The best teammates in the NBA

Chapter 133 The Turtle's Grudge (6000-word chapter)
It has always been a question of metaphysics whether the mental attribute has any bonus to the players.

Li Ze's simple understanding of mental attributes is the player's attention on the field. When you devote yourself to the game and concentrate your attention, you may perform better than usual.

In this game of grievances, with the tortoise with the bonus of anger, his attention was highly concentrated after the opening, and the defensive end devoted himself wholeheartedly. Every pick-and-roll chasing and defending Rose, the rate of completion was very high.

The offensive performance was also exceptional, with several high-post pick-and-rolls and all mid-range shots. In the opening three minutes or so, Turtle and Rose came and went, constantly responding.

The audience at the United Center arena was overjoyed. The performance of the stars' mutual attack made everyone hooked, especially Rose's offense.

Rose, who is already playing high, does not call pick-and-rolls in the offense. Facing the defense of the tortoise, after dribbling the ball continuously under the crotch, he accelerates the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand. restricted area.

Facing Ibaka, who was helping to defend, he didn't force an attack, and he made a fake pass, and Noah at the basket easily ate the cake.

"Ah! Wow!!"

Rose's change of direction in front of his body shocked the audience and screamed. This kind of Crossover is too exaggerated. The center of gravity is low, and the change of direction does not slow down. As long as the first step is not followed, Rose can easily tear through the defense .

"Ross's playing style is really good-looking. The breakthrough has a bursting feeling, which can make the audience's blood boil. He deserves the No. 08 pick in [-]!"

When the host Yang Jian saw that Rose broke through the defense and sent an assist, he immediately praised it loudly.

Turtle seemed very annoyed that he didn't defend the ball. He had predicted that Rose was going to change direction, but his body couldn't react in time, so he could only watch Rose break through his defense.

"Russell, this is just a simple defensive round, calm down and keep your focus."

When serving the ball, Li Ze hurriedly told Guigui, for fear that this guy would suddenly hit him again.

"I'm fine, it's just the first quarter, don't worry Kayce."

Guigui took the ball and said loudly that he is still in good condition, today he is a reasonable and calm turtle.
On the defensive end, the Bulls finally changed their defensive strategy after being scored consecutively in the middle distance by the tortoise.

After the pick-and-roll at position 5, Noah directly switched to the front of the turtle. I have to say that this energetic big man is really good on the defensive end, and the big defense and the small can still keep up.

Seeing that there was no good chance, Guigui immediately gave the ball to Li Ze on the outside. There were about 10 seconds left in the attack time. After Ibaka picked and rolled, Gibson directly switched to Li Ze.

Li Ze held the ball in his left hand, suddenly made an In and Out, dribbled the ball back with a cross step, and made an emergency stop at the elbow area on the left side of the free throw line to shoot a jumper.

"唰" made a steady hit in the middle distance.

"Beautiful dribbling fake, Gibson was stunned and stood there, Li Ze can play this ball!"

After Xu Jicheng saw Li Ze scoring the first goal of the game, he started blowing directly.

Gibson noticed that after Li Ze scored, he didn't even look at him, and immediately returned to defense. An unknown fire rushed into his heart. He and Li Ze were both rookies in 09, but the attention they received was insane. Different.

After being selected by the Bulls with the 26th pick in the first round, Gibson came to the team and played the role of the younger brother. He has been playing very hard, but the media and critics only sang praises for Li Ze.

Especially on the ESPN side, Li Ze has been blown to the sky, and the title of Jordan's successor has long been placed on Li Ze's head.

When rookies first entered the league, their biggest competitors were players from the same class. Gibson saw that Li Ze had been playing in a good way, let alone feel uncomfortable, he was so sore.
After a few strides to catch up to Li Ze who was back on defense, Gibson shouted arrogantly:
"In the later time, don't try to score easily with me!"

"Why are you shouting so loudly? Are you also a new student in the same class as me?"

"..."

Li Ze was a little speechless, and replied with a nonchalant expression, but he didn't expect such a move, which immediately made Gibson blush with anger. This is completely ignoring him, how can he be a first-round pick, everyone We took pictures together!
In the next game, the two sides took the lead alternately. The inside combination of Gibson and Noah shocked the Thunder.

