Under Wang Yi's relief, the coach felt a little relieved.
The game on both sides continues.
Next, the Spurs will no longer release Westbrook.
When Danny passed the ball to Westbrook, the defensive player on the opposite side immediately came to Westbrook and interfered with his three-point shot.
Westbrook is no longer the fool he once was, nor does he only shoot three-pointers.
Seeing the opposing defensive player rushing towards him, he made a fake three-point shot, shook the defensive player, and then dribbled past the defensive player.
Came to the mid-range, and then came his signature zombie jumper.
Westbrook's jumper is like a stick going straight up and down, and it looks like his legs are not bent, so it is affectionately called a zombie jumper by Chinese fans.
In the early and middle stages of his career, Zombie's jump shot shooting percentage was pretty good.
But in the later stages of his career, his zombie jump shot shooting percentage became worse and worse.
So when he hit this jumper, both his teammates and opponents were a little surprised.
Teammates were more applauding and encouraging, while opponents looked down upon him a bit, especially Kenny who was guarding Westbrook.
Seeing Westbrook hit a mid-range shot, he followed behind Westbrook and laughed and said:
"Hey, this old guy can actually hit a mid-range shot. It's not easy!"
An NBA player hit a mid-range shot and was complimented. This is not a compliment, this is an insult.
Westbrook glanced back at Kenny:
"That's not the only thing that makes me not simple. Little one, please learn a little bit."
Looking back, Kenny faced Westbrook, and after a simple change of direction, he passed him directly.
Fortunately, the Kings tightened their defense and stayed in the penalty area, preventing Kenny from breaking in.
Kenny could only pull outside and face Westbrook again. After another one-step pass, he also reached a mid-range shot.
However, he failed to hit the target from mid-range.
Looking back, Westbrook was still waiting outside the three-point line.
This time Kenny stared at Westbrook and refused to let him catch the ball.
However, when Danny Jr. rushes inside, Kenny, as the Spurs' defensive player, must retreat to protect the basket.
This gave Westbrook another space, and Danny passed the ball from behind to Westbrook in the left corner.
Although Kenny took it back, he was actually paying attention to Westbrook at all times.
When the ball flew towards Westbrook, he had already chased the ball towards Westbrook.
The moment Westbrook received the ball, he had already jumped high to block the shot.
However, Westbrook only swayed slightly, and after Kenny flew past him, he took another three-pointer.
Since his previous shots had all been successful, this time his shots were more decisive.
Finally, he easily hit the three-pointer.
Just like that, in just three minutes of playing time in the first quarter, Wei Shao hit 4 3-pointers and one mid-range shot.
Scored 14 points in three minutes!
On the contrary, Kenny, who faced him, only scored 7 points in these three minutes, although his performance was good.
As a result, at the end of the first quarter, the originally tied situation was broken by Westbrook alone.
The Kings temporarily lead by 7 points.
When the players from both sides came off the court, Popovich took a look at Westbrook on the court.
His white eyebrows wrinkled slightly.
Everything else can be calculated by myself, but I didn't expect the Kings to send Westbrook today.
And Westbrook performed so well on the field. In just three minutes, he scored 14 points, which is simply frighteningly efficient.
When Westbrook came off the field, Wang Yi was the first to greet him, jumping up and bumping chests with Westbrook.
Then he hugged Wang Yi and Westbrook heavily.
"Man, I knew you still had gas in the tank! Go to hell with those guys who told you to retire quickly!"
At this time, Westbrook had the feeling of scoring points that he had not seen for a long time. His whole spirit was completely different. He hugged Wang Yi heavily and then said:
"Man, I think I'm good again!"
"It's not that you can do it again, but that you have always been able to do it!"
Wang Yi said with an exaggerated laugh.
Other Kings players also came over and high-fived Wei Shao one by one.
D'Antoni smiled and patted Westbrook on the shoulder and said: "At the beginning of the second quarter, keep going!"
Westbrook's performance is so good, naturally he cannot be benched.
On the Spurs side, Mr. Bo is also studying countermeasures.
"Kenny, after coming on the court in the second quarter, you will be responsible for guarding Westbrook. Of course, do not affect the overall tactics and strategies of our team. For example, when you want to double-team the inside, you must come back. You can give up guarding Westbrook for a short time.
a little."
The female assistant coach next to her asked softly: "Westbrook is so accurate, can we give up guarding him?"
Popovich also laughed: "Do you think Westbrook alone can defeat us? No matter how accurate he is, he is just a role player and a flash in the pan. We cannot change our established policies and strategies because of him."
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In the first few minutes of the second quarter, Wang Yi was supposed to rest off the court, but today in order to stay on the court as long as possible and complete the four-double tasks given by the system, Wang Yi took the initiative to ask the coach to start the second quarter.
Just come on stage.
As for Wang Yi's request, as long as it is not particularly excessive or unreasonable, the coach will agree to it.
So at this time, head coach D'Antoni arranged for Wang Yi to replace Danny Jr.
Seeing this, Bobo frowned again.
What happened to the Kings today? They didn't play according to the routine at all.
In the first round, Kenny attacked the opposing Spurs, and Wang Yi took the initiative to defend Kenny.
Kenny naturally knew that it was not easy to break through Wang Yi, so he called a screen and tried to put Westbrook in front of him.
However, Wang Yi and Westbrook did not adopt a pick-and-roll defense strategy. Instead, they simply shouted to Wei Shao: "I'll chase him!"
So after the Spurs picked and rolled, Wang Yi forced his way past the players on the screen to chase Kenny.
Of course, he wasted a little time by squeezing through, and Kenny broke into the three-point line. But with Wang Yi's speed, he didn't care about this distance and chased directly into the three-point line.
Seeing Kenny going for a layup, Wang Yi blocked Kenny with a huge block.
Then he turned around and headed towards the frontcourt.
Although he was still under the opponent's basket when he started, his speed was so fast that he passed four or five people and took the lead to the basket in the frontcourt.
The Spurs players also turned around and defended the basket, but Wang Yi did not go for a layup, but passed the ball to Westbrook who followed behind.
Westbrook took the ball and dunked it directly.
The 42-year-old veteran dunked, which was his first dunk on the court after a year and a half.
Chapter completed!