The trouble with Thornton's outburst is that the Thunder were forced to make an early change to the main lineup, including Durant.

This isn't the first time a head coach Brooks has done something like this. Whenever the Thunder were in trouble, or when the score was scorching, he would subconsciously wave his hand and replace him with the young No. 35. I don't know when this thin-looking third-grader has become the pillar of the Thunder team.

The effect of Durant's arrival on the court was obvious, and the score difference was quickly chased back.

After a few more rounds, Whitman saw that the time was almost up, and he also replaced Zheng Ke. This is also the so-called soldier-to-soldier, general-to-general.

Zheng Ke walked up to Durant's side, holding his knees and smiling inconspicuously.

"You're pretty comfortable playing, and you're not here to brush up a lot of points?"

Durant let out of his nostrils, snorted coldly, and looked unhappy. Mouth responded: "Is there a difference between you and no?" I can't still get points when you come."

This is Durant's trash talk in response to him, Zheng Ke glanced at Durant in a little surprise, and asked with interest: "What if you can't vote in a while?" A person's hand can't feel so good forever. What's more"

Durant was silent, he felt that he was really underwhelmed, why did he answer Zheng Ke's trash talk just now, now it's okay, he can't stop at all

The Timberwolves serve the sideline, and Love lifts the ball over his head and spins it in his big hand.

Zheng Ke gave Lowry a simple screen, allowing Lowry to take over the basketball with ease. Then Lowry dribbles to the top of the arc. Lefu ran from outside the bounds to the inside, Zheng Ke's position did not move, and his body shape changed. and made a block for Lefou.

Love cut inside, half a body ahead of Jeff Green.

Lowry made a pass to Love, but Jeff Green took advantage of his relative agility to the advantage, accelerated and stretched out his long arm to cut off Lowry's pass.

"Fight back!"

Durant, Westbrook and others had their eyes lit up. It's like it's a natural reflex to attack quickly.

The Thunder's three-line fast break, Westbrook ran fast as if he had launched a one-man fast break skill. Zheng Ke retreated alone, and he couldn't figure out the thoughts of the ball handler.

Come on your own?

Zheng Ke narrowed, and a fine light flashed in his long narrow eyes. Looking at Westbrook, who was advancing, he decided to take a gamble.

Westbrook did not disappoint Zheng. He took three leaps and leaps forward. The whole person is like Chang'e running to the moon, and the air is elegantly stretched.

Zheng Ke also jumped, but Westbrook continued to inertia and moved away from Zheng Ke's defensive range.

The basketball was moved to the rebound by him and hit the board into the basket.

"With this kind of movement speed, you can also go up" Zheng Ke landed on the ground, looking at Westbrook who flew out and fell into the group of camera divisions, and felt in his heart that this person was really a god.

There will always be mistakes in the game. Zheng Ke looked at Lowry and signaled that he didn't care.

A few minutes later. With both teams reaching 100 points, and with just over four minutes left before full-time, Whitman looked at his watch and replaced the recharged Billups.

Billups hit a three-pointer from the 45th spot at the three-point line to give the Timberwolves a 103-100 lead.

At such a critical moment in the game, the fans on the sidelines were also excited. Some fans held loudspeakers and called for everyone to cheer for the home team, and the sound of "defense, defense" became louder and louder, making the Timberwolves bench players who were not on the court to listen to the blood.

Seeing Billups shoot a three-pointer, fans waved slogans and star posters more often.

But the good times didn't last long, and two rounds later, the Thunder also shot a three-pointer from the outside, and instead led the Timberwolves by 2 points at 105-103.

Zheng Ke singled Durant with his back to win, and the two teams tied again with 105 points. With this shot, Zheng Ke has scored 50 points in this game, which is the second time he has completed 50+ this season, and the last game was in Phoenix, when he scored 50+ against the Suns.

As the minutes ticked by, the scores of the two teams were always entangled.

At 3 minutes and 05 seconds, Zheng Ke broke through and caused Durant to foul, and the free throw line hit two free throws, and the Timberwolves overtook by one point. At 2 minutes and 14 seconds, Zheng Ke broke through to the layup and was fouled by Ibaka's beaters, Ibaka fouled 5 times, Zheng Ke made two free throws from the free throw line, and the Timberwolves and Thunder were tied. At 1:34, Durant hit a three-pointer to give the Thunder a two-point lead. After that, the two teams missed each attack, until the last 39 seconds, Zheng Ke assisted Lefu, and Lefu threw a key mid-range jumper, and the two teams tied again with 113 points.

It was a suffocating last few minutes, both teams were very efficient in attack, you scored one, I returned one, and the fans couldn't take their eyes off it.

