Chapter 8: Are the Lakers going to win again?
The Thunder now have a 42-12 record, beating the Spurs and in first place in the West. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's just that the NBA schedule has entered February, and it is inevitable that there will be some injuries for all teams, and the same is true for the Thunder, whose second-in-command Westbrook is on the injury list, and only another Durant is left.
However, even with Durant's Thunder, it was also very scary in the regular season. This season's Durant, averaging 32 points per game, can be described as full of firepower. And Durant also showed the ability of a superstar, in the last month, Durant led the team to defeat the Rockets, the Warriors, the Trail Blazers, and the Spurs, and then went to Miami to overturn the Big Three, and now many people feel that Durant is just a championship ring, and the moment he gets the championship ring, he can beat James and become the first person in the league.
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Durant stood on the court, he looked at Zhang Guan not far away, and a trace of tension rose in his heart.
"I'm starting to get nervous!" Durant took a deep breath and calmed down. Whether it was playing the Spurs or the Heat, Durant didn't feel nervous before, but now the Lakers, who are leading the team to play the second-to-last in the West, are like thousands of horses galloping, and it is difficult to calm down.
"Zhang Guan, I'm going to face Zhang Guan again!" Durant couldn't help but think of the rout in the men's World Basketball Championship four years ago, which was the hardest game Durant played and the defeat he remembered the most.
"This time, I must not lose!" Durant snorted coldly, but the next moment Ibaka's jump ball lost to Carman, and the Lakers had begun their first offense.
"Defend Zhang Guan!" Durant focused his attention on Zhang Guan, but what he didn't expect was that the ball was passed to Carman, who then assisted Marshall and made an open three-point shot.
"Give me the ball!" Durant shouted at Ibaka, who hesitated and ended up not sending the ball to Reggie Jackson, but to Durant.
Then, Durant struck iron once.
The Lakers grabbed the rebound, and the ball went to Zhang Guan's hands, and Zhang Guan also started to charge for the first time.
"Zhang Guan's fast attack!" Durant's heart tightened, and he rushed to Zhang Guan without hesitation.
At this moment, Zhang Guan attracted three Thunder defensive players, including Durant.
"Block his layup route!" Durant yelled as he raised his hand to prepare for the block.
At this moment, Zhang Guan flicked his wrist and passed the ball to Marshall, who followed up, and Marshall shot in the open position and scored two points.
Durant didn't believe in evil, and once again took the initiative to ask for the ball, facing the defense of Wesley Johnson, and made a three-point jumper.
Strike iron by two!
After Zhang Guan got the ball, he counterattacked again quickly, and Marshall followed up at the same time. This time, the Thunder learned to be obedient and divided people to defend Marshall, but Zhang Guan used a layup to cheat a foul, and then hit a free throw.
Durant attacked for the third time and finally hit two points, and then Marshall's three-pointer was missed, but the ball landed right in front of Zhang Guan, who picked up a rebound and hit it again from mid-range.
Ibaka missed, Jordan Hill made a layup and Wesley Johnson grabbed the ball and passed to Zhang Guan, who scored two points on another mid-range jumper.
The Thunder called a short timeout, and Staples Arena was jubilant, with an 11-2 start that many people could imagine. But before the game, no one could have guessed that it was the Lakers who scored 11 points, and the Thunder team only scored 2 points!
"What's going on, is this really the Thunder? Aren't they number one in the West? How can you be beaten by the Lakers at the beginning of the game! ”
"The shooting percentage offered by the Lakers was too high, but the Thunder kept playing iron, making one of four in the opening game, and Durant missed two shots."
To be honest, Durant's three shots were not very well timed, and even the shot was made, there was a lot of luck in it. As soon as Durant opened today, he seemed to be too eager to score! ”
Many discerning people can see that today's Durant played very unreasonably at the beginning, completely like a newcomer who is eager to show himself, not the usual superstar-level Durant.
After the timeout, Marshall was replaced by Blake after two consecutive errors, and Zhang Guan also turned on the scoring mode.
Reggie Jackson, who just started to guard Zhang Guan, was broken by Zhang Guan in a row, not to mention, and thought it was irrational to pay two fouls, and soon went to rest.
The current Reggie Jackson is only a third-grader after all, and because Wei Shao was injured, he was promoted to the starting position, and it was inevitable that his self-confidence was inflated, and he was educated by Zhang Guan.
As a last resort, the Thunder had to switch to Sofrosa to defend Zhang Guan.
Sofloza is known for his tough defense, and he is also a former NBA defensive second team. At that time, Sofrosa could press Harden on the bench, and a big reason was because Soflosa's defense was good enough.
