Chapter 11: Thunder III

Under the leadership of the staff, Liu Rong came to the room where the current players hung their portraits, and he was really surprised, compared to the domestic stadium, it is really unusual! I saw the team's emblem when I entered, and it was really magnificent. [Ran^Text^Library] []%Fun%Literature%Fiction w.wxs520.com

After seeing the team emblem, the staff patted their heads and said: "Look at my memory, I forgot to tell you that the team emblem has a shield-like pattern and passes through two patterns similar to lightning bolts, which are called "thunder". Team logo color: The intersection of orange and blue leads to a conflict of cold and warm colors, not only does not have any "thunder" shock, but it looks flashy and flashy, more similar to the team logo of the NBA of the United States Women's Basketball League, and the masculinity is too insufficient. ”

After listening to it, Liu Rong also felt that what he said was reasonable, and then the staff began to introduce the Thunder players, and at the beginning, they brought the hanging portrait of the star Durant and began to say: "This person is Kevin? Durant was the star of the Thunder, who was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the second pick in the first round of the 2007 draft and relocated to Oklahoma with the team in 2008. In 2010, at the age of 21, Durant became the youngest scoring champion in NBA history, and then won the NBA regular season scoring title for two consecutive seasons. In 2014, Durant won both the scoring title and the NBA regular season Most Valuable Player award. On April 11, 2007, Durant officially announced his participation in the 2007 NBA Draft, Durant said, "I have been very happy in this year in Texas, everyone here treats me like family, I will always be a member of the horns, and I will never forget what the people here have done for me." Durant and Oden are both in the top two in the mock draft rankings of major draft websites. The draft was held at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 28, 2007, and Durant was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the second pick in the first round and became the "eye" of the draft. Supersonic CEO Danny? Bath said the benefits of Durant's prospect were immediate, with the SuperSonics selling 100 full season tickets and more selective combo tickets the next day as soon as Tuesday night's lottery draw ended. Fans who have lost faith in this team due to last season's poor record hope that Durant can save the team. Because of Durant's joining, the SuperSonics sent away Ray? Allen, the SuperSonics are still opting to trade All-Star forward Rassad? Lewis. In the 2007-2008 season, although the SuperSonics were at the bottom, Durant's personal performance was exceptional, averaging 20.3 points and 2.4 assists per game, shooting 87.3% from the free throw line, ranking first among rookies in three statistics, and second with 78 steals. Not only is he ahead of other rookies in his year in points, but Durant is also the first player since James to average more than 20 points per game in his rookie season. In addition, Durant is the first player since 2004-05 to lead the team in scoring in his rookie season, an honor previously won by Bobcats' Okafor and the Hawks' Chalderis. Durant scored a team-high 47 of his 80 regular-season games for the SuperSonics and scored a career-high 42 points against the Golden State Warriors on April 16, 2008. Named the NBA's Rookie of the Month West five-time (November, December, January, March and April), Durant scored at least 20 points in 47 games, scoring more than 30 points in seven games, and scored 23 points in the All-Star Rookie Challenge. On May 2, 2008, the NBA officially announced the best rookie of the season, Durant was elected to the 2008 draft with an absolute advantage of 545 points, and the Thunder used the No. 4 pick in the first round to select Russell, a sophomore from UCLA? Westbrook. In January 2009, Durant led the league with an average of 29.9 points per game, and in the Thunder's 98-105 loss to the Lakers in January, Durant's comprehensive statistics of 31 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals made him no less than Kobe's 34 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 0 steals. In the subsequent All-Star Game, Oden was again absent due to injury, while the Thunder forward led the sophomore to a record 46 points. Durant was also elected MVP. But this season, the Thunder's poor results did not make it to the playoffs. On June 26, 2009, in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Thunder selected James with the No. 3 pick. Harden. In the 2009-2010 season, the Thunder won 50 games in the regular season, and Durant created 29 consecutive games with 25+, becoming the second Mr. 25+ in history. On April 15, 2010, the Thunder faced the Memphis Grizzlies, and finally defeated the Grizzlies 114-105, Durant scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and after this game, he became the youngest scoring champion in league history at the age of 21 years and 197 days. Beyond Rick? Barry. This season, Westbrook has grown rapidly and managed to become one of the best point guards in the NBA. In the playoffs, the Thunder and the defending champion Lakers were eliminated in the playoffs in a fierce battle 6. On May 2, 2010, the NBA officially announced that Durant was second in the MVP vote for the 2009-2010 season. James]. In the 2011-2012 season, Durant was selected for the NBA All-Star Game for three consecutive years, and under his leadership, the Western Conference narrowly defeated the Eastern Conference 152-149, and Durant also won the first All-Star Game MVP of his career. This season, Durant won the scoring title for three consecutive years, in the playoffs, the Thunder defeated the Mavericks and the Lakers one after another, and in the Western Conference Finals, in the unfavorable situation of 0:2, Durant led the Thunder to win four games in a row, knocking down the Spurs 4:2 to advance to the championship game, but lost to the Miami Heat 1:4 in the finals. On October 28, 2012, the Thunder sent away Harden in a trade with the Houston Rockets [24]. In the 2012-2013 season, the Thunder won 60 games and won the Western Conference regular season championship [25] . On March 8, 2013, the Thunder narrowly defeated the Knicks by one point, and Durant scored 34 points in the game, which is also the highest score of a winning player on a team in the NBA this season with a one-point win. On April 28, 2013, in the third game of the first round of the playoffs, Durant scored a game-high 41 points, which was also Durant's highest score in the playoffs. On May 16, 2013, the Thunder lost 84-88 at home to the Grizzlies and reached the Western Conference semifinals.

