How many nights, relying on Russell Westbrook's "blind chicken X fight" tactic, which is not a tactic, the Thunder won one opponent after another and gnawed one hard bone after another.

The Thunder have achieved a good record of 10 wins and 8 losses since the start of this season, ranking in the top eight in the West, which may be a normal thing for the Oklahoma City Thunder, a super strong team that has reached the top four in the West and even the finals, but it is a little strange for the Thunder team this season.

This season's Thunder team has been in turmoil, losing the team's number one and four-time scoring champion Kevin Durant, losing Sergi Ibaka, the toughest defensive player on the inside, and losing the pretty useful sixth man Dion Vitesse, and the players who have come in with blood, except for Victor Oladipo, who has a similar style to Westbrook, there are no other decent new signings.

In such an extremely unfavorable situation, it is a little unbelievable that Westbrook has led the team to such a result alone, and if you consider that there are many Western powerhouses such as the Los Angeles Clippers and the Houston Rockets who have fallen at the feet of the Thunder, it is even more admirable to achieve such a result.

What is the secret of the Thunder's success? What did they do to get a 55.56 win rate? Let's be honest, no. There's no recipe for success, no inspirational stories, and no decent tactical play.

The only thing the Thunder relied on was Westbrook's talent for "Blind Chicken X Play". As long as Wei Shao is in good condition, as long as Wei Shao's hand is smooth, as long as Wei Shao is high, then don't talk about the Rockets and Clippers, even if it is the king of heaven, he can pull you off the horse.

So, while Thunder head coach Donovan had a lot of headaches with Westbrook's individual heroism and "Blind Chicken X Play" tactics, he still had to compromise with the number one star when it came to crunch time.

Like this game.

At halftime, Donovan didn't even lay out any specific tactics, he spent most of the time having a patient and meticulous exchange with Westbrook, and the core topic was one sentence: "Russell (Westbrook), play in your own way in the second half, no matter what, you must win the game." ”

An inclusive coach and an inclusive team make Westbrook unique.

After a 10-minute break at halftime, Roy, who returned to the court in the second half, was surprised to find that Westbrook had changed his style of play again, and he started the first phase of the attack again, and he began to pass the ball again.

Isn't he "blind chicken X hit"? Could it be that he regained his composure in just 10 minutes? Could it be that this is the powerful self-healing ability of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"? Roy couldn't help but sigh at Wei Shao's strong ability to adjust.

Fortunately, at halftime, Hornacek and Stockton had already anticipated this situation, "If Westbrook recovers his mood and returns to his original style of play, then follow a principle, let him shoot, don't let him burst out." ”

So Hewei Shao is going to start from scratch again?

And Wei Shao from scratch? Of course, not, in fact, while Westbrook's style of play has returned to normal, his mood has not returned.

The current situation is purely accidental, because in the last few minutes of the first half, Wei Shao brushed a few assists through passing, tasted the sweetness, and then after Donovan's brainwashing just now, Wei Shao thought about it with his big head, and understood another meaning crookedly: Hey, the coach let me do it myself, and this game has another chance to brush up on a triple-double.

No, at the beginning of the second half, Wei Shao set himself a goal: to brush the assists to double digits first.

Seeing this, some people may ask: Does Westbrook like to brush data? The answer is a definite one.

Last season, Westbrook recorded a career-high 18 triple-doubles, which ranked first in the league. His beautiful stats have earned him the nickname "All-round Star", and Wei Shao clearly enjoys the title as well, and he likes to be admired, adored, and envied. With the praise of the media and fans, Wei Shao naturally paid more attention to his own data, and in individual games last season, he even deliberately tried to brush up the data.

NBA players know that swiping data is addictive, and last season's 18 triple-doubles were just the beginning, just a little sprout for Westbrook's "brush heart".

And this season, he completely exploded, and he became a real "big brush" of data. In just 18 games this season, Westbrook has already scored seven triple-doubles, and his three statistics of points, rebounds, and assists are close to averaging double-doubles per game. According to this trend, it must be no problem for him to win the league's "triple-double king", and it is not certain that he can replicate the miracle of "Big O" Oscar Robertson's season triple-double per game.

In short, as long as there is a chance now, Wei Shao will definitely brush up on some data and will definitely impact the triple double.

3 minutes before the end of the first half, Kante and Oladipo, who were in good shape, teamed up for Wei Shao to provide 4 assists, so that Wei Shao scored 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists in the half.

No, Westbrook isn't back to normal, he's brushing data.

