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Chapter 325 victory or defeat
Chapter 325 victory or defeat
The Oklahoma City Thunder took a 49-45 first-half lead over the Indiana Pacers on the back of Kevin Durant's outburst late in the second quarter Team four points.As the on-site commentator Jeff Van Gundy said, the gang of guys from the Oklahoma City Thunder barely took the initiative in the game and took advantage.The head star Kevin Durant, who scored [-] points in the first half, is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the Oklahoma City Thunder's lead over the Indiana Pacers.
Although the Indiana Pacers leading scorer Danny Granger also scored [-] points in the first half, but compared with Kevin Durant, Danny Granger's performance is still slightly worse some.In the second quarter, Danny Granger had no way to stop Kevin Durant's offense on the defensive end, and his own offensive efficiency also declined, which led to the team trailing the opponent at the end of the half. four points.
"Facing an opponent like Kevin Durant, escaping is useless!" In the players' locker room, head coach Larry Brown said to Danny Granger with a serious face, "Although Your performance in the second quarter was a little bit worse, but we can still say that you have the quality to beat Kevin Durant! There is still a lot of time in the game, and you still have a chance to put you in the first half of the game What was lost, was regained in the second half of the game!"
At this time, Danny Granger was completely occupied by the idea of one-on-one with Kevin Durant and defeating Kevin Durant, leading the team to overtake the score and win the game The victory of the game has become secondary instead.Coach Larry Brown hoped that Danny Granger would use the loss to Kevin Durant as motivation to lead the team to catch up, but the opposite happened.
Oklahoma after Serge Ibaka grabs a defensive rebound after Danny Granger misses a mid-range shot on Thabo Sefolosha's first play of the second half The City Thunder immediately launched a quick counterattack.Russell Westbrook set up Kevin Durant for an alley-oop dunk for Oklahoma City at home, despite promising to start both at the same time as shooting guard DeMar DeRozan. The Thunder once again extended their lead.
"Now the Oklahoma City Thunder has a six-point lead!" Jeff Van Gundy, who was sitting on the sidelines of the court, said loudly, "Now the Oklahoma City Thunder have incorporated the game into their own rhythm! "
DeMar DeRozan watched the ball fall through the net, grabbed it and slammed it into the floor. "Damn it!" DeMar DeRozan cursed bitterly.
"I hope Danny will not always be so impulsive. If Danny still regards the victory or defeat between himself and Kevin Durant as the most important thing, we will fall behind more and more!" Xu Xu said.
DeMar DeRozan shook his head resignedly.
"It is estimated that it will be difficult to do this!" DeMar DeRozan whispered.
Xu Nuo didn't say anything else, and after receiving the ball, he started to push forward.Although Danny Granger was still reaching out to Xu Nuo for the ball, Xu Nuo handed the ball to the inside power forward David West.
"Promise that kid actually changed his tactics without authorization!" Coach Brian Shaw, the team's chief assistant coach sitting on the coach's bench beside the court, said.
However, head coach Larry Brown doesn't seem to have any blame on his face.
"It's really the right choice!" Coach Larry Brown said.
Coach Brian Xiao couldn't help but frowned.
"Now we can't continue to give the ball to Danny. If Danny is still allowed to attack with the ball, his offensive efficiency will decrease instead, and we will fall behind more and more." Coach Larry Brown continued. , "And if we use the inside as the core of our offense, our offensive efficiency will be better."
Coach Larry Brown was talking on the court, and on the court, David West assisted center Roy Hibbert with a hand-off pass for a layup.Danny Granger couldn't even touch the ball during this attack, so he was naturally a little upset.
"When you attack next time, you must give me the ball!" Danny Granger ran to Xu Nuo and said to Xu Nuo in an orderly tone.
Kevin Durant's outside three-point long-range shot aroused Danny Granger's competitive spirit. After asking for the ball from Xu Nuo's hand, he jumped directly from the three-point line and shot. The ball went wide of the basket.Roy Hibbert made a second attack after grabbing an offensive rebound, but his tip-up missed the basket again under the defense of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Oklahoma City Thunder Center Kendrick Perkins has the ball.
