The best teammates in the NBA

Chapter 95 The Awakened Durant
The Clippers still use the previous starting lineup. Although the old Dunleavy is dissatisfied with the attitude of some veterans, but the ability of other players is indeed not good, so we still have to use those people.

The backcourt is still Baron Davis and Russell Butler, the forwards are Al Thornton and Marcus Camby, and the center is Chris Kaman.

The Thunder team also has an old lineup, with Turtle and Li Ze partnering in the backcourt, Durant and Jeff Green in the front line, and Krstic in the center.

The young guy recovers quickly. After a night of rest, he basically recovered. Krstic stayed on the bench for the second half of the Spurs game, so he is also very physically fit.

After Li Zeyun passed halftime, Rasoul Butler immediately came up to defend. He fully realized Li Ze's strength in the last match, so he was naturally very focused on defense.

While protecting the ball and making offensive gestures, Guigui immediately came over to catch the ball, and Li Ze also started to run without the ball after handing over the ball.

At this time, Jeff Green has also been raised to participate in the transition ball. After running two figures in a row, Krstic came up to pick and roll, and Chris Kaman quickly followed.

After the pick-and-roll, Li Ze noticed that Durant had gotten rid of the defense on the off-ball end, and sent a lob pass directly while advancing.

The ball arrived, Durant made an alley-oop, and dunked with one hand!
"哐" the attack of flowing water.

"Oh ah!!"

Seeing that the home team's first attack was so exciting, the audience at the Ford Center Arena immediately sent out their enthusiastic shouts.

After dunking successfully, Durant immediately gave Li Ze a thumbs up. The pass was really comfortable.

"Exquisite cooperation, it's wonderful, the boys are getting better and better!"

The home commentator Tewen saw such an offensive cooperation and immediately praised it loudly.

This is the game plan that the coaching staff arranged for Durant before the game, reducing some meaningless singles and holding the ball, and using more screens to create reasonable offensive opportunities.

The rookie's playing and organization skills are slightly weaker, so last season the team was basically a two-player team.

But this season, Coach Brooks doesn't have to worry. Li Ze came and threw out a bunch of tactics at once.

The Clippers still played inside at the beginning. After several consecutive passes, Baron Davis directly handed the ball to Chris Kaman in the low post.

After receiving the ball, the latter slammed twice, turned around and shot a hook.

"Shua" scored 2 points from the low post.

Seeing this situation, Li Ze knows that when every team encounters the Thunder, they must first start from the inside. There are indeed some problems with the defense at the 4th and 5th positions, but the ability is limited, and the coaching staff does not have many solutions. .

In the offensive round, after the tortoise dribbled halfway, Krstic immediately came to pick and roll, dribbled the ball with his right hand and accelerated the breakthrough, and instantly passed Chris Kaman, who was on the defensive position.

Marcus Camby just wanted to go to help defend, but the turtle had already taken off, with a one-armed tomahawk dunk!

"Kang" broke through and made a heavy buckle.

Guigui's breakthrough speed is indeed astonishingly fast, and it flies up in a few steps, which is unreasonable at all.

"Russell's wonderful one-handed dunk, too fast, before Marcus Camby's help defense came over, this side has already dunked successfully!"

The narrator, Twin, begins to sing praises to Turtle.

"Good shot, Russell, work harder on the defensive end!"

Before the excitement of Guigui was over, Li Ze hurriedly fought his blood when he returned to defense. It was unrealistic to expect Kostic to suddenly become an inside defensive gate, and he still had to find a way on the outside.

Hearing Li Ze's words, Guigui immediately patted his chest, indicating that he was fine.

The Clippers began to feel the defensive pressure on the perimeter. Baron Davis was stalked and beaten, and in desperation, he immediately handed the ball to Al Thornton for a transition.

Seeing Marcus Camby asking for the ball in the low post, he immediately passed the ball. After the latter received the ball, he used his height and experience to play back from the low post and turn around for a layup.

Jeff Green still can't stop the big man's low-post attack, and the single-defense effect is really not good.

After Li Ze dribbled the ball for halftime, he immediately played a hand-off with Guigui. After Durant, who had no ball, came out of the screen, Li Ze passed an early pass.

Durant, who was on the move, accelerated directly after receiving the ball. After crossing the free throw line, he suddenly dribbled behind his back, shaking off Al Thornton's entanglement, and made an emergency stop to shoot a jumper.

"Shua" easily scored in the middle distance.

Li Ze gave Durant a thumbs up, smart offensive choices, rhythm changes to throw off the defense, emergency stop jump shots, saving time and effort!
This attack only took 10 seconds to score the ball. This is the Thunder's offensive rhythm, and Li Ze is trying to pull the rhythm up.

On the defensive end, Rasoul Butler wanted to pass the ball and catch the ball in transition, but Li Ze's defense was too oppressive, so the hand-off failed this time.

Fortunately, Al Thornton came over and successfully caught the ball. Baron Davis quickly signaled to give the ball to the inside. Chris Kaman was not in a good position to catch the ball this time. Seeing that the attack time was coming, he directly shot from the middle distance .

"Bang" is iron.

Jeff Green received the rebound and passed it directly to Li Ze. At this time, the Thunder's transition offense has already rushed.

The Clippers also tried their best to return to defense, but unfortunately the inside players' legs and feet were slow, and the defense was not on the right position.

After halftime, Li Ze saw Marcus Camby defending himself, turning forward with his left hand and dribbling with his right hand to accelerate the breakthrough. Marcus Camby quickly took a big step back.

As a result, Li Ze suddenly pulled back with his crotch, and then made a mid-range jump shot.

