The invincible kryptonite of basketball

This is a blessing in misfortune for the Thunder.

Tang Tian was surprised that Westbrook was injured.

Although Westbrook was injured this season in history, it was in the middle of the season.

I didn't expect it to happen in the end. It can only be said that no matter how tough the body is, injuries cannot be avoided.

However, at this moment, he remembered that the system has the ability to increase physical fitness and reduce injuries.

But that is a red skill, and it is still far away from him now.

But at least there are, which will make him more secure in this area in the future.

Westbrook's absence is a big blow to the Thunder, especially with the playoffs less than a month away.

That casts a cloud over the Thunder's playoff run.

But at this time, Durant suddenly lost his burden.

Originally, he promised Westbrook not to take more shots for the team's record.

But now that Westbrook is injured, the question is not whether he should control his shots, but that he must take more shots.

Otherwise, there will suddenly be a scoring hole averaging 20+ per game, and others will definitely not be able to fill it.

Moreover, Westbrook's status after his return from injury is still unknown, and the Thunder don't know what they can do in the playoffs.

So even if they encounter the Pelicans in the playoffs, they have no absolute chance of winning.

Under this premise, he has to fight for the scoring champion.

Against the Knicks, scored 35 points on 43 shots.

Playing the Rockets away, he scored 27 points on 38 shots.

Back-to-back against the Mavericks, 30 shots and 40 points.

……

The next half a month or so became Durant's crazy scoring performance time.

The last wave of the Pelicans' schedule was relatively easy. Their record has steadily improved, and they have reached sixth place in the Western Conference. Tang Tian's scoring is also relatively stable.

As a result, with only the last game left in the regular season, the average points difference between Tang Tian and the Thunder was only 0.12 points per game.

Tang Tian averaged 31.35 points per game, and Durant averaged 31.23 points per game.

The two staged an unprecedented crazy scoring performance.

The fans watching this are excited.

It's been a long time since there was such an exciting competition for the scoring champion.

And the interesting thing is that the last game of the regular season between the two sides was very interesting.

Both teams have locked in the regular season rankings in the East and West, with the Thunder second and the Pelicans sixth.

And their opponents are all fighting for the final ranking.

The Thunder's opponent, the Bulls, are now only half a game away from the Raptors. If they can win the game, they will rise to third in the Eastern Conference.

The situation of the Pelicans' opponents, the Lakers, is even more special.

If the Lakers win this game, they will come to the third place in the Western Conference and will also become the opponent of the Pelicans in the first round of the playoffs.

Win you, and then become your opponent, so that you have an absolute advantage psychologically.

And for Bryant and the Lakers, they will definitely want this victory very much.

Because it was the Spurs who eliminated them in the playoffs last year, Tang Tian, ​​who played a key role in eliminating them, is now with the Pelicans.

Therefore, they will all want to win this last game in terms of emotion and reason.

These two games are related to the final ranking of the two teams, and they are also related to the battle for the scoring champion, which is very interesting.

And some careful fans calculated the way Durant wanted to reverse and win the scoring champion in the end.

He needs to score 10 points more than Tang Tian in the last game.

For example, if Tang Tian scored 40 points, he needs to score 50+.

And if Tang Tian gets 50 points, then he needs to increase this number to 60+.

ps: Thank you Yun and Jie for the two rewards! !

Chapter 5 Eleven: Ability to Score Points (Third update!)

This scene seems familiar.

In the 1993-94 season, when O'Neal and David Robinson competed for the scoring title, there was such a scene.

David Robinson and O'Neal were closer in scoring at the time, with O'Neal leading by just 0.06 points.

Because the average points per game were too close, the Spurs frantically shot Robinson in the last game that had nothing to do with the outcome.

结果罗宾逊在那场比赛中41投26中，狂砍71分14篮板5助攻2盖帽。

This also means that if O'Neal wants to win back the scoring champion, he must score at least 68 points in the last game.

In the end, O'Neal only scored 32 points the next day, regrettably losing the scoring champion.

This has also become the most amazing scoring battle in NBA history.

And now, history is about to repeat itself.

"Don, just shoot, we will keep feeding you the ball."

The Pelicans locker room, Evans said.

Among the starters of the Pelicans, Davis is cute, Holiday is quiet, and Aminu is also humble. Except for Tang Tian, ​​​​the one who can talk is Evans.

