Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 329 329. Changes in Ranking

Under Anthony's guidance, Li Cha constantly honed his noodle making skills.

The Thunder uniform team knew about this.

Even if the team's temporary record is not good enough.

From the perspective of the Thunder management, only Li Cha's team is not guaranteed to enter the playoffs. It is better to train Li Cha, and when Westbrook and George return from injury, the three will go all out to fight for the championship.

Therefore, Anthony's teaching to Li Cha is more important, and Li Cha's progress must be given priority in any situation.

It doesn't matter if you have a record or not.

Anthony thought that the way he handled Li Cha was just the result of the Thunder's uniform team.

And the closer Anthony got to Li Cha, the more he looked at this young man who was hardworking and not arrogant.

Want to get in touch with each other more.

On February 2, the Thunder played against the Digital Man at home.

Digiman is worthy of being a dragon at home and an away worm, sitting on three All-Star players in Embiid, Simmons, and Butler, plus a three-point shooter like Redick, but he is very tangled with the Thunder.

Compared with the last game played at Digiman's home court, they are simply two different teams.

The current state of the Thunder is not very good, especially because of Li Cha's practice of facing three threats to the basket, his scoring and efficiency have dropped significantly, but the digital man's grasp of the game is even more outrageous.

Not to mention the inaccurate three-pointer, the offense inside, Embiid seemed to have left his footwork skills at home, and the singles at the basket were blocked by various types, so he had to exit the penalty area and score points with a mid-range shot.

Embiid couldn't get in the paint, and Simmons was even worse. Apart from breaking through, he had almost no offensive means, and his contribution in this game was even less.

If Butler hadn't led the team to hold down the Thunder, I'm afraid they would have lost the game long ago.

Butler also drove his toughness to other teammates on the field. The game between the digital man and the Thunder was full of suspense and ups and downs.

It was supposed to be a game of strong dialogue, but they were beaten like chickens pecking at each other.

On the Thunder's side, Li Cha continued to score points with a not-so-high shooting percentage, but the performance of his teammates was not satisfactory.

But no matter what kind of game, there will always be a climax.

The climax of the two teams appeared at the end of the game.

In the last 30 seconds, the digital man fell behind by 2 points. After the timeout, Butler found Anthony in a pick-and-roll. Relying on his more flexible skills and younger physique, Butler forced Anthony to tie the game by two points.

With 14 seconds left, the Thunder had possession of the ball, and Donovan did not call a timeout.

After all, there are Li Cha and Anthony on the court, and both of them are players who can hit the lore. If Rose is also on the court, of course there are more choices, but this does not affect it.

Nunn received the serve, dribbled it halfway, and was about to pass it to Li Cha, who would complete the lore.

The current tie has no pressure on the Thunder at all. One is that Li Cha has a high percentage of key shots, and the other is that even if he misses the shot, it will only be overtime and the game will not be lost.

As usual, Nunn was about to pass the ball to Li Cha.

Simmons pushed forward at this time, and before Nunn reached the three-point line, Simmons covered Nunn with his huge body.

A guy with the height of the fourth position plays the first position. Nunn, who is 1 meters tall, looks so small.

Nunn was entangled by Simmons and his dribble was unstable. After only two rounds of entanglement, Simmons slapped the ball from behind.

Seizing the opportunity, Simmons rushed to the front court like a madman, and completed the fast break alone, helping the digital man to get a two-point lead.

Nunn, who made a mistake, stared at Li Cha helplessly, his eyes fluttering, almost making Li Cha laugh.

But when his brother was being bullied, Li Cha felt very upset. Since he wanted to kill me, then I have to fight back.

With only 3.4 seconds left, Donovan requested a timeout to make arrangements for the final attack.

Li Cha took the initiative to signal, and Donovan understood clearly, and nodded to Li Cha.

Of course, the tactical arrangement is to leave it to Li Cha to shoot the game-winning shot, and it must be a game-winning shot instead of a perfect tie.

Rose also switched to the court, and Nunn watched with all his attention off the court.

Rose serves the ball from the sideline, and Allen picks and rolls for Li Cha, and then rushes down to the basket. If Li Cha has no chance to run, Rose can directly pass the ball into the penalty area and hand it over to Allen for the lob.

How this tactic is executed depends entirely on Rose's on-the-spot reaction.

Li Cha ran out from the penalty area and ran beyond the three-point line. Allen had already firmly blocked Butler, and Rose's pass arrived in an instant.

Li Cha received the ball and pulled it straight away.

Except for Simmons who is defending the serve on the digital side, everyone else can only watch.

Simmons didn't hesitate either, chasing the ball to Li Cha's side, and then leaped high to shoot the basketball.

It's a pity that instead of blocking Li Cha, he committed a foul instead.

A three-point shooting foul and three free throws were still in the hands of the most stable Li Cha. The Thunder had already taken the absolute initiative.

But the matter didn't end there, the basketball thrown by Li Cha was still flying in the air.

