who received a pass from Zhou Si, did not waste the good opportunity created by Zhou Si, and made a steady three-pointer!
0 is better than 3!

The god of the big test set the record first for the Thunder!

Kaoshen, who returned to defense, shook his head and celebrated.

'Sure enough, I'm still the league's No. [-] center with no solution to offense! '

Seeing this scene, Zhou Si smiled.

In fact... after accepting the setting of Kao Shen's 'bear child', Zhou Si thinks Kao Shen is still very cute.

On the Timberwolves side, Rubio responded at the top of the arc, and the others scattered.

Then Rubio gave the ball to Zeller in the high position on the right.

Zeller looked at Anthony in front of him and decisively put on a three-threat pose!
That's right, Zeller took a triple-threat pose in front of the well-known triple-threat master in the league!
Melon was only planning to defend seriously, but when Zeller made such a move, the anger in his eyes was directly ignited!
I'm weak defensively and you can just play me alone, but you still use my famous stunt in front of me?

Isn't this damn Chi Guoguo's humiliation?
A faint smile flashed in the eyes of Melon Zeller, who was watching the defense with all his strength.

If you want to defeat the Thunder, you must use all available opportunities!
Stimulating Melon to enter the 'cancer singles' mode is obviously a good strategy!
Melon's defense is very hard, even to the point of desperate!
Buckley in the TNT studio lamented:

"If Melo had defended like this earlier, maybe he would have won a championship!"

However, the 'Silver Wolf King' Zeller didn't learn anything else in Minnesota for so many years, brushing statistics...

cough, tui~
The singles ability has been practiced to ten percent, I saw him waving his iron elbow to find an opportunity to forcibly wipe the melon from the side!
Then, Zeller, who had received Zhou Si's singles promise, still kept an eye out, and made a big jumper with an emergency stop!
2 is better than 3!

The Timberwolves also had the first shot.

Seeing Zeller's singles performance, Zhou Si almost didn't applaud directly.

Zeller's attack is worthy of the experience of unlimited blacksmithing power, and it is extremely sharp!
Moreover, after scoring the goal, Zeller ignored Melon's murderous eyes and walked away!
Ignore!

But it's a more irritating method than provocation!
I have to say that in terms of acting skills, both Zeller and Oladipo are at the actor level.

No, Melon reached out for the ball when he saw McAway just dribbled the ball halfway through the court!

The low-ranking Kaoshen glanced at Melon.

In his eyes, Melon, known as a 'tumor', is his suffering brother.

If others want to play singles, Kao Shen may not be happy, but Melon...

Let him, let him~
After receiving the ball, Melo put on a triple-threat pose against Zeller.

Zeller doesn't care, just defend himself directly!
Compared with passing and breakthrough, Melon's shooting threat is obviously greater!

As a three-threat master, Melon instantly judged Zeller's defensive tendency, and then broke into the penalty area with an iron elbow.

Although Melon's current speed has slowed down as he grows older, his control over his body and rhythm has now reached the peak of his career!

Not far away, Zhou Si's eyes lit up.

He saw Zeller's wolf ambition from the very beginning, but he didn't stop him, and even specifically told him that he would have a fair chance to play Melon alone.

Zhou Si's decision did have the meaning of allowing Zeller to brush up the data, but more of it was to hone Melon's defense!

As one of the Thunder's defensive loopholes, Melo will only be targeted more and more as the playoffs progress.

Therefore, instead of being abused by the opponent at that time, it is better to let Melon slowly increase the defensive strength now.

Zhou Si doesn't ask Melon to become a defensive gate, as long as he doesn't miss too much.

After all, Cousins' supplementary defense is not so reliable!
"Shh-!"

The sound of Melo's iconic pull-up jump shot interrupted Zhou Si's thoughts.

2 is better than 5!

Zhou Si smiled and shook his head.

It is agreed that no matter the team faces more challenges?
Why are you subconsciously still making arrangements?
Excellent, sometimes a mistake!

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(End of this chapter)