Basketball striker

Chapter 593: Long hands are useless

With nine consecutive victories, the Warriors have become the only undefeated team in the league in the new season. The other teams in the league continue to play the role of sniping the Warriors. This time, the task is given to the youth Thunder.

The Thunder are a veritable youth army. Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Serge Ibaka, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden are all young people with great potential.

players, and as these guys grow, so does the Thunder.

After ten games in the new season, the Thunder's record is 6 wins and 4 losses. Judging from the record alone, the Thunder's rise does not seem far away.

Stepping into the Oracle Arena, Durant couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He and Yang Shuai entered the NBA at the same time. At that time, he was the second pick and Yang Shuai was just an undrafted player. Although in the middle of the season, someone considered the two of them

He was evaluated as the best offensive and defensive player among that draft class, but Durant did not regard Yang Shuai as his opponent.

But after three seasons, Yang Shuai already has two championship rings in his hands. The championship ring last season was won by him single-handedly leading the team. Yang Shuai also ushered in a bumper harvest last season.

, won three MVP trophies, which made Durant sigh.

No one wants to see a person who should have been under his feet climbing on top of his head. Perhaps it is for this reason that every time he plays against Yang Shuai's Warriors, Durant's fighting spirit is even higher than other times.

exuberant.

Standing near the center circle, Yang Shuai felt Durant's fighting eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Now, he no longer wants to challenge those basketball superstars. There must be many people in this league who want to challenge him.

status.

The Warriors' starting lineup has not changed since the start of the game, with center Tyson Chandler, power forward Antoine Jamison, small forward Yang Shuai, shooting guard Tyreke Evans, and point guard Kirk Sheen.

Rich.

The Thunder's starting lineup is just like the overall status of their team, they are young. The starting center is Nenad Krstic, power forward Jeff Green, small forward Kevin Durant, and shooting guard Sabo Se

Frosha, point guard Russell Westbrook.

In the jump ball, Kostic was no match for Chandler. Whether it was his height or the timing of his jump, Kostic was no match for Chandler, and the ball undoubtedly fell into Hinrich's hands.

"Coax!" cheers mixed with applause rang out. Hinrich dribbled the ball quickly into the half court, and then handed the ball to Jamison, who had already fallen inside.

When he came outside the three-point line, Yang Shuai did not continue to rush forward. Instead, he set his sights on Jamison and watched his teammates attack. Durant took a step away from Yang Shuai and looked back from time to time.

Inward line.

Jamison had already started dribbling and playing behind the ball. Durant turned his head and glanced. When he turned around, he found a figure flashing in front of him, and Yang Shuai was no longer in front of him.

Durant quickly guessed what happened and turned around quickly. Sure enough, Durant saw Yang Shuai running towards the inside and hurriedly chased after him.

Players who have played against Yang Shuai all know that if you want to stop a forward rush, the most important thing is to stop Yang Shuai's first step. Although stopping Yang Shuai's first step does not mean that you can stop him.

Breakthrough, but if Yang Shuai is allowed to take the first step, there is almost no possibility of stopping Yang Shuai unless his teammates are on defense.

Durant also understood this, but at this time, Yang Shuai had already charged, and he couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.

No one from the Thunder stepped forward to cover because no one had time at this time. The Thunder player closest to Yang Shuai was Jeff Green, but at this time Green was defending Jamison who was still dribbling.

Yang Shuai quickly rushed past Jamison, and the basketball that was originally in Jamison's hands also came into his hands at this time. After receiving the pass from his teammate, Yang Shuai didn't even need to dribble, and strode forward

, then jumped up with the ball in his arms.

At this time, a player from the Thunder finally stepped forward to cover up the defense. Skortic, who was originally outside the three-second zone, rushed towards Yang Shuai. Compared to Chandler, who was standing outside the three-second zone, he had already jumped up.

Yang Shuai is obviously a greater threat.

Skortic took a step forward and was about to take off, but immediately stopped because he saw Yang Shuai's hand holding the ball pushing towards Chandler.

"You've been fooled!" Scotich immediately realized that he had been tricked as soon as he stopped. The ball in Yang Shuai's hand was not passing to Chandler at all.

Pulling the ball back quickly with both hands, Yang Shuai flicked it with his left hand, and the ball immediately hit the backboard and fell into the basket.

From beginning to end, Durant could only be a spectator. His speed was not as fast as Yang Shuai's. He arrived after Yang Shuai got up, but all he could do was catch the ball and drop it from the basket.

basketball.

After handing the ball to Westbrook, Durant immediately ran quickly towards the half court and beyond the three-point range. Durant did not stop there, but quickly rushed towards the inside.

Durant cut towards the basket, but he did not get a chance to attack. Yang Shuai blocked him tightly and did not give him a chance to catch the ball.

