One Guard

The genius remembers the address of this site in a second: (Apex Chinese), the fastest update! No advertisements! Thanks to Odom's "excellent" performance, the Mavericks, who were playing smoothly, before the end of the first quarter, He was caught up by the Thunder.

29 to 28, the huge advantage ended up being only 1 point behind.

At the end of the first quarter, people's topics were not Yiyang who was all-round, Carter who played well, or Dirk Nowitzki who was as stable as ever. The name everyone is talking about is Lamar Odom!

"Odom did not disappoint the fans of the Thunder. His performance was as stable as ever. Without him, how could the Thunder shrink the score?" Charles Barkley kept mocking Odom in front of the microphone. I hope that former all-male fighter can hear what he has to say.

But in fact, even if Odom heard these voices, he might not have much reaction. Odom just regards basketball as a part of his life. He doesn't play well, he doesn't want to play, and nothing can force him.

"Everyone's performance in the first quarter was pretty good. I hope to keep it going! In the second quarter, Jeter, you played instead of Carter. I need stronger offensive firepower. Although the players of the Thunder team are very capable Outstanding, but they are prone to mistakes on the defensive end. What we have to do is to catch these mistakes and give them a fatal blow! Remember, guys. I refuse to accept a three-game losing streak, refuse!" Carlisle said in the quarter When resting and arranging tactics, he deliberately did not have Theodom's "excellent" performance.

This is not because Carlisle is not angry, but Carlisle has begun to gradually marginalize Odom. For the first two games, Carlisle would crouch over Odom, encouraging the frustrated former Laker. But now, Carlisle doesn't even look at Odom at all. Is there anything more marginal than being outright ignored?

Odom didn't notice these details, and this guy was still thinking about how to save face after playing in the meeting.

The fierce game continued, and the Mavericks let Terry serve as the starting shooting guard for the second quarter. The purpose is very clear, that is to strengthen the offense.

Facts have proved that after leaving Odom, Terry seems to be a "jet" that has been unshackled, soaring freely in the sky.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Yiyang assisted Terry to make a mid-range shot. Nowitzki set up an off-ball pick-and-roll for Terry that Odom couldn't do on the court.

Subsequently, Terry assisted Nowitzki with a wonderful pass to the basket. If the ball is passed to Odom, it will definitely waste another opportunity.

Without Odom's trouble, the Thunder found that they wanted to complete the goal of overtaking and opening the score in one go, which has been delayed for a long time.

With a three-to-five-point lead, the Mavericks have been in control of the game. The Thunder players cling to it, waiting for an opportunity to present themselves.

In the seventh minute of the second quarter, Ibaka's tough hook allowed the Thunder to narrow the point difference to 1 point again. Carlisle called a stoppage to prevent the Thunder from starting.

According to the rotation plan, now, Odom, the important sixth man, will play again. Odom took off his training clothes, stood up and flexed his arms. Dirk was out of breath at this time, and his shooting percentage began to decline. Obviously, he needed to rest after the game.

But just as Odom leaned towards Carlisle, Carlisle's words made the almighty warrior open his mouth wide.

"Brian! Come here and replace Dirk for a few minutes!"

"Yes!" Cardinal obediently ran to Carlisle to listen to the tactics, while Odom was isolated from the circle by himself.

"What's the situation?" The super bench who ranked second in the best sixth man last season was a little dazed.

"...the situation is tense now, I don't expect Lamar to save the team like he did last season. But at least, he doesn't become a shit! Hey,

and many more! Coach Carlisle didn't seem to replace Odom, he brought up veteran Brian Cardinal! Odom, deprecated! ? Barkley took a closer look. Although they all took off their training clothes, it was Cardinal who looked like a car mechanic who finally stepped onto the court.

Nobody spoke to Odom, and Carlisle didn't explain it to him. He just got snubbed, snubbed at the end of the bench.

"Fuck, what do you mean!?" The embarrassed Odom smashed the towel on his shoulders to the ground angrily. Naturally, this scene couldn't escape the shots of countless cameras on the scene.

But the players of the Mavericks still acted as if nothing had happened. Their expressions were very similar to Odom just now.

"Although it is fortunate that Lamar did not play, Cardinal is still not reassuring. Although this veteran player had a brilliant performance in the Finals last year, overall, his strength is still far behind others. "

Cardinal does have many flaws, but don't forget that it is Yiyang who controls the overall situation on the court. This young defender can always help his teammates cover up his flaws.

On the first ball after returning from a timeout, the Mavericks launched an offense. Cardinal's offensive deterrence is simply incomparable to Nowitzki's. Therefore, Ibaka didn't even press Cardinal, but stood closer to the basket to guard against Yiyang's breakthrough at any time.

Yiyang did not rush into the territory of the Congolese, but called Heywood to pick and roll for him. Westbrook's ability to defend the pick-and-roll is still not satisfactory. With such a block by Haywood, Westbrook was thrown away in an instant.

Perkins didn't even think about it, and immediately defended Yiyang, trying to attack Westbrook back and forth. Heywood? Haywood has almost no offensive tools on the offensive end. What else can he do besides catch and dunk?

and many more! Catch and dunk?