"Be careful of their quick counterattack!" Xu Nuo shouted, and immediately started to return to defense, always guarding against Russell Westbrook's offense.Although Russell Westbrook did not have a chance to score a layup under the promised defense, the power forward Serge Ibaka, who was always behind Russell Westbrook, received a pass from Russell. Westbrook's pass dunks. At 56:47, the home team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, has a nine-point lead over the visiting team, the Indiana Pacers!
"Now the Oklahoma City Thunder really have completely taken the initiative of the team!" The live commentator Jeff Van Gundy shouted loudly, but soon, his voice was drowned in Chesapi In the cheers like a tsunami in the energy arena.
"Great job, guys!" exclaimed a home fan sitting courtside.
I saw coach Larry Brown on the sidelines making a gesture to ask for a timeout, promising to quickly advance to the frontcourt immediately after getting the ball.At this point Coach Larry Brown stood up and called for a timeout.
"We need to ensure our offensive success rate!" Coach Larry Brown said loudly during the timeout, "We can't keep running behind the Oklahoma City Thunder, we have to find a way to incorporate the rhythm of the game into We are in control! After the start of the game, we must slow down our offensive rhythm and complete every attack steadily!"
Although coach Larry Brown did not mention a word of Danny Granger during this timeout, at the beginning of the game, Danny Granger sat on the bench and replaced Danny Granger. Granger played the team's backup small forward Rudy Fernandez.Danny Granger sat on the bench with a depressed face, covering his head with a large towel in frustration.
"In this way, the team must use David and Roy inside as the core of our offense!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart, "Maybe we can put the game into more positional battles, And the Oklahoma City Thunder's positional warfare is still a little bit worse than the quick counterattack..."
Xu Nuo dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to power forward David West who mentioned the high post.At the same time, in addition to center Roy Hibbert, Rudy Fernandez, DeMar DeRozan and Xu Nuo are all running off the ball at the same time.DeMar DeRozan used a Roy Hibbert screen to get away from the defense and get the ball from David West.Meanwhile, Thabo Sefolosha gets between DeMar DeRozan and the rim again.
"Hey..." DeMar DeRozan smiled slightly, and with a sudden flick of his wrist, the ball came into Xu Nuo's hands.Promising to pass as soon as he receives the ball, cutting Rudy Fernandez receives the ball and scores a layup against Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins.
"The team's scoring drought is finally over..." Xu Nuo sighed in his heart.
However, immediately afterwards, the two core players of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, scored shots respectively, and the Oklahoma City Thunder actually extended their lead to double digits!At this time, the Oklahoma City Thunder requested a substitution and adjustment, and the team's sixth man, James Harden, returned to the court again.
"Three Thunder Masters are assembled again, are they planning to strike while the iron is hot and destroy us in one fell swoop?" Xu Nuo thought bitterly in his heart.
"I said, our strength should not be so inferior to them!" DeMar DeRozan said beside Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo couldn't help clenching his fists as he looked at the three thunderbolts lined up on the court.
"In any case, we will definitely win in the end!" Xu Nuo said.
On the sidelines, Coach Larry Brown couldn't help but lift his glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"This is indeed the key to winning or losing..." Coach Larry Brown said to himself.
Coach Brian Shaw next to him turned his head and looked at Coach Larry Brown.
"If we can withstand this wave of attacks from the Oklahoma City Thunder, then we still have a chance to win this game." Coach Larry Brown said, "And if we are defeated at this time If the opponent completely widens the point difference, this game will be very difficult..."
"And this is exactly the purpose of the Oklahoma City Thunder to send James Harden at this time." Coach Blair Shaw speculated.
Coach Larry Brown nodded.
Promise came to the baseline and took the ball from Rudy Fernandez.In front of the promise, the Oklahoma City Thunder's main point guard Russell Westbrook has bent down and is ready.
"Although we are eleven points behind you now, the Indiana Pacers must win the game in the end!" Xu Nuo said through gritted teeth.
(End of this chapter)