Chapter 207 It's Right to Be Uncomfortable (Eighth)

The Thunder team has a strong lineup on paper, and the Spurs have no obvious advantage in matchups, and they are playing more tactics on the court.

After Parker advanced to the frontcourt with a Zip hammer, Tang Tian got an open chance at the bottom corner, and the catcher hit with a knife.

5 to 2, the Spurs turned away.

There was a commotion at the scene, Tang Tian seemed to have gained the upper hand in the matchup with Durant in the previous offense and defense?

Durant asked Westbrook for the ball directly outside the three-point line in the front court. He said that if Tang Tian wants to explode tonight, he must explode!

Stop me from catching the ball, huh? Then I'll hold the ball outside the three-point line!

Westbrook has absolute trust in Durant. Not only did he pass the ball, but he also signaled his teammates to pull away to create enough space for Durant.

Durant holds the ball and dribbles with his left hand.

Tang Tian snatched the position, but Durant had long legs, so he squeezed past him.

When Tang Tian grabbed the defensive position again, Durant made an emergency stop and stepped back mid-range, straightening his long arms, ignoring Tang Tian's interference.

"Shua!"

Shoot again!

After Durant's shooting ability has been developed, it is really a bit incomprehensible with his long legs and long arms.

After Durant scored the goal, he glanced down at Tang Tian.

The meaning of that expression is obvious: Do you think you can stop me by stopping me from catching the ball? Innocent!

Durant made all 2 shots in the opening game, which is also his normal performance throughout the season. He has already secured the position of the second small forward in the league.

The mood of the fans at the scene was also very high at this time.

Winning a three-point contest made some "Godfather" fans tail up, but it was an All-Star game, just an entertainment show, and winning actually meant nothing at all!

Only the formal competition in front of us is really convincing!

The fans at the scene also whistled constantly.

Durant made consecutive hits against Tang Tian's defense at the beginning of the game. This is the difference in strength!

In their eyes, Tang Tian was a clown, not worthy to be compared with their Durant. Durant's real opponent should be the man from Miami.

The Spurs' frontcourt tactics came out, Parker missed a floater, and Ibaka jumped up to get the defensive rebound.

The Thunder now have a chance to overtake the score.

Westbrook continued to give the ball to Durant.

As a brother, he is one of the most supportive of Durant, and now that Durant feels good, there is no reason not to call him.

Durant continued to hold the ball from outside the three-point line, and also went left.

This time Tang Tian snatched the position ahead of time and forced Durant to stop directly.

If the same trick is used here too much, it won't work!

After Durant was forced to stop, he chose to turn over and shoot a jumper. Tang Tian took off early to cover his face.

"boom!"

The basket is out of the basket!

Tang Tian put a lot of pressure on the defense with this ball, and Durant's shot was blocked!

In the scrimmage for the rebound at the basket, Duncan blocked Ibaka and prevented him from jumping, and Blair got a defensive rebound after getting stuck.

"Don's learning speed is really fast!"

At this time, Barkley was not only emotional, but shouted directly.

"Yes, this is only their first matchup, and I suddenly feel that our prediction before the game is likely to come true."

Kenny Smith echoed, laughing.

"As I said, Shaq's sixth sense."

O'Neill also followed up, and he has fully integrated into the commentary atmosphere.

The Spurs played the AI ​​​​hammer tactic in the frontcourt, and Green received the ball in the corner.

But the Thunder's help defense was quick, his shot was disturbed and missed, and Perkins received a defensive rebound.

As the top two teams in the Western Conference, their overall defense is very good, and it will be difficult for the Spurs to score every time.

Westbrook went to the frontcourt and continued to hand the ball to Durant.

The Spurs' style of play this season is team-based, and the Thunder are just the opposite. They play superstar basketball, and they are more thorough than the Heat.

Durant continued to play Tang Tian with the ball, still taking strong steps from the left.

Tang Tian still grabbed the position in advance, and this time before Durant raised the ball to shoot, he used his dynamic vision to directly strike.

"Snapped!"

He even slapped the ball out of Durant's hand, and then directly stole it!

The Spurs quickly played a fast break, Parker launched a fast break from the backcourt, one-stop to the frontcourt and scored a layup directly.

7 to 4.

There was a commotion at the scene.

"Oh!" Barkley also exclaimed in the commentary booth.

After hitting two goals in a row under Tang Tian's defense in the opening game, Durant was defended by Tang Tian for two consecutive rounds, and he was even denied a goal just now!

Is Durant strong?

The answer is yes, as evidenced by his 28 points per game this season.

But will Durant be guarded?

The answer is yes.

The current Durant is far from the "Reaper" of later generations. Before this season, he was still a shooter mainly based on catch-and-shoot and air cuts.

The most impressive thing about him is that he can vote accurately.

He can average 27 points per game just by shooting. This is Durant's strongest point.

But after meeting the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals last year and being targeted by Carlisle to death.

In the past offseason, he has practiced his throwing skills and detail handling under the basket, as well as this left-handed breakthrough.

So it is no exaggeration to say that Durant is still in the initial stage of learning basketball skills.

This is also the reason why he only used the trick of breaking through from the left to single-handedly challenge Tang Tian.

Because of his physical talent, he has already been able to score points against others by relying on this trick.

But against Tang Tian, ​​it seemed a bit insufficient.

Durant didn't play well, and Westbrook stepped forward at this time.

He used Perkins' pick-and-roll to directly throw himself into the sky as a dynamite package, forcing Blair's pull foul.

He was knocked into the air, but he got up and shook his arms like a normal person and went to the free throw line.

He made two free throws, and he helped the Thunder bite the score.

The Spurs still played tactics in the frontcourt. Tang Tian missed a three-pointer after receiving the ball from a running position, but Duncan got the offensive rebound and caused Ibaka's thug to foul.

Also made two free throws, the Spurs continued to maintain a 3-point lead.

The strength of the two teams is very close, and the field is also extremely anxious.

Westbrook's strong rush had no chance. He dribbled the ball back to the three-point line, and Durant began to run around the pick-and-roll without the ball, which is his best way to score.

But when he came out to catch the ball, Tang Tian bypassed the pick-and-roll one after another, still following behind him like a ghost. When he made a shot, an aggressive stealing attempt made his control over the ball very low.

His reluctant shot was obviously short, and he knocked out at the front of the basket.

Durant failed three consecutive offenses!

Tang Tian's defense really made Durant very uncomfortable on the court!

But this is the effect Tang Tian wants. It is difficult, even unrealistic, for him to completely prevent Durant from being killed, but it is completely possible to make Durant feel uncomfortable.

And uncomfortable, that's right!

The eighth is delivered! There was still eyelid fighting in the front, but seeing the victory in sight, the fighting spirit was rekindled!