He stopped suddenly and ran back. Seeing that he could not get rid of Yang Shuai, Durant immediately ran back and rushed to the outside. Yang Shuai turned around and was about to pursue him, but a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. His feet misplaced, and Yang Shuai stepped forward to cover him.

Jeff Green flashed past, but this gave Durant a chance.

Durant ran out of the open space, and Westbrook's pass arrived immediately. After receiving the ball, he quickly took action. When Yang Shuai rushed in front of Durant and jumped up, Durant had already thrown the ball.

"Whoa!" Catching and shooting is Durant's most commonly used scoring method, and his shooting percentage is obviously pretty good.

Durant seemed very excited indeed. He had just hit a shot under Yang Shuai's defense. When he came to the defensive end, he began to wave his arms beside Yang Shuai to interfere with Yang Shuai's catch.

He leaned towards Durant and pushed the opponent half a step away. Yang Shuai waved towards Hinrich and asked for the ball. Hinrich did pass the ball over. Yang Shuai was about to reach out to catch the ball. At this time, Yang Shuai was originally behind him.

However, Durant suddenly dodged to Yang Shuai's side and intercepted the ball with his long arms.

"Fast break!" After grabbing the basketball, Durant started to speed up, and several Thunder players also rushed forward quickly.

"Porphy!" At this moment, Durant suddenly felt a body pressing against him, and the power from the body slowed down his pace when he was about to start speeding up.

Durant actually snatched the ball that was supposed to be his. If handsome young man Yang didn't react, he wouldn't be handsome Yang. Almost as soon as Durant grabbed the basketball, he quickly took a step forward and stuck to the opponent.

At the same time, the super power burst out completely on Durant's body.

It stopped Durant from rushing forward immediately, but this was obviously not Yang Shuai's ultimate goal. Taking advantage of the moment when Duran's rhythm was disrupted, Yang Shuai's right hand reached out like lightning and moved towards Durant.

The ball is stolen.

"Huh?" Durant obviously didn't expect Yang Shuai's reaction to be so fast. When he found a big hand approaching the ball he was dribbling, it was too late to avoid it.

"Yang fought back! Yang grabbed the ball back!" Jim Barnett shouted excitedly from the commentary box on the sidelines, and the fans at the scene also cheered in cooperation at this moment.

After snatching the ball back, Yang Shuai suddenly stopped his foot and quickly turned around, leaving Durant behind.

The Thunder players never expected that the ball in Durant's hand would be snatched back by Yang Shuai. When Yang Shuai rushed inside, no player had time to defend.

Stepping into the free throw line, Yang Shuai rose into the air and handed the ball from his right hand to his left hand through his crotch. Yang Shuai's originally bent body suddenly opened up, and the ball held in his left hand lightly hit the basket.

The tight and extremely tense body, but the final dunk was so light that it seemed like there was nowhere to put any effort. The strong contrast once again gave all the fans at the scene a strong visual impact, and the cheers at the scene almost overturned the entire arena.

"Yang! Yang! Yang" huge shouts hit everyone's eardrums, including Durant. Once again, it fell to half court, and Durant started running again.

Wanting to steal the ball from Yang Shuai actually gave the opponent a chance to perform. Durant was naturally not willing to give in. He understood that his strength was not in offense. He also understood that it was not easy to stop Yang Shuai, and the best way to fight back was

The way is...attack!

With the help of Jeff Green's pick-and-roll, Durant thought he could leave Yang Shuai behind, but when he rushed past his teammates, Durant found that he had not gotten rid of Yang Shuai beside him. Yang Shuai was like

Like a shadow, he followed Durant so closely that he couldn't shake him away.

After rushing outside the three-point line, Durant still couldn't find a chance to catch the ball. Without stopping, he continued to rush forward towards Westbrook.

After receiving the pass from Westbrook, Durant took a step forward and stepped out from Westbrook's side, then quickly jumped up.

According to Durant's idea, although this would increase the difficulty of his shot, he would be able to get rid of Yang Shuai and find space for his shot. However, when he jumped up in the air, he realized that he had underestimated Yang Shuai. This guy actually

It has also jumped into the air.

Yang Shuai was blocked in front of him, but Durant still chose to take action. At the small forward position, his superhuman height and abnormal wingspan gave him a very high release point for his shots. He also defended him time and time again.

The basis for scoring on the player's head.

According to his own rhythm, Durant threw the ball, but the moment the ball was released, his expression changed drastically.

"Pop!" A slender palm seemed to have been waiting there for a long time, and it hit the lower part of the basketball hard just as the ball flew out of Durant's hand.

"Block! Block! Yang blocked Kevin's shot!!!"

"Coax!" The scene was filled with cheers.

"How is that possible?" Durant couldn't figure out how Yang Shuai could stop him in time and how he could block his shot.