Basketball: Start with the nerve knife

Chapter 65
It was the Sonics' turn to attack again. Kevin Durant followed suit, started slowly, and suddenly moved to the high post. When receiving the ball, he raised his hand and prepared to shoot with almost no adjustments.

Li Wan went up very fast, and didn't give him any room to shoot.

Seeing this, Kevin Durant drew a "semi-circle" on his chest with both hands, "threat" out of the ball-holding space in a "three-threat" posture, and rushed past Li Wan with a big stride.

Li Wan couldn't stop his breakthrough, so he took a symbolic grab from behind. Kevin Durant paid attention to details, and he caught a glimpse of his hand from the corner of his eye. Need to move again, as long as he takes two steps forward, he can shoot directly under the basket.

There is no way, the height of 2 meters 11 can do whatever he wants.

It's just that he just closed the ball and looked forward, only to find that the faces of himself and Odom were less than the length of two palms.

"Bah!"

Unavoidable, the two collided.

The referee blew his whistle immediately, and Odom stood firmly outside the reasonable collision zone line, so it was Kevin Durant's offensive foul.

The number of fouls committed by the two teams has accumulated to the fifth time. Odom stood up with a smile on his face under the pull of Li Wan and Fisher, and gave Li Wan another high-five.

Fisher: ? ? ?

Kevin Durant frowned.An offensive foul, and he wasn't worried.His concern is that if Odom knew ahead of time that he would drive with the ball at that point, that would be the worst thing that could happen.

That means the Lakers have seen through his ways.

But when Kobe was defending him just now, the Lakers did not arrange such a supplementary defense.

All these changes happened after Li Wan played, that is to say...

At this time, Kevin Durant thought about the previous round, when Li Wan got stuck several times ahead of time, preventing him from receiving the ball in a high position.

Could it be that his strategy of holding the ball in a high position was seen through by him?
Odom made two free throws, and the point difference came to 5 points.

Kevin Durant walked towards the frontcourt calmly. After Earl Watson passed halftime, when he was running as usual, he paid special attention to Li Wan behind him. He found that whenever he went With the long two-point area moving, the Huaxia rookie always observes the position of the ball for the first time, obviously judging the ball path and trying to destroy him receiving the ball.

It seems that I have indeed studied my catching habits!

Kevin Durant is completely sure now.

He immediately changed the rhythm of running without the ball, first casually pretending to stop, and then suddenly took a step inside the right three-point line, catching and shooting, much faster than usual.

Li Wan failed to catch up with the ball, but Kevin Durant shot too hastily, and the ball hit the basket with a "bang", "smelting iron".

"No. [-] man, don't worry, the more anxious you are, the more you won't be able to get in!"

After defending three times in a row, Li Wan opened his mouth to stimulate Kevin Durant.

He didn't forget that this guy had a provocative look before the game.

"If I were your coach, you would be sitting on the bench by now!"

Kevin Durant was powerless to fight back.

Li Wan still refused to let him go: "What's the matter? Are you planning to save the conversation to tweet after the game?"

Kevin Durant almost staggered, but he already did.He had a lot to say for himself in the conversation about him and Lee Wan.It's just a small one.

On the Lakers side, Kobe scored with the ball, and as Watson missed a three-pointer from a long distance, the first quarter of the game ended.

Phil Jackson stood on the sidelines with satisfaction, high-fiving each other.Replacing Li Wan, the Lakers not only had no problem with their rhythm, but also widened the point difference to 7 points.Kevin Durant also missed three shots after Li Wan came on the court.

Although Li Wan only scored 2 points and 1 assist during this period.But he was impeccable in those few minutes.There are some players whose many functions will not be reflected in the statistics, and Li Wan is undoubtedly such a player.

Kevin Durant left the field with his teammates. Since the end of the first quarter, his head has been lowered, almost buried in his chest, letting the sweat run across his cheeks, and he didn't reach out to wipe it.

After sitting on his bench, he even covered his hair with a towel, covering his entire face in darkness, with his hands resting on his knees, motionless.

