The best teammates in the NBA

Chapter 142 The Unrelenting Three Thunder Masters (6600 word chapter)
The game experience is indeed a huge help to the players. After Jeff Green was injured, Ibaka got the chance to start.

Although he can't help the team on the offensive end, on the defensive end, Ibaka is growing rapidly.

Perhaps it was Li Ze's [Defensive Core] badge that allowed Ibaka to realize his talent ahead of time. In this game, Ibaka obviously had a huge advantage in the matchup with Cavaliers rookie JJ-Hickson .

The height and weight of the two are almost the same, but in the first few minutes of the game, Ibaka completely suppressed the opponent with his excellent physical talent, and Hickson failed to eat cakes under the basket several times.

The Cavaliers attacked, LeBron James once again relied on O'Neal's pick and roll, got rid of Durant's defense, went straight to the inside, faced the double interception of Krstic and Ibaka, and once again passed the ball to Hickson at the basket .

The latter hesitated to catch the ball, which made Ibaka return to the defense again, easily interfered with Hickson's shot, and then Krstic successfully protected the backcourt rebound.

"The Thunder's rookie Ibaka's defense is a bit interesting. Compared with the beginning of the game, he has made significant progress. Although he was completely suppressed by Zach Randolph in the last game, the Cavaliers' rookie is also not good inside. "

Seeing that the Thunder successfully defended again, Director Zhang cheerfully praised Ibaka's performance.

"The Thunder's defensive strategy is very obvious. It is to give the outside line, cover and switch defenses. It is clear that it is to let James break through, and then choke the outside line for two three-pointers."

"The last time we played against each other, James scored a high score and lost the game. We can look forward to whether the Cavaliers can come up with a countermeasure."

第1节打了5分多钟后，14:7，雷霆队轻松领先了7分。

Relying on Ibaka's excellent performance on the defensive end, he successfully suppressed James' tank breakthrough. Except for the opening three-pointer, O'Neal scored the remaining 4 points at the basket.

As for the Thunder, everyone is about to enter the downwind God of War mode. Turtle's high pick-and-roll jumper, Durant's mid-range stop after a screen, and Krstic's basket, all scored.

Noticing that all members of the Cavaliers had retreated quickly, Guigui slowly dribbled through the half court, and made a simple tactical gesture to his teammates, indicating that this attack will use Li Ze's low-post tactics.

Everyone in the Thunder team immediately started to move. Durant slowly shifted to the top of the arc from the right bottom corner. At the same time, Li Ze and Ibaka made a cross screen on the baseline, and then came to the waist to receive the ball.

After Li Ze successfully caught the ball, Guigui quickly walked around Li Ze's bottom line to drive away the defenders, and everyone cleared one side, leaving a huge space for Li Ze to play singles.

Facing Anthony Parker's defense, Li Ze faced the basket to attack, put the ball with his left hand after three threats, and quickly changed direction after dribbling the ball under his crotch.

After a slight pause, his body leaned up, and at the same time he stretched out his right hand, pretending to join the ball. This little Buddha worship movement easily shook Anthony Parker.

Noticing that the opponent was shaking, Li Ze accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand and easily passed the defense. Before Hixon came to help defend, he quickly picked the basket with his left hand.

"Shua" scored with a one-handed layup.

"Ow!!"

The audience in the Quicken Loans Center arena all exclaimed. Li Ze's rhythm changes shook the defense and made an easy layup. It was smooth and good-looking. This is completely different from LeBron James' playing style.

"Beautiful goal! Li Ze's physical coordination is too good, such a pleasing sight, this goal will definitely be among the top ten goals in the NBA today."

The host Yang Jian is also more enjoyable watching, this is not the same as watching the Arab League game, Li Ze plays fancy, with various rhythm changes and dexterous handwork, which makes people dazzled and fascinated.

LeBron James noticed that the team's point difference had reached 9 points and was about to reach double digits. He was a little anxious. After halftime, with Hickson's pick-and-roll, he went straight to the basket.

No longer passing the ball, after fighting in the air with Ibaka who was helping to defend, he lightly dodged the block with his right hand, hit a layup and scored the ball.

"what!!"

Seeing the team's leading star score again, the fans immediately burst into cheers, and they must respond, and Li Zexiu cannot be allowed to go down.

