Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 162 162. Pseudo-Big Three? (seeking subscription)
Do you want to continue playing in the fourth quarter?

The Warriors replaced Curry, Durant and Green stayed on the court.

Just unwilling to admit that the game has been lost, a fig leaf to prevent garbage time from starting.

Westbrook played 12 minutes in the third quarter and was resting off the court at this time. Richard came to the court to prevent the team from being caught off guard by the opponent and unable to counterattack.

At this point the dust has settled, and Durant has no idea of ​​reversing and counterattacking, or has any objections to letting himself stay on the court after being reduced to garbage time. Durant is unwilling to take a shot, and the ball will not be in his hand for more than 3 seconds.

Let a few substitute players play, and stand and watch on both ends of the offense and defense.

Seeing such a game attitude, Richard also did not invest in the attack.

The shooting percentages of the substitute players are quite touching, and the coach will not call a timeout to arrange tactics or something, and the time quickly passed 4 minutes.

Cole also officially surrendered, replacing all the starters, and Richard was also replaced by Donovan to rest.

"Why don't you check some data?" Westbrook asked as soon as Richard sat down.

The corner of Richard's mouth twitched, "The other party is unwilling to attack, and I will not let them get an excuse."

It may take the opportunity to say that it is garbage time to score points and divert the media's attention; it may also say that the fourth quarter was not played, or it may be reversed.

Westbrook rolled his eyes and figured out these points. It is necessary to be harmful and defensive. It is indeed a good way to deal with it without telling the truth.

With a grin, Westbrook rose to his feet, cheered by the substitutes.

The Warriors still have a scorer like Nick Young on the court, and the Thunder will really catch up with a lot of points if they don't play well off the bench.

Fortunately, Allen also gets playing time and can sit on defense inside, at least he won't be overturned in garbage time.

George's shoulders also feel pretty good, and he didn't exert any special force to put pressure on his shoulders. Now he doesn't feel like he can't move, and he doesn't need to rest in the next game.

Allen also scored 2 points and 4 rebounds.

The Warriors finally lost 93:112 by 19 points, and the Warriors had the upper hand in the fourth-quarter substitute competition.

The Warriors' winning streak came to an end, with their fifth loss of the season.

After the game, the reporter interviewed Westbrook. When asked about his feelings about the victory, Westbrook smiled, "We have already had ten victories this season, and every victory is our stepping stone to success. We will be very happy."

The implication is that there is nothing remarkable about this game, and this victory is just an ordinary one among the team's many victories.

When the reporter asked what the team did to win, Westbrook borrowed the content of his chat with Richard.

"Let's work harder and be more active. We will fight for every ball, whether it is running or shooting, we will do better, and the atmosphere in the team will be better."

Killing and punishing, Westbrook not only mocked the Warriors for not working hard during the game, but also complained about the gaps between the players.

But Westbrook is talking about his own team, and you can't say anything about him.

The second day of training, Westbrook was talking and laughing, and he was obviously in a great mood.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that not only did Westbrook almost beat Durant with 30+ triple-doubles in terms of statistics, but the team he led was crushed and won.

This undoubtedly made Westbrook vent a lot of hatred for Durant from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time boosted his self-confidence again.

Westbrook is the kind of player who is more confident and stronger. Coupled with the change in the style of play in this battle, how terrible will Westbrook who can continue to grow?
"Richard, let's have a drink together when we have time." Westbrook extended an invitation to Richard.

"How was Christmas Eve?" Thinking of the Christmas Eve they spent together last year, Richard still felt a little warm in his heart. It was the first time that Richard and Luo Xi communicated seriously.

"I'll prepare turkey and good wine." Westbrook readily agreed, with a longing look on his face.

Richard frowned, "How about changing to the Spring Festival?"

"Spring Festival? A Chinese festival? How long will it take?" Westbrook recalled that Richard had said that he would change his nationality, and he naturally thought that Richard would have a strong interest in Chinese festivals.

Richard didn't just want to celebrate Chinese festivals, but also wanted to host and entertain his friends, and he wanted them to experience the charm of Chinese culture together, so he chose the nearest festival, but it would take three months.

Seeing Richard's sudden embarrassment, Westbrook laughed, "Come to my house on Christmas Eve, let's spend the holidays together, and let's drink again during the Spring Festival."

Richard smiled awkwardly, "Come to my house during the Spring Festival, this time I will prepare, celebrate the Chinese festival and drink Chinese wine."

The Thunder's training is still going on normally, preparing for the next day's game, but the public opinion from the outside world has already blown up.

