The opening three-pointer in basketball

Brooks arranged a three-point shooting technique and the person who shot it was Harden.

The game continued, and the Thunder made another substitution, with Harden on and Robertson off.

Harden and Durant continue to defend Baiyi.

Harden just came on the court and then received the basketball.

Bai Yi defended Westbrook, but he did not defend Harden.

Durant didn't raise his hand to ask for the ball this time.

Bai Yi estimates that Brooks designed an offensive tactic specifically for Harden.

He stood aside and watched quietly, his brain spinning rapidly.

Compared to Adu, Harden seems to be weaker in all aspects except organizing assists.

Put it this way, Harden does not seem to have irreplaceable abilities among the three Thunder players.

But if you think about it carefully, Harden is the most stable offensively among the three young players.

He is very suitable for pressing the time, but only makes one shot at the end.

Then the only possibility for Brooks to choose to give Harden the final attack is that Harden needs to press time.

Bai Yi looked at Harden, secretly calculating Harden's shooting time, and at the same time slowly moved towards Harden.

With only three seconds left in the attack time, Harden suddenly joined the ball, jumped up, and hit a three-pointer.

He is very fast.

Reggie, who was defending, didn't react at all. Only Bai Yi, with four seconds left in the attack time, took action early and turned directly towards Harden.

The basketball flew up, and Bai Yi arrived just in time. He raised his hand and swept it over.

"Snapped!"

Bai Yi slapped the basketball hard.

The basketball flew up and fell towards the Timberwolves' frontcourt.

Reggie reacted the fastest, caught up with the basketball, and scored easily with a layup.

The point difference between the two teams came to 18 points.

Harden looked at Bai Yi blankly, wondering why Bai Yi suddenly abandoned Westbrook and ran over to defend him.

As a defensive rookie, it is difficult for him to imagine that a player also has to spend time and energy thinking about how to defend.

His only thought now is that Bai Yi, a rookie, is so awesome.

I don’t know how many times better than when I was a rookie.

He then thought of Brooks' purpose, and not only did they not shorten the point difference, but they further widened it.

I'm afraid this game won't be played.

After all, it is really too difficult.

Eighteen points behind, and Bai Yi's condition is still so hot, so why should he give it a hammer?

Harden doesn't care whether he can win the Thunder or not.

He now wants to leave more, leave this stadium, leave the Thunder, and start over next season.

…

In the TNT live broadcast room, O'Neal said in shock: "Oh, look at the video replay, Bai had already had a hunch that Harden would take a shot, and it was a direct three-point shot. Then he had already counted the time, and then turned around and blocked the shot.

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"It's incredible. He is a rookie, but he has such a big impact on the defensive end."

Barkley nodded, "Yes, it's really too strong. We have to admit that Bai has the best talent in the history of the league in terms of three-pointers."

"But on the defensive end, he is also very talented."

"There has never been a rookie as defensively active as him."

"I think all young players in the league should learn from Bai. Yes, don't always think about three-pointers, always think about being cool, and defend well."

Kenny Smith is as strong as ever, "If he were a Knicks player, he would be even greater."

…

Minnesota Target Center.

The fans shouted, "mvp, mvp, mvp."

Brooks felt like his head was going to explode.

Eighteen points behind, what can he do?

He was really helpless. After Bai Yi came on the court in the third quarter, he showed his sharpness. Westbrook Harden, Durant Robertson, and any defensive combination could not be guarded. He really had no choice.

He just feels tired now. He lost the Game 7 and is not sure whether he can continue to be the head coach of the Thunder.

He is already thinking about this issue.

On the other side, Durant, Westbrook, and Harden were not in the mood to play.

Durant and Harden both wanted to end the game quickly, and neither felt that they were ready.

Westbrook, on the other hand, thought about continuing to rush the frame. If he succeeded in rushing the frame nine times in a row, he would have 18 points.

If he catches up with the Timberwolves by then, he will be the savior of the Thunder.

Soon after, Brooks said some nonsense and let the players play.

Neither Harden nor Durant raised their hands for the ball.

Both of them looked exhausted.

Durant was still in the state of feeling like he was crossing the street when he was broken through by Bai Yi, and he had no choice but to do anything about it.

And Harden's head was still full of loud noises.

West saw Harden less, and Durant became even more excited when he didn't ask for the ball. He then rushed up and went straight to the basket.

Westbrook accelerated and directly shook off Bai Yi, but he encountered Tucker's strong defense at the basket.

Westbrook finally had to throw it casually.

The basketball flew up, crossed a parabola, crossed the backboard, and flew out of the baseline.

Whether it's Tucker, Pekovic, Morris Jr. and Reggie, or Love and Rubio off the court.

They were all very excited at this time, and they realized that they would enter the finals soon.

I can't hide the excitement in my heart. At the same time, I am more active and enthusiastic physically, and my defensive status is much better.

Under such circumstances, Westbrook attacked with the ball and naturally encountered the Timberwolves' tough defense.

The effect of Westbrook punching the frame is much worse.

"puff!"

"puff!"

"puff!"

Bai Yi didn't seem to be affected at all, and his three-pointer still hit the net accurately.

The point difference between the two teams became wider and wider. At the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, the point difference between the two teams had reached 25 points.

At this time, Harden and Durant woke up and knew that now was not the time to be sad and confused.

No matter what, we have to fight the last battle.

So Harden and Durant stepped back to play.

As for the Timberwolves, Bai Yi no longer attacks, he mostly passes the ball to his teammates.

Reggie, Tucker, and Morris began to brush up data.

With two minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score difference between the two teams reached 16 points.

During this period of time, the Thunder chased many points.

However, this point difference is enough to sentence the Thunder to death.

The two teams replaced the main players and replaced them with substitute players in a tacit understanding.

After a while, the game ended with the warm cheers of the home fans.

Timberwolves 132:118 Thunder.

In this game, Baiyi scored a terrifying 86 points in total, including 47 points in the first half and 39 points in the second half.

In fact, if he insists on scoring points, he will get far more than this score.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, he basically stopped attacking and passed everything to his teammates to score points.

This resulted in his personal score not exceeding 90 points.