NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 386 This year, the tortoise is still confident
Halfway through the first quarter, both sides shot extremely high, the score was 14:13, and the Blazers temporarily led by one point.
In the seventh minute, the Thunder attacked.
Westbrook used the pick-and-roll to break through Lillard and enter the paint.
Wang Zelin immediately pulled out to defend, and Perkins, who was facing up, immediately moved to the basket and signaled to Westbrook to pass the ball.
Westbrook immediately took off as a zombie, feeling full of lingering in the air, but it was a false throw and a real pass. After attracting Wang Zelin's defensive attention, he immediately sent a lob pass to the basket.
Wang Zelin had already noticed the situation behind him, and was indifferent to Westbrook's shot. Not only did he not block the shot, but the opponent immediately returned to defense and broke to the basket.
"Snapped!"
Perkins received the ball and exploded on the spot.
"Snapped!"
A louder sound spread instantly.
Wang Zelin returned to the defense and slapped Perkins to the floor with the ball.
After being defended, Wang Zelin turned around and made a long pass, assisting Lillard to make a one-stop layup in the frontcourt.
"Foul! Didn't the referee make a foul?"
Perkins quickly got up from the ground and vented his dissatisfaction to the referee.
"Guys who just grin like a pussy, I don't know how you survive in the NBA?"
Wang Zelin shook his head, smiled disdainfully, turned and left.
"asshole…"
As soon as Perkins roared out, a whistle sounded in his ear.
"Sir, serve quickly, don't waste everyone's time!"
The lineman snorted coldly.
In the ninth minute, it was the Thunder's offensive round again.
Durant reached the free throw line after the pick-and-roll, and was double-teamed by the Blazers. In desperation, he had to pass back to the outside.
At this time, Saab, who was at a 45-degree angle from the right-wing three-point line, was already free. Durant saw the situation and immediately scored the ball.
At this time, Wang Zelin was in the short corner area on the right wing. After seeing Durant's move, he came out of the short corner area to defend in two steps.
At this time, Sabo had just received the ball, Wang Zelin returned to the defense in two steps, and Sabo had no time to dodge after taking off, and immediately felt a blur in front of him, and then a gravity hit, and he fell to the ground directly.
"Give it to me~ bring it!"
Wang Zelin jumped up and slapped the basketball.
"Snapped!"
A real volleyball cap, he slapped the basketball directly near the middle circle.
"The king sent another super hot pot! This is his second blocked shot in this game!"
Zhang Lili was very excited.
frontcourt.
Westbrook returned to the defense in time, but faced with the impact of Lillard and Batum, he still lost sight of the other, and finally watched Batum succeed in the dunk.
Two consecutive successful defenses made the Thunder players extremely afraid of Wang Zelin's ability to block shots. In the next few minutes, they involuntarily reduced the inside rushing to the basket.
After the first quarter, at 27:21, the Blazers led by 6 points.
Wang Zelin made 3 of 3 in a single quarter, all inside shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 assist.
In the second half of the first quarter, Wang Zelin showed his prowess on the defensive end and protected the frame at the basket to the extreme. The Thunder scored a total of 8 points in the second half, but none of them were scored through inside offense.
In this battle of focus, the two sides basically played the entire time of the first quarter as starters.
For the Trail Blazers, Coach Terry has already made a 9-round rotation arrangement before the game, which shows how much he values the Thunder game.
Of course, it must be the same with Thunder.
Others will not talk about it. Judging from the current situation, Durant and Westbrook's playing time tonight is likely to exceed 40 minutes.
Sure enough, in the second quarter, the Thunder changed players in the other three positions, and only Durant and Westbrook continued to play.
For the Blazers, Wang Zelin and Lillard continued to play, Aldridge took a break temporarily, and the other three substitute players were Yi Jianlian, Connet Lee and Will Barton.
When Yi Jianlian and Wang Zelin partnered, the scoring methods were mainly fixed-point shooting and off-ball cutting, plus helping to block people.
As for Will Barton, his defensive ability is naturally far inferior to that of Batum. But the reason why Coach Terry is willing to play him is because Will Barton has outstanding athletic ability. Although his body is a bit thin, he can at least keep up with Durant in terms of footsteps.
Don't ask him to limit how much, just ask Durant to consume more of his physical energy.
As soon as the second quarter started, the Thunder took the lead.
Westbrook received the ball in the backcourt, and before his teammates got in position, he suddenly accelerated past Lillard at the top of the arc and went straight to the basket.
Wang Zelin reacted very quickly and interfered immediately. Westbrook failed to dunk, but caused Wang Zelin's defensive foul and won two free throws.
This is also Wang Zelin's second foul in this game.
After the two had physical contact, Westbrook fell headlong on Wang Zelin, and then lay down on the ground.
Before the fans on the sidelines got angry, he stood up like a normal person, bouncing up, pretending to pat the non-existent dust on his buttocks, and showing a row of white teeth to Wang Zelin.
"This guy…"
Wang Zelin also shook his head helplessly.
Sometimes, he was really curious about the body structure of the tortoise. After being injured again and again, all he got was an upgrade after returning to the game.
However, there was a foul in the second quarter, which also reminded Wang Zelin that he should pay more attention to fouls in the future.
There is one thing to say, the tortoise, who is at the peak of his personal physical fitness, not only has a mid-range distance, but also can maintain more than 30% of outside three-pointers, and his free throws are not bad.
After his rookie sophomore year, his free throw percentage never dropped below 80%.
This year, Westbrook's mid-range two-point shooting percentage hit a career high, exceeding 44%.
What is this concept?
Find a handsome boy for an hour to compare.
Take Kobe for example.
So far in his career, Kobe's close-range two-point shooting rate is about 45%, the mid-range two-point shooting rate is about 43%, and the long-range two-point shooting rate is about 40%.
In the eyes of the majority of fans ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Kobe's mid-range shooting ability is undoubtedly the top in the league.
With such a high number of shots, it is actually not easy to maintain a mid-range shooting percentage of about 45% in his career.
This year, Westbrook's mid-range two-pointers and long-range two-pointers averaged more than 6.5 shots per game, and his average field goal percentage exceeded 40%, which can be regarded as an effective conventional offensive method.
After the second quarter, the Thunder started the previous offensive rhythm, with Westbrook in charge of the game's offensive drama.
Not to mention, he felt really good today. In the fifth minute, he made 3 of 4 mid-range shots and 3 of 4 free throws for two fouls. He scored 9 points and led the Thunder to overtake the Blazers by 3 points.
In the next round, Durant caught the ball from the outside and hit a three-pointer from the corner. The Thunder led the Blazers by 6 points at 39:33.
Not long after, Coach Terry called a timeout.
Both the offensive and defensive strategies of the Blazers during this period have problems and need to be adjusted