Start without the ball

Chapter 31 Rebounding
Li Haoyu's steal gave the Thunder another 2 points, and the score came to 23-28.

Tencent live broadcast room.

Ke Fan: "Brother Yuzi is so coquettish, he can always play tricks."

Su Qun: "Li Haoyu can contribute as soon as he comes on the court. He scored 5 points in a row and started to widen the point difference."

After scoring the goal, Li Haoyu retreated silently, only 5 points?It's still far away, my playing time is definitely not as good as Irving, so I have to hurry up and grab points.

Rozier dribbled the ball to the front court and passed the ball to Smart on the wing.

Smart lobs the ball toward the penalty area.

Morris took the ball and turned his back to Noelle. His body was not dominant and he could only use his footsteps.

After facing the frame, he made a fake shot, Noelle raised his center of gravity, and Morris took advantage of the opportunity to speed up and dunk.

The score was 25-28.

Thunder attack.

Li Haoyu came to the low position, yes, the low position.

The body is not dominant, and he cannot get stuck very deep. Li Haoyu can only get the ball two steps away from the three-second zone.

Smart, who was defending Li Haoyu, was confused. Did he just play off the ball?How did you get the ball here.

Li Haoyu took a dribble after getting the ball, and Smart fought with all his strength.

Li Haoyu didn't move, and passed the ball to Noelle at the free throw line.

Smart thought to himself that you would fight against me with your little strength, why not give up, seeing that his opponent didn't have the ball, he looked at Noelle at the free throw line.

Unexpectedly, after Noelle took the ball, he immediately threw the ball.

Smart looked back to the basket.

"Shit, when did he go there?"

Li Haoyu took Noelle's 'shot' in the air and smashed into the basket.

"boom"

Li Haoyu scored another 2 points.

Going back to 2 seconds ago, when Li Haoyu passed the ball to the free throw line, the moment Smart's confrontational arm relaxed and looked towards the basket, Li Haoyu used the secret to turn and cut.

Cut to the basket along the baseline.

O'Neill: "Has Li Haoyu scored 7 points in a row?"

Barkley: "I really don't know why he can always catch the moment when the defender is distracted and react. It's so strong."

O'Neill: "If you face Kobe with the ball, you must not lose your mind. He will catch your flaws and tear you apart. I think the same is true for Li Haoyu without the ball."

Barkley: "I think this is the pinnacle without the ball. The Thunder's 84 is too worthwhile."

The Celtics attacked, and Rochelle passed the ball to Tatum on the left after halftime.

Tatum faced George, and a change of direction was about to break through.

George's current steals are ranked first in the league. He quickly lowered his center of gravity and reached out to touch the ball.

The moment Li Haoyu saw George hit the ball, he rushed forward, and he must not let George run ahead.

George held the ball steadily and saw Li Haoyu who was about to go down, and passed the ball over.

After receiving the ball, Li Haoyu wanted to continue dunking. After thinking for a while, he slowed down a little under the basket, hit the ball on the hoop, turned around to pick up the ball and hit the board.

Li Haoyu scored 2 more points and 1 rebound at the same time.

When he was in the NCAA, Li Haoyu despised data brushes.

But now Li Haoyu believes that maybe there is no brush at all, or everyone is a brush.

O'Neal: "Did he do it on purpose?"

Barkley: "The atmosphere of the Thunder team has been completely broken, and the rebounding has become frantic."

O'Neal: "He can't get a triple-double, so what's the point of rebounding?"

Barkley: "Who knows, anyway, this team's rebounds are watery."

O'Neal: "You've got to take out the offensive rebounds, and that's the real deal."

Barkley: "Isn't Li Gang just brushing offensive rebounds?"

O'Neal:
Finally the score came to 25 to 30.

Smart was very upset. Li Haoyu, who was playing against him, had already scored 9 points, so he had to respond.

Smart got the ball at 45 degrees on the left and faced Li Haoyu.

Before the game, Li Haoyu will check the data of the players who may be facing him. Last season, Smart only made 30% of his three-pointers. Ju Miao also told Li Haoyu that Smart's three-pointers were only 72%.

Faced with this kind of player, Li Haoyu gave Smart a step, and you can shoot if you are capable.

Smart really voted. . .

"boom"

He dared to shoot and he dared to shoot. Noel took a good position, raised his long arms high, grabbed the ball firmly in his hands, and was about to embrace it in his arms.

Suddenly, Li Haoyu rushed in. Noelle's eyes were looking at the basketball in the air. He didn't know it was a teammate. He forcefully took the ball back without letting go.

Li Haoyu rushed too hard and didn't get the basketball, so he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

After Noelle passed the ball to Schroeder, he stretched out his hand and pulled up Li Haoyu who was lying on the ground.

Noelle: "I didn't know it was you, I just wanted to protect the rebound."

Li Haoyu felt embarrassed now, touched his head and said: "Ah, you did the right thing, I also wanted to protect this rebound."

After speaking, Li Haoyu walked to the front court. During this period, Li Haoyu thought a lot.

In the previous rounds, Li Haoyu's high-intensity sprints consumed a lot of physical energy, but this time he honestly landed in the bottom corner, panting heavily.

But Smart really didn't think so, this Thunder No. 7 was like a ghost, it would disappear if he didn't pay attention, this time he stuck to Li Haoyu tightly.

Schroder was at the top of the arc and called Adams to come up for the pick-and-roll. After breaking through, he encountered a help defense and gave the ball to George.

Seeing that George was empty, Smart hurried to defend.

George distributed the ball to Li Haoyu, and Li Haoyu faced a wide open after receiving the ball. At this time, no one could come to defend.

Take a deep breath, jump up, and release the ball.

"boom"

The continuous sprints affected Li Haoyu's physical condition, this time the jump height was not enough, and the thrown ball was short.

Morris got the rebound, with 18 seconds left in the clock, the Celtics held the last attack.

Tatum held the ball and pressed the time to 8 seconds, and Morris stepped forward to pick and roll.

Schroeder was blocked, Tatum came to the free throw line and made a mid-range shot.

The red light came on, and the sound of Tatum's iron strike was drowned out by the sound of the stereo.

At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder led by 25 points 30-5.

Li Haoyu scored 9 points in this quarter.

Back on the bench, the players took the time to rest after Donovan arranged.

Grant approached Li Haoyu and said:
"Did you take Noelle for me just now?"

Li Haoyu:
"Yes, after thinking about it, I realized that what I did was wrong. Noelle got stuck in the position. I shouldn't have done that. Fortunately, that rebound still belonged to him. He has been working very hard and often practiced late. , He is also very hardworking on the court, he has a contract of 346 million, and every piece of data is very precious to him, and I will apologize to him later."

Grant slapped Li Haoyu's thigh fiercely, and said:

"I read you right!"

Maybe Noelle is just a rotation player in the eyes of fans, maybe Noelle's strength is not very strong, maybe Noelle doesn't have many people paying attention.

However, those who work hard are worthy of respect!

(End of this chapter)