Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 14 14. The Fierce Showdown
Thompson made a three-pointer from the front, and his expression didn't change much.

But took the initiative to attack with the ball.

It seems that there is no idea in my heart.

Richard's pressure has increased again, but the confidence gained from his three-pointer is stronger, and the pressure can be better transformed into motivation!

Thompson did not directly break through with the ball, but asked for a tactic, which was similar to the tactic that Richard used by mistake just now.

More professionally, the Warriors center came up to catch the ball. After Thompson passed the ball, he ran around the center and handed over the ball at the same time. The center stood still and blocked the defender.

Richard was firmly blocked, and he couldn't get around it even if he wanted to.

The Thunder center is Kanter at this time. Kanter's feet move much faster than Adams. When encountering a pick-and-roll, he will immediately follow up and change defenses, and stand in front of Thompson in time.

Thompson was prevented from taking revenge in situ.

The Warriors center successfully substituted, forming a dislocation, turned around and went down, and there was no one in the penalty area to stop.

Thompson's Buddhist personality is not entangled in revenge by himself, and immediately followed up with a ground pass. Seeing that the ball was about to fall into the hands of the center, he made an empty basket.

However, Richard's hand appeared in the middle of the passing route, cutting off the pass.

After being blocked, Richard should have bypassed the pick-and-roll from the inside and stood in the penalty area to defend, so that he would continue to be blocked by the opponent's center forward and could not pose a threat.

But at that time, Richard exhausted too much physical energy and didn't have the strength to squeeze. Instead, he stayed on the outside, and the opponent's center moved down to clear Richard's field of vision.

At this time, a basketball appeared in his eyes, and he subconsciously reached out to block it, and Richard got +1 for the steal.

What kind of offense are Thunder players best at?Under the leadership of Westbrook, of course it is a fast break!

Sabonis has rushed to the front frantically, Green ran hard between Sabonis and Richard, trying to block the pass.

Although Thompson was surprised, he didn't pause, and immediately rushed to fight back to buy his teammates time to get back.

Li Chade handed the ball to his left hand, rushed out in one step, let go of Thompson's counterattack, then returned the ball to his right hand, and threw it vigorously forward.

Oops, it's powerful.

The impact of the decline in physical fitness and the lack of control are not enough.

Green couldn't reach the ball at all, and watched the ball fly over his head and headed for the baseline.

But who is Sabonis?The No. 11 pick this season is not bad at all.

Sabonis jumped high, stretched his long arms, fished the ball back from the danger of flying out of the baseline, then combined his hands in the air and put it into the basket.

The forward speed was too fast, and Sabonis couldn't even stabilize his figure. The huge momentum made him grab the circle with one hand and swing sideways.

"Wow! Wonderful alley-oop!" Jackson slapped the table in surprise in the live broadcast room, "Little Sabonis is about to fulfill his talent!"

Sabonis' father was also a famous NBA star. Out of respect for his father, the commentator prefers to call him Sabonis Jr.

"This pass error is a bit inappropriate. The Thunder's steal this time has a lot of luck, and it may not be able to do it next time." Dorris' evaluation is very objective and he is very careful.

"The first quarter is coming to an end. Even if the Thunder has one or two good shots, the Warriors who play steadily will still have the advantage." Smith firmly believes that the Warriors can still win this game.

The other two commentators did not express any objection. From any point of view, the Thunder's chances are indeed slim.

After replacing the resting star Westbrook, he only scored 6 points on 2 of 6 shots in the first quarter, not to mention other players.

Insufficient strength, insufficient physical strength, insufficient efficiency, what to win?

There are only 33 seconds left in the time, and the Warriors are pressing the rhythm, and it will take 24 seconds to run out.

After passing the ball quickly, the ball finally came to Thompson.

The Warriors' offensive fluency is as high as that of the Spurs, which is also a magic weapon that allows them to easily open up space and shoot to win.

Richard knew that Thompson would shoot a three-pointer, and he did shoot a three-pointer. However, the constant change of rhythm for 4 minutes in a row caused Richard's physical exhaustion to reach a high level. He was unable to kick up, and could only watch the ball fly by.

Being lucky once doesn't mean being lucky twice.

Thompson hit a three-pointer and the score opened up again.

On the last attack, Payne seized the opportunity to break through and score the ball to the inside. Kanter hit a hook and scored 2 points before the end of the first quarter, slightly stabilizing the situation.

At 25:33 in the first quarter, the Thunder trailed by 8 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Richard was left on the bench.

Donovan sensitively discovered that Richard's physical strength was starting to run out, so he left him to rest and replaced Oladipo again.

In the second quarter, the substitutes will have to play at least 2 to 4 minutes before the starters will slowly return to the field.

