Just when everyone was questioning whether Lu Yao could save the Thunder, only Lu Yao calmed down, he told himself in his heart.
Just take the game seriously, because he is very strong.
Immediately, Lu Yao stood up from the bench. At this moment, the timeout time had ended, and players from both sides stepped onto the court one after another.
The Warriors did not make substitution adjustments and still maintained the original lineup, while the Thunder replaced offensive players and switched to a one-offense and four-defense model. With Lu Yao as the core, others only need to focus on Just defend.
Now for the Thunder, this is the only way to go. Sacrificing offense for defense means putting all your hopes on Lu Yao. As long as Lu Yao pulls his hips, the entire Thunder will be finished.
Donovan came to face Lu Yao before he came on the court and said to him: "Lu, I believe you can just let it go."
Lu Yao responded to Donovan with a heavy nod.
Durant and Westbrook sat next to Lu Yao. They looked at Lu Yao quietly. Although they didn't say anything, there was encouragement in their eyes. Obviously, they also believed that Lu Yao could win this game. victory.
Lu Yao clapped his hands and beat his chest to cheer himself up. Then he raised his head and came to the sideline, ready to serve to his teammates.
After handing the ball to his teammates, Lu Yao jogged all the way to the wing of the frontcourt. At this time, the return pass from his teammates was already in place, and then it was Lu Yao's attack time.
Andre Iguodala is still defending Lu Yao. The Warriors still choose to use Iguodala to restrict Lu Yao. After all, they have also tried to let Green guard him, but after all, Iguodala is still expected. has the greatest effect.
Kerr is naturally a smart man, not to mention that in this game, the Warriors' most important thing is offense. Green, as the brain of the entire Warriors system, naturally has to focus on offense. Given the choice, Iguodala's defense against Lu Yao is the most important thing for the Warriors. It's very cost-effective.
But the condition for single defense is to be able to restrict the opponent's players. Next, the Warriors will feel extremely regretful for despising Lu Yao and not using more defensive resources to restrict Lu Yao.
Lu Yao faced Iguodala with his back, testing while looking for a way to break through. Now for Lu Tao, there are two ways to go, one is to directly break through the bottom line, and the other is to turn around and pass Iguodala. Pull and cast.
However, for Lu Yao, these were eliminated by him. At this time, he chose to believe in his shooting.
After making a fake move to lure Iguodala, Lu Yao turned over and shot a jumper. The ball came out of his hand and drew a beautiful arc in the air.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the ball in the air. The ball kept spinning in the air and then hit the basket.
Lu Yao's eleventh point! At the same time, it also announced that the Thunder had chased the score to a gap of only 7 points.
After the hit, Lu Yao did not choose to celebrate but decisively turned around and ran back to the backcourt to defend. For him, now is not the time to relax his vigilance.
The ball rights were exchanged, and Bogut handed the ball from the baseline to Curry. Curry followed the tactics and dribbled the ball across the half court to the top of the arc. At the same time, Green had also reached the top of the arc through the pick-and-roll.
Curry and Green passed the ball hand-to-hand in a tacit understanding, and the position at the top of the arc was changed from Curry to Green. Green held the ball and was about to start dealing cards at the top of the arc as usual.
But at this moment, a tall figure enveloped Green. Lu Yao chose to switch defenses with Ibaka, leaving him to defend Green alone.
Iguodala, who was originally facing him, seemed a little dazed after being switched.
But just when he was stunned, Lu Yao directly chose to step forward and press, forcing Green to take the ball.
Sure enough, under Lu Yao's pressure, Green could only drop the ball to avoid being intercepted. Because of this, Lu Yao was given an opportunity.
Lu Yao suddenly walked around behind Green. Although Green avoided a moment of crisis, crises always followed one after another.
Lu Yao directly took the ball out of Green's hand. Green couldn't react in time and could only watch Lu Yao rush towards the frontcourt with the ball.
Immediately, Lu Yao came to the bottom of the basket. The basket in front of him seemed to be in his pocket. Lu Yao jumped up and made a one-arm dunk, slamming the ball directly into the basket.
This ball was scored, and the silent Energy Center once again burst into long-lost cheers. After Lu Yao scored four points in a row, the fans seemed to see the hope of victory.
Durant and Westbrook were in the same situation, pumping their fists excitedly. Westbrook shouted: "Lu, good job, just let me fuck him!"
Lu Yao made an OK gesture towards Westbrook, indicating that he understood.
In the CCTV live broadcast room, teacher Yang Yi was explaining this game. When he saw Lu Yao breaking out again, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Lu Yao is completely burning himself to give the team a chance to win!"
"This is really a word, single-sword savior. Now Lu Yao is like a general holding a big sword. He is bound to save Lei Lei from the mountain of swords and the sea of fire."
At the same time, after this shot was hit, the gap between the Thunder and the Warriors also came to 5 points.
At this time, the Warriors began to tighten up. Curry once again showed off his power from the outside and hit his fifth three-pointer, once again pulling the score back to eight points.
But then, Lu Yao responded with a difficult three-pointer, once again narrowing the score to five points.
Now Lu Yao is truly challenging the entire Warriors team by himself. His true personal heroism has been fully demonstrated by Lu Yao.
Lu Yao scored eight points in a row, which made Cole feel uncomfortable and quickly called a timeout.
There are still three minutes and 14 seconds left before the end of the first quarter. Not only did the Warriors fail to expand the score as expected, they were even beaten back by the Thunder.
Lu Yao's explosion, coupled with the outstanding performance of the Thunder's four defensive players, prompted the Thunder to launch a counterattack after the first timeout.
The problem facing the Warriors now is how to restrict Lu Yao.
Cole previously believed that as long as he could restrain Lu Yao a little, it would be enough. But Iguodala was barely able to do it, so Cole sent Iguodala to defend Lu Yao.
But now even Iguodala feels helpless against Lu Yao. He is completely beaten by being hung up. Green cannot be allowed to help Iguodala defend Lu Yao.
Otherwise, the current smooth situation of the Warriors will be completely broken. The current Warriors, from leading the Thunder by the nose, are now being led by Lu Yao alone. They can't think of any countermeasures and can only scratch their heads and scratch their heads.