The Bulls' offense is not complicated. The general summary is that Hinrich shot outside, Gibson and Noah grabbed inside, Rose kept breaking through, and Gibson and Noah continued to eat cakes.

Such a simple tactic easily restrained the Thunder's transitional offense. Every time the backcourt rebound was protected, it had to go through some hand-to-hand combat, especially Noah's frontcourt rebound was very fierce.

But the Bulls can't prevent the Thunder's trio, simple screens and off-ball moves. After the opportunity arises, Durant can always throw the ball in, or catch the ball and shoot, or rush in with a feint. Inside kills.

The silver [organizational core] badge made Durant's projection more stable. Li Ze could already feel that Durant in reality was gradually approaching the simulated data man in the space.

The Thunder team attacked. After two rounds in a row, the turtles immediately handed over the ball to Li Ze after halftime, and then ran to the left corner to open up the offensive space. Ibaka also sank to the right corner. .

Durant first made an off-ball screen for Collison at the free throw line, and Collison quickly came to the three-point line to pick and roll for Li Ze.

Li Ze quickly started and made a breakthrough on the left side. At this time, Durant suddenly bounced out. Collison moved a few steps and set an off-ball screen for Durant.

Li Ze, who broke through to the left elbow of the free throw line, noticed that Durant had got rid of the entanglement of Luol Deng and was bouncing outward. He immediately sent a diagonal pass with his left hand. Adjustment, jump shot from outside the three-point line.

"Shua" three-pointer hollow into the net.

"squeak"

After seeing Durant scoring again, coach Vinnie de Nagro finally couldn't stand it anymore and requested a timeout again.

The Thunder played the same tactic twice. Li Ze assisted Durant for a dunk before, and this time he made a three-pointer. The head coach was very dissatisfied with the two defenses by Luol Deng.

"Beautiful pass, Kayce, just in my shooting rhythm after receiving the ball, 3 points can divide you in half."

During the timeout, Durant bumped fists with Li Ze. With such a passer, his scoring was much easier.

"It's not a loss for me to get an assist, Shet! Are the Bulls crazy inside? They hit the backboards like crazy, and they haven't had a chance to switch offenses since the beginning."

While drinking water, Li Ze complained about the situation on the field.

Coach Brooks did not talk about offensive deployment, and began to emphasize the protection of rebounds:
"We played very well, continue to protect the rebounds, we must block in advance, Ibaka, you have to pay attention to this, don't let Noah get close to the basket easily."

"After receiving the rebound, make a good pass, Russell, and attack the basket resolutely in transition. The Bulls foul will be free throws. We must speed up and hold on to the boys."

Guigui nodded calmly. He seemed to have entered another state in this game. He handled the ball reasonably and shot efficiently. He didn't steam the buns to fight for his breath. He really wanted to win today's game.

In the rest of the first quarter, the two sides began to fight frequently. The Bulls strengthened their defensive oppression. The United Center Arena is their home court. With the blessing of the home whistle, many small actions will not be called for fouls.

In addition, Rose always rushes in like carrying a dynamite bag, which makes the Thunder have no long rebounds at all. Every time they protect the backcourt rebounds, everyone will scramble into a ball.

By the end of the first quarter, the two sides had tied at 1. The Thunder lost the bonus of the whistle, and it was difficult to score 24 points.

Rose scored 7 of 4 in the first quarter, scored 8 points, and scored 4 goals. This guy didn't want to make fouls at all.

Guigui scored 7 of 5 in the first quarter and scored 10 points. Except for a breakthrough, the rest were all mid-range shots near the free throw line. Turtle scored almost all of the shots given by the defense.

Taking advantage of the break between festivals, in the CCTV studio, the hosts Yang Jian and Xu Jicheng also briefly summarized the performance of the two sides in the first quarter.

"The style of play of the Bulls restrained the Thunder. In the first quarter, Noah grabbed three offensive rebounds. The combination of him and Gibson's inside line made it difficult for the Thunder to have a chance to switch offense. Director Xu, what do you think next? For the game, what adjustments should the Thunder make?"

