Injuries, which are almost a professional athlete's worst enemy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoFrom Grant Hill to Greg Oden now, there have been countless talented people who have unfortunately fallen due to injuries.

Of course, injuries don't just affect players, and if a team breaks out on a large scale, the general manager and manager of the team must be very distressed. The reason why some teams with a strong lineup on paper have not been able to achieve good results, the incomplete lineup is one of the main culprits of the poor results.

The Thunder are fortunate to have a very healthy roster for most of the season. Even if there are injuries, occasionally one or two people will suffer a small injury, such as the week when Anjie sprained his ankle, which is within this range.

Of course, the Thunder have also met many teams with incomplete rosters, and they have all benefited from this to defeat them, such as the Chicago Bulls, who only have three bench players to play, and are the victims of a large number of injuries.

But feng shui takes turns, and there are few teams that can stay healthy all the time during a long NBA season. Although the Thunder can be regarded as a dark horse this season, it is inevitably related to injuries.

"Why are you so good?" When the Thunder Sanshao returned from participating in the All-Star Weekend and trained with the team for the first time, the sparse teammates in the training ground made the Thunder Sanshao confused.

"The training has been very unsatisfactory these days, and some guys have relapsed from old diseases. Nick Collison shook his head helplessly. Van Gundy has been driven crazy these days, injuries are coming one after another, and the rotation lineup has been completely disrupted.

With tonight's home game against the Hornets, Jeff Van Gundy can't even get a full roster.

Damion Wilkins sprained his toe, and while it wasn't a major injury, he was set to miss the next game.

Chris Wilcox has a thigh strain, and his half-week injury will directly reduce the offensive firepower of the Thunder's second team.

Joe Smith suffered a fractured left arm in training yesterday and the exact recovery time has not yet been determined.

Desmond Mason has a fractured ankle in his left ankle and the exact timing of his return is undecided......

As the season progresses, so does the chance of injuries to tired players. Now is the pivotal moment for the Thunder to make the playoffs, but the injury explosion of the players has undoubtedly cast a shadow over the Thunder's prospects.

It's not the first time Jeff Van Gundy has seen this happen, but it's the last thing he's wanting. If it weren't for Yao Ming and Maddie's frequent injuries when he was coaching the Rockets, he would not have been able to lead the team out of the first round.

Now Jeff Van Gundy can only hope that Presti can complete some trades before the trade deadline, otherwise with the current scarred roster, the Thunder will undoubtedly be foolish to make a run for the playoffs. With little time left before the Feb. 20 trade deadline, Presti's move will be significant.

Can't wait for the Thunder to slow down, and the intensive NBA schedule will only continue with time.

On the first game day after the All-Star Weekend, on Feb. 17, the understaffed Thunder faced a fierce rival, the New Orleans Hornets, who are currently seventh in the West.

Like the Thunder, the Hornets also suffered an unpleasant two-game losing streak before the All-Star break. And in the two games they lost, the Hornets didn't score more than 80 points combined.

Although the Hornets have not been in good form recently, that doesn't mean the Thunder will have an easy game this time. Facing the Thunder, who are five wins less than themselves, the Hornets are trying to end their losing streak at the Chesapeake Energy Arena anyway and get on the right track. The Hornets are already strong, and now the Thunder team is lacking in the lineup, and the Thunder three young people will undoubtedly face a tough battle.

The Thunder team used to rely on three young people with amazing talents to get to the present, and now several other powerful guys in the team are absent due to injury, and the entire Thunder team suddenly becomes only the Thunder three young people can hold the scene.

In the first quarter of the game against the Hornets, the Thunder were hit head-on. 32-20, which was the score at the end of the first quarter.

Durant scored 9 points, Westbrook scored 6 points, and An Jie scored 5 points, adding up to exactly 20! Yes, except for the Thunder and three fewer in the first quarter, no one else scored a goal! Not even a free throw!

It's not that the Thunder Three Shao occupy all the right to shoot, and the others also got the opportunity, but they didn't grasp it once.

"The three rookies of the Thunder team are undoubtedly very good young people, but a team can't just rely on three children to get to the end. As soon as the first quarter came out, all the commentators unanimously criticized the weakness of the Thunder's role players.

"If Presti wants the Thunder to take it to the next level, he should have found a few more helpers for this group of lads. It's obviously hard for an Atkins to be a big job. Mike Brin also commented on the matter.

