Chapter Thirty-Six: Thunder

"Hey, Qin Yan, yesterday's performance was very good, there were more than 100,000 fans all of a sudden" Su Xiaoya's beautiful voice came from the mobile phone. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Qin Yan listened carefully to what Su Xiaoya said, to be honest, she really missed her for more than a month.

Su Xiaoya didn't follow Qin Yan because school started, but she still helped Qin Yan tinker with the website at school, and after Qin Yan's debut, Qin Yan's fans soared, and they rose by more than 100,000 all of a sudden.

"Oh, so much at once?" Qin Yan was also a little surprised, he didn't expect his debut to attract so many fans.

"But didn't I even go to the post-match press conference? There shouldn't be a way to cause more topics, how can you attract so many fans? Qin Yan still had some questions.

"Well, the main thing is that the pre-game gimmick is too big, there are a lot of people who are paying attention to the duel between you and Davis, and those who have watched the game know that you won, so your fans are high in an instant!"

"Oh, that's it." Qin Yan thought for a moment, "Okay, I'm going to prepare, and we'll talk when the game is over." ”

"Well, you pay attention to safety, play well, I'll watch the live broadcast."

"Okay, bye."

"Bye-bye."

……

The San Antonio Spurs' home stadium, AT&T Center, has a capacity of 18,418 people. In the past few seasons, except for the playoffs and finals, the usual attendance here has not been too high, but this year, due to the arrival of Qin Yan, the attendance rate here has been high all of a sudden, and the influence of the Chinese market is not covered.

In previous years, in addition to die-hard fans, few people would buy the team's season tickets and package tickets, but now, many people have booked the VIP box for this season, and now the scalper tickets have been speculated very high, and the Spurs have a rare situation where it is difficult to find a ticket.

Tonight is the first home game of the new season, tickets for the game have been sold out for a long time, and there are spectators lining up outside the arena early this morning, and the atmosphere in the AT&T Center arena is lively like playing the finals.

A blue bus drove to the front of the arena, and the Thunder players also arrived, looking at the hot atmosphere at the Spurs' home stadium, the Thunder team was also a little surprised, although it has been said that San Antonio and Oklahoma are not big ball markets, and home tickets are not good to sell, but this year's Spurs' home atmosphere is really good, completely catching up with Los Angeles, New York, Boston and other big ball cities.

"Kevin, it doesn't look like today's game will be too easy." Russell Westbrook frowned, having never felt so pressured to play at Spurs' home court before.

Durant didn't speak, after all, he is a person who has seen the big scene, and he will not be easily disturbed by some external factors, but he also feels that the AT&T center is a little different this season, and it seems that there must be a big battle tonight.

Qin Yan and the other Spurs players were listening to Popovich's arrangement in the conference room. As expected, Durant handed over to Leonard for defense, and it was a single defense, and it was a bit unexpected Qin Yan's defensive task, Qin Yan actually went to defend Westbrook when defending?

"Old man, this is ......" Qin Yan was a little puzzled, what is this for, I defend Westbrook? And it's also single-defense? And what about Parker? What does Parker do? And it's not like Popovich's coaching style at all, right?

"Well, because Tony's age is there after all, and Russell's impact is sometimes obvious to all, so ah, I plan to let Tony defend against Saflosha, this guy is not a big threat, and he doesn't have stable firepower, although he is higher than Tony, Tony has absolutely no problem defending him." Popovich spoke eloquently.

"Still have questions?" Popovich finally asked.

"Nope!" Everyone spoke in unison.

"Okay, let's go warm up!"

"Yes!" Everyone said yes and left the conference room and walked towards the stadium.

"Coach, wouldn't it be a bit risky to let Qin and Kewai defend Kevin and Russell alone?" Duncan didn't know when he turned back again, and looked at Popovich and asked with some concern.

"Tim, have faith in the two of them, I'm sure both of them can do it." Popovich gave the two of them absolute confidence and patted Duncan on the back (too high to shoot on the shoulder) "It's like David and I trusted you back then." ”

"I believe in the abilities of the two of them, but isn't it too quick to let them directly face the strongest offensive fireteam in the league right now." Duncan was still a little worried about his little brothers, and he was afraid that his two little brothers would be frustrated.

"Rest assured, they're not that vulnerable." Popovich was confident, "Just like you were at the beginning, don't you have to face a lot of first-class people when you enter the league?" ”

Popovich walked to the window with his hands behind his back, from where the players could be seen walking towards the court.

"I trust them as much as I trust you."

