NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

At the end of the first quarter, the Wizards led the Thunder by 29 points 21 to 8. Li Kaiming was on full fire in the second half of the quarter, educating Durant in various singles under the basket and hitting behind. Even Thunder coach Brooks watched. If he didn't go down, he shouted directly at the Thunder players from the sidelines, "Are you all just standing around watching the show? Come over and help!"

Hearing the coach's call, Durant, who was still full of self-esteem and arrogance at this time, waved his hand and was about to refuse the kindness of the coach and teammates. However, as soon as he opened his mouth and before he could make a sound, he felt a rush of people in front of him. A huge force hit him, making his stomach churn, and he couldn't speak any words at all, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

But what makes Durant a little frustrated is that even though he almost worked up his energy, he was still pushed to the basket by Li Kaiming three times, five divided by two, and then the latter turned around and went up to the basket. The process went smoothly, as if he, the defender, didn't exist at all...

In the second half of the first quarter, Durant had been suffering from this kind of inhuman torture. Not to mention the Thunder players, even the Wizards players couldn't stand it anymore, and they all shook their heads when Li Kaiming was playing in singles. Don't go there.

There is nothing I can do. My brother is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see such a bloody scene...

After the first quarter, Durant was sweating profusely and panting heavily. He walked off the court and sat on the bench.

Coach Brooks looked at his proud disciple with distress, and then asked, "Are you okay? You should take a rest in the second quarter. You have worked hard to defend that pervert during this period..."

Durant took the towel and wiped the sweat on his head, gritted his teeth and said, "My physical exertion is great, and that man named Li's exertion is also not small. He will definitely not play in the second quarter. Our substitute can use this period." It takes time to recover the point difference, and then I will come on the court again and take them away in one go!"

Brooks next to him heard this and nodded with satisfaction. His proud disciple is indeed a rising star. Not only is his skills superb, but his understanding of the game is also top-notch. What Durant said is exactly what he thought.

Durant's defense against Li Kaiming consumes his energy. Doesn't it mean that Li Kaiming's isolation against Durant consumes your energy?

Brooks immediately picked up his troops and took the main rotation lineup. Then he stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed and an inscrutable smile on his face...

Regarding Brooks' smile, Thunder home commentator Brian Davis explained this, "Coach Scott's expression is very relaxed, and he seems to have a good idea of ​​the game..."

But as soon as Davis finished speaking, the smile on Brooks' face froze on the sidelines...

Looking at his dumbfounded eyes, I saw that on the Wizards side, Li Kaiming did not take a rest as the Thunder expected, he was still on the court!

Li Kaiming: Do you think everyone has the same kidney deficiency as you?Isn’t it enough to just play one section?Let me tell you, what I don’t lack most is physical strength!

Durant is still overthinking. Li Kaiming's physical strength of 95 is probably not matched by many in the entire league. If they want to use their own defense to consume Li Kaiming, then they are definitely overthinking.

Besides, when Li Kaiming singled out Durant in the paint, he didn't expend much energy at all. If the Thunder didn't double-team him, he could easily get in, and then use his height and wingspan to finish, and he couldn't even dunk when he got behind. No more dunking, just stretch out your hand and the basketball goes in. How much energy does this consume?

The big kill from the bench that the Thunder expected did not happen. Instead, it was because Li Kaiming was present. Facing the Thunder's substitute, Li Kaiming stopped going to the basket and started taking a lot of shots from the outside. Under his leadership, Li Kaiming stopped going to the basket. , the Wizards' outside touch also began to recover.

After 4 minutes, Brooks couldn't wait any longer and used a timeout to replace the starting player Gaibaka.

If we don't change, it will be half-time garbage time. The Wizards are already leading by 13 points!

After resting for half a quarter, Durant regained his strength and confidence. He stood on the court with high spirits, preparing to fight Li Kaiming for another [-] rounds.

After the game, the Thunder served first, dribbling the ball to Westbrook through half court, and after reaching the frontcourt, passed the ball directly to Durant, who was asking for the ball at the waist.

Sun Yue was thrown several times, so the defense was very tight this time, but how can you get close to the Golden Punishment King?

Durant turned around, then used his unique trick of a big loop, hugged Sun Yue from bottom to top, and started shooting with Sun Yue's arm.

Not surprisingly, the home referee once again gave Durant the opportunity to stand on the free throw line. Seeing Durant's style of play, Zhang Weiping in the live broadcast room of the Huaguo Sports Channel started to scream angrily!

"What are you talking about, just free throws? This NBA is crazy about praising new players! If you can get fouled with this kind of ball, then others will give you a slap!"

A very down-to-earth rant made Su Qun and others next to him unable to bear it any longer. They all looked at Weiping Bryant to tell him to pay attention to the size of his words...

Durant made two free throws. I have to say that his shooting touch is truly unique among big men. It is estimated that only Dallas' silver corner king is better than Durant in the league.

Durant came up, and Li Kaiming naturally wanted to go back to his playing style in the first quarter, but he didn't expect that as soon as he got the ball with Durant in front of him, Ibaka and Green on the inside would double-team him!

