explosive dribbler

Chapter 104 Thunder Scores Consecutively
Westbrook made two free throws and the score came to the Magic 33:30 Thunder.

An Xiaonan began to organize an attack.

But this time, the Magic were terribly defended by the Thunder, and there was no better chance to make a shot.Finally the ball returned to An Xiaonan's hands.

An Xiaonan still fights big from small to big, but his small fight to big doesn't succeed every time after all.For example, this time, the mid-range shot was missed.

Anthony got the rebound, dribbled the ball upfield alone, and then passed the ball to Westbrook.

Westbrook took a tentative step after receiving the ball and made three threats. An Xiaonan didn't expect Westbrook's decision to be so firm.The reaction was a little slow, and Westbrook went straight to the inside to kill...

"Bang Dang!" The Thunder made an extremely fast defensive counterattack, and the Magic was caught off guard, and Westbrook scored with a single-handed dunk.

After Vucevic made a mid-range hit, Westbrook started his offense again in the frontcourt.

Only then did An Xiaonan understand that Westbrook wanted to temporarily put down the statistics and focus on scoring. Anyway, let's overtake the score first.

An Xiaonan was preparing to defend against Westbrook's breakthrough, but he didn't expect Westbrook to make a direct shot from outside the three-point line.

My God, this kind of wave throwing is coming again!
An Xiaonan thought inconceivably that in the past, he would be very worried whenever he saw Westbrook shooting like this on TV, because the ending would most likely be ironclad...

But this one went in.

At 35:33, the Thunder approached the score again.

After the start of the second quarter, the Thunder's offensive efficiency was extremely high.Although the Magic's offensive efficiency has been maintained within a normal range, but every one of the Thunder seems to have been injected with chicken blood...

Even Westbrook, who was cancerous in the first quarter, began to score unreasonably.

If he still can't defend against the Thunder's attack next time, it must be called a timeout.

An Xiaonan knew that at this time he had to stand up and take the initiative to ask for the ball in the frontcourt.

Facing Westbrook's defense, An Xiaonan broke through directly.

The pick-and-roll came to Westbrook's side in time, and Westbrook was delayed by the pick-and-roll.An Xiaonan went straight to the middle distance, paused for a while, and then suddenly accelerated and broke into the inside lane.This change of speed allowed him to squeeze a little shooting space from under Adams.

But An Xiaonan didn't shoot directly so recklessly. After all, direct shooting under such close physical contact will not find any good fruit to eat.

An Xiaonan cleverly raised the ball and swayed it, but Adams was obviously not fooled.

This made An Xiaonan's cleverness return in vain, and instead made An Xiaonan fall into a dead ball situation, making it even more difficult to score.

Seeing that the time to attack was approaching, this time showed An Xiaonan's personal ability.

With Adams pressing before and Westbrook threatening later, An Xiaonan was caught in a dilemma.

But this still couldn't stop An Xiaonan from scoring.An Xiaonan suddenly jumped up with the ball, his body tilted horizontally in the air, and he just forcibly obtained the shooting space!
But this kind of shooting is very difficult. An Xiaonan tilted his body in the air, and threw the ball with his right hand in a very weird posture.Unbiased, just across from Adams' finger.

Adams groaned inwardly, and almost covered it!
The ball hits the backboard and bounces into the hoop.

There was a burst of applause from the audience.

Westbrook stared at An Xiaonan with wide eyes: "Not bad!"

An Xiaonan didn't respond, nor did he celebrate the score, but quickly returned to defense.

This ball must stop Westbrook!
But is Westbrook, who is playing at his best, really so easy to stop?
You can beat Westbrook technically, but you can't stop his body.

You can beat Westbrook physically, it's... unlikely.

As soon as Westbrook received the ball, he singled out An Xiaonan directly.

An Xiaonan had already taken a defensive position, and Westbrook's breakthrough was also within An Xiaonan's prediction. He had already blocked Westbrook's path, but when Westbrook bumped his shoulder, An Xiaonan still couldn't bear it. Can't stop eating pain to make room for breakthrough.

What the hell is this guy's body made of!
Although Westbrook knocked An Xiaonan away, An Xiaonan was not completely passed.

Since he was defending Westbrook, An Xiaonan was already prepared to be bullied.It hurts, but never back down.

Wei Shao was secretly surprised, but he is not a person who can only use brute force to break through.A low-handed diversion dribble caught An Xiaonan with his own body.

An Xiaonan was clearly by Westbrook's side but couldn't pose any threat to the ball in Westbrook's hands, which made An Xiaonan feel very uncomfortable.

Westbrook took advantage of the shooting space created by this, and scored the ball with a throw.

Depend on!
An Xiaonan waved his fist unhappily, Westbrook's handling of the ball was completely beyond An Xiaonan's expectations.If Westbrook just played with brute force as before, An Xiaonan could threaten from the side.But I didn't expect Westbrook to temporarily change his style of play, which made An Xiaonan feel like it was all in vain.

As expected, after Westbrook made the goal, Vogel called a timeout.

In the second quarter, under the leadership of Paojiao, they played a wave of 37-35, and then Westbrook scored seven points in a row. The Magic established an [-]-point lead in the first quarter. Now it is [-]:[-] and only Two points.

Seeing that they are about to be overtaken, some tactical changes must be made.

Vogel did not hesitate to replace Augustin and Fournier, who had poor defense, and replaced them with Simmons and Mark.

On the inside, Vucevic was also replaced, and it was Speights who played.

This change has worked well, at least to a certain extent, limiting the performance of Westbrook and Paojiao.Once these two people were restrained, the Thunder's offense would be lacking in arms and legs.

But the flaw of this lineup is also obvious, that is, the lack of offensive vitality.

After Pickle came to the Thunder this year, his average steals per game ranked first in the league. It can be seen how much the Thunder's defensive system has been improved after Pickle's arrival.Although the Thunder's offensive efficiency has become lower, their defense is also so oppressive that the Magic can't widen the point difference.

Vogel can't think of a better way, and it is already a more pertinent way to prevent the Thunder from overtaking the score.

The second quarter ended not long after.

Magic 54:51, leading the Thunder by three points.

To be honest, An Xiaonan was not very satisfied with the result. When he walked back to the locker room, he was still discussing the tactics of the second half with Vogel.

An Xiaonan had a vague feeling that if the score was not opened as soon as possible, then the Thunder would launch a counterattack soon.

At that time, the game will lose its suspense after a wave of flow.

(End of this chapter)