Chapter 800 Perfect Condition

As soon as the game started, the referee's whistle calmed down the boiling emotions on both sides.

This is the usual trick of the referee. Knowing that this is a battle of needles against wheat, I will blow the whistle first to show my presence and tell everyone that in tonight's game, everyone should play hard and listen to my command.

Tonight's on-duty referees are Mark - Alert, Tony - Brown and Mike - Davis.

For referees, it is good news that Thunder Li Liang will not start this season.

They can control the situation at the beginning without getting scolded.

In recent years, the referee group has also had enough of Bruce Lee's reasoning.

The referees have discussed it seriously in private, and the conclusion is "There is no way, so be it."

The Warriors' opening defensive strategy was to use Klay Thompson against Westbrook.

Curry was used as a defensive weakness against Roberson.

Although Curry is much shorter than Robertson, Robertson basically has no independent offensive ability.

As long as someone stands in front of him, there is no threat of attack.

But then, the Warriors made a matchup error when the Thunder sent a sideline kick.

Curry defended against Westbrook.

Westbrook received the ball from the right corner, faced Curry and dribbled the ball directly into it.

Killed in the middle, threw himself into the air after taking off, and made a lingering movement, pressing Curry to shoot.

The ball spun around the basket twice and fell into the net pocket.

Westbrook played the ball extremely aggressively.

He spotted the Warriors' omissions in defensive matchups, quickly launched an attack, and took the lead.

The Thunder still hope to win this game.

The state of the players is obviously different from playing other teams.

Very focused from the start.

At the beginning of the game, the Warriors still played their regular pass and cut cooperation.

Bogut received the ball in the high post and passed it to Green.

But Green's layup was interfered by Robertson and missed.

Durant got a rebound from the backcourt and pushed forward to counterattack.

The Warriors retreated very quickly. Westbrook received a pass in a deep position, but failed to force it, and passed it back to Adams who was keeping up.

Adams didn't directly attack the basket, he observed it, and gave Durant who was waiting for a chance on the outside after the ball.

Durant catches the ball and immediately makes a three-pointer!

The broadcast TV station used brand-new technology to create an animation effect for the three-point line on the TV screen, indicating that it was a three-pointer.

And the ball also passed through the net and hit a three-pointer!

The Energy Center was filled with jubilation, and the Thunder started in very good condition.

The Warriors chose to use fast to fast, serve quickly from the backcourt, and pass a long pass to Klay Thompson in the frontcourt.

Thompson shook the defender away with a fake move, took a step sideways, and also made a quick three-pointer.

The result was a miss.

This kind of quick counter-shooting three-pointer has become popular in recent years.

In an earlier era, it would have been considered treasonous and would be interpreted as "unreasonable".

Now it is very reasonable, because the probability of entering is really high.

The Thunder counterattacked with a rebound from the backcourt.

Because the Warriors retreat quickly, the Thunder are not in a hurry to break fast.

Fall into position to start a continuous pick-and-roll.

On the Warriors' side, they defend from positions 1 to 4, and they can switch defenses infinitely every pick-and-roll.

Durant finally switched to Green to defend. He entered from the middle, but did not directly attack the basket.

Instead, the ball was given to Robertson in the left corner.

Roberson caught the ball and faced Curry without any hesitation.

If you hesitate, you will be scolded!

The three-pointer was shot immediately.

Hit again!

The commentators at the scene all exclaimed, and the Thunder beat the Warriors with an 8-0 spurt in the opening game.

This was unexpected by many people, because Thunderclap hadn't dispatched the strongest person yet.

The strongest man is still off the court, the Warriors are like this, how can you win?

Robertson's three-point shooting percentage is indeed not high, only about 30%.

But the vote was still very firm and decisive.

Li Liang's encouragement behind him and his guidance in daily training gave him a lot of confidence.

Li Liang often said to him, "Look, even someone like Westbrook dares to vote, why don't you dare?"

Having said that, Robertson voted very resolutely.

The Warriors also scored soon.

It wasn't Thompson or Curry, but after Green broke through the bottom line, he made a high throw, which seemed to be a pass but not a pass, and it seemed to be a shot but not a shot.

Bogut took off, tapped the ball into the hoop, and scored the Warriors' first point.

Then, Westbrook was defended by Curry again. He followed suit and used his body to crush him.

