Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 102 102. Thunder's 16th Season (Subscribe)

On the Thunder plane from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles, other players are resting, and two people are communicating.

"Russell, you can't ignore your injuries!"

"The team is in the mud and you are being questioned!"

"It's just the first year, my first year, our first year, and I have plenty of time to shut those people up!"

"you……"

"Yes! I'm just learning from you!" Richard looked confident and made Westbrook laugh angrily.

"You? Come and learn from me if you have that ability!"

The quarrel between the two lowered their voices and was not heard by more players, but the movement was still seen.

"Li Cha, can we make it to the second round?" Westbrook leaned back on the seat and looked up at the top of the cabin, as if he saw the blue sky outside the cabin, and he couldn't see that there was a fragile heart under his hard exterior.

"Why not?"

"It's a shame to be encouraged by you."

Westbrook, who was the first to comfort Durant after losing in the finals, did that Westbrook, who was always firm in his heart, see the end of his old age at the peak moment?
Who knows how much Durant's departure hurt Westbrook?

It is not difficult to carry a team forward, nor is it difficult to be understood by the world. The difficult thing is that everyone is planning for their own interests. How much is it worth to stick to it?
The value is that the series cannot break through the first round?

That would be too cheap!

"Dirk won the championship the year he beat us. There used to be a theorem that the one who beat the Thunder in the series will win the championship. When we beat ourselves, we can also win the championship!"

"Ah!"

On April 4th and 19st, the two-game series between the Thunder and the Clippers will be played at the Clippers' home court.

With the home court advantage, Westbrook can't fight with all his strength, and after defending Richard to the death, the Thunder has no power to fight back.

No matter how hard you struggle, it is useless. After the Clippers won two games, the series won the match point 3:1, and the next game will be played at the home court of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

两场比赛威斯布鲁克都没有全力以赴，16投6中拿到18分4篮板6助攻和14投7中拿到20分3篮板7助攻。

李察德则仿佛化身为了低效版威斯布鲁克，两场分别以23投7中和21投8中拿到19分。

Again under fire from the media!

"The Thunder's loss was too ugly! Westbrook was invisible at the critical moment, and a rookie stood up to make wild shots, and the coaching staff was still indifferent to this!"

"Is this the only strength of the fourth place in the Western Conference? Although there is no sweep, it seems to be a gentleman sweep. After the end of the season, the Thunder will definitely break up and rebuild. What's even more pitiful is that the Thunder has no core team at all!"

"Westbrook is furious on the court, but Richard is still making wild shots. Is the coaching staff going to let Richard take over? Whether Westbrook will be traded during the offseason, let us wait and see!"

During the press conference ahead of Game 4 of the series on April 23, the reporters took offense again.

"The Thunder are behind in the series and the opponent has won the match point. May I ask Coach Donovan, what is the team going to do?"

Faced with such routine problems, Donovan has seen a lot, "The team will go all out to get the score back, and we are ready to fight to the end."

Fans will not blame a team that is striving to win. There are winners and losers in the game. When the luck is unlucky, the strongest team can also lose to the weakest team. As long as the players do not give up easily and do not play passively, it is okay to just watch the process.

probably yes...

"Coach Donovan, the team's recent tactics have not been used around Westbrook. Is there any arrangement for this?"

Unexpectedly, the next question has already begun to dig a hole.

"The team is implementing new tactics, and it is normal to experience pain, but I believe that after the team's tactics are fully formed, there will be good results."

Everything is pushed on top of the ethereal content.

"Mr. Westbrook, how do you answer this?" I didn't expect this reporter to be so scheming.

"Next question." Westbrook's response was also speechless.

But this kind of answer also gave the reporters daydreams. Is this dissatisfaction with the team or the reporters?Who cares, he is dissatisfied with the team, how could he be dissatisfied with the reporter, what bad intentions can the reporter have?
After a week of raising, Westbrook finally recovered in the fifth game.

In the fifth game of the series, Westbrook returned to the top. In the first quarter, he went down to earth, scoring 12 points and 3 assists, which once again disrupted the Clippers' deployment.

In the first quarter, a 7-point difference was created.

The second quarter continued to widen the score, and the Clippers couldn't find a way to restrain Westbrook for a while, and could only watch the point difference widen to double digits.

Splitting the east and supplementing the west is the most inadvisable thing. It is obviously not a good choice to pinch Westbrook and let Richard go. The Clippers insisted on their pre-match arrangement and continued to play for a quarter.

The Clippers simply chose to give up.