The host Yang Jian saw that the Thunder did not play well in the first quarter, so he asked the Thunder fans a question that everyone cared about.

"I think the Thunder played well, especially the protection of rebounds in the backcourt. This must be implemented in the following games. Li Ze and Durant should strengthen some long-range shots from the outside. When they break into the inside, the referee often No whistle."

"The Thunder still need to try their best to seize some opportunities to switch offenses. This is their magic weapon to win. The current pace of the game is what the Bulls like. Let's see how the next rotation will perform!"

What Xu Jicheng said was right. The Thunder's rotation is already stretched at this time. Head coach Brooks has always been a bit conservative about rotation, and this game is no exception. He just mentioned Ethan Thomas on the bench to the rotation.

After the start of the second quarter, the Thunder played Li Ze at the 2rd position. Maynor and Sefoloza partnered in the backcourt. Ibaka and Thomas protected the inside. The Bulls also had a short rotation. Rose and Noah were replaced. Next, the matchup replaced John Salmons and Tyrus Thomas.

The Thunder team attacked, Li Ze used Ibaka's back to cover, and received the ball from the top of the arc outside the three-point line. Loel Deng chased very tightly. After squeezing through the screen, he took a small step and raised his hands, trying to rely on his own Height advantage, defend Li Ze.

Noticing the opponent's defense, after Li Ze received the ball, he dribbled the ball under the crotch on the spot, dribbled back with a sudden cross step with his right hand, paused with his left hand, outside the three-point line, Baifo's fake move, and lol Deng Immediately move your weight forward.

At this time, Li Ze quickly changed direction, holding the ball in his right hand to speed up the breakthrough. Li Ze suddenly paused during the march, and his body twisted backwards, shaking Lool Deng's center of gravity backwards. He felt the defense on his side loosen. Ze rushed to the layup with a light low hand before Gibson's help defense was in place.

"Shua" two-pointer made steady progress.

Seeing Luoer Deng's gloomy expression, Li Ze smiled slightly. His strength training is not for nothing. At present, his ability to control his body is obviously stronger than that at the beginning of the season. Such a rhythm change is even easier to grasp.

The most important thing is that Li Ze's physical coordination is very good. Whether it's the same hands and feet, or a normal low-handed layup, Li Ze can easily complete the layup, which allows him to launch an attack on the blue frame at any time after breaking through , Loel Deng was easily broken through because he didn't keep up with Li Ze's rhythm.

In the first half of the second quarter, Li Ze fully turned on his personal offensive mode, breaking Loel Deng and Gibson into a sieve. In many cases, Li Ze did not completely pass the defense of the two, but as long as he was stuck half of his body position, it will be difficult for the two of them to restrain Li Ze.

Especially the In and Out of Li Ze's left and right hands, this little trick in the process, made Gibson suffer a lot, and every time he was shaken into a wooden pile, this is also a technical move frequently used by Li Ze recently. efficient.

After the Bulls' Tyrus Thomas missed several strong attacks at the basket, the Thunder easily took a 4-point lead.

With the addition of the silver [Defensive Core] badge, Ibaka's defense has become more stable. Although he can't compare with some strong teams starting inside, he can occasionally play some outstanding performances.

The Bulls attacked, and after the pick-and-roll, Gibson went down to receive a pass from Hinrich and wanted to make a one-armed dunk, but Ibaka, who was assisting to defend him, was blocked head-on!
"Ah!! He fouled!"

Gibson screamed, lost his center of gravity, staggered and fell to the floor, and complained loudly to the linesman, but the referee signaled the game to continue. After Li Ze controlled the ball, he immediately pushed up to change the attack.

The Bulls' defense was very fast. Loel Deng found Li Ze immediately, and wanted to use his body to counteract and slow down Li Ze's advance speed. Li Ze sensed the opponent's intention and was not greedy for the ball. Give to Meno.

After the latter received the ball, he dribbled two steps and gave it to Sefoloza, who was running down again. The bulls' basket was completely empty, and Sefolosha made an easy layup. This was the first time for the Thunder Call it a conversion offense.

"Excellent three-line fast break, the Thunder's ball transfer is very good, I didn't expect the rotation to lead by 6 points, and the next game should be easier."

