The Thunder had a 20-62 record last season, and they changed their face in the new season, changing the team name from "SuperSonic" to "Thunder", and moving to a new city and home court, but it can't change the fact that they are still a fish belly team, and avoiding the bottom of the bottom is their highest goal this season!

Before the game, Thunder coach Calesmo was very lacking, talking about the new season, he said: "We still have a lot of work to do, we have made some progress defensively, sometimes we look like a team that is very good defensively, but we have not been a team that is very good offensively. ”

This kind of talk is very demoralizing to the team, and it is easy to offend people. At least the new core of the Thunder, Kevin Durant, will certainly not agree with the head coach. Callemos said that the team's offense is not good, it is equivalent to saying that his scoring can not be enough, in front of Zhang Yu, a menacing first-year rookie, he doesn't want to lose his prestige before he sees anyone, young people are comparative, the media compare Zhang Yu with James and Kobe, but no one mentions him, which makes this equally talented second-year rookie very unhappy.

On the Knicks' side, although they had a day off in between, they still didn't completely get rid of the impact of back-to-back, and whether Zhang Yu would play before the game was tightly covered by the Knicks, and even their number one fan Spike Lee didn't know the answer.

When Calesmo got the opponent's appearance list in the locker room, Zhang Yu's name was prominently listed, and it was obvious that the Knicks had played a little trick in advance.

Zhang Yu was affected by back-to-back in the last quarter of the last game, his body was consumed too much, he did not stand firm on the ground after the layup, and his ankle twisted. However, his injuries were not severe, and he did not feel uncomfortable the next morning.

For the sake of prudence, the Knicks let him take a day off and did not participate in practice, and today he is fully recovered and can play.

The Thunder have brought in several league veterans this year, and judging by the table Xiàn in the previous games, they are indeed old

This season, the Thunder selected Westbrook, the opponent of Zhang Yu University in the same district, Westbrook, who looks like a violent point guard like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, won the team's starting position in the first game, and in the past ten games, he is not inferior to Rose and Beasley, and is a dark horse for this year's rookies.

But whether it is Beasley or Rose or the dark horse Westbrook, once compared with Zhang Yu's average of 21.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game, their original excellent numbers are immediately overshadowed.

All kinds of media were surprised by Zhang Yu's number, because it was so dazzling, it was really no worse than LBJ back then. It seems that this Chinese is really not bragging this season, he doesn't look like he is going for the best rookie at all, he is completely running for the MVP!

Want to win MVP in your first season? This appetite is too big, but if Zhang Yu can continue to play with this table, if the number can be improved a little more, and the Knicks can finally rank in the top four in the East and enter the playoffs, then James and Kobe Bryant and others will really not be able to suppress this rookie unless they create a regular season record comparable to that of the Bulls dynasty

Zhang Yu This is the first season, for a rookie, such a table is too high, and the superstars who have been famous for a long time must come up with many achievements beyond this rookie in order to convince the public!

For the first time this season, New York fans shouted the MVP slogan when Zhang Yu appeared before the game!

Durant VS Zhang Yu is the biggest attraction of this game.

The Oklahoma media was pessimistic before the game that Zhang Yu had a group of excellent helpers in the Knicks, so the outcome of the game could not determine which of the two was better. To determine who is better in this match, it is fairest to judge by the number jù.

The New York media happily engaged in the battle, Zhang Yu's expression during this period gave them full confidence, New Yorkers believe that their emperor will not lose to anyone, even if LeBron comes, the New York media will dare to fight now.

Thunder starting lineup: Russell Westbrook, Desmond Mason, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Nick Collisson

As their head coach said before the game, the Thunder's defense can only be found by counting backwards from the league teams, which is worse than the Knicks, and it is difficult not to take the last train in the Western Conference season, which is full of strong teams.

The Knicks defense isn't good either, but the New Yorkers have enough firepower to destroy the Spurs!

