Chapter Thirty-Eight, The Great Reversal!

"Haha, this game is interesting, the Magic won the Thunder by 16 points in the first quarter, and the Thunder won the Magic by 16 points in the second quarter.

Coach Zhang took advantage of the break to comment on the game.

"In the first half, when Durant was injured, Li Forest carried the banner of the Thunder's offensive counterattack, and scored 23 points at halftime to prove to everyone that the Thunder still have him even if the new scoring champion is gone."

"Although Forest's performance this season is not as hot and bright as last season, if you look carefully at the data, fans will find that Forest's average points per game have increased by as much as 9 points compared to last season, and his improvement has only been overshadowed by Durant's better performance."

"This season, the Thunder have played fewer and fewer games to the last minute, which is the main reason why everyone thinks that Forest is not as bright as last season, well, let's see if the Thunder will fight the Magic until the end in the second half."

The two narrators are constantly communicating in front of the camera.

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"Well done."

Durant high-fived his teammates who followed up at the door of the locker room, and Durant thought that when he went down, the game should be over, but the team's performance in the second quarter made him slightly embarrassed.

As soon as he got off the court, his teammates began to explode, closing the score, catching up with the difference, and at halftime, he actually returned to the same running line.

Li Forest looked at Durant at the door and asked, "How is the injury?" ”

"It's not good, the team doctor said I'm going to do an MRI later, I don't feel good, I can't go back to this game."

Durant is in a bad mood, the team's recent momentum has been very good, and he was injured at this time when he saw the Western Conference playoffs on the horizon.

One game is nothing, but if you have to take a break for a while, it will definitely affect the team's record.

The competition in the West is too fierce, there is no 50-win base, the playoff spots are not stable, don't look at the momentum of the Thunder now, but it is only the beginning of the season, the beginning is as fierce as a tiger, and there are a lot of teams that are egging into dogs behind.

The season is long enough to bring down a team that lacks a lot of experience.

Li Linlin was also silent when he heard Durant's words, not optimistic.

The Thunder has not risen again for several years after 2012, in addition to Harden being traded, there are also injury factors, Du Shao and Wei Shao's absence has led to a decline in the strength of the Thunder, and the playoffs have been out of the playoffs year after year.

The two of them can be called iron men, but if they are so ruthlessly sloppy by Brooks, there will be problems.

"It's okay, take care of your injuries, and I'll leave it to you next."

Li Forest patted Durant on the shoulder and said.

Li Forest has to be prepared for the next period of time without Durant's plans.

The future schedule of the Thunder will be very difficult, the game is played one by one, the Thunder without the boss is not so easy, and the opponent has much more research and attention to the Thunder than last season.

This season is different from last season.

Last season, the Thunder had no hope of making the playoffs, and Durant was injured, so it didn't matter. But this season, the Thunder must secure a playoff spot, and that pressure has skyrocketed.

"Then we have to win this game." Li Linlin thought secretly.

Although he didn't use the peak card today, Li Linlin felt the same as he used the peak card, so Li Linlin was more confident in the second half of the game.

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In the second half, the Thunder fielded the strongest lineup at this stage.

Lee Forest, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka, Kostic.

The two cores of the Thunder's offense and defense are sitting off the court because of injuries, and the Thunder is really not ordinary bad luck in this game.

Over there with the Magic.

Howard still didn't play, he was pinned to the bench by Van Gundy. The monster has already committed 4 fouls, if he is sent up again, the Thunder will stare at him, what to do in the fourth quarter?

There is no Chandler and Durant on the Thunder's side, but the Magic side is also "gone" Howard and Lewis, so for both sides, it is barely five or five.

At the beginning of the second half, the Thunder showed high morale.

Westbrook and Lee Forest broke out at the same time, facing the Magic's weak basket, the two continued to use various tricks to kill, either fouling or scoring, and beating Gortat on the Magic inside line miserable.

Gortat's turning speed is too slow, and his physical confrontation ability is not strong, compared to Howard's deterrent power under the basket, Li Forest's breakthrough with Westbrook is very sharp, completely grasping Gortat's weakness violently.

On the Magic side, there is a clear lack of assaulters who can attack on their own, and Carter is the only one who can create offensive opportunities on his own.

Anderson, Redick, Petrus and others all need to be fed, there was Howard before, these people just ran well on their own, Howard was very strong on the inside, but there was no monster in the third quarter, plus the Thunder's rotation defense was very fast, and the Thunder also directly wrapped Carter, which made these Magic players very depressed.

After a few minutes of continuous play, the Magic team gradually fell behind. There are no physical BUG-level characters like Durant and Howard on either side, so in fact, the defense of both sides is similar.

The defense is about the same, so naturally it has to be more offensive than the offense.

Unlike a team like the Magic, which relies on a single strong point to drive the offense, the Thunder are obviously a multi-point flowering type.

The attack power of the Thunder is far stronger than that of the Magic, and usually the three young people will restrain each other internally, but this time there is one less, and the other two will not have much problem with the scoring firepower of the one who can't play in a short period of time.

Such is the enviable talent of the Thunder.

But not on the Magic's side.

Howard's scoring with Lewis was too crucial, and there was no one else to add to the two interior scoring points.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the Magic will fall behind in the third quarter.

In the third quarter, the Thunder gradually gained the upper hand, and at the end of the third quarter, the Thunder who were playing away led by 8 points.

Howard was pressed to the bench for the entire quarter, charging up for the fourth quarter.

Warcraft is very worried about seeing the team behind, but he can't help it, who told him to make 4 mistakes, and it is estimated that he will have to be punished if he goes up again, but he doesn't go up, and he looks even more depressed, if the score difference is stretched to double digits, it is not easy for him to chase it in the fourth quarter.

The Magic's hand is slowly coming down, and the scoring efficiency is not as good as in the first quarter, and the Thunder's Lee Forest and Westbrook are obviously red-eyed, and even Howard is not sure if they want to hold them down.

The score at the end of the third quarter was 96-88.

The fourth quarter began.

The Monster is back in battle.

As soon as Forest-Lee, Westbrook, and Harden saw Howard coming up, they were more active in killing him, specifically looking for Howard to attack.

They can't care about being blocked or anything now, they just want to get Howard down.

Harden didn't paddle anymore, and Durant's injury retreat also gave him a little bit of momentum.

And Howard was timid in the interior line, and he didn't dare to cover it with the opening game.

The Magic's outside defense was scattered by the impact of the three, and although the score difference did not widen again, the Magic team did not close the score again.

The difference between the two sides has been in a tug-of-war between 6 and 10 points.

The Monster was finally beaten down by Harden with 3 minutes left in the game.

Howard fired straight and pushed Harden to.

The Thunder players immediately went up to him to settle scores.

The two sides almost clashed on a large scale, but this time the referee stopped it in time and there was no fist swing.

just blew a T for Lee Forest and Westbrook, and Howard couldn't even sit on the bench and was directly expelled.

There was also a boo at the scene! The home crowd was very unhappy with the referee.

After the conflict.

The Thunder took control of the situation and did not give the Magic a chance to fight back.

When the final whistle blew, the score was 120-114.

The Thunder completed a super comeback on the road.

In the absence of the main offensive and defensive forces, they cut down another strong opponent, the Orlando Magic.

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