Travel back to be a superstar

Chapter 244 Fighting Thunder Again
Regrettably losing to the Grizzlies, the Lakers players returned to Los Angeles.

Parsons got Jiang Dashan's mobile phone number from unknown where, and sent a message to Jiang Dashan, "Thank you for your suggestion, J! You are a good leader!"

This made Dashan a little depressed. If he hadn't talked too much, there would be no suspense in today's game!

Next, the Lakers will challenge the Thunder away!

The last time the Lakers played at home was when Lopez broke out in the fourth quarter, they reversed and won by 18 points.Obviously, the Thunder are bound to want to save face at home.

But in fact, with the Thunder, which has the Big Four, this season is not as smooth as expected.

Which team had the worst offseason last year?The Oklahoma City Thunder, of course.The team's boss, Durant, left his biggest rival, the Golden State Warriors, and the defensive gate Ibaka was also traded to the Magic, giving Adams and Oladipo two qualified starters with limited caps a maximum salary of [-] million yuan.The outlook for the Thunder looks bleak.

Which team was the happiest this offseason?Or the Oklahoma City Thunder.After a season of complaints and pressure, their general manager Presti completed an incredible extreme operation: exchanged four very ordinary players with big contracts and insignificant draft picks for two super All-Stars.The Thunder jumped from a playoff team to one of the strongest contenders for next season's NBA championship.

This offseason really started and ended with the Thunder.At the beginning of the transfer period, the Thunder exploded with a blockbuster, using Sabonis Jr. and Oladipo in exchange for small forward Paul George, who is second only to James in the East, making up for the vacancy that Durant left the team last season in one fell swoop.The subsequent introduction of Patrick Patterson allowed the Thunder to have a five-small lineup using Patterson, Robertson, George, Abrines, and Westbrook.After the deal is completed, fans have generally believed that the Thunder is at the top four level in the Western Conference.With this operation alone, Presti can already compete for the best general manager.

But the most exciting part is always at the end. The Knicks sent Anthony to the Thunder at the beginning of the season, getting Kanter, Doug 1 McDermott and a future draft pick. This pick is the Bulls' 2018 second-round pick.After the "Three Young Men", the Thunder formed the Big Three again. If Adams is also considered a giant, then obviously, the Thunder of the Big Four has become the most promising team to beat the Warriors besides the Rockets and Spurs.

As the top three player in the league, Pickle is still vivid in the playoffs against Biao James, and George’s technical characteristics are almost tailor-made for the turtles. His off-ball running, pick-and-roll, jumper, long-range shots, defense, and key ball handling are all top-notch in the league. . .

Not to mention Melon Anthony, who has been called an offensive kaleidoscope.Now there is a popular joke in the NBA. If you collect five hoodies Anthony, you can exchange for a championship ring.It can be seen how abnormal Anthony is on the offensive end.

It seems that people have seen the rise of the Thunder.

However, the game did not go as people thought!

In the Thunder's 10 games at the beginning of the season, there was a wave of 4 consecutive victories, which made people see hope, and then a wave of 6 consecutive losses!The team's record also dropped from No. 12 in the West to [-] in the West!

This disappointed the Thunder fans, and it also made the media start to mock the Thunder.

However, after a period of stumbling and running-in, that is, in the middle of the season, the three giants of the Thunder team began to exert their strength. A wave of 10 consecutive victories, people blocking and killing people, Buddha blocking and killing Buddha.Westbrook is no longer giving up the ball for running-in, but just passing George's vacancy and Anthony's vacancy a little deliberately.

And Melo stepped up the defense; George kept up a good shooting percentage.This allowed the Thunder to return to the 7th position in the Western Conference!In front are the Rockets, Warriors, Timberwolves, Grizzlies, Spurs, and Lakers.Behind him are Daigo and Pioneer.The Clippers had a good record, but injuries!The injuries of Griffin and Gallinari caused the Clippers to withdraw from the playoffs stage of this season early!

However, it will take time to adapt to a certain level.The problem of the three-less model was also highlighted in the game against the Lakers.That is to say, once Westbrook does not perform well, it will directly affect the performance of the whole team!

