Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 16 16. The Rising Race

"Oh my god! It's unbelievable!" During the intermission, the live broadcast room became lively.

The three commentators would rather give up the wonderful performance of the passionate cheerleaders, but also discuss the first half of the game.

"Only leading by 2 points, I thought the gap of more than 10 points could be opened in the first half!" Smith expressed his surprise unabashedly, "The Thunder are tougher than I imagined."

"Westbrook played very reasonably in the second quarter, which was different from his usual performance." Dorris joked, "But a reasonable Westbrook is really unstoppable!"

"It's a pity he doesn't always play reasonably," Smith added.

"If he can play reasonably all the time, he won't be the way we like, so enthusiastic, so aggressive!" Jackson's evaluation is very high, and it can be seen that he has some appreciation for Westbrook.

"Haha... Then you two, what do you think of the second half of the game?" Doris dominated the topic.

Smith spoke first: "Of course I support the Warriors because..."

"Because of the Big Four." Jackson interrupted Smith, "Hey, man, you may not have noticed that Green only scored... 2 points in the first half."

After speaking, he raised an eyebrow at Smith.

Known as a giant but never scoring high points, and even averaging less than 10 points per game, Green is also a strange thing.

"Green's role is not mentioned in scoring." Smith was a little angry, and Jackson's words were too provocative.

"To be honest, many of Green's high-level statistics are very high, but his scores have always been low." Dorris did not offend both sides, and stopped their quarrel in time, "Jack, what do you think of the situation in the second half?"

"Although I am very reluctant, and the current situation looks good, the chances for the Thunder to win are still not high." Jackson tapped his fingers on the commentary stand in front of him.

"Judging from the current statistics, only Westbrook plays in the Thunder, and this is all based on his reasonable playing conditions. Everyone knows that he is easy to get on top..." Jackson said and pointed to his head.

Then he went on to say: "And the Thunder have to face a more serious problem - physical fitness!"

At the same time, the Thunder in the away locker room are also arranging tactics, and Donovan also mentioned the same problem.

"Physical fitness! In the first half, everyone was very motivated and successfully withstood the opponent's offensive. But we just played an away game last night. This is our disadvantage." Donovan scanned the audience. Some players were relaxing their leg muscles.

"The third quarter is very important. We seize the intermission time to recover our physical strength. The opponent will definitely have a wave of offensive in the third quarter. As long as we can withstand and bite the score, we can return to the same starting line in the fourth quarter." Donovan's determined eyes and tone encouraged every player.

"Come on!" There were sparse cheers in the locker room where the Thunder team was located.

The 15 minutes of the halftime break can be long or short. For the audience, two simple interaction times are up. For the players, the rare 15 minutes can replenish a lot of energy.

At least from the outside, each one is back to life.

When the time is up, back on the court, both sides once again sacrificed the starting five tigers.

The complacent and lazy look on the faces of the Warriors players is gone, replaced by the look of each one facing the enemy and going all out.

Looking at the stern-faced Cole, you can probably guess that Cole was swearing in the locker room during the intermission.

Regardless of face, Durant was introduced just to compete for the championship, but he was forced to almost a draw by the thunderbolt Thunder for no reason.

Even if there is no way to get 73 wins again, the team's chemical reaction and tactical execution have not been shown, which is unacceptable to Cole.

The first half of the game was full of various singles and underestimated the enemy. This was a fatal mistake for Cole. He had to play every game as the last game in order to find problems and then solve them.

It's just that for them who are super strong and win more than lose, they can't and don't want to experience it.

As a former Spurs player, Cole deeply knows how important it is for a team to be disciplined. Even if he can formulate his tactics to play team basketball like the Spurs, Popovich is still too far behind in terms of running the army.

Closer to home, the game on the court started again, and the Warriors attacked at the beginning of the third quarter.

The Warriors who came back from the intermission rectification, the offense is like mercury pouring down the ground, the basketball is constantly transmitted in the hands of the players, all kinds of off-ball running, pick-and-roll, air cuts, the entire court is dazzled.

It's as if Warriors players are everywhere.

The Thunder's defensive space has been repeatedly compressed. Only in this way can they avoid being caught by the opponent and cut in.

But the compression will empty the perimeter, and the Warriors' three-point ability is the best in the league, and the end of emptying is to be bombarded wildly.

Thunder was brought into the Warriors' offensive rhythm, following the opponent's changes, not only passive, but also constantly losing points.

