Five Hundred and Seventy-Two: The Moment of Star VS Star

Link caught Durant, unless there is a lore in this game, otherwise, this is enough to become the most exciting scene of this game, no one.

Durant himself was stunned by that ball. Link's ability to catch the jump is not just a matter of jumping high, but the key is that his speed of light reaction is too perverted!

As we all know, this kind of shot by throwing is generally difficult to be taken, let alone caught directly.

But if the defender can react in time before the basketball has fully risen to the top, there is still the possibility of blocking.

Link's real horror is here. His speed of light response coupled with his powerful vertical bounce ability makes Durant's projectiles elusive!

Link's arrest has dealt a blow to the original confidence of the Thunder fans. They have been in the stands for several minutes and have not seen a goal.

A scoring opportunity finally appeared, but it was destroyed by Link in such an incredible way.

With a smooth turnaround and a layup and a crazy grab, Link has proved that he is indeed qualified to appear in the best first team in just one offense and one defense.

After that, the impatient Durant still didn't show a good performance. He wanted too much revenge, too much to defeat Link. But this kind of psychology just prevented him from making the most correct decision.

The Thunder's inability to score continued into the fourth minute of the first quarter, when Westbrook's Zombie jumper broke the scoring drought for the Thunder. In the stands, the Thunder fans were finally able to take their seats.

But now, no one will feel lucky, and no one will feel that Link has been slapped in the face.

The Grizzlies defended for four full minutes and the fans stood for four full minutes, which is nothing to be proud of for the Thunder.

Although the scoring drought was broken, the impatient Durant was still unable to score efficiently, and the Thunder began to gradually fall behind. Six minutes into the first quarter, Scott Brooks replaced Derek Fisher, who made 4 of 4 three-pointers in the previous game.

Seeing the appearance of "Old Fish", Thunder fans seemed to see a savior. But unfortunately, Fischer did not continue yesterday's magical performance. If a team really hopes to rely on the current Fisher to turn the situation around, it might as well simply surrender.

Fortunately, after Fischer faded his magical halo, Kevin Martin stood up and took up the task of scoring that belonged to Durant. In the end, the Thunder were only 5 points behind after the first quarter.

Throughout the first quarter, Durant made only 2 of 7 shots, which was terribly inefficient.

On the other hand, Link has not only contributed a wonderful turnaround and grab, but also scored 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter.

As far as the first round of the showdown is concerned, Durant is completely defeated!

"Link has shown his strength as a best first-team player. He has made great contributions to the Grizzlies on both ends of the offense and defense. The Thunder are very passive now, and Kevin Martin's performance can only make the Thunder linger temporarily. If If the Thunder want to regain the situation, it depends on whether Kevin Durant can play."

During the break, Mike Brin bluntly stated the key to the next game.

If Durant can't stand up and compete with Link today, then the Thunder will lose their home court!

For the Thunder, going to Memphis with a 1-3 deficit would be hell!

Therefore, the Thunder must not give up easily.

Scott Brooks knows this better than Mike Brin. Even if they fight hard, they can't lose today's game!

In the first quarter, the Thunder was more than vicious, but not rational enough. Now, Brooks is going to fix that.

"I know you want to beat him, but the more anxious you are, the more mistakes you make! Calm down, I want you to calm down now, Kevin! You have to beat him slowly over the course of 48 minutes, you can't just straight up Link down! So, calm me down!"

Sitting in front of Durant, Brooks knew very well how far the No. 35 in front of him could play.

Will directly determine how far the Thunder can go.

Durant said nothing, just nodded silently. He also knew that he couldn't afford to lose today, so he couldn't be more emotional.

Then Brooks looked at everyone again, "Get tough, you made it too easy for the Grizzlies to attack the basket in the first quarter. This is a fucking man's game, you can't act like a girl!"

The intersessional break was short, and Brooks didn't make much adjustment. After all, Brooks is not a tactician, he is a "chicken soup" coach.

But sometimes, the mental state of the fans is indeed more useful than tactical changes.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Link found that Durant's expression was not as vicious as when the game started.

Sure enough, are you coming?

Although five points behind, but the cheers of Thunder fans has not become smaller. They are cheering the Thunder players all the time, hoping the situation can be turned around.

Link posted Durant again, but Durant didn't ask for the ball violently, but tried to find opportunities.

