One Guard

Kidd stands at the free throw line, the veteran has long been numb to the boos of the fans. Although Kidd's offensive ability has shrunk significantly when he is nearly 40 years old, Kidd is still very stable in terms of free throws.

Two free throws were made, and there was no accident. After the coaches of the two teams made adjustments, the Thunder still failed to score, while the Mavericks managed to overtake the score.

Off the field, Brooks kept staring at Yiyang. The yellow-skinned Chinese had completely defended Westbrook to no avail two days ago. Could it be that he will completely prevent Harden from misfiring today?

No matter how bad the result was just now, the Thunder must stabilize the situation and continue to attack. What the Thunder need to do well now is not defense, but offense! If it has been unable to score, the Thunder's efforts on the defensive end will only be wasted.

After two free throws, the Thunder regained control of the offense. Westbrook wants to force Kidd, after all, this old guy's current speed must not be comparable to his own. However, when Westbrook moved up with the ball, he found that Kidd was not like Yiyang, who could push it away easily.

Although the speed is not fast, although he is too old, Kidd's core strength is very good, and he can withstand the impact of defenders on the defensive end. Seeing this scene, Carlisle off the field couldn't help but smile.

Not to mention being a guard, Kidd is not at all disadvantaged when he defends Marion, the third position, in the Mavericks' confrontational training on weekdays.

Westbrook looked at the veteran in front of him in surprise. Is he really an old guy who is almost 40 years old! ?

In the first two games, Westbrook was entangled with Yiyang most of the time, so he didn't know Kidd's depth. But today, Westbrook found out. The two point guards of the Mavericks, one old and one young, are monsters!

A willpower is indestructible, no matter what you do, you can't shake him off. The other one was physically strong, and it would be no advantage to get entangled with him.

Yiyang and Kidd locked the Thunder's back line tightly, which is why Carlisle is confident in winning by defense. Although when it comes to the Mavericks, people's first reaction is "these guys are good at shooting." But in fact, Carlisle's men who can defend are no less than those who can shoot.

There is no way, Westbrook can only call Ibaka to pick and roll. The Congolese mentioned the high position, and Westbrook took advantage of the trend to break through. But the purpose of Thunder 0's breakthrough is not to score, but to divide the ball!

Ibaka immediately went down after the pick-and-roll. In terms of footwork and athletic ability, the Congolese is much better than Nowitzki.

Nowitzki failed to keep up in time and was thrown away by Ibaka who was down. At the same time, Westbrook's pass went to Ibaka just right. At this time, Ibaka has already rushed to the speed, but there is no one in front of him.

According to the development of this situation, even if Chandler makes up defense and returns to the basket, it may not be able to stop him.

Although he knew that if he went to make up the defense, he would definitely be hit hard enough, but there was no way. It was Chandler's duty to protect the basket. So the "Champion of Boxing" quickly ran towards the basket, and the impending violent collision between the two strong men made the hearts of the fans rise to their throats!

Ibaka held his breath and was ready for the next violent collision. This is the case in the playoffs, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and no one will back down after that!

The Congolese is holding the ball with both hands, his calf is accumulating strength, and he is ready to leap high! Just as he was about to take off,

The basketball in his hand was suddenly shot off!

"What!?" Ibaka looked down, and sure enough, it was Yiyang!

Yiyang's supplementary defense was very timely. Without Ibaka noticing it, he rushed to his side and reached out to cut the basketball away.

But after the basketball was cut away, it flew towards the baseline. If the ball went out of bounds, everything would come to naught, and the Thunder would get a chance to reorganize their offense instead.

So Yiyang didn't even think about it, the basketball flying out of bounds was like a lively antelope in his eyes. And at this moment, Yiyang is a hungry lion!

I saw Yiyang directly rushed towards the basketball, his whole body parallel to the ground. In the air, Yiyang hugged the basketball with both hands, but Ibaka stretched out his limbs, completely blocking Yiyang's passing route. If Yiyang can't pass the ball back, it's useless even if he flies to save it!

There is no space to pass the ball, and he has already started to fall to the ground again. In desperation, Yiyang suddenly threw the ball diagonally and downward!

"What!?" When Ibaka reacted, the basketball had hit his instep and bounced out of bounds.

Yiyang fell into the press area and got into trouble with a group of reporters carrying cameras. After that, the referee blew his whistle. "The Thunder's No. 9 is out of bounds, and the Mavericks have the ball!"

"Good job!" Nowitzki shouted excitedly the moment the referee made the penalty, and then rushed over to pull Yiyang up.

"Fucking shit!" Ibaka yelled, he couldn't believe that Yiyang used such an unreasonable way to keep the ball.

"Also, this guy is desperately trying to win the ball for the Mavericks. Just now, his help defense is perfect! Now it is not only Harden and Westbrook who need to pay attention to Yiyang's defense, everyone on the Thunder team must Be vigilant at all times! Because you don't know where the number one will suddenly appear!"

While Barkley spoke, the Mavericks had already started the next round of offense. Kidd handled the ball skillfully, and Westbrook didn't dare to steal it rashly.

At the same time, Yiyang, who just had a big fall, has already started to move actively. Carlisle let Yiyang play the second position not just for defense. He also said just now that Nowitzki's hand feeling is not good, the ball will hit him more often.

Yiyang slid to the baseline, looking as if he was about to run to the right corner to catch the ball. When Yiyang passed the basket area, Nowitzki stepped across and helped Yiyang hang Harden.

Harden tried his best to get rid of the pick-and-roll, trying his best to pounce towards Yiyang. Just when everyone thought that Yiyang was going to catch the ball outside the three-point line, that No. 1 suddenly killed a carbine!

