The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 39
Li Pu sat on the bench dejectedly.

This misjudgment was too fatal for Li Pu.

On the one hand, Li Pu's improved state was interrupted again, and on the other hand, Li Pu's fouls accumulated to 4 times.

Not to mention being unable to play in the first half, he may not even be able to play in the third quarter.

"Don't be sad, as I just said, don't be afraid of making mistakes, not only your own mistakes, but also referees' mistakes! Referees are human and make mistakes too! It's all part of the game!" Corey sitting next to Li Pu Sen, once again taught Li Pu by precept and example.

"Huh? Nick, why are you down too?"

Li Pu, who came back to his senses at this time, saw clearly just now, how did Collison, who was still on the court just now, come down with him?

"Isn't it all your fault?"

"Can this depend on me too? What does it have to do with me?"

"My lateral movement speed is a bit slow, so I need a fast-moving center like you, and Krstic is slow, so naturally I need a fast-moving power forward like Sergi!"

Collison's explanation made Li Pu react immediately, "Sorry, I hurt you!"

"What nonsense? I was just joking with you! The substitution was arranged by the coach. What does it have to do with you?"

Although Collison said so, Li Pu knew in his heart that if he could stay on the court, then Collison would definitely not be replaced.

Because although Ibaka is very talented, he is still too young at this time. The court needs an experienced driver like Collison...an old player!
At this moment, Li Pu was extremely annoyed, he was full of hatred for his own weakness, because at this moment, his own weakness not only affected himself, but also affected others.

At this moment, Collison patted Li Pu on the back, and said very calmly: "Don't think too much, watch the game carefully, this is also a kind of training!"

"Yes!" At this time, Li Pu had long since lost interest in joking, and after answering, he focused all his attention on the competition.

After Li Pu left the field, the offensive and defensive momentum of the two teams did not change, and the Thunder took a slight lead.

This is mainly because Durant and Westbrook, the two goblins, have no opponents for the Rockets. The two scored 16 points in this quarter, helping the Thunder to overtake the score.

At halftime, the score was 53:51, and the Thunder temporarily led by 2 points.

During the intermission, Brooks praised the whole team, thinking that everyone worked hard.

Li Pu blushed when he heard it below. The team is playing well, what does it have to do with him?So embarrassing!

After the start of the second half, Li Pu still sat on the sidelines, watching Dayao's killing all directions.

To be honest, although the overall strength of the Thunder team is better than that of the Rockets, the insiders, especially the Rockets with Yao, almost crushed the Thunder.

Although the Thunder team has a lot of insiders, but the only one who can really compete with Dayao is Li Pu.

Sure enough, Krstic failed to go around and was caught by Dayao inside. For Dayao, this ball was a two-handed dunk.

Krstic didn't give up and reached out to block him, but not only failed to interfere with Dayao, but also caused a foul by Krstic.

Another "2+1"!
Not only that, with Krstic's foul this time, he also fouled four times.

Seeing this scene, Brooks couldn't help scratching his head, this Yao is really difficult to deal with.

Brooks is not the only coach who has a headache on the field.

Don't look at Dayao's free throw, it must be two more free throws... Hey, Dayao actually missed one free throw this time.

This is the second game of Dayao's comeback, and it is obvious that his condition has not yet returned to his best.

In the last game, Dayao played 23 minutes against the Nuggets and scored 10 points and 6 rebounds on 14 of 6 shots.

And tonight, in the third quarter of the second half, he had played for 15 minutes, made 8 of 5 shots, scored 15 points and 5 rebounds, almost similar to the normal data of the previous game.

In addition, in the inside fight with Li Pu, Krstic and other Thunder teams, the consumption of Dayao was very intense. Therefore, it was only in the middle of the third quarter, and Dayao's state had already begun to decline.

Seeing this scene, Adelman's headache was not much lighter than that of Brooks.

Although he knew that Dayao was very important, he couldn't put him on the court at this time. In the end, he had to use Jordan Hill to replace Dayao and play a small lineup.

Coincidentally, the Thunder also replaced Krstic with Ibaka, which is also a small lineup.

Therefore, in the second half of the third quarter, the two teams accelerated the pace of the game at the same time, and even the results of both teams were not bad.

After three quarters, the score has reached 87:81, and the Thunder lead by 6 points.

During this process, Li Pu was sitting on pins and needles off the court.

You guys played so well, I don't even have a sense of existence at all!

I'm going to be the starter tonight!
Perhaps Brooks heard Li Pu's inner call, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he finally sent Li Pu on the court.

Stepping on the court floor again, Li Pu was about to cry, and he felt as if he had passed away.

At this time, Dayao was still sitting on the sidelines, and Li Pu was facing Chuck Hayes, oh, old enemy... oh no, old acquaintance.

Hayes fouled Li Pu in the first half, but Li Pu still remembered it!
Li Pu stood on the baseline and sent the ball to Westbrook, and the second half officially started.

Westbrook slowly took the ball across the half court, and then started to attack after Li Pu settled down.

As soon as it came up, Westbrook started with a pick-and-roll with Li Pu.

To be honest, facing the general small lineup, the pick-and-roll is not easy to break, after all, they can switch defenses infinitely.

But for this Rockets, it is unnecessary, after all, they have too many defensive loopholes!There is simply no way to do unlimited defenses.

For example, right now, although the Rockets' backup point guard, Kyle Lowry, the small steel gun, squeezed through Lip's pick-and-roll and approached Westbrook.

But Westbrook's impact still caused confusion in the Rockets' defense.

Almost instantly, Westbrook hit the ground and passed the ball, and passed the ball to Li Pu from the gap.

Li Pu, who went down, took off directly after receiving the ball.

Hayes rushed to block the ball at the first time, but unfortunately, Li Pu's height and bullet speed made him sigh while looking at the ball.

Therefore, he could only adopt the routine in the first half and foul Li Pu.

However, this time, Li Pu will not make the mistake of last time.

He held the ball with one hand in his right hand, raised the ball high above his head, clamped his elbow with his left hand, separated Hayes from himself, then swung his arms round, and smashed the ball into the basket hard across Hayes .

Li Pu successfully dunked Hayes this time!

"Didi!" At the same time, the referee also blew the whistle.

Hayes fouled, Li Pu's two points are valid, and an additional penalty is required!

(End of this chapter)