Vol 3 Chapter 33: Continued downturn

() It took An Luo four hours to hit these 100 three-pointers! The shooting percentage is too low. He made at least 1,000 three-pointers. Coupled with the rest time, An Luo basically did nothing else this day.
After dinner, An Luo practiced for two more hours. After all, there is still a game the next day, and it is impossible to practice as crazy as today. Although it was just shooting, it was really exhausting! He must maintain enough physical strength to participate in the competition.
On November 12, the Thunder played against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
This is the second time the two teams have met this season. The current record is 7 wins and 1 loss. The Thunder ranks first because of the win-loss game, followed by the Clippers. So this time the game can be regarded as a real fight for the top spot in the Western Conference.
The four-game winning streak of the Clippers is menacing this time. For this game, they are determined to win. So far, the only game the Clippers have lost is thanks to the Thunder nine days ago. At that time, the two sides played an unsightly game, and the Clippers finally lost with 8994 regret.
The so-called gentleman's revenge is not too late for ten years. But the Clippers may feel that ten days are a bit late. Once again, they encountered the Thunder. Although they were fighting away, they were full of vengeance. But although they managed to limit Westbrook most of the time, the two sides still played inextricably, and once again fought to the last moment.
The Thunder started with 93. Westbrook assisted twice and scored 2 points. After Bamott made a three-pointer for the Clippers, Oladipo succeeded twice and the Thunder maintained the lead. In the last 5 minutes of the first quarter, the Clippers made a goal and fell behind by 1624.
An Luo still played in the second quarter. He had good luck tonight and missed his first three-pointer.
This ball can make the Thunder fans at home extremely happy. Everyone seems to see the No. 8 who shoots three pointers like a free throw. But I knew about my own affairs, and An Luo understood that this was a blindfold. So after he missed the second three-pointer, he stopped shooting three-pointers.
An Luo changed his way of attacking. He kept using the running position to cut to the basket, but contributed some points.
However, in this game, he mainly focused on the defensive end. And the effect is not bad. Neither Redick nor Crawford were able to make their due contributions under Anlow's defense. Even one person contributed a valuable steal for An Luo's future, so An Luo was very satisfied.
With Jr. Rivers and Johnson hitting three-pointers after the start of the second quarter, the Clippers' firepower finally turned on.
The Thunder's Sabonis stood up. After he made a three-pointer, the Thunder still led by 4,034. But then, the Clippers main force, Griffin and Paul each hit a ball, the Clippers wave 115, tied the score to 4545.
The two sides drew several times since then, ending the first half with 5050.
In this game, the Clippers played a very good role in Westbrook's targeting. But even so, Westbrook can still rely on his abilities to contribute to the team. He frequently played for Oladipo and Kanter in the first half, so the Thunder can still contend with their opponents after losing two main points.
At the beginning of the third quarter, both sides are still you and me. The score rose alternately, and has not been pulled apart. But after Westbrook made two free throws, the Clippers, led by Paul and Redick, pulled the score 8:0 to close to double digits.
In the last few minutes, although the Thunder resisted very stubbornly, the effect was not very good. After all, there is one less stable scoring point on the bench, and other people can't stand up in time to score. Fortunately, the Thunder's defense is pretty good, and this did not allow the Clippers to put the game directly into garbage time.
After three quarters, the Thunder fell behind with 7482.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Thunder's Grant and Christon hit three-pointers one after another, and a wave of 8:1 quickly chased the score to 82:83. After that, the two sides fell into fierce fighting. No one wants to lose the game.
Until there were 4 minutes and 50 seconds left in this quarter, Westbrook made two free throws and wrote the score as 92:94. The Thunder were still 2 points behind. But Paul stepped forward and made a difficult three-pointer to lead a new wave of offense. Subsequently, Jordan caused consecutive fouls, stood on the free throw line, and used an uncharacteristic free throw percentage to help the Clippers open the gap to 10,294.
The Thunder's "cut Jordan" tactic went bankrupt and had to find another way out. Oladipo hit a three-pointer, one person scored 5 points in a row, and Westbrook also succeeded. With 2 minutes and 17 seconds left in the game, the two sides battled to 102,102.
Same as last time, both sides fight to the last minute. The two teams drew once again, Jordan dunked, and Griffin immediately followed by steals, Crawford hit a three-pointer, the Clippers again led with 109,104.
The last time the Clippers lost, Jordan and Griffin both made mistakes, and today the two men made up for it.
Rivers missed two free throws at critical moments, Westbrook grabbed a rebound and took only 55 seconds to get to the other side to score a layup. Paul missed a shot and Westbrook grabbed a rebound. They still have 138 seconds of offense.
110:108
The Thunder trailed by 2 points, but they have no timeout. Fortunately, there is plenty of time. Westbrook receives the ball from the backcourt and rushes to the frontcourt. Barmott was on defense at the top of the arc, but Westbrook changed his direction. He only needs to get inside and basically equalize the score.
It seems that today is going to be overtime.
But Westbrook did something that surprised everyone. He didn't make a layup in the penalty area, but made an emergency stop and then made a three-pointer.
He wants to end the game directly!
All the home fans raised their hearts and stared at the ball.
"boom!"
The basketball slammed into the neck of the hoop, playing high.
Crawford jumped high ~EbookFREE.me~ to grab a rebound. Immediately, the timer returned to zero and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
It fell short!
There was a helpless sigh from the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
An Luo shook his head. But he was not sorry because Westbrook missed the lore, but because he was helpless because of the commentary on the scene. Competitive sports is such a reality. If Westbrook scored this goal, absolutely no one would think that his choice was a problem, but would sing praises.
But the reality is that there is no investment.
Few people at this time remember that before this, Westbrook made 3 of 4 three-pointers. They think Westbrook should grab a two-pointer and drag the game into overtime. Rather than risk taking three pointers.
After the players from both sides embraced, they returned to the locker room.
After this game, the five-game winning streak finally reached the top of the West. The Thunder, which lost their first straight game this season, fell to second place.