On October 30, two days after the opening game, the Thunder traveled to Orlando for the second game of the season.

I thought there wouldn't be much suspense in this game, because the Magic hadn't made the playoffs for several seasons and had been the underdogs in the East.

As a result, the Magic put up a stubborn resistance to the Thunder at home.

The two sides fought two overtime games, and finally relied on Li Liang to receive a pass from Westbrook and make a layup at the last moment, so that they defeated the Magic with a 141:139, 2-point advantage and defeated the opponent with difficulty.

Li Liang scored 33 points, Durant scored 35 points, and Westbrook scored 32 points.

The three of them work together to slash 100 points!

The three of them worked together to top a Chamberlain.

But looking at the big score, the Thunder only won by 2 points.

The problem is defensively?

Not really, the Magic's offense tonight did feel good.

A lot of the ball Thunder defended well, but the Magic players still threw the ball into the basket.

As for offense, all three showed great individual ability, and the Magic couldn't stop any of them.

The three of them slashed together for a hundred points, but they didn't suppress the magic from beginning to end.

Instead, the Thunder were behind for most of the game.

They made too many mistakes.

There were many mistakes, and the positional attack was not easy to fight, and the three of them had to stand up and solve the problem by themselves.

After solving the problem, I wanted to continue to play the position and cooperate, but I made a mistake and fell behind, and someone stood up to solve the problem.

Regular time was tied, the first overtime, trailed, and finally Durant hit back-to-back hits to tie again.

In the second overtime, the Thunder chased the points again, and finally won the game by relying on Li Liang's steal and layup.

The three played very well and were unstoppable in attack.

But the game was not good-looking, and there was no feeling of devastation at all.

On the contrary, there is a kind of squeezing three people dry.

There are quite a few teams of the Big Three in NBA history.

There are those that have slowly accumulated in their own drafts, there are temporary groups, there are new and old combinations, and there are peak combinations.

The Lakers in the '60s, the Knicks in the '70s, the Lakers, Celtics, and 76ers in the '80s, the Celtics in '08, and the Heat's Big Three.

No matter what form it takes, it's basically impossible for a few super players to come together and expect everyone to play the same stats as in the past.

Someone will definitely sacrifice some of the ball and change some of the way they play.

Li Liang is willing to make sacrifices and changes, and he puts more energy into defending, responding and covering in the game.

However, this light is too strong, he can't hide it anywhere.

Fighting, Li Liang gradually mastered the situation in the game.

Durant squatted in the bottom corner twice, he didn't want to squat, and he had to play according to his habitual style of play.

At the top of the arc, between 45 degrees, the middle comes to hold the ball and attack.

As for Westbrook, as a point guard, he naturally has the advantage of holding the ball, if he kills the rise, it doesn't matter if the king of heaven comes, he just has to do it.

As a result, all three of them fought on and off, and the others were not cooperative.

Everyone runs tactics on the field, and in the final analysis, they have to run around a point.

As a result, there are three points here, and the two people who match them will be particularly passive.

Adams and Robertson, who were originally starters, have very average offensive ability on their own.

With these three people, they are even more passive, and once they are passive, the whole team's offense can't run.

It's like a car, the engine speed changes as soon as it goes up, and it changes gears as soon as it goes up.

Shifting back and forth in three gears, one day the engine was broken.

After playing the game against the Magic, on November 1, the Thunder played the Nuggets away.

Facing the under-strength Nuggets, the Thunder did not play very well away from home.

In the first half, they played with the Nuggets, and the offense of Durant and Westbrook felt average.

It wasn't until the third quarter that the Thunder relied on the power of the bench to widen the difference and lay the foundation for the victory.

Compared with the first two games, the Thunder's bench has played better, and the run-in of the main lineup is still in progress.

Li Liang got a triple-double in this game, with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, which was his first triple-double after coming to the Thunder.

However, he still had 6 turnovers, which is a bit of a lot - Westbrook made 5 turnovers, and the two combined 11 turnovers, which is a negative double bear.

Durant scored 25 points very efficiently, shooting 8-of-11 from two-point range and 3-of-5 from three-point range.

In the third scene, the three of them seemed to have found a little tacit understanding and division of labor.

Li Liang is responsible for all-round, Durant is responsible for scoring, and Westbrook is responsible for turnovers.