After all, there is only one ball, and almost all of the Thunder's balls are in Westbrook's hands!If you make mistakes and your own shooting rate is low, many good shots will be wasted in vain.On the offensive end, George and Melon have never been integrated.Westbrook is trying to feed them the ball, and they are trying their best to cooperate with Westbrook, but the chemical reaction can't get up.Therefore, in the Thunder's positional warfare offense, if Westbrook fails to start the pick-and-roll, there will be no follow-up linkage: then there will only be three superstars who get it and whoever makes a strong shot.

On the offensive end, because the offense is monotonous, it is necessary to fight defense.

Because of the defense, Robertson must be played at the end of the game: others can't defend.

But the opponent defended at critical moments and basically ignored Robertson, so it became five defenses and four defenses, so the Thunder's offense was even worse.

However, the Thunder's defensive attitude is very correct, and after slowly running in, the record will be better; at the same time, in addition to Westbrook starting the pick-and-roll, it is also the Thunder's strategy to let Anthony or George start the offense and change the offensive pattern.

In a word, the Thunder are not easy to play.

. . .

The Lakers also made preparations for a tough battle early.

Wharton mobilized before the war, "When J is away, we can rely on the team to win the game. Well, the bad news is that we need to go away!"

The Lakers players all laughed, "So what's the good news, coach!" Lonzo asked loudly.

"The good news is that J is back!" After Wharton finished speaking, the players all looked at Jiang Dashan and laughed even more wantonly.

. . .

Time always goes by quickly.

"This is CCTV Sports Channel! I'm Yang Yi!"

"I'm Su Qun!"

As soon as the words fell, the fans began to post barrage, "Nimma, begging to change the lines!" "Yeah, my ears are callused!"

But Yang Yi and Su Qun couldn't see it, "Okay, today I bring you the Lakers' away game against the Thunder! In the last game, the Lakers were able to win the Thunder at home. One was that the Lakers broke out in the fourth quarter; the other was that at the critical moment, that is, 5 minutes before the end of the game, the Thunder barely scored!" Yang Yi and Su Qun started their daily routines again.

"Indeed, this is the most embarrassing thing about the Thunder. They rely on defense to stabilize the score. If they lose energy in the fourth quarter, it won't work." Su Qun also agreed, "But so far, the Thunder has made fewer mistakes like this, and the integration of the Big Three has also entered a certain level, and it is slowly starting to heat up. The 18 points in the last game were reversed, and today the Thunder must win! I just want to see how Lonzo will deal with Westbrook's defense today! Also, how many points Dashan can get on Iron Gate Robertson's head? !"

"Okay, the game starts, the Lakers start, Lonzo, Dashan, Ingram, Nance Jr., Lopez; the Thunder start, Westbrook, Robertson, George, Anthony, and Adams."

"The referee threw the ball. Adams got the first ball for the Thunder. The ball came to Westbrook. He broke through the top of the arc and made a jump shot. Westbrook looks very hot today!"

The Lakers attacked, Lonzo held the ball to the top of the arc, and was defended by Westbrook. Two changes of direction, there was no better way, and the ball was passed to the right wing Jiang Dashan.

Robertson directly released the trash talk, "J, don't cry for a while!"

"Beverly once told me that too!" Jiang Dashan responded, and then a left shoulder probe attracted Robertson to shift his center of gravity to the right.

"I knew you were going this way!..."

Robertson didn't finish his sentence. He thought that Jiang Dashan was going to go to his left, but he didn't expect Jiang Dashan to speed up and pass by the right after poking his shoulders!

Awkward!depressed!anger!Face!

All kinds of tastes are intertwined, and Robertson is on top!

Following behind Jiang Dashan is an overwhelming blockade!

However, it was not on the ball, but on the back of Jiang Dashan's head.

Jiang Dashan fell to the ground with a bang, not in the middle of shooting.

The referee gave a common foul.

Lonzo and Ingram hurried over to help.

Walton complained to the referee, "This should be a technical foul! Can't you see it?"

The referee cast a cold eye and ignored it.

"I'm arguing to eat T!" Xiao pulled Wharton away.

"This foul is somewhat controversial!" Yang Yi expressed his opinion, "Personally, I think it's right to eat T!"

Su Qun also nodded, "This action is going directly towards the person! Dashan's shooting action does not even have a layup action! You should eat T!"

"The home whistle!" Yang Yi sighed.

"Yes, the home whistle!" Su Qun also shook his head.

(End of this chapter)