NBA bench saves national team

In the offensive possession of the Celtics.

After a missed shot, Jeff Green rushed to the penalty area for a rebound and confronted Chandler in the air.

Then, as the two hit the ground, Green stepped on Chandler's foot.

A scream.

Chandler fell to the ground with a painful expression.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt a thump in their hearts, and instantly became nervous.

The referee stopped the game.

The players gathered around one after another, looking at Chandler who was clutching his feet and writhing on the ground in pain, they all showed concern.

Jeff Green showed an annoyed look on his face, and stood aside, wanting to step up to check on Chandler's situation, but he didn't dare to go forward, looking a bit entangled.

"Man, how are you feeling?"

Durant asked.

"I lost feeling in my toes and had severe pain."

Chandler said, cold sweat dripping down non-stop.

Bad premonition welled up in everyone's heart.

If this is the time when Chandler is injured, it will be a huge blow to the team. After all, Chandler is the core player of the Thunder's defensive system.

Without Chandler, the Thunder would have dropped at least a notch on the defensive end.

The team doctor came over quickly for an examination, then shook his head, expressing the need for a further examination.

Everyone helped Chandler up, and then, supported by two substitute players, walked towards the player tunnel.

In any case, Chandler will definitely not be able to return to this game.

"Hey, man! I know you didn't mean it, don't blame yourself, put all your energy into the game! You performed very well this time, keep it up!"

Just as he was leaving the court, Chandler stopped suddenly, turned around and said to Jeff Green, with a forced smile on his face.

Injuries are merciless.

No one wants to see this result.

He believes that Green definitely did not mean it.

After hearing Chandler's words, Jeff Green's expression suddenly became relaxed, as if he had been forgiven, as if he had been relieved.

beep.

The referee's whistle blows.

The game continues.

Brooks had to replace Perkins to guard the penalty area, but the Celtics were too familiar with Perkins' playing habits, and Perkins himself was not a good defender.

Not only is the awareness of defensive judgment extremely poor, but the body movement speed is also very slow.

Therefore, the players of the Green Army began to rush into the penalty area frantically, causing continuous damage.

In less than 3 minutes, Perkins was fouled three times.

The Thunder are in a hurry in the penalty area!

Seeing this, Brooks simply replaced Perkins, pushed Ibaka to the 5th position, and started playing a small lineup.

In addition to the four starters, Brooks placed Redick, the most accurate three-pointer off the bench, on the field.

Before Chandler was injured, the Thunder often deployed such a five-small lineup, and the effect was very good.

But if the opponent's lineup has a super center, then these five small lineups are somewhat disadvantaged, because none of the players can play the role of a center at the center position.

PJ Tucker will have such strength in the next ten years, but for now, apart from the unstable shooting of three-pointers, his body muscles are not strong enough to compete with the center.

This makes the Thunder's five small lineups have great flaws, not as perfect as the future Warriors' five small squads of death.

Fortunately, there are no particularly powerful centers in the Green Army's lineup, which gave the Thunder a chance to play their five small lineups.

Under the tandem of Qin Feng and Westbrook, the two masters of organization, the Thunder rained three-pointers in the game.

Qin Feng, Durant, and Redick made three-pointers one after another, and even Westbrook, who was on the spur of the moment, made a three-pointer when he was on top.

After the hit, he took a special look at Rondo, showing off...

In the 4 minutes in the middle of the second quarter, the Thunder made 6 of 5 three-pointers, scored 15 points frantically, and played a 15:5 offensive climax, directly opening the point difference to 13 points.

Rivers called two timeouts in a row, but failed to stop the Celtics' rout.

Completely overwhelmed by the Thunder's five small lineups.

The fans at the scene all quieted down, watching with some despair that the Green Army was getting farther and farther away from victory.

Halftime is over.

68: 54.

The Thunder took a 14-point lead.

During the intermission.

Greens locker room.

Pierce sat silently in the corner, looking at his statistics sheet, his face became extremely gloomy, as if he was trapped in a cage, and he couldn't break free no matter what.

He couldn't breathe under the pressure of this heavy bondage.

5投0中，得0分3篮板2助攻3失误。

This is his data in the first half of the game, which can only be described as horrible.

Pierce couldn't help but start to doubt himself, is he too good or Qin Feng is too strong?

A little confused.

"Guys, cheer up, we have a chance to win this game! The reason why the Thunder took the lead in the first half is because their three-pointers were too accurate, and they made nearly 60% of them." Hit rate!"

"But it is impossible for them to shoot so accurately three-pointers throughout the game. They will definitely fall back in the second half, and then our chance to counterattack will come."

"Besides, the Thunder lacked Chandler, a strong defensive player, and the defensive ability in the penalty area has dropped sharply. In the second half, as long as there is an opportunity, everyone will still hit the ball into the penalty area to cause more damage."

Rivers said passionately, and began to instill chicken soup into the players again.

All players nodded.

Only Pierce was sullen.

This doesn't seem to have anything to do with him. Anyway, if he is defended by Qin Feng, he still won't get any points.

And Jeff Green opened his mouth to speak, but held back in the end.

In fact, he wanted to say... If it was Qin Feng, the three-point shooting percentage might have been so high throughout the game, even higher than 60%.

But seeing that his teammates were as angry as if they had been slapped with blood, he finally swallowed these words back to his stomach.

If you pour cold water at this time, you may be beaten to death by your teammates...

Soon, the second half of the game began.

The Thunder made adjustments to the starting lineup, pushing Perkins to the starting center position.

But it only lasted less than 2 minutes.

Perkins received his fourth foul of the game, and the Celtics also played a 5:0 spurt, approaching the score.

Seeing this, Brooks shook his head helplessly and replaced Perkins.

Really, you are useless if I give you a chance!

With this performance, how can you increase your playing time?

He replaced Redick again.

But it's a pity that the Thunder's three-pointers were magically absent this time, and their shooting percentage began to decline.

Redick and Durant turned into blacksmiths and struck iron one after another.

The clanging sound upset the entire Thunder team.

Seeing the hope of a comeback, the Green Army attacked harder and continued to chase points.

See here.

Qin Feng knew that he had to stand up and take over the game.

Otherwise, this game will go far again!