Chapter 153 Du Xiaoshuai cant be supported by one arm
"Player: Kevin Durant
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Offensive ability
Relying: 82 Layups: 92
Mid-range shot: 95 Long shot: 88
Dunks: 84 Passes: 70
Ball possession: 78 Free throws: 92
Breakthrough:75
defensive ability
External defense: 87 Internal defense: 73
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Overall score: 96 (historical superstar)
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Taking advantage of the warm-up period before the game, Wang Zelin took a closer look at Durant's ability evaluation and related data during the playoffs.
"CIC's ability to break through from 94 to 95 is definitely a qualitative change...
His long-range shooting ability is only two points away from breaking through 90, and he has a sharpshooter-level outside shooting ability...
The defensive capabilities include external defense, internal defense, blocking and other abilities have been improved to a certain extent...
Is there any mistake?
Durant won’t win the regular season MVP until next season!”
Looking at Durant's various gorgeous statistics, Wang Zelin admitted that he felt sad.
What can be 100% confirmed now is that Durant, who is still five months away from his 25th birthday, has not yet reached the peak of his career, and his strength still has room for improvement.
So...how terrible can Durant's overall rating be at his peak?
97?! Or 98?!
As for the capped 99 rating, Wang Zelin thinks Durant is unlikely to have such strength.
If a player wants to reach the top, neither his skills nor his body should be too fatal.
Durant's physical strength is most likely the key factor that hinders him from winning the 99 title.
Just when Wang Zelin was in a daze, the warm-up time was over.
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At 7 o'clock, the referee blew the whistle for the game, threw the ball into the air, and the much-anticipated showdown began!
List of both teams.
Visiting Trail Blazers: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Delin.
Home team Thunder: Reggie Jackson, Thabo Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins.
Jump ball for both teams.
When Ibaka took off with all his strength to prepare for a jump ball, Wang Zelin took the lead and moved the ball backward.
The Thunder players were not surprised by this and retreated extremely quickly, leaving no opportunity for their opponents.
In the regular season of the 2012-13 season, Wang Zelin played a total of 76 games, with a jump ball result of 68 wins and 8 losses. The jump ball victory rate was as high as 89.1%, ranking first in the league, and robbed Howard of the jump ball king that he had held for several times.
come over.
There were a total of 5 games between the Thunder and Trail Blazers in the regular season. Except for the one where he was suspended, Ibaka did not win a single opening jump ball in the other 4 games.
Falling into a positional battle, Wang Zelin at the free throw line received the ball and immediately passed a long pass over the heads of Aldridge and Ibaka, and transferred it to Batum who was stepping on the three-point line on the left.
Durant defended immediately and jumped out from near the free throw line.
Matthews looked expressionless and took action quickly.
Duang～
The first shot of blacksmithing.
Predicting where the rebound would land, Wang Zelin accelerated two steps and bypassed Ibaka.
Perkins quickly shrank and moved sideways to block Wang Zelin, preventing him from quickly entering the Thunder's penalty area.
"Snapped!"
Wang Zelin's right shoulder collided with Perkins' right shoulder, and the latter was knocked back a step. Wang Zelin's speed was not slow but urgent. He exerted force on his feet again and rushed away from Perkins.
"ha!"
"Ah!"
After two loud shouts, Ibaka and Wang Zelin took off at the same time, causing another physical confrontation in the air.
In the end, Wang Zelin was superior and touched the ball with his right hand first. With a slight flick, the basketball fell into the net smoothly.
2:0, the Trail Blazers got a good start.
After landing, Wang Zelin ran back to the backcourt without looking back.
Reggie Jackson steadily dribbled the ball across the half court, and Durant quickly responded. After receiving the ball, he immediately set up a triple threat at the top of the arc, and his teammates quickly opened up.
Westbrook's absence triggered a chain reaction in the Thunder. Only one of the three former Thunder players was left on the court. Kevin Durant, who was second in the league, was forced to shoulder the heavy responsibility.
When he was playing Mosaic before, he had confessed to the media: "Mosaic really doesn't care about my teammates, because as long as I hold the ball, sometimes four people will appear to defend me; but I have confidence in myself, and the problem is not yet
big!"
Facing the Mosaic team, Durant fulfilled his promise and proved himself.
