Players from both sides returned to the bench one after another. The timeout was not only a time for the players to recover, but also a time for the head coach to give lectures.
Stotts cursed at the Blazers starting players who were sitting in chairs to rest.
"You have completely fallen into Thunder's trap! They just want to strangle Damn to death! But we are not the only Damn! There are many of us!"
"You should learn to create opportunities on your own. Just like you, Aldridge, and Lillard are restricted by Lu. Can you stay in the paint and threaten appropriately?"
Aldridge was also dizzy and at a loss before, so he stayed on the inside and watched Lillard being locked up by Lu Yao.
Aldridge has an outside shooting ability. If he can step inside to help Lillard relieve the defensive pressure, then the Blazers will not be defeated by the Thunder.
Stotts was right. The Trail Blazers did fall into the trap set by the Thunder, which made Aldridge subconsciously think that facing Westbrook's defense, it would be very easy to attack inside.
But the prerequisite for all this is to be able to catch the ball, and what the Thunder did was to cut off the connection between Aldridge and Lillard.
The two implicated the entire Trail Blazers team and fell into a trap set by the Thunder. The Thunder was like a long-awaited hunter, hunting down the trapped prey.
Stotts' speech really woke up the entire Trail Blazers team.
The current Trail Blazers cannot be obsessed with Lillard and Aldridge, they should focus more on the strength of the team.
After returning from the timeout, the Trail Blazers seemed to have a completely new look, and their overall appearance was completely different from before.
This time, Aldridge moved from the inside to the outside, working with McCollum as Lillard's receiving position.
The two people's cover really made Lillard feel much more comfortable, as he no longer had to endure the defense from Lu Yao.
After the Trail Blazers found their due rhythm, they sounded the clarion call for counterattack.
Aldridge seemed to be taking advantage of the inside attack, constantly forcing layups against Westbrook. Westbrook was helpless and could only watch Aldridge put the ball into the basket.
The small man is so helpless in dealing with the big man's attack in the interior. In less than two minutes, Aldridge had already scored 6 points in a row. Coupled with the Thunder's Lu Yao and Westbrook's strikes one after another, this gave the Trail Blazers a chance to narrow the score.
What's more, Lillard's touch started to pick up on the outside, and the Trail Blazers did everything they could to help Lillard get rid of Lu Yao on the outside.
With shooting space, Lillard naturally wants to show off his accurate shooting ability.
After using the pick-and-roll to get rid of Lu Yao, Lillard received the ball from outside the three-point line and took a decisive shot.
The ball came out of his hands, crossed a perfect arc, and fell into the basket.
Lillard's goal directly helped the Trail Blazers take the lead in this quarter and for the first time in the game, leading the Thunder by one point.
The Trail Blazers went on a 9-0 run, directly chasing back the advantage that the Thunder had established before the timeout. From leading by eight points to falling behind by one point, the Thunder experienced this in only three minutes.
The most important thing is that the touch of Lu Yao and Westbrook suddenly became cold, which made the Thunder's offense stuck. They were missing arms and legs and were unable to achieve the desired effect.
Seeing this, Donovan also called the Thunder's first timeout of this quarter to adjust the status of Westbrook and Lu Yao.
As for the Pioneers, the originally silent atmosphere became heated, and smiles appeared on everyone's faces.
Looking at the Blazers players celebrating on the opposite bench, Lu Yao, who was drinking water, turned his head and showed an evil smile.
Although he couldn't bear to ruin their smiles, from now on, Lu Yao decided to let it go.
Lu Yao before was just holding back and fighting.
After all, the Trail Blazers, who are trapped in a trap, don't need the Thunder to be so serious.
But now, the prey has escaped from the trap and is trying to escape under the eyes of the hunter. No matter who is the hunter, he will not watch the prey escape.
As the whistle sounded, announcing the end of the timeout, the game began again, and the ball was handed over to the Thunder.
Lu Yao served from the baseline, handed the ball to Westbrook, and Westbrook passed it back to Lu Yao.
The obvious meaning of this move was to allow Lu Yao to carry out a personal attack.
The Thunder fans in the audience were in suspense at this moment, nervous and expecting in their hearts, looking forward to Lu Yao's next performance.
Lu Yao brought the ball to the three-point line. Aldridge had been waiting for him for a long time. The one-on-one duel between the two began again.
Lu Yao, who has Iverson's ball-handling skills package, can easily get rid of Aldridge.
But even if there is a breakthrough, there will be help from the Trail Blazers on the inside. With Lu Yao's current touch, he may not be able to score a strong attack.
But the Lu Yao now is not the Lu Yao before.
Lu Yao moved his right foot forward. This move immediately pulled Aldridge's footsteps, and Aldridge immediately shifted his center of gravity to the right.
The moment it was determined that Aldridge could not immediately change his body direction, Lu Yao made a large change of direction in front of his body, instantly allowing Aldridge to open a distance of three meters!
From the perspective of the audience, Lu Yao's large-scale change of direction is really terrifying. Even compared to the large-scale change of direction of his ancestor Durant, I am afraid that Lu Yao is even worse.
This can't help but make people sigh, it can be said that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead.
After getting rid of Aldridge, Lu Yao did not choose to go inside, but directly shot a three-pointer from outside the three-point line.
After the ball was released, it fell into the basket and hit a three-pointer to help the Thunder take the lead!
The fans at the scene seemed to see the invincible Lu Yao coming back, and they suddenly burst into deafening cheers!
Lu Yao used this ball to announce that he had returned.
In the next half of the game, Lu Yao transformed into the God of War, challenging the entire Trail Blazers team by himself, scoring all sorts of unanswerable goals.
Aldridge, who had previously scored six points in a row, was doubled back by Lu Yao.
Lu Yao kept beating Aldridge on the outside, hitting 4 three-pointers in a row and scoring 12 points in three minutes! One person hit a wave of 12:0!
If Stotts hadn't called a timeout again, Aldridge would have been beaten to pieces by Lu Yao and lost all face.
Aldridge on the court was stunned. He didn't even realize that the referee had blown the whistle. He still stood motionless on the court. Lillard stepped forward and patted him on the back. Only then did he react from his confusion.