PJ Carlesimo, who was arranging tactics, noticed this situation, pulled the assistant coach to say a few words, conveyed his meaning, and asked him to continue assigning tasks to everyone, while he walked up to Kevin Durant, Keeping a certain distance, he tentatively called out: "Kevin?"

Seeing that he didn't respond, PJ-Carlesimo took a step back more cautiously: "Kevin?"

"Ok?"

This time Kevin Durant finally reacted. He tore off the towel on his head, revealing a dull face and dull eyes.

pj-Carlesimo took another step back when he raised his head. Seeing him like this, he was relieved. Fortunately, he was just stunned by the beating and did not lose his mind.

He immediately showed a kind smile and sat down beside Kevin Durant.When there is no danger, he is willing to act as the "father" of the players.

"Man, you've just entered the league, it's normal, you'll get used to it."

Carlesimo can also understand that this game is only in the first quarter. He first made Kobe unable to take care of himself on both ends of the offense and defense.Kevin Durant is bound to have a strong sense of frustration.

At that time, he also saw what Li Wan said to Kevin Durant, which should be the reason why Kevin Durant would be depressed.

Carlesimo wanted to say something at that time, but judging from the media reports, the rookie was not very good-tempered. It was fine to criticize the players, but even the coaches. This is a sign of the next "madman". People, Carlesimo has always kept a respectful distance.

"Every player goes through this process, whether it's Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, they all go through this period!"

"You play very well. NBA rookies who can average 20 points per game from the beginning of the season are those guys for decades. You are much better than you think!"

Kevin Durant's waist gradually straightened in his words.

Carlesimo, who noticed this change, continued to speak: "I believe you will definitely have a way. I talked to coach Rick Barnes and he told me that only the sky is your limit!"

Coach Rick?

Hearing this name, Kevin Durant's expression rejuvenated. This is his mentor in college. If he hadn't allowed himself the unlimited right to fire and fight as he wanted, there would be no Kevin Durant now. -Durant!
Hearing that Carlesimo had talked with Rick Barnes, he suddenly felt that the fat old man with small round eyes in front of him was much more friendly.

"I know what to do, thank you coach!"

Kevin Durant resurrected with full blood!

About 2 minutes into the second quarter, Carlesimo replaced him.

Mike Conley, who has been paying attention to Kevin Durant, opened a sandwich at this time. After the first quarter, Kevin Durant's performance showed him that he was hungry and had already eaten a sandwich. Now look When he came on, Mike Conley wanted another one.There's no way, his performance is too bad.

When the Lakers saw Kevin Durant playing, they immediately replaced Li Wan with Walton.He defended Kevin Durant so well that Phil Jackson simply followed the opponent to make substitutions. Whenever Kevin Durant played, he let Li Wan play.

This time on the court is the Sonics' turn.

Li Wan still defended Kevin Durant in the original way. When he saw him walking towards the high post, he grabbed the position in advance, but at this moment, Kevin Durant changed his running position, received the ball outside the three-point line, and made a hit .

Before he came on the court, the Lakers' bench rotation opened up some more points, reaching 9 points, and it was heading towards double digits. Therefore, the Seattle Center Stadium was a bit dull, as if the weather before a thunderstorm, with a smell The air is stuck in the hearts of Seattleites.

With this three-pointer, the dullness was swept away.

"How's the ball?"

Kevin Durant finally got his chance.

Is this a change of play?

The sudden three-pointer was unexpected by Li Wan.In the proportion of Kevin Durant's shots, three-pointers are not his main scoring method, and the proportion may not even be 5%.

In addition to his [-]-point shooting range but instability, his strides to the layup with the ball can also create opportunities for surprise layups from a high position. If he launches a surprise attack from outside the three-point line, it is easy for the inside to react.

Li Wan shook his head slightly.

This is an unplanned score. With Kevin Durant's ability, he should have scored some points. At least in Li Wan's defensive strategy before the game, he did not change his play just because the opponent made two three-pointers. The law, not to grab the idea of ​​high position.

Kevin Durant's three-point shooting percentage so far is only 28.8%, 6 games in the preseason plus 5 games in the regular season, this sample is not small.

