I'm king in the basket

Chapter 397 The Mysterious Thumb

With only 22 seconds left in the first half, the Raptors chased the point difference to only one point. Thunder coach Scott Brooks gave Harden the last chance to attack.He had this season's Sixth Man of the Year dribble for 1 seconds and then attack.

At the last moment, most teams will deal with it like this.

Harden glanced at his family sitting on the sidelines, held the clock down, and dribbled around the three-point line looking for opportunities.Then, he found a gap between himself and DeRozan.So he passed by DeRozan's side, and the Raptors immediately shrunk their defense, but his footsteps were extremely fast, he layup with his left hand, and scored at the buzzer.

His final drive helped the Thunder enter the second half with a three-point lead.

The commentator praised his performance with exaggerated metaphors, but he didn't have any feedback. With a poker face and beard fluttering, he followed his teammates into the player tunnel.

The two teams had a heated dialogue in the first half, but he remained cold throughout.

Silent and calm, not easily shaken, this is his advantage.

However, once a person who is too calm is dazed, he will also bring endless negative energy.

Snyder led the players out, and he had a lot to explain.

This first half was indescribable.

Some people fight on the field; some people fly kites on the field; some people fight hard on the field.

This is the finals. The Thunder played so hard, but these bastards are actually making fun of them?Do you know what it means to respect an opponent?

The members of the Raptors were talking and laughing, but someone noticed Snyder's stinky face and quickly spread the news. Everyone fell silent, and no one accepted the head coach's rant.

There are a few people who will definitely be severely criticized and educated.

Bargnani and Mark were fully prepared, no matter what Snyder said, they just nodded their heads and just finished it.

"In the first half of the game, there is a lot to sum up."

"We have some guys who just don't seem to be ready to go out and see this game as a showdown."

Snyder's eyes flicked back and forth between Bargnani and Mark.

He was waiting, waiting for these two confused bastards to come forward and admit their mistakes.

Bargnani's thick skin naturally stood up as a chicken and duck to be slaughtered, and as his horse boy, Mark followed closely.

Then there was Snyder's time to make an example of others. He blamed the team's inaction in all aspects of the first half on the two of them, so as to deter others.

"If we keep playing with this attitude, the consequences will be disastrous. You all know that the Thunder will not let us take away the game easily."

Snyder said loudly: "Now, you still have a chance to save yourself. In the second half, I want you to play like a semi-final!"

Snyder spent half of the time in the criticism meeting, and then used the rest of the time to formulate the grand strategy for the second half.

Snyder didn't expect others to recover in the second half, and he clearly placed Li Xing at the end.

"From now on, Luckey is both the tactical initiation point and the tactical end point."

Snyder set up, and halftime was over.

The players are back on the field.

In the second half, the Thunder's three young men started the game. Westbrook seemed to be fine. He was looking for the rookie who dared to elbow him on the field.

Too bad Mark won't get any more minutes tonight.

"That bastard!"

Westbrook's eyes almost burst into flames.

"I don't know what you're angry about. Didn't you do it first? What's so angry about you? Shervin just retaliated with an eye."

Stephenson said coldly.

"Very well, since he can't play, I'll collect debts from you!"

"I'm just going to give you a fucking shit, debt collection? You are fucking dreaming!" Stephenson yelled.

The first to attack was not Westbrook who threatened to collect debts, but Harden.

The conversation between Harden and DeRozan was ignored.

In this series, none of them are protagonists.

Harden is the Thunder's sixth man, the actual third leader; DeRozan is the Raptors' third scorer, and he is also the third leader.

But in this series, Li Xing and Bargnani, who was convulsed when they met the Thunder, were too outstanding, but DeRozan had a mediocre presence; Harden also had the same problem, he was the most versatile sixth player in the league. People, it's a pity that the eldest brother and the second brother are too aggressive, completely overshadowing him.

With a height of 196 centimeters and a weight of 220 pounds (about 100 kilograms), Harden seems to be the figure of a typical wing player, but Harden is actually far from the word "typical".

Harden has slightly above-average athleticism, decent quickness, a lethal first step and, if not outstanding, upper-body strength.

His physical condition is far from being against the sky, but his offensive skills are absolutely unparalleled.Harden can always control the game under his own rhythm, provoke his opponents to challenge himself, and then beat them with all his strength.

What he has is exactly what DeRozan lacks the most.

DeRozan would not be able to practice his skills in his life-it's just that there is still greater energy lurking in Harden's body.

He's like Neo in The Matrix who hasn't discovered how powerful he is yet.

Harden's speed is not fast, but he can control his speed well, so he can always easily get rid of the opponent's defense.