As a result, this time he pressed Curry's turn and shot, but Bogut assisted in defending from behind, and a big cap was slapped off.

The player Bogut is quite amazing, every time he has a good performance at the beginning of the game.

Then I started to pull my hips.

The main reason is that at the beginning of the game, neither side opened up.

A standing center like him has advantages in height and weight, which will take advantage of him.

As the game progresses, the two sides run faster and faster, the intensity increases, and the number of rounds increases, and Bogut's disadvantage in movement will be magnified.

So Cole knows this characteristic of him and always uses Bogut a lot in the opening.

When the critical moment comes, he will go to the fifth elementary school.

After the ball was blocked, it was knocked out of the sideline by Westbrook himself, and the Warriors had the ball.

The Thunder's defensive strategy is similar to that of the Warriors, making substitutions when there is a pick-and-roll.

The outside shooting ability of NBA players is stronger now than in the past.

If there is no substitution after the pick-and-roll, one will shoot directly without paying attention.

Barnes dribbled the ball across half court, passed the ball to Green, and Green passed it to Curry.

Curry and Barnes pick and roll and switch to face Durant.

Curry dribbled away from behind, and then faced Durant's interference, he made a direct three-pointer from the outside!

This three-point shot is very difficult, and the arc of the ball is obviously much higher than normal, just to avoid the interference of Durant's long arm.

But after the ball fell quickly, it fell into the basket with a muffled sound of "dua"!

Super difficult three-pointers, this is Curry's magical state this year.

He was undoubtedly stimulated by Li Liang, and Xia Tian conducted extremely hard training to further improve his three-point anti-interference ability.

The Warriors changed the score to 5:8, three points short.

Then, Thunder Durant fed the ball to Adams.

Adams faced Bogut with a shoulder-shaking fake and received a big hook behind his back.

This set of moves is quite Olajuwon's feeling, and the soft hook also made a steady hit, scoring two points.

It can be seen that the Thunder players are in excellent condition tonight.

After the opening, except for Collison, the other four players scored.

On the Warriors' side, Green wanted to play opportunistically and get a foothold. He went to the basket with the ball alone, trying to bully Collison.

As a result, Adams assisted in the defense and missed a layup.

The Thunder's starting state is indeed very good.

Quickly counterattacked, Westbrook gave a beautiful inner plug to Adams who was going down quickly.

Bogut was left behind by Adams at this time, and had no choice but to foul.

Adams was pushed off the baseline by Bogut, knocking down two photographers.

Got to the free throw line, made two free throws, 5:12, the Thunder started off pretty well.

Good offense and good defense.

In the face of the Warriors' continuous screens, air cuts, and running positions, the Thunder's defense did not reveal any loopholes.

In the end, Bogut took the ball, turned around and missed a hasty hook.

The Thunder got the rebound and pushed back.

Li Liang yelled off the court, "Run up and hit the basket! Go!"

Li Liang knew that this was a good opportunity to widen the score and establish an advantage.

If Li Liang was on the court at this time, he would definitely rush to the basket desperately, or throw a three-pointer from the outside to expand his advantage.

But the Warriors' defense is indeed very fast, and Collison's offense is half useless at this point.

The Warriors can concentrate their forces on slowing down the speed of the ball holder.

In the end, he fell into position, and Durant emptied his back and singled Barnes on the right.

Barnes defended the ball well, forcing Durant to take a difficult fadeaway jumper and miss.

Bogut pointed out the rebound under the basket.

Klay Thompson got the ball and almost missed a dribble.

In the end, he reached the basket with the ball, but was pressed down abruptly by Adams.

The ball was taken straight from the hand!

"Counterattack! Hurry up and counterattack!"

Li Liang continued to roar from the sidelines.

This time Durant was obedient. After dribbling the ball halfway, he saw the opportunity and shot a 45-degree three-pointer from the left.

Hit!

At 5:15, the Thunder led by 10 points.

Cole was confident and didn't call a timeout.

As a result, Klay Thompson missed a three-pointer from the outside.

Westbrook took the rebound, counterattacked and went straight to the basket, jumped up and hit the defender against the defender to make a layup!

At 5:17, the Thunder took an absolute lead of 12 points in the opening game.

Now Cole must call a timeout.

Li Liang is still sitting on the sidelines, why are you playing like this?

Can we still play the next game?