Chapter 149
【149】Westbrook: Half God, Half Demon?!
Just when everyone thought Durant would score over Su Mo again, something strange happened!
Su Mo followed Durant's figure and jumped high, and his long arms fell down.
Impartial, just right.
Spicy hot pot, for Durant!
""Pah!"
With a loud bang, the basketball was hit out of bounds by Su Mo.
The Thunder had 5 seconds left on the offensive clock.
After Durant landed, he was still confused. He was blocked by Su Mo?
How is this possible?
Damn, Su Mo's jumping ability is too abnormal, isn't it?
As Su Mo blocked Durant's pull-up shot, the cheers of fans in the Oakland home stadium also rang out. What was even more hilarious was that in the cheers, there was actually a loud voice.
Repeatedly, it hit Durant's chest.
"Dusante, Dusante, Dusante……"
Durant almost went crazy, looking at Su Mo fiercely.
But Su Mo simply ignored Durant's hostility, smiling calmly.
This made Durant's anger burn even more vigorously.
Beat Su Mo!
He must beat Su Mo at all costs tonight.
The Thunder served the ball in the frontcourt, Durant ran eagerly without the ball, shook off Su Mo and received the serve.
He must immediately regain his face over Su Mo.
However... before Durant could hold the ball firmly in his hand, a lightning-fast figure rushed up directly.
""Pah!"
Su Mo was like a ghost, his ghost hand stretched out like lightning, and directly knocked the ball out of Durant's hand.
""Swoosh!"
Steal, control the ball, one-stop fast run...
Durant was shocked and turned around to defend, but found that he was getting farther and farther away from Su Mo.
Su Mo took off directly from the free throw line, jumped high, and flew over the restricted area.
""Bang!"
The basket shook, and the whole Oakland Arena suddenly rang with earth-shaking cheers.
Durant looked embarrassed. Su Mo first blocked his shot, and then stole the ball directly. This time he was really embarrassed.
Thunder coach Brooks looked solemn and called a timeout immediately.
In Brooks' opinion, Durant must not be allowed to be obsessed with singles against Su Mo. If this continues, the team will never gain any advantage.
"Kevin, you need to calm down. The real way to beat Su Mo is not just to hit a few difficult shots over his head. If we lose the game in the end, everything will be in vain!"
"Coach, I understand!"
Durant lowered his head and sighed.
"Russell, it's your turn to show your skills. You have a clear advantage whether you are facing Monta Ellis or Stephen Curry, so let Durant hold Su Mo back, and you take on the offensive banner!"
""Okay, coach, watch me!"
After the timeout, Westbrook was full of confidence and was determined to give the Warriors a head-on blow.
In the Thunder's offense, Westbrook carried the ball all the way to the frontcourt, read the defense, and made a fake move to pass Curry and speed into the penalty area.
""Bang!"
The bloody dunk shocked the whole audience!
Anthony Tolliver, the Warriors center, stood there stupidly, completely becoming a background board.
"Westbrook's explosive power is really amazing. If his physical talent is compared with that of Curry, he is far ahead of the latter!"
"That’s right, it seems that the choice of Thunder head coach Brooks is very wise. He has shifted the focus of offense from Durant to Westbrook!"
"It was indeed a wise choice. In this way, Su Mo would have no time to take care of both! But apart from Su Mo, who else on the Warriors could really defend against Westbrook's explosion?"
At the end of the first quarter, Westbrook continued to perform well on the offensive end and completely carried the team's offensive banner.
However, on the Warriors side, Su Mo's scoring remained stable, and it also effectively led to the scoring of Curry, Ellis and others.
In this way, the Warriors always maintained a slight lead.
After the first quarter, the Warriors (28): (24) Thunder, leading by 4 points into the second quarter.
After the start of the second quarter, the rotation lineups of both sides also came on the court. Led by Harden and Ibaka, the Thunder quickly overtook the score.
However, the substitutes on the Warriors side did not show any weakness. Maggette made consecutive three-pointers from the outside and kept the score close.
After the official timeout in the second quarter, the main players of both teams also returned to the court.
The Warriors still retained Maggette, who performed well, and let center Tolliver rest on the sidelines, and used Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry, Stephen Jackson, Su Mo, and Corey Maggette."Five small lineup".
This lineup is also the five strongest scorers in the Warriors.
Although there is no center, the ability to protect the basket is weakened, but the overall fast break level has been raised to a new level. Everyone on the team has the ability to shoot three-pointers and break through from the outside.
The Thunder also took down the center and power forward, and sent out the five tigers lineup of Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Jeff Green, and Ibaka.
The game was further upgraded with tit-for-tat.
On the Warriors side, Su Mo has always played a leading role on both the offensive and defensive ends.
With Su Mo's leadership and connection, the efficiency of the other four scorers has also increased a lot, and they are also focused and excellent on the defensive end.
On the other hand, when Durant was strictly guarded by Su Mo, Westbrook played a more important role on the offensive end of the Thunder.
However, after the second quarter, Westbrook's magic suddenly disappeared, which was in sharp contrast to the crazy performance at the end of the first quarter.
At 6 minutes and 29 seconds, in the Thunder's offense, Westbrook broke through and made a dribbling error. At
5 minutes and 36 seconds, it was Westbrook again. He made a pass error while being double-teamed by Curry and Ellis, and passed the ball directly to the audience. At
4 minutes and 17 seconds,
Westbrook missed a layup and was directly grabbed by Su Mo who followed up. Westbrook, who was emotional, fouled him.
Durant, his teammate, had a black line on his face and was too tired to complain about Westbrook's performance.
Thunder head coach Brooks finally couldn't stand it anymore and called a timeout immediately. He couldn't help but criticize Westbrook.
On the commentary desk, Mike Breen and Van Gundy also shook their heads and smiled bitterly, lamenting that Westbrook's performance was too"Westbrook".
"Three good opportunities in a row were wasted. Is Westbrook suddenly sleepwalking?"
"In the first quarter he was a god, in the second quarter he was a demon. It seems that the fans were right. Westbrook has two forms: half god and half demon!"