The game is about to begin.
Starting Lineups:
Suns: Curry, Wade Dong, Green, Middleton, Thompson.
Thunder: Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka, Perkins, Collison.
Ibaka and Wade Dong stand at the center circle, with the referee holding the basketball between them.
Ibaka is determined!
He wants to show Wade Dong, this "small guy," the power of an interior giant. He absolutely cannot lose the jump ball.
"Beep!!!"
The referee blows the whistle, and the basketball is tossed into the air.
"Ah!!!"
Ibaka jumps and shouts to boost his own morale.
Indeed, he is the first to touch the ball, tapping it to Westbrook.
"See that?"
Ibaka, after jumping for the ball, shouts at Wade Dong, "The jump ball is not for someone like you, a small guy!"
"It's just a jump ball, why are you shouting about it..."
Wade Dong rubs his ears and runs back to the defensive end, preparing to defend.
...
**Chinese Live Broadcast:**
Yu Jia, "Ibaka looks very excited."
Zhang Coach, "Yes."
Yu Jia, "Ibaka made a statement before the game, saying that the Block King title belongs to the big men. Did you see this news?"
Zhang Coach, "I saw it. According to Wade Dong's temperament, he's going to give Ibaka a good lesson."
Yu Jia, "Predict if Wade Dong can get a double-digit block count in this game."
Zhang Coach, "Very likely..."
...
The Thunder's lineup, with Ibaka and Perkins in the interior and Westbrook, Durant, and Collison on the perimeter, has a significant height advantage over the Suns.
Westbrook dribbles the ball to the frontcourt and passes it to Durant.
Durant, facing Wade Dong's defense, makes a few dribbles and suddenly jumps...
"It's not a shot!"
Wade Dong's eyes narrow, realizing that Durant's move doesn't look like a shot attempt, so he only lightly jumps to defend.
Indeed!
Durant, after jumping, passes the ball to Ibaka in the interior. At this moment, Green is guarding Ibaka.
Ibaka catches the ball and turns to dunk.
But Wade Dong had already seen through Durant's pass, so he wasn't defending Durant's shot. When Ibaka turns to face the basket, Wade Dong rushes over.
"Slam!!!"
Wade Dong blocks Ibaka's dunk.
...
"Great block!!!"
"Awesome!!!"
"Wow!!!"
As the game begins, Wade Dong's block gets the fans in front of their TVs excited.
...
Ibaka is stunned.
Curry picks up the ball and rushes to the frontcourt, with Durant, Westbrook, and Wade Dong following.
Facing an empty basket, Curry dribbles to the rim and jumps with all his might!
"Oh no~~~"
Wade Dong suddenly has a bad feeling.
At this moment, Westbrook is still in front of Wade Dong. Seeing Curry about to dunk, Wade Dong sprints past Westbrook.
"G~~~"
As expected, Curry's dunk misses...
Wade Dong catches up from behind, leaps high, and grabs the ball in mid-air.
"Boom!!!"
Wade Dong dunks the ball back into the basket.
After Curry's missed dunk, he falls to the ground due to losing his balance. Wade Dong helps Curry up and says helplessly, "Bro, why not just shoot threes? Why try to dunk like me?"
Curry: ╮(╯﹏╰)╭
Although Ibaka won the jump ball, Wade Dong's block and follow-up dunk give the Suns the first points of the game.
The Thunder are not to be outdone.
Westbrook, on offense, sees Middleton defending the interior, dribbles straight to the basket, and dunks over Middleton.
Curry is not affected by the missed dunk and hits two consecutive three-pointers.
The Suns, with Curry, Wade Dong, and Thompson raining threes, are hard for the Thunder to defend. However, Westbrook and Durant's individual plays also give the Suns a hard time.
After 6 minutes of the first quarter, the score is 19:17!!!
The Suns lead the Thunder by 2 points, with both teams keeping the score close.
The Thunder replace Collison with Harden.
Harden, facing Wade Dong's defense, makes a fake move and steps back, but on the first step, Harden doesn't dribble. After dribbling, Harden steps back again to the three-point line.
This is Harden's shooting rhythm.
After two consecutive step-backs, Harden chooses to shoot a three-pointer.
"Slam!!!"
But Wade Dong is even more familiar with this step-back move. As Harden shoots, Wade Dong blocks the shot.
The ball is swatted to the frontcourt by Wade Dong. Harden turns to chase the ball, but his speed is no match for Wade Dong...
Wade Dong grabs the ball and rushes to the basket, jumping from just inside the free-throw line.
"Boom!!!"
Another powerful dunk!
Harden turns around and looks at Ibaka with a hint of anger, blaming Ibaka for provoking Wade Dong before the game.
In just 7 minutes, Wade Dong has already blocked three shots, against Ibaka, Westbrook, and Harden.
On defense, Wade Dong walks up to Ibaka and asks expressionlessly, "I heard you're a blocking expert?"
Ibaka, "!!!!"
"If all your teammates get blocked by me today,"
Wade Dong pauses and slowly asks, "Do you think they'll hate you?"
Ibaka angrily says, "You've only blocked three shots, what's there to be proud of? I'll show you what a real Block King is!"
"Hehe..."
Wade Dong shrugs and gives up defending Ibaka, switching to guard Durant.
Ibaka is anxious. Besides Wade Dong, Curry, Thompson, and Middleton rarely score in the paint, making it difficult for Ibaka to block their shots from a distance.
Wade Dong's scoring in the paint is either through layups or dream shakes, making it nearly impossible for Ibaka to block him.
Durant scores a mid-range shot and shouts to his teammates, "Get back! Get back!"
The score remains close.
Wade Dong dribbles the ball to the frontcourt, and Curry finds an open spot beyond the three-point line. Wade Dong immediately passes the ball to Curry.
Curry catches the ball and adjusts his position.
Ibaka sees Curry about to shoot and, despite Westbrook defending Curry, rushes out from the interior.
"Here~"
Curry lightly fakes a shot, fooling both Westbrook and Ibaka.
"Swish~~~"
But Curry doesn't shoot the three-pointer because Ibaka rushed out, leaving Green wide open under the basket. Curry passes the ball to Green.
"Boom!!!"
Green catches the ball and dunks it.
"What are you doing?!"
Westbrook, seeing Green score so easily, shouts at Ibaka, "Get back to the interior! The perimeter doesn't need your help!"
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