Presti certainly knows what the Thunder are lacking right now, but the general managers of other teams are not stupid, and the Thunder team is really not worth a lot of trade except for Sanshao. There is no doubt that the three young ones are not for sale, and apart from the other chips of the three of them, they really can't get any good puzzle pieces. It's undoubtedly a very difficult thing to do to strengthen the roster through trades.

Like the Bulls, Jeff Van Gundy took a look around the bench and found that there were only three players who were still healthy. In terms of starters, rookie guard Kyle Weaver and team veteran Nick Collison had to be called up.

Nick Collison has been in a normal role, he has been in an important rotation role this season, and he was even the starting center for the Thunder before Van Gundy took over, and his playing time has been very consistent, and his form has been unquestionable.

But Kyle Wiffle is clearly not ready to play as a starter, and his total playing time so far this season has not been as much as Anjie, who is also a rookie, in a game, and Van Gundy would not have made this decision if it weren't for the fact that there was no one in the second position.

However, what the Hornets didn't expect was that in such an unbearable situation for the Thunder team, the three young people led by Durant never gave up resistance. It can be said that the Thunder team only relied on the three of them to force the Hornets to a very embarrassing situation.

Even though David West frequently scored points on Nick Collisson's head, even if Chris Paul's threading and offense were still sharp. But the Thunder Sanshao can always rely on their individual ability to return the color in the next round.

Due to the injury of "King of Fighters" Tyson, the Hornets' starting center had to be played by Sean Marks. However, this guy alone couldn't contain An Jie's attack at all.

The veteran Peja has lost the edge of the year, and Durant can be said to do whatever he wants in front of him.

"Queen Bee" Paul's comprehensive physical defeat made it very difficult for him to defend Westbrook, and coupled with Angel's just right blocking, Westbrook also scored points on Paul's head.

As in the last meeting between the two sides, the game was dragged to the end, and the Hornets were unable to win after 47 minutes and 30 seconds of battle against the seemingly weak Thunder. On the contrary, at the moment, the Thunder still have a three-point lead and grasp the initiative of the game.

In the last 13 seconds of the game, it was Paul, after borrowing David West's block, Paul made a quick shot and hit a three-point accurate shot to move the score to 98.

"Can the Thunder finish the game again this time!?" Although the process is not exciting, the tense battle at the last moment, no matter how many times you watch the fans and commentators, you will not feel bored.

This time the defensive Hornets will definitely do everything they can to get the game into overtime, and it would be nice if they could force the Thunder to make a mistake and then fight back.

The Hornets did a really good job defensively, with Westbrook and Durant not getting any chances at all. An Jie was originally arranged by Van Gundy to be the organizer, but seeing that the two teammates didn't get any vacancy, An Jie decided to try to play the inside line by himself!

"Feint!?" This is not the first time that the Thunder have used this strategy, Anjie feints, attracts the attention of the defender and then passes the ball to his teammates who have a chance. Therefore, although they saw An Jie playing with his back inside, everyone on the Hornets did not dare to wrap it up easily, for fear that An Jie would leave room for passing.

Second, Sean Marks was clearly overwhelmed, and if Angel did choose to attack on his own, he would have no confidence in his defense at all.

Seeing this situation, David West couldn't bear it. He left behind Nick Collisson, who was not very offensive and pounced on Anjie, ready to complete the encirclement with Max.

West had just been in position, and before he could do anything, Anjie's backward turnaround and step-back jumper had already been shot. People who have watched An Jie play since he was in college have a familiar feeling about this scene, isn't this action the same action when An Jie killed Stanford University!?

"It's exactly the same!" Wu Hua hurriedly took pictures, he believed that it would be very interesting to compare these two sets of photos later.

The action is the same, but what is the result?

An Jie originally shot high, and now he has a slight back, so although Max and West both jumped and interfered with this ball, An Jie was not affected much.

The soft and extremely soft shot, this is perhaps the biggest difference between Anjie and other center forwards. Looking at the arc of the basketball flight, West felt a little desperate in his heart.

"No, it can't be!" West didn't want to accept the fact, but it was so cruel.

"Brush. The sound of the nets tumbling, at the moment, this faint sound is very clear on the noisy basketball court. This voice also completely shattered the only belief in West's heart to win.

"Boom!" the Chesapeake Energy Arena, which is really full of energy right now, can set the entire Oklahoma City on fire in an instant.

There were two seconds left in the game, but even the Hornets players knew that the victory had been snatched away by a tenacious Anjie. (To be continued.) )