The Godfather of Basketball

When two flags were hoisted side by side in the Quicken Loans Arena, there were deafening cheers at the scene.

The cheers fell, and the scene entered the opening ceremony.

In the elongated tone of the on-site host, the starters of the two teams were introduced one after another.

For the Thunder, Westbrook and Sefolosha started in the backcourt, Durant and Ibaka were on the front line, and Perkins was the center.

For the Cavaliers, Paul and Green in the backcourt, James and Artest on the front line, and Yao Ming in the center.

The two teams jumped the ball, and Yao Ming beat Perkins by jumping the ball, giving the Cavaliers the opportunity to attack first.

Paul took the ball to the frontcourt and called Yao Ming to pick and roll.

The style of play of this Thunder team is very similar to that of the previous Heat team, relying mainly on defensive counterattacks.

Durant followed Green closely, Sefolosha clung to James, and Ibaka guarded the penalty area. The entire defensive system is a bit decent and layered.

Seeing that his teammates had no chance after the pick-and-roll, Paul dribbled the ball directly and brought Perkins back to the three-point line.

With the restraint of James and Yao Ming, the Thunder did not dare to double-team, and Paul got a one-on-one singles opportunity.

A crossover with left and right hands changing directions, shaking Perkins a little bit, he suddenly took a step to the right to break through, followed by a step back.

Perkins is full of tonnage, but his speed is his disadvantage, and Paul is good at speed, so he couldn't keep up at all this time.

Paul's step-back three-point shot.

"Shua!"

The ball crashed into the net.

Although he spent a lot of time this summer working on labor negotiations, judging from his state, private training has not been left behind at all.

The Cavaliers took the lead.

The Thunder's offense, Westbrook's breakthrough points, and Durant's catch-and-shoot jumper after Ibaka's pick-and-roll.

"Shua!"

The mid-range jumper is also firmly in the frame.

Durant is a freak in the league. He has the height of an insider but has the top shooting skills. After four years of training as a rookie, he has reached the peak of his personal ability.

In the Cavaliers' offense, James broke through for a layup and was interfered by Ibaka and missed the basket. Perkins received a defensive rebound.

The Thunder attacked the frontcourt, Durant received a pass from Westbrook in the frontcourt, and shot Artest directly from outside the three-point line.

A standard bukkake.

Durant's wingspan is super long, and Artest's jumping interference has no effect at all.

"Shua!"

Another hollow entry.

I don't know if it was affected by the Cavaliers' pre-game ring awarding ceremony, Durant's desire to attack is very strong.

The Cavaliers' offense, Yao Ming turned around and missed the basket, and Ibaka received the defensive rebound.

After Westbrook's pick-and-roll in the frontcourt, the zombies who went straight up and down couldn't get in. Yao Ming pressed Perkins and was about to receive a defensive rebound.

At this moment, a figure went straight to the basket from the outside, jumped up and grabbed the rebound before Yao Ming.

Durant!

After grabbing the offensive rebound, he dribbled the ball and took two steps out. Seeing that Artest's footsteps were a little slower, he turned around and made a mid-range shot.

After the ball was shot, it fell straight down through a high parabola.

"Shua!"

Still in!

Durant scored 7 points in a row in the opening game!

There was a commotion at the scene.

Durant entered the individual scoring mode as soon as he came up.

"Ron, don't let him catch the ball so easily!" Tang Tian shouted at Artest to remind him.

Durant is now one of the most stable shooters in the league. Once he finds his touch, it will bring huge trouble to the Cavaliers.

James went to the front court and asked for the ball directly.

Facing Sefolosha's defense, he chose to play one-on-one.

Sefolosha's defensive ability is excellent, but he is too weak in confrontation with James. After being forced to the inside, he can only choose to foul early and send James to the free throw line.

Made two free throws.

James continued to score for the Cavaliers.

Ibaka received the defensive rebound, Westbrook advanced to the frontcourt, turned around and looked for Durant again.

However, Artest began to stalk Durant off the ball at this time, not giving him an easy chance to catch the ball.

Westbrook glanced back and greeted Perkins' pick-and-roll, which was a direct choice to do it alone.

With one pick and one roll, he took the ball and rushed straight to the basket like carrying a dynamite bag. His style of play is the point guard version of James.

But just as he was about to hit the basket, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a blue figure running towards the basket on the weak side.

It's Durant!

When Westbrook broke through the pick-and-roll, he suddenly ran back and rushed to the basket.

Artest is still fighting, but his speed and reaction are much weaker than at the peak, and he can't catch up when he reacts.

Westbrook threw the ball into the air directly after seeing it.

Yao Ming came out of the defense, James was sent to the weak side by Seflo Sala, and after Durant shook off Artest, the basket was empty.

Durant jumped up when he saw the pass, held the basketball with his right hand in the air, stretched his arm, followed by a heavy one-handed dunk.

"Boom!"

The ball was smashed hard into the basket.

There was a commotion in the Quicken Loans Arena.

After Durant landed, there was a shout of excitement, and then he turned his head and gave Artest a cold look.

After Artest saw it, he immediately lost his temper, walked over quickly and gave Durant a hard push.

Durant reacted quickly and raised his hands directly.

The referee immediately gave Artest a technical foul.

There was booing.

Durant made a technical free throw.

The game has only been played for 3 minutes, and he has scored 10 points in a row!

10 to 4, the Thunder turned away and took the lead in the opening game.

The Thunder sent a sideline ball, and Westbrook caught the ball and missed a three-pointer.

Yao Ming received the defensive rebound, and Paul advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

James continued to ask for the ball to attack in the frontcourt. This time he directly chose an outside three-pointer after receiving the ball.

"boom!"

The shot was a little short, the rebound bounced out of the basket, and was accepted by Perkins.

Tang Tian got up at this moment and walked to the sidelines.

Durant's strength made the Cavaliers a little confused, and James' main attack did not have a good effect.

Westbrook dribbles past midfield.

"give it to me!"

At this moment, James yelled at Artest and directly chose to face Durant.

Durant shot with a touch at this time, no matter who was defending, he leaned against James to get the ball directly at the three-point line.

James put his focus on defense with all his strength.

After Durant got the ball, he turned around and faced James head-on.

James cut the ball several times without success.

Durant dribbled a step to the right, James clung to him, and he directly chose a large three-pointer with a step back.

"boom!"

The angle of the shot was a bit off under interference, and it hit the backboard directly.

But the ball rubbed against the rim and bounced to the rim, and after jumping up, it still fell into the net bag!

Three-pointer, still scored!

There was a dead silence.

After Durant scored a goal, he raised his hands high and his eyes were cold.

Because of his stable shooting ability and scoring explosiveness enough to kill the game, Durant in his previous life has been called "Reaper" by fans since 13 years.

A super domineering nickname.

And now his calm expression after scoring 13 points in a row, combined with the silent scene on the scene, it seems that this title will be born in advance.