A sudden reverse run without warning! Let Yiyang quickly pass by Harden! Harden immediately shifted his focus, but there was no time to continue to defend.

Yiyang, who originally ran along the bottom line to the bottom corner, now instead cuts along the bottom line to the basket. Kidd hit the ground with a pass as precise as a cruise missile, allowing the basketball to pass through the crowd and bounce back into Yiyang's hands.

Yiyang's counter-run not only deceived Harden, but also left most Thunder players too late to react. Just like that, Yiyang easily made a layup, and Harden didn't have any power to fight back on the defensive end!

"Do you want to replace Sefoloza!?" After Yiyang scored, Anderson, the assistant coach next to Brooks, asked nervously.

Indeed, with Yiyang's offensive ability, it is not difficult to score on Harden's head. But on the other hand, it seems to be more difficult for Harden to score on Yiyang's head.

But Brooks still waved his hand, and it hasn't been long before Harden has played. How he behaved today is yet to be concluded.

The consecutive offensive misses of his teammates made Westbrook determined to play one by himself. He didn't pass the ball effectively before, and now, he also has an excuse to persuade himself to attack alone.

However, Kidd's tight defense cannot be defeated by Westbrook casually. Don't forget, in addition to passing and triple-doubles, this historical point guard is the most talked about, and the honors of 5 best defensive first teams and 4 best defensive second teams are also quite important.

When he was young, Kidd's anticipation and strength on the defensive end were the top existence in the same position. Now, although the strength has declined, it is still very good. As for the prediction, the young Westbrook is not Kidd's opponent at all.

After several consecutive attempts to break through, Kidd stopped him, and Westbrook became more and more anxious. In the end, Westbrook decided to force a layup against Kidd. Although Kidd could not complete the block, but the same, separated by a Kidd, Westbrook also failed to hit a layup.

"It's almost ten minutes into the game, but the Thunder haven't scored in double figures yet! The Mavericks' defense today is really ruthless!"

Barkley's words are only half right, because on the offensive end, the Mavericks are also merciless!

Kidd just ran beyond the three-point line this time, and passed the ball from the bottom to Nowitzki. Nowitzki held the ball on the edge of the paint and looked like he was going to attack himself.

The German is a superstar after all, and don't forget that he scored 48 points in the first game of the series. So even though Nowitzki hasn't scored a goal today, Ibaka still dare not relax his vigilance.

Nowitzki straightened up after receiving the basketball, and at the same time Yiyang had already cut to the basket. There is nothing Harden can do about Yiyang's hasty stop and start.

Seeing Yiyang cut in, Nowitzki turned around and directly exchanged hands with Yiyang. Taking the basketball from Nowitzki, Yiyang continued to go deeper. Everyone tensed their nerves, and no one knew what kind of shot the defender would use.

Perkins, Ibaka and Harden stared nervously at Yiyang, observing his footsteps. But Yiyang didn't stop, but walked around the bottom line and went out again.

Harden hurriedly followed, but his heart relaxed a lot. At least for the time being, Yiyang is not threatening to score.

With his back to the basket, Yiyang dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line. Harden spread his arms and blocked Yiyang's passing route as much as possible. In his mind, the bearded man had made a good decision. Once Yiyang faced the frame, he would immediately press close to the defense, using Yiyang as the bottom corner, so that he couldn't even get the ball out!

Everything was planned perfectly. Yiyang has already run beyond the three-point line with his back to the basket holding the ball, and it looks like he is about to turn around and face the frame.

At this moment, Yiyang suddenly knocked the ball behind him, and with his back to the basket, he leaned directly on Harden's "pillar" and turned around, completing the transition from back to the front frame, and then It was the basketball that was knocked back by myself ahead of time.

"Turn around with your back to the basket, haha, I seem to have come to a cool street basketball court!"

Turn around, breakthrough, emergency stop, jump shot. Yiyang's actions were done in one go, without giving Harden any chance to make amends.

Yiyang deftly shook off Harden, the new darling of Oklahoma City. However, the ball was thrown in softly, further opening up the score.

The Thunder team could not score a single goal through all their efforts, but Yiyang's scoring was really understated.

Harden was out of breath, while Yiyang walked past him with light steps.

Yiyang's consecutive goals put a lot of psychological burden on the Thunder. Especially Westbrook and Durant, they always want to fight back, but the more they think about it, the worse they play.

Halfway through the first quarter, Nowitzki hit his only goal in this quarter. The German turned his back to Ibaka, but suddenly turned around and cut to the basket, scoring an easy layup, and the Mavericks continued to expand their advantage. Nowitzki's performance is rare. It can only be said that now, even Ibaka has been beaten into a trance.

As the game continued to deepen, both sides also replaced the rotation lineup. After Stojakovic and Kidd hit three-pointers one after another, the Mavericks led 21-8 with 3 minutes and 02 seconds left in this section. The ambitious Thunder couldn't find the feeling of fighting at home. It wasn't until nearly 10 minutes into the game that they finally scored in double figures.

The Thunder were completely taken aback by the Mavericks' unyielding defense and Yiyang's smooth offense. In the first quarter alone, they fell behind by 15 points. On the road, the Mavericks also ended the first quarter of the battle 27 to 12.

And Yiyang scored 10 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, 10 points, which is the combined sum of Westbrook, Durant and Harden. Among them, Harden's score is still 0.

That's right, Harden, who performed well in the last game to save the team, missed all 4 shots in the first quarter today and was completely blocked by Yiyang.

After playing the whole 12-minute game, Yiyang sat back on the bench, took the towel handed by the staff, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This guy doesn't look tired at all, on the contrary, he seems to be more murderous