Ramon Sainz's three-pointer helped the Laker overtake the score.
47 to 46!
The Thunder's offense allowed Westbrook to control the ball and Harden to end it.
Today, Harden helped the Thunder hold on to the situation when Durant was unable to play because of a foul.
However, the current Harden was not the superstar Harden of the future. Facing the combination of Kobe and Li Ze, there was nothing he could do.
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At the end of the half.
The score between the two teams was now 62:55.
The Thunderclap was already seven points behind.
At half-time, Li Ze's statistics were extremely dazzling. He had 18 points, 7 rebounded, and 6 blocked shots!
This was basically a number that a second-rate team's main center forward might not be able to achieve even if he played the entire game.
Of course, Li Ze's ability to score so many points was inseparable from the fact that the Laker was the main player.
On the Thunder's side, James Harden scored the most points. He made 6 of 8 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. He also scored 14 points.
Westbrook, on the other hand, had four points, two rebounding, and five assists.
The assists were basically given to Harden in the second quarter.
As for Durant, he scored the second-highest 11 points in the half. His scoring seemed to be very efficient, but if you looked at his scoring time, nine of his 11 points were scored in the first four minutes of the first quarter. That was the score he scored when Li Ze didn't play. After Li Ze played, Durant only scored two points.
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It was half-time.
The discussion about this match was already in full swing.
Now, all the netizens in the United States who were paying attention to this game were mercilessly mocking Durant.
"Before the game, Durant said that he was going to press Li Ze to the ground and hammer him…However, after half the game, I only saw how weak he looked in front of Li Ze. I hope Durant can do what he said before the game in the second half.”
"Obviously, Durant is too brainless this time. He actually insulted Li Ze before the game for a woman. See, Li Ze is making Durant unable to lift his head!”
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Similarly, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
The Chinese netizens were also mocking Durant from a tricky angle.
"Am I the only one who discovered something terrifying? That is, the points of Westbrook and Durant combined are not as high as Li Ze alone... I don't need to say more, the Thunder's two young masters are smaller than Li Ze."
"F * ck…What you said makes so much sense. I'm actually speechless!”
"I won't say anymore. I can already predict that Li Ze will lead Kobe to an easy victory in this game. Since we can win this game, shouldn't we stop talking about who is more suitable to fight against Scarlet? There's no need to say more!”
"Li Ze, Brother Ze, show off our country's prestige. Our country's female celebrities have been wooed by many foreigners. This time, it's our turn to woo female celebrities from other countries!”
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The halftime interval passed unusually quickly this time. There was only one adjustment in the midfield of both teams, and that was Durant being replaced.
Faced with such a situation, the Thunder's head coach Brooks realized that without Durant, Harden alone could not win the game.
Durant reckoned that the Thunder's offense had been well educated in the midfield. In the first round of offense, they did not look for Li Ze to play. Instead, they relied on pick-and-rolls to play a small game.
Facing Ramon Sainz, Durant took advantage of the height difference and easily shot the ball into the basket with a mid-range jump shot.
"It seems that Durant has thought it through. Don't force Li Ze. It's not worth it for him. Bullying a small man like Ramon Sainz is more in line with the strategy.”said Jabbar.
Kenny Smith also agreed.""Durant doesn't need to care about what he said before the game. Right now, the most important thing is that he can help the team win the game. As long as he can win the game, everything is fine.”
"He definitely won't agree! In my opinion, the possibility of the Laker winning the first game is very high!”Charles Barkley pursed his lips and said.
"Charles, are you so sure?”asked Kenny Smith.
Charles Barkley replied without hesitation,""Of course, the one who gets the forbidden zone gets the world. Don't you understand this principle? To think that you were once a professional footballer!”
In the 2011 - 2012 season, the era of small ball led by the Warriors had yet to arrive. At this time, traditional centers were still very important in people's hearts. Every team wanted to build a team with a center who was strong in the paint and could protect the basket.
It was enough for a center to be able to protect the rebound in the paint and have a high success rate of eating the cake that the perimeter players had eaten. This was the standard of an All-Star center.
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She was thick-skinned enough to ask everyone for some flowers and evaluation votes!!! The later chapters would basically be 5 chapters, and occasionally 6 chapters! He would update four chapters every day!!!
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