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The basketball entered the frame, rolling up a burst of "white waves". Intoxicated by the cheers, Terry couldn't help opening his arms and leaning down, feeling like a jet, soaring in the endless sky.

"Attention everyone, the Jets are about to take off!" Kenny Smith also said the commentary in conjunction with Terry's actions, and the Mavericks finally broke their gap outside the three-point line. Terry shot calmly, and the morale of the Mavericks rose immediately.

Although it was Terry who scored the goal just now, Charles Barkley, who was beside Kenny Smith, cast his eyes on the expressionless Yiyang.

This Chinese, who is only 1.93 meters tall, just snatched a rebound in front of Ibaka! Although it is true that Ibaka, who was back on defense, did not occupy a favorable position, Yiyang jumped too high for that rebound just now. From Barkley's perspective, he even felt that Yiyang's head was even with the basket just now!

The NBA league is indeed full of all kinds of "birds and beasts", but jumping at the same level as the basket... Not everyone can do it.

Terry's three-pointer allowed the Mavericks to successfully narrow the point difference. Most importantly, this three-pointer also sounded the counterattack horn for the Mavericks. After that, the Thunder's offense was obviously impatient. Young people are always young people, and when the momentum is wrong, they will always panic. Not all young people are as calm as Yiyang.

Durant made a pick-and-roll for Westbrook. Naturally, Westbrook would not be humble. He bypassed Durant and accelerated directly, trying to get rid of Yiyang and attack the frame directly.

Yiyang deftly bypassed the pick-and-roll, and quickly stuck to Westbrook. Westbrook didn't care about this, he raised the basketball, intending to use a master layup to complete the offense through Yiyang's defense.

However, Yiyang's excellent wingspan still allowed him to completely cover Westbrook. Westbrook is like a little bird trapped in a cage. No matter how much you can fly, as long as you can't break through the shackles, you are destined to be unable to soar into the sky.

And at this moment, Yiyang is that cage, that shackle.

Although Westbrook managed to throw the ball out, under Yiyang's strict defense, Thunder 0's forced layup naturally failed to hit. The Mavericks protected the defensive rebound, and the impetuous Thunder seemed to be messed up again.

"The play is too simple. Westbrook tried to score with a simple pick-and-roll, which is very unrealistic. What's more, the energy invested on the defensive end today is greater than we thought! Westbrook thinks To break through the shackles, you have to be patient." Barkley looked at the technical statistics, and the game reached the second quarter, and Westbrook only scored one sports game. And just now, it was already his fifth shot in this game. 1 in 5, even for outside players, such a shooting rate is really dismal.

So far, Yiyang's defense against Westbrook has been perfect. 40 points in a single game? Sorry, Yiyang will never allow this kind of thing to happen in the American Airlines Center Arena!

An excellent offense and a successful defense, the Mavericks are full of vitality. This time, Yiyang took the ball in the attack, and then passed the ball to Terry after attracting the defense.

A shooter is like this, he feels good, so let him keep shooting, maybe he can really bring unexpected surprises to the team. Therefore, everyone thought that Terry, who received the basketball, was the end point of the Mavericks' offense.

However, Terry did not take a shot after receiving the basketball, but quickly transferred the ball again!

The camera followed the basketball and swung its "head". The orange basketball fell into Nowitzki's hands with an afterimage.

At this time, Nowitzki got the ball at the top of the three-point arc, and there was no shadow of Ibaka in front of him. What about the Congolese? That guy was delayed again by the off-ball pick-and-roll set up by the Mavericks, and the pick-and-roller was Yiyang who dived into the paint to launch an attack!

"Another guard doing an off-ball pick-and-roll for a big man, I said, the Mavericks will definitely implement this tactic more than once today! Dirk made a three-pointer, Yes! The ball was scored, and the first quarter made 6 three-pointers. The Dallas Mavericks in 0 have now hit two consecutive three-pointers! The 7-point lead that the Thunder finally established was chased down to 1 point in an instant! Dallas' shooters are starting to recover, I think The Thunder must be prepared to deal with it!" Charles Barkley was completely impressed by Carlisle's tactical setup and the tactical execution ability of the Mavericks players. Such a team really shouldn't be underestimated!