Wei Shao's naked intention to brush the data was quickly seen through by Roy, the method of distinguishing assists and brushing assists is actually very simple, assists are to send the ball to the player with the best chance, and the assist is to give the ball to the player who can score the most goals.

Westbrook's passing skills are really good, but his big-picture awareness lacks a lot, and he's more of a point guard than a point guard.

The focus of the second half was on Oladipo and N'Golo Kante, who undoubtedly had a better shooting percentage than the likes of Adams, Robertson and Sabonis Jr.

And after seeing through Wei Shao's intentions, Roy's defense also has a direction, anyway, Wei Shao wants to brush the data, as long as he chokes his two brushes, Kante and Oladipo.

Roy was right, a player like Willis could only handle one task at a time, and when he was going to brush up on assists, he would inevitably put his biggest weapon on the back burner.

On two occasions in a row, Willis pretended to burst into the basket and gave the ball to Oladipo at the last minute, and the short shooting guard relied on his good hand in the first half to shoot the basket.

It's a pity that Wei Shao wants to brush up on the assist data, and Roy doesn't want to brush up on the block data. On two occasions in a row, Oladipo's direct shots were chased by Roy's hat.

This time it was Roy's turn to steal the fun.

Oladipo, you listen too much to Wei Shao, don't you know that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind? My "Chasing Hot Pot Master" is not fake, do you want me to brush two again?

Roy's two consecutive blocks brought the atmosphere to a climax, which made the Thunder a little embarrassed.

With such an unfavorable situation, is Westbrook going to give up on data farming? No, Wei Shaocai doesn't know how to write the word submission. Seeing that Oladipo's point is wasted, Wei Shao still has a final choice - Enes Kante.

This style of play is a bit peculiar, the Turkish guy who defended to his home and changed his surname for political reasons has a talent on the offensive end that is incomparable to his peers, and it is precisely because of this that Wei Shao regards him as the last hope for brushing data.

Westbrook's pass to Kante was really good, both in terms of speed, strength and concealment, but it still didn't escape Roy's eyes. As Stockton said, anticipation is far more important than any superb breaking technique.

Westbrook's pass was cut off by Roy, who got the ball and played a quick counter-attack.

Speed is Roy's strong suit, but Westbrook is not weak. I saw Roy riding his horse and galloping, Wei Shao chased after him, since they scored for a while after the opening, the two had not faced each other for a long time, this may be a chance to divide the winner.

Xingchi lightning, in the blink of an eye, Roy had already hit the basket, he had already jumped, and Wei Shao also gritted his teeth and flew over, and the two giants directly clashed in the air.

Wei Shao tried his best, but he couldn't cover Roy's dunk at all, Roy not only led in height, arm span, and bounce, but he also had skill bonuses such as "all-around dunk".

With a bang, Roy completed the dunk, and in his excitement, he even hung the basket and did a pull-up.

Roy's passion once again detonated the atmosphere of the audience, and Westbrook's face finally couldn't hold up.

Teammates missed attacks one after another, and the opponent played beautiful attacks again, and Wei Shao, who was continuously stimulated, was about to enter a state of rage, and now it only takes a few trash words to detonate this super powder keg.

"Thank you for the assist, Russell (Westbrook), you're so kind."

Roy's "trash talk assist" may be the real best assist of the game.

Boom, a rush of blood rushed into Westbrook's brain, and he really went wild. Roy's provocation took Westbrook directly to the fourth phase of the offense, which is the highest level of "Blind Chicken X Hit" - the state of solitude.

Wei Shaoche completely killed the red eye, and Roy's trash talk was the last straw that crushed his sanity. Wei Shao's offense was completely out of order by this time, all he could do was to slam into the Knicks penalty area and shoot wildly.

Wei Shao's ultimate style of play is exactly what Hornacek and Stockton want to see, Wei Shao, who does not pass the ball and does not play tactics, is the best to deal with, two fists are difficult to beat four hands, and the lions can't parry the wolves, and the Knicks have already wove a big defensive net for Wei Shao.

Stop, shoot, iron, rebound.

Breakouts, layups, iron, fouls.

Dry pulling, three points, striking iron, rushing to the penalty area.

Wei Shao is burning his physical energy wantonly, and he is also frantically consuming the patience of his teammates, when Adams and Kante are doing futile turnback runs again and again, when Oladipo and Roberson pull out the gap again and again but can't get the pass, the Thunder's combat system completely collapses.

Even if Donovan was yelling and stomping on the sidelines, it was hard to change the slightest thing, and Westbrook had made up his mind that he wanted to dominate the game alone.

The game became fragmented from the moment Wei Shao went berserk, and the Thunder team was getting farther and farther away from victory......