Start without the ball

Chapter 249 A Difficult Game

Yang Yi: "Generally speaking, the defensive rebounds are protected by three players, the two insiders protect the basket, and the forward who stands up is going to block the free throw player to prevent him from rushing.

The Blazers believed that Li Haoyu could hit the free throw with a high probability, and the two insiders were enough to protect the rebound. Forward Hood, who was in charge of blocking the free thrower, ran to the frontcourt, which allowed Li Haoyu to receive the rebounded basketball smoothly. . "

Ke Fan: "Thunder's Tiaohu Lishan has something to do, and the farthest path that the pioneers have traveled is Yuzi's routine."

The moment Li Haoyu got the basketball, he quickly dribbled the ball and ran out of the three-point line to avoid being trapped by the Blazers. Schroeder ran across the frontcourt and received the basketball.

The Thunder reorganized the attack, Schroeder signaled tactics with his right hand, and after commanding everyone to clear the left half area, Li Haoyu led Turner to the low position.

Evan Turner had the upper hand, and it was very difficult for Li Haoyu to fight for the position.

At this moment, Noelle on the other side quietly exited the baseline and walked towards Li Haoyu's side.

Leonard's attention was still on Li Haoyu, ready to defend at any time, and he didn't realize that his defender had left.

Noelle walked along the bottom line, all the way to the parallel position of Li Haoyu.

Observing that his teammates were already in position, Li Haoyu no longer competed with Turner for the position, and rushed all the way to the left corner.

When Turner was about to keep up, he was blocked by Noelle, and Leonard was still on the other side of the court, and no one could switch defenses in time.

Li Haoyu received a pass from Schroeder and made a three-pointer.

shuh~
Hollow into the net! 32 to 31, the Thunder is only 1 point behind!
TNT commentary seats.

O'Neal: "Shit, Noelle came to cover for Li Haoyu without anyone knowing it. This is a position where no one can switch defenses. He created an excellent offensive opportunity for the three-point leader."

Barkley: "I found that since Li Haoyu joined the Thunder, everyone on this team has improved their off-ball running positions, and now Noelle has learned to quietly come to his teammates from the sidelines to finish. Covering this method, Li's influence is all-round!"

O'Neill: "Seeing Li Haoyu's outstanding performance in the playoffs, the managers of each team must be quite annoyed that they let go of such a powerful rookie!!"

After scoring the goal, Li Haoyu looked at McCollum and raised his eyebrows at the same time.

The challenged Trail Blazers point guard took the ball, dribbled it upfield, and called Leonard and Collins up for a double screen at the top of the key.

Schroeder was firmly caught between the two, and McCollum rushed to the right. After Noelle switched defenses, he slowed down and led him back outside the three-point line, and the Blazers opened up space.

Facing the Thunder center's crotch continuously, McCollum suddenly felt heavy. Noelle thought he was going to break through and back again and again.

With the space, McCollum jumped up and shot a three-pointer, and the basketball flew to the basket in a reverse spin.

boom!
The iron hit, the third shot missed, Noelle took off the rebound, and there were only 15 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Thunder attacked, Schroeder quickly advanced across the center line, handed the ball to Li Haoyu, who was two steps away from the top of the arc, and then sank to the left corner.

Turner was a step away, wiping the sweat off his hands on his jersey, ready to go.

Li Haoyu made gestures to indicate tactics, and with 8 seconds left in the offensive clock, Morris stepped up to pick and roll for Li Haoyu.

Li Haoyu dribbled the ball unhurriedly to the right, attracting the attention of the Blazers.

At this moment, Noelle came to the left corner and screened for Schroder at the same time, and the Thunder point guard cut to the inside.

Li Haoyu passed the ball decisively, Schroeder received the basketball one step before the three-second zone, and took advantage of the opportunity to throw it.

shuh~
32 to 33!The Thunder lead by 1 point!
Tengxing commentary seat.

Ke Fan: "Brother Yuzi's hatred value is too high now, and he has attracted everyone's attention from the Blazers at the top of the arc. No one thought that the final attack of the first quarter would be played by Schroeder who sank in the bottom corner. To be done."

Yang Yi: "It was really a difficult game. Fortunately, Thunder has the king of the bridge, Li Haoyu, to recover the score."

Barrage.

"Wow, Brother Yuzi is so Kerry, the Thunder only lead by 1 point!"

"Don't you look at Lillard and McCollum's performance is also very good, if it is not Yuzi brother, this game has already been spent."

"The Blazers are surprisingly strong. The Thunder underestimated their opponents at the beginning."

When Li Haoyu returned to the bench, everyone in the Thunder stood up to greet him. Westbrook clapped his hands and said:
"Bro, you did a great job in the transition!"

Grant raised his sinful right hand and wanted to touch the top of Li Haoyu's head, but suddenly remembered that his thighs didn't seem to like doing this. After thinking about it, he walked to Ferguson's side and stroked his dreadlocks.

Donovan gathered the crowd and arranged:
"Li, you completed the task brilliantly. This is a difficult game. We must persevere and show Oklahoma's toughness like steel. We will fight a tug-of-war with our opponent!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lillard played to lead the Blazers' rotation, while the Thunder was led by George.

Since the small forward in the Trail Blazers' rotation is Hood with poor defense, George's offense with the ball has improved. He was not pulled away from the fiery Lillard. At 9 minutes and 30 seconds in the second quarter, the two sides fought. The score was 42 to 40, the Blazers led by two points, and the main lineups of both sides returned to the court.

This was an extremely difficult tug-of-war. Although under Li Haoyu's organization, the Thunder's offense became smoother, but Lillard and McCollum's state was too hot. When the Thunder scored, the Blazers were able to respond immediately. The two sides have been at a stalemate.

Li Haoyu's running involved the defense again and again, creating scoring opportunities for the team. In a blink of an eye, Lillard's side could succeed in singles.

Excessive running is also constantly consuming Li Haoyu's physical energy.

In the last 35 seconds of the fourth quarter, the two sides battled to a 108-108 tie.

The Blazers attacked, Lillard came to the frontcourt and handed the ball to McCollum at 45 degrees on the right.

The Blazers defender faced Li Haoyu's defense with continuous crotch dribbles to keep the time down. When there were 5 seconds left in the attack time, McCollum accelerated to the inside.

Li Haoyu was too tired. In addition to his own scoring, he also had to organize the offense. Not only that, he also had to use all his energy to score as much as possible during the transition period. His physical fitness had reached its limit.

Facing McCollum's high-speed breakthrough, Li Haoyu tried his best to slide to follow up the defense, but his legs became extremely heavy like lead.

He can't keep up!
McCollum got rid of the defense and came to the inside, and kicked up. Adams, as the Thunder's last line of defense, jumped high to block McCollum.

The Blazers defender who was flying in the air exerted strength in his waist and abdomen, turned around in the air and bypassed Adams, and made a layup with his left hand.

McCollum lost his balance and fell to the ground. After the basketball bounced three times on the hoop, it fell into the basket obediently!

110 to 108, the balance of victory fell to the Blazers!
　The fourth and fifth changes can only be made after 12 o'clock, and I will try to code them out before 1 o'clock.

　　
　
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