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Chapter 239 New Year's New Weather

The second quarter started immediately. In the first quarter, LeBron, who was off the field early due to two offensive fouls, went directly to the field to lead the Heat's substitute lineup. He played a 5-17 attack wave in 10 minutes and successfully narrowed the point difference to 15 points. .

Su Yang then dispatched the Thunder's main force according to the normal rotation, and quickly stabilized the situation, leading by 12 points at the end of halftime.

Returning to the locker room during the intermission, he focused on praising Harden, and then told the Thunder players not to relax too much in the second half.

But he was sure that Wade was troubled by fouls, and LeBron led the team to chase points in the second quarter because he had a one-star lineup that could best play his strength.

Of course, that embarrassing situation only occurs when the Heat are playing against a strong defensive team, and most teams cannot withstand the impact of the two.

After the third quarter, LeBron had no space, Wade had no space, and Bosh lost the mid-range pitch.

The Thunder took the opportunity to play an 8-2 attack wave. After the third quarter, the lead became 22 points again, just like a single loop.

Perhaps it was the addition of the atmosphere of the Christmas game. Although the Heat had no hope of winning, they did not give up early.

As usual, LeBron came on stage ahead of schedule to lead the team. Su Yang intentionally added highlight moments for Durant to hit the MVP, and sent Durant to face off at the same time. Durant lived up to expectations. In 4 minutes, he led the team to play a wave of 12 to 7 to seal the victory. .

Green and Cook then sent 5 of 4 three-pointers, completely defeating the Heat, and the game entered garbage time.

In the end, the Thunder beat the Heat 125 to 94, winning the finale of the Christmas game and shocking the league.

In the whole game, seven members of the Thunder team scored in double figures, and Green hit 8 three-pointers alone, scoring 28 points.

Presti beat his chest on the sidelines to express his gratitude to Su Yang, thanking him for all kinds of overt and covert operations to force Green to stay. The total annual average salary is only 800 million to renew the contract. It is bound to drop.

After the game, in just 5 minutes, all the betting markets in Las Vegas casinos related to the Thunder's victory, the odds of buying the Thunder's victory have all plummeted. Many fans are very optimistic about the Thunder's defense with real money. champion.

Twitter and other social platforms exploded with discussions. Many fans were surprised to find that three-pointers are so important. They could actually limit the Heat by restricting three-pointers + intercepting breakthroughs, a strategy that ordinary fans can think of, and successfully restricting the Big Three.

However, some fans believe that the Heat's loss was due to bad luck. LeBron and Wade committed 5 fouls in the first quarter, which caused the Heat's rotation to be too chaotic and failed to show normal strength. The team gains the advantage.

Many TNT celebrities, headed by Barkley, tweeted and joked that they could no longer understand the Thunder's style of play, and they could beat the Heat by 31 points. Chris Webber, who was forced to support the Thunder before, proudly announced that TNT knows the ball best guest.

At the press conference after the game, when talking about whether the team's defensive strategy can be applied to other teams, Su Yang said with a smile: "It depends on the situation. We have Tyson Chandler and Serge Ibaka. Both of them Can protect the rim very well..."

Many fans caught Su Yang bragging, especially those who hated the Heat's Big Three, thinking that the entire league should learn from Su Yang's offensive and defensive strategies for the Thunder.

The fans arranged nicknames for Su Yang while bragging, saying that he was the "first vanguard of fire fighting", and he was worthy of being included in the history of the league.

On the 27th, the Thunder continued to sit at home to face the Dallas Mavericks who came to challenge after Christmas.

Without a center with strong frame protection and tough top defense, the Mavericks' overall play style is still soft. Brandon Heywood can hardly support the heavy responsibility of the starting center. There are rumors that the Mavericks will try to trade for the injured center Perkins of the Celtics, or even Re-sign Dampier.

But even without strong defense, the FLOW offensive system that the Mavericks have formed still has great power. In the first quarter, they played a wave of 13-2 attacks around Nowitzki. To stabilize the situation.

The Thunder entered the second quarter behind by 5 points. Harden and Green led the team to reverse with only three points, and they tied at halftime.

In the second half of the game, the two teams led each other, and soon reached the decisive moment of the final quarter, and Ika made consecutive mid-range shots to win.

Throughout the game, the Thunder's five main substitutes contributed more points than the five starters.

Many people took the opportunity to take the rhythm, saying that Durant did not get the MVP because his teammates were too strong. If he was replaced by another small forward, such as Caron Butler of the Mavericks, the Thunder would still be able to win, and it would not even affect the defending title this season.

Durant caught those fans unconvinced and spouted wildly. Although he used a trumpet, his tone and words were quite obvious.

Others don't know much about Durant's trumpet habits, but Su Yang knows it too well. After he found out, he directly sent a private message to Durant: "Don't pay attention to those guys, what you are after is much bigger than what ordinary people understand. many…"

On the 29th, the Thunder sat at the Ford Center to face the Nets.

Compared with the last time in the away game in New Jersey, the Thunder had one more starting center, Chandler, who directly packed Lopez into obedience, and also prevented the extremely fast Devin Harris from rushing up, thus completely locking the basket Net offensive firepower.

After three quarters, the Thunder led by as much as 18 points. Harden, Green and other substitutes played a wave of 12 to 5 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, helping the Thunder to expand the lead to 25 points, which made Nets coach Avery angry. Johnson surrendered early.

At the end of the game, the Thunder defeated the Nets 114 to 93, achieving a small wave of three consecutive victories.

After two days of rest, the whole team flew to Atlanta to challenge the Eagles away on the last day of [-].

In the new season, the Eagles hired trusted head coach Larry Drew, but unfortunately the level is not as good as Mike Woodson. It neither solved the problem of Josh Smith's low efficiency, nor solved the problem of Joe Johnson's defense, nor developed Horford's coping ability...

Those problems caused the Hawks lineup to look quite strong, and the regular season record was not bad, but the playoffs just couldn't go far.

Maybe that's the team and city culture, from the era of Mike Woodson + Josh Smith, to the era of Mike Budenholzer + Horford. What a pity.

In the first three quarters of the game, the Hawks and the Thunder played well.

However, Su Yang instructed the team to strengthen their defense in the fourth quarter, and the Hawks quickly fell into a scoring drought. The Thunder finally won by 11 points.

After the game, it was New Year's Eve, and Atlanta is the city with the largest number of blacks in the United States, so there were quite a lot of celebrations.

According to the plan, the whole team did not fly directly to San Antonio, but stayed overnight. Su Yang did not stop Durant and others from going out to play, but reminded that it is best not to drink alcohol, so as not to get into marijuana or other troubles. The restrictions are too rigid.

The whole team didn't set off until noon on the first day of the new year, flew to San Antonio, and hurried to the ATT Center for training.

It was originally back-to-back away games, and several main players had a good time. The Thunder lost 74 to 101 to the Spurs.

After the game, the photos of Harden and others appearing in the bar at two o'clock in the morning spread wildly on Twitter and other social platforms.

The criticism from the fans soared like a rocket, and Su Yang directly tweeted that he agreed with the players to go to the New Year's Eve.

As for losing the game, you lose, just come back next time.

Anyway, after playing 35 games this season, the Thunder ranked first in the league with 30 wins, far ahead of other teams.

(End of this chapter)