713. Dramatic Score
At 22:45 pm, rain fell over the Chesapeake Energy Arena in the city center, and occasionally a few muffled thunders could be heard in the distance.
The blue exterior wall light curtain is particularly dazzling, illuminating a dozen meters of area around. There are only a few Thunder fans who were originally gathered outside the stadium, and they look a little depressed.
The Eastern Pacers' match against the 76ers has just ended. The 76ers who played at home defeated their opponents and overtook the total score to 2-1. As the team with the most unbalanced home and away record in the entire league, it was not easy for them to take away a victory from Indiana before, but now they have the initiative in their own hands.
As soon as the game over there was over, Joel Embiid couldn't wait to open his phone to check the Lakers Thunder's score, although it had little to do with his team.
"WTF? Man, isn't this teasing me? The Lakers lead by 27 points? The Thunder is simply weak! Did George and Westbrook wake up?" Embiid felt incredible. In his eyes, the gap between the two teams was not so big.
In other words, Embiid believes that the Lakers are not as powerful as the media exaggerated. Although they lost all the two games between the 76ers and the Lakers, and the Great Emperor and the Western Emperor were well arranged by Lam Feng.
Ben Simmons, who had just finished interviewing, walked into the locker room and Embiid handed him his cell phone.
Simmons glanced and immediately showed a shocked expression, "Brother, I remember that the last Thunder was also more than 20 points behind in half."
Embiid had a question mark face and said with a silly smile: "You know I'm betting on the Thunder to enter the Western Conference Finals. I'm as well-behaved as a primary school student in front of the Lakers, Snow!"
In the regular season, the 76ers both matches of the Thunder ended with a big victory. Westbrook and George were like gods descending to earth, making the 76ers' Big Three miserable. The Western Conference team that Embiid feared the most was not the Warriors, the Lakers, or the Rockets, but the Oklahoma City Thunder in a blue jersey.
Now, the Western Conference strong team he recognized is dominated by the Lakers as if he was training a baby to walk, which deeply hurts Embiid's heart.
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Chesapeake Energy Arena, the third quarter will begin soon.
Walton replaced the starter step by step, and Lin Feng continued to act as a spectator on the bench. However, in the locker room, the coaching staff told him that he would give him a lot of time in the second half tonight.
On the Thunder, Westbrook's position was replaced by Schroeder.
In the first attack, George moved horizontally to the low post on the left and missed a jump shot. Rondo grabbed the rebound and drove it from the left to the frontcourt. James' midfield advance attracted the attention of the defender. Rondo seized the opportunity to cut in one-stop and scored a layup!
This ball reflects Long's extraordinary ball merchant, stopping the ball from the outside and pretending to find someone. When Ferguson, who is defending him, is sure to pass the ball, start immediately, draw a semi-circle and enter the basket and complete a fatal blow.
When he switched the offense, George took a desperate bet. Seeing that the score difference was about 30, he took the ball from the right outside to look for cover, but Adams was uttered a cover foul!
To make matters worse, the Thunder took home tonight. All the fans on the scene were listless, and a few of them had already begun to leave the game.
Lin Feng and Hart ate popcorn on the side of the field to satisfy his cravings. Zhan brought a big bucket to share with everyone, and the taste was pretty good.
The ball returned to Rondo's hand. He kept testing the opponent's defense line at the top of the arc, and then seized the gap and sent the air relay to James who was slipping in!
The gap between 76-45 and 31 points made Donovan very angry. He shook his head with anger and then called out a timeout.
Paul George had no expression on his face. As a superstar relied on by the Oklahoma, he failed to take on the responsibility of connecting the team tonight, and was directly intercepted twice in front of Lin Feng, losing all his face.
"The opponent's outside shooting is very bad, so we will take regional defense next time. As long as George enters the three-point line, he will go forward and double-team to force him to pass the ball."
Walton wrote a number 13 on the tactical board and circled it.
Their defensive tactics have achieved results. George is difficult to break through to the basket after getting the ball, and other Thunder players dare not shoot rashly from the outside.
The ball turned around in their hands and finally returned to George's hand on the side. He straightened his heart and directly faced James' three-pointer!
He took action very reluctantly. The interference from James was quite powerful, but the basketball was lucky enough to fly into the net. At the same time, the referee called the James foul for a foul.
It means George is punishing more and he gives up four points in one round.
Old Zhan looked innocent. He frowned and shook his head, as if he regretted that he was rushing too far forward.
The Thunders got a breather. They scored every time tonight, and even needed to be tragic heroic. Donovan replaced Deonte Burton, who entered the regular rotation after consideration by the Thunder coaching staff, which means that veteran Felton's playing time will be squeezed.
Burton didn't score a single point tonight, and missed both shots, and the magic was gone. At 10 minutes and 22 seconds in the third quarter, Walton activated Lin Feng to play, specifically targeting Burton.
The two of them had a very dramatic first matchup. Lin Feng's layup in front of him was slapped away by Burton, but the basketball hit the rebound. After rebounding, Lin Feng quickly jumped on the spot and dunked the ball into the net.
The muscled men on the Lakers' bench were laughing and lying on the ground!
The fans at the scene were also happy. They said that Burton's blocking goal was indeed beautiful. He chased Lin Feng from behind, but he was a little more powerful and pushed the racket towards the rebound.
Lin Feng, who was the first to land, jumped on the spot and hung the ball back with both hands to make up for the buttons, making him very domineering.
"The beautiful man!"
On the way back to defense, Lin Feng patted Burton's butt lightly, and the latter looked embarrassed.
George also wanted to laugh, but now is not the time for him to smile, otherwise he would definitely be on the Ox City Morning Post tomorrow and then be criticized by people from all walks of life.
Jefferson of EPSN commentary station touched his forehead and said with a silly smile: "When God wants you to win, he will score even if he is blocked by the best ball style."
Stephen A. Smith frowned, "Well man, I admit that it's very likely you guessed it tonight, and for Thunder, it's a sad night."
In fact, before Lin Feng made a layup just now, he received feedback from his sixth sense of consciousness. He asked him to get rid of Burton's layup, but he didn't tell him that the guy would follow behind and chase the big hat.
Moreover, what happened next made him laugh even more. It seemed that his sixth sense didn't care about the process but only the result.
When Ursula, who was far away in Los Angeles, saw this scene, all the water in her mouth sprayed out and she was choked. She was so crazy that Ms. Julia thought her daughter was watching Friends.
"Ursula? Are you watching the TV series I recommend to you? I think it's the only one that makes you laugh, a clip about Joey Tribbiani?"
Ms. Julia asked at the door.
"Come in quickly, mom, you can still catch up with the replay, I smile so hard that my stomach hurts."
Ursula asked her mother to come in, but not long after, two women were laughing in the room.
Chapter completed!