novelaction 536 Su Hao is showing off his mid-range shooting again!
536 Su Hao is showing off his mid-range shooting again!
"Haha, I hope it's as you wish!" Suha smiled and glanced at Westbrook.
Clippers starting lineup: Curry, Gordon, Rasul Butler, David Lee, Su Hao.
Thunder starting lineup: Westbrook, Durant, Sefolosha, Perkins, Ibaka.
Su Hao and Perkins jump ball.
The match between the two sides has officially begun.
Because the Thunder knew that Su Hao was very good at jump balls.
Furthermore, in their last match, Su Hao easily won the jump ball.
This time, Perkins, as the player jumping for the ball with Su Hao, seemed a bit foolish.
Surprisingly, they didn't react immediately when the referee tossed the ball into the air.
He only slowly turned around after Su Hao had already passed the ball to Curry.
Upon seeing this, Westbrook, who was not far away, immediately flew into a rage.
It looked like it was about to devour someone.
Fortunately, he managed to control his emotions in time.
Curry dribbled the ball up the court quickly and waited for his teammates to get into position.
To be on the safe side, Curry chose to pass the ball to Su Hao.
Upon receiving the pass from Curry, Su Hao was already positioned under the basket.
Su Hao originally wanted to receive the ball a little further away from the basket to showcase his mid-range shooting ability.
Now that Curry has passed the ball to him, he doesn't need to go through all that trouble.
He slammed a dunk right over Perkins.
This dunk once again made the Thunder realize the gap in strength between the two teams' interior players.
"Perkins is no match for Su Hao! The game has only just begun and he's already been dunked on by the opponent. It seems that it's not very realistic for the Thunder to beat the Clippers!" Yang Yi said with a serious expression.
It seems Yang Yi quite hopes the Thunder can defeat the Clippers.
It turns out that before the game, Yang Yi actually predicted that the Thunder would beat the Clippers.
It's clear how much this guy wants a team to beat the Clippers and end their winning streak.
Perkins awarded the penalty to Westbrook.
The latter quickly advanced the ball into the attacking third, facing Gordon's lead defense.
Using his physical advantages, he successfully advanced to the free-throw line.
He took a mid-range shot over Rasul Butler, who came to help defend.
Unfortunately, the basketball bounced on the rim a few times before finally falling out.
Su Hao successfully secured the rebound and passed the ball to Curry on the perimeter.
The latter dribbled the ball back into the attacking third, facing Cefrosa's defense.
He used David Lee's screen to drive to the basket.
He then passed the ball to Su Hao under the basket.
After receiving the ball, Su Hao faced the defense under the basket and slammed it home with another powerful dunk.
The series of powerful dunks put immense defensive pressure on the Thunder.
"You should help me defend! You can't expect me to defend Su Hao under the basket all by myself, can you? Is that realistic?" Perkins complained to Ibaka beside him.
Ibaka looked at Perkins' angry face without saying a word.
Because he knew that even he and Perkins together might not be able to restrain Su Hao.
Ibaka passed the ball to Westbrook.
This time, Westbrook did not choose to shoot himself.
Instead, he chose to draw the defense and pass the ball to Durant at the top of the key.
The latter jumps the instant he receives the ball.
He takes a three-pointer.
With a swift stroke, the ball goes in.
Thanks to Durant's three-pointer, the Thunder are temporarily trailing the Clippers by one point.
Returning to the starting lineup, the Clippers launched an attack.
Curry still had the ball.
"Stop him quickly! Don't let him pass the ball to Su Hao. If this continues, our inside game will be riddled with holes!" Perkins shouted from the top of the key to the outside.
They tried to get their teammates on the perimeter to cut off the connection between Curry and Su Hao.
However, just as Westbrook and Sefolosha were about to double-team Curry...
Curry passed the ball to David Lee in the right corner.
The latter made a bounce pass, passing the ball to Su Hao under the basket.
The moment Su Hao received the ball again under the basket, the Thunder had already anticipated the outcome.
Just when everyone was thinking Su Hao would definitely throw down another powerful dunk.
He chose to retreat with the ball to the free-throw line.
It's far away from the basket.
Just as the Thunder players were secretly relieved that Su Hao hadn't chosen to dunk...
Barkley, in the commentary booth, couldn't help but exclaim, "What are the Thunder players doing? Hurry up and go interfere with him! Su Hao is about to shoot!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Su Hao launched a mid-range shot from the free-throw line, facing Durant who was making a help defense.
The mid-range shot that was only developed in the last game.
Su Hao is determined to test the waters again in this match.
The basketball flew over Durant's head, tracing a perfect arc in the air, and headed straight for the basket.
Finally, under everyone's watchful eyes, it landed steadily in the basket.
"Is Su Hao playing around again? Just like in the last game against the Jazz? Starting to shoot mid-range shots?" Barkley continued.
"I think so, otherwise he definitely would have dunked that ball!" Miller chimed in.
Su Hao's choice just now has left all the fans watching the game puzzled.
Even though they knew that Su Hao had hit several mid-range shots in a row in the previous game against the Jazz.
However, in their minds, Su Hao is a player who is not good at shooting from the outside.
What's more, he clearly had a great opportunity to dunk inside, but he insisted on taking the ball to the outside to shoot.
Could it be that Su Hao is just showing off?
Su Hao just shot a mid-range shot over Durant, which put pressure on Durant.
Westbrook brought the ball up the court.
He decisively passed the ball back to Durant.
After receiving the ball and passing it, Durant did not hesitate excessively.
Also near the free-throw line, facing David Lee's defense head-on.
He threw a mid-range shot.
The ball goes in.
It seems that Durant was in a very hot hand in this game.
Looking at the shot he made.
Durant nodded confidently.
David Lee passed the ball directly to Su Hao, who was still in the center circle.
After receiving the ball, Su Hao held it with one hand and came to a position one step away from the three-point line.
Ibaka, who originally wanted to step forward to intercept, hesitated after watching Su Hao fight for a round.
They chose to retreat two steps.
Su Hao didn't tolerate him and immediately took another mid-range shot from half a step away from the free-throw line.
This shot completely stunned the Thunder.
"What did you do? How could you give him so much space to shoot?" Westbrook roared at Ibaka.
Ibaka, who conceded a goal to Su Hao, remained silent.
After all, it was indeed his own defensive mistake that allowed Su Hao to score so easily.
Actually, it's not really Ibaka's fault.
Even if he plays defense seriously, he can't really stop Su Hao from shooting.