Chapter 41, The Discord Meter
When the referee finally blew the whistle, Xue Ding's tense muscles and nerves quickly relaxed.
Then Xue Ding kept taking deep breaths, and his heart kept jumping.
The taste of fighting with Wei Shao for speed and body is really not ordinary sour.
However, Xue Ding saw that the opposite side was also panting, and then his eyes showed a look of Wei Shao who was unwilling to lose the game.
Anyway, my team won the game today.
In the whole game, the impact brought by Wei Shao's body was not ordinary.
Xue Ding completely understood why other point guards kept loosening their muscles after playing against him, and those opponents on the court would have a natural lack of confidence when they saw him.
Both himself and Wei Shao are the kind of talents that can be seen with the naked eye.
Even if you are an NBA player, it is really a nightmare to meet a counterpoint like Xue Dingweishao!
Wei Shao on the side looked at the reporters and staff who had rushed into the court, and left with him at Durant's signal.
"Xue, good job." Roy came over to fist Xue Ding for the first time!
The unexpected circumstances of Miller's injury today were not expected by anyone.
In this game, Xue Ding played for 38 minutes, which can be regarded as making up for Miller's duties.
"It's okay to fight for so long." Oden said sourly that he could only play about 20 minutes per game.
After Xue Ding responded to his teammates, he looked at the three young thunderers who walked towards the locker room.
The future of these three people is really not ordinary!
I used to be able to look up, but now I have to learn to defeat them, and I am also very strong.
Are the Thunder underdogs this year?
Apparently not!
Xue Ding clearly remembers that in the 2009-10 season, the Oklahoma City Thunder entered the playoffs with an excellent record of 49-33 and close to 50 wins in the regular season, which was a qualitative leap from the previous year's dismal record of only 23-59, which was the first time the Thunder team entered the playoffs since its establishment.
Under the tutelage of Scott Brooks, the youth team played a very passionate and entertaining game under Scott Brooks, and almost every position except the center position is the hope of the league's future.
Among them, the leader Kevin Durant beat LeBron James to win the regular season scoring title with an average of 30.1 points per game, Russell Westbrook quickly grew into the league's top five young point guards in the ball-handling position, Jeff Green can gradually grow into an all-round power forward, Tabo Sefrosa has become the Thunder's defensive guard, rookie James Harden has made outstanding contributions on the bench, and Eric Maynor, who was traded from the Jazz in the summer, has become a strong addition to the point guard position.
Under the urging of the above lineup with an average age of less than 24 years old, the Thunder entered the ranks of the league's strongest teams in both offense and defense, and finally finished eighth in the West.
The Thunder playoffs against the Lakers, the first in the West, although the Lakers have a strong lineup but the average age is on the older side, especially in the point guard position, the aging point guard Derrick Fisher can not stop Westbrook's strong offense, and the Thunder can make full use of the player's general tall and athletic characteristics, with Durant, Sefrosa, Green and others to organize an effective defensive system against the Lakers' soul Kobe Bryant and the inside of the Twin Towers.
The Lakers' strengths lie in the sheer height of the interior twin towers and their rich playoff experience, as well as Artest's ability to effectively limit Durant with his defensive abilities.
In the end, the youth team and the defending champion Lakers fought six games before losing due to lack of playoff experience.
The confrontation with the Thunder Sanshao in this duel also shocked Kobe Bryant, who was at his peak, into a cold sweat.
The Thunder has also become a strong team in the West since this year!
Xue Ding was well aware of the potential of this thunder!
If the Trail Blazers' draft is S-level, then the Thunder's draft level is obviously SSS-level!
Durant, Westbrook, Harden, all three of them will be MVP-level figures in the future.
MVPs are supergiants.
3 years in a row to select 3 future supergiants, they selected 3 guys destined to enter the Hall of Fame.
This is unique in the history of the NBA.
It can be seen that the Thunder draft is awesome.
Of course, it's also a draft, so it's an operation.
Without a championship, the departure of Harden and Durant is enough to say a lot.
Post-match press conference!
When the reporters thought that Xue Ding would humiliate Harden or Wei Shao, Xue Ding said to reporters in a very low-key manner: "Russell and James are both very good players, I am honored to play against them, winning this game today depends on the extraordinary performance of the whole team, the strength of the Thunder is very strong, I believe that when we meet them in the future, we will play more difficult." ”
"Wei Shao's speed is too fast, if I don't chase with all my strength, it is impossible to keep up or react in advance, I am not very willing to be an opponent with such a guy, this guy is the leader of the thunder."
"Harden is also very special, he has a lot of physical confrontation ability, he can shoot and break through, and I thought of a lot of ways to defend him."
"Durant is really puzzled! He's a very efficient scorer. ”
Xue Ding praised Sanshao, but he was insidious, Boast Shao was the leader, and Durant was just a scorer.
Roy said frankly: "KD's scoring ability is fantastic, but RUSS is the reason why they have been causing us trouble, thanks to our Xue, we want to play fast in this game, of course, playing with Xue, there is no choice but to play fast, if Xue passes the ball to you, and you don't shoot in the open position, he will definitely be angry." ”
At Xue Ding's suggestion, Roy also took action, dividing the plot.
Everyone unanimously said that the Thunder boss is Wei Shao, and Durant is just a stormtrooper.....
Oden told reporters: "Xue is our MVP in this game, during the game, we often see him playing with a desire to win and with anger, which makes us feel that he seems to have endless ability, we all trust him and are willing to let him control the team's attack, so it's not surprising that he got a triple-double, there is no doubt that he is the strongest rookie this year!" ”
"My teammates are great."
Xue Ding gave all the credit to his teammates after the game, and even when the reporter asked him how he felt when he cut down 3 doubles again, he passed it all along.
Xue Ding knows that how far a team can go in the end depends on the overall lineup and the degree of run-in.
Especially in a team full of young talents, almost everyone needs the ball and status recognition, only when everyone is willing to sacrifice for each other, will each other run in better and faster, if they run in better, this season will play their own game faster.
The Trailblazers are running in very quickly now, and the overall lineup is also very strong, what Xue Ding has to do is to do his own thing!!
Now that Miller is injured, whether Xue Ding can take on the offensive responsibility of organizing and second team will be extremely important.