And when a lot of energy is put on the forced defense, the physical strength also drops crazily. In addition to the lack of physical strength, the Thunder once again stretched the offensive.

Crazy shots, crazy strikes.

No matter who Westbrook gives the ball to, there is no way to get a score.

After hitting the back, no one dared to shoot, and no one was willing to hold the ball.

Morale collapsed.

The Warriors played the style of beating the dog in the water, the Tsunami brothers took turns to bomb, you scored a three-pointer, I contributed a dunk, and he made another breakthrough.

Within 8 minutes, the score widened to 16 points.

Donovan called timeouts twice but failed to salvage the situation.

Too tired to cheer up.

Only Westbrook is still fighting.

When everyone is unwilling to ask for the ball, then play it yourself.If you can make a breakthrough, you can make a strong breakthrough, and go to the basket to cause damage;
Within 8 minutes, Westbrook took 10 shots alone, but only made 2 hits.

Even the star players can't take the lead in scoring points, and the fatigue caused by psychological pressure is even more obvious.

79: 95.

"Move! Everyone, don't be afraid to shoot. If you miss the shot, we can get it back!" Westbrook couldn't help but grabbed Donovan's job.

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Adams.

"Yes! Russell is right! I will grab the rebound!" Adams puffed up his biceps, showing his strong body.

But so what?Apart from being at the basket, Adams has no deterrence, and he mainly relies on eating cakes at the basket.

The other players lowered their heads, not daring to look at the coach and Westbrook.

No one else can compare to you, two beefy guys!Back-to-back away games have such abundant physical fitness.

Donovan has no better way, and can only rely on substitutions to adjust the rest time.

And this situation was unexpected.

The Thunder, who had fought hard for halftime, suddenly collapsed in the third quarter.

The audience roared like a tsunami, and the commentary was dumbfounded.

"What did Kerr feed his players in midfield? He scored 8 points in just 28 minutes!" Jackson rubbed his eyes heavily, trying to see if he was wrong.

"I ate chicken soup." Smith made a cold joke of Huaxia, "The four giants are present at the same time, and the Thunder can't stop it at all."

"The fourth giant you mentioned only scored 28 out of 2 points." Jackson hoped for the Thunder, but now he was hit, so he continued to make fun of Green, embarrassing Smith as well.

"So what? The Thunder shot more shots than they scored in the third quarter. They only scored 12 points so far, which is not as high as Durant alone."

Durant didn't know whether to show that he had a clear relationship with the Thunder or a relationship with Westbrook, and he had already scored 13 points in a single quarter.

One point more than the Thunder team scored in a single quarter.

"Westbrook scored 8 points alone, although he was only 10 of 2." Jackson didn't know whether he was regretting or justifying.

"It seems that the Thunder has been powerless, the physical decline is too serious, the defense is obviously unable to keep up, and the offense is also inaccurate due to lack of physical strength." Dorris came out again to summarize.

"The Thunder coach should understand the current situation. Does he want to adjust his strategy to fight or surrender, and come back next time." Dorris said that the latter seems to be the best choice.

After all, the Thunder currently have four consecutive victories in their hands, and their morale and record are still there. Even if they lose a game, it won't have much impact.

"Substitution." Jackson has been paying attention to the situation on the field. This timeout is almost at the regular rotation time. You can get a rough idea of ​​Donovan's decision by looking at Donovan's substitution choices.

"Only two main players have been changed, and Westbrook is still on the court. Donovan hasn't conceded yet." When Jackson tilted his head and couldn't understand Donovan's intentions, Smith had already mentioned Jackson and began to explain.

"Donovan still wants to fight?" Doris said what was in Donovan's heart.

No, it should be Westbrook's heart.

Westbrook still wants to work harder. He is a person who never admits defeat, let alone losing to the most despised "traitor".

Back on the court, Westbrook turned on individualism again.

If you suddenly lose your shooting touch, then get it back, don’t make two shots at a time; rush in without fear in the tightly defended inside line, and use your strong body to break through the wall.

The last 4 minutes became Westbrook's ultimate personal madness. He was only crazy and didn't show it off.

Even if Richard has a good outside line, Westbrook has no time to take care of him; even if Adams, who has a tacit understanding with him in the pick-and-roll, can have a chance, Westbrook will go for it personally.

Once, twice, three times...

"Westbrook is wasting an opportunity!" Smith spread his hands, he felt that the player had a psychological problem after being beaten.

Look at the current score, 81:100.

The difference is 19 points.

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