Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 152 It's Casspi Again

Westbrook then continued to play the best personal offense. In this game, his hands were smooth, killing the inside of the Kings in a row, and making bloody dunks in a row. The offense was all done by him. In the first quarter of the game, Westbrook scored 14 points alone!
However, Westbrook's ferocious performance did not overwhelm the Kings. The Kings also responded. Tyreke's personal breakthrough was a breaking point that the Thunder could not ignore, and Cousins' power in the paint began to show.

Cousins ​​singles Perkins, unless Cousins' touch is extremely bad, Cousins ​​can score the ball by various means.Perkins is big and has a lot of tonnage. Perkins is worth it when he meets a muscular stick that smashes under the basket. However, Cousins ​​is also a big guy inside. With offensive skills and long-range shooting, Perkins was completely restrained by Cousins.

Letting Cousins ​​singles out Perkins will give him points with a high probability, but the Thunder cannot easily remove Perkins. After all, Perkins is already considered reliable inside the Thunder. Muhammad also can't deal with Cousins, and at the same time, Perkins' inside meat shield can also block the breakthrough led by Tyreke to a certain extent.Under such circumstances, Ibaka's help defense is needed, but this will give the stable mid-range West an opportunity, which allows the Kings to maintain an advantage in the interior confrontation.

After the first quarter, the Thunder led the Kings by only 29 point 28 to 1, which can be said to be evenly divided.

"Bryan, judging from the first quarter, today's game should be a hard battle for the team... The Kings are in good form in this game. The two core players, Tyreke Evans and DeMarcus . Cousins ​​has entered the rhythm of the game early, and the rest of the players have also played well, and they still haven't widened the gap in the score despite Russell's outbreak..."

"That's right Grant, but don't forget, the team still has Kevin! Kevin's desire to attack in the first round was not strong, and he only took 3 shots. If Kevin opened up, I think the game should be another game. It's a situation..."

The intermission is over and the game is back. At this time, the Kings lineup is Thomas Jr., Jimmy, Casspi, Faried, Cousins, and the Thunder team is Reggie Jackson, Harden, Durant, Nick Collison, Perkins.

Isaiah Thomas is not very popular with coach Westphal due to his height. He and Jimmy are both rookies in the 11th year, but Jimmy has already secured his starting position with his own defense, and Thomas Jr. still has few opportunities. .

However, at present, Thomas Jr.'s playing pick has overwhelmed veteran player Udrih, who is also a point guard. Udrih has declined rapidly this season. At the same time, it still occupies a salary space of about 700 million US dollars. His contract has one more season. After this season, there is a high possibility that Udrih will be swept out.

Although Thomas Jr. is equal to one less defensive player on the field, judging from his performance so far, Thomas Jr. is still capable of offense. His good shooting and dexterous dribbling make him capable of becoming a master of chaos. Although Coach Stefal doesn't reuse Thomas Jr., he also believes that Thomas Jr. should be able to become a bench scorer.

With Thomas Jr. on the court, the offensive ability of the backcourt is guaranteed, and the defense depends on Jimmy to wipe his ass. At this time, although Westbrook is off the court to rest in the Thunder's backcourt, Harden is still the super sixth man. His partner Jackson was more than brave and inexperienced as a rookie, but with Harden, the strength of the backcourt is far better than that of the Kings backcourt without Tyreke at this time.

However, Harden is not the most threatening point on the Thunder team at this time. As the sideline commentator Brian Davis said, if Durant enters the scoring mode, it will be extremely terrifying. With Deng's outside containment, Durant started to release in this quarter.

Durant continued to use unsolvable mid-range shots to score points. Although Casspi was 2 meters tall, he was still a quarter shorter than Durant. This is what is terrible about Durant , The height of the center, the position of the small forward, and the skill of the guard!
Usually, when Casspi defends, although his defensive skills are average, relying on his height, wingspan and good defensive awareness is still reasonable, but when he meets Durant, even his own advantages become disadvantages.However, the Kings still gave Casspi plenty of opportunities in this game. After all, the Thunder still have Westbrook and Harden to defend, and Casspi's height at the third position is already considered superior. Duran No player at this level can really stop him.

"Haha, Grant, you see I'm right, Kevin is starting to show his strength, Kevin's personal ability, no one in the Kings can match him, and the previous games also relied on Jimmy Butler and Caron. Butler's wheel defense accelerated Kevin's physical exertion and affected his shooting percentage. Since Durant did not have too many personal offenses in the first quarter of the game, the Kings did not arrange tactics to let Jimmy, who has the strongest outside defensive ability, Go defend Durant, now is the time to open up the point difference!"

However, the situation on the court was not as Davis expected, and Casspi of the Kings stood up again at this time!
Casspi broke out once in the game against the Clippers at the beginning of the season. His three-pointer made the Clippers taste the pain. Can't stop Durant, and on the offensive end, Casspi also made the Thunder feel fear!

Continuous catch and shoot three-pointers made the Thunder complain. Although Durant succeeded frequently, Casspi was able to respond frequently.

Chasing the three-point line and making an emergency stop!Hit!
Thomas Jr. crossed, Casspi stepped back to avoid the defense after receiving the ball, and made a three-pointer!Hit!

Facing Durant's defensive mid-range shot!Hit again!

Two consecutive three-pointers plus a long-distance long two-pointer not only kept the score from opening up, but also greatly improved the morale of the team!
Everyone watched the first goal calmly. When the second and third goals were scored, Tyreke, who was on the bench, took the lead in shouting from the sidelines!
During this period of time, the Kings relied on Casspi's performance against Durant!
On the court, Casspi looked calm amidst the applause of his teammates. Casspi is mediocre, and he is destined not to become a man of the league. Next season will also be the last year of his rookie contract. Can he win a job? A satisfactory contract is still unknown, but if you do your best and do your best on the court, you can finally realize your value!
(End of this chapter)