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Chapter 336 Explodes in Silence
After arriving at the Target Center, the Thunder players naturally heard loud boos from the home fans. In fact, this place has been considered to be one of the devil’s home stadiums that scare visiting teams in the league. There have been many strong teams in this place before. Capsized in the gutter.But the generals of the Thunder turned a deaf ear to these boos, they are here for revenge this time!

The Thunder's abnormal behavior made the Timberwolves feel like they were facing an enemy. McHale said to everyone in the locker room: "The Thunder gave me the feeling like a volcano waiting to erupt. After the game started, I believe they will use the most ferocious attack. To tear our defense apart, so I hope everyone is mentally prepared, we have to survive this wave of offense."

Everyone responded that they had just met Lei Ting during the warm-up, and the other party looked at them as if they were looking at a dead person, which made people feel panicked.Xu Hao's feelings are undoubtedly the deepest. When he and Harden looked at each other, Harden just nodded at him slightly, and then turned around to warm up with his teammates. This is very rare.

The two formed a deep friendship as early as when they were in Arizona State University. Although they failed to play for the same team after entering the NBA, they still often walked around in private. One will consciously arrange a dinner party. It can be said that these two young people from different countries are not brothers but brothers.However, Harden did not express anything special to Xu Hao tonight. It seemed that the atmosphere in the Thunder team was very strange.

This made Xu Hao cautious and did not dare to act rashly. He had already made up his mind to be more careful tonight to avoid being black-handed by the opponent on the field.Whether he can win the game is the next thing, and if he is injured again, it is basically over.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started.This time the Thunder unexpectedly put Sefolosha back in the starting lineup, leaving Harden to lead the second unit.Their substitutes didn't score many points in the last game. Although San Shao always kept at least two of them on the court at the same time, they took most of the shots, and the others had no chance to score at all.According to the rotation before the game against the Timberwolves, Westbrook and Durant can get more rest time, Harden can also show himself when leading the bench, and other Thunder players can of course get more shots.

It seems that Brooks does not intend to blindly fight against the Timberwolves in the third game, so he put away the strongest lineup including the three young players.Xu Hao couldn't help being surprised: Do I still have to rely on Sefolosha for the restrictions mentioned earlier?
Sure enough, after the game started, Sefolosha followed Xu Hao closely like a shadow, and did everything he could, not afraid of being called a foul by the referee.Such a stalking defense surprised Xu Haoda. This is not Oklahoma. Any referee can only blow the home whistle. How can there be any reason to blow the away whistle?Could it be that the Thunder's idea is to let Sefolosha graduate early and not let himself score?No matter how you look at it, it looks like killing eight hundred enemies and destroying one thousand!

However, Sefolosha's reckless defense had a very good effect. Xu Hao did not score a point in the first 3 minutes of the game, and only sent 2 assists. Most of the Timberwolves' scores came from individual singles, and the offense was completely unsystematic. .On the contrary, everyone in the Thunder is on the same team. Westbrook and Durant no longer take care of everything. Sefolosha, Ibaka and even Collison all get shooting opportunities. Whether they hit or not is put aside for the time being, as long as there are shooting opportunities. It is already commendable.

When McHale called a timeout with 6:11 left in the first quarter, the Timberwolves trailed 13-20.It's not that they haven't fallen behind in the previous games, but they don't seem to be stumbling like they are now.Their performance surprised the home fans, and many people shouted, hoping to inspire the fighting spirit of the Timberwolves players on the field.

McHale automatically ignored the voices of the fans. He knocked on the tactical board and said bitterly: "Don't you guys still make me say that, you can't play when Chris is guarded to death? Later in the game After restarting, according to our training tactics, move more, catch and pass the ball quickly, don't stagnate, create space for Chris, understand?"

"No problem!" Everyone shouted in unison, feeling ashamed that they had not helped Xu Hao just now.Seeing that the coach finished speaking, Xu Hao hurriedly said to his teammates: "It's not really a favor to me. Let's create space for each other. Although Sefolosha is troublesome, I will try my best to spread good news to you." The ball, as long as you can make it."

Xu Hao said these two words very sincerely, and the few people who had complained about McHale before felt at ease.Just like what Xu Hao said, we are a team, and we can’t talk about who helps others. Although Xu Hao is the outside core of the team, other people will open up space for him, and he will also create opportunities for others. All serve him.

After the game restarted, the Timberwolves players followed McHale's instructions to pass and run quickly, continuously shuttling through the Thunder's defense, disrupting the opponent's deployment.Although Sefolosha was still sticking to Xu Hao like brown sugar, Xu Hao still found a space to pass the ball. The wide field of vision allowed him to quickly find teammates who were in the gap, and then pass the ball in time.The teammates also maintained a high shooting rate very well, converting passes into assists.

Of course, the Thunder can also accelerate. They already have such strength, but the speed of the Timberwolves is different. Their speed is also in good order. Everyone's running route is determined, not disrupting the battle like the Thunder.Fortunately, Brooks has repeatedly told the players before the game not to follow the pace of the Timberwolves, otherwise it will be difficult to beat the opponent.

Relying on the resurgent offense, the Timberwolves finally narrowed the point difference to 3 points at the end of the first quarter, but the score between the two sides was an astonishing 43 to 40. It is quite rare for two teams to score at least 40 points in the first quarter at the same time.McHale frowned even more. This was the first time the Timberwolves scored 40 points in a single quarter this season but were still behind their opponents.

To some extent, this Thunder team is even more terrifying than the previous two games. Everyone on the field just kept their heads down and did their own thing, without yelling or blaming each other, but they broke out extraordinary strength.It seems that they really came prepared, the previous silence was just to cover up people's eyes and ears or to accumulate anger, they didn't want to lose.

(End of this chapter)