Today Kevin Durant really wanted a three-pointer, and he made 5 of 5 shots, and he also recognized it.

Detailed data analysis will not lie, and Li Wan is absolutely confident in his defensive strategy.

Besides, Kevin Durant can make three-pointers, and he can also make three-pointers.

While walking towards the frontcourt, his eyes met Kobe's, and he immediately changed his position, holding the ball and moving towards the top of the arc, giving the wing to Li Wan.

This way, he moves better off the ball.

In these two games, Li Wanneng felt that Kobe's narrow-mindedness did not show up on the court. Of course, he also knew that the premise is that his own performance can be consistently and brilliantly played, otherwise, Kobe would definitely not cooperate like this.

Noticing that Li Wan increased the frequency of moving without the ball, Kevin Durant suddenly became nervous. Li Wan made a name for himself in the league with his "nervous knife", and his catch three-pointers gradually began to be feared by other teams. .

That includes the Sonics.

Kevin Durant clearly remembered that Carlesimo said yesterday that when Li Wan's off-ball movement frequency increases, that is when he is ready to invest more in the offensive end.

That's now!
Kevin Durant followed suit, but Kobe's sudden lateral move blocked him.

After bypassing Kobe, Li Wan, who received the ball "hands-on" took the ball and was about to shoot. Kevin Durant couldn't do it, so he could only watch him make the shot.

"Shh!"

Li Wan successfully responded with 3 points!
Lakers teammates on the bench stood up, waving towels.

The point difference returned to 9 points!
"Pretty!"

Mike Conley took a hard bite out of his sandwich and yelled indistinctly.This three-point response was really relieving, just now he thought Li Wan would suffer the same aggrieved situation as him, but he didn't expect Li Wan to respond in the next round!

"Go on, No. [-] pick, go on with your three-pointers!"

Call ~
in!

He let out a sigh of relief.

Li Wan opened his mouth to provoke Kevin Durant.

Swinging his arm like a bamboo pole, Kevin Durant moved according to the tactics with a blank face, but he couldn't help but wonder: Do you want to make another shot?Do you want to vote again?
Li Wan is so provocative, how can Kevin Durant, who is extremely confident in his scoring ability, bear it?

Responding to winning or losing, he gradually took over his rationality, and moved beyond the three-point line again. The Sonics quickly moved the ball. He went beyond the three-point line and the ball was in his hands.

These people on the Sonics team have good passing ability, the purpose is to serve Kevin Durant and ensure that the ball is given to him as soon as he moves out of the open space.

Jump high, raise your hand and throw.

The ball went straight through the rim.

"Another three points!"

"From, Kevin Wen Wen Wen Wen, Du Du Durant!"

Shouts and cheers came from the auditorium that had been set on fire just now. The sound was as loud as the roar of a bomber, as if grenades were flying all over the sky, and they all exploded!

At this moment, the Seattle Arena is finally a bit like the 6000 people present.

"Here it goes again, you pervert!"

Mike Conley gritted his teeth secretly. Kevin Durant's offensive talent is really the best among all the people he has seen in the 07 class. Even if he feels aggrieved, he has to admit this.

Can you fight back?
Mike Conley looked at Li Wan, who flashed across the TV screen during the camera cut, and murmured softly with his lips stained with sandwich salad dressing.

Should be?

He may be able to compete with Allen Iverson!
"Shh!"

"wow!"

Seeing Li Wan go to the basket with the ball to complete the score as he thought, Mike Conley jumped up as if his butt was on fire, shouted, and looked excited.

too strong!
His college teammate is really too strong now!

Although he has played against Allen Iverson, there are precedents.

But at this moment, watching Li Wan respond to Kevin Durant continuously, Mike Conley sighed and shook his head unconsciously.

Is he really that strong?

"It starts again!"

Phil Jackson and Phil Handy glanced at each other. It wasn't the first time they saw Li Wan face each other like this on the sidelines, but they still couldn't help being excited.

Now, whether Li Wan's "nervous knife" attribute will show up has become one of the things they look forward to most every night when they have a game.

Or maybe none of them.

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(End of this chapter)