Chapter 59 - Bench player counterattack
“34:21, the Timberwolves led by 13 points.”
“This first quarter was really unexpected. I originally thought that even Westbrook truce, Thunder and Durant would fall behind at most, but I didn’t expect the first quarter to be as much as 13 points behind. “
“Yeah, Ning’s performance was really surprising. At first, he thought he was in trouble today, and he would be defended to death, but I didn’t expect it to be…Oh, when was he so accurate? “
At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves lead, and the difference is as much as 13 points.
This is related to Carrefour’s excellent performance. The Thunder’s lack of Westbrook is also related to Ning Yi. He scored 8 points in the first quarter, plus 1 rebound and 2 assists.
entered the second quarter, Ning Yi did not play immediately, the Timberwolves sent the main mixed substitute lineup, Pekovic, Brewer, Martin are on the field, playing Turiaf, Chevide.
On the Thunder side, Durant missed and Reggie led the team.
has to say that when Durant is not on the field, Reggie leads the team to play better than when he and Durant play together, as if it can inspire Reggie’s small universe.
As soon as he came up, Reggie was a three-pointer and stopped bleeding for the Thunder.
On the Timberwolves side, Martin also singled one, but failed to score. The Thunder got a rebound and launched a counterattack. After several passes, the ball was given to Adams. Adams pushed back and gently threw a shot.
Now!
goal.
Seeing this ball, Adelman frowned slightly. During this time, Pekovic was a little absent. He seemed to lack focus. He always made some small mistakes. When facing some rookies, or when he could do it, he always showed. Unsatisfactory.
This is of course not a problem of strength, but a problem of status.
“Maybe, it is necessary to have a good talk with him.” Adelman secretly said.
On the field, the Thunder played a beautiful attack under the leadership of Reggie, unexpectedly narrowing the point difference to only 5 points.
At this time, Adelman made a substitution and replaced Love and Rubio.
On the side of the Thunder, Brooks also replaced, replacing Durant and Ibaka. Except for the rookie Adams, the other players are all starting players.
This lineup came back, the Thunder continued the momentum of chasing points, Durant came up as a singles, a forward change, the arc is very large, one step past Brewer, and the inside dunk succeeded.
This dunk made Thunder’s morale shock. In the following period, they hit a 9:3 shock wave, not only overtaking the score, but also leading by 3 points.
Seeing this, Adelman called a timeout.
The Thunder played well these few minutes, but the Timberwolves did not do well on the offensive end. They were weak on the offensive end and could not get in. They couldn’t defend on the defensive end.
From 5 points leading to 3 points behind, it’s just a moment.
“Pekovic, Brewer, Martin, three of you.” Adelman made a substitution. “Dion, Ning, Bamotte, three of you.” After the substitution, Adelman spread out his tactics. Board, start to lay out: “Wait…”
On the other side, Brooks also made a rotation, replacing Reggie, replacing Derrick Fisher, and also replacing Adams, replacing Kendrick Perkins.
After the pause, the Timberwolves attacked.
At this time, the Timberwolves’ lineup is Dion, Love, Ning Yi, Ba Mote, Rubio. Rubio advanced to the front court, looked at the situation on the field, hit the ground, and passed the ball to Love.
Carrefour singles, caught by the ball, scored the ball to the outside.
Ning Yi took the ball and stood outside the three-point line. He would shoot a three-pointer, but Durant was not fooled, took a step forward, raised his hand, but did not take off easily.
“Sure enough…” Ning Yi smiled bitterly, but not surprised.
Last time he cheated the Thunder once and hit a buzzer. The Thunder have learned a lesson.
What’s more, the man who defended him at the moment was Durant. He had height, wingspan, speed, and enough basketball IQ. Ning Yi expected from the beginning that the other party could not be easily fooled.
Ning Yi passed the ball and gave it to Ba Mote.
Bamotte took a few steps to the side, made a pick-and-roll with Dion, and pulled out his hand.
The goal was not scored. The Thunder scored a rebound and launched a quick counterattack. However, Durant missed the shot and they failed to score.
One or two visits are just a few rounds in the past. Both sides have encountered scoring obstacles, and no one has been able to score goals.
“beep……”
At this time, Brooks made a substitution, replacing Durant with Collison and replacing another rookie Andre Robertson this year.
On the Timberwolves side, Adelman replaced Love and Rubio, replaced with Brewer and Barria, and became the lineup that was used in the last magic game, playing fast attack and fast defense.
This lineup except Brewer, all others are substitutes.
The whistle sounded and the game continued.
The Thunder attacked and gave Perkins the hand after a few passes. Perkins relied on his weight to fight Dion. Although he failed to score in the end, he caused a foul, but he only made two free throws. One, UU reading www. uukanshu.com missed the second goal, Dion scored a rebound and quickly made a long pass to Brewer.
Brewer took the ball and saw that Ning Yi had already reached the frontcourt, just outside the three-point line at the 45-degree angle. He did not hesitate and passed the ball immediately.
Ning Yi took the ball, transported one forward, and raised his hand to shoot.
Now!
The goal scored by 2 points.
People are excited, but Ning Yi.
Then the Thunder attacked and hit the iron. The Timberwolves were not weak. Barea pushed to the frontcourt and made a pick-and-roll with his teammates, then put the ball to the basket and quietly passed the ball from the bottom line. , Took a homeward rebound and scored two points, equalizing the score in one fell swoop.
And, just a few dozen seconds later, Ning Yi tricked the opponent with a shooting fake and drove aside. When he saw another defender rushing, he hit the ground and passed the ball to the middle.
Brewer killed, holding the ball homeopathic is a dunk.
“What the **** is this?” Brooks is annoyed. The Timberwolves are almost all substitutes at the moment. Only one Brewer is the starting player. How can it be more difficult to deal with than the main lineup?
On the Timberwolves, almost all of them are on the bench, but when the bench players broke out, it was equally terrible. After the first two or three offensive attacks, a group of bench players completely ran away.
Ning Yi also scored an empty cut, Dion also scored two points for a basket, and then Barea looked at the opportunity, just like Ning Yi in the first quarter, with a few seconds left in the second quarter A three-pointer hit.
“The bench… crazy!”
People took a breath, and unconsciously, the Timberwolves, a group of substitute players, reversed the situation, from 3 points behind, to now overtaking, and leading 7 points.