The Thunder's visit to Golden State is not a formality, they are hungry for a victory. When acclimatizing to the court, Westbrook practiced a lot of shooting.

There's been a recent incident that has left Westbrook depressed. During the star weekend, it was rumored that he and Zhou Xuan were training heads-up. Although there is no video testimony, there are still many people who believe it. His assist ability was inferior to Zhou Xuan, and he lost heads-up, and fans began to question his ability, and also doubted whether it was the right choice for the Thunder to choose him.

After all, the Thunder lacks a good interior line, if they choose Kevin, another UCLA double star? Lefou, perhaps alleviating the dilemma of no one on the inside, rather than relying on Kostic, who has a softer style.

Durant also looked at Zhou Xuan unpleasantly, and it was very painful to be suppressed by Zhou Xuan. Although the statistics have soared this season, people are doubting his leadership temperament, and how beautiful the statistics are that he can't win with the team? Although James just entered the league and couldn't lead the Cavaliers to the playoffs, at least the record is not as bad as the Thunder. It's not a good taste to be called a data brush.

The Thunder also made moves before the trade deadline, trading Sefolosha from the Bulls and improving their shooting guard position.

That night, after the appearance, Westbrook talked to Zhou Xuan. "I'm going to beat you this time!"

"What if you can't? Why don't we make a bet and bet something, dare? Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

Westbrook really can't bet that there is a clear gap in the strength of the two teams. He may be able to beat Zhou Xuan in statistics, but he certainly has little chance of beating the Warriors. He was depressed, and Zhou Xuan was always choking when he spoke.

Zhou Xuan continued: "If you want to single out me, I am very welcome, I think Durant is very good-tempered, he shouldn't say anything, you might as well try." ”

Westbrook snorted and went to his side.

The Warriors started and made adjustments. Zhou Xuan, Ellis, Jackson, Marion, Randolph.

This is the most suitable small lineup for running and bombing, Margeti is responsible for grabbing points as a substitute, since it is difficult to organize the offense without Zhou Xuan, the old Nelson simply gave full play to Ellis's impact, so that Margeti could shoot infinitely in the second quarter and play easier.

The Thunder started Westbrook, Seflosha, Durant, Green, Kostic.

The race is on. Two floors scramble, Kostic jumped about 30 centimeters on his body weight to outperform Randolph who was fighting for the ball on tiptoe, and the Thunder attacked first.

The hot-blooded Westbrook went towards Zhou Xuan. He was a brave man, born in ancient times to go to Sparta, even if he knew that his opponent was good at defending breakthroughs, he had to give it a try. If Zhou Xuan was a wall, the way he chose was not to find a door to enter, nor to set up a ladder to climb over the wall. Instead, he had to cut a hole in the wall so that he could show his abilities.

Zhou Xuan saw that he was really going to go head-to-head at the top of the arc, and thought: "This guy is really hopeless, does he have any new tricks?" ”

As a result, Westbrook didn't have any tricks, relying on a simple change to break to the right side, the only change was that he quickly pulled the ball and used a jump step, and opened up a distance from Zhou Xuan.

If he had shot accurately, it would have worked, but it was a pity that Westbrook's jumper was almost missed, and the jump shot was missed, and the rebound was taken by Randolph. Kostic's ability to get stuck is too far behind.

The Warriors immediately counterattacked with a quick break. Randolph passed to Jackson, who in turn passed to Marion. The difference in athleticism between the two teams' interior players is unusually stark. Marion ran too fast to be an inside look, leaving Green behind and catching the ball and dunking the basketball with one hand. 2 to 0.

In the next round, Westbrook didn't go it alone. He became a starter with excellent individual ability and defense, but the boss of this team is still Durant, and he can't do whatever he wants.

After halftime, he passed the ball to Durant, who played a pick-and-roll with Kostic and burst inside. Marion immediately shifted gears up.

Durant is a hot star, but in Marion's eyes, he is a second-year rookie, but he is taller. Durant changed direction and dribbled to the right side, Marion blocked the side and was not passed, Durant protected his back, turned to the left, and was followed again.

He had to pass to Green, and Jackson followed Green again, completing the rotation position, and Green passed the ball to Kostic and Randolph on.

Time was running out when Kostic made a high jumper that was deflected wide by interference. Marion returned to the interior to grab the rebound.

Thunder hurriedly returned to defense, for fear of being counterattacked again. In addition to Kostic, the other four were quick to get back into the defense. Zhou Xuan dribbled past half court, and Randolph pulled to the perimeter to cover and block Westbrook.

Green didn't switch defenses, and Severoza let go of Jackson's defense on the flank. Zhou Xuan thought of two possibilities, one is to pass to Jackson on the right side, with Jackson's style, he must be pulled up and shot, and Westbrook can bypass Randolph's wheel conversion to interfere. The other option is to give Randolph and play Green in the low post.

Zhou Xuan took a step back and hoisted the ball into the low post from the top of Seflosha's head. Randolph's play of Green is tantamount to misalignment, and although both are 206cm tall, Green is more of a small forward. Randolph received the ball, leaned forward and turned to the middle, took the ball with both hands, and then jumped forward to score with Green's left-handed one-handed shot. 4 to 0.

