Basketball striker

Chapter 642 Welcome to the playoffs

The attendance at Oracle Arena has remained high in the past two seasons, and it is even harder to get a ticket in the playoffs. Yang Shuai's Warriors are now the most popular team in the entire league, with many fans from other cities.

Everyone flocked to the city to watch the football match.

The playoffs are finally about to begin, and a smoke-filled war is about to take place in the East and West. The Warriors also face their first opponent in the playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

After the appearance ceremony, Yang Shuai, who was on the bench, turned to look at Tang Ying, who was sitting not far behind him, and smiled slightly. Of course, he also did not forget to smile at Gladys, who was also sitting next to him, and then shouted:

Walk into the venue step by step.

The Warriors' starting center is Tyson Chandler, power forward Antoine Jamison, small forward Yang Shuai, shooting guard Tyreke Evans, and point guard Kirk Hinrich.

For the Thunder, the starting center is Kendrick Perkins, who was traded from the Celtics, the power forward is Serge Ibaka, the small forward Kevin Durant, and the shooting guard Thabo Sefero

Sha, point guard Russell Westbrook.

Chandler won the first offensive right for the Warriors with a jump ball. Kirk Hinrich dribbled to the frontcourt and changed his usual habit of handing the ball directly to Yang Shuai and chose to hand the ball to Jia who was stuck inside.

Misson.

Jamison caught the ball and played singles. At this time, Hinrich, who passed the ball, suddenly started running. Cutting from the three-point line to the basket, Hinrich took over his teammate as he ran past Jamison.

With the basketball in his hand, he rushed into the basket along the baseline and made an easy layup.

The Thunder obviously did not expect that the Warriors would use such a tactic to complete the offense after the opening. Westbrook was blocked by Jamilin and could not follow up in time, and no one in the Thunder returned to the inside to make up for the defense.

Westbrook dribbled the ball to half court and started a breakthrough. His strong physical fitness indeed made his breakthrough very lethal. For example, at this moment, Hinrich could not stop him.

After an emergency stop in the mid-range, Westbrook dodged Hinrich's defense and made a shot, also scoring two points.

The Warriors' offense still didn't go through Yang Shuai's hands. It was still the cooperation of Hinrich and Jamison. This time, it was Hinrich who used a reverse run to catch the ball and attracted the attention of the Thunder's defense and then assisted Jamison to hit a mid-range shot.

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It is undeniable that the Warriors' offense relies heavily on Yang Shuai, but the other Warriors players also have very good strength after all. In addition, they have been greatly tempered by playing against strong teams in the past two years.

After they got into good shape, they played quite well even if Yang Shuai participated too much in attacking the Warriors' offense.

Of course, the role of Yang Shuai in this process is undeniable. As long as he is on the court, Thunder players have to be cautious.

A few minutes have passed in the blink of an eye in the first quarter. After Hinrich dribbled the ball to half court, Yang Shuai had already landed in the mid-range to block Durant. This time, he did not choose to look for offensive opportunities by himself but handed the ball directly to him.

In the hands of Yang Shuai.

After catching the ball, his upper body leaned back. Yang Shuai's super strength acted on Durant's body, causing the Thunder boss to take a step back involuntarily. When he saw Perkins, he immediately moved in this direction.

pace.

Yang Shuai quickly put down the ball that he was holding on his chest. Durant quickly braced himself to defend. This was Yang Shuai's first active attack in this game.

"Great pass! Tyson's chance..." At this time, Barkley suddenly shouted in the commentary box.

With his back against Durant, Yang Shuai put the ball down, but it was not a dribble. He put his hands on his sides and swung the ball back. The ball flew out of his hands, bypassed Durant, and then flew behind Perkins, just like

Like a cannonball, it ran directly towards Chandler who was rushing to the basket.

After receiving the ball, Chandler, who was unguarded, quickly pressed down his hands and slammed the ball into the basket.

The scene became jubilant because of Chandler's dunk. Nearly six minutes after the game started, this was the first dunk between the two sides.

After the Thunder quickly sent the ball, Westbrook dribbled to the frontcourt and immediately signaled Ibaka to step forward for a pick-and-roll, and then quickly rushed to the basket. Hinrich quickly passed by Ibaka this time.

Instead, he followed Westbrook, and Westbrook was indeed very capable. Although Hinrich was close to him, he still rushed into the three-second zone with the ball.

Chandler immediately returned to the basket and sandwiched Westbrook in the middle. As the Warriors' interior defensive barrier, Chandler played a great role in allowing opponents to break through players' restrictions.

Westbrook did not choose to hand the ball to Perkins at this time, because he found that Jamison had quickly rushed over from the high position, and the target was rushing towards Perkins.

Turning around, Westbrook threw the ball towards Ibaka who was at the free throw line. Although Ibaka is good at defense, his shooting ability has also improved a lot after entering the league two years ago.

"Be careful!" Westbrook shouted immediately after taking the ball, because he found that at this moment a figure was approaching Ibaka quickly, and this person was a figure that all players in the league were afraid of. Yang Shuai

!

