The ball drew a perfect arc in the air and then fell hollowly into the basket.
Lu Yao stood quietly. At this moment, the referee's whistle sounded and the Timberwolves called a timeout.
Lu Yao's goal directly stopped the Timberwolves!
Suddenly, the fans in the audience burst into unprecedented cheers.
Because Lu Yao scored 15 points in a single quarter after this hit goal by Guo Guaizui!
With two minutes left in the first quarter, Lu Yao, who had no solution, had already scored 15 personal points.
As the saying goes, who on Earth can stop Lu Yao?
Wiggins sat there, a little autistic.
Almost all of Lu Yao's goals so far in this game have been scored on his head.
Except for the dunk after receiving a pass from Westbrook in the opening game.
At this moment, LaVine and Kevin Martin came to Wiggins, each with one hand, and pulled Wiggins up from the ground.
LaVine patted Wiggins on the back and comforted him: "It's okay Andrew, Lu Yao's current performance is not like a regular rookie at all. You are already doing a good job."
Hearing these words, Brother Zui's injured little heart barely received some comfort.
Back on the bench, the coaches of both teams were busy arranging tactics and preparing for the next game.
Lu Yao looked up at the scoreboard overhead. At 26:13, the Thunder led the Timberwolves by a huge 13 points.
He couldn't help but nodded, OK, you can continue to add more.
From the moment Lu Yao and Westbrook each scored a three-pointer, the Timberwolves' original offensive rhythm had been completely disrupted.
Here at the Timberwolves, the coach was banging on the tactical board and said: "Try every means to stop Lu Yao, no matter what, even a foul. As long as we can restrain him, we have hope of overtaking."
But the current 13-point deficit leaves the Timberwolves players with little hope.
What's more, this is only the first quarter. We are already 13 points behind in the first quarter. It will be difficult to recover in the following games.
The short timeout ends and the players return to the court again.
The ball was handed to the Thunder. Westbrook led the Thunder to launch a new round of fierce attack and passed the ball to Robertson who cut inside and scored with a shot.
Westbrook was also in extremely hot form tonight. He had already scored 4 assists in the first quarter, not to mention not making a single mistake.
Since Lu Yao's arrival, Westbrook's offensive choices have become much more correct, and the number of mistakes has also dropped significantly.
On the other hand, the Timberwolves, not only was Wiggins beaten head-on by Lu Yao, but even LaVine and Kevin Martin were very uncomfortable being restricted by the Thunder who caught up with the defense.
Although the Timberwolves had a short-term advantage at the beginning, it was completely irrelevant to the Thunder.
Immediately afterwards, the substitute West who was replaced hit two three-pointers in a row, almost concluding the first quarter!
The referee's whistle sounded and the first quarter of the game was officially over!
At 32:15, the Thunder continued to maintain their big lead and advanced into the second quarter with their heads held high.
Lu Yao was in hot form in the first quarter. If I raised my hand, I would do it! With a 100% shooting rate, he scored 18 points in a single quarter! Among them, 5 of 5 and 3 of 3 three-pointers!
But the best one is undoubtedly Westbrook. Westbrook also scored 17 points with super high efficiency in the first quarter, plus 5 assists and 0 turnovers.
The performance of the two stars directly mobilized the entire Thunder's offensive atmosphere.
On the other hand, the Timberwolves' morale is getting lower and lower, and the entire team exudes a pessimistic atmosphere.
All they want now is to return to Minnesota as soon as possible and then lock themselves in their room.
Because it was a bit embarrassing to be tyrannized by Thunder here.
At this rate, the Thunder may have to further expand their score.
If it enters garbage time in less than two quarters, then this Timberwolf will be directly nailed to the pillar of shame.
Sure enough, in the second quarter, neither side replaced the main players.
The Thunder's intention was obviously to end the game in the second quarter.
The Timberwolves mainly want to save some face.
But how could the sluggish Timberwolves be able to withstand the unstoppable Thunder at this moment!
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder hit 4 3-pointers in a row, launching a 12-0 shock wave, which directly stunned the Timberwolves.
This wave of 12:0 directly brought the score to a huge 29-point difference.
With such a point difference, there is almost no need to fight.
After resisting for a while, the Timberwolves coach finally called this humiliating timeout.
Less than halftime, we were ahead by nearly 30 points! It's so embarrassing.
At this moment, the Minnesota Timberwolves fans who were watching the game exploded on the spot.
30 points! This is 30 points! It would be understandable if it was 30 points in four quarters, but this was only the second quarter, and not even half of the quarter had passed.
In the commentary box, Kenny Smith also took a breath and said: "Are you kidding me? Winning less? 30 points? Oh my God, is it possible that Russell and Lu are going to destroy Minnesota?"
Barkley shrugged on the sidelines: "What's more, this is in the absence of Durant. If Durant plays, the Timberwolves' fate will become even more bleak."
What Buckley said is certainly correct.
If these three people are combined, this huge 30-point difference may become even greater.
This sentence is definitely not a joke.
Naturally, the two teams also put on full substitute lineups. Logically speaking, Lu Yao and Westbrook should be off work for one and a half quarters.
The two scored 21 points and 20 points, both exceeding 20 points. On the other hand, the highest score for the Timberwolves was only 9 points by Kevin Martin.
It's no wonder that the Timberwolves were beaten like this.
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The following time became very boring.
Most of the Timberwolves' main players had already left the court and returned directly to the locker room.
Westbrook and Lu Yao were sitting on the sidelines, talking and laughing with Durant, who was dressed in casual clothes, waiting for the game to end.
As the referee's whistle sounded, the game officially ended.
In the end, the Thunder beat the Timberwolves with 40 points with a huge score of 124:84.
In the next two and a half quarters, the Thunder's bench was extremely ruthless, venting almost all the grievances they suffered in the previous games on the Timberwolves bench.
There were 7 players in the entire Thunder team who scored in double figures, but the highest scorers were these two old brothers who only played less than a quarter and a half.
At this moment, only Brother Zui remained on the court as the main force of the Timberwolves. Lu Yao found Brother Zui, came to him and hugged him.
Wiggins smiled relieved and praised: "Brother, this game was well played."
"The same to you."