After scoring the goal, LeBron James raised his hands while retreating. As for the atmosphere at the scene, it was more enthusiastic.

"Defense! Defense! Defense!"

When the Thunder team attacked, the audience in the Quicken Loans Center Arena also cheered up and began to help the home team defend with shouts.

But Turtle was not affected at all, and after a high pick-and-roll with Krstic, he made an emergency stop near the free throw line and shot a jumper.

"Shua" easily scored in the middle distance.

"squeak"

Coach Mike Brown immediately requested a timeout. Although O'Neal was impeccable on the offensive end, he was really unable to move his legs in the face of the pick-and-roll on the defensive end. The Cavaliers took the lead in making substitution adjustments.

After the timeout, Coach Brooks began to serve chicken soup to everyone:

"Nenard, hold on for another 2 minutes, and then we will rotate, Byron, you have to be ready to play in a while, protect the rebound, Kayce, maintain this offensive rhythm."

"Tomorrow we can go back to Oklahoma City to rest for a few days, guys, hang in there!"

In the last game against the Grizzlies, Krstic was really exhausted.

The two with the best physical condition are Li Ze and Guigui. Durant didn't have much defensive pressure in the first quarter, and he also took advantage of the offense. There was no major problem with his physical fitness.

"I still like to play against Eastern teams, except for the Celtics. I'm looking forward to James' expression after losing!"

Durant simply drank some water, and whispered to Li Ze with a gloating expression on his face.

"Maybe he's used to losing to us, after all we won the last fight!"

Li Ze didn't care about James' performance. After all, the Eastern Cavaliers were not their competitors, so he said something casually.

"Haha, Kayce is right, maybe James will really get used to losing to us in the future, I want to play 82 games for the Cavaliers."

Guigui also chuckled and said, the outside line defense is not oppressive enough, and the inside line protection ability is weak. In this game, Guigui completely walked out of the sewer.

The Cavaliers, who came back from a timeout, took O'Neal and replaced Anderson Varejao, which enhanced the mobility of the inside defense.

LeBron James also began to increase his outside shots. After the pick-and-roll with Varejao, James stopped and shot a jumper in the left elbow of the free throw line.

"Bang" hit an iron with anger.

After the long rebound was taken by Durant, the Thunder launched a conversion attack again.

The first pass first found Guigui, who received the ball and passed it to Li Ze immediately after half court. Although the Cavaliers had all retreated at this time, they did not do a good job in defense.

After receiving the ball, Li Ze held the ball in his left hand. Facing Varejao's defense, he made an in and out with his left hand, accelerated past the opponent, and rushed to the penalty area.

LeBron James quickly returned to the defense, and Li Ze did not force himself to attack. He simply broke through and scored the ball to find Durant on the outside.

The latter catches the ball and breaks through immediately, noticing that Hickson's defense has taken a big step back, Durant crosses the dribble and pulls back, making an emergency stop to shoot a jumper.

"唰" made a two-pointer and made a steady hit.

"This game will take a lot of time. Let the Thunder team go smoothly in the first quarter, then this game will completely enter the rhythm that the Thunder team likes. We have also broadcast a lot of games. But if the first quarter leads a lot, it will be the fourth quarter. Holidays are basically garbage time."

Director Zhang analyzed a lot before the game, but it turned out that the Cavaliers were beaten head-on by the Thunder in the away game, which was a bit embarrassing.

"The Cavaliers' perimeter defense has some problems. It can be clearly seen that Durant is not attacking with all his strength."

"Compared with previous games, this game has reduced a lot of breakthroughs, most of which are catch-and-shoot jump shots, which are likely to be affected by physical fitness."

"Let's look at the ball first. James rushed in again, causing Kostic's thug foul, and finally scored. Being able to stand on the free throw line and cause damage is also a good choice!"

The host, Yang Jian, was also a little helpless. Most of the Thunder games broadcasted by CCTV were overwhelmed. Chinese Thunder fans described it very aptly. Do you still need to watch the Thunder games?Waking up is a big win.
LeBron James stood at the free throw line, took a deep breath, and made two free throws.

But there was not much time left in the first quarter, and the Thunder slowed down their offensive rhythm. Li Ze suggested that everyone should be patient in passing the ball, and by the way, he also let Kostic take a breath.

