Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

Harden's appearance turned the Thunder's passive situation around. His three-pointer opened up space for Westbrook, allowing Westbrook to finally show his style in the first half of the season in the second half of the first quarter.

10 points in a single quarter, although there were no assists and only one rebound, Westbrook was still the key player in the Thunder's ability to maintain the point difference at 7 points in a single quarter.

And compared to Adu, who scored 7 irons in the first quarter and only scored 4 points in one quarter, Westbrook's performance can be said to be quite good.

On the bench, Brooks also praised Westbrook's performance in public: "Weiss played very well. In the second quarter, you need to take more responsibilities. If you have the opportunity, make bold shots and bold shots. Harden, you continue to play on the outside."

Ambush, Durant, you can try to run back, and Weiss will pass to Durant when he has the opportunity."

Durant nodded and had no objection to the coach's tactic.

Westbrook seemed very excited, patting his chest and promising to continue working hard to help the team win. At the same time, he also called his teammates together: "Listen guys, although we are still behind, believe me, this is just

For the time being, as long as we resolutely implement our tactics, we will definitely be able to turn the situation around!"

Well, okay, this is very Westbrook.

Even if you don't like Westbrook, you have to admit that he is the most capable of leadership among the Thunder's three young men.

Things like this were originally supposed to be said by Durant, but he could never open his mouth. Moreover, Westbrook is the most daring among the three at critical moments. Although it is often said that his operations are brainless, the third Shao

It is true that Westbrook is the most suitable leader.

But note that it is only among three people, because in Zuo Li's opinion, these three people are actually not suitable to be the boss.

I won’t mention Durant, who has a soft personality. In a situation like this, as the boss of the team, he has to stand up and say something, but Adu is used to Westbrook’s behavior and will not be too angry.

Although Westbrook has leadership ability, he unites his teammates in the locker room and cares about his teammates. He did not hesitate to cut his salary to keep Harden, and he dared to take action at critical moments on the court. He is not afraid of taking the blame and taking responsibility. It stands to reason that he already has a leader of at least 80 years.

% of his abilities, but he is too uncool and easily gets the upper hand at critical moments. Once he gets the upper hand, he tends to behave in some bizarre ways.

I won’t mention Harden. He is the king of the regular season and has never proven himself in the playoffs. His leadership can hardly be mentioned. In the 2011 Finals, Dewey played brilliantly, but Harden’s performance plummeted and he was directly thrown to the championship.

After going out, the more critical the playoffs were, the faster Harden pulled the ball.

In fact, they are both suitable to be the second-in-command of a strong championship team. Look at Durant, who later went to the Warriors. There are several big brothers in the team. Apart from scoring, he does not need to worry about anything. There is also someone beside him who can attract absolute packages.

His big ball-holding core completely makes up for his shortcomings.

And Westbrook needs a guy next to him who can keep him calm. As for Harden, of course he needs a big brother who can carry the team at critical moments.

But now, the young Sanshao still has momentum, and the second half of the first quarter also gave them confidence.

However, three minutes into the second quarter, the two teams rotated again. The Knicks once again used a super defensive lineup, with Zuo Li, Anderson, Beverley, Danny Green and Battier starting.

As soon as this lineup came out, the whole world knew what the Knicks were planning to do.

The Thunder has Harden plus four starters, a pure offensive lineup.

"Let's see if the offense can defeat the defense or if the defense can lock down the offense." Barkley is eager to try. It's a battle between offense and defense.

However, in this way, the Knicks' offensive pressure is all on Zuo Li, because except for him, the other four people can't even start the offense with the ball by themselves, which undoubtedly increases the pressure on Zuo Li.

Brooks also understood. He asked Perkins to move forward and asked Ibaka to help defend against the flank attack. Anderson's offensive end was to take advantage of the cake and add a second attack, which was not a big threat, so the Thunder only needed to lock down Zuo Li.

But whether it can be done still needs to be tested by games. Before the Thunder locked Zuo Li, the Knicks' lineup had already been locked by the Thunder.

When Harden was holding the ball, he discovered that Danny Green was starting to get on top of him, and he stayed close to the ball, basically not giving him any chance to get open.

The current Harden is not yet a ball-handling core in the later period. In the Thunder, he basically played without the ball and caught the ball and shot. His weight is not as heavy as it was in the later period, and his foul-drawing skills are not mature. When he met Danny Green,

With such a tough defense, his first choice is to give it away.

Then, Westbrook faced his lifelong enemy...Beverley!

In the last life, Beverley was directly responsible for injuring Westbrook, and the crazy Westbrook could always make a real splash when he met the desperate Beverley.

Obviously, Westbrook was extremely uncomfortable being pestered by Beverley this time. They were almost entangled together, their elbows flew together, and both received technical fouls in the first round.

So cruel!

Westbrook, who was disturbed by Beverley, was obviously angry, and when he was angry, he easily got on top and hit Beverley with a three-pointer!

Durant, who finally ran out of the space next door, sighed: Damn, here we go again...

Westbrook, who was furious, directly defended on the spot, followed Beverley, and talked trash to him, but... what's the use... Beverley didn't even catch the ball.

After halftime, Zuo Li directly took the ball and started his personal singles mode. He opened up the space with paper scissors, made a fake move and passed Perkins in one step, and scored with a lever in the air!

"Beautiful!" Barkley clapped his hands: "Zuo Li is starting to show off his skills. The Thunder won't be penetrated by Zuo Li alone!"

Durant wanted to retaliate, pick-and-roll and hit the ball for a three-pointer!

But today his hand felt as cold as the Atlantic Ocean. Anderson took off the rebound, and Zuo Li immediately launched a fast break!

Crossover passed Ibaka, dribbled behind Westbrook for a robbery, and glided and dunked in three steps to score another 2 points!

"Shhhhh~~" Barkley whistled, this is so cool!

Next door, Harden assisted Ibaka for a dunk and barely moved back one step. This was also the 6th point scored by the Thunder insider tonight.

But there are still too few goals like this. The Thunder's third youngster is now beaten by Zuo Li. He is too eager to prove himself. He basically just plays in singles. There are only a handful of passes like Harden's.

64-46, the halftime score was so similar, but the mood of the fans of the two teams was as reversed as these two numbers.

Not only that, Zuo Li had 24 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks in the half. His score was only 3 points less than the three players from the Thunder!

He even has more rebounds and assists than the three of them!

"The Thunder need to work hard in the second half, especially Durant. He doesn't want to be defeated by Zuo Li alone!" Smith said.

Of course not!

But in the second half, the Thunder, which was inexperienced and obviously anxious, continued to be led by the Knicks.

Today the Knicks just let Zuo Li attack and others defend, but the Thunder just couldn't solve it.

33 in the third quarter and 45 in the fourth quarter. Zuo Li scored 40 for the fourth consecutive game, helping the Knicks defeat the Thunder 121-100!