Chapter 578 (1/2)
Link grabs Durant. Unless there is a winner in this game, it is enough to be one of the most wonderful scenes in the game.
Durant himself was stunned by the ball. Link's ability to finish catching and jumping is not only the problem of jumping high, but also his reaction to the speed of light is so abnormal!
As we all know, this kind of shooting by throwing is generally difficult to be taken, let alone caught.
But if the defender can react in time before the basketball reaches the top, there is still the possibility of blocking.
Link's real terror is here. His speed of light reaction and his powerful vertical bounce ability make Durant's ejection hard to escape!
Link's capture, let thunder fan's original full confidence to be hit. They have been standing in the stands for several minutes, but they have not seen the goal.
It was not easy to get a chance to score, but was destroyed by link in such an incredible way.
With a smooth turn, a layup and a crazy catch, link has proved that he really deserves to be in the best first team.
After that, the impatient Durant still didn't show much good performance. He wants revenge too much. He wants to beat link too much. But this kind of psychology just makes him unable to make the most correct decision.
The thunder team was unable to score until the fourth minute of the first quarter. Westbrook's quick stop zombie jump shot broke the scoring shortage for the thunder. In the stands, the thunder fans finally got their seats.
But now, no one will feel lucky, and no one will think that link has been hit in the face.
The Grizzlies stayed for four minutes and the fans stood for four minutes, which is nothing to be proud of for thunder.
Although he broke the scoring shortage, Durant still couldn't score efficiently, and thunder began to fall behind gradually. After six minutes in the first quarter, Scott Brooks replaced Derek Fisher, who was 4-for-3 in the previous game.
See ”old fish” appearance, thunder fans seem to see the Savior in general. But it's a pity that Fisher didn't continue yesterday's amazing performance. If a team really hopes to rely on Fisher to turn the situation around, it is better to surrender.
Fortunately, after Fisher's magic aura faded, Kevin Martin stood up and shouldered Durant's scoring responsibility. Finally, only let thunder in the first quarter after the end of the game, only 22-27 5 points behind.
In the first quarter, Durant made only 2 of 7 shots, which was horribly inefficient.
Link, on the contrary, not only contributed a wonderful turn to pass and seize the risk, single quarter 7 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, but also can not find fault.
In the first round, Durant was defeated!
”Link showed his strength as a best player for a while, and he made a great contribution to the Grizzlies on both sides. The thunder is very passive now. Kevin Martin's performance can only let the thunder survive for a while. If the thunder wants to pull back, it depends on Kevin Durant's performance
During the break, Mike brin said the key to the next game.
If Durant can't stand up to compete with link today, thunder will lose their home court!
For thunder, if you go to Memphis with a score of 1-3, it is undoubtedly going to hell!
Therefore, thunder can never give up easily.
Scott Brooks knows this better than Mike brin. Today's game can't be lost even if it's a bloody fight!
In the first section, thunder is ferocious, but not rational. Now Brooks is going to solve this problem.
”I know you want to beat him, but the more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes! Calm down. I want you to calm down now, Kevin! You have to beat him slowly over the course of 48 minutes. You can't knock down link directly! So, calm down
Brooks sitting in front of Durant, he is very clear, in front of the 35 can play to what extent, will directly determine how far thunder can go.
Durant said nothing but nodded. He also knows that he can't afford to lose today, and he can't be spirited any more.
Then Brooks looked at everyone again, ”tough up, you let Grizzlies attack the basket too easily in the first quarter. It's a man's game. You can't act like a girl
The break was short, and Brooks did not adjust much. After all, Brooks is not a master of tactics, he is a ”chicken soup” coach.
But sometimes, the psychological state of the fans really works better than tactical changes.
At the beginning of the second quarter, link found that Durant's expression was not as fierce as when the game started.
Sure enough, are you coming?
Although five points behind, the thunder fans' cheers did not diminish. They are all the time to cheer up the thunder players, hoping that the situation can be reversed.
Link again pasted Durant, but Durant did not irritably ask for the ball, but tried to seek opportunities.Sure enough, this guy won't be so easy to get started! Durant won't suffer the second time in the first quarter!
Durant finally got to the right mid range and leaned back against link to start the attack.
Westbrook hits the ball into KD's hand, and link holds Durant's waist to prevent him from pushing back.
However, Durant didn't make any effort at all. After feeling link's defense, he directly chose the roll back jumper!
This time, when Durant shot, all link saw in his face was calm and confident.