Evans spoke, not only the starter, but other players nodded one after another.

Most of them took Tang Tian's Ferrari, and there was no reason for them not to pass the ball to Tang Tian in such a situation where they were the top scorers.

And because winning or losing doesn't matter, Williams wouldn't mind if they did.

At the same time in Oklahoma City, Brooks brought his players together in a hurry.

Westbrook's injury has healed nine out of ten, but he won't play in the last game just to be on the safe side.

"Pass the ball to Kevin more during the game."

Brooks is using the rights of the head coach to make demands on the Thunder players.

He didn't say it very bluntly, but the players knew that Durant would definitely be the scoring champion.

The players nodded one after another. Although they didn't want to help Durant from the bottom of their hearts, they still had to listen to what the coach said.

Reggie Jackson pursed his mouth. His scoring in the second half of the season was obviously not as good as before, all because Durant grabbed the scoring title.

It seems that he has to find an opportunity to talk to Brooks about his position in the team.

"Guys, Kevin needs this scorer."

After Brooks left, Westbrook pulled the players and said.

He speaks, and the concept of Brooks's opening is completely different.

Brooks is the order, and Westbrook is the request.

Westbrook is a courtesan who is unparalleled in the team. He said that even Jackson is willing to give this face.

Durant didn't say much, he was the scoring leader, and Westbrook should speak for him as a brother.

On the last game day, other games have ended one after another, and the games between the Pelicans and the Thunder will continue.

The difference between the two games was exactly 2 hours, which meant that Durant basically had to follow Tang Tian's face.

In short, as a rule, he must get 10+ points more than Tang Tian.

The two of them have decided to score points in the last game.

But their opponents obviously won't give this chance.

The Bulls arrived in Oklahoma City a day early, and the team conducted a public practice.

After the training, in addition to head coach Thibodeau, Butler and Ruhr Deng also became the focus of interviews by reporters.

Because they will face Durant in the last game.

Deng is relatively humble, and basically said some polite words in interviews.

But Butler, not so polite.

Except for Tang Tian and Thibodeau, he didn't pay attention to other people at all.

"Yes, I will do my best to defend. We need this victory. I will devote myself to defending him in the game."

When reporters asked Butler how he would defend, he hardly hesitated.

"We all know Durant is going to be the scoring champion this year."

The reporter may think that Butler didn't realize this, so he reminded him.

"Does it have anything to do with me?"

Butler's answer left the reporter speechless.

This really has nothing to do with Butler.

"No, it does."

But Butler suddenly denied his own words.

Just when the reporter was puzzled and thought he was going to change his mind, Butler spoke again.

"Westbrook doesn't play. If we want to win the game, we must limit his scoring, so we must do our best to limit his scoring."

The reporter smiled wryly after hearing this.

Well, Butler didn't intend to give Durant face at all. Instead, he reiterated his determination.

After Butler accepted the interview, he went to practice on his own.

He now feels that the reporter has a brain problem.

Not to mention that the Bulls needed this victory, but with his relationship with Tang Tian, ​​it was impossible for him to allow Durant to win the scoring title.

Those who are not selfish are not human beings.

At the same time, in Los Angeles, the Lakers at home are also ready to play against the Pelicans.

Like the Bulls, they are determined to win this game.

However, it is slightly different from the Bulls, or Butler, the team's head coach and team boss Kobe have a different attitude towards the scoring championship.

"We don't care about that, we care about the team winning."

D'Antoni answered quite simply.

Compared with D'Antoni, Kobe's answer is very intriguing.

"What we need is this win, and if Don gets 70 and we can win, I'd rather he get 70."

Kobe's character, most people can't catch his eyes at all, but Tang Tian is the only exception.

Tang Tian helped him twice, it was impossible for him to hate Tang Tian like Butler did.

Popularity seems to be innocuous in the NBA, but sometimes it can play a key role.

And what he said is indeed correct. The Lakers are still coached by D'Antoni, just playing fast, so it is wrong to let them think about how to defend Tang Tian.

What they will do is score more points than their opponents and win the game.

But no matter what the members of the two teams say, the Bulls and Lakers are determined to win the final game.

On April 4, the game between the Pelicans and the Lakers took the lead in the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The scene was full, and the focus of the whole world was on this game.

In addition to the three giants of TNT sitting in the commentary, Zhang Weiping and Su Qun also appeared on the scene to broadcast.