After hitting the mid-range shot, the Thunder got the first goal of the opening game and now lead the Spurs 2-0.
Lu Yao didn't dare to neglect after seeing the shot hit, and quickly ran back to the frontcourt to defend.
Duncan couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he saw Lu Yao making a mid-range shot against him.
If it were his previous self, he wouldn't have let Lu Yao take action so easily.
I am still getting old after all.
He looked at Lu Yao with expectation in his eyes.
Young man, prove it to me if you can take over my class.
Immediately, the ball was handed over to the Spurs, Duncan served from the baseline, and handed the ball to Ginobili to organize.
Ginobili, who had a big bald head, smoothed his hair that he didn't have at all, and slowly dribbled the ball forward.
The Spurs are famous for their almost insoluble positional warfare.
Unless there is someone like Kobe Durant who has invincible solution ability, the Spurs' positional battle will be unsolvable!
The flexible conduction caught the Thunder off guard. When the Spurs came up, it was like the Thunder demonstrated the strength of a veteran team.
At this moment, Robertson missed Parker, allowing Parker to slip into the paint smoothly. As a French sports car, Parker's breakthrough will not give his opponents a single chance.
Ginobili, who was on the outside, was naturally connected with Parker. He turned his little hand and the ball in his hand flew directly towards Parker.
Parker ignored Ibaka's defense inside and scored with a beautiful shot!
With Parker's mid-range shot, the Spurs tied the score and returned to the same starting line as the Thunder.
The old and strong team is still a strong team, Lu Yao couldn't help but sigh in his heart while running towards the backcourt.
This is why the Spurs team can bring tension to Lu Yao, but it is just tension, it does not mean that Lu Yao will be afraid!
Because now he is equivalent to Durant at his peak on the court.
Back then, Durant was hailed as the Spurs killer. In the series between Durant and the Spurs, Durant took away most of the victories.
In the next few rounds, Lu Yao did not choose to take action. Instead, he used his own attractiveness to help his teammates' offense.
I have to say that with the addition of Lu Yao, the Thunder's offense has become much smoother.
With the Thunder's tacit cooperation, the Thunder led by five points halfway through the first quarter.
Donovan on the sidelines saw this and clapped his hands happily, encouraging the players on the court to continue doing this.
Popovich on the sidelines had a dark face and stared at Lu Yao with eagle-like eyes.
Popovich was naturally unwilling to accept that Lu Yao's piece of fat was snatched away by the Thunder.
When he saw Lu Yao's second-year player option, Popovich made his decision. The Spurs must win Lu Yao next year.
In this way, Lu Yao and Leonard's young twin stars can keep the Spurs at the forefront of the league, and even continue the legend of the Spurs dynasty!
But these are all things for later, Popovich looked at the some lax players on the court and yelled.
"Cheer up! The offense becomes more ferocious! Strengthen the defense and don't let them find opportunities to take advantage of it."
After being yelled by Popovich, the Spurs players also cheered up and started to become fierce.
Under the leadership of Leonard, the Spurs overturned the Thunder's defense like a storm and directly played an 11:0 wave.
There are still two minutes left at the end of the first quarter, and the Spurs are currently 24 to 18 Thunder. This is bad news for the Thunder.
As long as the Spurs team allows him to gain a slight advantage, he can infinitely expand this small advantage to a huge advantage.
However, Westbrook is currently restricted to only keep playing the ball. Durant cannot exert too much force due to injuries. The responsibility for breaking the game naturally falls on Lu Yao.
Lu Yao wiped the sweat from his face and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Well, it’s show time.
The ball was handed over to the Thunder. Westbrook received the ball and advanced toward the court. At halftime, he handed the ball to Lu Yao.
After all, as long as halftime passes, Westbrook will be protected by many people from the Spurs.
But now Westbrook is still a little reluctant to break through the Spurs' defense, so he might as well just trust Lu Yao.
And Lu Yao will not let him down.
After a pick-and-roll switch, Lu Yao switched to Leonard, who happened to be his favorite.
Leonard, known as the young leader of the Spurs, was the Finals MVP last year. If he hadn't locked up James, I'm afraid the Spurs wouldn't have been able to win last year's championship.
But now Leonard's defense is useless in front of Lu Yao.
What Leonard is facing now is equivalent to Durant at his peak.
Durant, at his peak, was the one who took the game away with 7-for-7 at the end of the playoffs and finally won the series.
Immediately, Lu Yao made a sharp change of direction, trying to shake Leonard away.
But Leonard's footsteps were very solid and did not waver because of Lu Yao's shaking. Instead, he followed closely.
Lu Yao constantly used changes of direction to pull Leonard away, looking for space to shoot.
At this moment, Lu Yao was preparing to join the ball with both hands, and this sign was directly caught by Leonard.
Leonard immediately pushed his body forward, interfering with Lu Yao's shot to the greatest extent and even blocking it without fouling.
Have you ever thought that all of this was just a trap designed by Lu Yao for Leonard.
Lu Yao's original goal was not to shoot after Leonard was pulled from the outside. His goal was always the same, to get into the paint!
A beautiful bow directly froze Leonard in place.
Lu Yao passed him in one step and entered the inside line.
Inside, facing Duncan's defense, Lu Yao knew that he must not underestimate the enemy.
Previously, Lu Yao had caught a small flaw in Leonard, but looking at Duncan in front of him, he couldn't catch any flaw at all.
But...
Lu Yao stood a few steps away from Duncan, pulled up directly on the spot, and hit Duncan with an emergency stop shot.
With a swish sound, the ball fell into the basket.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Yao continued to destroy the Spurs' defense with mid-range shots and breakthroughs, making the Spurs unable to defend and could only be passively beaten.
For Lu Yao, these two minutes are completely his stage.
With Lu Yao's buzzer-beating layup, the first quarter officially ended!
In the last two minutes, Lu Yao scored 10 points. In his eyes, the Spurs' defense seemed to be nothing, and he ignored it completely.
Popovich watched Lu Yao's continuous goals on the sidelines and stamped his feet angrily.
At this moment, he once again regretted why he didn't offer higher conditions to chase Lu Yao.
It's good now, Lu Yao's spearhead is directed at him!
