Hayward was immediately stunned by the shot, but it was his teammates on the bench who stepped forward that made him react belatedly.
Lu Yao's strength is so strong that the ball was literally snatched from his hands in that block.
This is why Hayward feels confused.
He even jumped, but the ball was still snatched away alive. What was going on?
But when he got up, the Thunder was already approaching the Jazz's basket. Durant caught the ball in the low post and decisively shot a three-pointer from the open position, widening the point difference to 7 points.
Less than two minutes into the game, the Jazz were 7 points ahead by the Thunder.
This is a huge blow to the Jazz, and it can be regarded as a blow in the head.
Immediately afterwards, the handover of the ball ended, Hayward received the ball and slowly advanced towards the frontcourt.
Arriving at the top of the arc, Hayward distributed the ball and then started running without the ball.
But the Thunder's defense was also very good, it was tight and there were no flaws at all.
Seeing that there was very little offensive time left, the Jazz had no choice but to force a shot.
As you can imagine, the result is blacksmithing.
Just when Gobert was about to grab the rebound, he found that the ball above his head had already been taken away.
Lu Yao's bullet speed was extremely amazing, and he almost took the rebound over Gobert's head.
Gobert couldn't help but be confused, and the entire Jazz team was also confused.
No, bro, why don't you be so cruel?
If this continues, Gobert will be psychologically affected by Lu Yao.
The ball was once again handed to the Thunder. Westbrook controlled the ball for half of the court. After some rotation, the ball came to the wing Robertson.
Robertson took a mid-range shot from an open position, but he never thought that the ball would turn around and hit the basket, as if by some miracle.
A question mark appeared in Donovan's eyes on the sidelines.
Gobert, who was at the bottom of the basket, looked around and thought to himself.
This time it’s finally mine, right?
Did you ever think that a dark shadow came out again and snatched away the rebound that Gobert thought was the winner?
And who is without exception, that is Lu Yao.
Lu Yao chuckled, "You didn't expect it. It was me before, and it's still me now?"
Gobert was in disbelief, because from the beginning to now, Lu Yao had won all the rebounds.
How to fight this? Gobert suddenly felt extremely confused.
Fortunately, Lu Yao missed a tip-in, and Gobert finally got his first rebound.
But Lu Yao, on the other hand, scored 3 rebounds in just three minutes of the game. Compared with Gobert, he was really strong.
Gobert handed the ball to Burke, who had been waiting for a long time on the outside. Burke made a three-pointer and hit it directly, helping the Jazz get the first goal of the game.
7:3, the Thunder temporarily lead by 4 points.
Although the score was close, the Thunder did not panic at all. After all, for them, offense is their specialty.
Just like now, Westbrook launched a fast break and sprinted towards the Jazz basket with the ball. Even if the defensive players behind him pulled him, they did not stop Westbrook's sprint.
The Turtles were unstoppable. Westbrook jumped up directly in front of the basket, and with an exploding tomahawk dunk, he smashed the ball into the basket.
9:3, the Thunder expanded the score to 6 points!
Durant also had a hot touch and made two consecutive pull-ups, both of which were hits.
For several rounds, the Thunder maintained the lead, and the Jazz took the points, but only reluctantly.
Seeing this, Lu Yao definitely couldn't do it, and he had to show off.
Lu Yao brought the ball to the top of the arc, ignored Hayward who was leading the defense, and decisively shot a three-pointer.
The ball fell into the basket, Thunder 22:12 Jazz, and the Thunder's lead reached 10 points.
The Jazz's defense line in front of Lu Yao was as thin as a piece of paper.
Lu Yao continued to use mid-range shots and breakthroughs to destroy the Jazz's defense. At the same time, Lu Yao completely crushed Gobert in the interior. Before the first quarter was over, Lu Yao had already scored 16 points and 7 rebounds. Plus 1 block.
But for Lu Yao, this was far from enough.
After all, the requirements given by the system are 40+20. If you don't work harder, it will not be enough.
There are two minutes left before the end of the first quarter.
Lu Yao's state became more ferocious than before.
The one who suffered was Gobert.
Gobert looked like a delicate little girl in front of Lu Yao.
He couldn't stand Lu Yao's confrontation at all, and Lu Yao often took rebounds off his head.
Even the only shot he made was hit by Lu Yao.
Now Gobert is beginning to despair.
What are you doing, hey hey~
Lu Yao received the ball inside and turned around. Seeing that the situation was not good, Gobert even had the idea of getting out of the way.
But Lu Yao had already jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket directly in front of Gobert.
Lu Yao, who is 2.16 meters tall, dunks Gobert, who is 2.16 meters tall, on the spot. This scene is really spectacular.
This scene also caused the fans in the Energy Center to burst into violent cheers.
In the commentary box, Kenny Smith witnessed this scene and exclaimed.
"Oh haha! Lu jumped directly on the spot and violently dunked Rudy. Lu Yao was in really good condition tonight! He has scored 18 points now. Look at this, he is going to sprint for 40+ Rhythm!”
"What's more, he also got 7 rebounds. I wonder if Lu can break his personal record for rebounds tonight?"
For the next two minutes, Gobert was tortured to the point of crying.
He wanted to guard against Lu Yao, but was hit by Lu Yao in various layups. He couldn't even touch the ball. He took another shot and was hit by Lu Yao again.
If everyone's mood could be directly expressed on their faces, then Gobert would have burst into tears at this moment.
Why am I always the one who's hurt!
Although the Jazz were lagging behind, Hayward still stepped forward and scored two consecutive three-pointers to help the Jazz seize the score.
At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder entered the second quarter with a score of 26-20.
Lu Yao scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in a single quarter, an unbeatable inside record. Gobert didn't score a point, only a rebound given to him by Lu Yao, and the data column was empty.
However, this data is not enough for Lu Yao, it is still not enough.
After all, there is still a big gap between 40+20.
In the second quarter, Donovan was originally going to replace the main player and rest on the bench, but he first replaced the substitute and played on the court for a while.
Did you ever think that Lu Yao actually stood up and shouted loudly.
"Coach, I want to play!"
Donovan was a little confused. Lu Yao, who used to be able to get off work for three quarters as long as he could get off work for three quarters, basically sat on the sidelines when the lead was determined, when did he become so diligent?
But what he didn't know was that Lu Yao really had his reasons!