"Shua!" Under the desperate eyes of the digital players, Simmons made a three-pointer that was fouled!
With 0.6 seconds left in the clock, the Thunder led by one point, and Li Cha had another free throw.

3+1!The home fans cheered wildly.

Nunn couldn't hide his inner ecstasy, and waved the towel wildly at Li Cha.

Li Cha got up from the ground, and bumped into Ross happily, celebrating the success of the lore.

The opponent's face was cold. If Li Cha made a penalty goal and missed by two points, he would have to fight for today's inaccurate three-pointer to make another lore. It is not very difficult to shoot a three-pointer in 0.6 seconds, but today's shooting rate is not high. It is even more difficult to make a shot under such pressure.

Just when the digital people were still thinking about how to arrange tactical shots.

Li Cha grinned, and smashed the ball at the backboard very sinisterly.

If the free throw is not scored, the timing will start, and if the ball flies in the air for long enough, 0.6 seconds before the basketball falls, it will already be here. Still thinking about a timeout and a chance to serve?

Impossible.

The basketball hit the backboard and bounced high and far. Amidst the stunned expressions of the digital players, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Digital humans shut themselves off in an instant.

Li Cha raised his hands high, bowed deeply to the audience, and swaggered back to the bench.

At 113:114, the Thunder beat the number man with Li Cha's three-pointer and won.

李茶25投13中拿到33分7篮板4助攻。

But Anthony's performance still wasn't enough to sustain his reputation.

He only scored 19 points and 5 rebounds in 3 minutes.

Especially the ball that was forcibly taken by Butler in the final stage almost ruined the Thunder's rare victory.

When the media criticized Anthony, they may have forgotten that Anthony is only joining with a basic salary now, and being able to play as a substitute is already worthy of the salary he received. Do you still want him to perform as a superstar?

What's more, although Anthony is indeed struggling defensively, he is now much more serious about his defensive attitude.

Running desperately regardless of physical strength on the field, switching defenses is also very timely, even if he is broken, he can keep pressing behind him.

Although the last goal was scored by Butler, but more often the digital man's fourth position did not take advantage of Anthony.

But the team and Anthony himself did not respond to these statements.

The game has only played four games, and Anthony's contribution to the Thunder will not be seen only by this airport.

On March 3, the Thunder played away against the Spurs.

This time the Spurs seized the opportunity and successfully defeated the Thunder, which also stabilized their ranking at eighth in the Western Conference, while the Thunder's ranking also stopped at seventh after two games with one win and one loss.

106:110，李茶22投11中拿到30分4篮板5助攻。

After the All-Star Game, the Thunder lost four of their five games, and Li Cha only scored an average of 31.2 points, which is far from the season's 36.1 points so far.

But the difference between the Thunder and the Nuggets, who are sixth in the West, is only one win, and they still have a chance to catch up.

At this time, the player of the month for February was also released.

Li Cha won the Player of the Month in the Western Conference with his unsolvable scoring, but his record was only 5 wins and 6 losses.

11场比赛，李茶场均41分5.7篮板4.5助攻。最重要的还是单场91分加分太多，否则这样的战绩拿月最佳还真是有些勉强了。

The consecutive losses after the All-Star Game also caused Li Cha's MVP ranking to drop out of the top five.

On March 3, the Thunder played against the Grizzlies at home, and the back-to-back consumption caused the Thunder to lose again.

At 106:99, the Thunder lost by 7 points.

李茶27投15中拿到40分5篮板3助攻。

On March 3, the Thunder played an away game against the Timberwolves, and the Huskies gave the Thunder a rare victory.

118:106，李茶24投14中得到38分5篮板5助攻。

On March 3, the Thunder played an away game against the Trail Blazers.

The Blazers can't beat the Thunder this year. It's strange that the Blazers don't play like this in games against other teams.

Moreover, the Blazers are currently ranked fourth in the Western Conference and were defeated by the Thunder with a big advantage, which surprised the fans.

But in the eyes of Thunder fans, this also shows that the Thunder is [-]-[-] against everyone.

123:118，李茶28投16中拿到42分4篮板6助攻。

With two consecutive victories, the Thunder once again came to sixth in the Western Conference.

The Nuggets' Jokic's performance was also a bit abnormal after the All-Stars, and Murray failed to provide enough firepower, and has now fallen to the eighth position in the West.

The Spurs are closely following the Thunder, with a difference of only 0.5 wins.

After the Nuggets, the Clippers, as a civilian team, quietly came to the ninth place in the Western Conference, only one game away from the eighth place.

Ranking becomes very delicate.

On the 8th, the Thunder came to Staples back to back to challenge the Clippers away.

It gave the Clippers a victory, and at the same time, the Nuggets lost and the Clippers successfully entered the top eight.

After the Spurs won, the Thunder also dropped to seventh.

102:108，李茶22投13中拿到31分6篮板2助攻。

The difference in wins between sixth and ninth in the West is almost the same, and the competition is very fierce.

(End of this chapter)