Vol 3 Chapter 672: Behind halftime

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The "heads-up" between Anluo and Mitchell did not last too long. After all, today is different. The era of relying on the infinite singles of stars to attract spectators and win games is gone. The current offensive and defensive system requires more players to participate in the game. Players do more in the game to integrate the individual into the team's overall system, rather than let the whole accommodate the individual.
The Jazz had a good lead in the first quarter. At home, they found their status earlier than the Thunder.
When Anlow and Mitchell's brief confrontation ended, the Jazz's Ingles began to play his role in the elbow zone. He hit two consecutive jumpers and led the Jazz to another 11-2 offensive climax.
At this time, only 7 minutes have passed since the first quarter, and the Thunder's trailing score has been pulled to double digits by the opponent. Donovan had to call a timeout. During this period of time, the Jazz's offensive oppressive force is too strong! He must come to ease the pressure on the court and replace Westbrook and Robertson who are not in good shape by the way.
After returning from the timeout, the Thunder's offense slowly found its own rhythm.
After Westbrook rested, An Luo automatically entered the role of organizer. This, after he showed his excellent passing ability in the last game, Donovan confirmed it for him.
Conley is an outstanding player on both offense and defense. Moreover, he has a more sophisticated game experience than Mitchell. Therefore, An Luo did not play more easily at the first position than at the second position. Fortunately, when Alexander and Grant were on the court, Anlo's pressure on the offensive end was much reduced.
Under the cover of Adams, An Luo got rid of Conley's entanglement. However, Gobert's replacement defense still brought him tremendous pressure. Although more flexible and faster than the opponent, An Luo couldn't shake the opponent after several attempts. But not every defender is Chris Paul. It's still a little difficult to play small and big.
However, Anluo watched Alexander's figure between toss and turns. Young people are always very active in the game, actively defending, actively running, and actively looking for opportunities. As soon as Anlo saw him, Alexander was already under the cover of his teammates without the ball, throwing off the defender and cutting into the free throw line. This is obviously a good opportunity! An Luo would naturally not hesitate.
An Luo's pass made Alexander feel very comfortable. He received the ball naturally while on the move and flew up, leading Gobert, who immediately let An Luo rushed towards him, to throw a high throw.
The basketball crossed a high arc and fell steadily into the basket.
Alexander rushed towards An Luo excitedly, and the two had a passionate collision near the middle circle. An Luo had a very familiar feeling about Alexander's reaction, and he treated Westbrook in the same way three years ago. Thinking of this, An Luo couldn't help but smile. Time flies too fast! In a blink of an eye, he is also a veteran! A veteran who can take care of newcomers in the game.
In the first quarter, An Luo played for 10 minutes. Compared to the last game, it took another two minutes. Unknowingly, An Luo has surpassed Westbrook in playing time. However, the game situation is not ideal for the Thunder. When An Luo was off the court, the Thunder trailed by 5 points. But this difference was once again opened to double digits by the Jazz in the last two minutes. Mudiae, who came off the bench, made an eye-catching performance and made two three-pointers.
In the second quarter of the game, Donovan went uncharacteristically and directly allowed Anluo and Gallinari to come out with three substitutes. Although he doesn't like D'Antoni's employment policy very much, it has to be said that such an arrangement is indeed very effective.
An Luo took the lead and blew the offensive horn at the beginning of the game. After he made a three-pointer against Conley with a retreat step, on the defensive end, he used his height and wingspan to successfully interfere with Conley's shooting. Then, he rode to the basket and flew up to finish. The first dunk in the new season.
Originally, Conley and An Luo were in the outermost position. When Anlow broke the ball, no one in the Jazz could stop him from scoring. Although Conley caught up, he was already behind when he started, and he could only watch An Luo complete a blasting windmill dunk.
When Anlo blew the offensive horn, everyone else on the court took action.
Gallinari immediately followed Anlo's momentum to score 5 points and hit a goal from beyond the three-point line. Then, Alexander also had a three-pointer. Under the fierce attack of these guys, the Thunder made a 16:5 counterattack climax in the first 3 minutes of the quarter~EbookFREE.me~ to tie the score to 43.
With a timeout by Snyder, the atmosphere of the game suddenly became tense. The boos in the energy solution arena became louder, and the confrontations and physical contact between the players became more frequent in subsequent games.
After returning from the timeout, Mitchell began to exert force. In fact, he has been helping the Jazz score. However, in the first few minutes, he prefers to use his shots to solve problems. Of course, Mitchell's shooting ability is pretty good. But no matter what, his hit rate in the past few minutes is really not high.
After a short break, he finally opened!
After bypassing O'Neal's screen, Mitchell pulled up directly, faced Gallinari who was leaping towards him, and threw the ball in.
Mitchell returned a three-pointer to help the team regain the lead, and the two teams saw a few rounds later. The teenager Alexander performed well and scored 7 points in a row to help the team complete the lead at 2:15 before halftime.
However, in the last two minutes, the Jazz once again won the lead. First, O'Neal scored 5 points in a row, and then Mitchell broke through and dunked. Had it not been for Westbrook's sudden cold arrow from outside the three-point line and a three-pointer, the Thunder would have handed in a goal in the last two minutes of the second quarter.
At the end of halftime, the score of the two sides was fixed at 59:64, with the visiting team Thunder ahead and the home team Jazz behind.
It was not surprising that the Thunder fell behind with the Jazz in the first half. After all, the Jazz are also a very strong team. At this level of competition, whoever is in better condition can take the initiative of the game. Of course, the five-point difference is not actually a gap between the two teams, and there is no advantage to say that there is no twenty points.