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Chapter 330
When McHale called a timeout, there were less than 5 minutes before the end of the game. The point difference between the two sides was still tight, which was very dangerous for either side.However, the pressure on the Thunder players is much greater than that of the Timberwolves. After all, their regular season record ranks higher. If they lose in the first game, they will undoubtedly be criticized by the fans.

Although Durant's sudden outburst allowed the Thunder to gain a 6-point lead, Brooks' face was still very serious. He was afraid that a Timberwolves player would suddenly jump out and score consecutive points like Durant to regain the initiative on the field.In Brooks' view, since Durant feels hot now, it's almost enough for others to beat him up.

On the bench of the Timberwolves, McHale was also teaching Xu Hao face-to-face. He directly vetoed his previous idea of ​​letting Xu Hao organize the offense, and instead asked him to continue playing singles with the ball.McHale could see very clearly that Love, the team's other main scorer, did not have an advantage in the contest with Ibaka. The Timberwolves can only rely on Xu Hao now.

It can be said that the head coaches of both sides have the same idea, and it depends on who can win Xu Hao or Durant.

What puzzled McHale was that after the game restarted, Xu Hao took the ball across half court and directly faced Durant's defense. Isn't this too confident for himself?It's not that McHale doesn't believe in Xu Hao's scoring ability, but Durant is tall, long-armed, and quick and responsive. As long as he is willing, it seems to be a piece of cake to guard Xu Hao.

However, Xu Hao took the initiative to challenge Durant so openly. Most people thought he must be crazy, but only Xu Hao himself knew that he hoped to use this to undermine Durant's self-confidence and lower his confidence. scoring efficiency.

Looking at Xu Hao who was dribbling the ball unhurriedly in front of him, Durant had a look of disdain in his eyes. In his opinion, Xu Hao was asking for trouble.Even so, Durant still lowered his center of gravity, straightened his two long arms, waved them to interfere with Xu Hao's sight, and at the same time fixed his eyes on his toes, ready to judge Xu Hao's possible movements at any time.

Xu Hao smiled slightly, and the frequency of shooting the ball suddenly increased. After a series of dizzying dribbles, he finally deceived Durant and rushed past from his left side.Durant was startled and quickly turned around to catch up. The Thunder's inside line was smooth sailing. If Xu Hao could easily break through his defense, getting to the basket and scoring would be like picking something out of his pocket.

But how could Xu Hao not pay attention to his actions?He even deliberately slowed down to wait for Durant, then slyly leaned in when he reached out to interfere, and threw the ball into the basket with a twisting motion at the same time as the referee blew his whistle.Durant's complexion was as ugly as if he had eaten Xiang. He didn't expect that his backtracking would actually send the opponent 2+1.

When Xu Hao made a steady hit and added a penalty, the point difference between the two sides returned to 3 points. Now Durant was a little too cautious when he faced Xu Hao again. He would rather let Xu Hao shoot than give a shot. The space he breaks through.

However, this is not a problem for Xu Hao, who has many scoring methods. Seeing that Durant was one meter away from him, he immediately took off on the spot and shot quickly. The orange basketball successfully avoided Durant's long shot in mid-air. Arm, then fell into the basket amid the boos and curses of the home fans, and the two sides were back on the same starting line again.

Brooks punched the tactical board hard. Although he had many young talents in his hands, he was still jealous of McHale, a player like Xu Hao who could make sudden shots and organize offense. In fact, it's not uncommon. The key issue is that this is only his second season. Brooks is a little salivating after showing such a monster talent so early.But it seems that now is not the time to think about such things. Defeating the Timberwolves in this game is serious.

After three consecutive rounds of singles against Durant, Xu Hao achieved his goal, because under his defense, Durant had already hit the iron for two rounds, and was forced to pass the ball to his teammate once.In the future, Durant mentioned this duel with Xu Hao more than once. He sincerely said that it was Xu Hao's suppression of him that made him settle down and continue to improve.

It can be said that Xu Hao helped the Timberwolves regain the lead almost by himself, and McHale couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seems that this guy is the most suitable to score points.The other players of the Timberwolves also took care of the rest of the dirty work with winking. Even Love frequently pulled up to the high position to cover for Xu Hao, and then popped out to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer.

The Timberwolves' offensive made Durant very anxious, but he is not the league's top scorer who can steadily contribute more than 25 points in every game in the future. After all, this is only his fourth season, and he has experience, but Also a little immature.At this critical moment, the more anxious he is, the more he can't make the shot, and the more he can't make the shot, the more anxious he is. This is already an endless loop.To make matters worse, Brooks didn't have the courage to replace him, so he could only shout and give him instructions on the sidelines.

Unfortunately, by the time Durant woke up from his anger, the Timberwolves had already opened the point difference to 8 points, and the Thunder only had the last 1 minute and 47 seconds left.Theoretically, they still have a chance to win the game, but now the Timberwolves' morale has been boosted by Xu Hao. They were obviously very tired and suddenly burst out with a new force, which made it difficult for the Thunder to resist. In addition, Westbrook was out of form the entire game, and the Thunder were in a dangerous situation.

At the critical moment, Harden stepped forward again. In fact, no one else in the Thunder can make a difference except him.Ibaka is still entangled with Love, Collison lacks scoring ability, Durant and Westbrook have misfired, if even Harden dies, there is really no need for the Thunder to fight this game, it is better to just go straight Put on a substitute and surrender.

However, Harden's consecutive scoring failed to save the team. Xu Hao's touch was so hot, and his teammates could create opportunities for him. He never let Harden lead the Thunder to launch a counterattack.In the end, the whole game came to an end in the confrontation between the two sides. The Timberwolves defeated the Thunder 101 to 95 in the away game, and won the series for the first time.

In this campaign, Xu Hao scored a game-high 35 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and sent 9 assists at the same time. He was the number one contributor to the Timberwolves' victory, and only Durant and Harden played normally among the Thunder's three young men. 24 points and 11 rebounds, the latter has 21 points and 7 assists, but this performance is obviously not enough for the Thunder to win the game.

(End of this chapter)