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Chapter 332 Unlimited Fire Power
From the data point of view, it is no problem for McHale to hope that Xu Hao and Love will support the team's offense. Both of them averaged more than 20 points per game this season. Also only 13.1 points.

However, McHale soon discovered that his expectations could only be half achieved, and Love did not play the scoring ability he hoped to see in the paint.In fact, Love is also very helpless. Although Collison's reputation is not obvious and his statistics are mediocre, he is very good at the defensive end. Unless he pulls out to shoot and completely gives up the inside, otherwise he will suffer from Collison.

Love didn't take advantage of Collison in the last game, and it's still the same this time.As long as he receives the ball inside, Collison will immediately appear behind him and hold him firmly, making it difficult for him to even turn around.

In desperation, Love can only pass the ball to the outside every time he receives the ball. If he wants to score, he can only go down the pick-and-roll or cover the shot. It is almost impossible to play singles.McHale said that he and Xu Hao were allowed to take on the heavy responsibility of offense, but in the end he could only rely on Xu Hao alone. This made Love feel very disappointed, and he desperately wanted to become stronger.

But becoming stronger is not something that can be done in a short period of time. Now he just needs to do what he can do.Xu Hao did his part to take over the main attack. If he didn't even stand up at this time, how much confidence would the Timberwolves have to complete the reversal?

Thunder doesn't seem to be planning to put more effort on the defensive end, which means that Xu Hao can attack unscrupulously. Anyway, San Shao can't defend himself, so he doesn't take advantage of the opportunity to score more points. When the opponent comes back to his senses, he will There is no place to cry.

After the start of the second quarter, the other players of the Timberwolves obviously felt that Xu Hao passed them fewer balls, and Xu Hao adopted more of his own singles strategy.The Thunder's defense was useless in front of him, and he could often get within the three-point line with a shake or change of direction, and then flashed past Ibaka's giant palm, sending the ball into the basket in various ways.

Everyone is convinced of Xu Hao's scoring ability, and therefore gave him more support.Originally, McHale wanted Xu Hao to take his teammates, but thinking about what happened in the previous game, his lips squirmed a few times, but he still didn't call out the timeout. Instead, he crossed his legs on the seat and watched quietly. Xu Hao rushed left and right with the ball.

In McHale's view, making demands on a player like Xu Hao is undoubtedly restricting his ability, so under normal circumstances he just gives a general idea, and Xu Hao decides how to implement it according to the situation on the field.And he has told Xu Hao privately that he can have unlimited shooting rights during the game, as long as the team needs him to score.

If it was before, Xu Hao would still think about how to drive his teammates while scoring, but now his mind is full of how to send the ball to the basket. For him at this time, nothing is more important than scoring. In one quarter, at least let the point difference between the two sides return to a reasonable range. It would be even better if the score can be tied or even reversed.

Now the Thunder are leading the team with Westbrook and Harden, which makes the Timberwolves' flanks a little relieved.Durant is simply a monster that shouldn't appear on the basketball court. In addition, he feels very hot tonight, and anyone who defends him feels unloved.When he rests off the court, everyone can relax a little bit.

Brewer took the initiative to help Xu Hao stare at Westbrook after taking the shot. The two teamed up to build a steel line of defense outside the three-point line, just to prevent Westbrook from going inside and forcing him to use awkward jumpers outside. to score.

Their strategy made Westbrook very unhappy. He was not a good shooter, and his three-point shooting was even worse. It would kill him to prevent him from breaking through.What's more, Westbrook is also used to breaking through and scoring the ball. If he is not allowed to enter the interior, he even forgets how to organize. This is not good news, and he still insists on controlling the ball.

It can be said that Xu Hao and Brewer teamed up to cut off the Thunder's offense, which caused Brooks a headache.Westbrook does not seem to be reliable, but he is the best among young point guards in the league in terms of talent and strength. Brooks also hopes that he will grow into a superstar, but now it seems that Westbrook still has many weaknesses to make up for. Like shooting a basketball.

The combination of Westbrook's paranoia over the ball and inefficient offense had a huge negative impact on the Thunder. Xu Hao took the opportunity to single-handedly score 8 points and narrow the difference between the two sides to 5 points. This is already very dangerous. There is a gap.Brooks simply replaced Westbrook with Durant, then replaced Sefolosha, and let Harden serve as the team's point guard.

After the substitution, the Thunder's offense finally improved, and Durant once again started a confrontation with Xu Hao.Originally, Harden could also provide fire support, but now he must focus most of his energy on the organization, and the score can only be postponed.

To Xu Hao's surprise, Sefolosha, who came on the field, was like a bloody chicken, constantly making physical contact, even if he was called a personal foul, he still wanted to prevent Xu Hao from scoring. The defensive intensity was not at the same level as before. .

Of course, Xu Hao is not afraid of such defensive intensity. In terms of physical fitness, he is even better than Sefolosha, but entangled with the opponent like this also makes him feel very irritated. The most important thing is that it makes every time he scores a goal. More difficult.On the contrary, Durant was very happy. He kept catching Brewer in the low post and frequently turned over the opponent's head to make jump shots.

The point difference between the two sides has not reopened, but it has not narrowed, and the Thunder still has the advantage in terms of morale.But Xu Hao doesn't care much about this matter. Now the Timberwolves only need him to maintain his form, and his teammates only need to provide support when he needs it.Since the head coach has given unlimited firepower, of course we must make full use of it.

Soon the second quarter ended in the confrontation between Xu Hao and Durant. They scored 15 points and 11 points respectively in this quarter, and they were in a hot state.But Sefolosha and Brewer, who were in charge of defending them, had nothing to love with each other. They would rather run twenty laps around the playground and throw themselves up than defend these two perverts face to face.

On the scoreboard, the score between the two sides was 67 to 63, with the Timberwolves trailing by 4 points. This has met Xu Hao's expectations.His idea is very simple. After the start of the second half, before the Thunder players can react, he can immediately play a small climax to regain the lead. The 4 points are only two rounds, and maybe one round can be wiped out. flat.

(End of this chapter)