Vol 3 Chapter 664: A good start

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An 11-point lead in three quarters is actually not an advantage. As far as the current basketball system is concerned, games with 20 and 30 reversals abound. Therefore, during the inter-quarter break, Donovan warned his players very seriously to stand up and never let go.
Everyone knows that the Raptors' counterattack in the last quarter will definitely be fierce. Nass will not give up these 12 minutes. They may only need a strong offensive to catch up the score and bring the game back.
However, Donovan did not want to limit the opponent's counterattack through defense. He is very aware of the current defensive ability of the Thunder, and simply carrying this shield to resist the opponent's attack may not be very effective. Therefore, he still insisted on the strategic deployment since the third quarter and played against the opponent.
An Luo did not start in the fourth quarter. Donovan hoped that he would get more rest time to deal with the final battle. Also sitting on the bench with him were Adams and Gallinari. These players played for a long time in the third quarter. Now, while the team is in a relatively safe situation, adjust their state and then go to harvest the game.
However, An Luo and others did not rest on the bench for too long. Nas was obviously angry, and he directly came out with all the main force, wanting to turn the situation around while the Thunder rotates. Donovan did not follow up immediately. He wanted to see how strong his rotation was and whether he could take on a heavier burden in the game. At the same time, Donovan also has plans to train the lineup. After all, the whole season is quite long, and Donovan can't finish all the games with only those main players.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Raptors took the lead in attacking.
Lowry took the ball into it diagonally from the right three-point line. He was leaning against Alexander at the three-point line, his shoulders dwarfed, and he arched hard to get in. The "Small Steel Cannon" ability is still very strong. The young Alexander was obviously not well prepared and was passed by the opponent. However, his reaction was dissatisfied. He immediately turned and chased him. With the advantage of his height and wingspan, he still maintained the defensive threat. It was not an easy task for Lowry to score a direct layup.
When Lowry burst in, Siakam and Gasol completed a ball-free screen at the top of the arc. The former went straight to the basket, and the latter moved in the opposite direction. Lowry hit the ground and passed the ball to Siakam, and Robertson and Noel immediately doubled over. Just after the Thunder's defensive attention was drawn to Siakam, Gasol has pulled beyond the three-point line.
Perhaps Siakam's impression of everyone is too prominent. After he gets the ball, he just rushes in. But this time, Siakam did not choose to score a layup, but threw the ball out of his head. After Gasol received the ball from the three-point line, Grant pounced from the right, but it was too late. The former shoots arrows directly with a bow and hits the ball.
This attack, this is the beginning of a strong attack by the Raptors.
Looking back, Alexander received Westbrook's pass and rushed in from the right three-point line. Facing Lowry, he changed his direction in front of him, strode over his right leg, and left him directly behind him. The space under the basket is not wide, Noel and Gasol are standing in it. However, Alexander did not give up this attack. After all, it is a young man who has a rare opportunity to perform. Naturally, he is unwilling to pass the ball. However, young people always face various blows before they can grow up. Alexander circumvented Noel who had come up with a European step, and then flew up. When he was about to throw the ball, a giant palm fell from the sky and slapped the basketball in his hand to the floor. It turned out that when Alexander rushed up, Siakam had already begun to shrink towards the penalty area. After Alexander passed Lowry and Little Gasol, his vigilance relaxed, and Siakam, who was caught up, slammed his hat firmly.
Lowry's eyesight is quick, he grabs the basketball into his hands, and quickly gets out of the crowd to launch a counterattack. Van Fleet ran faster than Lowry, and his position was already on the outside, so his chances were very good. Lowry naturally saw Van Vleet, so he drove the ball out of the three-point line and then took a right hand round and threw it toward the latter's position a little earlier.
Van Vleet was directly connected to the basketball while he was marching, and rushed to the basket with his right hand, easily hitting the ball into the basket.
Within a minute, the Thunder were beaten 5:0 by the Raptors. But Donovan was not in a hurry, he still sat on the sidelines with his hands in his arms, watching the game blankly.
In the next two minutes ~EbookFREE.me~ Westbrook and Alexander succeeded in layups and barely helped the team stabilize the situation. But after Van Vleet made another three-pointer after a borrowed screen, Donovan finally called a timeout after reducing the difference between the two sides to only 5 points.
Judging from the situation, Donovan had to call this timeout in a passive situation. But the Chesapeake Energy Arena fans cheered instead. Because, Anluo, Gallinari and Adams who have been resting on the sidelines are all going to play!
When An Luo returned to the game, the Thunder's offense suddenly changed.
The energetic An Luo was more comfortable when running. After he came up, he cut to the basket with Robertson's screen and scored 2 points after receiving a pass from Westbrook. Looking back, Siakam's layup was rejected by the basket under the interference of Adams. Westbrook grabbed a rebound and went straight to a quarterback with a long pass, accurately found An Luo who had retreated to the top of the arc, and assisted the latter for a three-pointer. An Luo, who scored 5 points in a row, did not stop his offensive rhythm. After Siakam broke through and scored a goal, he shot Lowry in the right elbow and turned left and turned right and hit a goal. Turned over to shoot a jumper and scored 2 points.
The Thunder's momentum boiled under An Luo's continuous scoring, and even the defensive end showed a rare suppression. Although the Raptors did not give up the game in the next few minutes and played very aggressively, the scores of both sides have always been maintained at about 10 points. Whenever the Raptors play a wave of offensive, An Luo will immediately respond.
In the end, the Thunder defeated the visiting Raptors 122:110 at their home court and won the start of the new season. At the same time, they have also won their first game at the Chesapeake Energy Arena for three consecutive years.