Xu Jicheng sang his praises again after seeing the Thunder leading.

Coach De Nagro requested a timeout. He didn't expect his rotation to perform so poorly. He couldn't attack and defend.

Brooks also replaced Li Ze and Ibaka, and temporarily played a small lineup, hoping to last for a few minutes, but after this lineup came on the field, they failed to grasp two outside three-pointers, and the Bulls began to pinch Du rand.

Fortunately, Turtle stood up at this time, first received a pass from Durant, and quickly broke through to kill the inside line, causing Noah's foul, two free throws helped the team stabilize the situation, and then two consecutive high pick-and-rolls Tactics, all scored in the middle distance.

Especially for the second ball, facing Rose's defense, he first used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Rose's entanglement. During the march, the left hand suddenly pulled back under the crotch, and the right hand quickly changed direction in front of the body, swaying away the chasing Rose, and made an emergency stop jump shot.

"Whoa!!"

After scoring the goal, Turtle yelled at Ross, showing his tough attitude.

"Shh!"

Seeing Turtle provoking his team's leading star, the audience in the United Center Arena immediately booed loudly.

Rose still maintained his facial paralysis expression without making a sound, but on the offensive end, he began to strengthen his breakthrough. Facing the defense of the turtle, after dribbling the ball under his crotch, he continuously changed directions in front of his body. The range of movements was small, but the speed It was too fast, and the tortoise was passed in one fell swoop.

After rushing to the penalty area, he took off with the momentum, dodged the defense of Nick Collison and Itang Thomas, from right to left, after a large pull, picked the basket with his left hand, hit the board high and sent the ball into the basket.

"Ah! Wow!!"

Such a flashy layup immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the audience in the United Center arena. First, there was a huge cheer, and the defensive round also began to shout for the home team:

"Defense! Defense! Defense!"

Li Ze was sitting on the bench, and he was a little dumbfounded to see Rose twisting his waist in the air to score the ball. This is because he can’t make a layup without pulling the bar. Sometimes it may be better to touch the porcelain directly, but he has to admit that, Playing like this is really cool, and it can really boost home morale.

Coach Brooks saw that the team had temporarily withstood the opponent's counterattack, and planned to let Li Ze take a good rest in the second quarter, so as to reserve more energy for the second half.

After halftime, 52 to 48, the Thunder took a 4-point lead.

During the intermission, in the Thunder locker room, coach Brooks stood in front of the whiteboard and began to explain the tactics of the second half of the game.

"Excellent halfcourt performance, guys, we held the backcourt rebounds and didn't let the Bulls play the second offense they are good at, but in the second half offensively we need to strengthen our outside shooting, especially the three-point shooting."

"In the first half, we only took 6 shots from outside the three-point line and hit 2 goals. This kind of outside firepower is far from enough. Kayce and Kevin, whether it is a three-pointer after a screen or a three-pointer in a single, I think You need to throw the ball in from the outside!"

"We have to play our own offensive rhythm, reduce the offensive position, and at the same time, continue to protect our backcourt rebounds. After this game is over, when we return to Oklahoma City, we can play 4 home games in a row. Come on, boys !"

"Oh yeah!"

The temptation to go home, the excited Thunder team screamed, and Li Ze also quietly gave Durant a provocative look, signaling for a comparison in the second half. Durant shook his head and smiled, holding up four fingers , indicating that he can score 4 three-pointers.

Turtle, who had entered the concentration mode, didn't notice the small movements of the two of them. At this moment, he shouted excitedly:

"Guys, this game is handed over to me, and I will definitely lock Rose in the second half!"

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Thunder team attacked. After the tortoise dribbled through halftime, Li Ze immediately smoked from the bottom corner. At the beginning of the game, he played a double screen tactic for Durant. With the two screens of Collison and Ibaka, Durant After receiving the ball at 3 degrees on the right side outside the three-point line, Rant pulled up and shot.

"Shua" three-pointer hit steadily.

Last season, Durant shot 47.6% from the field and 42.2% from three-point range.

At the beginning of the new season, with the addition of Li Ze's "Organizer Core" badge, Durant's shooting rate is close to 50%. Although the three-point shooting rate has dropped a bit, it is still around 38%.

