Chapter 343 A strong eight-game winning streak!
~.-~ Zhong Yu capped Durant, and the electronic signal was transmitted to the retina of thousands of fans through the camera.
"Oh! This block is very domineering!" The gloating fans said, standing and talking without any pain.
Zhong Yu was also secretly happy in his heart. Durant was careless just now and his shot was very low, which made Zhong Yu catch the opportunity.
Zhong Yu raised his right hand and jumped up tentatively... Hey, he really blocked the shot.
Durant's face turned dark and he felt a huge loss of face when he was covered in front of so many people.
After Evans forced the rebound and grabbed it in his hand, he threw it to Paco. The Hornets reorganized the offense. After Paco took the ball through half the game, he passed the ball to Zhong Yu and Zhong Yu lobed the ball to West.
The fans who want to see Zhong Yu and Durant fight at the beginning today are also worth disappointing, because the Hornets' strategy is very obvious now - let West re-familiarize the game venue and find his own feel again.
West received the pass, then retreated a little and forced the start.
A jump shot hit!
West's turnover jump shot made the basketball move straightforward.
The Hornets started well.
The time started six minutes, and the score between the two sides is 11-6. The Hornets led their opponent by five points, and the Thunder called a timeout.
Among the eleven points the Hornets scored, including Zhong Yu's 6 points and West's 4 points, as well as Evans' free throws with one of two free throws.
"How do you feel?" Scott asked West.
Weiste nodded and smiled: "It feels great."
Scott nodded, and then said, "For that Kevin Durant, we need to be more serious in defense. He still has the ability. For the others of the Thunder, cut off their passing rhythm. When attacking, press them to play, press time and master the rhythm."
The Thunder now can be said to be a youth army. One advantage of young people is that they are full of passion for the game, and every offense and every defense are full of passion.
But their disadvantages are equally obvious - lack of experience and are prone to fever.
The Hornets will focus on defensive counterattacks next.
The game started again, and the Thunder began the offense, and Durant dribbled the ball and broke through. Then he passed the ball to the inside, but the basketball was still in the middle and was destroyed by Ariza who suddenly jumped out.
Then he passed the ball to Zhong Yu and the Hornets began to fight back.
Zhong Yu controlled the ball on the outside and stood firm.
In the days when the Hornets were without Paul, their offensive system was not as complete as before. After all, Paul is working towards the goal of "the first point guard in the league", and his influence on the Hornets is conceivable.
Although Zhong Yu is not a point guard, if he lets him control the ball, the rhythm of the entire team will be more stable. The offense and defense will be more reasonable.
These are all Zhong Yu's role.
Now, he suppressed the rhythm, Westbrook tried to come up and steal, but failed, Zhong Yu handed the basketball to his right hand and broke through.
Durant wanted to come up and block Zhong Yu. Zhong Yu moved sideways easily, making way for the opponent's passing space, and he went to the bottom line, then raised the basketball with both hands and a backward jump shot.
"Swish!" The jump shot hit.
Durant today seemed a little dim in front of Zhong Yu, and Zhong Yu's light enveloped him.
The game continued. The gap in combat effectiveness between the Hornets and the Thunder is obvious. Now that West has returned to the court, the gap in combat effectiveness is even more obvious.
At the end of the game, the score between the two sides was 29-17. The Hornets only used one quarter and were already 12 points ahead of their opponents!
In the first quarter, Zhong Yu scored 10 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, while West scored 8 points, and the two scored a lot of points from the Hornets.
West's feel has also recovered, and today his feel is quite hot and his hit rate is high.
The Hornets are playing better and better.
"Just do it!" Scott said, waving his fists: "Suppress their rhythm, try to make these people score as few points as possible through strict defense, and play a defensive counterattack, and they will not be able to withstand it."
Everyone has some feelings about this.
Although the Thunder are under their command, they are not vulnerable, but they do not have many ways to deal with them.
Afterwards, the second quarter began, both sides sent their own substitute lineups, and the Hornets' substitute lineup still had a certain advantage, and also adhered to the guiding ideology of suppressing the opponent's rhythm taught by the head coach to push them into the positional battle as much as possible.
In this way, the Thunder sent out their main force only three minutes after the second quarter.
The combination of Westbrook + Durant restored the Thunder's lineup. Westbrook is a point guard, but this kid plays like a shooting guard.
Moreover, his touch is pretty good, and the breakthrough made the Hornets a little unbearable, entering the inside line again and again to score again and again.
There are 5 minutes left, the score is 37-32, and the Thunder are only 5 points behind. Westbrook and Durant teamed up to score 11 points and made an attacking wave.
