Chapter 510: Torture and Kill Thunder
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After playing the rockets, the Cavaliers rushed to their next stop overnight, the Oklahoma City Thunder, in fact, they are all Western teams, but the western part of the United States is really big, Houston is calculated according to the map, the bottom of the middle of the United States, and Oklahoma Although there is no supersonic speed in the northwest corner of the United States (non-Alaska), it is about the same, if you take tomorrow's plane, it is estimated that the Cavaliers will have less than two hours of rest to start the game, so in order to make the team's players rest better tomorrow, so he flew to Oklahoma overnight, where he challenged the Thunder. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Such a long-distance back-to-back is indeed very tiring, soon after getting on the plane, almost all the players fell asleep in their seats, the Cavaliers' plane is a charter flight, the plane is not small, a total of these people, naturally how comfortable how to sit.
Especially the core of the team, just sit how you want, for example, Maddie occupies two chairs and sleeps against the wall of the plane, Jamison directly occupies four chairs to sleep on it, Zhang Kong is even more powerful, Dan Gilbert specially got him a small bed on the plane, although the bed is not big, but the bed is better than the one without the bed!
This is the Cavaliers' care for Zhang Kong, of course, this kind of care looks a little red to others, but the NBA is like this, a commercial society, people are unequal from the next life, and it is the same after they grow up.
Originally, Zhang Kong wanted to let Zhou Xin sleep in the bed, after all, she was a girl, but Zhou Xin refused, the other players of the Cavaliers were so tired from the bumps along the way that they almost didn't fall apart, and Zhou Xin seemed to be fine.
Then she said that she had stayed in the Amazon, and her body was soaked in the dead pool of leeches in the Amazon for three days and three nights, and she didn't have any sense of exhaustion, not to mention that she was just on a plane, not to mention that there was food, drink, and sleep on a very comfortable chair, this may be the most comfortable mission Zhou Xin has ever performed, Zhang Kong saw that she rejected herself, and she was no longer verbose, so she fell directly on the bed and slept, he knew that his performance was the most important thing for the Cavaliers.
The next day, the Cavaliers took off their tired bodies and entered the team's hotel, and after a good morning's rest, the Cavaliers did some adaptation training in the afternoon to prepare for the game that night.
At 19 o'clock in the evening on December 12, 2010, the Cavaliers met the Thunder on the road, and everyone thought that the Thunder had hit a hard hand this time, although the Thunder team is not bad now, but there is a clear gap between the levels of the two sides after all.
If the interior line of the Cavaliers can only be described as rotten, then the interior of the Thunder team ...... Well, you can't call it an inside line.
The current Thunder team is indeed not low in the Western rankings, and the two guys in the team, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, represent the new forces of the NBA, and Durant has proved his strength as the scoring champion in the season in two seasons.
And Westbrook has proved his scoring ability in two seasons, although these two guys are scoring machines and have amazing combat effectiveness, but in the eyes of the Cavaliers, they are not a threat, and the outside media has blown Durant to the sky and the earth, and his scoring is not ranked behind Zhang Kong? Except for rebounds, none of the entire statistics are higher than Zhang Kong.
Tie him to Westbrook together, it is estimated that it will not be able to withstand a single empty, plus Maddie, who has now recovered eighty and a half of his strength, and Jamison, it is not just a matter of time before he kills the Thunder, although it is a back-to-back.
At the start of the game that night, looking at the Thunder's starting lineup, the Cavaliers instantly formulated a new style of play, playing inside.
There's nothing to say, because the Thunder don't have an interior at all, their starting lineup is like this, the interior Jeff Green is a guy with good talent, but only 206 cm and 107 kilograms, even worse than Jamison, he should play small forward.
Sergi Ibaka, another outside and inside line, is 208 cm tall and 107 kilograms, and is a bamboo pole man.
Although the face is big, the body is really ...... Oh, small forward Kevin Durant, Durant was known as the second Maddy before entering the NBA, and today he will really face the challenge of Maddy, scoring guard Sapo Sofrosa (soy sauce man), point guard Russell Westbrook, young people are motivated, although he has been educated by Zhang Kong many times, but this time he still has the courage to stand up and challenge Zhang Kong, at least in front of the media he did not show timidity.
The Cavaliers' starting lineup today is still the same, center Milicic, power forward Jamison, small forward Maddy, point guard Parker, and scoring guard Zhang Kong, such a lineup, the Cavaliers are studying how to change it recently, but it will also take time.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers did not have the Thunder as the home team at all, and they played very easily.
