"Oh! Yes!"
Not long after the second half started, the Thunder attacked, and Durant caught the ball in the frontcourt and scored a three-pointer, which made the whole audience scream.
It was like a shot in the arm, punching into the heart of every Thunder player, causing their morale to skyrocket, and they were all screaming, without the confusion caused by Wang Zelin's superb performance in the third quarter.
Apparently, Thunder coach Scott Brooks must have fed him several bowls of chicken soup for the soul during the break. Of course, it would also be inseparable from Durant's tough performance from the beginning, which once again proved his determination to win.
The Trail Blazers attacked, Lillard received the ball and advanced quickly.
It's enough for Lillard. Westbrook now also has some defensive experience. He has been following Lillard. The first thing he wants to do is disturb his offensive rhythm, not steals or anything.
Sometimes Westbrook always feels that the second-year rookie in front of him controls his emotions better than himself.
After gaining experience, Lillard failed to overtake, and the Trail Blazers failed to make a fast break and turned into a positional battle.
Wang Zelin moved forward at full speed, leaving behind Thunder backup center Hasheem Thabeet. He kept running towards the basket, constantly compressing the Thunder's defense and forcing him to help defend him.
In an instant, the Trail Blazers formed a 5-on-4 frontcourt.
This time, Connet Lee, who came on the bench, got an open space, pulled directly to the right three-point line, and received Wang Zelin's pass from the inside.
"Uh-huh!"
A solid open three-pointer.
From the past to the present, and to the future that Wang Zelin knows well, Connet Lee is not a player with outstanding scoring explosiveness, but he is definitely a qualified team player.
His "team" attribute has won the love of all head coaches and the appreciation of many stars, and many people have expressed their willingness to be his teammates.
Because Connet Lee has good protection whether he is a fixed-point shooter or an outside blue-collar player. As a backup player, being able to do these two things is enough for him to survive in the NBA.
Under the basket, as soon as Connett Lee took the shot, Thabeet and Ibaka frantically flanked Wang Zelin, and the three of them were all stuck in position.
To be honest, Thabeet should be one of the few players who can surpass Wang Zelin in height since he has been playing in the NBA.
After all, he himself is 2.16 meters tall. There are very few players in the league who can exceed this height, and there are even fewer who are famous and well-known.
It seems that Gao Yuanyuan of the Pacers is the only one.
As for Thabeet, he still has a certain reputation in the league, and he is recognized as the second best parallel importer! He also briefly played for the Trail Blazers for half a season.
However, Connet Lee finally hit the open ball, and the fierce battle for position under the basket came to an abrupt end.
After the three of them separated, Wang Zelin yelled at Thabit: "Man, isn't it just a regular season game, why do you need to work so hard?"
However, the latter did not pay attention to him, but quickly bent down to pick up the ball and walked towards the baseline.
Seeing this scene, Wang Zelin shook his head: It seems that this guy is useless!
Yes, it has been almost five years since he entered the league in 2009, and Thabeet's progress is still not significant enough. On the offensive end, he relies solely on eating cakes and secondary offenses, and on the defensive end, he only relies on his body.
After the interlude, the game continued.
In the Trail Blazers' frontcourt, Wang Zelin stood firm at the basket like a rock and put Thabit several meters away. Anyway, this guy didn't have much basket.
Durant caught the ball at the three-point line on the left wing. He frowned when he saw Durant under the basket, but he still chose to break through.
But Batum followed closely, and Durant couldn't pick up his speed.
At this time, Ibaka took the initiative to pull low from the left wing to his waist, near the free throw line, and formed a pick-and-roll posture.
Durant used the wall to get rid of Batum, but Aldridge switched defense again. He immediately passed back to Jeremy Lamb at the top of the key, and then rushed into the penalty area without the ball, trying to take Aldridge away. Derich.
It is worth mentioning that Jeremy Lamb was also a player in the 2012 draft. He was in the same draft as Wang Zelin and Lillard. This guy's pick was further back, with the 12th pick in the first round. was selected by the Mosaics and then immediately traded to the Thunder.
As a relatively pure functional player, he is not good at taking over the game. He is responsible for throwing the ball after catching the ball.
Immediately after receiving the ball, Jerry Clem quickly adjusted and took a decisive shot.
"Duang~"
Unfortunately, this three-pointer with a little room to shoot missed, and the ball bounced high to the right side of the basket.
At this time, Thabeet also came to the basket, flanking Wang Zelin with Durant, and the three of them competed for rebounds.
Wang Zelin jumped up desperately under the double team and touched the ball first. Then when he took off a second time and was about to grab the ball, he found a black arm one step ahead of him and slapped the ball down the outside line.
The moment he landed, Wang Zelin rushed towards the direction of the basketball.
Westbrook suddenly rushed in from the right three-point line, received the ball from Thabeet, and immediately made a zombie jumper.
"Uh-huh!"
A long two-pointer hit and the two sides tied at 61.
"Well done, Hashem! Keep it up later."
After scoring the 17th point of the game, Westbrook suddenly attacked Thabeet's butt while returning to defense.
Facing the praise from the team boss, Thabeet was obviously flattered and scratched his head naively: "I know!"
Thabit, who was used to living around and being ignored by others, rarely heard a word of praise from others. Westbrook's move made him more determined to seize his precious playing time.
On the Trail Blazers side, Wang Zelin didn't expect that the duck that was about to reach his mouth would be intercepted halfway. He couldn't help but sigh: Thabeet was rated second in the rankings because he still had two brushes.
At least in terms of physical talent, Thabeet is top-notch, otherwise he wouldn't have caught Wang Zelin off guard just now.
Trail Blazers offense.
The Thunder replayed very quickly, especially Thabeet, who sprinted at full speed to avoid being overtaken by Wang Zelin again. At the same time, other Thunder players also intentionally created some obstacles in front of Wang Zelin. Therefore, this time the Blazers did not form a 5-on-4 scene in the frontcourt.
"This is called taking a hard time and gaining wisdom!" Zhang Li said.
"Hey, Director Zhang, have you noticed? That Thabit on the opposite side was very active after he came on the field!"
Yu Jia pointed curiously in the direction of the Thunder players on the court.
"Maybe it's because you're facing a big bastard. If you don't put in some effort, you'll only get worse!"
Zhang Lili didn't care much, he still looked cheerful.
But soon, violent screams suddenly came from the Energy Arena. The two people in the commentary box looked at each other intently, and they were all shocked.
It turned out that it was Thabeet who blocked Lillard's layup under the basket.
First, he knocked the rebound away from Wang Zelin's head, and then blocked Lillard. In these two rounds, Thabeet's performance was somewhat unexpected.
Could it be that this 10,000-year-old parallel importer is going to break out tonight?
