super heavy artillery

Chapter 877 The New Year Begins
On the first day of 2020, the Thunder did not play.

After Westbrook and others left the Raptors' home arena, they went to the most famous nightclub in Toronto together.Westbrook's treat, of course.After winning the game and having such a perfect year together, Westbrook is naturally willing to give generously.

In fact, as the boss of the team and the player with the highest annual salary in the Thunder this season, he will lead his teammates to relax from time to time.Of course, he is not as good at playing as Harden, but it is also a very good thing for everyone to have a few drinks together and chat about music and trends.

An Luo didn't go for fun with Westbrook and others. After he came out of the arena, he went straight to the airport and headed to Los Angeles.Since entering the NBA and becoming a professional player, An Luo hasn't had a good Spring Festival for about two years.But every New Year's Day, like this year, he will go to Los Angeles to accompany his wife and women.

As a professional player, he always travels between cities, and it is not easy to take care of his family.Although An Luo hasn't officially started a family yet, it's not too far off.However, he also discovered that as his fame grew, he also added many other things besides his own job.This made the time that belonged to him to accompany Tang Xiaoru even more lacking when it was not enough.For example, during this year's offseason, due to preparing for and participating in the World Cup, An Luo hadn't seen Tang Xiaoru for more than a month.

After the World Cup, the two stayed together.But soon, the new season begins.An Luo went back to running around again, and Tang Xiaoru also started working in a company in Los Angeles.Even less time for the two to meet each other!Even on Christmas night, An Luo was playing.

That's why An Luo went to Los Angeles overnight.No matter how good the relationship between two people is, it must be managed.Otherwise, one day it will wither like a flower.

After celebrating the new year with Tang Xiaoru shamelessly, the two went to Irvine together to celebrate New Year's Day with An Luo's old mother, Fu Yao, and had their first meal in 2020.

A family lives neatly together, and it is called life.Of course, it's the poor old man who is far away across the ocean!Alone.

The next day, An Luo returned to Oklahoma.Although the three of them were very reluctant, he had to go back!The Thunder have games tonight.

For this game, the Thunder up and down, from owner Bennett to ordinary Oklahoma fans, are extremely eager for the result to be a big victory.After all, this is the Thunder's first game in the new year, and it happens to be a home game.

The Thunder's opponent in the first game of the new year is the Dallas Mavericks.A team that's so new that it's actually still the same.

Oklahoma City fans were excited that night.When the players hadn't played yet, there were bursts of shouts in the arena.The fiery atmosphere made the Dallas fans who came from afar very nervous.

In fact, the Thunder's Chesapeake Energy Arena is also the home of the league's number one devil.Of course, unlike the home of the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz, its horror stems from the enthusiasm of the fans, while the former two are due to the special geographical environment.

The atmosphere in the arena reached its peak when the Thunder players came out.In this game, the Thunder wore the city version of the jersey.It represents everyone in this city of Oklahoma.And these players are fighting for the city and for every Oklahoma fan on the scene.

An Luo and Westbrook are the two players at the beginning and the end respectively, and they are also the two players who received the most cheers.To be honest, these two guys are the only real stars in the Thunder now.

All the Thunder players formed a circle in the midfield, putting each other's shoulders on each other and cheering each other on.Then, a huge "OKC" slogan sounded in the arena, which was uniform and earth-shattering.

In this slogan, the game began.

The Thunder's starting lineup has not changed, it is still the same.The Lone Ranger is led by second-year player Luka Doncic, supplemented by Kleber, Powell, Jalen Brunson and Finney Smith.

Porzingis missed the game due to injury.He was injured in a game against the Warriors a few days ago.However, the announced injury is not serious, with a sore left knee and only needs to rest for a few games.This makes it even more difficult for the Lone Ranger to deal with the Thunder.

However, the Lone Ranger has shown outstanding combat effectiveness on both offense and defense, not much inferior to the Thunder.Therefore, the game did not become a one-sided situation as everyone imagined.Even in the first quarter, the Thunder were kept under pressure by the Lone Ranger.

The Thunder took the lead in gaining the right to attack.Westbrook swayed Doncic with an iconic Sam Gold at the top of the arc and went straight to the opponent's penalty area. Dwight Powell quickly put Adams aside to defend, but never thought that this is exactly what Westbrook wanted to see situation.He hung the ball over the opponent's head without hesitation, and Adams flew up and dunked the ball in with one hand.

Head start!Thunder fans sat back in their seats amidst laughter and laughter, and watched the next game with peace of mind.

However, in the next 2 minutes, the entire Chesapeake Energy Arena never gave such cheers again.

Doncic, who was easily passed by Westbrook, was not angry. He firmly controlled the ball to the top of the arc.Westbrook may have underestimated the enemy and did not post it.The latter saw that the opponent had given him a chance, so he stood up decisively and completed the shot half a meter away from the three-point line.

"Shh!"

Basketball hit the net.

3:2, the Lone Ranger took the lead.

Next, the Thunder failed to attack three times in a row, giving the Lone Ranger a chance to counterattack and score.And the latter didn't waste these opportunities, and directly beat the Thunder 8:0, almost pulling the point difference to double digits.

Donovan called a timeout.Although only 2 minutes had passed in the game, his players were obviously not in the mood yet.The opponent's rhythm is very good, the defense is tight, and the offensive is surging. He must intervene.

After returning from the timeout, An Luo received a pass from Westbrook at the right elbow, and then singled Jalen Brunson with a post-up single, scoring his first of the game with a rather elegant fadeaway jumper. a ball.At the same time, it also broke the nearly 2-minute scoring drought for the Thunder.

(End of this chapter)