ATPnovel Chapter 272 Start!
Chapter 272 Start!
Chapter 272 Start!
The players ran over immediately, and Curry took the lead and said: "Coach, you are too late, we have been training for an hour!"
"Worth encouraging," Presti said quickly.
Curry "..."
Presti continued: "Our next opponent is the Thunder. Everyone should be familiar with this team. What do you think of this team?"
Curry immediately said: "The talent is great, the wingspan is long, the running is fast, and the jump is high!" After finishing speaking, he laughed,
Paul George said: "The defense is very good, especially the single defense. Their physical fitness is too good!"
David West thought for a while and said: "Their offense is mediocre, and they rarely cooperate with each other. Especially in the playoffs, they basically rely on singles!"
Thompson said: "Their offensive rebounds are very good. I saw that their offensive rebounds rank first in the league, and their second scoring is also the league's first!"
The rest of the players also expressed their views.
Presti nodded and said: "You are all right. These characteristics are the characteristics of the current Thunder. Next, we need to formulate corresponding tactics based on the shortcomings of the Thunder!"
So, Presti took the players to start practicing tactics, Curry and David West and Whiteside, Paul George's pick-and-roll focused on training!
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The Thunder training hall, Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka, Jordan, etc. are also training hard!
"I'm going to match up with the coach's team soon, I'm so looking forward to it!" Harden said with a smile.
Westbrook said to himself: "They are definitely not our opponents!"
Ibaka nodded and said, "Yes, the Hornets were swept by us in the regular season!"
"Yes, they swept them in the regular season! Haha" Little Jordan laughed.
Durant also nodded with a smile.
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On May 5st, the Western Conference finals officially started!
The New Orleans arena was already full of Hornets fans, and they felt the happiness of being Hornets fans for the first time!The O'Brien Trophy is close at hand!
Hornets starter: Curry, what about Thompson, Paul George, David West, Whiteside!
Thunder starters: Westbrook, Williams, Durant, Ibaka, Jordan Jr.
Presti looked at the Thunder coach Brooks and wanted to laugh for a moment because the Thunder fans in his previous life called him BD, which means an idiot!
In fact, Brooks is a good coach. He should be best at coaching rookies. In his previous life, the Thunder's three juniors were able to achieve such results, and Brooks really contributed a lot!
The two sides walked towards the midfield, and the referee threw the ball up!
Jordan once again played his excellent jumping and wingspan, the ball was dialed to Westbrook,
Thunder strikes first, the game officially begins!
Westbrook holds the ball to the top of the arc, faces Paul Curry, and calls a screen!
Jordan stepped forward to cover, and Westbrook used the cover to throw it directly from the middle distance!
Bang like iron!
After Whiteside got the rebound, he scored Curry!
Curry advanced with the ball, looking for opportunities,
Suddenly accelerated to pass Westbrook and hit the shot directly! 2:0
hit!
After receiving Ibaka's pass, Westbrook accelerated his sprint, reached the top of the arc, and gave Durant a three-pointer!
Clang, iron!
Curry gets the rebound!
The on-site commentator David Wesley suddenly laughed: "Barkley, what do you think of the Thunder's offensive style?"
Barkley said: "I think Brooks wants to come up to open up the touch, and then open up the space!"
Here Curry took the ball to David West, West turned around, and continued to hit jumpers in the paint! 4:0
Westbrook holds the ball to the top of the arc to score Durant!
Durant is back!
Three points!
Dare to vote!
How dare you!
West protected the rebound and immediately gave it to the fast-moving Paul George!
Belinelli accelerates into the paint!
Ibaka followed closely!
Paul George stopped suddenly, a feint!
shake ibaka
Layup!
Beep, the ball went wide, but Ibaka fouled!
Beep!Thunder pause!
The Hornets fans at the scene applauded excitedly!
After returning from timeout, Ibaka missed the shot
As a result, Paul made a quick push to Thompson at the top of the arc on the right.
Belinelli's heavy artillery fires! 9:0
Beep, Brooks called timeout again!
Presti looked at the Thunder bench next to him, and secretly said in his heart: "If you say I'll beat you, I'll beat you!".
After a few minutes, the timeout ends and the game continues!
Westbrook held the ball to the top of the arc to face Thompson, and Jordan stepped forward to pick and roll!
Suddenly start to rush into the inside line!Little Jordan down!
Throw high in the air!
Jordan jumped up and dunked in the air! 9:2,
"WOW! The cooperation between Jordan and Westbrook is more tacit. If the Thunder play like this, the Hornets will have a headache," Barkley said with a smile.
The Hornets attacked, and the ball was still handed to Curry.
Teammates pulled away, Curry singled out Williams, crossed continuously to the right and changed direction to make an emergency stop and pull up jumpers.Williams was shaken off half of his body, and could only watch the ball score. 11:2.
Here Westbrook faces Curry with the ball and speeds up directly!
Curry followed Westbrook tightly!
Presti nodded, and had to admit that although Curry's defense was mediocre, he was not motivated!
Get Durant immediately!
Durant, who got the ball, didn't care about anything else, went straight to the inside, and relied on Whiteside for a tough layup!
Beep!Whiteside thug foul, 2+1
Snapped!Snapped!Thunder bench players began to applaud frantically, and they, who had been suffocated for several minutes, finally found a chance to release.
Durant hits free throws 11-5
Curry continued to hold the ball to the top of the arc, did not call a screen, pulled away, and singled out Williams again with the ball.
Curry easily passed Williams, Durant let go of George and rushed over, Williams chased again, and the two immediately double-teamed Curry.
Stop the ball!I can only vote!
Jump shot!After Durant's long arm interfered and missed, the ball was taken by Jordan!Pass it to Westbrook who is about to play,
Westbrook made a slight change of direction, easily passed Thompson and entered the penalty area!
Attracted George's defense!
Throw the ball to the backboard!
Ibaka, who followed up, flew up to grab the ball and smashed it into the basket!
11:7
"After all, it is a team that has won the championship. Even if it suffers in the front, it can quickly adjust back. The Thunder will play their own rhythm. If the Hornets don't pause, they will be beaten," Barkley said looking at David Wesley.
After Curry held the ball to the top of the arc, the Hornets called a timeout.
After a few minutes, the pause ends,
Curry continued to hold the ball to the top of the arc!David West stepped forward to cover!
Curry uses a screen to get inside!
Ibaka subconsciously double-teams in the past!
The ball was immediately distributed to David West who moved laterally!
The most comfortable position in the cast!
Go in!
Thunder is here too!
Westbrook uses Ibaka to go inside!
David West packs in!
The ball is given to the open Ibaka
Catch the ball and hit it!
Near the end, Curry performed the final attack, pressing the time to hit a three-pointer directly in the middle.
At the end of the first quarter, the Hornets lead the Thunder by 4 points!
"The two Presti teams are really similar in many places!" Barkley said with a smile.
"Haha, but now the Hornets are coached by Presti, so I believe the Hornets will win!" David Wesley said confidently.
(End of this chapter)