After scoring the goal, Durant put up a finger coquettishly, signaling to Li Ze that this is the first goal.

The Bulls attacked, and Luol Deng relied on Gibson's pick-and-roll to get rid of Durant's defense and make a mid-range emergency stop jumper.

"Bang" hit an iron with anger.

Collison clung to Noah behind him, successfully protected the backcourt rebound, and immediately passed it to Li Ze next to him. Noticing that the Bulls retreated very quickly, Li Ze was not in a hurry, and slowly dribbled through halftime .

Hinrich defended Li Ze in front of him, and wanted Li Ze to play the ball as soon as possible, but he was too defensive. Li Ze suddenly changed direction with his left hand while he was marching, and quickly dribbled the ball behind his right hand, and then took a large step back. Came outside the three-point line and shot a jumper directly.

"Shua" juggling shots, the three-pointer went into the net hollow.

"Oh!! Wow!"

The audience in the United Center arena let out a burst of exclamation. What's the situation? A three-pointer was thrown just after halftime, but it still scored?
Hinrich also looked at Li Ze in bewilderment. This movement was too fast. When he recovered and wanted to defend, Li Ze had already made a move.
"Li Ze's three-pointer? Score!! This ball is full of imagination, and the movement is too smooth. I don't think the Bulls players have reacted. It's too powerful. Durant and Li Ze scored three with one. Divide the ball, the point difference is 10 points!"

When the host Yang Jian saw Li Ze throwing the three-pointer, he immediately praised it loudly.

As soon as the point difference reached double digits, the Bulls players were a little anxious. After all, they were anxious for three-pointers, and the point difference was too big. Turtle rushed in, but was interfered by Ibaka who was helping to defend, and failed to score.

Collison received the backcourt rebound again, and after Guigui received the ball, Li Ze signaled everyone to slow down, after all, the Bulls had all retreated.

In this defensive round, the Bulls put out 12 points of strength against the crowd, the defensive rotation speed was accelerated, and they chased and defended desperately, but failed to succeed in several tactics.

With 10 seconds left in the attack time, Guigui changed direction and immediately rushed into the penalty area, but Noah's lateral movement was so fast that Guigui felt that he would be blocked.

Li Ze took the pot one step away from the three-point line, noticing that the attack time was approaching, and without hesitation, he made a long-range three-pointer and shot a jumper.

"Shua" three-pointer and then scored.

After scoring the goal, Li Ze looked calm, pretended to be X, raised his hands, and slowly retreated, but he shouted in his heart: Fortunately, he caught the ball on the left side outside the three-point line, [Hot Zone Hunter] + [Catch and Shooter] The combination of two badges is a bonus, otherwise this ball is really hard to say.
Maybe it was this three-pointer that angered everyone in the Bulls. In the next game, the opponent stepped on the three-point line to defend, and under the addition of the home whistle, they kept pulling and pulling small moves, resolutely not allowing the Thunder to shoot outside.

But the point difference was always around 10 points. Li Ze kept his pace and made no mistakes in the offense. He returned to defense when he hit the iron. The defensive end was like a chicken blood. He was finally going to win against Ross. He was excited!

By the end of the third quarter, 3 to 78, the Thunder still led by 68 points. The Bulls' outside shots were really stretched, and they didn't switch offenses. It was very difficult to chase points.
In the 4th quarter, the main players of the two sides continued to play, and the tortoise in the game of grievances broke out again. Three unreasonable emergency stops in the middle distance opened up the point difference again. Rose was obviously broken. The offensive end became more impatient and tried. The distance jumper is still hitting the iron.

After the long rebound popped up this time, Li Ze easily accepted it, and immediately made a pass to find the turtle who was about to come down. After the latter caught the ball, he accelerated crazily.

"哐" converted the offense and dunked successfully.

"what!!"

The excited tortoise yelled, with a bad breath in his heart, he was finally going to beat Ross!
"Shhh!!"

Li Ze laughed in his heart when he heard the huge boos erupting from the United Center arena:
"This game is guaranteed to win! In the first game of the new season, Guigui temporarily leads 1-0. Brothers basketball feels really good!"

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