Back on the court, Lu Yao seemed to be a new person, his desire to attack became extremely strong.
Bosh, who was defending him, felt a sense of oppression coming towards him, making him breathless.
Lu Yao, what's going on?
But Bosh couldn't react, but Lu Yao bombed the ball on the spot and retreated, directly opening up the shooting space, and then made a decisive move!
The ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell hollowly into the basket!
Lu Yao made an elegant pull-up, helping the Thunder reduce the score to 8 points.
But what Lu Yao can do next is more than that.
After a round of fighting, Wade made a mid-range shot and the ball was handed over to the Thunder.
With Westbrook in charge of the ball, the Thunder slowly moved the ball to the frontcourt and looked stable in the face of Wade's defense.
Although Westbrook's impulsive character is still there, it has also changed after Lu Yao arrived.
In the past, he was aggressive because the team needed him, but now with helpers, Westbrook no longer needs to focus too much on personal offense.
Now Westbrook can't help but have a higher assist-to-loss ratio, and his personal assists have also reached 11 per game.
This is the change that Lu Yao brought to the entire Thunder after his arrival.
But Wade is not a vegetarian. As an all-around player who has won many first defenses, Wade's defense is naturally pressing step by step, limiting Westbrook's offensive space.
But Westbrook didn't panic at all, after all, he had his teammates.
Immediately, Westbrook passed the ball directly to Lu Yao, who had been waiting for a long time on the wing.
Because Lu Yao was standing on the outside, Bosh was forced to follow him out. This created a comfortable space for Lu Yao.
Although Lu Yao is still higher than Bosh, for Lu Yao, the current one-on-one is like a point guard playing a power forward in isolation.
What's more, this "point guard" is a super-large point guard, 2.16 meters tall.
Lu Yao's rhythmic dribbling made Bosh dizzy. After experiencing some injuries and increasing age, Bosh's age is not as good as before, and he can't keep up with Lu Yao's dribbling.
Lu Yao guessed the opportunity, and after using a disguised misdirection to sway Bosh away, he directly made a move without any hesitation.
At this moment, in the CCTV live broadcast room, Yang Yi saw this scene and boasted about Lu Yao.
"Lu Yao's shot is really like a point guard's ball control skills! Fancy dribbling, elegant pull-up."
"The current Lu Yao even gives me the feeling of T-Mac from 2003."
Yu Jia on the side also agreed with this.
"I have the same opinion as you. When I saw Lu Yao, I thought of T-Mac. The two of them are so similar."
The camera at the scene also turned to the auditorium, and a man wearing a knitted hat appeared on the big screen.
And that person is none other than the t-mac that Yu Jia and Yang Yi were talking about just now!
Maddie raised her head and saw her face appearing on the big screen. She was a little shocked at first, then smiled and waved to the big screen.
This time, McGrady traveled in a low-key manner. Originally, he was supposed to be playing in the CBA, but the team happened to be on vacation recently, so he returned to the United States to relax for a while.
He heard from Dayao that there was a very powerful Chinese star and suggested that he must go and take a look.
Hearing Lu Yao's name constantly made Maddie become very curious about Lu Yao.
He watched Lu Yao's video and didn't know it, but he was shocked when he saw it.
Lu Yao possesses top-notch static talent, but also possesses extremely high ball IQ and skillful ball-handling skills like a point guard, which immediately attracted Tracy McGrady's attention.
Therefore, McGrady came to the Energy Center in person to watch Lu Yao's game.
But this time, something happened again.
Originally, in the first half of the quarter, McGrady still felt normal and even silently analyzed it in his mind.
But when he saw the two goals in front of Lu Yao, McGrady was completely confused.
Lu Yao's two shots, whether dribbling or shooting, are exactly the same as his own.
It's just carved out of the same mold.
This also aroused McGrady's doubts, so much so that when the camera hit him just now, he couldn't react immediately.
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Immediately afterwards, the game continued to start.
Although Lu Yao scored two goals in a row, Wade did his part and scored a layup against Westbrook's defense, pushing the score to 8 points.
Although Wade is getting older and the impact of losing a meniscus is becoming more and more obvious, he still cannot change his speed and it is still difficult to catch up.
The ball was handed over to the Thunder. Lu Yao took the initiative to indicate that he wanted to play in singles. After making eye contact with Westbrook, he signaled Ibaka on the baseline to give him the ball.
Ibaka also trusted Lu Yao very much and passed the ball to Lu Yao.
Lu Yao followed the tactics and advanced towards the frontcourt with the ball.
At this moment, the player guarding Lu Yao was changed from Bosh to Wade. The Heat also saw that Lu Yao's main focus in this game was outside offense. It was really inappropriate to let Bosh, who mainly played inside, defend Lu Yao from the outside.
Therefore, the Heat made tactical adjustments, with Wade restricting Lu Yao on the outside, while Bosh was responsible for checking for Wade's deficiencies on the inside.
This is a very popular tactic in the NBA. It is a small defense but a big defense. It is mainly aimed at the opponent's leading player who is a forward.
But this is not a problem for Lu Yao.
Although Wade's pressure was extremely strong, it did not affect Lu Yao at all.
Lu Yao's rhythmic shaking made Wade feel dizzy.
After all, Lu Yao's super long wingspan makes his change of direction very large. One change of direction is almost three meters away.
Sure enough, even Wade understood the power of Lu Yao's drastic change of direction.
Before this, his good brother James had already experienced it.
The result was no surprise. After Lu Yao shook Wade away, he pulled up on the spot and the ball fell steadily into the basket.
Lu Yao scored six points in a row, which immediately knocked back the Thunder's momentum.
The Thunder advanced with great success, Westbrook and Durant each scored a goal, and went straight out with an 11-2 wave, reducing the score to one point.
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There are still fifteen seconds left before the end of the first quarter.
The point difference is still 1 point.
Lu Yao caught the ball in the backcourt, and Wade started from the backcourt, pressing forward step by step, blocking Lu Yao from advancing towards the frontcourt.
However, Lu Yao's physical talent still left Wade helpless.
Since Wade wanted to stop Lu Yao, Lu Yao pushed Wade away directly. In this way, the two of them kept entangled and reached the top of the arc.
At this moment, there are only five seconds left in the game. Lu Yao's current choice is to force the shot, and even the option of passing the ball has been crossed out.
Lu Yao made a pocket dribble to get some distance from Wade!
Suddenly, Lu Yao pulled up on the spot and made a three-pointer. Wade quickly pounced on him, but he still missed a little!
The ball went hollow into the net!