However, today is different from the past!
Facing a Trail Blazers team of similar strength, no matter how firmly Durant believed in his own strength, he would inevitably experience psychological fluctuations.
Actually, we can see some clues from the first few games.
Durant's performance was indeed good. In the series, he averaged 38 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists per game. His shooting percentage was still as high as 52%, but his average of 4.7 turnovers per game was still a bit too much.
Due to the impact of his all-inclusive style of play, Durant may even have misfires on offense in a single quarter, such as 1-for-7 shooting in the third quarter of Game 3 and a duck in the final quarter of Game 4.
Therefore, the response plan formulated by the coaching staff headed by Terry Stotts before the game is no different from Mosaic's...
Separate Durant from the other four teammates on the court, allowing him to continue his dominating style of play.
If he was really beaten to death by Durant alone, Terry Stotts would admit it.
The competition is in full swing.
Durant had already known what the Blazers were targeting.
Although his playing style is completely different from that of his younger brother Westbrook, he has always been determined in his own way of winning.
The two teams put up a defensive formation at the beginning. The Thunder did not score a point in the first 4 minutes, and the situation was extremely bad. The Trail Blazers, led by Wang Zelin, got off to a 7:0 start.
However, the Thunder did not sit still. Durant continued to implement the Mamba spirit even though he failed to score a point on three shots. He finally hit the target on his fourth shot, opening up the situation for the team.
True ferric oxide!
Then the Thunder made more points and quickly launched a 9:2 offensive wave to even the score. Then Lillard hit a three-pointer and the Trail Blazers took the lead again.
With both teams adopting a defensive-oriented rhythm, the offense was quite difficult and the score was eye-catching.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! On the offensive end, the Thunder can only rely on the scoring of the boss Durant to barely close the gap with the Trail Blazers, but Wang Zelin scored a goal at the last moment
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After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Thunder by 4 points at 18:14...
Durant scored 10 points himself, explaining what it means to carry the team forward alone.
Tianchao Sports Channel Live Room.
"Durant is so fierce!"
Wang Meng shouted in shock.
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to be fierce, he is the only one left in the Thunder who can play."
Yang Yiyi said on the side.
“No one expected the sudden defensive battle, nor the closeness of the game!
Hey, Yang Yi, do you think the two teams can make it to the end?"
"It's too early to say this now. I think we have to go through half the game before we can draw some conclusions."
Regarding this issue, Yang Yi can just choose to avoid the important issues.
Sure enough!
Wang Meng narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Actually, I think so too. Then, I hope that both sides can bring us more exciting games..."
Oklahoma Energy Arena, USA.
Back in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers' lineup remained unchanged.
After resuming the game, Wang Zelin passed by the sidelines and applied some magnesium powder, his attention never leaving the Thunder's No. 35 for a moment.
Durant's scoring ability is too stable when he is in full physical condition!
After the first quarter, Wang Zelin witnessed his team's perimeter defensive leader Batum being beaten by Durant again and again. The strong feeling of impact coming from Durant made Wang Zelin deeply moved.
Deeply fascinated.
The strength of a historical super giant is so terrifying!
What is certain is that Durant's playing time tonight is likely to be more than 45 minutes.
In fact, it is also expected.
Since Westbrook was absent in the third game, Durant has not played more than 42 minutes. In the highest game, he even played 47 minutes, which can be said to be the entire game.
After returning, Durant no longer showed the same momentum as in the first quarter in the first few rounds, "Labor and management are going to defeat you!" because he has an extra good helper...Kevin Martin, who averages 20 points per game!
Martin lived up to expectations and became the Thunder's second-biggest offensive weapon. He succeeded in forcing attacks continuously and the momentum was extremely strong.
Five minutes later, Durant only took one shot and scored two points. The rest of the time, he turned into a defensive leader. Together with Ibaka, he unexpectedly made the defense airtight.
In the 7th minute of the game, the Trail Blazers were in trouble. They were scoreless for almost two minutes and trailed the Thunder by one point at 39:40.
The team fell into a passive position.
Lillard at the top of the arc continued to run outside. Seeing that there was not much time left, he signaled Wang Zelin to pass the ball back, but Ibaka followed him and intercepted the passing route.
Moreover, Durant's booth is very close to the passing route. With his spider arms, passing the ball is very risky.
