The opening three-pointer in basketball

In the TNT live broadcast room, O'Neal was also looking at the data. He frowned slightly, "Although the Timberwolves are only seven or eight points ahead, and the gap between the two teams is not very big, Harden and Westbrook are not in good condition today. Westbrook is not good at all."

There has been no scoring in the game, and Harden only scored four points."

"But Harden has already had four assists, and Westbrook now has three assists."

"I think it's because Harden and Westbrook have average hands, so they want to score more passes."

Barkley also frowned, "Durant felt good in the first and second quarters. He has now scored 23 points, while Westbrook has not had one point and Harden has only four points."

"In the past, the Thunder's three young players scored about 40 points in the half, but now they only have 27 points. Even if they score a few more points, they still won't reach 40 points."

"I think this is not a good phenomenon. The Thunder cannot rely on Durant to score points alone. As we all know, Durant's scoring stability is very good, but his personal scoring ceiling is not very strong."

Durant's scoring stability is very strong. Except for his rookie season when he just entered the league, he averaged more than 27 points per game in other seasons.

But there are very few games in which he has scored more than 40 points.

Generally speaking, Durant should be used in the stalemate stage, when it is most effective and has the greatest lethality.

Now that Durant is being allowed to score too much, his physical fitness will decline and his hand feel will decline in the future, and he will continue to work hard at that time.

Kenny Smith nodded, "Yes, I think this is Bai's plan. He first defended Westbrook with all his strength, then defended Harden, and now he defends Westbrook."

"Westbrook is having a very difficult time under Bai's defense. He is living like a year now."

At the Minnesota Target Center, after struggling for a long time, Brooks finally realized something was wrong.

Westbrook and Harden scored too little today.

Westbrook continued to play hard in the first quarter, and was later replaced by him to calm down.

Moreover, Harden scored four points at the beginning, but was defended by Bai Yi later and did not score a single point. It seemed that he had missed a single shot.

The next step was passing the ball.

Brooks whispered to his assistant: "This won't work, Harden. Westbrook scored too few points. Although Sefolosha and Ibaka scored high, they consumed too much and it will be difficult next."

The assistant looked puzzled, "Then we can make substitutions. The Timberwolves are so weak inside, and our substitute inside players are better than them."

"We can replace Perkins and Collison and still beat them."

Brooks has always believed this to be the case.

Since Harden and Westbrook are in average condition today, let them pass the ball and let others score. Anyway, they have strong substitutes, so they don't have to worry about consumption at all.

On the court, it was the Thunder's turn to attack again. At this time, there were only three minutes left before the end of the first half.

Westbrook held the ball for half the game, and he was still thinking about dribbling the ball to get out of the way, then jumping up and passing the ball as before.

Bai Yi whispered: "Man, you didn't even take a single shot in the second quarter, why don't you give it a try?"

There was confusion and confusion on Westbrook's face. It was obvious that as the successor of Mamba, he still hopes to score.

Bai Yi continued: "You didn't score a single point. Do you know, do you want to score single digits?"

Westbrook was stunned for a moment.

He patted the basketball faster and faster.

Bai Yi felt that he was almost done. He chuckled and said, "If you don't try, how will you know you can't do it?"

Westbrook continued to shoot the ball, and compared to just now, his shooting speed was still increasing.

Suddenly he rushed up and ran directly to Bai Yi's right side.

Bai Yi immediately followed. Westbrook made an emergency stop and then made a jump shot.

He moved very quickly this time and seemed to be very fluent.

It was just that his whole body was a little tight and looked a little awkward. He jumped up and then threw the basketball.

The basketball flew up, drew a high arc, and hit the camera heavily.

There is a camera above the backboard, which is used to capture the moment when players make dunks.

But he didn't expect to be hit by Westbrook and was smashed directly.

Westbrook's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.

League players may take tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of shots in a season.

There shouldn't be many examples of smashing the camera on the top of the backboard.

Even Westbrook, who is thick-skinned, couldn't help but blush at this moment.

Bai Yi gave a thumbs up, "Man, if you have a little more strength, it will be fine next time."

Westbrook glared at Bai Yi and said angrily, "You're laughing at me again."

"No, I'm providing real advice."

Westbrook turned his head, and it could be seen that his whole body was tense and suppressing his anger.

The game continued, and after a while, there were only twenty seconds left in the game. At this time, the Thunder had the ball, or Westbrook held the ball past halftime.

Bai Yi glanced at the time card and then said: "Man, this is the last attack. Why don't you do it yourself?"

Westbrook was stunned for a moment, turned around and saw the time, he snorted coldly and said nothing.

Westbrook then dribbled the ball bang bang.

With only seven seconds left in the game, he suddenly started up. Like a cheetah, he suddenly charged up, extremely fast.

He suddenly dodged to Bai Yi's left side.

Bai Yi immediately chased after him.

Durant waved for the ball from the side, and Ibaka and Sefolosha inside also looked at Westbrook.

They all want the ball.

Westbrook did not pause, he jumped up quickly, leaping high, but instead of passing the ball, he grabbed the basketball, raised his hand and threw it out for two points.

The basketball flew up, drew an arc, hit the basket hard, and then bounced out.

Westbrook immediately rushed over, grabbed the basketball, and then wanted to dunk.

At this time, Love hugged Westbrook and carried Westbrook away.

"beep!"

The whistle sounded, Love fouled at the last moment, and Westbrook made a free throw.

Bai Yi ran over and patted Westbrook on the shoulder, "Look, Love is helping you."

Love and Westbrook were teammates at the same school in college, and they have a good relationship.

They also participated in the NBA draft in the same year.

Bai Yi means that Westbrook cannot score points and Love will give him a free throw opportunity.

Westbrook glared at Bai Yi, with anger in his eyes.

He stood at the penalty spot and kept simulating free throws.

Bai Yi gave a thumbs up, "Come on."

Westbrook's shooting is average, and his free throw shooting is average, with a shooting percentage of about 70%.

As a defender, this is actually a substandard level.

A moment later, Westbrook made a free throw.

"Bang!"

The first ball was thrown too wide and bounced off the back frame.

"puff!"

The second goal finally went in, and Westbrook scored for the first time in this game.

Westbrook scored one point.

Bai Yi gave a thumbs up again, but was met with a blank stare from Westbrook.

Bai Yi just wants to change his mentality and doesn't care.