Chapter 37: Thunder Shakes the Iceberg
"Whew-" Leonard let out a sigh of relief, clapping his hands his face, forcing himself to cheer up. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
You can't do it without cheering up, because at the moment he is standing in front of Kevin Durant, one of the best small forwards in the league!
It's really tall, only when you face Durant in person, you can know how tall Durant is, the official height of 206 cm is absolutely nonsense, Leonard is now very short in front of Durant, and the height gap is at least 10 centimeters!
Leonard felt that he was facing a mobile battery, and it was also an overhead gun, whether it was offensive or defensive, those long arms were a natural barrier, and it was a headache for both offense and defense.
Just like today's game, Durant has used his height and arm length to shoot and score on Leonard's head three times in a row. There is no other fancy trick, which is a direct jumper, and Leonard looks like there is no way to do it, and the current score is 20:26, and the Thunder lead by six points on the road.
"You're good." Durant suddenly said to Leonard in front of him, but due to the height of the two, it looks like Durant is looking down on Leonard.
"......" Leonard didn't answer, just continued to stare at him.
"But," Durant ignored Leonard's reaction and continued, "but that's good." ”
"What do you mean?" Leonard finally spoke.
It will be Durant's turn to stop talking and beckon for the ball from Ibaka. Then he turned sideways and pressed his body down, pushing his shoulders against Leonard's shoulders, so that Leonard could not defend comfortably.
Because of the posture, Durant's face was almost attached to Leonard at this time.
"I mean," Durant said slowly, "although you have strength, you just have strength. ”
After saying this, Durant suddenly took a large step to the right, and then the whole person seemed to be about to accelerate the breakthrough.
"Feints." Leonard was not fooled, he judged this to be a feint based on his instincts, so he didn't make much of a move, just took a slight step to the left, blocking Durant's breakthrough, and at the same time his body was pressed down again, ready to defend Durant's sneak attack.
"So I said, you're just good." Durant's voice suddenly came from in front of him, and feeling that this voice was some distance from himself, Leonard raised his head in some surprise.
How can it be? How did Durant get so far away from himself? When did there be such a big gap between himself and Durant?
Durant didn't have any extra moves, and went straight to the jump shot! In Leonard's surprised gaze, Durant quickly rose into the air and was ready to shoot.
Leonard rushed up quickly, jumped hard, and raised his hand to scout the ball in Durant's hand.
However, this is obviously in vain, Leonard is already relatively short, and the distance between the two is a bit large, his hand only has time to reach the tip of Durant's nose, and it can't stop at all!
If it was just like that, it might not be nothing, but in the eyes of everyone's amazement, Durant actually pulled his raised hand down, made a fierce intimate contact with Leonard's arm, and then threw the ball out with his low hand.
"Tick-"
"Bump, huh—"
Two voices rang out one after the other. The first sound is the referee's whistle blowing for a foul on Leonard's hitter, and the second sound is Durant's throw, which is not a normal shot no matter how you look at it, and bounces into the basket after hitting the board.
2+1, Thor Durant, sure enough, it's a scoring machine!
"That's why I said, you're just good, you're far from being a real master." Durant looked at Leonard, who looked surprised, and said with some disdain.
Leonard didn't answer, this time the offense and defense could only suffer a dumb loss, and when did Durant throw away so much space just now? I didn't even notice it!
Qin Yan rushed over at this time, looked at Xiaoka, who was a little stunned, and hurriedly patted him on the shoulder: "Xiaoka, Xiaoka, are you okay?" ”
Leonard came back to his senses at this time, "Oh, I'm fine, don't worry, I'm not so easy to be defeated." ”
Qin Yan looked at Leonard carefully, looked at his brighter and brighter eyes, and knew that this friend was not defeated, but was aroused.
The more frustrated he is, the more courageous he becomes, and he never gives up, this is Leonard, under his paralyzed expression, he has a firm belief and will in his heart. It's like an iceberg, it stands forever. Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, how can an iceberg collapse so easily?
Durant hit the free throw, and then ran to his own half court, on the way back to defense, he glanced at Leonard, but was surprised to find that the sophomore, who had been hit four consecutive balls by himself, did not lose confidence, but still calmly followed the team's actions, well, really like an iceberg.
"It's kind of interesting." Durant slightly revised his evaluation of Leonard in his mind, and it seems that it is necessary to take him seriously.
Qin Yan took Parker's ball, and Saflosha followed him like an octopus, he really deserves to be a person who has experienced the finals, and this defensive intensity is really not covered. With his ability to control the ball, he couldn't find room to break through through fancy dribbling.
"Sure enough, it's a defensive giant, it seems that you can only rely on your body." Qin Yan had no choice but to turn his back and use his back to push against Saflosha, and then arch inward.
