Ford Center, home of the Thunder.
The two teams warmed up before the game, and James Harden also came over at this time.
"Sickle, you have to be careful today, Kevin said he will defend you personally!" Looking at James Harden's face full of melons.
"So? Are you here to tip me off?" Lian Dao asked suspiciously, tipping off a letter doesn't quite look like James Harden's style.
"No, no, no, I'm here to challenge you, be careful, I hope you don't let us win too easily." James Harden looked cheap.
"Just you..., I'll wait and see." Lian Dao revealed a dismissive expression.
Immediately, the two laughed and left each other to continue warming up.
Although the conversation between the two just now was very brief, Lian Dao could hear it from James Harden's words.
Durant's victory in this game is bound to be won, so today's game may not be easy. Lian Dao also wants to see Durant's current strength. This is also the first time the two have played against each other this season. Lian Dao was a little excited.
After the warm-up on the field, the scene entered the opening ceremony.
The away team goes first.
The first to appear on the Knicks side was David Lee.
The first player to play in the NBA is usually the team's second leader. Before Lian Dao came, David Lee could be regarded as the Knicks' leader player. After Lian Dao came, David Lee also became the team's second leader.
The last one is usually the head of the team, and the Knicks' Lian Dao is the last one to play.
Lian Dao's opening move is a boxing ceremony, which was a classic action of Bruce Lee in the last century. This is also a unique etiquette of the Chinese. Lian Dao took it here.
Originally planned to use the ok gesture, but after he used this gesture before, he was fined 50,000 dollars by the league after he left the game, because this gesture was defined as a gangster gesture, which was explicitly prohibited in the NBA, but Lian Dao at the time I forgot, I made it as soon as my brain got hot.
The fine of 50,000 dollars was the result of Stern's opening the door, because before Lian Dao, there was a player who made the same action as Lian Dao and was fined more than 100,000 dollars.
However, he couldn't think of anything else for the opening action, so he thought of the traditional Chinese clapping ceremony, so he used it as the opening action.
The main reason is that he is too lazy. The assistant teacher told him about the opening ceremony before, but he was fooled by the reason that he didn't think it through. .
After the opening ceremony, the starters of the two teams were released one after another.
Knicks main lineup.
Zhu Huo Ledi, Wilson Chandler, Lian Dao, Millsap, David Lee.
Still the original lineup, Chris Duhon has returned from injury, but D'Antoni still put him on the bench, mainly because the combination of Lian Dao and Zhu Huo Ledi is more lethal.
Thunder's main lineup.
Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic.
The game is about to start, and the players on both sides have solemn faces, and everyone wants to win the game.
Lian Dao's eyes fell on Durant. It has to be said that Durant is 208cm tall and has a 226cm wingspan. He really has an advantage in the third position.
Durant's wingspan is three centimeters longer than Lian Dao's, which is why Durant's defense is so good.
However, seeing Durant on the court, Lian Dao also thought of the affectionate address for Durant from later generations of netizens: "Contractor", let alone, now it seems that Durant really has a kind of unspeakable... The temperament of the contractor, especially because of his hunchback, once he stood on the court, those who didn't know thought this guy led a group of decoration teams.
That **** "glamorous" temperament.
Immediately, Lian Dao also saw Westbrook. Westbrook entered the NBA only a year earlier than Lian Dao, but now he looks as strong as a calf, the same height as Curry, Westbrook Golden State elementary school students could only drool watching the dunks that flew up and down the court. Of course, Curry's three-pointer also made many people drool.
This is the answer to that sentence: everyone may be the envy of others.
But Westbrook doesn't know if it's because of his too strong body, his shooting skills will hardly improve much in the future.
The Thunder's rising momentum this season is very strong, especially the Thunder's recent impressive record, but their ranking in the Western Conference has gradually risen. Now they are ranked eighth in the Western Conference. Don't think that the eighth record in the Western Conference is poor.
This season's eighth in the west, if it is in the east, it can be shot in fifth. The reason: involution! !
The West is too introverted, and there are many strong teams. The difference between the first place and the eighth place is only seven games, and the difference between the second place and the eighth place is five games. This means that you only need to lose one more game. It is very likely to miss the playoffs.
Both sides jump ball, Jeff Green and Millsap jump ball.
Jeff Green still took the lead and dialed the ball back to the Thunder half court.
Lian Dao has gotten used to the experience of failing the opening jump ball too much.
The Thunder attacked first, and it was Durant's off-ball tactics as soon as they came up.
Nenad Krstic stepped forward to pick and roll, and Durant went outside the three-point line to receive a pass from Westbrook. It is better to chase and defend Durant in time, in order to avoid being fooled, Durant is a little anxious to make this shot.
"Dang!" Sure enough, he hit the basketball and hit the basket.
"Bang!" But Westbrook, who was cutting inside to the basket, made a dunk while no one was paying attention.
Westbrook's physical fitness is really extraordinary, and he can dance too much.
2:0.
The Thunder went first.
Lian Dao also switched to playing off the ball. After handing over the basketball to Holiday, Lian Dao started running without the ball.
With the help of David Lee's cover, Lian Dao also had an opportunity. After Holiday passed the ball, Lian Dao quickly made a three-pointer from one step outside the three-point line.
Although Nenad Krstic had covered the defense in time, he was still a step behind.
"brush!"
2:3
In the same position, from a longer distance, Lian Dao hit a three-pointer in the opening game.
At this time, Lian Dao also made his three-point celebration gesture similar to "ok".
For the Thunder, Durant saw that Lian Dao was in the same position as himself and made a three-pointer that he missed.
Durant, who was thinking too much, thought that Lian Dao was deliberately trying to make himself look ugly, which made him look very ugly.
So, Durant now wants to return one from beyond the three-point line.
It was still the same tactic as before, except that this time it was Thabo Sefolosha who passed the ball to him. Green gave a high pick-and-roll, almost at the same point, and Durant made another outside shot.
But this time, Lian Dao was faster than the first time he defended. At the moment Durant made a shot, Lian Dao also leaped high, with a jump of 94 and a wingspan of 223cm. Just scratched the basketball.
The shot is really high, if he is slower, he will miss this block.
"Rebound!" Durant was a little surprised that Lian Dao was able to block his shot. He knew how high his release point was, and he added a little bit of a back for this shot, so it was basically impossible to be fooled. , but reality slapped itself in the face.
But his reaction was also quick. Immediately after landing, he shouted for his teammates to protect the post for a rebound.
But this time the Knicks didn't give the Thunder a chance, and Millsap was one step ahead of Nenad Krstic for the rebound.
Then it was passed to Holiday. After receiving the ball in the logo area, Holiday lobbed the ball to the right side of the basket.
Lian Dao leaped high in the air to hold down Holiday's pass, and directly made a tomahawk-style dunk.
"Bang!"
Lian Dao also tasted the joy of eating cakes at this time for the dunk dunk.
Lian Dao's chest-beating roar also made the fans at the Ford Center feel a little angry, and the audience erupted into strong boos.
Some Thunder fans even made mocking gestures towards Lian Dao.
Lian Dao didn't feel any impact on this. He has experienced boos not once or twice. He has experienced bigger boos than this one. Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, these teams Which of the home courts doesn't have to boo as much as Ford Center.
The higher the boos at home, the more panic they felt, and the more excited Lian Dao would be.