Sitting on the bench in frustration, Richard wrapped his head in a towel.

Usually I can still play at least 2 minutes, but this time I got even less playing time.

"You played well." The assistant coach comforted Richard, "You can keep up with Thompson, and you can successfully defend him and score in front of him."

Turning his head to look at Thompson who was also sitting and resting on the other side of the field, Richard didn't feel that he was guarding the opponent, and the assistant coach was obviously just comforting him.

Take another look at Westbrook sitting in the first position, he is staring at the field, his eyes are firm and his face is serious.

Donovan whispered something beside Westbrook, Westbrook nodded occasionally, shook his head occasionally, his expression did not change at all.

The battle of pure substitutes did not last long, or the Warriors did not have time for pure substitutes, and the Big Three could always maintain firepower output by splitting rotations.

In 2 minutes, the point difference finally stabilized at 10 points, and Westbrook also played again.

The Warriors were led by Durant alone.

The former Thunder Twins faced off head-on.

The crowd started booing Westbrook for the shut-up gesture up front, while also applauding Durant, who had just joined.

The atmosphere puts the two on opposite sides.

There is no need to hype the atmosphere, Westbrook looked at Durant without any kindness in his eyes.

Westbrook broke through and Durant assisted in the defense, which was a real defense.

Durant shot, Westbrook jumped up from behind and tried to block the shot, which was real.

Almost hit Durant on the head.

This seemingly dangerous action immediately caused a conflict, and killing the father and the enemy was just a defense in this way.

Durant became angry with embarrassment, and sprayed at Westbrook.

Westbrook didn't show any weakness, and went back with his head on his head.

The two spammed each other head-to-head, and the referee and players hurried forward to stop them.

Fortunately, they didn't do anything, except for a warning, each of them moved out of the way, and no technical foul was given to the two of them.

Richard also rushed to grab Westbrook, but the anger accumulated by Westbrook could not subside for the time being, and he still breathed fragrantly, cursing Durant from a distance.

"We use basketball to speak, Russell. Hands are more powerful than mouths!" Richard yelled while pulling Westbrook.

This made Westbrook stop talking trash, he shook his hand bitterly, got rid of the pull of his teammates, turned and returned to the court.

Regardless of whether the two sides have really calmed down, as long as there is no conflict, the game will continue.

The referee blew his whistle and the Warriors continued to kick off.

From this point on, Westbrook was a different person.

Westbrook, who was an impulsive, reckless individualism in the first quarter, has now become a preoccupied heroism.

Whether it is an individual or a hero depends on the effect.

Successive breakthroughs, fouls, and three-pointers from the outside, 8 of 5 shots, Westbrook has scored 13 points in a single quarter.

Curry didn't defend, Thompson didn't limit his success when he played, and Durant didn't block it several times in defense.

Westbrook, who turned on the killing mode, led the team to chase points.

The Thunder's defense has also become more rigorous and serious because of the conflict. In addition, the Warriors' Big Three were not on the court at the same time in the second quarter, and the scoring caught up a lot.

With 2 minutes left in the first half, the Thunder had chased the score to 58:62, only 4 points behind.

"Westbrook suddenly went berserk, and the Thunder's overall offense and defense have stepped up to a higher level." Dorris affirmed the Thunder in the live broadcast room.

"If Westbrook plays like this throughout the game, the Warriors really need to seriously consider how to defend him. You must know that Westbrook still has 6 assists in hand." Smith is also making suggestions for the Warriors, although the scene cannot be heard at all and does not know what the commentary is doing.

"14 of 7 shots, Westbrook's efficiency in the first half is already very good, a rare and excellent shooting percentage." Jackson praised Westbrook without hesitation.

"But the Warriors will still win the game." Smith is still firmly on the side of the Warriors.

"Why?" Jackson moved back a lot of face, naturally he will not let it go easily, and there is a topic of confrontation.

"Westbrook's performance is not stable. We are sitting here saying if, if. So there are too many variables. The Warriors are scoring steadily. They cannot be defeated."

"After you lose, discuss what 'if' means! Basketball is so attractive because of its unpredictability. We must believe in miracles. Remember last season's finals?" Jackson has a hand in revealing scars.

In the 15-16 season, the Warriors played an epic regular season record, breaking the record of 73 wins held by the Bulls in the Jordan era with a super score of 72 wins.

Curry won the scoring title with a scoring average of 30.1, and won the regular season MVP unanimously, the only time in history.

After falling behind 2:3 in the Western Conference finals, they sent the Thunder home in two consecutive games and won the Western Conference championship.

Everything seems to indicate that the Warriors may create a legend and establish a dynasty.

The legend was created, but not the Warriors, let alone Curry, but their opponents in the finals!
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