However, the Hornets players were calm and there was no anxious look on Zhong Yu and their faces, as if everything was under their control.
The Hornets' main players also made a comeback.
Westbrook was a little dissatisfied - he was at the age of fearlessness, and he also had a sharp personality that was not afraid of anything and was like a challenge.
He wanted to compete with Zhong Yu.
So, he then took the ball as the team's point guard to control the ball and passed the half-court, and then took the initiative to find Zhong Yu. After several changes in directions, he really brought him to the inside line, then put himself in the sky, wiped his body and threw the basketball into the basket.
"Good ball!" The fans onlookers shouted, which made Westbrook look at Zhong Yu proudly.
It seems like I am talking about the hottest player this year, the active scoring champion is just like this.
Zhong Yu just smiled slightly. He was really not worried about this game. The Hornets are now frenzy with the 7-game winning streak. With West's return, it is indeed not difficult to kill the Thunder with such a lineup.
He didn't take this Westbrook seriously.
The score was 37-34, and the Hornets were only 3 points ahead. After Mike James took the ball through half the game, he passed the basketball again to Zhong Yu.
Westbrook stood in front of Zhong Yu! This guy, who was much shorter than Zhong Yu, stood in front of Zhong Yu indifferently, with a firmness on his face.
Zhong Yu suddenly said, "Do you want to defeat me?"
This sentence made Westbrook stunned, and then said, "This is not uncommon. There are at least two hundred people in the league who want to do this."
"But you are a point guard." Zhong Yu said: "You should go find someone else when you point guard."
Westbrook was speechless, but he didn't plan to answer, but opened his hands and placed them in front of Zhong Yu to prevent him from breaking through and suddenly jump shot.
Zhong Yu changed directions in two consecutive times, then took a step forward and quickly retracted. Westbrook also retracted his center of gravity, Zhong Yu but accelerated back to the inside line.
"Oh no!" Westbrook said this word in his heart, but it was already overwhelming.
Zhong Yu accelerated directly, completely reversed Westbrook's center of gravity. He fell to the ground tragically, and Zhong Yu calmly retreated back to the three-point line, and then made a jump shot.
The whole process seemed like playing Westbrook!
Westbrook fell to the ground and felt extremely humiliated. He was actually shaken by Zhong Yu... A faint pain came from his right leg and ankle. However, he heard the sound of Zhong Yu jumping into the net with a three-point jump shot.
"Damn!" Westbrook hammered the floor and then stood up, his heart full of resentment.
Then he saw Zhong Yu's smile again, and Zhong Yu smiled and said to him: "Rookie, welcome to nba!"
This sentence has been used by many people, but it still gave him great humiliation when he was used on Westbrook. He felt his chest rising and falling sharply, and his angry blood was almost burning his head.
So, the next time he took the ball, he came to Zhong Yu again without hesitation and swayed in front of Zhong Yu.
However, Zhong Yu's defensive skills are no longer the same as before. He can never let Westbrook's idea succeed.
Westbrook's scalp was hard, and he directly controlled the ball and planned to break into the inside. Zhong Yu was pressed by him and immediately gave Westbrook endless shock and confusion - from Zhong Yu's strength and other aspects, how could he get so many points?
A sense of shock sprouted infinitely in Westbrook's heart, but at this time he had arrived at a place close to the bottom corner. In this place, Westbrook could not continue to go deeper, otherwise the situation would be very tragic.
So he put his body away and jumped into the game.
Forced jump shot...he has no other way.
However, I felt something was wrong just now because Zhong Yu used the shortest time to grasp the angle that suited him the most, raised his right hand and slapped his basketball out of bounds!
"Bang!" Another crisp sound of blocking the cap!
Durant glanced at Westbrook with sympathy... He was just covered up by Zhong Yu.
A sound of gasping in the stadium came from the stadium. Zhong Yu was addicted to blocking shots in this game! He had dropped two of the Thunder's best players so far.
Westbrook became much more honest after this block, at least he didn't dare to look for Zhong Yu so blatantly. Westbrook really felt that he still had too many things to learn now. If he went to find Zhong Yu now, what he might have been waiting for him was a rather slim ending.
The game re-entered its previous state.
The Hornets are still fighting against the Thunder and trying their best to drag their opponents into their own rhythm.
Every attack puts the opponent in a nightmare of positional warfare. The Thunder tried several times but couldn't break such a move.
Moreover, West's jump shot that he just paid today is relatively accurate, tearing their defenses apart again and again.
At the end of the first half, the Hornets basically established their lead.
In the second half, the Hornets played steadily with the advantage they had already gained in the first half and won a victory at the Thunder's home court.
I won my own eight consecutive victories!
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Chapter completed!