Start without the ball

Chapter 49 Arranged Again

On November 11, the Oklahoma City Thunder will challenge the Milwaukee Bucks away.

During the offseason, Kobe sent a challenge to Thomas Jr., the strongest player on the surface, to enter the best team. Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo also applied to Kobe for his own challenge - to win the regular season MVP .

After receiving encouragement from his predecessors, Antetokounmpo is in hot form this season, leading the Bucks to six consecutive victories.

In this game, one of the two winning streak teams is bound to suffer and end their winning streak.

TNT commentary seats.

O'Neill: "Charles, this is a direct confrontation between the top two players in the league. Which side do you prefer?"

Barkley: "I am optimistic about the Thunder team in the away game. After Li Haoyu joined, the Thunder strengthened their bench lineup. I think the main lineups of the two sides will fall into a stalemate, and then Li Haoyu leads the rotation lineup to widen the gap."

O'Neal: "I am more optimistic about the Bucks. Giannis is simply a monster. The common problem of inside players is that their core strength is not good, and they will be out of touch. But Giannis is different. There is no shortcoming in his body. He is comparable to the height of a center and can't lose. With the forward's speed and excellent breakthrough skills, he will be unstoppable to tear through the Thunder's defense."

The Bucks have opened their new home stadium, the Feige Forum Arena, and Milwaukee's ball market is also extremely hot. The stadium is full, sending the Bucks a tsunami-like cheer.

The game starts soon.

Bucks starters: center Brook Lopez, power forward Antetokounmpo, small forward Middleton, shooting guard Brogdon, point guard Bledsoe.

Thunder starters: center Adams, power forward Grant, small forward Paul George, shooting guard Ferguson, point guard Westbrook.

In the jump ball, Antetokounmpo easily defeated Adams and transferred the ball to Bledsoe.

Coming to the frontcourt, Bledsoe handed the ball to Antetokounmpo at the top of the arc.

Antetokounmpo holds the ball, Adams is far away, and the chance of breakthrough is not very good.

Without sticking the ball, Antetokounmpo decisively marched 45 degrees to the left, handing the ball to Middleton, and at the same time kept Middleton's defender Ferguson by virtue of his stature.

Middleton at the top of the arc saw Antetokounmpo facing Ferguson, causing a dislocation, and immediately passed back.

Antetokounmpo dribbled the ball at the three-point line, and Ferguson put the letter one step further.

While Alphabet changed the ball to his right hand, his body leaned out to the left. Harden step is Alphabet's usual breakthrough gesture.

Ferguson knew that it was better to prevent Harden from blocking the side holding the ball, so he immediately shifted his center of gravity to the right.

Alphabet stepped on his long legs and rushed to the right. Ferguson slid hard and followed beside Alphabet, but the weak Ferguson couldn't do anything about the monster's thrust.

Antetokounmpo left Ferguson behind with a little confrontation.

Grant defended and came over, Antetokounmpo picked up the ball and took a step to the right.

Grant quickly moved the center of gravity to block.

Antetokounmpo suddenly shifted his center of gravity to the left, took the second step, and at the same time raised the ball high, bypassing Grant's head, and retracted it. Facing the lost basket, Antetokounmpo sent a powerful one-handed split buckle.

The score was 0-2.

Antetokounmpo's European step dunk kicked off this strong dialogue.

Thunder attack.

Westbrook gave the ball to George on the left.

George called Adams to step forward for a pick-and-roll, and with the help of the pick-and-roll, George rushed to the free throw line.

Because Lopez was guarding the basket, he didn't go too deep, and scored two points in the mid-range shot.

In the next game, Lopez was sticking to the basket. Westbrook and George did not dare to break through rashly, but the two had a good shooting hand and continued to attack.

The Thunder didn't have a good way to take Brother Antetokounmpo. Middleton also felt online today, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

In this strong dialogue, Donovan did not replace Li Haoyu prematurely.

Antetokounmpo was replaced at 6 minutes. This season, Budenholzer is good at cutting up the playing time of Antetokounmpo, allowing Antetokounmpo to maintain sufficient physical strength and establish an advantage in the rotation.

In the first 6 games, 4 games were because Antetokounmpo, who had sufficient physical strength, launched fast break counterattacks many times in the transition period, and cooperated with the outside firepower to take away the opponent in one wave.

With 3 minutes and 24 seconds left in the first quarter, the two sides battled 18-19, and Donovan requested a timeout.

Donovan: "Lee, don't save energy, attack boldly, and at the same time, everyone should return to the defense quickly, be careful of Giannis launching a counterattack, and I will arrange offensive tactics."

After the timeout, the two sides replaced the rotation lineup.

Bucks: center Antetokounmpo, power forward Ilyasova, small forward Snell, shooting guard Brown, point guard Connaughton.

Thunder: center Noelle, power forward Patterson, small forward Paul George, shooting guard Li Haoyu, point guard Schroeder.

Bucks attack.

Antetokounmpo got the ball in the low post and took two steps against Noelle. Noelle retreated again and again. After Antetokounmpo had space, he turned around and made a mid-range shot.

"boom"

The iron hit, and Patterson got the rebound.

Although the action is like that, this is not Antetokounmpo's conventional weapon, it is a face-seeking ball.

After Schroder gave the ball to George at the top of the arc, he ran to the left corner to open up space.

Li Haoyu landed in the right corner, and Noelle came to cover him. When Brown was blocked, he didn't struggle and stayed where he was.

Antetokounmpo, who was defending Noelle, immediately switched defenses to chase Li Haoyu.

Li Haoyu ran 45 degrees to the left, and Patterson was still here.

Patterson stood still after spotting the route of the letter, and the letter was not chasing.

Ilyasova immediately switched defenses and followed Li Haoyu.

Li Haoyu came to 45 degrees. When he received the pass from George and was about to shoot, he found that Ilyasova was in front of him and had no chance to shoot, so he passed the ball back to George at the top of the arc.

George successfully broke through Snell and came to the basket, and Antetokounmpo came to defend him.

George was interfered with for a layup and missed.

After finishing the defense, Antetokounmpo took off again, grabbed the rebound and accelerated to the frontcourt.

The Thunder quickly returned to defense, but only Schroeder could be in place, and there was no way to face the Greek monster that had already started speeding up.

Antetokounmpo scored 2 points with fast break dunks.

The score was 18-21.

Thunder attack.

George holds the ball on the right side, waiting for Li Haoyu to move.

Li Haoyu landed at 45 degrees to the left, Noelle came to cover, Brown still did not resist, Li Haoyu ran to the right corner.

Antetokounmpo switched defenses to keep up with Li Haoyu, and when he reached the bottom corner, Patterson blocked Antetokounmpo again.

Li Haoyu got the basketball from George at 45 degrees, and when he was about to shoot, Ilya Suoya defended again.

Tengxing commentary seat.

Duan Ran: "Hey, that's not right, why did Yuzi brother move around as usual, but he didn't have a chance to make a move?"

Huo Nan: "Li Haoyu was targeted again. You can see that the moment Brown was blocked, Antetokounmpo immediately switched defenses. The moment Patterson blocked Antetokounmpo, Ilyasova immediately switched defenses."

After a pause, he continued.

"In a normal defense, the blocked person will try to chase, and the other player will switch when he confirms that his teammates can't pursue. The Bucks don't chase at all, and change when they cover. The change is very decisive and there is no delay. Time, although the big players after switching defenses may be one step behind, but when Li Haoyu received the ball, he was enough to interfere with his height, obviously the Bucks came prepared."

　There is another chapter around 12 o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)