After simply passing the ball from the outside, Guigui and Ibaka played a pick-and-roll. After getting rid of Gibson's entanglement, Guigui accelerated in a straight line with the ball in his right hand. Suddenly, the small top turned around while moving. After turning to the basket, he made a low-handed layup with his left hand .

Li Ze smiled when he saw the tortoise playing more and more smoothly. After the [organization core] badge was upgraded, the bonus provided to the tortoise was mainly concentrated on the finish at the basket.

Turtle's three-pointers are currently only shooting about 23%, but the finish at the basket has reached 63%.

This is already a very good statistic among point guards. The media criticized him because of this. He doesn’t think about assists and frequently attacks the basket. This point guard is too unconventional
With 1 minutes and 2 seconds left in the first quarter, the Thunder also slowly replaced their own rotation players, but this did not affect the team's offense and still firmly grasped the rhythm of the game.

At 31:23, the Thunder in the away game easily led by 8 points. In the second half of the first quarter, the two sides frequently stood at the free throw line. The whistle of this game still took good care of the Cavaliers.

During the intermission, Coach Mike Brown glanced at the players on the bench and sighed helplessly:
"The defensive resources can't keep up, it seems that we can only use the trump card in advance!"

"LeBron, at the beginning of the second quarter, you start with the bench lineup, go all out to chase points, add some outside long-range shots, you must believe in yourself, guys, when there is an opportunity, shoot resolutely from outside the three-point line!"

LeBron James nodded. His physical fitness is fine. Coach Mike Brown is right. He really should increase some outside shots. After all, the Thunder let him shoot and he needs to respond.

On the side of the Thunder bench, the hilarious Turtle ignored the resentful expression of his dance partner Meno, and said directly to Coach Brooks:
"Coach, I feel very good, and there is no problem with my physical fitness. Let me play first in the second quarter!"

Head coach Brooks always liked short rotations. After hearing what Guigui said, he waved his hand and happily agreed to Guigui's request:
"Byron, pay attention to Collison's response after you go on the court. You must protect the rebounds in the backcourt. We must play our own transition offense and strive to win the game!"

"I understand, coach!"

Byron Mullens is a rookie in the same class as Li Ze. Before this game, he could only play in garbage time. This time he entered the regular rotation. He himself is very excited, and finally he will leave the atmosphere group!
When the second quarter started, the Thunder came up and played a cross-cut tactic with double screens on the line. After Li Ze received the ball at 2 degrees on the left side beyond the three-point line, LeBron James' defense also rushed to chase. Competence is indeed commendable.

After receiving the ball, Li Ze took advantage of the opportunity to make a cross-step breakthrough, noticing that LeBron James' defense was very close, Li Ze did not choose to pull back directly, but pulled the ball back after two quick dribbles with his left hand, and then The right hand quickly changes direction from the crotch.

Lower the center of gravity, take two quick slaps on the spot with your left hand, adjust your footsteps, and change direction again.

LeBron James was still swayed by Li Ze's fast and slow rhythm. When Li Ze accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, he had already successfully blocked half of the opponent.

During the march, he noticed that Varejao had returned to the basket, faked a real pass, swayed the defense, and gave it to Byron under the basket. The latter caught the ball and easily put the ball into the basket.

"Shh!"

The audience at the Quicken Loans Center Arena immediately booed Li Ze. Li Ze's game was really spectacular, with all kinds of gaudy moves one after another, and the Cleveland fans were a little bit emotional.

"You should dunk, Bro!"

When returning to defense, Li Ze teased Byron, who had just played, to relieve the opponent's tension.

"Ugh, I didn't expect to get an easy dunk, thanks, Kayce!"

Byron was very grateful for the assist from Li Ze, and scored as soon as he came on the field. This is definitely a wonderful start.

The Cavaliers attacked, and LeBron James, whose anger was rising, immediately played a pick-and-roll with Varejao after halftime, noticing that Li Ze also went off the line to defend, bypassing the screen, without hesitation, directly in the Jump shot from outside the three-point line.

"Shua" three-pointer hollow into the net.

The Thunder team was not affected in any way, and quickly sent the baseline ball. Turtle dribbled the ball quickly across the half court, paused slightly outside the three-point line, quickly changed direction, and rushed to the penalty area with the ball in his left hand.

Jawad Williams, who came off the bench, immediately returned to the basket, and Turtle made a fake pass to the unguarded Collison. The latter caught the ball and easily shot it.

