The All-Star game is over, and the most difficult schedule begins.

The Warriors' first opponent after the All-Star is strong enough, the Thunder, the Kings of the Northwest! And it's still the Thunder at home!

Since the beginning of last season, the Thunder have shown their true colors as upstarts in the West.

They finished with a 52-30 record last season, and although they are only halfway through this season, they have won 27 games, giving them a chance to win 50+ in two consecutive seasons after a gap of 13 years.

What does this mean? It shows that the Thunder, a youth army, has recovered and is returning to the strong team map.

The reason why the Thunder team can achieve this achievement is inseparable from the young talents such as Durant and Westbrook, who have made people see the brilliant tomorrow of the Thunder through their own efforts.

The title of King of the Northwest, the Thunder team has been absent for a long time.

The Thunder, including his predecessor, the SuperSonics, have won only one Northwest Division title and made the playoffs four times in the past 13 years, with the furthest going in the semifinals.

The last time the Thunder won the title was back in the 2004-05 season, when they reached the Western Conference semifinals under Ray Allen and Rashad Lewis. Since then, however, the Thunder have not won more than 35 games in four consecutive seasons, including two consecutive seasons in 2007-08 and 2008-09.

Durant and other young talents have re-brought the title of Northwest King to this team, and halfway through this season, the Thunder locked up the Northwest Division championship, which requires extraordinary confidence and confidence, and the Thunder now have this confidence and confidence.

The Thunder have had a certain amount of strong team style this season, they have not had a big ups and downs, and so far, the longest is a three-game losing streak, and against the current top eight teams in the West, they have a win percentage of 48. 1%, and the overall win rate is 67. 9%。

Durant and Westbrook have played a key role in the rise of the Thunder, and their growth and improvement process is the same as the growth and improvement process of the young Thunder.

Durant has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two seasons and is already at the peak of his career. He's been the league's No. 2 scoring leader for the past two seasons and has shot 46 from the field. 3% or more.

So far, Durant is averaging 30 per game this season. 9 points, 6. 8 rebounds, 2. 8 assists. In the Jan. 27 game against the Timberwolves, Durant scored a season-high 47 points and a career-high 18 rebounds.

Of course, the Thunder team can't be said to be the kind of super team that can compete with the Warriors and Lakers, one of the reasons is that their interior line lacks strength, and only Jordan Jr. alone can't hold up the championship-level interior line.

However, the Thunder's uniform team made a difference, and they made a crucial trade during the All-Star break, which was to bring in Patrick Perkins and send away Jeff Green.

At the same time as bringing in Perkins, the Thunder also brought in another big man inside Mohammed. The Thunder's two trades sacrificed the team's offense, hoarded height and weight on the inside, and increased their leverage against the Warriors.

As for whether this deal will work, it will be tested right away, and the Warriors are coming.

In this game, the starting lineup excluded by the Thunder is: center DeAndre Jordan, power forward Perkins, small forward Sapo Sephorosa, playmaking guard Westbrook, and scoring guard Durant.

For the Warriors, it is center Chamberlain, power forward Ibaka, small forward Jamison, playmaking guard West, and scoring guard Carter.

After the start of the game, Jordan Jr. and Chamberlain jumped the ball on the halfway line.

Since Chamberlain won the All-Star MVP, his popularity has risen sharply, and he can get the same treatment as the opponent's star at the home of any team, and the cheers he received when he came on the court were not much smaller than Durant.

This made little Jordan very uncomfortable, and he mocked: "Who is this? The King of All-Stars? Oh God, it's scary, I'm going to be against the All-Star King? ”

Chamberlain smiled generously and said to Little Jordan: "Young man, work hard, the future of the league is yours!" ”

The referee threw the ball up, Chamberlain jumped up like a rocket and slapped West, looked at Little Jordan after landing, and said in an accentuated tone: "You are like the sun at eight or nine o'clock, the future is yours, young man, of course, the future is also ours, but in the final analysis, it is still my own!" ”

As he spoke, Chamberlain ran across the three-point line like a gust of wind.

West was very cooperative and immediately passed the ball to Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Little Jordan's eyes flashed with cold light, and he raised his right arm and stuck to the back of Chamberlain, Chamberlain didn't care about this, he held the ball in his hand and stabilized his body a little, and then turned around suddenly, like a spinning top, around Little Jordan who was stuck behind him and broke through to the penalty area.

At the same time, he skillfully slapped the ball with his right hand and strode into the penalty area.

"Don't think!" Little Jordan roared, Perkins blocked up like a mountain of meat, and the two of them were about to clamp Chamberlain.

At that moment, Chamberlain suddenly accelerated and broke through from the left side of Perkins with the ball. When Perkins moved sideways, Chamberlain quickly turned around Perkins like a spinning top again, so that he passed through the bag between the two and stepped into the penalty area.

"Damn it!" Little Jordan suddenly changed color, and tried to catch up with Chamberlain, but at this time, Chamberlain had already completed turning and facing the basket, he took two steps in a row, and then jumped up, holding the ball with his right hand and shaking his wrist gently, the ball flew half a circle in the air, and fell into the basket obediently.

The Thunder attacked, Westbrook ran with the ball, he was like a powerful torpedo, even as strong as West, he couldn't limit his advancement.

Durant waited in the frontcourt, Westbrook had just worked with West in the All-Star and knew that the latter was difficult to deal with, so he passed the ball to Durant in the frontcourt.

Carter's defense can only be regarded as average, and in the face of a scoring genius like Durant, the general defensive ability is far from enough.