Anyway, if someone makes a mistake, it's better to find someone to be responsible for it and carry all the mistakes.

But in Game 4 against the Rockets, it didn't seem to fit well.

This is the Thunder's third consecutive road trip, and so is the NBA's court arrangement, the first game gave the Thunder a home game, and then four consecutive road trips, including one back-to-back away game.

The Rockets are the second in a back-to-back.

The Rockets got Dwight Howard in the summer, and the start of the new season is quite inflated with three straight wins.

And they do have a reason to swell, and the team is in really good shape.

In addition to Howard, the Rockets also got Ty Lawson, who came in from the Nuggets and felt thriving.

In this game against the powerful Big Three Thunder, James Harden played very well and scored 40 points in the whole game!

On the Thunder side, all three of them performed mediocre.

They seem to have discussed that if they want to break out together, they will break out together, and if they want to break out, they will break out together, and this synchronization rate is quite high.

Li Liang was helping his teammates respond and cover all over the field, but he watched his teammates strike again and again.

In the final moments of the game, it was too late to salvage the defeat.

At 107:110, the Thunder suffered their first loss of the new season.

The coaching staff led by Donovan needs to review how to use Li Liang and assign the on-field tasks of the Big Three.

……

After the game, in the locker room of the Thunder, Li Liang refused to be interviewed by reporters and went into the shower to take a shower.

Head coach Donovan was surrounded by reporters and hurriedly said a few words, and then the Thunder's locker room door was slammed shut.

Obviously, losing the fourth game did not meet expectations for the Thunder, who had high hopes at the beginning of the season.

Donovan's first time as an NBA head coach was met with such a lineup, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for him.

After seeing such a good lineup but not living up to his full potential, Donovan finally decided to make some changes.

He asked the locker room to close the door, and everyone discussed how to fight in the back.

But it works in college, the players are students and listen to the coach 100 per cent.

In professional teams, players, especially stars, have bigger cards than coaches, and Donovan of the Big Three dare not offend any of them.

Therefore, he can only let Durant and Westbrook put forward their thoughts and opinions first.

Westbrook was blunt, "I don't think we had any problems, we just lost one game and we'll win back the next one." ”

Westbrook's self-confidence was fine, but his thoughts were simpler.

As a rival, the Warriors won by 20 points against the Rockets the other day.

Just now, on another court, the Warriors beat the Grizzlies at home, outscoring them by 50 points.

The Warriors' performance was devastating, and the Thunder stumbled, and that shouldn't be the case.

Run-in may be the reason, but the run-in cannot just rely on one game at a time, but must constantly adjust and change.

Durant said: "Maybe... Maybe our tactics are a little bit more team, we play more collectively. We had a lot of tactics, but they didn't work out. ”

There is some truth to Durant's words.

During summer training camp, Donovan really experimented with a lot of tactics, around Li Liang, around Durant, around Westbrook.

As a result, in the regular season, it didn't seem to be played, and the offensive end was fragmented.

Donovan nodded, leaving Li Liang's opinion - this thing is still in the bath.

Li Liang heard everyone's voices, came out of the shower, wiped his hair, and said, "What is there to discuss?" In fact, the solution is very simple, I will be high-spirited and play as a substitute. ”

As soon as Li Liang said this, everyone looked at him, and there was something incredible in their eyes.

Playing as a substitute? This is too high-spirited, isn't it?

Li Liang spread his hands and said, "What's the point of playing as a substitute?" Isn't it good to get a Sixth Man of the Year? ”

Li Liang said it very easily, and Durant suddenly had a feeling of tears welling up.

What kind of spirit is this? Is this the fabled spirit of internationalism? It does seem to be different from capitalism being selfish.

Everyone doesn't dare to believe it, just so easily, casually, playing as a substitute?

In fact, they didn't understand, how could Li Liang casually let himself be a substitute.

When he was just taking a bath, Li Liang's eyes lit up, and a task appeared: [Do you want to open the 'Bench Life' task line? 】

Li Liang took a look, bench life? What does it mean? Let me be a substitute? Don't dry, don't open.

Just about to veto it, Li Liang thought about it, no, bench life is not necessarily a substitute.

Isn't this manager also sitting on the bench?

OK, then select [Yes].