"It's too fast! Serve from the bottom line, allowing Westbrook to break through easily. The Cavaliers need to pay attention to the perimeter defense. They must be able to defend before they can recover the score. If this continues, the game will really take time."

The host, Yang Jian, feels bad, he probably won't play at halftime.
LeBron James is completely speechless. Gibson, the guard with a knife, can't attack and defend. He must be dismissed in the next game!

In the first few minutes of the first half of the second quarter, the audience in the Speedy Loan Center Arena became more and more frustrated. The scene had completely become a personal show of Li Ze and Guigui. The two played more and more, and Li Ze was in charge of controlling Rhythm, the tortoise just charged forward.

The tortoise, who had already hit the head, accelerated crazily during the transition attack. After crossing the half court, he first changed his left hand to pass Jawad Williams, and then ignored Varejao at the basket, and the tortoise flew into the air.

The body is like a big curved bow, a powerful one-arm dunk!

"Kang" converted and dunked successfully.

"It's incredible! Westbrook's physical fitness is really amazing! The Cavaliers really can't defend the outside line, and the transition offense has begun to fail. If this continues, the point difference will get bigger and bigger!"

The crowd at Quicken Loans Center is getting more and more depressed, and the celebration is being ruined.
LeBron James broke through and scored in the first few rounds, but the basket at home seemed to be blocked, and the outside line was all iron. After this offense and Hickson’s pick-and-roll, James decided to do it himself, and made another jumper from outside the three-point line .

"Bang" iron!
After seeing the long rebound being picked up by Sefoloza, the Thunder launched another crazily transition attack. The corner of James' mouth twitched. This game really needs a pill!
The Cavaliers struggled to return to the defense, and finally prevented this transition attack. Turtle held the ball at 45 degrees on the right side outside the three-point line, and gave Li Ze a look.

At this time, Li Ze pretended to go up the line to play a hand-off, and suddenly ran an air cut along the baseline, throwing off LeBron James' defense.

Li Ze took a dribble after receiving the ball, jumped with both feet, and faced Varejao's block, a powerful one-arm dunk!

"Kang" the ball went into the air.

Varejao, who fell to the ground, had only one thought in his mind at this moment: "Why is it always me who gets hurt?"

"Oh!!"

The audience in the Quicken Loans Center Arena once again let out a huge exclamation. The visual effect of Li Ze's dunk was too strong. Seeing the replay on the big screen, Li Ze almost swung the ball into the basket. The buckle is really too hard!
The atmosphere team on the Thunder's bench threw towels all over the floor and screamed on the sidelines. Durant also made a gesture of listening attentively, signaling the audience on the sidelines to boo
"Cool! Kayce, you should be in the dunk contest!"

After Li Ze dunked the basket, before he had time to pretend to be X, he was staggered by the excited tortoise.
"squeak"

Coach Mike Brown requested a timeout, and the game has shown a one-sided trend. He can only hope that after starting the game, the point difference can be narrowed.

But it is a pity that in the next game, the Cavaliers' outside line is still strong, and they can only rely on O'Neal's low post and James' breakthrough to maintain the game.

After halftime, at 63:49, the Thunder in the away game took a 14-point lead.

During the intermission, everyone in the Thunder locker room was beaming with joy. The victory was in sight. After winning this game, they could continue to lead the Western Conference, and at the same time, they could return to Oklahoma City to rest for 4 days.

"I think there is a problem with the Cavaliers' mentality. They are no longer defensive! This guy O'Neal can't defend against pick-and-rolls at all!"

Durant didn't expect that this game would be so easy. The last time they played against each other, it was very difficult for the Thunder to win, but in tonight's game, they defeated the opponent at halftime.

"After all, O'Neal is also a veteran. I hope that the Cavaliers' outside line will still be as strong in the second half."

Li Ze was also a little surprised. After all, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Lakers in the last game. After a day, the outside line was directly withered.
"Haha, maybe this is what Kayce often said about the conservation of character. After one game, the next game must be ironed. Our game against the Grizzlies was not high, and this game rebounded!"

"It's great, I can finally have a good rest when I go back to Oklahoma City, and I'm starting to miss the Ford Center."