"Come on! Come and hit me! Rookie, why don't you scream? If you have the ability, just try to dunk one on my head!" Ibaka was talking trash while pushing against Wang Zelin.
At this time, Wang Zelin held the ball in front of his chest with both hands, raised his elbows, and swayed from side to side because Perkins moved in front of him and tried to steal the ball from him.
This poor move made Perkins' expression change greatly, and he couldn't help but pause in the air during the steal.
Taking this opportunity, Wang Zelin, who had already lured Ibaka to an unstable position, did not give Perkins a chance to continue double-teaming, and turned around to attack the frame directly.
Ibaka quickly moved and got stuck behind Wang Zelin.
This position is too dangerous. With Wang Zelin's ability, he can easily finish with a back dunk.
At this moment, Perkins reached out a hand from behind and tried to steal again.
"Danger!"
Yang Yi was frightened by this scene and exclaimed.
"No," Wang Meng's expression changed and he discovered something, "The king doesn't want to dunk..."
It’s a hook!!!”
At the same time, Wang Zhilin took the initiative to push Ibaka in front of him sideways, then jumped up, raised his right arm, flicked his wrist, and hooked the ball into the nearby basket.
"Whoosh!"
Basketball hits the net.
"well!"
Thunder fans sighed when they saw it.
He did so well in the first 23 seconds, but failed to guard against it in the last second.
"...Cheating! I want to report him for cheating!"
Ibaka was stunned for a moment, almost going crazy.
Such a big one, with such strong power, can actually have such a soft feel.
It's simply a foul!
Why didn't I?
At 41:40, Wang Zelin hit a hook at the buzzer to help the team take the lead by one point.
Beep~
Enter the official timeout.
8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists...Wang Zelin’s current statistics.
There is a saying, his scoring is not too many, but every score is precious, and he just got stuck in the critical goal stage.
This is very disgusting.
After finally overtaking the score and about to expand their lead, someone from the Trail Blazers always stepped forward to cut off the Thunder's rising morale.
Not only the players on the field, but the home fans on the sidelines are also suffering.
I understand the feeling of being neither up nor down!
Trail Blazers bench.
"You really don't give your opponents any chance! Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
Will Patton quickly handed Wang Zelin a towel and joked.
"Why didn't I give you a chance?" Wang Zelin took the towel and curled his lips: "I gave you the chance. If you want to blame them, they can only blame themselves for not using it!"
"Continue to maintain this rhythm, we have done a good job, keep going!" Tristo's shout reached the ears of every player.
He then signaled the Trail Blazers to continue to maintain the strategy of strictly guarding Durant. Except for Kevin Martin, who had to pay a little more attention, Durant's passing route must be blocked at other times.
He didn't believe that with such a defense, Durant could kill the Trail Blazers on his own!
"How tenacious!"
Thunder coach Scott Brooks looked in the direction of the Trail Blazers very reluctantly.
Up to now, although the score is still tight, I hope Durant's physical strength has begun to decline.
Unless Kevin Martin goes berserk, the direction of this game may change.
It’s all those damn injuries!
It's all that damn mad dog!
If Russell was here, how could the team be in the current situation...
Turning to look at Durant, what Scott Brooks wanted to say just came to his throat. Durant smiled and shook his head.
He is the boss of the Thunder!
Even if he loses, he will fight until the last moment.
At this time, the fans in the stands raised their signs.
"Come on KD!"
"KD! We will always support you!"
"..."
What he saw when he looked up made Durant's eyes bloodshot and he shouted stubbornly: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!"
Even without Russell, I can still defeat the Portlanders!
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Just as expected.
The Thunder, with only Durant as their trump card, could not withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the Blazers' three young men.
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front, and the waves in front die on the beach.
At the end of the game, 91:85, the Portland Trail Blazers went wild at the Energy Arena and defeated last year's finals team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, by 6 points.
For the Trail Blazers, the three young players have been working hard and scoring relatively evenly. Aldridge scored a high of 23 points, Wang Zelin scored 20 points and 16 rebounds, Lillard scored 18 points and 9 assists, and the three scored 61 points together.
point.
Tonight, Durant played the role of a tragic hero.
35 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists!
Even if we try our best, we can only keep the score difference within 10 points.