Leonard originally wanted to come over to pick up Qin Yan, but after seeing Qin Yan's movements, he suddenly stopped and ran in another direction instead, and the position of the run was very chaotic, like running blindly.
Saflosha is indeed not afraid of Qin Yan playing tricks, but if Qin Yan uses his body to forcibly break through, he really has no good way. He could only retreat step by step, and by this time Ibaka had already come in this direction, obviously preparing for support.
Qin Yan didn't panic, and immediately turned over and jumped up after exerting force, ready to jump shot.
Well, the jump was perfect, and neither Saflosha nor Ibaka had time to jump to interfere.
However, just as Qin Yan was about to make a move, there was a sudden gust of wind behind him, and a black arm was touching his ball.
"Hey, you've been fooled by Kevin." Qin Yan didn't look back, but he knew that the owner of this hand must be Durant. "You're the one who is waiting."
"Huh?" Durant is a little curious, when did this Chinese leader discover his intentions?
I saw Qin Yan suddenly put the ball in his arms, and then threw it hard to the top of the arc!
There was already a man standing there, it was none other than Leonard!
"What?" Durant was surprised to see the person receiving the ball out of the corner of his eye! When did that kid pass? Durant was surprised, just now he saw that guy running in the other direction?
"How can Xiaoka fool you if he doesn't run a big circle around the court?" Qin Yan spoke calmly behind Durant.
Leonard took Qin Yan's pass, and he used this long-distance return run to get a good shot, and there were no defenders within a three-meter radius. First looked at the three-point line at his feet, and then adjusted his shooting posture, Leonard shot unhurriedly.
"Huh-" three-point hit, Leonard used a three-pointer as a 2+1 response to Durant.
Leonard didn't have much expression after the goal, just looked at Durant in the air, and seemed to be making a silent declaration of war.
Durant also understood that he was being tricked at this time, so he took the ball from Westbrook and controlled the ball himself across the half court, and it was Leonard who caught up.
"Second grade, you're interesting." Durant dribbles and talks to Leonard.
Leonard naturally didn't answer, he just stared at Durant more calmly, and then, he suddenly stepped forward and clinged to Durant!
Durant had to stop the ball and then raise his hands high to prevent the ball from being broken.
Leonard's whole person was close to Durant at this time, with a pair of long arms raised high, constantly waving in front of Durant's eyes, interfering with Durant's vision, although he couldn't break the ball, but the pressure brought to Durant instantly increased.
"Death Coil!" Qin Yan thought silently in his heart, at this time, Leonard's famous trick had not yet been practiced, but at this time, the trick used by defending Durant had already had the rudiments of death entanglement.
With Durant's ability at this time, it is actually not impossible to break this move, but in the case of Leonard's mental calculation and unintentional, Durant was also trapped for a while.
In desperation, in order to avoid 24 seconds, Durant could only pass the ball to Westbrook, and Westbrook received the ball and went directly to the inside line without saying a word! Qin Yan was about to go over to make up for the defense, but found that he was blocked by Saflosha, and Parker had been pushed back to the inside by Westbrook.
Westbrook's style of play is really similar to the name of the Thunder, he likes to go inside with people and then make an earth-shattering dunk, no, Parker is not as physically as good as him, staggered out of the way, Westbrook rushed in flat, no one could stop him, this momentum is really thunderous, indomitable!
Duncan is gone, this is the Spurs' territory, how can you let you go wild casually! Uncle Deng immediately let go of Perkins and stepped forward to stop him.
It seems to be very effective, you can see Westbrook's speed slowing down, and then, I saw him throw the ball hard into the air over him, and then the whole person rushed into Duncan's arms, Duncan could only hold Wei Shao and retreat together in order not to get hurt.
Well? What's going on, Wei Shao conceded the goal? Mistaken?
Just when everyone was questioning, a pair of black hands appeared in the air, firmly grasping the ball, and it was still rising, and then flew fiercely in the direction of the basket!
What's the situation? Durant!
Westbrook and Durant also played a perfect match! And because Westbrook and Duncan both stepped back together, the road to the basket that was originally blocked was suddenly unblocked!
Seeing that a powerful dunk is about to be completed, Durant's action of pressing the ball into the basket in the air is really like Thor wielding Thor's hammer to smash into the basket!
If all goes well, there should be a loud bang.
The fact is that there was indeed a loud bang, only not "boom", but "pop"!
A pair of hands that are also black don't know when they appear on the trajectory of the basketball, and the castration of the ball is fiercely contained!
Leonard! At some point, Leonard appeared here, and he also jumped up hard and blocked Durant's dunk with his hands!
It's like an iceberg suddenly appears! Thor's hammer smashed the iceberg! Moreover, the mountain was not smashed!
After being scored four goals in a row by Durant, Leonard blocked Durant head-on for the first time!