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Chapter 328 The Fairy Ball

Throughout the second quarter, Durant was beaten to death by Webster. He only scored 5 points in total and only hit 8 goals in 2 shots. This was obviously not his normal level.However, the Thunder had too many scoring points. Even if Harden was watching the game from the sidelines, Westbrook focused on defense. Inside general Ibaka hit consecutive mid-range shots and never allowed the Timberwolves to tie the score.

At the end of the half, the score between the two sides was 59 to 57, and the Thunder temporarily led by 2 points.Brooks was very dissatisfied with this. According to his thinking, the Thunder should have a double-digit advantage in the first half, but now the two sides can be said to be on the same level, and the Timberwolves will be equalized or even surpassed by the Timberwolves if they fail to attack and defend. is unacceptable to him.

In the locker room of the home team, Brooks severely criticized the players under his command. He stood in the middle of the locker room and said loudly: "Our strength is better than the Timberwolves, but it seems that you didn't widen the gap in the first half. It disappoints me, and I believe the fans watching the game will also be disappointed, so do you want to continue to disappoint everyone in the second half?"

"We will never!" Everyone shouted in unison. Although it was very irregular, everyone's mentality was the same.This is their home court. If they can't get a good start at home, can they still say that they are the team with a better record?
At the same time, McHale also seized the time to draw tactics for the players in the visiting team's locker room. While writing and drawing on the tactical board, he said: "Here I want to praise Martel. In the first half, he played against Duran. Te's defense was very successful, and I hope to maintain this defensive intensity in the second half. But we didn't play a good enough offense, especially Chris, I know you are under a lot of pressure, but I still hope you can be with your teammates. Help get out of their defense."

Xu Hao shrugged. He also knew that his performance in the first half was mediocre. This was largely because Sefolosha and Westbrook interfered with him anytime and anywhere, and Ellington's performance was not enough. Let the Thunder arrange a dedicated defender for him.It can be said that Xu Hao bears at least [-]% of Thunder's outside defensive pressure alone, which is indeed very difficult.

But this is not an excuse for his poor play. A real star can quickly adjust his style of play even in a strict defense and contribute to the team in other ways. Xu Hao believes that he can do this too .

So for McHale's criticism, he accepted it humbly and made up his mind to change the status quo in the second half.Thunder's double team is indeed very powerful, but Xu Hao doesn't think it's unbreakable, it just takes time.

Soon the second half began, and both sides set up their starting lineups in unison.In fact, at this time, Brooks usually puts Harden on the court to partner with Westbrook, but Sefolosha did a good job defending in the first half, teaming up with Westbrook to limit Xu Hao to a relatively low level. Very good, it is a wise decision to continue to play him.

After the game started, Xu Hao was double-teamed by Sefolosha and Westbrook again, but he did not hand the ball to his teammates like in the first half, but carefully protected the basketball in the encirclement.At this time Westbrook was just behind him, Xu Hao pushed back hard, squeezed a little space, and threw the ball with a twisted posture.

Xu Hao's shot shocked McHale on the sidelines and complained in his heart.In his opinion, Xu Hao's goal was obviously a grudge. He just wanted to prove that he could get through this level, so his mind became unclear.In fact, Ellington has already laid an ambush in the bottom corner. As long as Xu Hao passes the ball, it will be a proper assist.

Just when McHale was about to stand up and call Love to grab the rebound, he seemed to be strangled. Xu Hao's seemingly impossible shot actually made the ball go into the basket obediently. The rebounding players all looked confused under the basket.It shouldn't be!Obviously it was Xu Hao who shot randomly in the double-team, why did he hit it?

Everyone was puzzled, and they could only attribute this ball to Xu Hao's luck that exploded, but in fact, only Xu Hao knew that he had been training against multiple people in the system, and this was just one of them. Results only.He knows very well that such a fairy ball is the best way to hit the opponent's morale, so it is also the way he has practiced for the longest time.

In the first half, Xu Hao did not take such an approach, but handed the ball to his teammates, largely because he did not want to show his training results in advance.But at McHale's request, he had to break through the Thunder's encirclement, and strong shots were his choice.In the round just now, outsiders looked like he was reckless, but whether it was the distance, space or the opponent's reaction, they were all within the scope of Xu Hao's consideration. Coupled with his shooting skills, this made the goal.

The entire Thunder team didn't take Xu Hao's goal seriously. In the next offensive round of the Timberwolves, they still let Sefolosha and Westbrook step forward to double-team as before.However, at almost the same position, Xu Hao did exactly the same thing, again protecting the ball, resisting and pulling up to shoot, sending the basketball into the basket again.

It was only then that Brooks realized that Xu Hao was not lucky, but did have such skills and abilities, which made him feel a little nervous.Xu Hao obviously wanted to use this method to tell the Thunder that it was difficult for double teams to continue to produce good results in the second half. He had a lot of ways to solve this problem, and he could also make the Thunder suffer.

But what else could Brooks do?Xu Hao must be blown up by a single defense. It's not that he doesn't believe in Sefolosha, but double-teaming is obviously safer, and Xu Hao can forcefully score in the encirclement now. Facing Sefolosha People are of course more relaxed.So Brooks can only continue to maintain a high-pressure defense against Xu Hao, and he doesn't believe that Xu Hao can hit difficult three-pointers in a row like this. If he can really do it, then the Thunder will recognize it.

During the timeout, Brooks specifically told Sefolosha and Westbrook to put more pressure on Xu Hao. It would be best to suppress Xu Hao from the first second he received the ball. Steals are even better.The Thunder's duo seemed full of confidence, and they were not knocked down by the two magic balls, and they all said they could do it.

Harden on the side was thoughtful. He didn't expect that his good brother seemed to have added a new weapon after the serious injury, and he could score in the pincer attack of Sefolosha and Westbrook. less than...

(End of this chapter)