After the latter caught the ball, he turned around and made a beautiful hook, and the ball went in.
All the fans in the audience booed Kevin Durant. When Kevin Durant heard these boos, he ran back towards his own half with a dark face.
Chen Feng glanced at the proud Kevin Durant and dribbled the ball to the Thunder half court.
Leonard ran out of the open space, and Chen Feng quickly handed the ball into his hands. The latter caught the ball and threw it out.
"Bang", the iron was struck, Russell Westbrook grabbed a defensive rebound.
After Russell Westbrook picked off the rebound, he did not pass the ball, but dribbled the ball quickly towards the Spurs half court. Collison in the paint got into position, preparing to grab the rebound after his teammate missed the shot.
.But what I didn’t expect was that Russell Westbrook saw that Collison was in a good position and passed the ball directly to him. Even Collison himself didn’t expect it.
Collison leaned against Boris Diaw and beat him in the low post. Feeling Boris Diaw's strong body and solid defensive skills, Collison was not greedy for credit, so he attracted Boris Diaw and handed the ball to Sergi
Ibaka.
Serge Ibaka caught the ball and turned around, and he was about to make a layup, but Derrick Favors defended him very well. Looking at Derrick Favors' young and energetic look, Serge Ibaka's heart was filled with excitement.
Anger came up, he flipped his wrist, made a cross pass, and Russell Westbrook, who was ambushing outside the three-point line in the corner, caught the ball. There was no one around him, everyone had been rotated to other positions.
Russell Westbrook caught the ball and returned it, adjusted it, and then shot.
Spurs attack.
The ball came into McGrady's hands. Russell Westbrook stared at it. McGrady slowly controlled the ball, and then suddenly accelerated, changed lines, stepped, and turned, all in one movement.
When he turned around and came back, the ball was gone. It flew straight to Chen Feng at the top of the arc, facing the basket.
Reggie Jackson was blocked by Derrick Favors, so now he cannot keep up with Chen Feng. In other words, Chen Feng is completely open now.
Chen Feng jumped up, flicked his right hand, and the ball went out and went straight to the basket.
"Dang. Dang. Dang." The basketballs collided in the hoop and finally fell into the basket unwillingly. After a three-pointer, Chen Feng and McGrady bumped into each other. Then they retreated to defend together.
In this back-and-forth confrontation, both sides showed a strong fighting spirit. Although it was only the first quarter, it was full of gunpowder.
With three and a half minutes left in the first quarter, both teams replaced substitute players and began to rotate.
Except for Kevin Durant and the newly debuted Reggie Jackson and Collison, all Thunder players were replaced.
The Spurs replaced Chen Feng and Derrick Favors and replaced them with Wesley Johnson and Patty Mills.
At this time, the Spurs' lineup is a bit short, which is also to defend the Thunder's fast break.
As soon as Wesley Johnson came on the court, he hit a three-pointer over Sefolosha with perfect accuracy.
"It's really accurate." Chen Feng took a sip of the drink and smiled at Derek Favors.
"Yeah, in addition to having a lot of firepower on the offensive end, Wesley is also very good on defense." Derek Favors also picked up a bottle of drink, said something to Chen Feng, and then drank heavily.
The Thunder's offense was fruitless, and Wesley Johnson took off the defensive rebound and handed it to Patty Mills.
Patty Mills turned around and took advantage of the rotation defense and also hit a three-pointer over Reggie Jackson.
"Patti was pretty accurate tonight, haha..." Chen Feng laughed when he saw Patty Mills also made a three-pointer.
After hearing what Chen Feng said, Derek Favors also laughed.
The Thunder's offense was fruitless again. McGrady grabbed a defensive rebound and turned it into a fast break, leading to a layup.
The Thunder played very poorly today, not only offensively, but also defensively. Otherwise, how could the Spurs score two three-pointers so easily.
Brooks looked at the game on the court and shook his head.
Kevin Durant once again attacked Leonard alone, broke through to the basket and switched hands for a layup. The ball went in and caused a foul on McGrady.
**Vic saw McGrady fouling, and considering that he had already played for nearly ten minutes, he decisively replaced Tracy McGrady with Ginobili to rest.
Kevin Durant also made a free throw.
On the Spurs' side, Leonard used the pick-and-roll and scored 2 points in an open mid-range shot, responding to Kevin Durant.
Subsequently, Reggie Jackson missed a three-pointer, and Serge Ibaka grabbed an offensive rebound and passed it to the outside. Kevin Durant took another shot and finally hit a three-pointer.
Patty Mills broke through and hit a fadeaway jumper in front of Reggie Jackson.
