Super Role Player

Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith criticized Scott Brooks' on-the-spot command, but if they knew that Scott Brooks hadn't learned his lesson after suspending the command, then the two commentators on the TV station would probably roll their eyes speechlessly on the spot.

After a timeout, Scott Brooks did not let Kevin Durant reduce his personal offense, but asked Durant to get back to his state as soon as possible. Poor Scott Brooks still seems to think that Kevin Durant can play against Anxi's defense. Scoring calmly, but the status quo is-Anxi is in excellent form, and Kevin Durant, who is defending, can't get too good scoring opportunities at all.

After the timeout, Kevin Durant took the ball directly. Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith stared at each other, not knowing what to say. Could it be that Kevin Durant was too confident?

The two didn't dare to say anything more. For a superstar like Kevin Durant, everything is possible. What if Kevin Durant explodes next? Wouldn't they both have been slapped in the face? Although Charles Barkley is often slapped in the face, his slaps are usually done as a joke. This time he and Kenny Smith said it so formally, it would be embarrassing to be slapped in the face again.

So the two fell silent, quietly watching Lei Ting's attack.

As usual, Anxi stuck up, using constant physical confrontation to interfere with Kevin Durant's dribbling.

Kevin Durant immediately began to adjust his dribble, one crotch, one behind the back. Anxi increased his range of motion, bypassed Kevin Durant's body, and was about to hit the ball.

However, this gave Durant a chance. Kevin Durant took a step back, one step away from the three-point line, and shot a three-pointer!

Anxi was about to go for the ball just now, so she didn't have time to take off and interfere. She just watched the basketball go into the basket, and it went in! Kevin Durant's first score of the game!

Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith looked at each other, seeming to say, "It's a good thing I didn't continue to criticize Scott Brooks just now."

But one ball doesn't mean that Durant has broken through Anxi's defense. Anxi himself is still upset. He made a principled mistake just now. The defensive end should not be impulsive. We must prevent every possible offensive method of the opponent. .

A minute later, Kevin Durant faced Anxi with the ball again. Just after scoring a goal, Kevin Durant was ready to pursue the victory and open his scoring account.

Facing Anxi, Kevin Durant began to avoid physical confrontation. He found that Anxi was consciously looking for physical confrontation in these two games. This kind of high-intensity confrontation is quite unfriendly to Durant, after all Durant's physical fitness is not as good as Anxi, he is very thin, like a bamboo pole.

He made a few fake moves with the ball. Kevin Durant changed direction with the ball, shook Anxi, then dribbled the ball under the crotch, followed by a sprint with a change of direction, and cut in from the right side of Anxi.

Anxi also turned around, and at the moment Kevin Durant made a jump shot, it slapped on the basketball!

"Block! Kevin Durant's goal failed to continue. Anxi used a big back cap to let Durant know that his defense is everywhere!"

After the block, the basketball flew out of bounds. The Thunder had the ball and they needed to serve again.

Anxi jumped a few times on the spot, and looked at Durant provocatively. In these two games, Anxi's defense seemed to avenge the regular season.

After finally scoring a goal, Kevin Durant found that the rhythm quickly changed back. Anxi's defense was still so aggressive. After several consecutive goals, Kevin Durant failed to score.

Now Scott Brooks really couldn't stand it anymore, and there was another timeout, and Kevin Durant was replaced directly.

But at this time, the first quarter was coming to an end, and the Thunder had already trailed by 16 points. A fiasco was about to come...

"James, you go on the court, together with Russell, speed up the offensive rhythm, and try to use the fastest speed to drive back the point difference!"

With 2 minutes and 22 seconds left in the first quarter, the Thunder made a substitution, and the Spurs also made a substitution, but Anxi was not replaced, and Popovich gave Anxi a new task.

"Ann, next, if Kevin Durant doesn't play, you go to defend

Guard Russell Westbrook. In addition, Patrick, you replace Tony, Manu replaces Tim, and Boris moves to the center position. Next, the Thunder will definitely speed up the offensive rhythm. "

Then Popovich looked at Anxi again: "Anxi, your next task is the heaviest, defending Russell Westbrook like defending Kevin Durant, can you do it?"

Anxi nodded: "No problem, coach."

The game restarted, and Popovich began to make the most of Anxi's current excellent state. After Kevin Durant went off the court, Anxi still stayed on the court.

The Thunder's attack, Russell Westbrook had just brought the ball to the frontcourt, when he saw a strong man rushing straight in front of him, he took a closer look, it was actually Anxi! Russell Westbrook started to get serious. The Spurs didn't mark Russell Westbrook very much before. They always used Tony Parker to defend Russell Westbrook alone. Russell Westbrook scored consecutively, and he shouldered the burden of scoring for the Thunder alone.

In fact, this is also a strategy of Popovich. After all, no matter what, one person cannot beat a team.

Facing Anxi's defense, Russell Westbrook knew that this time the Spurs really wanted to defend him seriously. When dribbling, Russell Westbrook was careful.

After dribbling on the outside for a while, Russell Westbrook directly kicked the ball and cut in. Anxi stuck up and squeezed Russell Westbrook with his body. With his physical advantage, Anxi let Russell West Brook was uncomfortable everywhere, and only rushed to the free throw line, and Westbrook had to stop.

One turned his back to Anxi, and then distributed the ball.

After the split, Westbrook suddenly withdrew to the outside line and opened his hands for the ball again.

James Harden, who had just received the ball, immediately passed back, and Russell Westbrook shot a jumper directly from the three-point line.

But unfortunately, Anxi's blocking was in place again, the basketball hit the backboard directly, and then bounced out.

Kawhi Leonard jumped up, grabbed the rebound directly, and launched a wave of fast breaks according to Popovich's instructions.

Rushing to the frontcourt, the ball was given to the faster Patrick Mills, Patrick Mills made a layup, and the Spurs further expanded the point difference... (To be continued.)