With the match point in hand, the Clippers have more tolerance for error. In this game, Westbrook has to use all his strength to block the outbreak. The result may not be successful, but it will make his players fall into the shadow of the opponent.

It's still the Thunder's home game, so the success rate is even smaller, so it's better to wait until the next game and return to Los Angeles.

One is to avoid the edge, this outbreak may not be the next game; the other is the home court advantage, who has tens of thousands of fans cheering on the scene; the third is to protect the players, so that they will not be injured or lose their fighting spirit in the fierce playoffs.

The Thunder pulled back one point and the total score came to 3:2.

本场比赛威斯布鲁克三节多一点拿到30分7篮板6助攻，李察德12投5中拿到13分。

When Westbrook returned to the field, Richard was beaten back to his original form.

This is what the media reported.

The promise of the pre-match press conference was also fulfilled, and the Thunder did pull back a point.

In the sixth game of the series on April 4, the old Rivers was worthy of being an old fritter, and he firmly grasped the rhythm of the series.

Two days is enough to figure out how to restrain Richard and Westbrook at the same time. Anyway, the Thunder's role players can't kill the game no matter how many opportunities they are given. As long as these two are restrained, the game can be won.

The Thunder fought back, and Westbrook and Richard were playing like crazy, sending the ball to the basket at the slightest chance.

After the third quarter, the Thunder trailed by 10 points. Rivers wanted the main players to rest for a while, but Westbrook and Richard broke out at the same time, and they played a 2-7 spurt in 0 minutes. Rivers was so scared that he quickly replaced the main players.

In the end, the Thunder's counterattack was ineffective, and they lost the entire series by 5 points.

威斯布鲁克24投9中拿到25分8篮板6助攻。李察德21投8中拿到20分。

The Thunder's 16-17 season ended like this.

Next is the long offseason, during which the team will adjust the team, whether it is trading, signing or drafting, more fresh blood will be injected into the team, and the next season will start again!
"Russell, there is no breakthrough yet." Richard's hippie smile couldn't tell whether he was sad or happy.

"Because we didn't beat ourselves." Although Westbrook was a little unwilling, he was not lonely.

The two smiled at each other.

"What are you going to do in the offseason?" Westbrook asked.

"I don't know, maybe go out with Luo Xi to play first." Touching his pocket, Richard calculated that there should be about 20, which is enough anyway.

"I will start training in August." The invitation in Westbrook's language is very clear.

"August?" Richard turned pale with shock.

"Is it early in August?" Westbrook's face was a little ugly. During the offseason, too many players did not strictly demand themselves, resulting in a decline in their skills and out of shape. After a season of observation, Westbrook thinks that Richard should not be such a person. How could there be such doubts?
What surprised Richard was that if he hadn't trained during the three months in between, where would his score have dropped... Back to 71 where there are not enough substitutes?Or continue to slide to the bottom where I don't know?
Thinking of this, Richard was sweating all over his body.

"No, no, no, I was just thinking that it could be earlier." Richard's words made Westbrook even more surprised.

The normal start is in late October, and the start of training in August has been nearly 10 months ahead of schedule. After all, the boring training is unbearable for many players, and Richard is still too late.

Is it because there is no family and various business activities?
"If you go back to Oklahoma, you can call me. If I have time, I will come to train together." Westbrook gave Richard a lot of face.

"Thank you, Russell!" The two clapped their hands and hugged each other. The friendship produced in one season was enough.

In the 16-17 season, the remaining games and history have not changed much.

The Warriors, Spurs, Rockets, and Clippers advanced to the second round, and everything went well except for the Clippers.

The Warriors swept the Clippers in the second round, the Spurs and the Rockets won six games, and the two teams met in the Western Conference Finals.

Although the first game of the Western Conference Finals was the Warriors' home court, the Spurs still beat the Warriors on their backs. However, at 7 minutes and 38 seconds of the third quarter, Leonard stepped on Pachunia's foot and left the game due to injury. The rest of the game was reimbursed.

Although the Celtics won the first record in the East, they did not win James and the Cavaliers in the end.

The Cavaliers and Warriors finally faced off again in the Finals.

The Warriors, whose front line has been greatly strengthened, defeated the Cavaliers 4:1 by virtue of the perfect performance of the Tsunami Brothers, and took home the O'Brien Cup.

Durant won the FMVP with an average of 35.2 points and 8.5 rebounds in the finals.

James also scored 33.6 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double in the Finals.

So far, the 16-17 season has ended successfully!

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