On January 22, U.S. time, the day after the league announced its All-Star starters, the Clippers welcomed the challenge of the Thunder, the third team in the West, at home.

Unlike the Clippers, the Thunder have maintained a strong momentum since January, and they have won five consecutive games in previous games, which can be described as the limelight.

The attendance rate of this game at the Staples Center is much higher than before, and the scene with full seats is not much better than the battle with the Spurs at the beginning, and the main factor in this is naturally Tang Shuai's comeback.

After being successfully elected as an All-Star starter, Tang Shuai's popularity in Los Angeles is also rising, you must know that the last player who started in his rookie season was Tang Shuai's teammate Griffin, and now Griffin has grown into the league's top three power forwards, Tang Shuai's future is naturally worth looking forward to.

Before entering the final three minutes of the warm-up before entering the game, the list of starting lineups of both sides appeared on the large LED screen of the scene.

On the Clippers' side, Pierce replaced Smith, who started the last game, and Tang Shuai's comeback also replaced Stephenson, who started before, and the other three positions are still the same as before.

The Thunder also maintained the starting lineup during the five-game winning streak, Westbrook, Durant and Ibaka were the thunderers, and the two defensive giants of Adams on the inside and Andre Roberson on the outside maintained the team's defensive intensity very well.

After the final warm-up between the two sides, Adams and Jordan Jr. walked to the halfway line, and the two inside lines jumped up to the cheers of nearly 20,000 fans at the scene. The tournament officially began.

Jordan Jr. was even better, beating Adams to get the Clippers their first offensive opportunity.

The ball passes to Paul. When he got to the front, Paul beckoned his teammates to run. The first tactic is to hit Tang Shuai.

Robertson is a 13-year rookie who has been with the Thunder for more than two years, with little character or opportunity on offense, but he is an aggressive player on the defensive end.

Although he is only a blue top defensive package, the victory is high in motivation, and the Clippers have to play tactics, and his role is infinitely magnified at this time.

Tang Shuai used the blocker to come out, and Roberson squeezed through the figure of the blocker and followed.

After Tang Shuai received the ball, he didn't have a chance. And Durant looked at him from time to time, ready to wrap up, and he gave the ball back to Paul.

Sure enough, as Kassel expected, the Thunder obviously increased their defense against Tang Shuai.

Tang Shuai tried another run without the ball, and this time he finally got rid of Robertson, but at the moment of successful blocking, the Thunder immediately changed the defense, and the defender changed from Robertson to Durant.

Although Durant is more than two meters tall, he is a strong contender for MVP. His movement and speed are above the league average for guards, and he is tall and has long arms and a particularly large defensive area.

Tang Shuai gave up the idea of catching the ball after taking a look.

Neither game came out, and the Clippers had little time left to attack. Paul had no choice but to attack hard, and the result was not ideal, with a shot that jumped out of the basket under Westbrook's interference. The basketball was eventually snatched into Ibaka's arms.

The Thunder are a team that focuses on defending and countering, even with a change of head coach. But the core structure of the team is boundless, and the style of play has not changed much. After Ibaka snatched the rebound, he instinctively went to Westbrook.

Westbrook saw Ibaka snatching the rebound, and he had already rushed out, and the speed was like stepping on Hot Wheels.

Ibaka's pass was immediately thrown out, and Westbrook received the ball in front of him, which was directly a super violent frame, grinning when dunking, as if the basket had done something to anger him.

The fans at the scene were in an uproar.

Tang Shuai looked helpless, Westbrook not only has an exclusive Turtle Breakthrough Pack, but also the dunk bag and power pack are also purple, this vacant opportunity is a great opportunity for him to perform, and he will definitely not miss it.

This kind of performative dunk is not very difficult, but it is full of visual impact, and it is a big blow to the momentum of the home team.

In the offensive round of the Clippers, Paul still wanted to organize, but Donovan ate this and defended Tang Shuai to death, and the second offensive organization was in vain, and in turn, Durant began to exert his might in the positional battle.

The Thunder are full of offensive firepower, one is good at breaking and the other is good at shooting, which is why they can match.

Durant took advantage of his teammates to cover and ran to a position within the three-point line, and after receiving a pass from a teammate, he directly made a pull-up jumper.

Although Brewer went around, in the face of Durant's long arm, he couldn't defend it when he had already jumped.

With a "bang", Durant hit a long-range jumper and scored the second athletic goal for the Thunder.

Cassel stood on the sidelines with a solemn expression and did not say anything.

The Clippers are still organizing the offense, this time Tang Shuai finally ran out of the tactical position, but he didn't receive the ball for so long after he got on the court, and the Thunder's defense was very tight, and he quickly pulled out his hand, and the basketball came out after two laps on the hoop.

The fans at the scene were in an uproar.

Once again, the Clippers' offense went down the drain.

The rebound was grabbed by Westbrook and then thrown to the fast Durant.

Durant is tall and has long arms, fast speed, and the next step of his feet is one and a half steps over ordinary players, and he quickly attacks the frontcourt, and a big loop evades Brewer's defense, which is directly a simple and rough one-handed split.

6 to 0! The Thunder gave the Clippers a dismissal from the start!

The Clippers were forced to call a timeout.

Before the player left the field, Billups pulled Cassell and whispered, the two seemed to be exchanging something, Cassel finally kept shaking his head, Billups sighed, and walked away helplessly.

After the timeout, the Clippers replaced Tang Shuai and replaced Smith, and it was clear that the three-minute trial had caused Cassel to abandon the small lineup.

Tang Shuai was sitting on the sidelines at this time, panting, it was very cool to do that kind of thing with Su Mei, but he didn't control the number of times, after a period of high-strength confrontation, he immediately felt that his physical strength couldn't keep up, and his legs were a little uncontrollably weak.

The Clippers' lineup changes did not have the desired effect, and Smith had a strong desire to attack after coming on the court, but the effect was not ideal.

22-8, finally in time to enter the rotation, the Clippers have fallen behind by a full 14 points.

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