"Shua" 2-pointer was hit steadily, this attack was still very fast, it only took 8 seconds to complete.

Marcus Camby was also a little helpless when he saw the situation. He really couldn’t keep up with the movement, but he didn’t want to admit defeat:

"Lee, this is not a good shot, you should slow down and organize the offense, find an open shot."

"But I made it, man, got it in the hoop, that's my job!"

Li Ze responded with a smile, he didn't want to let the opponent's old guys grind their positions, and the attack must be changed quickly.

In the next 3 minutes or so, the Clippers found that the Thunder were playing faster and faster, and made consecutive hits, while their offense became sluggish.

Baron Davis was so entangled with turtles that he couldn't organize the offense, so he could only rely on two insiders.

In the offensive round, Durant received a pass from Li Ze and changed direction directly in front of him.

The huge range of motion dodged Marcus Camby's defense at once. After entering the penalty area, he changed hands for a layup and easily scored the ball.

The goal was scored, and the Thunder led 16-10 by 6 points. There were 6 minutes and 51 seconds left in the first quarter. Old Dunleavy couldn't stand it anymore and directly requested a timeout.

"Kevin, it's very good to maintain this offensive rhythm. Guys, on the defensive end, we must continue to oppress their outside line. We don't need to help defend the inside line, and protect the rebounds!"

Coach Brooks is very satisfied with the team's performance, especially Durant, who has scored 8 points, 3 of 3 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. He played extremely efficiently.

Durant has completely given up ball-holding singles, and all scoring is to catch the ball and attack after the screen. This method has completely released his finishing ability.

After returning from the timeout, the old Dunleavy took Craig Smith as the striker and replaced Rasul Butler. There was no one inside to replace, so he could only replace with a striker to strengthen the outside defense.

At the same time, Baron Davis also began to improve his aggression. Since the passing organization is difficult, let's do it by himself.

Now the Clippers' offensive tempo has also started to speed up. When Li Ze saw this situation, he was overjoyed.This rhythm is the Thunder's favorite.

After the pick-and-roll, Baron Davis took a step back for 3 points and scored the ball against the turtle's defense. The Thunder quickly kicked off the ball.

Don't pick and roll, break through immediately after receiving the ball, speed up directly, get rid of the defense, Marcus Camby immediately came up to help defend, Turtle noticed this situation, and directly distributed it to Jeff Green in the bottom corner.

The Clippers' defensive rotation was in place, but after passing the ball twice in a row, Li Ze received the ball from outside the three-point line and shot a jumper directly.

"Shua" made an open 3-pointer and hit it steadily.

"Oh!! Haha!!"

The audience immediately cheered. Everyone likes to watch this kind of response ball. If you make a 3-pointer, I will respond to you with a 3-pointer. Be tough!
This attack only took 12 seconds. Marcus Camby and Chris Kaman felt bad. They didn't like this kind of attack rhythm, so they quickly signaled Baron Davis to slow down.

But it was a pity that Baron Davis felt that he was feeling hot, so he took the ball and continued to play. In the next 3 minutes, the two sides fought against each other, and the result was still 6 points.

At this time, Marcus Camby and Chris Kaman were a little unhappy. They couldn't touch the ball, so they turned around and ran away. Look at Krstic on the opposite side, how delicious the cake is!
In the offensive round, after Li Ze received Guigui's hand, he dribbled the ball with his left hand and accelerated his breakthrough. Craig Smith fought desperately at his side.

But during the march, Li Ze suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back with his left hand, swayed away from the defense, and then made an emergency stop to shoot a jumper.

"Shua" easily scored in the middle distance.

Durant was having fun while watching, and immediately came over to give Li Ze a high-five after scoring the goal. For this ball, Li Ze stole his tricks.

Coach Brooks also requested a timeout. He had to replace Krstic to let the big man breathe.

"Kayce, you did a good job just now. Of course, your movement range is still a bit smaller!"

While drinking water, Durant teased Li Ze.

"Our bodies are different, but believe me, Kevin, I am proficient in all your tricks!"

Li Ze wiped off his sweat and responded with a smile.

"Haha, I really shouldn't have played so many one-on-ones with you, you guys learn too quickly!"

Durant immediately laughed when he heard Li Ze's words. There was no other way. Li Ze was the one who was most familiar with his style of play in the team.

Back from the timeout, Ibaka comes on, replaces Kostic, the Clippers also replace Baron Davis, get Sebastian Telfair, old Dunleavy hopes the tempo can slow down .

But it's a pity that after Sebastian Telfair came on the field, he couldn't defend against the turtles on the offensive end, and was repeatedly stunned.

Guigui even used fancy moves such as scissor kicks to pass the opponent in one step, and rushed directly into the opponent's penalty area. Seeing that the defense was shrinking, he directly passed the grenade to find Li Ze on the outside.

Li Ze saw that the ball tortoise broke through beautifully, and directly shot a jumper against the defense.

"Shua" scored a 3-pointer, good luck, maybe he can score the top ten goals of the day.

After seeing Li Ze score, Guigui was also happy, he rushed in and threw it out, the assist is so easy.
In the rest of the time, the Thunder became more and more efficient. Coupled with the chaos of the Clippers, the point difference was quickly widened.

By the end of the first quarter, 34 to 22, the Thunder led by 12 points, Durant also awakened, 16 points in a single quarter, 100% shooting.

During the break between festivals, Li Ze complained in his heart while talking:

"The Clippers are still soft after all. Checking in in one quarter, the data in this game is not easy to count."

(End of this chapter)