Butler made eye contact with Jeremy Lin and instantly understood each other. He ran from the baseline to the top line to catch the ball, and then it was his turn to perform.
He was guarded by white power forward Collison. Butler made a misdirection of his head and shoulders, which knocked Collison's center of gravity away, and then broke through along the right side.
Seeing this, Thabeet turned around to protect the frame. Butler gritted his teeth, suddenly exerted force on his legs, kicked off the floor with both feet, jumped with all his strength, kept rising in the air, grabbed the ball with one hand, passed Thabeet's long arm, and headed towards the basket. Smash it hard.
"Boom!"
The stadium was silent for a moment, and half a second later, there were waves of exclamations, "What?" What did they see?
Butler dunked on the top of Africa!
After Butler landed, he showed off his muscles to the audience.
Teammates ran over and roared and celebrated with Butler. The Rockets bench ejected instantly and everyone was boiling. This ball ignited the momentum of the Rockets.
Harden was pulled up by his arms by his teammates on both sides. He accidentally lost his position and threw himself on the floor of the court.
"Beep!"
The referee's whistle blows, Harden gets a technical foul!
"Wow! Butler! Passed Collison in one step, broke through with a vertical ladder, and dunked Thabeet! Even though there are tens of thousands of people, I can go! This is going to be the top ten goals! The creator of the world-famous painting: Jimmy Bart Le!"
Yang Jian also exclaimed in the live broadcast room.
Thabeet was dunked to the ground. He was completely confused. How could this man jump so high? The second youngster on the team had never dunked him during training.
He did not stand up immediately, but looked up at the referee, his expectant eyes seeming to say:
"Quickly call it an offensive foul!"
Unfortunately, he failed to do so, and the referee indicated that the goal was valid.
24:20.
Durant and Collison ran over, pulled Thabeet up, and patted his butt to express comfort.
Today, a world in which only Thabit was injured has been achieved.
Oh, no, there was also Harden who was called for a technical foul.
Durant walked to the frontcourt to execute the free throw and made a steady hit, 24:21.
The Thunder still have the ball in Durant's hands, which is why Durant stopped playing in the first half of the quarter. In the second half of the first quarter, he was the hope of the whole village.
Thabeet stumbled over to cover Durant. It seemed that he had not yet come out of the shadow of being dunked just now.
This time Ariza passed the screen from the bottom line and did not give Durant a chance to easily break through.
Durant saw the move and made a move and then made a pull-up jumper from outside the three-point line.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball went hollow into the net and hit a three-pointer!
24:24.
"Beautiful, this is Durant, this is the ability of a superstar, I will take whatever the defense gives me.
In the last two rounds, Ariza defended the pick-and-roll and squeezed through, so I rushed inside to score points. In this round, I went around the screen and walked off the line, then I shot you from the outside. It's really good! "
Su Kui said.
"This ball is very crucial. Butler dunked just now. I felt that the Rockets were about to gain momentum. Durant turned around and hit a three-pointer. Plus the technical free throw, it was equivalent to scoring 4 points in one round and tying the score. ”
Yang Jian added.
The commentary between the two was very exciting. The two teams were also fighting back and forth on the court, refusing to give in to each other. As Durant missed a long three-pointer at the buzzer, the first quarter ended.
The Rockets are temporarily 2 points behind the Thunder at 28:30.
The break between quarters ended quickly. As soon as the second quarter started, Westbrook jumped on the ground. The beginning of this quarter was his time.
Also back are Ibaka and Sefolosha.
For the Rockets, Jeremy Lin and Ariza played the entire first quarter and took a break, while Harden and Delfino went into battle.
The Thunder took the lead in attacking, and Westbrook dribbled to the frontcourt.
Seeing that it was Livingston who was defending him, a misdirection changed Livingston's center of gravity, and he immediately exploded past him when he started gearing up.
He rushed in to face Moteljunas' frame protection, pulled the lever in the air to avoid Motel, and easily hit the basket with his right hand.
A set of movements is smooth and flowing, very beautiful, and it is difficult for ordinary people to appreciate it carefully.
28:32.
Livingston dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Jeremy Lin was not there, so the task of advancing was handed over to Livingston.
Harden, like Durant in the first quarter, took the initiative to catch the ball after half-court. During this period, he initiated the Rockets' offense.
Sefolosha is never far away. If Ariza's playing time is tied to Durant, then Sefolosha's playing time is completely matched with Harden.
As the best perimeter defender in the Thunder, the Swiss Army Knife is still a little bit embarrassed when facing his former substitute.
A few years later, he can say to his son: "Harden, who was once the league's number one guard, MVP, and All-Star regular, once played as a substitute for your dad in the early years of his career."
Harden was dribbling with his hips while paying attention to the movement of his teammates.
Seeing Butler making a counter-run opportunity, Harden flicked his wrist and passed the ball to Butler accurately. Butler received the ball and licked the basket.
This is when a figure came out from the side, and shot the ball with his big hand at the moment Butler made a layup.
It was Ibaka, rejecting Butler's layup.
Westbrook accurately judged the landing point. After catching the ball, he put it into gear again and started. He instantly left Livingston and Harden behind, rushed to the frontcourt and ignited the Chesapeake Energy Arena with a gliding dunk.
28:34.
"Wow, he is the best defensive player in the league and the shot-blocking champion. Ninety-nine percent of the time this ball would have been interfered with by others, but Ibaka's bounce speed is too fast and his arms are long. This shot Blocking shots is really disappointing.”
Su Kui admired.
"Westbrook's counter-attack dunk should be credited to Ibaka.
The Rockets' offensive pace was very slow today because they were afraid of such a counterattack by the Thunder.
But when the opponent has a historical block leader who averages 3.7 blocks per game, it is really difficult to avoid some counterattacks. "
Yang Jian added.
Harden continued to organize the offense. This time he chose what he was best at and called Motel to come up and pick and roll.
Harden steps forward with the side foot holding the ball, and lowers his center of gravity slightly without moving his back foot.
Sefolosha thought Harden was going to use a screen to escape, so he predicted in advance and prepared to squeeze through.
Seeing this, Harden grabbed Sefolosha's half-second gap, put the ball together in an instant, retreated on one foot, jumped up, raised the ball, and shot.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball went hollow into the net, and Harden completed a very classic step-back shot.
31:34.
Westbrook continued to use his speed to bully Livingston. Livingston worked hard to defend, but he was still passed by in one step.
There is nothing that can be done about it. The Turtle's speed and explosive power before the serious injury were definitely T0 level among all defenders in the league.
Westbrook passed Livingston and went directly to the layup. This time, Motiejunas was prepared and had good predictions. He stood firmly with both feet and stood upright, blocking Westbrook.