The Warriors insisted on playing Chamberlain, and Jordan Jr. and Perkins hurriedly wrapped it up, and the two were vigilant this time and would not let Chamberlain find a breakthrough opportunity.

With the ball behind him in one hand, Chamberlain tentatively moved in twice, feeling that it was not easy to play, and began to look at the position of his teammates.

West and Westbrook were tearing up, and Chamberlain passed the ball to Carter for the UFO to attack from the high post, while he ran out of the box to leave Carter's breakthrough chance.

Carter was beaten by Durant just now, and he was naturally uncomfortable, he was one of the four scoring machines back then, and he was also a little arrogant, and now Durant is clearly going to grab the power and be the boss of the scoring guard line, how can Carter be willing to admit defeat?

He advanced with brute force and forced Durant, the latter's strength was a hard injury, and he really couldn't bear Carter, seeing this, Jordan Jr. quickly made up for the defense, and got rid of Chamberlain to defend Carter.

The moment Carter pounced on Jordan Jr., he flicked the ball to Chamberlain.

When Chamberlain got the ball, Perkins, the only remaining defender, immediately tensed up, every muscle in his body tensed, and his arms stuck on Chamberlain's back, trying his best to resist him.

In the face of Perkins' defense, Chamberlain directly turned to attack with the frame, only to see his right foot down-to-earth and his left foot exerting force, and taking the first step quickly, at the same time, his right arm was raised horizontally, like the angle of a battleship, pushing Perkins's skill, and his left hand slapped the ball, his body ran as fast as a wind, and he quickly broke through.

Pushed by Chamberlain, Perkins hurriedly seemed to have been hit by a rhinoceros, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he struggled to resist Chamberlain's advance, but after Chamberlain broke through, his body was pulled back abruptly, and then he stomped on the floor with both feet, got up and jumped, aimed at the hoop, and shook his wrist to project the orange ball......

Perkins was shivering with fat and was shaken like a massage chair by Chamberlain, and he was just about to get up to block it, but the ball had already fallen into the hoop.

Ibaka is doing his best, and Jamison is also answering left and right, so that Perkins and Jordan Jr. can't concentrate on wrapping Chamberlain at all.

The Warriors mainly played inside, Chamberlain hit frequently in the three-second zone, and with 7 minutes and 31 seconds left in the first quarter, West hit the inside line and dunked, and the score continued to be widened, and the Warriors played a 16-4 golden start.

At the critical moment, Westbrook hit a jumper to help the Thunder break the scoring panic, but Chamberlain was in a very hot state at this time, and the basket received a wonderful pass from Jamison and easily threw the ball into the basket.

At the end, West took over the Lakers' offensive banner, hitting the basket twice in a row to dunk the ball, and after that, Curry came on the court and hit a three-point shot as soon as he got on the court, so that the Warriors were completely in control of the situation on the court.

The Thunder was dumbfounded, Chamberlain's defense was too tough, Durant's second jump shot was blocked by him, and then Westbrook passed to Jordan Jr., who wanted to dunk and was blocked by Chamberlain!

Westbrook pushed fiercely, but there was a shortcoming, the stability was not enough, so the Warriors strengthened the defensive pressure, and the Thunder made a series of mistakes.

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Thunder 22-12, and Chamberlain scored 18 points in the first quarter, completely blowing up the Thunder's interior.

Thunder fans couldn't make a sound during the first quarter break, they stared at their stars dryly, and didn't even bother to boo, only occasionally, someone would question: "Didn't we strengthen the interior line?" Why does it seem worse? ”

In the second quarter, Chamberlain returned to the bench with peace of mind, and he had to hone the newcomer.

So, Thabit sat on the inside, Blair was a small forward, and Nelson Sr. arranged for Ibaka, West, and Curry to cooperate with these two people, and the second quarter started.

The Thunder side was a little messed up by the Warriors at the beginning, Scott Brooks is really not a famous coach, and he didn't come up with a good way to arrange it, but he knew that the main players were not in the right situation now, so he replaced Durant.

After the start of the game, facing his hometown father, Westbrook wanted to play a good game, but after coming up, he made a mistake, he turned and tried to break through West, but the mad dog pounced on it and broke the ball.

A few rounds later, Westbrook, who assaulted the inside, was blocked by Tabit again, and it was not your average wolf bèi.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both teams did not shoot well, and then after each hit a three-pointer, Durant, who was stunned by the Warriors in the first quarter, came on.

Durant saw that Chamberlain was not there, did not hesitate, made up his mind to play inside, and after getting on the court, he moved his long legs and rushed straight to the restricted area.

Fifteen seconds later, Jordan Jr. grabbed the rebound and passed it to Durant, Du Dashao worked hard and carried the ball to start a fast attack, Curry had no way to chase the defense, so he had to foul, but Durant made a quick shot and played a 2+1.

In this way, Durant scored 5 points in a row to announce his return.

With Durant leading, the Thunder seemed to wake up suddenly, and under the leadership of Durant, the Thunder played a wave of 15-5 offensive climax, chasing the score to 30-32.

The elder Nelson reluctantly asked for a timeout, he didn't know what to say now, and the team relied too much on Chamberlain, and there have been many times this season when Chamberlain was stopped as soon as the Warriors played.

After the game started, the Thunder's offensive firepower was still very ferocious, Durant made a layup, Westbrook easily shook the defender all the way to the inside and easily sent the ball into the basket, and the Thunder overtook the score.

At the end of the first half, the Thunder took a 36-32 lead.