In the last three and a half minutes, the substitute lineups of both sides played equally impressively, but the Spurs were more eye-catching.
As the whistle blew, the first quarter ended.
The score was 26:18, and the Spurs temporarily led by 8 points.
The Spurs players sitting on the bench excitedly greeted their teammates who were walking towards the bench, while the Thunder team was a little quiet, even depressed.
"Fight me next and don't let anyone slip through the defense again." Kevin Durant suppressed his anger and said to his teammates. However, although he suppressed his anger, Durant's words still revealed a lot of emotion.
Strong anger.
"Kevin is right, we have to show momentum next time and we must not lose to them." Thunder coach Brooks agreed.
On the Spurs side, the atmosphere is very harmonious, and coach **Vicci is explaining tactics to his disciples with a smile.
"We will continue to play like this, playing collective basketball and team basketball. Although they have stars like Durant, Westbrook and Serge Ibaka, as long as we play team basketball well, we will definitely win."
**Vicki added.
"Got it," the Spurs guys responded in unison.
**Vicci then laid out the tactics for the second quarter, and everyone in the Spurs listened intently.
"Okay, come on, guys." **Vicci saw that the time was about to start and said to his disciples.
"Come on, come on, come on!" The Spurs encouraged each other.
As the referee's whistle sounded, the second quarter began and the Thunder had the ball.
Kevin Durant played the entire first quarter and was replaced by Jones. Serge Ibaka also came up to lead a group of substitutes on the court.
The Spurs' lineup has also made some adjustments, including point guard Patty Mills, shooting guard Tracy McGrady, small forward Wesley Johnson, power forward Boris Diaw, and center Jordan Hill.
Reggie Jackson broke through with the ball and made a pull-up jump shot, but missed. Serge Ibaka grabbed the offensive rebound. Jordan Hill raised his right hand and hit Serge Ibaka.
Serge Ibaka suddenly made a backhand layup, catching Jordan Hill off guard. The ball went in, and Serge Ibaka stepped back proudly.
The Spurs attacked here, and Wesley Johnson assisted Patty Mills for a layup.
The two sides were going back and forth like this. When the game reached 4 minutes and 31 seconds, the Spurs took a timeout and prepared to change to the main lineup. The second quarter has been played so far, and the Thunder are in Salem.
Under the leadership of Ji Ibaka, the point difference was narrowed, with the score at 34:30, only 4 points behind the Spurs.
The 20-second timeout ended quickly, and the Spurs replaced McGrady with Chen Feng.
In the next dead ball, the Spurs replaced Jordan Hill with Derrick Favors.
The Thunder naturally gradually changed into the main lineup.
Kevin Durant controlled the ball and advanced to the Spurs half, and Boris Diaw came up. Looking at Boris Diaw, Kevin Durant sneered and rushed directly from his left side.
When Boris Diaw saw it, his body's center of gravity also moved this way. But at the moment his center of gravity moved, Durant pulled the ball back and shot a jumper.
With a "swish" sound, the ball went in, and the Thunder were only 2 points behind.
Durant didn't even look at Boris Diaw, turned around and ran towards his own half.
Patty Mills had the ball, and Russell Westbrook was guarding him. After halftime, Patty Mills handed the ball to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng faced Sefolosha and got rid of him with a cross step. But the next one was Russell Westbrook, and Sefolosha was out of position to defend Patty Mills.
Chen Feng dribbled the ball, suddenly accelerated, and broke through to the right side of Russell Westbrook. Russell Westbrook did not dare to be careless. The previous confrontation had already made him pay attention to Chen Feng. Russell Westbrook quickly moved toward
He retreated and moved his center of gravity to the right. But Chen Feng suddenly made a crossover and broke through in the opposite direction. Russell Westbrook was staggered.
However, the moment Chen Feng rushed to the basket, the ball in his hand was gone. The ball was taken out by Russell Westbrook, and the Thunder's Sefolosha picked it up, and then scored a layup on a fast break.
, and also caused a defensive foul on Patty Mills.
Chen Feng put his hands on his hips and stood in the midfield depressedly watching Sefolosha's free throw.
Sefolosa made an extra free throw, but missed the extra free throw. Fortunately, the extra free throw was missed. Otherwise, the Thunder would have gone ahead by 1 point.
The Spurs attacked, and Patty Mills, perhaps stimulated by Sefolosha's provocation just now, almost threw a three-pointer in Sefolosha's face, 37:34.
Seeing the unhappy look on Sefolosa's face, Patty Mills felt extremely happy.
Russell Westbrook asked Kevin Durant to set him a screen, found space and shot without any hesitation.
