Lu Yao and Bogut bent their knees slightly, staring at the ball in the referee's hand as if they were ready to go, competing for the next jumpball victory.
The crowd is ready to burst into cheers.
Teammates on both sides are also ready to make immediate judgments and actions after the jumpball results come out.
The referee places the ball between the two men, holding the ball in one hand and the whistle in the other.
The nerves of the players on both sides were also extremely tense at this moment, as if as soon as the ball was thrown into the air, they would immediately rush forward to fight for it.
Similarly, the audience on the sidelines also felt extremely nervous, and they were naturally very concerned about the victory of this game.
After all, this game is a 20-game winning streak for the Thunder. As long as they win this game, the Thunder can set an unprecedented winning streak and bring the team's record to a very meaningful point.
"Beep!" A harsh whistle sounded, and the referee threw the ball into the air. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the ball being thrown.
While the ball was spinning in the air, the two players jumping on the ball jumped up on the spot and stretched out their hands towards the ball in the air, preparing to compete for the ball.
As soon as they took off, the gap between the two sides was already revealed. The static talent gap between the two was completely different.
Although Bogut is as tall as Lu Yao, his wingspan is still far inferior to Lu Yao. After all, Lu Yao's height and wingspan are at a historical level. There are few people in the league who can compare with Lu Yao, such as Antetokounmpo. There was no advantage in front of Lu Yao.
What's more, in terms of weight, Lu Yao is even heavier than Bogut. Coupled with the blessing of his own strength, Lu Yao has more advantages in jumping balls.
There is no doubt that Lu Yao won the jump ball and threw the ball into his own half. West, who had been waiting for a long time, received the ball and passed it back to Lu Yao.
After Lu Yao received the ball, he stared at Bogut who came to the top of the key to face Lu Yao, his eyes full of contempt.
The Warriors sent Bogut to confront themselves. Are they looking down on themselves a little too much?
To Lu Yao, this kind of garbage is simply not worth mentioning.
Immediately, Lu Yao slowly dribbled the ball across the half court, strolling leisurely, with no sign of nervousness at all. His leisurely appearance put a lot of pressure on the Warriors players.
After all, the more Lu Yao behaves like this, the more nervous they feel. After all, Lu Yao's inexplicable behavior means that his next attack will become sharper.
Sure enough, after slowly holding the ball three steps in front of Bogut, Lu Yao suddenly started and broke through directly to the right of Bogut's center of gravity.
Bogut didn't react in time, so he was stopped in place by Lu Yao, and was passed by Lu Yao like the wind.
By the time Bogut reacted, Lu Yao had already rushed into the paint like a thunderbolt. Facing the help of Iguodala on the inside, Lu Yao turned around and passed Iguodala directly. When he reached the bottom of the basket, he hit a blast. One-handed dunk on the spot.
As soon as the dunk went in, the audience suddenly burst into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami. The fans raised their hands and cheered for Lu Yao.
This goal directly ignited the Thunder's bench. Durant and Westbrook jumped up from their stools in excitement and hugged each other.
Donovan was originally sitting on a chair. After seeing this scene, he jumped up like the two people next to him and punched the air.
Lu Yao's goal finally brought out the Thunder's opening momentum. In this way, with the bonus of the home court and Lu Yao's pressure, the Warriors should have some flaws in the next round of offense.
After all, players are normal people. Facing an atmosphere like the Energy Center, they will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable. Coupled with Lu Yao's perfect attack just now, it directly put pressure on them.
After all, as Cole said, the Lu Yao tonight may be completely different from the Lu Yao before. Maybe the Lu Yao they see tonight is the Lu Yao who has truly liberated himself.
Soon, the ball was handed over to the Warriors, with Curry holding the ball and passing halftime according to the formulated tactics. Just after halftime, Robertson's personal defense had already been given to Curry.
Although Robertson does not have the defensive ability from the outside like he did in 2018, he can still barely cope with the personal offense of star players.
Donovan sent him, firstly because Robertson is suitable for guarding Curry, and secondly to preserve Lu Yao's physical strength for the next game.
Donovan predicted that Lu Yao would have to play at least 40 minutes in today's game to prevent the Thunder from losing hope of victory.
After all, now, Lei Lei is completely carried by Lu Yao alone, and even gives Lu Yao some resistance.
Donovan shook his head helplessly. The idea of Durant and Westbrook taking turns to rest was inexplicably brought up.
After all, when he learned about this, the management had already issued an announcement in a confused manner, and even Durant and Westbrook were half-aware of it.
Since then, the mystery of Durant and Westbrook taking turns has become a strange story that has been circulating in the Thunder since then.
One theory is that Curry sent spies to the Thunder management to secretly announce that Durant and Westbrook would take a rest.
In the blink of an eye, the Warriors had completed a wave of tacit offense. Thompson ran out of the point guard and received the pass, and hit the three-pointer firmly into the basket.
Thompson's three-pointer helped the Warriors take the lead. Although it was only a one-point advantage, it was also precious.
The ball was handed over to the Thunder. Lu Yao received Ibaka's serve from the baseline and drove the ball towards the frontcourt.
At the top of the arc, it was still Bogut who faced Lu Yao. It just so happened that it was Bogut that Lu Yao was looking for.
Lu Yao came to Bogut. This time, Bogut no longer dared to take it lightly, for fear of letting Lu Yao go again.
Lu Yao did not choose to make a sudden attack like before, but kept testing Bogut through dribbling, which made Bogut dizzy.
Suddenly, Lu Yao changed direction and pulled back, causing Bogut to lose his center of gravity and slip.
Feeling the pain coming from his butt and the feeling of flying on the ground, Bogut reacted. Lu Yao actually knocked him away!
Lu Yao glanced at Bogut disdainfully, then raised his hand and shot a three-pointer.
As the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, the ball hit the basket hollowly.
Lu Yao scored five points in a row and used his own strength to defeat the Warriors. He was bound to stay in the energy center.