The Mavericks scored again, and the point difference was narrowed again. Now, Westbrook has only one idea in mind, score! Only by continuing to score can we keep this shaky weak advantage.

This time, Westbrook still plunged into the Mavericks penalty area like a bullet. Yiyang, on the other hand, is like a warrior covered with steel plates, resisting the bullets piercing the heart of the Mavericks.

Relying on Yiyang's forced layup, Westbrook hit the frame again, but this time, the referee's timely whistle saved him.

"Mavericks No. 1, defensive foul!" The referee yelled and gestured at the technical stage. Yiyang didn't argue with the referee, but walked to the designated position silently.

The game lasted more than one quarter, and this was Yiyang's first foul. This also shows that Westbrook's lethality is not strong today. If Westbrook can only rely on fouls to score, then Yiyang believes that he will not do anything today.

Despite the abuse and boos from the Mavericks fans, Westbrook still made two free throws and won a 3-point lead for the Thunder. However, in terms of mentality, the Thunder team is more like the team behind, for fear that the score will be opened by the Mavericks!

The Mavericks are moving so fast that it looks like they are the younger team. As soon as Yiyang stepped across the midfield line, he handed the ball directly to Terry, and then ran to the inside by himself. It seemed that Yiyang played an auxiliary role in this attack.

Ibaka watched Nowitzki's running intently, and glanced at Yiyang from time to time to see if that guy was going to set up a pick-and-roll for Nowitzki again.

However, the situation is exactly the opposite of what Ibaka thought.

Nowitzki suddenly blocked Westbrook who was chasing Yiyang. Yiyang raised his hand at the 45° mid-range position on the right, and Terry passed the ball just right.

After receiving the basketball, Yiyang directly started to hit the basket. Facing Ibaka's supplementary defense, Yiyang turned around using this "African mountain" as the axis, and easily passed Ibaka. Yiyang turned around so fast that Ibaka even hurried through Yiyang directly through his body

After turning around and passing Ibaka, Yiyang didn't dribble, and jumped directly for a layup. Of course Ibaka would not let it go, he jumped high, ready to mark his territory with a big chase.

Yiyang knew that Ibaka would definitely try to block himself from behind, and he also knew how terrifying the blocking ability of this Congolese was. Therefore, Yiyang did not use the normal way to layup, but held up the basketball with one hand, and with light force on his wrist, he lifted the basketball up.

A bottom-up pick is much more difficult to block than a straightforward layup. Ibaka watched the basketball pass in front of his hand, wiped the backboard, and gently entered the net.

In the air, Ibaka, who couldn't control his body, and Yiyang slammed into each other. Yiyang, who was slightly thinner, couldn't resist the impact from Ibaka.

Yiyang fell hard into the press area, Ibaka's hit just now really didn't save any effort. But when Yiyang heard the referee whistle, he felt that all this was worth it! There is an additional penalty for a layup, so why not fall for this kind of reward?

Just when Yiyang was happy, the tall faces of Nowitzki and Chandler covered the lights from the dome of the American Airlines Center arena.

Yiyang grabbed the forearms of these two guys and stood up again. He walked straight to the free-throw line, as if he wasn't the one who just fell. Westbrook curled his lips, the toughness of this Chinese is no different from his own!

At the free throw line, Yiyang did not miss, and the Mavericks scored a three-pointer. And this also means that the advantages accumulated by the Thunder from the first quarter of the game are gone!

Seeing that the score was tied, Brooks called the first timeout of the second quarter. He'll replace Harden with Sefoloza to bolster the defense. Only by first limiting the scoring frenzy of the Mavericks can the Thunder regain control of the game.

"Sean, take a break after the court! Peja, take off your training clothes. I only have one request for you, shoot three-pointers, shoot three-pointers!" Contrary to Brooks' arrangement, Carlisle quickly let Stojakovic appear on the stage , The purpose is naturally to strengthen the offense and enhance the Mavericks' firepower outside the three-point line. Taking advantage of the momentum, they opened the score in one fell swoop!