The Thunder attacked, Durant relied on the block to break through, and faced Marion again, this time he chose a jump shot, Marion jumped to interfere, his hand reached Durant's face, and his body also made contact, disrupting the rhythm, and the ball bounced out of the frame. Randolph grabbed the rebound and passed it to Zhou Xuan, who passed to the front court and gave it to Ellis, who made a layup. 6 to 0.

It was another counterattack, and Ellis's best tactic was a run-and-shoot counterattack. Defensively, Seflosha can't match Ellis's speed.

The Thunder attacked, Westbrook relied on blocking and dismantling to break through, and the Thunder's tactics were too simple, that is, several people passed through the blocking and dismantling and took turns to play alone. If it was the former Warriors, the defense was not very good after the pick-and-roll, and the Thunder could get shots and break-through opportunities from the outside. Now the person in front of them is Marion. Equal to the last defender.

Westbrook accelerated on the right side, picked up the ball and forced a break from the baseline, and Marion followed the line.

Zhou Xuan let go of Kostic, and he thought of two more possibilities, Westbrook forced a shot, with Marion following, it was easy to be covered, and even if it couldn't be covered, it would be difficult to score the ball. The second is to split the ball, and the only direction Westbrook can choose right now is on the left. Green pulls out the ball to play Randolph to have an advantage.

Zhou Xuan went towards Green, who was one step inside the 45-degree three-point line. Westbrook's shooting space was blocked, and sure enough, he chose to pass from the baseline. Zhou Xuan appeared on the passing route, took the ball directly with both hands, turned around and attacked quickly.

Westbrook is misplaced. Jackson and Ellis on the periphery went down quickly, Seflosha and Kostic quickly returned to defense, Zhou Xuan passed the half court without any resistance, and the right side made a quick stop to get the ball, and Green was not slow, rushing up from behind to block.

Zhou Xuan just shook it for a moment, he didn't want to throw this kind of ball, but passed to Marion in the middle. Marion took the ball and fell to the right low post in two steps, with Westbrook on his side. "The Hacker" took a step closer and turned to the middle to throw the ball in. 8 to 0.

The Thunder attacked, Westbrook passed to Durant, who singled Jackson and missed a pullup jumper. There are many experts this year who say that Durant's strength is limited and his offensive methods are too monotonous, and this is true. What Durant is good at is jump shots, and his breakthrough and back-to-back ability are not strong. He scored a lot of points because the Thunder had too few offensive players, all of them created opportunities for him, and he had a lot of possession.

And the Warriors now have two people on the court who are very good at shooting defense. Jackson took a break for a while, after all, his athleticism has not weakened much because of bone spurs, and he has regained his defensive feeling today.

The Thunder also had a terrible interior line, with Kostic unable to grab rebounds and being stuck outside by Randolph and having to defend back.

In the battle of the Warriors' position, Zhou Xuan and Marion cooperated in blocking and dismantling, and Green pulled out again. Zhou Xuan did not break through and passed to Jackson on the left. Jackson hoisted the ball back into Randolph's low post.

Averaged 9 per game. 7 points 5. Kostic, who has 5 rebounds, is an out-and-out softie, and he's afraid of confrontation and was just blown up by Duncan a few days ago. Randolph receives the ball and arches inside, but Kostic can't take it. Randolph pushed him with his back to the basket and turned to hit the cricket with his left hand. 10 to 0.

Westbrook attacked after blocking and passed to Green in the middle. Zhou Xuan is a weakness in the high defense, and now he also dares to go out of his way, and he has a close defense, as long as he blocks Green's breakthrough, Marion may return to the inside line to assist in defense. Green leaned on Zhou Xuan and turned to the left side with the advantage of strength and strength to make a jumper. This ball opportunity is already very good, but my hand is too bad and biased.

Randolph took the rebound and handed it to Ellis, who couldn't break through under Seflosha's interference and passed to Jackson. Jackson singled Durant, shook twice and couldn't pass, and waited for Zhou Xuan to pass the ball to him.

Randolph slowly stepped forward to take cover. The other four all pulled to the outside. Zhou Xuan relied on the cover to dodge Westbrook, and then relied on a change of speed to pass Kostic and hit the basket, jumped and pulled the ball while running, and scored a basketball with his left hand. 12 to 0.

Westbrook managed to break through with a pick-and-roll, and Randolph made up for it. Westbrook passes the ball to Kostic on the other flank. Kostic has a soft touch and has averaged 16 per game. 4 points for performance. Hit the shot.

12-2, the Thunder finally scored. However, with such a performance, it would be good if they were not slaughtered, and it was impossible to win the Warriors.

Old Nelson also entered the state of "Zen master" on the sidelines, his face expressionless, as still as water. This Warriors is the team he wants most. It can attack and defend, it can run and bomb, and it can also fall into positional battles.

The Lakers, a major rival, also have a big player injured, and all signs point to the Warriors potentially advancing to the Finals and possibly even winning the championship. The elder Nelson knew that the dream of many years was just around the corner.