After the start of the second half of the game, the Cavaliers' outside shooting percentage still did not pick up. Although the Thunder also started to hit the iron, they held a 14-point lead, and with Li Ze's metronome on the court, the Cavaliers were still unable to launch an effective counterattack. .

LeBron James began to hit the basket frequently, but this performance could not restore the decline of the Cavaliers. After only struggling for more than 4 minutes, the Cavaliers completely collapsed after Li Ze threw another catch.

Durant took advantage of the fire and scored from inside and outside. O'Neal even started to watch the Thunder layup.
The garbage time came earlier than expected. In the second half of the third quarter, the two sides had already begun to score points tacitly.

The game time ran out quickly, and in the end, 114 to 100, the Thunder defeated the Cavaliers on the road, still leading the Lakers by one game, and continuing to lead the West.

Maybe it was a bit depressed to lose. After the game, LeBron James turned his head and walked directly to the player tunnel, as if he wanted to use this behavior to show his dissatisfaction with the team.

O'Neal was not affected by the loss, and after the game, he hugged and greeted the Thunder players cheerfully.

"Li, you are really outstanding. Without your participation in the All-Star Game, it would definitely be a great loss! If I were 10 years younger, we could win the championship easily!"

O'Neill found Li Ze, and started the business exchange mode with a serious face.

"Haha, Shaq, I take your word for it, no one can stop a young shark, you are a legend!"

Li Ze came up and bragged fiercely, and O'Neill was full of enthusiasm when he praised him. The more they blew, the happier they became.
Coach Brooks also breathed a sigh of relief, after playing 4 away games, 3 wins and 1 loss, he can rest for 4 days and play 4 consecutive games at home, which makes the schedule much easier.

"Okay, boys, take a good night's rest, we can go back to Oklahoma City tomorrow, and then the team will have a day off, let's go home and relax!"

"yeah!!"

After the game, on the Hupu forum on the other side of the ocean, the Kemi were excited. After the Lakers lost to the Cavaliers in the last game, Hupu became Zhanpu again. This time it was finally their turn to fight back!
"That's the level of the All-Star ticket champion? Eye defense? Eight-step layup? He went straight back to the locker room after the game. He really has no grace!"

"In the game with more than three quarters, 11 free throws were made. It is good to have the referee take care of it. He also scored 25 points. James has no technical content at all."

"James was blown away by the Thunder's three young masters! Li Ze 24 points, Durant 26 points, Westbrook 24 points, let's see who is still playing James here."

"The Thunder's game was really brutal! It took only half time. To be honest, I have been looking forward to it for so many days. James has disappointed me so much!"

"The Comets are having an orgasm again. Have you forgotten how I, James, beat the Lakers in the last game? Don't be so embarrassing here, Kobe has already died."

"Don't you guys have a place to post? Every post-game post, I can see you black people, hurry up, this is the Thunder's post-game post, spam forum, don't care about these people."

After Li Ze returned to the hotel, he first sent a message to Chapman. When they returned to Oklahoma City tomorrow, they needed to discuss the sneaker contract. After a simple wash, they immediately fell on the soft big bed.

When he successfully dunked Varejao, his body suddenly felt a burst of relief after landing. Li Ze thought that maybe the badge of [Guardian] had been upgraded. Holding this thought, Li Ze slowly fell asleep.

In the dream training space, Li Ze saw the two prompts in the achievement room, and immediately smiled. Playing with the Cavaliers can always get a lot of gains.

Entering the achievement room, Li Ze looked at the newly produced copper badge in front of him, tapped it to view the attributes:
Achievement Badge [Unlimited Takeoff]: 3/50
Enhances the success rate of players starting dunks or layups from greater distances.

Simple and rude attributes, Li Ze thinks that he can try to dunk from the free throw line in actual combat in the future. This badge is definitely a weapon for pretending to be X!Tap the upgraded silver badge again:
Achievement Badge [Button Master]: 6/500
Increase the probability of a successful dunk against a defensive player. A successful dunk restores a little stamina.

The attributes of the silver [Block Master] badge have not changed, but the effect should have been enhanced. Fortunately, each time you get a lot of experience, otherwise it would be too difficult to upgrade this badge.

Seeing the eye-catching silver in the achievement room, Li Ze immediately felt satisfied:
"When I paint all the badges to silver, I should be able to bid farewell to the title of bankrupt Jordan. Thinking about it, I'm a little excited!"

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