When DeRozan played a tight defense against him, he responded extremely calmly.

Harden deliberately slowed down his speed, then slowly increased his speed, and finally, he rushed to the basket with a sudden acceleration, ending the attack forcefully.

After scoring, Harden ran past Li Xing without saying anything.

DeRozan raised his hand and said, "My fault."

It is rare for Snyder to give Li Xing the absolute core role on the offensive end.

Li Xing has the ability to support this important task, but this will make some teammates dissociate from the game.

Especially for a player like DeRozan who needs to play a terminator to show his energy, he will struggle.

But Harden broke out again at this time.

Li Xing made a decision in less than half a second of hesitation. Since he is the starting point and the ending point, it is naturally up to him to decide who initiates and who terminates.

Snyder gave him absolute autonomy.

"Demar."

Li Xing and DeRozan ran across the half court together. Just as he was about to settle down, he pointed his thumb at a 45-degree angle to the left.

"Lucky?"

Li Xingdao: "You have practiced the low attack for so long, is it just to abuse Lance during training?"

"of course not!"

"Then use it."

Li Xing went straight to the basket: "Don't worry about the rebound."

DeRozan remembered the layout of Snyder's midfield. He made it clear that Li Xing would be the starting and ending point of the offense.

The meaning of this arrangement is to pass the ball to Li Xing as much as possible, let him attack, and pass the ball if the opponent double-teams.

Li Xing gave up the ball as soon as he came up, which violated the coach's arrangement.

At the same time, it also gave him great pressure.

He had to score this goal, otherwise Snyder would scold him and Li Xing together.

No one wants to hear Snyder chanting, especially when he's putting on a fucking face, and watching him while chanting is the scariest thing in the world.

DeRozan came up and leaned against Harden.

Li Xing stretched the space beside him to ensure that Thunder couldn't double-team him.

In the Thunder's view, DeRozan's low-post offense does not need double-teaming.

In the scouting reports of various teams, DeRozan does not have the ability to attack in the low post.

Seeing the changes on the court, Snyder was about to ask someone to clarify, but just as he was about to speak, he stopped again.

Will Li Xing disobey him for no reason?
will not.

He did it for a reason.

However, no matter how you have a reason, you can't make the decision without saying a word.

It is not a bad thing for players to have ideas. If they have too many ideas, it is a disaster for the coach to put them into practice without even asking for instructions.

"This brat is getting more and more outrageous." Snyder decided to "talk" to Li Xing after the game was over.

The reason why Snyder acquiesced in Li Xing's doing so was because the latter himself was not an uncontrollable person.

Again, things happen for a reason.

Snyder watched quietly, perhaps without waiting for Li Xing to tell the truth, he could see the clue.

Li Xing didn't know what DeRozan's inherent development path was like.He only knows that DeRozan will work hard to practice low-post offensive skills next.

This is the technical link that DeRozan has been strengthening all the time.

In actual combat, his low-post attacks are pitiful. Now, in order to hit a response ball, he leans on Harden, who is nearly 10 pounds heavier than him, and pushes hard.

Harden's weight made it extremely easy for him to defend the low post, and DeRozan didn't even think about pushing him away.

These few hits were just looking for the feel of shooting.

When he made the third hit, Tu Qiong saw that DeRozan showed murderous intent, turned around, and stepped back with his feet. His height and jumping height are his advantages.

Harden's block didn't matter much, and DeRozan squared up in the air for a Kobe-esque low-post turnaround jumper.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"Shh!"

The basketball bounced a few times and finally fell into the net.

A technique that has never been used in actual combat, against a strong student of the same level, it was successfully used for the first time on the stage of the finals.

Is there a better place to start?

"DeMar just made a Kobe-style shot, it's amazing!"

Li Xing turned around and ran past Snyder: "Coach, I'm sorry."

"Let's talk after the fight!" Snyder gave him a thumbs up, and he didn't know whether it was a compliment or a mockery of "you are so brave!"

Li Xing felt bitter. Looking at it like this, he couldn't escape the hour after the game.

He regretted it, DeRozan was killed by Harden, why should he meddle in his own business?
"Larch, I feel fine."

DeRozan ran to Li Xing and said.

Li Xing was sad, not in the mood to congratulate him: "Oh."

"Oh?"

"It means I know."

"Aren't you too indifferent?"

Li Xing still had an indifferent face, imitating Snyder's appearance, and gave him a thumbs up: "Can we talk after the fight?"

DeRozan thought to himself that this person is really mentally ill. Just now he thought of himself as Britney, but now he has finished his work and still looks indifferent.

(End of this chapter)