20demayo 541 - Was the pass just to pad his assist count?!
541 - Was the pass just to pad his assist count?!
The basketball traced a perfect arc in the air, flying straight towards the basket.
Just when Curry thought he was sure to make the shot, another unexpected thing happened.
The basketball bounced off the rim again.
However, Su Hao still managed to grab the rebound over the opponent's head.
This scene left the entire Thunder team feeling extremely frustrated.
Everyone knew Su Hao was a great rebounder, but they thought that with their advantage of having more players under the basket, they could win this defensive rebound against Su Hao.
However, the truth is that they simply cannot do it.
Su Hao firmly controlled the rebound, and just when everyone thought he wouldn't pass the ball to Curry on the outside this time...
Su Hao actually threw the ball out of the paint again, and it landed precisely in Curry's hands.
"No way! Su Hao is passing the ball to him? Curry only made one three-pointer today! He's missed several shots in a row, and he's still passing it to him?" Barkley was stunned by Su Hao's actions.
Although similar situations have occurred between Su Hao and Curry in previous games.
But this time they actually dared to do it again!
The Thunder, however, had no way to deal with it.
He could only watch helplessly as Su Hao passed the ball to Curry.
Harden was sticking close to Curry this time, not giving him any easy opportunities to shoot.
For Curry, this can no longer be considered a second chance.
That's clearly three chances to attack.
It's difficult to decide whether to vote or not.
With no suitable shooting opportunity, Curry dribbled the ball on the perimeter, looking for chances.
At the same time, David Lee stepped forward to cover for him.
This time, the Thunder didn't give Curry easy shooting opportunities like they had before.
Unfortunately, Curry ultimately chose to pass the ball to Gordon, who was closest to him.
After receiving the ball, Gordon realized that there were only two seconds left on the shot clock.
If we don't shoot now, it will become a mistake.
With the shot clock about to expire, Gordon faced Durant, who was mismatched against him.
He made a three-pointer.
However, this hasty shot failed to hit the basket.
The basketball bounced off the rim again.
The Clippers' three offensive possessions have already taken almost a minute.
As the basketball bounced off the rim, Perkins, Westbrook, and Ibaka jumped together.
They wanted to protect that rebound.
Just when they thought they had victory in the bag and would be able to grab the rebound before Su Hao could,
Something unexpected happened again.
Perkins, who successfully grabbed the rebound, lost his footing after landing.
In a hasty move, he passed the ball to Westbrook, who was not far from him.
However, he overlooked Su Hao, who was also very close to him.
The moment the ball was passed, Su Hao intercepted it.
At the same time, quickly step back two steps while holding the ball with one hand.
He took a mid-range shot as Ibaka came to help defend.
The basketball flew over Ibaka's head, tracing a perfect arc in the air, and headed straight for the basket.
"That ball is sure to go in!"
"We must go!"
The home fans cheered in unison.
Su Hao had a real chance to score under the basket, but once again chose to move further away from the hoop.
This also made the guests in the Tencent studio restless.
"What is Su Hao doing? He could have easily dunked under the basket, but he insisted on going further away to shoot a mid-range shot that he's not good at? That's really a bit arrogant!" Yang Yi shouted.
No sooner had he finished speaking than the basketball landed steadily in the hoop.
This is practically a slap in the face to Yang Yi.
"Look, Su Hao is so confident. He can choose to shoot from a farther position. He must be sure of his ability. Otherwise, with his skills, he would definitely choose to dunk!" Su Qun laughed.
It seems that Su Qun highly approves of Su Hao's mid-range shooting.
"I have to say, Su Hao's mid-range shooting is really good, much better than last season! At least in the last game, he had a 99% shooting percentage in mid-range shots!" Coach Zhang chimed in.
After Su Hao successfully made that mid-range shot.
Thunder head coach Brooks immediately called a long timeout.
"Su Hao, it has to be you! Without you under the basket, our rebounding would be insecure! We wouldn't dare to shoot three-pointers so recklessly!" Curry said with a smile as he walked with Su Hao toward the bench.
Su Hao glanced at Curry and said with a wry smile, "You bastard, you just wasted several of my passing opportunities. If you could make a few more three-pointers like before, I could rack up a few more assists!"
"What? You passed me the ball just to rack up assists?" Curry exclaimed.
Actually, Su Hao was just joking with Curry!
With his abilities, he doesn't care about a few assists at all.
"I know you're joking with me! Do you really care about a few assists? Rebounding is your forte!" Curry continued when Su Hao didn't respond.
When the Thunder players returned to the sidelines, Coach Brooks immediately gathered all the players together.
"I know you can't stop Su Hao right now, but you can't let him steal so many rebounds under the basket! Are you all blockheads?" Brooks tried to motivate his players and wake them up.
However, the Thunder players were powerless to help.
Facing Su Hao, who was taller and stronger.
There is absolutely no way to restrain him.
Isn't it unreasonable for the coach to make such a demand?
"Coach, we simply don't have the ability to contain Su Hao. Perkins is as weak as a chick in front of him! How could we possibly do it?" Westbrook retorted.
It was clear that Westbrook was very unhappy with Perkins' defense under the basket.
Not only did he fail to defend Su Hao even once, but he also allowed Su Hao to grab multiple offensive rebounds over his head.
Even worse, during the pass, the ball was intercepted by the opponent.
This is simply unbearable.
"You can't blame Perkins for this. To be honest, even if you brought in any other big man in the league, they wouldn't be able to withstand Su Hao's offensive onslaught!" Durant stepped in to clear the way.
When he saw Durant talking to him, Parkinson immediately straightened his back.
"Coach, you really can't blame me for this. My defense was very good. If you have to blame someone, it's Su Hao's individual ability that's too strong. You know, even the Celtics' powerful interior players couldn't limit Su Hao's performance, let alone me!" Perkins looked at the coach with a silly expression.
Upon hearing this, Coach Brooks immediately changed the subject.