Head coach of parallel imports in the NBA

Chapter 322 Thunder
On January 1th, the Timberwolves played at home against the Thunder. This was the third meeting between the two sides this season, and these three games were all in this month. The first two games were tied 30-1. .

So this game also attracted a lot of people's attention before the game.

Da Zhuang also hopes to draw a perfect end to the January schedule.

With Durant and Westbrook returning from injury this season, the Thunder's record in the regular season is much better than last season. In the past 47 games, it has also achieved 34 wins and 13 losses. The ranking in the Western Conference is also ranked fourth. Judging from the current situation, the number of places in the playoffs should not be a big problem.

It is also worth mentioning that the Thunder is also one of the teams with relatively small personnel changes this summer, and the Thunder's trading strategy this summer is also a public matter of the league, which is to reduce the burden of the luxury tax.

And there is another interesting thing, that is, Ridnour, who had previously played for the Timberwolves, changed five teams in a row in just five days this summer.

And it was traded three times in just one day, and was finally sent to the Raptors by the Thunder.

Dazhuang is also very important to this game, and once again resorted to the big killer-system buff.

It's not that Zhuang has any grievances with the Thunder, at most it's just Durant, and two seasons have passed, in fact, few people have mentioned this matter.

In addition, there are very few players in the current league who are free to provoke Chen Dazhuang. Not everyone in the league dares to provoke this label.

Rational consumption, this is the only thing Da Zhuang has learned after experiencing several big pits after the system update.

This time it only cost 20 points, and after seeing two red ones, Da Zhuang stopped refreshing very decisively.

Although it seems that the attributes are average, one increases the shooting guard's three-point shooting rate, and the other is the point guard's pass success rate.

Originally, Da Zhuang thought that even if this was the case, the game should be stable, but no one thought that the game would be played to the end. According to the evaluation of the game from the outside world, it would be the most classic game of the season.

The level of excitement is no less than the crazy overtime game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs last season.

The game between the two sides was played on time at 6 o'clock in the evening.

The Timberwolves have all the main players here, Dinwiddie, Middleton, Bennett, Jokic and Oden.

The Thunder also played all the main players, Westbrook, Waiters, Durant, Ibaka, Adams.

At the beginning of the game, both sides were full of firepower.

The Timberwolves opened fire first. Middleton used Jokic's cover from the outside to hit Waiters directly with a time difference and made a precise three-pointer. Looking back, Westbrook also used the cover and went inside. Not only to hit the ball He advanced, and also caused Jokic's foul, a successful two plus one.

Next, the Timberwolves' offense is still Middleton, but this time after handing the ball to Jokic, he slanted inside and ran to the corner on the weak side, while Waiters, who was following up, was blocked by Oden After a while, Middleton, who came to the bottom corner, also received a pass from Jokic, a typical open three-pointer formed by an off-ball screen.

Hitting three-pointers consecutively also made the atmosphere of the scene reach its peak all at once.

But then it was the Thunder's turn to attack the ball. This time it was Durant facing Bennett's defense, a forward breakthrough fake, and then followed by a pull-up jumper and hit a mid-range two-pointer.

The two sides just came and went from the first minute of the game to the last moment of the game.

The score has been rising alternately, and there is no good way for the opponent's offense, especially the defense of the opponent's core players.

And the core scoring points of both sides have always maintained a high shooting rate in this game.

With 41 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the score was 103 to 103. From this score, it can be seen that the offense of both sides in this game is very sharp.

Thunder's offensive possession.

Durant showed his power from the outside and directly hit Bennett with a strong three-pointer. This ball also caused huge cheers from the Thunder's bench.

With 28 seconds left in the clock, the Timberwolves have the offensive ball.

At this time, the score on the court was 103 to 106, and the Timberwolves were three points behind the Thunder.

It's still the same routine, but this time it was Bennett's counterrun, and Middleton holding the ball attracted the Thunder's defensive attention, so Bennett was emptied.

In the end, Bennett hit the three-pointer, and all the fans in the stands at Target Center stood up and cheered.

106 to 106, the two sides tied again, and the time was only 5.7 seconds left.

Originally, the Thunder had a chance to kill the Timberwolves, but it was a pity that Durant failed to hit a three-pointer this time, so with the referee's whistle, the two sides had to enter overtime.

In overtime, the two sides still maintained a high hit rate.

And this time it was Durant who saved the team.

With the last 4 seconds left in overtime, the Timberwolves led by 119 points 117-2.

After Durant made an emergency stop and changed direction, CIC tied the score again, and the two sides also entered the second overtime helplessly.

But this time Durant failed to save the team.

And it can be seen from this overtime that the strongest part of the Timberwolves lies in the depth of his bench.

The biggest heroes of the Timberwolves in this overtime are LaVine and Grant who came off the bench.

The two hit consecutive three-pointers in the middle of overtime, and Grant even blocked Durant's two attacks in a row. As a result, the point difference between the two sides exceeded 5 points for the first time in this game.

And these 5 points are like an insurmountable ditch for the Thunder.

In the end, as Durant hit the rim with a gambled ultra-long three-pointer at the last moment, the referee also blew the whistle for the end of the game. The Timberwolves defeated the Thunder 134-129 after two overtimes.

"classic!"

This is the second day after the end of the game. The title of the headline on the front page of the NBA section of the Los Angeles Times only has these two words, but these two words fully interpret the game between the Timberwolves and the Thunder.

"A game that is enough to be recorded in the history of the league. When you think of this season again after many years, I think this game will first appear in your memory."

Barkley's words can clearly show how intense this game is.

(End of this chapter)