In the opening game, David Lee jumped to win Collison, and Zhang Yu took the ball to the front court himself.

Defending him was league veteran Mason, the 2001 slam dunk contest champion.

Zhang Yu is ready to teach this opponent a good lesson today, because this guy has hugged Yao Ming, and he really owes a beating! If it weren't for the fact that you're old, I'd have to give you an elbow!

Mason is in the Thunder this year, and it's a pure mess. Players who dunk well in general, don't have very good knees at the end of their careers, and Mason's fragile knees make him a complete black hole when defending.

Zhang Yu's high-post jumper after covering, the basketball obediently fell into the basket!

It was a frequent attack against the Spurs, and today he relied on it to get the first point easily. He's gradually finding his way to score, and his high jump shot is the first move, and if the opponent can't defend it, he will get a split second open shot, which is enough to kill the enemy for his shooting skills.

If the opponent defends well and can interfere with him, he will choose to continue to break through. His ball-handling skills allow him to easily rush into the opponent's box or even under the basket, and in this lethal area, he can pass, shoot, and dribble again to reorganize if he doesn't have a chance.

It's the kind of offense that the game against the Spurs made the opponent suffer a lot. Don't look simple, but the requirements for players are not simple, ball control ability, shooting ability, passing ability, breakthrough ability are all indispensable, and the players who can do it in the league can be counted with two palms.

Durant has not yet developed offensive ability with the ball, and is still a shooter who mainly shoots with the ball, and his 211cm height and 228cm arm span are better than the average shooter, which will be a nightmare for any defender, and it will be difficult for defenders to form limited interference with him and limit his shots.

Wallace used his strong body to defend Durant and interfere with his catch, which is a clever defensive method that can offset the height difference between the two men. After all, no matter how accurate you shoot, you must first have the ball in your hand.

Durant and Zhang Yu are very similar in some ways, both of them had 0 84kg bench press at the time of the trial, and their strength and confrontation ability were very poor, or should be described as very poor. In terms of size, both of them look like telephone poles, and there is no flesh on them. Durant may be thinner, because his height of 211cm is too tall, weighing only 215 pounds, which is still the weight after a season of weight gain, can you imagine how thin he was in his first season?

Zhang Yu was very passive by Iguodala in the second game, and Durant is now facing Wallace's tight defense, and he feels the same as he did at the beginning.

When the Oklahoma media saw Wallace defending Durant so passively, they suddenly felt that the previous bet was still unfair. Wallace's defensive ability is obviously better than Mason's! Look at how Durant was squeezed from the free throw line to the three-point line directly after receiving the ball, you can see how high the defensive intensity Durant encountered, it was too bullying!

Durant forced a shot from beyond the three-point line, the basketball hit the iron decisively, and Anderson pounced on a hungry tiger to grab the rebound.

Kenyon Martin was injured and Birdman Anderson replaced him as the starting power forward. In the low post defense and rebounding, Anderson is not inferior to Martin, especially today the Thunder's power forward is the fast and flexible Jeff Green, this player should be the most suitable position for the No. 3 position, Anderson is equal to the misplaced defense, his more flexible pace than Kenyon Martin comes in handy.

Durant didn't have a chance for the time being, and Westbrook exploded first in the first quarter. Everyone overlooked this explosive guy, Nate Robinson was broken by Wei Shao twice in a row and successfully made a layup, including a two-plus-one, scoring five points in one minute.

D'Antoni frowned, Nate Robinson defended very aggressively, but the opposite No. 0 had the speed and explosiveness of the small potato, and at the same time the height was far greater than the small potato, and Nate Robinson suffered a lot from him.

In the eighth minute of the game, Westbrook had already scored eight points on Nate Robinson, and the score of the two teams was 12-8, and the Thunder unexpectedly led by two points, and D'Antoni had to call a timeout.