Sure enough, this guy won't be so easy to get on! The first quarter of the game suffered a loss, Durant will not suffer a second time!

Durant finally reached the middle distance on the right, leaning on Link with his back, ready to attack.

Westbrook hit the ball to KD, and Link held Durant's waist to prevent him from pushing back.

However, Durant didn't exert his strength at all. After feeling Link's defense, he directly chose to roll over and make a jumper!

This time, when Durant shoots, all Link sees on his face is calm and confidence.

"Brush!" The long-awaited crisp sound finally sounded in Durant's ear, and he finally scored a goal on Link's head comfortably!

Durant didn't spray trash or celebrate with impunity, just raised his fist lightly.

Link could see that Durant had completely adjusted.

Subsequently, Randolph's cut to the layup was brutally blocked by Ibaka! The basketball was directly pressed on the backboard by Ibaka.

Not to mention the completion of the block, Randolph was also directly hit by Ibaka and flew out of the bottom line.

The Thunder's defense is much tougher than before. Not only are they not afraid of physical confrontation, but they are also very keen on physical confrontation.

Randolph was very annoyed. This was not the big black bear playing a temper. Anyone who was knocked out like that would be emotional.

So, after getting up, Randolph swears at Ibaka. The smell of gunpowder from both sides on the scene also began to become strong.

The Thunder are now just 3 points away from tying the game, so this offense is crucial for them.

Durant didn't make a random shot because this was a crucial round. The result of the random shot was that he was caught by Link.

Thinking of the arrest just now, Durant's first reaction was not anger, but caution.

This change in mentality is enough to allow Durant to avoid many minefields!

This time, the Thunder shot the "Swiss Army Knife" Severosa. As a 3D player, besides defense, his biggest use is naturally to shoot three-pointers.

However, under Iguodala's tight defense, Sefolosha's crosshairs eventually missed the target.

Just when everyone regretted that the Thunder did not seize this opportunity to tie the game, Ibaka got an offensive rebound under the basket!

Of course, this process is not easy. Ibaka directly and rudely knocked Randolph away, who was in a good position, and then took the rebound.

The most important thing is that the referee did not call a foul for rebounding!

Now, can Randolph still stand it? He yelled at the referee to express his dissatisfaction. And Ibaka took advantage of this time to pass the ball to Durant!

In the three-pointer opportunity at the beginning of the game, Durant made a hasty shot and was seriously interfered by Link.

This time, Durant raised his focus, as if he was going to try to shoot. But just as Link was about to block, Durant suddenly turned into a dribble breakthrough!

Buddha fake action!

Durant's stride is big, he threw off Link in two steps, and went straight to the basket.

The furious Randolph took off and blocked. Although he is a No. 4 player, his conditions are not as good as Durant's in terms of height and wingspan.

Durant was not disturbed much, he stabilized his center of gravity in the air and threw the ball gently to the basket!

At this time, the referee blew the whistle. At the same time, basketball entered the net, and Durant got a 2+1 chance!

"My Cao, you didn't blow it just now, but now it's very decisive for you to blow me up! What the hell is wrong with you? Are you going to play last year's trick again?" Randolph was completely angry, he pressed step by step, challenge the authority of the referee.

Ibaka clapped on the side, and Randolph was even more angry.

In fact, the referee isn't taking sides this year, it's just a matter of scale.

Perhaps in this referee's view, the confrontation when grabbing the rebound is inevitable. But the foul when the opponent is attacking is unforgivable.

Link saw that the referee was about to give T, so he hurried up to smooth the game, asked Iguodala to pull Randolph away, and then had a few good words with the referee before the referee gave up.

Randolph shook his hand unwillingly, and Durant stood on the free throw line, ready to tie the game.

Now, the scale of victory seems to be tilted toward the Thunder again.

Link sighed, Lei Ting suddenly increased the range of motion, which made it difficult to adapt for a while. Now it's not just Randolph, everyone seems to have encountered a bottleneck. Relying on team offense, there is simply no way to compete with Durant who has calmed down.

It seems that the moment of star VS star must be staged in advance.

"brush!"

While thinking, Durant made a free throw to tie the score.

Link clapped his hands hard, making sure his teammates' attention was on him.

"Try to hit me!" Link said.

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