Vol 3 Chapter 75: 1 win and 1 loss

　
　
　　->　->　　 An Luo started his first game in the NBA with two consecutive three-pointers. In the next 6 minutes, he still behaved very positively. Especially on the defensive end, after adapting to Mike Ram's style of play, he finally showed his elite single-defense ability.
　　 The two sides played a full quarterly in the first quarter.
　　 On the Thunder side, under the organization of Westbrook, Anluo made frequent efforts on the outside line, and Adams on the inside line also repeatedly ate cakes. With this excellent performance inside and outside, the Thunder scored 38 points in the first quarter! Among them, An Luo made 4 of 7 three-pointers and 3 of 4 from the middle distance, scoring 18 points! Such a scoring efficiency, so that in the end Westbrook simply took the ball through the half and handed it to An Luo.
　　 But the Blazers are not inferior to the Thunder. Unlike the Thunder, they are blooming everywhere, with Lillard, Plumlee, Harkless and Leonard coming off the bench all contributing their strength on the offensive end.
　　 38:36, the Thunder lead by 2 points into the second quarter contest.
　　 In the second quarter, the Blazers took the lead. After a 12:3 match, the score was overtaken, forcing Donovan to call a timeout. No way, Donovan can only replace his own players here in advance. He originally wanted to give these players more rest, after all, there will be another game tomorrow night. But looking at it now, it is time to re-measure.
　　 Westbrook strengthened his offense. With An Luo restrained on the court, he rushed to the inside more resolutely, and the effect was also very good. Under his leadership, a wave of 10:0, once again overtaken the score. Subsequently, Lillard led the Blazers' players to counterattack. The two teams are like playing a turn-based game. You wave and I wave, and the scores rise alternately.
　　 72:72. In the first half, there was a tie between the two sides.
　　 The turning point of the game was in the third quarter.
　　 Donovan severely criticized the team's defense in the first half during the intermission.
　　 "We have to rely on strong defense to force the opponent to make mistakes and take the opportunity to turn them into points. We have to play at our own pace, but not follow the opponent's rhythm and run around on the court."
　　 Donovan’s worries are justified. On the whole, the Blazers players tonight are better than the Thunder. Once Westbrook and Anlow's efficiency comes up, the other players can't resist.
　　 So at the beginning of the third quarter, the Thunder changed their play style. After they began to focus on defense, the Blazers players were dragged into their defensive array by the Thunder. Especially for the restrictions on Lillard and McKlum, Westbrook and Anlow and Robertson have done well. As long as one person gets the ball, they will double-team immediately.
　　 There are fewer organizers and scoring trailblazers, offensive efficiency has dropped a lot, and errors continue to occur. The Thunder seized the opportunity and played a lot of counter-attacks. Throughout the third quarter, the Thunder only allowed the Blazers to score 16 points! And they themselves scored 38 points again!
　　 In the fourth quarter, the Blazers launched a fierce counterattack under the leadership of the double gun. However, the Thunder continued the state of the third quarter. Although they were eventually recovered some points by the opponent, it did not affect the outcome of the game.
　　 In the end, the Thunder won a 126:118 victory in Portland. The Blazers have experienced a five-game losing streak.
　　 In this game, the all-people Trail Blazers had 10 rotations, and 6 scored in double figures. But none of them scored 20. Lillard had 17 points and 9 assists, Mike Lam had 15 points and 4 assists, Plumlee had 18 points and 7 rebounds, Harkless had 15 points and 4 steals, Turner on the bench had 14 points and Krabi had 11 points.
　　 There are more players on the court here. All the 12 people in the roster were on the court, and even the treasure of the mountain like Collison went up to play for 8 minutes! But only three players scored in double figures. Westbrook had 25 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, Anlo had 32 points and 3 steals, and Adams had 14 points and 11 rebounds. But everyone else has scores.
　　 After the Portland game ended, Donovan hurried to Utah with his players.
　　 This is another tough game! The first is Utah, but the home of the devil, which is as famous as Denver. Furthermore, the Jazz is in good shape recently. Although plagued by injuries, the Jazz are still on track to win. In the last game, Hayward, who returned to the field, played well and brought the team to easily defeat the Kings. The record came to 15 wins and 10 losses, ranking seventh in the West.
　　 After the last game, Adams felt a little sore in his back. This frightened Donovan. Fortunately, after careful examination by the team doctor, it was confirmed that there was no major problem. This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
　　 But this was also a wake-up call for Donovan. The players are very tired, so he can't let these players do their best to play every game. Therefore, in this game against the Jazz, he is not prepared to let these main players play for too long. Of course, this almost gave up this game. After all, with the Thunder now on the bench, they can no longer find a player like An Luo!
　　 In fact, even if Donovan went all out to prepare for this game, the result might not be different.
　　The jazz generals who are waiting for work~EbookFREE.me~ did not give the weary Oklahoma a chance at all.
　　As soon as the game opened, the Utah generals played a wave of 10:2 offense under the leadership of Hayward. In the first 4 minutes, the Thunder only scored one goal. Westbrook hit the basket several times, but the results were very poor. His condition is really bad.
　　 played half a quarter, and the Thunder scored 6 points! Not only Westbrook is not in good shape, An Luo played very lazy this game, and the offense was not strong. On the contrary, the substitute players performed well. After Donovan replaced the bench, the Thunder chased the score to just 3 points. But in the second quarter, the Jazz with the main players quickly opened the score. After Mark hit the three-pointer at the buzzer in this section, they led 55:41.
　　 Despite the efforts of Westbrook and An Luo in the third quarter, the Thunder chased the score to 56:63. But then Ingles scored three-pointers and the Jazz opened the score to double digits after a 13:6 wave.
　　 After three quarters, the Jazz led the Thunder with an 80:63 by 17 points!
　　 In the last quarter, the Jazz's momentum is like a rainbow, and the score difference is directly stretched to more than 20 points. Donovan directly removed the last two starters on the field and surrendered.
　　 Finally, the Jazz defeated the visiting Thunder 109:89 at their home court.
　　 In the post-match interview, Donovan commented on his players objectively. After all, it was a back-to-back game, and the last game was quite intense. Of course, the impact of a match is not too big. At least, with their 19 wins and 7 losses record, they are still firmly ranked third in the West.