Vol 3 Chapter 280: Behind halftime

The game is like this, as long as the referee's whistle sounds, everything is unknown. Regardless of the strength of the team and the gap, the performance of the players is the key to determining the trend of the game. The Thunder players did not perform badly, but the sudden emergence of Rondo really made them very passive.
Donovan called a timeout directly. He wasn't sure whether Rondo would continue to feel that way in the future. But not afraid of ten thousand, just in case! He is unwilling to take this risk. Donovan, who has always been cautious, didn't want to let the situation go down because of his fluke.
Back from the timeout, Anlor crossed the court with two screens from Robertson and Adams and got a shot in the right corner. Although the defensive end suffered a setback, the offensive end did not have much impact. And through the first two contests, Anluo has adapted to Holiday's defensive intensity. In the last game, he was able to make a sound on the offensive end, and this game naturally did better. Of course, this is inseparable from Paul George's outstanding performance. He helped Anlo share the defensive attention of the Pelicans.
With a three-pointer, the Thunder stabilized the situation. Next, switch them to defend.
Donovan didn't actually make any defensive tactical adjustments during the timeout. He still chose to double-team Davis and defend Holiday's strategy. As for Rondo, if he can't keep up, let him vote. Compared with Rondo, Davis and Holiday are much more threatened. Besides, he believed his judgment, Rondo couldn't always be so accurate. Moreover, the zone defenses of Westbrook, Anlow and Paul George pushed slightly beyond the three-point line, and Rondo's chances were much less.
The two sides reached the second half of the second quarter. At this time An Luo had already been sitting on the bench to rest. He still played the first half of the second quarter. After all, when he comes out with a rotation, he is much more efficient. But this time, Holiday is also on the court. An Luo personally did not take much advantage. But Kanter and the company commander were all covered. All the people are staring at An Luo, they seized the opportunity to score a lot of points.
In the second half of the second quarter, the confrontation between the two sides began to become fierce. Various small actions and trash talk are becoming more frequent. Although the coach and the referee were admonishing, the conflict broke out in the end! In fact, in the first two games, there were not many frictions, but the players were very restrained. The reason why this game broke out was a whistle blow by the referee.
With 2 minutes left in the second quarter, Westbrook grabbed a rebound and started a fast break. Maybe it's a bit tired after playing for too long, and the Pelicans' retreat speed has become slower. Westbrook drove straight in and hit Rondo at the free throw line. But this did not affect his breakthrough, Westbrook flashed to the right by force, bypassing Rondo and layup. At this time the referee's whistle sounded! Westbrook thought it was a 2+1, but the referee made a gesture of invalid goal.
Now Westbrook will not do it! He thought the goal was effective and immediately found the referee's theory. At this time, the Thunder were still 5 points behind the opponent, and Westbrook was also anxious. But no matter how Westbrook explained to the referee, the opponent still insisted on the original verdict.
Afterwards, Westbrook missed both free throws, and his mood was even worse! Rondo clapped his hands.
Davis got the rebound, and he immediately handed it to Rondo. When the latter advanced to the three-point line with the ball, he broke in with Moore's screen. Westbrook changed defense and got stuck in the route of Rondo's breakthrough. But Rondo was very fast, Westbrook just arrived with his front foot, and Rondo's back foot arrived. The two inevitably ran into each other.
"Beep~"
The two fell on the ground ignored the push and turned their heads to stare at the referee. I saw it facing the technical stage, making fists with both hands, with his forearms parallel to the ground, hitting twice at the waist, and then making a "0" gesture.
"Thunder No. 0, stop the foul!"
Rondo started clapping and cheering again, and gave the referee a thumbs up! Westbrook was upset all of a sudden, he pushed Rondo away and went to the referee to reason. Rondo was pushed by Westbrook and stopped doing it. He slobbed at Westbrook! Then, the two of them came together. The players from both sides flocked together in an instant, of course, to pull the frame.
The scene became chaotic for a while, and the game was forced to be suspended. In fact, Rondo and Westbrook didn't actually do it either. The two of them kept their heads on their heads, and kept spitting trash.
In the end, the referees each played 50 boards, and one person gave a technical foul. The conflict was settled ~EbookFREE.me~ In the remaining 2 minutes, An Luo played again. He actually only took a rest for less than 3 minutes. But Westbrook does need to be quiet, he can only play again.
Rondo was not on the court either, and An Luo had a good time for a while. However, after this twists and turns, the players on both sides have no intention of fighting. In the end, the Thunder failed to equalize the score. Of course, the Pelicans have not been able to pull the difference in one fell swoop.
The only goal the Thunder scored was from An Luo. Towards the end of this quarter, he took advantage of Brewer's screen, grabbed his position and threw the ball. However, the ball can only be counted as two points because of stepping on the line.
During the intermission, the reporters who came to the New Orleans Arena took action. Westbrook has become the focus of their visit. He was blocked directly in the player channel. If it weren't for the security guards in the arena to arrive in time, Westbrook would have had difficulty getting out.
After returning to the locker room, Westbrook was much calmer. Technical fouls are a good thing, and they always calm down those irritable players. But the referee's problem really irritated the Thunder players! Westbrook is just the one who performed more prominently.
"Guys, this is the home court of the Pelicans. We should be mentally prepared for such a penalty!" Donovan started his own speech in the locker room: "As long as we are on this court, we can't avoid such things. .But what I want to say is that the referee cannot decide the game. When a game can be controlled by the whistle, it must be because we are not leading enough. We just need to do what we should do and play that belongs to us Nothing is a problem with my own game rhythm."