roccoschili Chapter 415 November
Chapter 415 November
Chapter 415 March
After the end of the campaign in February, the entire NBA has entered the most critical moment of the playoffs.
Teams like the Thunder, Rockets, Warriors, and Raptors are relatively easy. They are all teams that have already entered the playoffs.The eyes of the team have already reached the last two rounds of the playoffs.There are also some teams that are relatively nervous and have a good lineup, but whether they can enter the playoffs is still an uncertain thing.Of course, there are more nervous than these teams.That is those teams that have been rebuilt or have been on the road to rebuilding for a long time, and they are all working hard to make themselves more likely to draw the best picks.
For the Thunder, March is a rare time for them to practice the lineup.The highlight of April must be the first round of the playoffs, after all, there are not many games in the regular season.Donovan's tone for the month is one of grinding.Unlike at the beginning of the season, the Thunder's origins are already very familiar with each other, and the cooperation between them is also very tacit.The problem they urgently need to solve now is how to allocate different playing time for the three core players of the Thunder, so as to take into account both the starting lineup and the substitute lineup.After all, when it comes to the playoffs, it is impossible to rely on only 6 or 7 people to play games.There are not many players on the Thunder's bench who can play a big role, and Westbrook, Paul George and An Luo are needed to lead the game.These three guys have all led the rotation lineup individually, but none of them are particularly ideal.
On the first day of April, the Thunder beat the Lone Ranger in a very thrilling manner.This is the last regular season match between the two sides this season, and the Thunder still had the upper hand in the previous few times.The Lone Ranger is destined not to be able to enter the future games. This season, the "Mavericks" are really not strong.And although the Smith they selected last year performed well, it is obviously not the core of the team that the Dallas people are waiting for.Therefore, they still rushed to the draft in June.It is said that they have taken a fancy to a European player. Dallas has always favored international players. In addition to Nowitzki, Nash, Jose Barea, Peja Stojakovic, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, etc. The Mavericks played.
But in this game, the Lone Ranger played very well.Although they were caught off guard by the Thunder's strong offense and defense in the first quarter, they fell behind by as much as 15 points.But in the subsequent games, they never gave up chasing the score.Barnes and Powell became the arrows of the Lone Ranger. The two brothers, one inside and one outside, just reversed the passive situation of the Lone Ranger.Of course, Smith and the old chariot also contributed a lot.
When the game reached the last quarter, the Lone Ranger even overtook the score three times.Playing Donovan had to send all his main players on the field.With 38.2 seconds left in the game, An Luo received the ball outside the three-point line.At this time, the Thunder trailed the opponent by 108 points at 110:2.
In fact, under Donovan's arrangement, An Luo could make a move.His position is not bad. Although Matthews is very active and close, but with his strength, he can't cause too much trouble for An Luo.But An Luo saw Westbrook in a better position.Without the slightest hesitation, An Luo passed the ball directly.If this was placed in the previous season, An Luo would have voted.It can be seen that after clicking on the passing ability, some things in the consciousness are still affected.
But Westbrook didn't waste Anlo's pass.After receiving the ball, he accelerated away from the young Smith with Adams' screen.After entering the inside line, a quick change of direction swayed Powell, who was changing defenses, and then leaned on Barnes and scored a layup.The two collided in the air, and the referee called Barnes' foul.
After making a steady shot and adding free throws, the Thunder overtook the score again.
111:110, although there is only 1 point, but at this critical moment, it is enough to decide the outcome of this game.
With 27.8 seconds left, the Lone Ranger launched an attack.Barnes rushed inside, and Robertson made an offensive foul close to the reasonable collision zone, and missed the opportunity to overtake.However, the Thunder then returned an offensive foul to the opponent, and once again handed over the opportunity.In fact, these two fouls are controversial. Barnes' offensive foul was very unreasonable. Perhaps the referee himself discovered it. In order to compensate the Lone Ranger, he found an opportunity to call the Thunder.It seems that one side blows one, and it doesn't favor anyone.But in fact, neither side is satisfied.It can be seen that the referee is not so easy to be.If it doesn't work out, the mouse will drill into the bellows - getting angry at both ends.
The Lone Ranger's last offense was completed by Smith.But his last shot was blocked by Paul George and An Luo.In the end, the Thunder narrowly beat the Lone Ranger relying on Westbrook's two plus one and a perfect defense.
After the final whistle sounded, Westbrook took the lead in hugging Nowitzki and others.Then he chatted with his old teammate McDermott.The emotions of the players on both sides did not have much ups and downs.The Thunder should win, and the Lone Ranger is willing to lose.And after losing the game, they are also closer to high-ranking picks such as No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-].
After leaving Dallas, the Thunder and his party went to Phoenix.This is another opponent that the Thunder cannot take lightly. Not long ago, they lost to each other.But this time the Suns played quite normally, and they lost the game cleanly.And in this game, neither Westbrook nor An Luo played!After all, this game is just the previous game of the Thunder's back-to-back away games.Under such circumstances, Paul George became the big devil on the field, scoring 45 points with sudden shots.The Suns don't have a player who can contain him.
After winning the game against the Suns, the Thunder went to Portland non-stop to challenge the Trail Blazers away.
This game will not be easy!The current Blazers are not what they were at the beginning of the season.Under the leadership of Lillard and McCollum, the two guns in the backcourt, they have become more and more courageous, and they have advanced all the way, and now they are firmly ranked fourth in the Western Conference.And in the previous five games, all won.From the perspective of momentum, they are not weaker than Thunder.
In fact, this game is also the most difficult game the Thunder played after the Warriors.Even winning in Dallas was a thriller, but they were leading for a long time.And on this night in Portland, they mostly played catch-up.
(End of this chapter)