The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 279 The situation changes suddenly
This round of the series, predicted before the game, has almost no suspense, and the result is one-sided.

The strength of the Thunder is not comparable to that of the Warriors in the last round.

As a defending team that has won two consecutive championships, although the Thunder experienced personnel changes during the offseason, they have not been injured.

The team is not only the head and the second head, but the progress of new aid Cousins ​​and Ibaka has also made up for the vacancy left by Li Pu to a certain extent.

Therefore, before the start of the playoffs, the Thunder is still the most promising team in the league, not one of them.

Although in the first round of the series, the Thunder and the No. [-] Trail Blazers in the Western Conference won the tiebreaker, but this did not affect the confidence of the media and fans in the Thunder.

After all, the Spurs did it too!

Before the start of this round of the series, ESPN invited five media people to make predictions, all of which indicated that the Thunder would win.

The difference is only 4:1 or 4:2.

Under such circumstances, even the Thunder's coaching staff has repeatedly emphasized that the players on the court will still be affected by public opinion outside the court.

This situation is reflected on the game field, that is the kind of 50:50 ball, often the Kings can fight for the ball!
Middleton missed a three-pointer. During the fight, Li Pu accidentally pushed the ball out of the field.

Seeing that the basketball was about to fall off the court, Butler flew out, and with his excellent core strength in the air, he saved the ball and passed it back to Middleton.

Middleton made another three-pointer after receiving the ball and made it!

At 10:7, the Kings took the lead again.

However, the strength of the Thunder team is indeed strong!

Looking back, Westbrook stood against Bledsoe, forcibly pulled out, and made a steady hit with a zombie jumper!
Then, while the Kings passed the ball, Durant completed the steal and handed it to Westbrook.

Westbrook took the ball to the front court and passed it back to Durant, who made a three-pointer and returned it!

At 10:12, the Thunder overtook the score again.

The Thunder's talent is too high, so high that no matter what defensive strength you always have, it is impossible to completely limit the Thunder's offense.

In the next round, Giannis' dunk was blocked from the side by Ibaka, and the basketball was slapped on the backboard by Ibaka's big hand. This scene was too brutal!
With Li Pu leaving this season, the Thunder's inside defense was completely handed over to Ibaka.

As a result, Ibaka's defensive strength was fully displayed in front of the world.

Only then did people discover that Ibaka's defensive ability is even better than they imagined. He is also the kind of excellent defender who can support the entire team's defensive system by himself.

In the block list, Ibaka is second only to Li Pu and Big Eyebrow, ranking third.

On the DPOY list, it is still ranked third after Noah and Li Pu.

Although he has been ranked behind Li Pu, this does not mean that Ibaka is weak. Losing to Li Pu is no shame!

After the block was blocked, the rebound was accepted by Cousins ​​and handed over to Westbrook immediately.

Westbrook sparked lightning all the way, reached the King's basket, pushed Bledsoe and put the ball into the basket.

Serena Williams is Serena Williams after all, facing the real Westbrook, it is still incomparable.

Then Butler received Li Pu's point, and still missed a three-pointer!

Westbrook's fast break is back!

This time Giannis made a great contribution, retreating in time at the first time, destroying Westbrook's fast break.

But the Thunder's offense did not stop.

Because the matchup between Giannis and Westbrook was misplaced, he passed the ball to Durant, and Durant gave it to Ibaka. Ibaka faced Bledsoe, a short man, and made a mid-range shot!

At 10:16, it seems that the game has gradually entered the rhythm of the Thunder.

In this situation, Li Pu knew it was time to stand up for himself!
After coming to the front court, he received a pass from Butler and asked his teammates to open up space for him. Li Pu stood at the top of the arc and singled Cousins!
Facing Cousins, Li Pu used Durant's signature double crossover, easily passed Cousins, and then hit a three-pointer!

This scene almost made the fans applaud.

This movement is so familiar to them, if they just look at the movement, they will think that Durant has grown taller!

With Li Pu's priceless three-pointer, at 13:16, the point difference returned to 3 points.

Then Ibaka missed the mid-range shot under the interference of Giannis, and Li Pu received the rebound steadily.

After bringing the ball to the frontcourt, Li Pu chose to singles Cousins ​​again.

This time Cousins ​​didn't dare to give Li Pu the slightest shooting space, which caused Li Pu to pass Cousins ​​in one step.

After seeing Li Pu's breakthrough, Westbrook immediately ran over to help defend.

Although Westbrook is short, he is really brave. Facing Li Pu, who is 30cm taller than him, he is not afraid at all, and directly steps forward.

However, Li Pu was very smart, and he didn't confront him at all. Li Pu passed the ball directly.

As Westbrook came to defend Li Pu, there was a big gap in Bledsoe.

Bledsoe, who received the ball, made a three-pointer without any hesitation and hit it!
In this way, the score came to 16:16, and the two sides drew again.

Judging from the opening half of the game, the Kings are not weaker than the Thunder on the scene, which really subverts the stereotype of many Thunder fans.

"What's the situation? Aren't we the winning team? Why is it so hard to beat the king?"

For a while, the performance of the Kings even made Thunder fans doubt their lives.

However, this began to doubt the words of life. I really don't know what happened next. How do they feel in their hearts?

The two sides have been playing from 16 to 20, and the game looks very intense.

Until then, with more than four minutes left before the end of the first quarter, the two sides entered the stage of rotation.

The Thunder traded Ibaka for Collison and Sefolosha for Caron Butler.

The Kings replaced Giannis with Patterson, and everyone else remained unchanged.

In this way, Caron was blocked by Li Pu during a layup. A quarterback made a long pass and found Jimmy in the frontcourt. Jimmy dunked with both hands.

Then the Kings couldn't make a shot against the Thunder, so Collison could only make a three-pointer, which naturally missed.

The rebound was accepted by Li Pu, and then the Kings pushed for a fast break. Middleton made a three-pointer from the bottom corner and returned it!

The score came to 25:20.

At this time, the Thunder's offensive rhythm was completely destroyed. First, Westbrook made a pass error, but Bledsoe seized the opportunity and dunked successfully.

Then Durant hit the iron with a mid-range shot, and the Kings made another fast break. Seeing that there was no chance, Li Pu made another chasing three-pointer and hit it again!

In this way, the score came to 30:20, and the Kings suddenly beat the Thunder 10:0.

This move directly confused the Thunder, and Coach Brooks quickly called a timeout.

The Thunder paid the price for their underestimation!
(End of this chapter)