Duncan didn't speak, just silently went to meet up with his teammates, he trusted Bobo's vision, and at the same time, he himself was really optimistic about the two young men.

Hopefully, they can grow up soon, so that when they and Manu and Tony really leave, these two children can continue to support this brilliant team.

This is the inheritance.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the AT&T Center, tonight's game is the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the San Antonio Spurs, and now, let's welcome two teams, starting with the Oklahoma City Thunder!"

The DJ on the scene has been working hard to introduce the two teams, the first is the visiting team Thunder, the Thunder's starting lineup today is:

Center Perkins

Power forward Serge Ibaka

Small forward Durant

Scoring guard Saflosha

Point guard Westbrook

This lineup is no different from the starters of last year's Finals, and it is also the most powerful starter of the Thunder at present, the only shortcoming may be that the bench lineup is missing Harden, a stable scoring point, and the new Martin does not know if he can integrate well into the team.

The home fans booed the Thunder with a deafening boo, especially when Westbrook and Durant were on the court, and the boos could lift the ceiling of the arena.

"Tut-tut, it looks like the Spurs don't like the two of us very much." Westbrook doesn't know whether to be happy or something, after all, being able to be booed shows that the other party values you, and the harder the boo, the greater the threat to you.

"Don't be careless, this year's Spurs are different from last year's, be careful." Durant didn't say much, just moved his hands and feet very seriously.

Next, the DJ began to introduce the starting points of the Spurs:

Center Split

Power forward Duncan

Small forward Kawhi Leonard

Scoring guard Qin Yan

Point guard Parker

Popovich put Duncan at power forward again today, and then Split moved to center.

Of course, the most striking thing about this lineup is the confrontation between the new Spurs duo of Leonard and Qin Yan and the league's toughest duo "Thunder Two Less", who can be better?

"Qin, I heard that you are very strong, let's have a good time today." Westbrook spoke to Qin Yan as he passed by him.

Qin Yan ignored him, he knew that Westbrook was a very hot-blooded person, and sometimes over-hot-blooded, although this sentence sounded like a provocation, but Qin Yan knew that it was just something that Westbrook said without going through his brain.

On the other side, Leonard faced Durant, and Leonard's expressionless paralyzed face made Durant a little uncomfortable.

"You're the one who played against me today?" Durant asked in a rare way.

Leonard didn't say anything (the facial paralysis attribute was automatically turned on), he just looked at Durant coolly, as if he was going to kill the other with his eyes.

"Eyes are good," Durant smiled, but "eyes aren't enough." ”

At this point, the two sides were ready to jump the ball, and it was Duncan and Ibaka who participated in the jump ball.

"Di-" A whistle, after all, it was a young man, Ibaka beat Duncan this time to win the first wave of possession for the Thunder, and Durant used his long arm to grab the ball first.

"Kevin!" At the same time, Westbrook was windy at his feet and ran forward quickly, while signaling for Durant to make a long pass.

Durant also did not live up to Westbrook's expectations, and with a strong hand raised, the ball turned into an orange lightning bolt across the court and smoothly came to the hands of Westbrook, who had rushed into the three-point line.

"It's too early to be happy." Where would Qin Yan let Westbrook score so easily, he had already caught up, taking advantage of his height, Qin Yan almost completely shrouded Westbrook under his figure, as long as he dared to shoot less, he could slap the cap down!

However, being one of the strongest duos in the league, the Thunder's ace, is definitely not so easy to defend.

Westbrook didn't slow down, I saw that while he accelerated again and threw off a little distance from Qin Yan, he made a big change of direction in front of his body, and the amplitude of this movement was so huge that except for the supporting legs, Westbrook's other limbs flew in the air!

"His feet must be sore!" This was Qin Yan's first thought after seeing Westbrook's action. It was this thought that made Qin Yan's movements slow down a little.

However, Westbrook felt Qin Yan's slightly slower movements like no one, he quickly completed the cross change of direction, and after only taking a step in the opposite direction, the whole person took off in the air.

And at this time, it was too late for Qin Yan to chase after him, and he could only be accompanied by a foul if he went to block again, so Qin Yan watched Westbrook slam a tomahawk dunk in front of him!

The audience was stunned for a moment, then booed frantically, and of course, it was Westbrook. It's just that people seem to regard boos as honor, and they look proud!

"Hey, this ball is just a hello." Westbrook ran back proudly, as if he had just finished something big.

Tsk, just at the beginning, there was such a fierce fast attack, the two thunder are not simple, they are really as good as their name, and they move like thunder!