Chapter Forty-Six: The Great War Thunder

Tonight, the Sacramento Kings will face the Oklahoma City Thunder in a crucial game at the Sleep Train Arena, and of course, the real decision of this season will be the Memphis Grizzlies and Portland Trail Blazers game that will be played at the same time.

Today's pre-game training session was scheduled for the afternoon, and early in the morning, Tyrek came to the training gym, because his mind was full of this game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and he was not in the mood to rest at home.

Walking into the training hall, Tyrek was surprised to see that Cousins, Casby, Yudri, Dareham Porter, and Thorton had all practiced in the training hall.

"Hey, Tyreck, you're here too!" Cousins, who was practicing his shots, saw Tyrek come in and walked towards him with the ball in his arms and a smile.

"DeMarcus, why are you here so early, today's pre-game training is in the afternoon?"

"Alas, the last two home games are over, and I have nothing to do at home, so I came early to practice my feelings. It's not too early for me to arrive, oh, Omita's coming to the gym around 5 o'clock......" Cousins said with a shrug.

"Well, me too, always thinking about the game, let's go, I'll practice with you for a while......" Tyrek patted Cousins and went to change his training clothes.

As a result, this morning, the players came to the training hall one after another, and everyone came to the training hall earlier than the original time to train consciously, and everyone attached great importance to tonight's game.

In the afternoon, when Coach Westphaal and the members of the coaching staff came to the training hall, they saw that the players were already in place, and they couldn't help but have a little wave in their hearts, although the team is still very young and has made a lot of mistakes in this season, but with such a competitive spirit, you can see the hope for the future!

Coach Westfaal gathered the players, and the players surrounded Coach Westphal in the middle, Coach Westphaal looked at the sweaty faces and sighed: "Everyone's attitude today is very good, and today's game is very important." Although it is no longer in our hands to say that we can make the playoffs, although even if we win the remaining two games, it will depend on the face of the Memphis Grizzlies, but ...... We still have hope of making the playoffs! We still have to do our best to win! Even if we don't make the playoffs this season, we have to be worthy of ourselves! Do your best at all times! ”

"Alright, let's keep training! Play your own style in the game! "Coach Westafar could see the desire to win and didn't say much, the players knew it in their hearts......

As night fell, there was already a buzz outside the Sleep Train arena, and a large number of Kings fans were ready to enter the stadium to cheer on their home team, after all, this game was very crucial for the Kings, and there was still a glimmer of hope for winning the playoffs, and losing the season would be over.

"Gentlemen and ladies! I'm Grant Grant, the sideline commentator for today's game. Napier, this is my partner Jerry. Raezz. The penultimate regular season game of the season is about to begin, and this game is extremely important, and the team has to go all out to win to have a chance to qualify for the playoffs, and I'm very nervous right now......"

"Yes, Grant, I'm as nervous as you are, I can't win this game, and that's the end of the season for the team. But even with a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, once the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Portland Trail Blazers, no matter what the outcome of the final regular-season game is, it will be the Memphis Grizzlies who will make the playoffs...... And the opponent in this game is the Oklahoma City Thunder, this season the Thunder team has once again completed the evolution, ranking fourth in the West and extremely young, they have grown into a team with both strength and potential. This season's star Kevin. After winning his first scoring title last season, Durant is expected to remain the scoring champion this season. Westbrook has also grown into a star player in his third season, and this season he replaced the injured Terrick in the Los Angeles All-Star Game. Harden has also continued to grow steadily. At the same time, at the pre-game press conference, Durant made it clear that no matter what the situation of the Sacramento Kings is in this game, they will go all out and will not be merciful to their opponents. All in all, the team is bound to have a tough battle today! ”

"Jerry, no matter what, there's a silver lining to win this game. And the team has played very well this season, giving everyone enough expectations, let's not think about anything else, let's see how the lads did today! ”

In the stands with banners in support of the team and looking forward to the playoffs, Tyrek was the last to appear in the frenzied shouts of the home fans, and after high-fives with all his teammates, everyone stepped onto the court to meet this battle of fate!

The starting lineup of the Sacramento Kings in this game is, Tyreck, Youdri, Garcia, Thompson, Cousins, and the starting lineup of the Oklahoma City Thunder is, Russell. Westbrook, Saab. Seflosha, Kevin. Durant, Serge. Ibaka, Kendrick. Perkins.

Tyrek rubbed his hands, staring at Cousins and Perkins who jumped the ball in the middle circle, the two big men jumped high, Cousins's bouncing ability still far exceeded that of Perkins, who was as burly as a wall, and flicked the ball to Thompson, Tyrek behind him hurriedly asked for the ball, Thompson handed it to Tyreck, and the Kings took the lead in attacking!

Tyrek dribbled the ball in the frontcourt, and the main defense was the Swiss Seflosha, who won the best defensive second team last year, and was known as the Swiss Army Knife. Tall, long-armed, excellent defensive and rarely turnover, Seforosa is a rare perimeter defender. At the same time, his outside partner Westbrook also has good defensive strength, and Tyreek's offense will face a lot of defensive pressure today.

Tyrek stared at Seforosa, and continued to shake outside the three-point line to seek a breakthrough opportunity, Seforosa's long arm swinged, and his position was steady, and Tyrek couldn't find room to break through for a while.

At this time, Cousins took the initiative to ask for the ball in the low post, Tyrek hoisted the ball to Cousins, Cousins held the ball with his back, and pushed Perkins twice to defend himself, and at this time the team rotated and run, Thompson made a cover for Udley, Udri bypassed Westbrook's defense, received Cousins' pass near the free throw line, and made a mid-range jumper! Hit!

Today the whole Kings team is united, everyone is focused on winning this game at home!