Chapter five hundred and eighty fifth three-game winning streak
"Oh! My God!"
The on-site commentator was shocked when he saw this.
This is Tang Tian’s third consecutive dunk!
And the third time it was a self-dumping.
This is McGrady's tag dunk!
Tang Tian performed once during his trip to Nike China, but this is in actual combat!
The Thunder's offense and Westbrook's strong offense were interfered with by Davis' assisted defense.
Although Westbrook averaged 35+ points per game in the past two games, his shooting percentage was only over 40%, and his efficiency was not high.
The Pelicans played another fast break, but Tang Tian was still there. One dragon rushed to the frontcourt and a tomahawk smashed the ball into the basket.
The fourth consecutive dunk!
This is so addictive!
9 to 4!
The Thunder called a timeout!
Durant stood up from the bench with a complicated expression.
After reading this paragraph, he could be sure that Tang Tian’s playing style was not learned from Westbrook, because it was obviously stronger.
He was originally confident that he wanted to come back and beat Tang Tian, but now he was a little suspicious of this.
After the timeout, Westbrook suddenly gave Jones, who shot under Ariza's defense and made a 0-of-the-blade 3 shot after the opening.
However, the Pelicans failed to score in this wave of counterattack. Adams protected the defensive rebound and threw it to Westbrook.
Westbrook sprinted straight, his feet were fast, and he moved forward with the ball, throwing away Holiday, who was not chasing the ball!
His fast break speed seems to be faster than Wade's!
"Bang!"
Westbrook rushed to the frontcourt and scored with a lightning dunk.
This is really a bomber-style showdown with Tang Tian.
Holiday took the ball to the frontcourt to play in the position. At this time, the Thunder's defensive strategy changed significantly, and they began to play 2-3 in joint defense.
This is also a completely reasonable reaction. Tang Tian broke the frame together, and both sides felt bad, so shrinking the defense was a natural choice.
The Pelicans passed the ball from the outside, and Holiday made a three-pointer.
"Swish!"
Basketball enters the net with a sound.
The Pelicans retreated to halftime, Williams shouted at the Pelicans players on the field, and the Pelicans also began to shrink their defense.
The Thunder conducted the ball from the outside, and Westbrook made a three-pointer from the outside.
"Swish!"
The basketball also entered while rubbing the net bag.
Perhaps it was Tang Tian and Westbrook's rotational blow-up that hit the basket right, and both sides finally made shots one after another.
The Thunder continued to shrink, and this time it was Ariza who made a move. He missed the shot this time.
Ibaka, Whiteside, Adams, and Davis had a hand-to-hand fight at the basket.
In the end, Adams broke through the siege and protected the defensive rebounds.
The Thunder attacked the frontcourt, Westbrook received the ball and flew a shot, and started the zombies who reached the middle distance in one step.
"Swish!"
Not counting those two dunks, his shot tonight was 1 of 4 after the start of the game, but now he made a long and medium shot and finally got his touch back.
11 to 12, the score difference was narrowed to only 1 point.
At this time, the first quarter was about 9 minutes, and both sides entered rotation one after another.
The field is comparable to hand-to-hand combat, but when it comes to the substitute, the intensity of the confrontation on the field becomes obvious, and it becomes a counterattack.
Jackson and Gordon on the Thunder both felt good, and the scores of both sides were also stalemate.
After halftime, the Pelicans only led the Thunder with a slight advantage of 45 to 40.
During the halftime break, Tang Tian made a tactical proposal to Williams to double-team Westbrook.
Durant can't play, and Westbrook can be said to be the Thunder's biggest firepower point.
Double-teaming him is equivalent to pinching the snake's seven inches.
The opening was because Jones was there, after all, the latter averaged 15+ points per game in the first two games.
But Jones was proven to be limited in halftime, which gave the Pelicans determination to double-team.
Moreover, Robertson, who had D-3, was present, with one move to shrink and another double-team, targeting him tightly.
After returning from the first half, the Pelicans attacked first, and Tang Tian scored a three-pointer from the outside.
He dunked well in the first half, but only scored 5 goals in 10 attempts.
The one who cuts out and hits 1 of 6 shots, which doesn't feel good.
With this three-pointer in, his touch finally recovered in the second half.
For the Thunder's offense, Westbrook just held the ball, and the Pelicans were double-teamed.
Tang Tian ignored Robertson and directly switched to Jones.
Westbrook gave the ball to Robertson, who took the ball from outside the three-point line and didn't dare to shoot.
The ball was back to Westbrook, and the Pelicans' double-team continued.
And knowing that Westbrook's first step was fast, Ariza's defensive position was obviously lower than the back.
Even if Tang Tian is now, he will not be able to get over this kind of double-team.
This is the advantage of the Pelicans now. They only had one Holiday last season, but this season they had Holiday and Ariza.
No outside players can withstand the double-team of these two people.
Westbrook had to give the ball to Robertson again.
Robertson made a three-pointer from the outside, and the ball was outrageously crooked and hit the right side of the basket and bounced out.
Davis protects the defensive rebounds.
The Pelicans attacked in the frontcourt, and Tang Tian was also double-teamed with the ball.
The Thunder team's way of doing it will be used to do it.
Tang Tian gave the ball to Ariza, and the latter's three-pointer shot.
"Swish!"
Basketball hollow into the net.
Ariza is not Robertson, he really has three points.
Two three-pointers were thrown in, and the Pelicans immediately widened the gap to 11 points.
Fans whistled on the sidelines, and the Pelicans came back in the second half and played more easily than in the first half!
The Thunder took advantage of the dead ball to substitution, and Lamb came on the court to replace Robertson.
Brooks' reaction was pretty fast.
The Thunder attacked the frontcourt, and the Pelicans continued to double-team. Tang Tian went to defend Lamb at this time.
Westbrook gave the ball to Jones.
Jones made another move from outside the three-point line.
Ariza returned to prevent interference.
"Bang!"
Iron-smash!
Jones has made 0 of 7 shots so far in this game!
This is why the Thunder lost in the past.
Some teams, like the Spurs, can still play without playing core players because Popovich has its own tactical system.
But the Thunder cannot do it. The Thunder's tactical system is built on the singles of Westbrook and Durant.
This became particularly obvious after Harden was traded and left the team.
The Thunder have never been able to find a suitable organizer for the team.
Although Jones can make up for the score to a certain extent, it cannot replace Durant's tactical status.
Not to mention that he was completely lost by Ariza's defense in the first half.
No one of the Thunder can stand up and share the pressure for Westbrook now.
This became the winner of the game, although Westbrook played the second half and scored consecutively in the substitute stage.
But in the second half of the fourth quarter, his physical fitness was obviously not enough, and the Pelicans also successfully harvested the game.
Chapter completed!