In the 2013-2014 season, Durant averaged a career-high 32 points per game, along with 7.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists, which also set a new career high in assists. It was Durant's fourth career scoring leader in the league in five seasons, and he accomplished the same feat as Wilt Chamberlain, George Gervin and Michael Jordan, and he led the team to a league-best 59-23 record. Durant shot 50.3 percent from the field, 39.1 percent from three-point range and 87.3 percent from the free-throw line, and led the league in free throw attempts made (805) and field goals (703). In the regular season, Durant also scored 50+ twice, scored 40+ points 14 times, and scored at least 30 points and 10 rebounds in 17 games. And Durant scored 25+ points 41 times in a row, breaking Jordan's record of 40 consecutive 25+ games set in the 1986-87 season. On May 7, 2014, Durant was named the Most Valuable Player of the regular season. In the MVP vote, Durant scored a total of 1,232 points, of which 119 were the first votes. In the first round of the playoffs, the Thunder and Grizzlies entered overtime for the fourth consecutive playoff game, which is also the first time in NBA history that a playoff series has reached overtime in four consecutive games. On May 4, the Thunder met with Grizzlies player Zach ? Randolph defeated the Grizzlies 120-109 at home while suspended, and advanced to the next round of the series with a 4-3 score. On May 16, the NBA Western Conference semifinals Thunder defeated the Clippers 104-98 on the road, and advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a total score of 4-2. On June 1, the Thunder lost to the Spurs 107-112 in overtime, and the big score was 2-4 to stop the Western Conference Finals. That's all I have to say about Durant for the time being! There are many more things about him that I won't introduce for the time being, so I'll talk about it when I have a chance later! Time is not allowing! The staff said.

Liu Rong also knows that his understanding of Durant is that Durant definitely has excellent physical talent, he has a height of 211cm and an arm span of 228cm. Durant's arms are getting thicker every season. He is no longer afraid of any physical confrontation, and often hits shots or layups when his body is out of balance, and sometimes even completes a dunk from a 7-foot gap. His ball handling skills are unusually skillful, with swift cross-disguises, turns, pull-up jumpers and other actions that can only be seen in defenders. The shot is superb, he can score anywhere on the court, and no one can block his jumper. Playing at the point guard's level of playmaking and passing awareness, he is able to revitalize the offense of the whole team by himself. Rebounding is aggressive, especially offensive rebounding. Ball control is rare at this height. Durant's most outstanding skill is his consistent mid-range shooting ability, and he is impeccable in terms of shooting action and shooting percentage. His free throws are also one of his strengths.

Next up is Russell, another important figure on the team? Westbrook: Russell? Westbrook entered the NBA through the draft in 2008 and was named to the All-Rookie First Team in his rookie season; In 2010, he won the Turkish Basketball World Championship with the United States team, and in 2012, he won the London Olympics with the United States men's basketball team. Four-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA Second Team. At Lukinger High School, Russell in his junior year of high school? Westbrook led the team to a 25-4 record and reached the semifinals of the California Intercollegiate League Southern Region Division 1 AA Championship, where Lukinger High School is located. Westbrook averaged 25.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.3 assists per game, made 57 three-pointers, shot 76.0 percent from the free-throw line, had 14 double-doubles, scored more than 30 points in eight games, and scored a career-high 51 points against Carlson High School on Jan. 6, 2006. Dorrell Wright, a small forward who played for the Philadelphia 76ers, was a teammate at Westbrook when Lukinger was in high school. Before graduating from high school, UCLA's Ben? Howard took notice of Westbrook, offered him a scholarship and invited him to join the UCLA Bruins. In 2007, when he was a sophomore, Russell? Westbrook's UCLA Bruins reached the final four of the NCAA, losing 66-76 to the University of Florida in the semifinals. In 2008, the Bruins made it to the final four, but lost 63-78 to the University of Memphis. As a sophomore, Westbrook won the Pacific Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the Pacific Ten Conference Third Team and the League's All-Defensive Team. Westbrook holds the record for the most playing minutes of a sophomore in school history (1,318 minutes).

Russell? Westbrook is physically fit and athletic, and has undergone three arthroscopic surgeries in 8 months without any impact on him. Westbrook is not a pass-based point guard, he is good at straight breaks, explosive power, big pace, high air, facing high-intensity defense, although the finishing ability under the basket is not very efficient, but can create a lot of kills, relying on free throws to score. Westbrook likes to shoot up jumpers, lacks effective scoring near the basket, and his true shooting percentage is only slightly above the league average, and his poor shooting options are often criticized by the outside world Although Westbrook can grab rebounds and steal well, his defensive evaluation is very average, his defensive concentration is problematic, he will be embarrassed when defending without the ball, allowing opponents to easily cut or shoot threes, and need teammates to help make up for it. "I can say so much about Wei Shao's introduction.

Next is the now recognized three leaders of the Thunder, and one of the cornerstones of the Thunder, Ibaka, for the current Thunder team, the three of them are indispensable figures, only the three of them can go further in the Thunder! After finishing speaking, he took Liu Rong to the statue of Ibaka and began to explain the three masters of Thunder.