After a timeout, the Thunder served in the Timberwolves halfcourt.

Westbrook dragged the clock to the final 10 seconds, and Durant came out to catch the ball. But Zheng Ke still clung to him, not giving him a little space. After hesitating, Westbrook remembered a ball that was stolen by Zheng Ke in the first half, and he didn't dare to pass the ball!

With little time left, and Durant didn't want the ball, he motioned for Westbrook to play a single while he walked away to open up space for him.

After Westbrook dribbled a few times, he jumped directly outside the three-point line and jumped to shoot a three-point shot!

Billups was taken aback, this was really a master who didn't play according to the routine, and for a while there was no effective interference with Westbrook's shooting.

The arc of the basketball flight is somewhat flat

"Probably won't enter, right?" Billups, who turned his head to look at the basket, thought.

"Bang!"

The basketball smashes on the back edge of the hoop and falls neatly into the hoop! The spilled nets and crisp sounds made people marvel at the power of the shot.

There was silence in the room, except for Westbrook, who clenched his fists and roared

Half-ringing, Zheng Ke reacted. He clapped his hands and loudly reminded his teammates, "What's wrong?" We haven't lost yet! Isn't it just three points behind? You can get it back at any time! ”

Encouraged by Zheng Ke, the Timberwolves players woke up. That's right! I haven't lost yet! It's not a lore, what is this for?

The main reason is that Westbrook's three-point shot is too exaggerated, and the Timberwolves players on the court were shocked for a while, and people looked at the Thunder players holding Westbrook on the court, and thought that the game was over, but in fact, the game was not over, and there were 15.7 seconds left!

Timberwolves take a timeout.

Whitman was drawing tactical lines on the tactical board, his tie had been ripped open and his eyes were bloodshot. Roared in a gruff voice: "Trust your teammates, trust your teammates!" We're going to create the best shooting space for Chauncey and Jung, and once one of them makes a shot, Kevin, Chris, you have to rush to the front court for the rebound, and even if you can't get it, you have to shoot the ball out, you know? "Got it!"

After the soldiers put the backs of their hands together, they fell heavily

The Thunder actually pushed the Timberwolves into a corner, which was something that the experts did not expect before the game. Even the audience at the scene did not think about it. Some fans who don't usually pay much attention to the NBA as a whole still retain their memories of the Thunder at the level of the last two years in the West. As everyone knows, this season they are the first young dark horse in the West, and their record is close to the top eight in the West. "Huhu~" Zheng Ke's expression was serious, and he sighed at the palm of his hand, hoping to be blessed by the gods.

The outside serve is Afflalo, Anderson, Love, Zheng Ke, Billups and others are crowded in the other half of the court, and the fans can't see who is defending who is defending whom.

As the referee's whistle blew, Billups was the first to burst out of the crowd, and Westbrook was blocked before quickly following behind. Billups stretched out his hands as if he was about to catch the ball, and when he reached the arc of 45 degrees, he suddenly changed direction and ran to the bottom corner.

Zheng Ke also slipped out of the crowd at this time, Anderson and Love gave him double cover, and Durant immediately missed him by two positions. Zheng Ke easily received the basketball.

After he took the ball, he raised his hands directly and made a shooting pose.

Durant didn't have time to think about it, and jumped up reflexively.

Zheng Ke was very calm, he waited for Durant to leap up, took a step sideways, and then took a deep breath and threw the ball before Safrosa and Durant pounced together! "Huh!"

The basketball also fell neatly into the basket, and the big stone that worried the audience finally fell to the ground, and people sprung up like mushrooms to celebrate the escape from death.

Love and other Timberwolves players also spread their arms and were excited. And Durant and the others didn't have time to clean up their injuries, so they ran to the bottom line, ready to serve quickly, and sneak attack the Timberwolves. "Back to the defense!"

Zheng Ke yelled and took the lead to defend himself.

Everyone reacted, calmed down, and quickly retreated to the half.

Since the Thunder team has already served, don't take a timeout, not to mention that the timeout is almost used. The Timberwolves chose a risky three-point shot tactic because they didn't have a timeout, but they didn't expect the one-shot to be successful.

The Thunder dragged on until the final seconds before Durant took control of the offense. Zheng Ke was very defensive, and the two were almost stuck together. In this case, the referee also turned a blind eye to the frequent physical contact between the two. Therefore, Zheng Ke's cowhide defense is more effective than usual, and it is difficult for Durant to turn around.

With Duran's particularly twisted jump shot missed at the last moment, the two teams went into overtime!

It was an unexpected result, and the regular season was 48 minutes without a winner! You know, Zheng Ke has scored 57 points at this time, which is not only the highest score so far this season, but also the highest scoring record of his career! (To be continued......)