Just as Perkins reacted, Yiyang's pass passed through the strong center's crotch. The basketball passed through Perkins' body and headed straight for Haywood, who cut inside after the pick-and-roll.

Haywood's skills are indeed rough, and it can be said that he has no skills on the offensive end. But in the face of an empty basket, Haywood can easily score even if he has no skills!

After receiving the basketball, the center, who is good at running and jumping, broke away from the gravity of the earth. He jumped up suddenly, and then waved his thick arms to slam the basketball into the frame.

"Also, a wonderful pass through the crotch! Cardinal's position made Ibaka a little far away from the basket, and the Congolese had no time to defend. Haha, this is the role of Lamar. If Lamar doesn't play, the Mavericks will It's getting better and better!"

Then the Thunder counterattacked, and Durant lobbed the ball to Ibaka, hoping that the Congolese could eat Cardinal alone.

If Odom is on the court now, Ibaka will have countless ways to stalk the absent-minded guy. But Cardinal, who is mediocre, made Ibaka feel different pressures.

This guy is really too fierce!

Although Cardinal looks harmless to humans and animals, he is usually very gentle in the locker room. But once on the field, this guy will become a lunatic. Don't forget, before Cardinal joined the Mavericks, his nickname was "The Butcher"!

His close defense and scramble without fear of sacrifice brought a lot of psychological pressure to Ibaka. He clung to his opponent in the face of Ibaka's powerful impact, and there was an immediate contrast between the dedicated Cardinal and Odom. Although Odom is indeed stronger in terms of personal honor and ability, but at this time, I believe that the vast majority of basketball fans like Cardinal more.

With Cardinal desperately sticking to the defense, Ibaka decided to use his body to go to the basket. At that time, Cardinal, who is only 2.03 meters tall, will have no way to stop himself.

Leaning back for the first time, Cardinal was pushed so hard that his heart almost jumped out. This thin white striker doesn't look like Ibaka's opponent at all.

On the second hit, Ibaka managed to take another big step back. Cardinal's chest was burning hot. Facing the absolute tonnage disadvantage, they were all nonsense about any skills.

At this time, Ibaka was only one step away from the basket. Just one more effort, and Cardinal's defense will completely collapse.

Ibaka seems to have forgotten that during the finals last season, even James and Bosh suffered a lot from Cardinal...

The Congolese leaned back confidently, and he had even thought about his next move. After pushing Cardinal away, he turned around and dunked directly! Do you think not letting Odom play can stop the decline? How naive!

Just when Ibaka exerted his strength for the third time, his back did not feel the resistance of Cardinal, but hit a void!

It turned out that the smart Cardinal didn't fight Ibaka head-on, but chose the time when Ibaka made the most force and withdrew!

With Cardinal's withdrawal, Ibaka, who had concentrated all his strength behind, lost his center of gravity and fell directly to the ground!

The audience exclaimed. This time, even Barkley and O'Neal raised their arms in unison. "Bryan is indeed an old Jianghu, he played the aggressive Ibaka around!"

Ibaka was "tripped" by his own violent force. In the confusion, Cardinal bent down and picked up the basketball that Ibaka dropped, and then the veteran whose hairline was almost to the top of his head threw a shot put Action, pass the basketball vigorously up the court.

The camera lens followed the basketball and moved quickly. When the lens was fixed on the frontcourt, people discovered that Yiyang, who was as fast as lightning, had already started. But at this time, within three meters behind Yiyang, there was no one at all!

Carter, who was sitting on the bench, stood up. Faced with such a big gap, I don't know if this kid Yiyang will use that trick?

Yiyang stretched out his long arms and unloaded the basketball in the air. At this time, he had already run to the free throw line. Yiyang slammed the ball on the ground to find the rhythm. After that, the No. 1 guard held the ball with both hands and took off with his back to the basket.

Dunk dunks with his back and hands, this kind of action was also frequently staged by Yiyang last season, which is nothing new to the fans.

Just when everyone thought that Yiyang would end the performance with an ordinary back button, Yiyang, who raised the basketball high, pulled the ball down in the air and placed it between his legs!

After gliding for a certain distance with his back to the basket, Yiyang took the ball up again and dunked it hard into the basket!

"It's buttoned beautifully!" Carter violently waved the towel in his hand. This movement was taught by Carter to Yiyang at the training ground yesterday!

At the scene, everyone's eyes widened. An Asian defender actually completed such a wonderful folding dunk! This is something that people have never seen before!

"This guy, you should go to the slam dunk contest!" Barkley even proposed the idea of ​​letting Yiyang participate in the slam dunk contest.

Cardinal's smart defense and Yiyang's wonderful dunks made the Thunder's morale drop to a trough. Without Odom, the Mavericks really stabilized the situation.

After scoring the goal, Yiyang pointed to Carter on the bench to express his gratitude. Afterwards, Cardinal warmly greeted Yiyang and touched Yiyang's head.

The Mavericks continued to maintain control of the situation, and the Thunder's revenge plan seemed increasingly difficult to complete.

At this time, all the Mavericks players were celebrating, but Odom was alone at the end of the bench, with his long face gloomy.