Durant actually compromised!

As soon as Durant came up, the fans pointed at him and laughed loudly, "Durant, you can't guard your opponent again, are you calling for support?"

Durant didn't answer, but still used a giant loop, and the fans deliberately shouted, "You must be afraid, because you can't prevent the opponent from losing face!"

Durant's eyes widened and he said, "How could you accuse someone of his innocence out of thin air..."

"What innocence? I just saw you ten minutes ago when you couldn't guard against Li Kaiming and you were beaten while hanging by him, and you even traveled at the wrong time!"

Durant's face turned red, veins popped out on his face, and he argued, "If you can't defend the outside line and the inside line, you won't be beaten." Then came a series of difficult words, such as "Basketball is a team sport." , "stick singles hurt the team" and the like, which caused the fans to burst into laughter, and the stadium was filled with a happy atmosphere.

From the fact that Li Kaiming didn't rest in the second quarter and was still very active after playing, both Brooks and Durant knew that it was almost impossible to defeat Li Kaiming physically. Instead, they had to protect Durant's physical strength as much as possible. , don't let him waste his energy on defending Li Kaiming.

Therefore, after returning from the second quarter, the Thunder began to double-team Li Kaiming decisively.

But when Brooks was thinking about his own side, he must have forgotten one important thing, that is, Li Kaiming's passing was not afraid of being double-teamed at all!

Especially after showing strong inside dominance in the second half of the first quarter, Li Kaiming was able to compress the Thunder's defensive formation into the penalty area, leaving an open space of nearly two meters for outside shooters!

To put it bluntly, the Thunder team's double-teaming was something Li Kaiming couldn't ask for!

Facing the Thunder's three-man double-team, Li Kaiming began to distribute the ball to shooters on the outside. The person who was missed by the Thunder was Lewis, who had seen big scenes. In this situation, he showed no mercy and fired a barrage of three-pointers from the outside. Launched, like Xiao Li's flying knife, it hit the main artery of Thunder...

Brooks on the sidelines was dumbfounded. He became the team's starter and adopted a double-teaming tactic against Li Kaiming. As a result, after the second quarter, the Thunder fell behind by 21 points!

If it weren't for the extremely loud noise at the Oklahoma City Stadium, Brooks would have thought he was dreaming!

The fans at the Thunder's home court, after being so well prepared, bought high-priced tickets and passed on short-sleeved support. As a result, their home team fell behind by 21 points at halftime...

There are definitely a lot of clowns here tonight, and a lot of them!

At the beginning of the second half, Sanders directly began to play the game with a rotating lineup, and Li Kaiming also got valuable rest time.

As for the Thunder, because they need to catch up, they can only play the starting lineup and let the starting lineup continue to play on the court.

The combination of Durant and Westbrook still had a hand in facing the Wizards without Li Kaiming. After half a quarter, they chased the score to 11 points.

At this time, Li Kaiming had had enough rest. After Sanders' timeout, Li Kaiming reappeared and began the finishing work of tonight's game.

Li Kaiming is simply the talisman of the Wizards. As soon as he comes on the court, the situation immediately changes. Not only does he stabilize the point difference, he can even cause the Thunder to foul a few times.

However, he did not go all out, but maintained this rhythm until the last 5 minutes.

At this time, the score difference between the two sides was still 12 points. Kevin Durant did not want to give up the game, so he has been on the court since the third quarter, even if Brooks asked him to leave the game, he would not go off.

He knows what this game means to him. If he loses to the Wizards, he will lose both games and people. He has become a jealous villain.

What's more, there is still a chance at this time. Chasing 5 points in 12 minutes is no problem at all. Durant gasped, supporting his knees with both hands, and looked up at the Wizards players.

But Durant must not have imagined that this is the moment Li Kaiming has been waiting for. He no longer wants to play, and is ready to end the suspense early, and then go back to sleep. There will be several stronger opponents later, so he needs to finish work early and rest more!

In the frontcourt, Li Kaiming took the basketball directly from Hinrich. Jeff Green immediately defended him, but Li Kaiming seemed to completely ignore Green's presence. After receiving the ball, he just dribbled and then suddenly shot a three-pointer!

Green also felt what Sun Yue felt. His defense had no impact on Li Kaiming at all, and the three-pointer hit the net!

Durant was ready to respond, but his energy tank was empty. The three-pointer hit the front frame, the rebound was taken by Li Kaiming, and he dribbled to the frontcourt.

The Thunder players began to force Li Kaiming to play the ball, but at this time, Li Kaiming was not in a small space inside, and he was still in a state of motion. He turned around to avoid Green's pressing, and faced Durant who came to help defend. He directly penetrated the crotch, then flashed his body, took a long step to catch up with the basketball, increased his speed and rushed directly to the basket.

Ibaka's quick eyesight and hands quickly pulled Li Kaiming down, and the latter made two free throws from the free throw line!

With 3 minutes left before the end of the game, the Wizards led by 17 points!

The suspense of the game was directly ended by Li Kaiming's sudden explosion!