Zhang Yu shot three mid-range shots during this period and scored 6 points. Durant was followed by Wallace and scored just 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting. Willis unexpectedly exploded at the start of the game, scoring eight points on two breakaway layups and four free throws.

Nate Robinson was fouled twice and D'Antoni replaced him with Crawford.

Crawford is fast, nimble on his feet, and although he is not strong, he has an advantage in alignment. Although Wei Shao is physically domineering, it is always the first season, and his confrontation ability is half a pound and two with Crawford, and even if he wins, it is limited, which is not enough to continue to eat opponents.

When the Thunder took a timeout, they deliberately arranged an off-ball screen strategy for Durant to help him get rid of Wallace's close entanglement.

Durant has the height of the No. 4 position, the agility and speed of the No. 3 position, and as long as his teammates give him a slight stop from Wallace, he has plenty of room to shoot. After returning to the court, Durant relied on his teammates to get rid of Wallace twice in a row without the ball, although it was only for a moment, but Durant shot extremely fast, tall and long, and Wallace could no longer interfere with him as long as he was half a beat slower.

With a three-point shot at a time, Durant began to put firepower out for the team.

Zhang Yu doesn't have to be so troublesome with him, even if he doesn't need to cover, he can create a shooting space himself, which is why the media is more optimistic about him. If he doesn't have the ability to attack with the ball, he is at best a strengthened version of Ray Allen, and it is not enough to pose a threat to James and Kobe.

The Knicks attacked, Zhang Yu broke through Mason directly, entered the interior to face Collisson's supplementary defense, used speed to eat the opponent, and made a foul on Collison under the basket, which was the opponent's second foul.

Zhang Yu hit both free throws, and the Thunder replaced Collison with another inside Swift who was hit by a knee arrow. The 213cm-tall white center suffered a torn pre-season cruciate ligament in his right knee in the 06-07 season, which is equivalent to declaring him half useless for a big man who is not very athletic.

The Thunder's interior line and the Spurs are not at the same level at all, and Zhang Yu was afraid of Duncan in the last game, so he kept firing on the outside. Now in the face of the Thunder's cold interior combination, he simply gave up his outside shooting and kept killing inside.

But you can't be as brutal as Westbrook, or you might get an arrow in your knee one day.

Zhang Yu's deception foul was not so smooth during this time, and there was a period of adaptation from college to the NBA. The NBA's interior line is more sophisticated, experienced, and far more difficult to deceive than the NBA's interior players, which requires him to improve his feints to be realistic, and it is best to increase his confrontation ability, and it will be better to deceive fouls if there is physical contact!

Jeff Green said that he is an all-round forward at best, and he is a player who is not a player at best, this is his second year, and he is not very experienced, which is most suitable for Zhang Yu to practice his improved cheat foul breakthrough.

Zhang Yu's breakthrough likes to hold the ball with both hands at the end of this time, so that the iron elbow can naturally stand up and threaten the defenders on both sides. Easily breaking through Mason again, Zhang Yuyun took a step and rushed into the interior with the ball with both hands, elbowed Green away, and forced a layup under the basket......

Green touched it unwillingly behind him, and this useless action added a free throw opportunity for Zhang Yu in vain, which is the result of the lack of experience and youth.

Zhang Yu hit a two-plus one penalty this time to increase his score to 11 points.

In the face of a weak team, Zhang Yu will never let go of the opportunity to score high scores, and this is how all previous NBA scoring champions have come.

Zhang Yu did not play the full first quarter, and was replaced by D'Antoni with 3 minutes left in the first quarter to rest, and Zhang Yu had already scored 14 points and 1 assist by the end of the game.

At the end of the first quarter, Durant played the whole quarter, scoring 8 points and 2 rebounds, Green had 5 points and 1 rebound, Westbrook had 10 points and 1 assist, and the Thunder's second least had begun to emerge at this time.

At 28:32, the Thunder relied on the young second boy to play, and only trailed the Knicks by four points in the first quarter.