The Cavaliers are like this, no matter who they are facing, it is their own offensive routine, playing the inside, playing on the inside, running if there is no chance on the inside, and then playing on the outside or fighting on the outside, but there is a 360-degree Zhang Kong without dead ends, how to play, the first quarter of the game The Cavaliers once led the opponent by as many as 11 points, but with the offense of Durant and Westbrook, the score was temporarily chased back, and at the end of the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers led the Thunder by two points at 33-31.
However, Byron Scott is very satisfied with the team's performance, and these youth teams are like Cheng Biting Gold in the commentary.
In the last game, there were only three axes, and when he finished all three axes, it was time for the Cavaliers players to clean them up.
In the second quarter of the game, the Thunder team had a little bit of fire extinguishing, although the score in the single quarter was not bad, 25 points, but in the face of the Cavaliers' 32 points, it was a little powerless, and at the end of the half, the Thunder team trailed the Cavaliers by a full 9 points at 56-65.
In the third quarter of the game, after a break, the physical strength of the Thunder side had almost recovered, so they began to chase points.
And the lack of physical strength on the Cavaliers' side appeared, and at this time, the burden of the Knights was on Zhang Kong's body.
Zhang Kong scored 18 points in a single quarter, without a single free throw, Durant was stimulated by Zhang Kong, 12 points in a single quarter, but 8 points came from free throws, his level of cheating fouls is really not bad, but at the most critical moment of chasing points, Zhang Kong fanned Durant down with a big hat, telling Durant that he can not only attack, but also defend the gap.
In the third quarter of the game, the Thunder scored 30 points, and the Cavaliers were completely dominated by Zhang Kong, scoring 26 points, and were chased back by the opponent for 4 points, but it didn't matter, because in the fourth quarter, the Thunder team's young people's three-board axe had also been finished, and now they are powerless, they have no strength, and the veterans of the Cavaliers resting in the third quarter can be powerful.
20-22 in the first quarter, although they only won by two points, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Thunder with a final total score of 113-106.
Zhang Kong had 32 points, 13 assists, 8 blocks, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, Westbrook's offense was very powerful, but his passing did have a lot of problems, Zhang Kong's steals have not been very powerful, but even so, he was forced to have five fouls, three of which were converted into steals by Zhang Kong, and Durant scored 25 points in the game and was completely shot down by Zhang Kong.
Westbrook's 11 assists in the game look beautiful, but only 14 points were scored, 5 of Zhang Kong's 8 blocks were given to him, the most interesting picture appeared in the first quarter, Westbrook received the ball to dunk, Zhang Kong fanned him down, and then he grabbed the rebound and wanted to dunk, Zhang Kong fanned it down again, Durant next to him grabbed it and gave it to Westbrook, and wanted to make a layup, but Zhang Kong covered it again...... What made the Cavaliers almost lose was the Thunder's bench players, last year's James Harden, who was the same age as James, and he appeared on the bench time, and really beat the Cavaliers' bench group.
Neither Gibson, nor Sessions had any way to limit him, allowing him to score as many as 19 points in the game.
The other is Jeff Green, don't look at his short and thin body, but his offensive talent is really good.
The Thunder only had four of them score double-doubles, while the Cavaliers had more, Zhang Kong's 34 points were not counted, and Maddy also scored 19 points, which was all played in front of Durant, but Durant played 39 minutes, while Maddy only played 34 minutes, and the veteran needs to rest, but even so, he proved that he is no worse than Durant.
Jamison and Milicic had a very happy day, the former made 6 of 9 three-pointers and scored 24 points, the latter grabbed 15 rebounds today, plus 14 points, and also sent 3 blocks, Ibaka's physical fitness is really good, but his height is indeed a bit problematic, facing Milisi, who is a lot taller than him, his offensive means are still very poor.
The same four players scored in double figures, and the rest of the points were divided equally among the other players, although the two games were back-to-back.
But because the team is not a particularly difficult team, the physical exertion on the Cavaliers' side is not large.
After playing the Thunder, they had two days off, both days on the 13th and 14th, and on the 15th, they were going to play the Heat away, but they still went to Miami early, not because they were eager to fight...... It's because, on one side there is sunshine, sand, and bikini, and on the other side is the northern country ice, what are you kidding~ These guys naturally want to go to Miami's bikini beach to bask in the sun for two days, and then educate the Heat team well, their idea is correct, after a show of hands, the beach party overwhelmed the opposition with an absolute advantage.
Coupled with Zhang Kong and Byron Scott's abstention, everyone reported the plane notice overnight, and on the morning of the 13th, the Cavaliers' charter plane had appeared over the airport in Miami, and they were ready to face the Heat triumvirate again.
(To be continued)