086. Thunder double colander
The game continues.
In the penalty area, Adams and Westbrook of the Thunder intercepted and defended at the same time, while Ye Zheng bent down and broke through the double-team between the two, and then threw the basketball in his hand into the basket.
Scores by throwing.
"Oh my God, is Ye Zheng so powerful? These are the two powerful stars of the Thunder. Neither of them double-teamed Ye Zheng, unless they are double-teamed by three people, and adding a colander to Anthony, it may be able to stop Ye Zheng from continuing to score." Host Johnson couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this scene.
Offensive and defensive conversion!
The Thunder began to attack, and Westbrook would never let Ye Zheng show off alone. The basketball was conducting on the outside, and he was waiting for the gap to take action.
However, this time the Lakers' defense is very strict and have never given the opponent a chance to shoot.
Westbrook waved his hand and asked for the ball directly. Without hesitation, the players handed the basketball to him.
Facing Lonzo Ball's defense, Westbrook signaled all players to open the position and he wanted to make a strong shot.
This also aroused Lonzo Ball's fighting spirit. One attacked and the other defended, both of them fought desperately on the outside, but Westbrook was still better at his skills. The other went to the left to shake off the opponent's defense and broke through to the inside.
At this time, the penalty area was already hollow, only Lakers' center Ivica Zubac was there. Seeing the opponent rushing, he was also ready to defend.
Westbrook accelerated and had reached the penalty area, followed by a jump. With the speed bonus, the jump was very high, just like a big roc spreading its wings and was about to dunk the basketball in.
All the home spectators widened their eyes and looked at the ball nervously.
The commentator on the scene shouted in an excited voice.
"It's a basketball dunk, it's a slam dunk!"
“This is really exciting.”
"Let's witness this wonderful dunk!"
But at this moment, Westbrook, who was in the air, actually slipped and fell down.
Below, Lakers center Ivica Zubafan looked at the basketball falling from the sky with a little confused. He had already shocked Westbrook's accelerated dunk and did not continue to defend.
But unexpectedly, the ball actually appeared in his hand. Westbrook, who was in the air, still slapped the basket with one hand.
"Bang!"
Then, Westbrook hung on the basket and stayed for a while, with the expression on his face very awkward. He did not expect such a situation to happen.
Of course, what is even more helpless is the live commentator. He originally wanted to stimulate the audience's emotions, but he didn't expect that it would be like this.
"The dunk failed, but this has created an opportunity."
“This is so disappointing.”
The fans who had already stood up clearly showed a disappointed expression on their faces. It was because the ball was prepared in the past was so perfect that they ended like this in the final stage.
TNT host Johnson hesitated for a long time and didn't say anything. At this time, the Lakers were launching a counterattack.
"Look, the Lakers center passed the ball to Lonzo Ball? He was holding the ball and fighting back!"
Lonzo Ball held the ball? He rushed to the frontcourt quickly.
Westbrook was chasing behind him, after all, the goal just now lost face, and he wanted to steal the ball and find some face.
Suddenly? Lonzo Ball stopped urgently and passed the basketball to Roll Deng on the outside. At this time, Anthony had already run up to defend.
On the other hand, Ye Zheng had already started running without the ball, and the one who followed him was Singhler, but Ye Zheng's pace moved much faster, and he could get half of his body away with an acceleration.
Ye Zheng was still running and received a pass from Luo Er Deng.
At this time, Ye Zheng was only one step away from the penalty area. Adams immediately took a step and made up for defense. His whole body blocked Ye Zheng's offensive route. The back was followed closely by Singler, which seemed to have formed an encirclement.
However, Ye Zheng still jumped towards Adams, and Adams and Singler behind him also jumped, and his two big hands fell from the air, trying to block the ball.
Ye Zheng in the air closed the basketball in his left hand, moved it to his right hand, made a pulling move, dodged the big hands of the two, and hit the basketball in.
"It's so amazing. Ye Zheng's ball showed extremely powerful means, especially the hand change in the air. The waist and abdomen are simply invincible."
"Today, Ye Zheng flew around the whole game. Whether it was facing Anthony's defense from the outside, he scored a three-pointer, or facing Adams from the inside, he made a trolley layup, which made him shine.
Tonight's game is destined to be Ye Zheng alone. Relatively speaking, Westbrook, the leading player of the Thunder, will be much more overshadowed!
"Although Westbrook also gave a strong response on the offensive end, the handling of key balls was too poor. Every time he had the chance to approach the score difference, Ye Zheng made a beautiful three-pointer to widen the score difference again. On the defensive end, Westbrook was simply called the Thunder double colander with Anthony. This defensive loophole may cause their head coach a headache."
The game was still going on, Johnson explained passionately, while Olajuwon, who was standing aside, was watching the game quietly. He had already convinced Ye Zheng's performance in this game. One of the main reasons was that Ye Zheng had mastered the steps of the dream dance without paying him to study, and his mastery made him feel ashamed of himself.
The game was still a blowout between the two sides. Westbrook, as a star of the Thunder, could still take on the banner. However, in terms of the feel of the outside, Westbrook was obviously much worse than Ye Zheng. He missed three shots from the outside, but Ye Zheng burst into succession on the outside.
This allowed Ye Zheng to give Westbrook a tough response on the offensive end, while the opponent's touch was intermittent, which also allowed the Lakers to gradually widen the gap.
Without Harden and Durant, it is obvious that Westbrook, who is alone, is already difficult to resist with Ye Zheng's powerful firepower output.
Even with the support of the superstar Anthony, Westbrook still tightly grasped the ball. He had about 70% of the ball, and only about 30% of the remaining players, which made Anthony's feel so hot, let alone effective support.
When they entered the fourth quarter, the Lakers were already 15 points ahead of the Thunder.
Although Westbrook has scored 31 points in these first three quarters, it has not helped the team much.
Because in the first three quarters, Ye Zheng had already scored 47 points, and when the two were compared, the gap immediately emerged.
In the fourth quarter, Westbrook played even more uniquely. In the first four rounds of offense, he completed his last shot, made two of four shots, and scored four points.
On the Lakers, Ye Zheng made two three-pointers and scored 6 points, Roll Deng scored 2 points with one mid-range shot, and Lonzo Ball scored 2 points with one layup.
In these four rounds, the Lakers scored 10 points and the Thunder scored 4 points.
Chapter completed!