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Chapter 210 Directly Performing a Violent Beatup



Chapter 210 A direct violent beating

The battle between the Thunder and the Heat has inadvertently become the most watched preseason game in NBA history.

The game is nominally the home of the Heat, but it is actually held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. cooperate.

For this preseason game, the local officials in Kansas City also tried their best to cooperate with it, and invited TNT to broadcast live. In addition, the NBA wanted to further promote and develop the local market, so they simply let the two most popular teams play a game.

On the morning of the [-]th, the entire Thunder team flew to Kansas City, and according to the arrangement of the league, they first ran to the arena to participate in activities.

Su Yang also went to participate. In an interview, he said, "Many general managers think that Durant will be elected as the MVP of the new season. Will they fully help Durant's impact?" He replied: "Our priority is to defend the title, and of course we will help KD..."

The content of the interview was quickly posted on Twitter. Many fans thought that Su Yang was thinking too much, and that LeBron would definitely win three consecutive MVPs. Averaged 68+ points per game. If you want to play better than last season, the difficulty factor is too high, which is about the same as Durant soaking up Scarlett.

During the noon break, Durant was very angry when he saw the fans discussing so much, and various trumpets responded wildly.

Su Yang took the opportunity to encourage Durant to become the MVP, the difficulty is great, as long as it does not affect the defending title, he will do his best to help him.

Durant felt that it was feasible, and when he entered the training warm-up in the afternoon, he worked hard as if he was playing in the finals.

The game kicked off at [-] p.m., and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley, University of Kansas coach Bill Self, and many other so-called local celebrities sat on the sidelines to watch the game.

Su Yang deliberately found the coach of the University of Kansas, Bill Self, and said with a smile: "You lamented that Kevin Durant is the strongest player you have ever seen, and it turns out to be completely correct! If you still watch that player next time, please Be sure to let me know!"

Bill Self replied slightly proudly: "We Kansas beat his University of Texas..."

The two chatted a few words, and the game officially started.

Due to Wade's injury and absence from the game, the Heat's starting shooting guard is Mike Miller, the center is undrafted Joel Anthony, the power forward is Bosh, the small forward is LeBron, and the guard who is responsible for dribbling the half court is Mario Qianmo. s.

The Thunder are the regular starters. In comparison, the lineup looks much stronger than the Heat.

With the opening jump ball, the Heat won the first attack.

Chalmers dribbled the ball across the half court and handed it over to LeBron who used a positioning screen to circle out, and LeBron followed up with Mike Miller at the same time but cooperated with the pick-and-roll. A set of operations was smooth and smooth, but it was a pity that the Thunder had three defenses and two defenses. Block inside.

Maybe it was because the results of the preseason games were not that important, maybe it was because he simply wanted to be lazy, maybe he really couldn't break through to the basket, or maybe he felt that passing the ball would help the team more, so LeBron chose to stop and score the ball.

Miller, who opened the outside cut, received the ball, and in an instant, Chandler stepped up to make up for the defense, and the basketball was passed to Joel Anthony.

It's a pity that Joel Anthony's shooting speed is slow, and his mid-range shooting percentage is low, so he hasn't dared to make a shot.

Ibaka took the opportunity to take turns to make up the defense, and Joel Anthony hurriedly threw it to Bosh, who was temporarily unguarded.

But the throwing action was too obvious, Sefolosha directly stopped and intercepted, and the Thunder turned to launch a fast break.

Seeing this, Su Yang walked to the sidelines and yelled, reminding him not to play pass-and-cut tactics for the time being, but to show Durant first. Anyway, he has decided to help Durant become the MVP of the regular season, so this kind of game that attracted a lot of attention for the first time in the season must grasp.

Durant then came out from the baseline to catch the ball, then raised his hand to signal to open the space, singled out LeBron at the top of the arc.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Durant hesitated to connect with Buddha, successfully flew LeBron, broke through the basket and scored with a strong dunk.

LeBron was motivated on the spot, turned around to attack and asked for the ball, and used the screen to patiently break through and score a layup.

Just like that, the first quarter was mainly a two-person stage, with the Thunder leading 30-29.

In the second quarter of the game, the main players of the two teams went to rest.

The Heat sent Haslem with low shooting + old big Z Ilgauskas + undrafted Kenny Hasbrook + second-round pick Pittman + basically defenseless James Jones, it seems that they intend to overthink one time.

Su Yang was not polite at all, and directly sent a combination of Jordan + Green + Barnes + McGrady + Harden.

In 3 minutes, the Thunder did not strictly implement the defensive strategy, and still played a 15-3 attack wave.

Heat coach Spoelstra was quite calm, and he didn't seem to arrange the main lineup in advance.

Su Yang didn't ask the players to strengthen their defense, but he didn't tell Harden and the others to restrain themselves, how to play, and how to play.

With McGrady and others feeling hot, it was useless for the Heat to strengthen their defense. Another 3 minutes passed, and the Thunder led by 26 points. foul.

Heat bishop Spoelstra took the opportunity to replace LeBron and Bosh, and Su Yang also replaced Durant and Westbrook.

The two teams are gradually fighting with the main force, LeBron intends to break through and attack the basket, but Su Yang ruthlessly arranges for Chandler to intercept at the basket + Durant's long arm slows down + Ibaka helps defend and control the dribbling area + Sefolosha and Westbrook Defensive package that intercepts passing lanes.

The purpose is only one, to force LeBron to make a difficult emergency stop jump ball, even if he is passed a three-pointer, he will admit it.

After being blocked for two consecutive breakthroughs, LeBron changed to find someone to pass the ball. However, due to Westbrook's potential steal threat, most of the time he passed the ball to the strong side. The Thunder either actively returned to defense by Sefolosha, or Ibaka pulled away. Dash to defend.

That kind of operation, whether it is McMiller, Bosh, or Chalmers, the shooting percentage is far below the average level.

Then LeBron couldn't see it, he chose to take the ball to break through, and was forced to make an emergency stop for a jumper, forming a cycle.

After halftime, the Thunder inhumanely led the Heat by as many as 37 points, which made the fans feel dull.

Back from the intermission, the Heat did not choose to give up.

LeBron took the lead in strengthening the defense, and still adopted the Heat's signature 'Pat Riley stole from the Pistons' area flanking strategy. Unfortunately, Wade's absence has greatly reduced the power, and the Thunder does not focus on ball-holding screens, which has little effect.

At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder led by 42 points, and the Heat were forced to send all substitutes to give up the game.

Su Yang also dispatched those players without contracts, pretending nothing happened, chatting with Durant and the others.

At the end of the game, the Thunder defeated the Heat 116 to 81 and won the second consecutive preseason game.

TNT immediately followed up and reported that many fans lamented that the Thunder was too strong, and finally understood that the Heat still need to improve.

There are also some extreme Heat fans who believe that the main reason for the loss is Wade's absence. If they wait until the regular season to play again, the Thunder will surely take revenge. Their theoretical basis is that the Heat and the Thunder played inseparable in the first quarter.

At the press conference after the game, the reporter asked Su Yang if he had any suggestions for the Heat.

Su Yang replied: "This game does not represent the strength of the Heat. They are in the running-in stage, and I am not qualified to give them advice. I just want to say that Durant deserves to be elected MVP. Please pay attention to his wonderful performance..."

(End of this chapter)


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