Soflosa's defense is much stronger than Reggie Jackson's, he belongs to the kind of strong individual defense, with height, reach, and speed. The close defense is very pressing, and the lower set is very solid, and this defense is especially aimed at those who are physically strong attackers, and this season, the Spurs' Leonard, the Heat's Wade, and the Rockets' Harden have all suffered at the hands of Soflosa.
But in the face of some perverted quasi-pitchers, there is no chance to fight against your body at all, raise your hand to shoot, throw can still score, Soflosa is not good, such as when playing the Warriors before, Curry and Thompson, Sofrosa was a defenseless, Curry scored 37 points on the head of the Thunder, Thompson also scored 26 points, but fortunately, Durant broke out with a 54 points, which made the Thunder finally win the game.
When Zhang Guan saw Sofrosa coming to defend himself, he simply caught the ball and threw it.
"Hey, Zhang Guan voted, he really dared to vote!"
"Hey, you can really get in!"
The commentary of the central power station kept repeating these two sentences.
Looking at this scene, the head coach of the Thunder team frowned, and there was no one else in the Thunder team at this time who could restrain Zhang Guan.
In addition to Reggie Jackson and Soflosa, the Thunder's two backup guards are Jeremy Lamb and "Old Fish" Fisher. As for Fisher, he is forty years old, and he is a defensive hole on the field, and a young defender can bully him.
The current Thunder still misses Wei Shao very much, if there is Wei Shao's iron-blooded defense, Zhang Guan may not score so easily.
However, the Thunder can't limit Zhang Guan, the Lakers can't limit Durant, and even Reggie Jackson and Ibaka can't be limited, after all, there are no players who can defend in the current Lakers team. It's just that the two don't have many opportunities, and the Thunder's main ball is still concentrated in Durant's hands.
Durant made a total of 16 shots in the first half, but only hit 5 shots, and the shooting rate was only 30%, which can be said to be low, and it is precisely because of Durant's slump that the Thunder still trailed by 9 points at the end of the first half, and the score of the two sides was 54-45.
In the second half, Durant finally gradually regained some touch, although the three-point shot was still iron, but the mid-range shot was very accurate.
The Lakers' defense of Durant is also symbolic, D'Antoni originally started by bombardment, and the requirements for defense are not so strong, and now there is no one who can defend under D'Antony, plus Durant can't defend himself, so he simply doesn't defend it, let Durant vote!
Playing and fighting, Durant also shot, and Durant's shot was high, and it was difficult for other players on the Thunder team to have a chance to shoot.
The game turned into a shooting contest between Zhang Guan and Durant.
"Durant, mid-range shot, ball in!"
"Zhang Guan's emergency stop jump shot, there is!"
"Durant tries three points, good shot!"
"Zhang Guan's long-distance three-pointer, in!"
The cheers at the scene rose wave after wave, and the scores of the two sides also rose alternately, and the scene was not lively. It's just that the difference of about 10 points has never been widened.
As for the players of the two teams, they didn't have much of the ball anyway, so they simply started to follow their respective bosses to do a switchback run.
Although it was a switchback run, the players didn't dare to complain at all, who made the team boss!
Needless to say, Zhang Guan's fame and strength are there, and he is also the team's small boss, and the players dare not provoke and cannot afford to provoke. And Durant, who is also famous and powerful, is the star of the Thunder, where do the younger brothers dare to upset the boss. Since the boss wants to shoot, then give the boss all the balls and let him shoot!
If you analyze it calmly, it will definitely be the Thunder who suffers in this situation. On the Lakers' side, Thackeray, Marshall, Sean Williams, and Wesley Johnson are all bottom-salary men, like Jordan Hill and Blake, who are close to the middle annual salary, even if they are worth a lot.
As for the Thunder team, it is Ibaka and Perkins who are running back and forth, Ibaka gets more than $12 million a year, which is equivalent to a star contract, and Perkins' salary is more than 8 million a year, which is half higher than the middle class. Even Soflosa can get 4 million a year, and he can top the Lakers' four base-salary men alone.
In the NBA, how much money you take is basically a representation of how capable you are. And now, it is also meaningless to follow the boss and run back, the Lakers are a group of low-salary men, and the Thunder are quasi-stars, which is like a horse race, the Lakers use inferior horses to consume the physical strength of the Thunder's top horses.
However, Durant's scoring ability is really strong, and when he came off the break at the end of the third quarter, he had scored more than 30 points.
"Today Durant, the score must have gone up to 40 points again!"
"I think 45 points is possible!"
"But you see, the Thunder are still 11 points behind!"
Everyone looked at the scoreboard, and the score was 85-74, and the Thunder were still behind.
"Could it be that the Lakers are going to win this game again?"
Said the passer
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