On the evening of January 19th, Philadelphia Wachovia Center Arena.
Thunder challenges Philadelphia 76ers away from home.
The game officially started under the eyes of everyone.
At the beginning, McGee jumped to get the ball, and Thunder attacked first.
After Westbrook brought the ball to Frontcourt, facing Simmons's defense, he did not choose to attack, but first chose Pick-and-Roll who found Chen Xi.
A very signature starting move.
Chen Xi Pick-and-Roll After Pop Out catches the ball, then Face-Up Isolation Redick.
Facing this group of players who have had troubles since joining League, Chen Xi will certainly not be lenient.
After Triple Threat tested, he stepped on another Jab Step, then collected the ball and made Shot Fake, tricking Redick into going up and down. Chen Xi immediately dropped the ball to break through. With a quick first step, he squeezed past the body and entered the Three-Pointer line.
Then Chen decelerated rapidly and got stuck at the previous position of Free-Throw Line, where it was Dribble.
While using his body to hold Redick behind him, he also occupied a very comfortable position.
In a relatively high position, Embiid does not dare to come up to help defend. Once he goes up to Hedge, Chen Xi can immediately send a wonderful pass to help McGee complete the finish.
So he chose to retreat Rim Protection.
Naturally, Chen Xi would not be used to it. After taking a slight step forward, Floater took action directly.
Two points easily hit.
Philadelphia 76ers counterattacks.
After Simmons holds the ball to Frontcourt, find Pick-and-Roll of Embiid at Top of the Key, and then release the ball.
Then...Simmons ran to the basket and prepared to grab the board, and then Big Butt Top of the Key Isolation McGee~~
A very guard-like style of play. After continuous changes, he breaks through, and then pulls back to shoot a jump shot after a sudden stop.
Basketball hit the back edge of Rebound, but continued forward and hit Rebound, rebounded and slid into the net.
Thunder serves again.
Westbrook Top of the Key continues to look for Pick-and-Roll, this time it is Collins.
Westbrook took advantage of the cover, Hesitation Dribble broke through, Drove straight into the paint was about to take off facing Embiid.
The speed was so fast that Big Butt had no time to defend and could only pull it down fiercely.
Westbrook rolled around on the ground after landing and hit the cushioning foam in front of the basket base.
Very dangerous action.
Chen Xi hurried forward to check the situation of Westbrook.
Fortunately, it was nothing serious. He was not injured due to the cushioning of his hands on the ground.
After pulling up Westbrook, Chen Xi turned around and sprayed Trash Talk at Embiid.
"Do you only know how to use this kind of action? You bastard?!"
Perhaps because he was slightly unreasonable, looking at the menacing Chen Xi, Big Butt turned around and ignored him.
Referee also stepped forward very promptly at this time and pushed Chen Xi away to prevent the conflict from escalating.
For Chen, Referee still gave enough care.
Even though this guy hasn't caused any trouble for a long time, we can't forget his dark history just because of that.
Other players may just pretend to be tough and fight but then retreat, but this guy really takes action.
JR Smith, and Redick standing not far away, must have a deep understanding of this.
Not only does he really know how to do it, he also does it very lightly, and his body skills are so good that even Teammates can't hold him back if he's so slippery.
After a brief interlude, Westbrook stepped on Free-Throw Line and made two free throws.
The ball returns to Philadelphia 76ers.
After Simmons brought the ball to Frontcourt, he found Wilson Chandler Pick-and-Roll, then accelerated the breakthrough and entered Interior.
Facing Collins' help in defense, Simmons faked a shot and then quickly released the ball to Redick who came around from behind Muscala in the bottom corner.
Redick catches the ball Three-Point Shot.
Basketball Swished Through the Net.
Chen Xi Referee rushed to the sideline with some dissatisfaction and complained that Muscala was suspected of moving to cover.
But it was ignored by Referee.
Tmd!
Turn around, run behind Frontcourt, ask for the ball from Westbrook, turn around and continue Face-Up Isolation.
After a change of direction, Crossover Step broke through, easily passed Redick, and then rushed directly to Paint, facing Embiid's Rim Protection, Chen Xi quickly jumped Behind-the-Back Wraparound to Layup, with a time difference of Big Butt, and easily completed the finish.
Philadelphia 76ers attacks again, Simmons continues to hold the ball at Top of the Key, waits for Redick on the other side to quickly go around, and then receives a pass from Hand-off, relying on the cover of Simmons, Quick Draw Three-Pointer.
Basketball Swished Through the Net, but the whistle sounded before the sound of shabu-shabu.
Offensive Foul!
During the Chase Defense process, Chen Xi collided with Simmons and rebounded directly to the ground, causing him a screen foul.
This is the effect of the complaint just now. Although Referee ignored Chen Xi, he could still hear the words, so Possession would subconsciously pay attention to Philadelphia 76ers's covering action.
Many players are always criticized and complain too much about penalties to Referee.
Essentially, it's all about timing. For example, when one side completes the attack and wants to Re-inbound pass, it's actually harmless to say a few words at this time. If you give Referee an attitude, he may get a whistle for you based on balance. If you don't express your opinion, he may not care about you and still follow his own standards.
After all, Referee is also a human being, and it is impossible to be fair all the time.
Of course, if the referee comes with a mission, there is nothing he can do~~
As for Doncic, why he was later criticized for complaining to Referee? The main reason is that when an attack failed to succeed, he would go to Referee for the theory, and then it would be easy for the opponent to counterattack and promote Frontcourt's five-on-four opportunity.
This would be somewhat counterproductive.
Of course, whether there is any partiality from League is a matter of opinion.
Back on the court, possession of the ball changes.
Thunder attack.
Westbrook still found Pick-and-Roll of Chen Xi in Frontcourt.
Chen Xi Pop Out caught the ball and faced Simmons who had switched defenses. Without stopping, he dropped the ball directly to break through. He moved quickly and was half a body length away from Simmons.
After entering Free-Throw Line, quickly turn to the right, then quickly pull the ball back to the left hand, and then move under the right hip with the left back. After Hop Step, completely throw Simmons away, and then take the extremely smooth Mid-range shot.
Basketball Swished Through the Net.
8 to 5
Touch The fiery Chen Xi made all three shots in the opening game and scored 6 points.
Looking back, Embiid asked for the ball in the low post, and then hit McGee with his back.
After Contact twice, turn over and lean back to shoot.
The trajectory is very positive, but the distance is slightly short.
Basketball hit the side of Basket. After it popped out, it was picked off by Westbrook.
Thunder's counterattack.
Chen Xi quickly started running, all the way to Frontcourt. After passing Midcourt Line, he received the pass from Westbrook, then moved directly two steps in front of the Three-Pointer line, stopped and took off, Chasedown Three-pointer.
Super far Three-Pointer, Swished Through the Net.
Only five seconds passed from when Basketball popped out of the pop-up frame to when it fell into the net on the other side again.
Terrifying counterattack speed.
Westbrook stepped forward excitedly, high-fiving Chen Xi who slowly retreated to Backcourt.
"That's it! Damn it!"