The two coaches collided with two completely different ideas. Under the cheers of the fans, the timeout ended quickly. Harden sat on the bench a little depressed. He didn't make any mistakes when he lost points just now...

No way, this is the price of partnering with Westbrook at the back line. With Sefolosa protecting Westbrook behind him, I believe the Thunder's defense will be more stable.

Westbrook also knew that the situation was not good for the Thunder at this time. Instead of continuing to hit the basket, he used a breakthrough to score the ball to give Durant a long-range shot.

Durant, as usual, catches and shoots. But this time, Peja, who is also tall and long, interfered with Durant's shooting rhythm!

In order to avoid blocking, Durant shot a little earlier. The basketball hit the front of the rim. Ibaka and Nowitzki jumped at the same time and touched the basketball at the same time, but neither of them held the ball firmly.

The basketball was pointed out and picked up by the aggressive Peja. Peja turned around and handed the ball to Yiyang, which meant that the Thunder's attack failed completely!

Yiyang pushed forward with the ball, and Terry ran wildly along the left side of the court. Yiyang ran halfway, picked up the basketball with both hands and cast his eyes on Terry. This is a sign that Yiyang is going to play the ball!

The "Swiss Army Knife" Sefoloza, who was closely behind Terry, waited for an opportunity to steal, but don't confuse me with Harden, a guy who can only attack but not defend!

Yiyang pushed both hands in the direction of Terry, and Sefoloza quickened his pace, stretched out his arms, and was about to intercept the ball midway. However, the basketball did not fly to Terry, but to Peja in the opposite direction of Terry!

"Haha, there are not many people in this league who can still use this kind of wrist art!" Kenny Smith knew what happened just now without watching the replay. Obviously Yiyang was passing the ball towards Terry, how could the ball fly in the opposite direction?

In fact, it was Yiyang who changed the direction of his wrist movement the moment he passed the ball. This caused Yiyang to appear to be passing the ball to Terry, but actually passed the ball to the other side.

Seeing this ball, Kidd was so excited that he almost rushed to the court. This kid's pass is really both practical and entertaining!

Such an unreasonable pass naturally caught the Thunder by surprise. Peja, who was concentrating, caught the ball steadily, made an emergency stop to shoot, and chased a three-pointer.

Durant didn't know how the ball suddenly flew to his side. When he reacted, Stojakovic had already thrown the basketball softly.

Durant turned around in despair, however, the miracle did not happen. The ball was still scored, and the Mavericks completed the overtake, and they still used a three-pointer. You know, the three-point shooting percentage of this group of guys in the first quarter was 0%!

Peja's goal made the young Thunder even more flustered. Westbrook signaled Ibaka to send the baseline ball quickly so that he could attack the opponent's basket.

It's a good idea for this guy to score quickly, but he ignored one point, the man who defends himself is always calmer than himself!

Westbrook rushed forward after receiving the baseline ball. He only had the basket and the three-point difference in his eyes, and he didn't pay attention to the surrounding situation at all.

Fortunately, Westbrook suddenly felt that the basketball was out of control! He looked down, and it turned out that a hand stretched out from behind him and stabbed the basketball away!

Yiyang has long been prepared for a sneak attack, but Westbrook is really unprepared. He successfully snatched the basketball from behind No. 0, and before everyone could react, he pushed forward alone.

The offensive and defensive transition was formed in an instant, and no one in the Thunder had time to react except Westbrook. But when Westbrook turned around to chase Yiyang, Yiyang had already thrown him far away.

The No. 0 guard who scored 40 points in a single game in the Western Conference semifinals could only follow behind Yiyang, watching the No. 1 jump high, turn his back in the air with his waist and abdomen strength, and finished the game. A strong back buckle with both hands!

After landing, Yiyang hammered his chest, which was almost his most arrogant celebration.

Yiyang passed by Westbrook, today, I will win you!

14 to 2, the Mavericks beat the young Thunder out of breath with a wave of offensive **.

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