After hearing Westbrook's shout, Ibaka took a step forward, but at this time, Yang Shuai had already rushed to his side, stretched out his right arm, and put Yang Shuai's hand between Ibaka's.

Suddenly, the ball that was about to fall into Ibaka's hands was moved by Yang Shuai and fell to the side.

Quickly dodging from Ibaka's side, Yang Shuai bent down and picked up the ball. He quickly turned around and left Sefolosha behind who was about to press forward.

Accelerating forward, with no one around him to follow, Yang Shuai's speed completely exploded at this moment. On the other side, Durant, who had reacted, was also busy rushing towards the half court to retreat.

In the two-on-one frontcourt, the Thunder only had Durant retreating, but the Warriors had Yang Shuai and Evans on the fast break.

Durant kept retreating. He wanted to force forward to stop Yang Shuai, but Evans was already quickly approaching the basket and he had to guard.

Evans rushed into the three-second zone. Yang Shuai also rushed into the three-point line at this time. Durant followed closely beside Evans and found that the opponent had no intention of catching the ball and instead came from the other side of the three-second zone.

When rushing out, Durant hurriedly moved his steps towards Yang Shuai. He just took a small step and stopped. At this time, Yang Shuai had already taken off and flew towards the basket.

Yang Shuai jumped up to dunk. It would be foolish for Durant to block the shot hole at this time.

After gliding for a long distance, Yang Shuai tightened his right arm and slashed down.

"Bang!" A loud noise finally made the scene completely fall into cheers.

"After the steal, he made a quick break and dunked! Yang started to participate in the offense. Hey, the Thunder should be careful!"

Of course, the Thunder knew that once Yang Shuai participated in the Warriors' offense, they would be under greater pressure. However, when Yang Shuai became more active on the defensive end, the Thunder also felt real pressure.

Durant kept running in the half court, but with Yang Shuai following closely beside him, he did not find a chance to directly catch the ball and shoot.

Outside the right three-point line, Durant ran and received a pass from Westbrook. Just as he was about to take off, a force came from his side. Durant didn't need to think about it to understand that Yang Shuai had arrived.

The raised ball was quickly put down, and Durant dribbled quickly toward the basket. Beside him, Yang Shuai kept following closely and using sliding steps to get closer to the basket without any movement on his body.

The relaxation made Durant unable to find an opportunity to attack.

Seeing that he was about to rush into the basket, Durant jumped to the left, finally avoiding Yang Shuai's entanglement, but at this moment, someone jumped up in front of him to stop him, Tyson Qian.

Dele.

His body collided with Chandler's body. Durant couldn't help but fall towards the floor. He tried hard to control his body's center of gravity. Durant's long arm passed through Chandler's body and grabbed him with one hand.

The ball heads for the basket.

Realizing that Durant was about to take action, Yang Shuai, who was also following closely, quickly dodged around Chandler and jumped into the air.

Durant didn't notice Yang Shuai, and even if he did, he couldn't stop him because he had already thrown the ball and fell to the floor.

Yang Shuai jumped up and looked at the basketball appearing above his head. Yang Shuai raised his hands high and held the basketball down as if he were grabbing a rebound.

"Oh! Yang blocked the shot! Yang directly took Kevin's layup with both hands! Is he picking up the rebound?" Barkley exclaimed, and the fans at the scene also did the same. Durant, who got up from the floor, didn't understand.

What exactly happened, but he could see that the ball was already in Yang Shuai's hands, and the Warriors players were running to the other half.

Quickly moving backwards, Durant's eyes kept falling on Yang Shuai. After retreating to the three-point line, Durant's steps slowed down slightly. This was the behavior of almost every player who defended Yang Shuai's fast break.

Things that everyone will do.

Accelerate! Yang Shuai did not show off his fast-break three-point skills from outside the three-point line, but accelerated directly into the three-point line.

Quickly turning sideways, Durant followed Yang Shuai closely, but he soon found that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to keep up with Yang Shuai.

Rushing into the free throw line, Yang Shuai, who was already extremely fast, accelerated again. He instantly got out of Durant's side and took a big step forward into the air. Yang Shuai flew towards the basket.

Ibaka, who was on the left side of the three-second zone, saw Ibaka and rushed from the side towards Yang Shuai in the air. However, Yang Shuaikai could not block his attack so easily.

Ka completely avoided it, pressed down with his right hand, and dunked!

"Bang!" "Beep!" I couldn't tell the order of the two sounds, but it was no longer important. The scene was completely immersed in joy at this moment.

"2+1! 2+1! Beautiful! So beautiful! After completing the block, he dunked and caused a foul. Yang started to show off his power!"

"Roar!"

Falling from the basket, Yang Shuai looked at Durant who also followed to the basket and said proudly: "Welcome to the playoffs!"

Durant's face twitched slightly but in the end he didn't say anything. Yang Shuai is indeed qualified to say such things. He has been in the playoffs for four years in the league and has two championship rings in his hand.

This game was Durant's first playoff game in the league.