The time to pause came, Brooks replaced Westbrook and Durant in advance, trying to open the situation and completely widen the score gap. After Kuster saw this scene, he frowned and thought about it. So Daben, Monroe and Durham Porter took the field to replace Hansblu at the same time under Kuster's order, and Daye and Villanuo tried to give the opponent a crazy blow to the inside...

As a result, the lineups of both sides have undergone great changes. The Pistons implement a double tower tactic, supplemented by the outside line, and the lineups are: Ben Wallace, Durham Porter, Monroe, McGrady and Zhou Yi; Thunder: Sergey Ibaka, Jeff Green, Kevin Durant, James Harden and Russelvesbruck.

The game began to reappear, and the Thunder attacked.

Westbrook came straight to the Pistons' half as soon as he received the ball. The speed was amazing. Durante came up to cover it, and Westbrook took the opportunity to break into the Pistons' basket and made a layup.

On the Pistons, after Zhou Yi missed an open jump shot, Monroe grabbed the offensive rebound and handed it to Durham Porter, who made a layup.

With a "bang", Harden missed a jump shot, and Da Ben took the backcourt rebound and handed it to Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi organized an attack, used his teammates' cover to get rid of Westbrook's defense, and then went to the near the paint area of ​​the bottom line. He pretended to shake Westbrook, then gave the ball to Durhamport's hand and ran to the other side. Ibaka opened his hands and pressed against Durhamport tightly. The latter had no choice but to see him coming behind him.

After Zhou Yi was in the open position, he quickly gave the ball to the opponent, then went over to provide a cover for Zhou Yi, blocking Westbrook behind him. Zhou Yi took a deep breath and made a jump shot. Unfortunately, another "bang" sounded and resounded at the Auburn Mountain Palace Arena. Zhou Yi shook his head helplessly and quickly retreated to defend. The rebound was grabbed by Durant, and then dribbled to the frontcourt. After matching Westbrook, he finally scored near the free throw line.

Zhou Yi seemed a little confused after the game started, and both attempts were made in the open. The other players of the Pistons were not in good condition. Since McGrady's timeout, his feel was not as hot as before.

The Pistons' strength is obviously weaker than the Thunder. Although the opponent is very young and lacks experience, and his own side has the advantage of the inside, the Thunder has two strong players, Durant and Westbrook, so the Pistons are slowly pulled apart by the Thunder under the leadership of Durant and the Two.

Therefore, the game quickly fell into the rhythm of the Thunder.

After the timeout, at the beginning of the game, Kuster noticed that Zhou Yi was a little abnormal and had a big gap with his previous performance. But Kuster did not substitute or call it a timeout. He wanted Zhou Yi to make adjustments slowly by himself.

However, Kuster's plan failed. The second quarter was already half over. Seeing that the first half was about to end, Zhou Yi was still sleepwalking without any improvement. Moreover, through observations during this period, Kuster also realized that Zhou Yi's problem was not in his condition, but in his body.

Kuster was planning to replace Zhou Yi with Bynum, and then asked carefully what the kid was doing, but before he could ask for a substitution, Thunder coach Brooks called a timeout first.

Brooks had no choice. Although the Pistons' outside firepower point was not opened, the Pistons' Durham Porter and Monroe were extremely strong, and during this period it brought a huge impact to the Thunder's inside. Although Durant and Westbrook continued to increase points for the Thunder, the opponent's inside immediately narrowed the score, and even had a vague trend of overtaking the score. Helplessly, Scott Brooks could only call a timeout, hoping to interrupt the Pistons' inside offense.

Back at the sidelines, Kuster did not make any arrangements, but just pulled Zhou Yi aside. He needed to talk to this little guy who was a little abnormal.

"Zhou Yi, why are you not in the previous state on the court? Is there any problem?" Phil looked worried.

Zhou Yi nodded slightly and replied embarrassedly: "Coach, I feel a little tired, so I have some problems in my condition. I want to take a break."

"So that's the case. Why didn't you say it earlier? Your health is important." The worry on Kuster's face faded a little, but there was still a hint of concern in his words.

Seeing that Kuster was so nervous, Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel a little moved and nodded.

After the timeout, the Thunder did not make adjustments to the lineup. Instead, the Pistons, which were gradually approaching the score, replaced Zhou Yi, who was in poor condition today with Bynum. Kuster was worried that McGrady would have physical problems, so he replaced McGrady with Prince. Kuster has now understood what it feels like to be stretched. Ben Gordon's injury made the Pistons difficult to walk in the second position. Although Prince and the others can all mention the second position, this will inevitably affect tactical problems.

With four and a half minutes left, the game continues.

After the timeout, the Pistons' defense still could not stop the Thunder's bombardment on the outside, but the Pistons did improve on the offense on the outside, and the pick-and-roll running became more active, not as chaotic as before. However, the Pistons' insiders did not have the previous might after the timeout, but they could barely cause trouble to their opponents.

However, there is still a considerable gap in strength between the two teams. One side has an orderly offense and defense, while the other side has an offense but no defense. In this way, the Pistons have not been able to recover the behind-the-score score, and now they are just barely snatching the score and staying alive.

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"Zhou Yi has been replaced now. It seems that his condition is indeed a problem. Hello, man, what do you think this may be the reason?" One of the commentators looked worried and said to his partner beside him. Obviously he was worried about the Pistons' situation.

Another commentator shook his head and said, "I don't know what the situation is, but I can see that Zhou Yi's agility today is not as flexible as before. I guess there may be problems with his physical strength."

"No matter what the reason is, I think this is definitely a good thing for the Thunder. Without Zhou Yi as an important firepower point and organizational core, the Thunder will definitely be much easier in defense."

"I agree with this." Another commentator nodded and then said: "Recently, the outside world has been saying that the Pistons are interested in cultivating Zhou Yi as the core of reconstruction. Man, what do you think about this?"

The commentator who spoke first pondered for a long time and replied: "It is very likely that he will not talk about his outstanding performance in the preseason for the time being, but Zhou Yi performed well in the first regular season. Not only did he score a double-double, but he also gave a fatal assist at the end of the game. No matter from any aspect, Zhou Yi performed well. And don't forget that there is a huge market behind Zhou Yi. Think about the Rockets and Yao Ming, haha..."
Chapter completed!