"The Thunder defeated the Warriors, Durant and Curry both scored 20 but were unable to win." This is an ordinary neutral statement.

"Oh my god! The Thunder beat the Warriors by a big score, who said that the Thunder is not a strong team this season?" This is what a Thunder fan said.

"The Warriors lost without any power to fight back. The team must do better in these areas." This is the way Warriors fans discuss.

"Punch in three quarters, what happened to the Warriors and Thunder?" This is a headline party, using the topic to hype.

Such people are not in the minority.

"Here is 'LaMelo talking about the ball tonight'. Yesterday, a game that was not the focus became a hot search. Today we will talk about the grievances between the Warriors and the Thunder."

After LaMelo relied on provoking hot topics, almost every time there was a topic in the league, this time the Thunder and the Warriors, to be precise, the grievances between Westbrook and Durant reversed, and LaMelo was naturally indispensable for topic creation.

If Westbrook and Durant are left in a slump and unable to lead the team to achieve results, there will be no topic.

But Westbrook won the MVP of last season, so the topic of last season lasted for a while.

If Westbrook can only do his best, but the team can't beat Durant's team, it won't be fermented again.

But Westbrook not only won, but also won openly and cleanly.This once again created an opportunity for the media, an opportunity to create topics.

"After Westbrook and Durant broke up, they have been looking for opportunities to defeat each other, but the gap in strength was too great last season, so it can be said that there is no chance of winning."

"Although relying on a lucky lore, the Thunder won once by chance, but no matter from the paper strength or the duel situation, the Warriors exist in a crushing posture."

"Who knows that this season will change dramatically."

"The Thunder defeated the Warriors in last night's game and defeated the Warriors with a devastating momentum."

"Did the Warriors become weaker? No! The Warriors still ranked first in the Western Conference with 13 wins and 4 losses. No player was affected by injuries and the lineup was neat."

"Did the Thunder become stronger? There are some, but they haven't reached the level that can compete with the Warriors. Before this game, the Thunder had 9 wins and 7 losses, plus they also lost games against weak teams. They are a playoff team, but not a team that can compete for the championship."

"But it's this kind of Thunder that beat the Warriors for three quarters. What an incredible thing." LaMelo's early analysis is well-organized and can attract many viewers.

But when the team analysis started, the style of painting gradually went astray.

"The Thunder's victory in this game is of course related to their own strength. The addition of Paul George has somewhat improved the offensive and defensive strength of the flanks. Richard started from the bench, which also increased the team's offensive ability, but at the same time weakened the defensive ability."

"But to get to the bottom of it, the Warriors lose more because they underestimate the enemy."

It is obvious to all that the Warriors started to paddle in the regular season. It is natural to say that underestimating the enemy is true, but there is no problem in underestimating the enemy for a quarter, and halftime is also acceptable, but if they do not make adjustments during the halftime break, such a team may not be able to appear in the NBA. In other words, such a coach should be fired.

"Why do the Warriors underestimate the enemy? Let's look at the configuration of the Thunder."

"Westbrook, the MVP of last season, averaged a triple-double. But everyone knows that Westbrook's statistics came at the cost of hurting the team, and Westbrook's mid-range shooting percentage is very low. This has already become the weakness of every team against defense."

"Paul George averaged 23 points per game in the Pacers last season. To be honest, 23 points is not too much in the current league. Oladipo and Sabonis, who the Thunder paid for this, also have an average scoring ability of 25 points per game. After George arrived in the Thunder, he was still the same as before. His performance was very unstable. In this big victory, George only scored 12 points."

"Richard, a super rookie who averaged 20 points per game last season, sounds terrible. The best sixth man, future superstar, all kinds of halos, but his vulnerable defense and slow-paced offense will sooner or later become a burden for the team."

"This is the Thunder's Big Three! The flaws of each are very obvious. Any team can target them and let them taste failure."

"And there are strong teams like the Celtics and Spurs who have done this, there are also teams that are hitting the playoffs like the Pelicans, and there are rebuilding teams like the Kings and Nuggets."

"What does this mean? It means that the Thunder is a fake strong team, and the so-called Big Three are just a fake Big Three." LaMelo was categorical.

This is not a warrior fan, this is pure thunder black!
Lamelo wants to use extreme interpretations to magnify the players' shortcomings in order to attract the audience.

If you don't watch the game and only look at the data, you will really be driven by this out-of-context interpretation method, support LaMelo, and criticize the players.

In this way, LaMelo will gain a large number of followers.Even if there is a player who is not afraid to make enemies with the media, he also has the advantage of a large number of social platforms.

This is the routine operation of unscrupulous media people.

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