Vol 3 Chapter 183: Who can beat the Thunder
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Super Heavy Artillery
- Micangshan people
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- 2021-01-30 11:55:49
The fourteen-game winning streak of the Thunder made the entire league look at it! Everyone wants to know how long their winning streak will last. But as far as the current situation is concerned, I am afraid that only teams such as the Rockets, Warriors and Cavaliers have the ability to defeat the Thunder. Moreover, people feel that these teams are not necessarily sure!
According to the schedule, the Thunder will meet the Warriors in a week. At that time, the Thunder will encounter the biggest challenge this season. The Thunder are also eager to try. This season, they face the Warriors and are more confident than last season. Of course, before that, they still have two games to play.
Thunder's next opponent is the San Antonio Spurs. This game is also very important. In the second round of the playoffs in April this year, the Thunder fell on the Spurs, who didn't seem to be strong.
But that was the thunder of the past. At that time, the Thunder lacked a strong striker, and Leonard almost relied on his own strength to cut the Thunder down. Now, the Thunder have Paul George, a super striker who does not lose to Leonard. The biggest weakness has become their own strength. In terms of strength, the Thunder are stronger than the Spurs. Moreover, in this game Spurs star Leonard missed due to injury.
But the Spurs are a very strange team. When you think they are weak, they will always surprise you. Just like last season, Duncan retired, Ginobili and Tony Parker were very old. When everyone was worried about the Spurs' prospects, they still played 60 wins and reached the Western Conference finals all the way.
Therefore, this game attracted a lot of attention. They are eager to see the Thunder continue their indomitable momentum, but they are more eager for the Spurs to end them.
On the day, An Luo and his team came to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs away.
For this game, the Thunder attaches great importance to it! Since the start of the game, the Thunder has encountered more than a dozen opponents, and indeed none are particularly strong. Although there are strong teams such as the Celtics and Clippers, they still need a game with enough gold content to prove that their record is not due to luck.
Due to Leonard's absence and Tony Parker's departure, Mills and Anderson topped the starting lineup. They will face the luxurious starting lineup of the Thunder with Danny Green, Aldridge and Gasol.
At the beginning of the game, Gasol helped the Spurs get the ball for the first offense. Mills pushed the ball beyond the three-point line and passed it to Danny Green. After the latter received the ball, with Aldridge's screen, he jumped directly to the basket. A European stepped past Adams, who had switched defenses, hit a layup and scored the first for the Spurs.
The Spurs played out their integrity as soon as they came up. In the first few games, it can be seen that Danny Green and Mills have increased their offensive firepower. Aldridge can't afford the Spurs alone.
Although the Spurs were the first to win, the Thunder, which quickly entered the state, still made them a little bit overwhelmed.
First of all, Adams, Westbrook missed the middle distance, he grabbed the rebound, went straight up, scored a second offense, and helped the Thunder equalize the score. Then Anderson missed a three-pointer, Westbrook grabbed the rebound and directly launched a counterattack fast break, pushing Mills into the free throw line. Although the latter blocked Westbrook's fast break, it was still a bit weak to match one enemy and two. After following Paul George received the ball, he rose directly into the sky, spreading his right arm like a winged roc, easily slamming the ball in.
In the next two minutes, the Spurs were under the defense of the Thunder, and there was a wave of scoring shortages. On the other hand, for the Thunder, Paul George is very strong, and An Luo is in good shape. He continued to blossom inside and outside, and one person scored 7 points in a row, directly pulling the difference to double digits.
The Spurs had to surrender a timeout, An Luo felt too hot in his hand and could only interrupt it in this way.
After returning to the game, the Spurs relied on Green's three-pointer and Aldridge's free throw to chase the score.
But after that, George hit consecutive three-pointers, and the Thunder's Big Three teamed up to score points. On the other hand, the Spurs, they made consecutive mistakes under the Thunder's high-pressure defense, and the shooting feel was average. They only scored 2 points in the last 5 minutes or more. The Thunder made an 18-0 attack wave, although Gay layup at the end to stop the bleeding for the Spurs. But the Thunder still lead the Spurs by a big score.
In the second quarter of the game, the Thunder continued their fiery touch of the previous quarter. The players on the bench also played smoothly. Patterson shot long, Grant dunks and layups, they are another wave of small climax, directly extended the advantage to more than 20 points.
At a critical juncture, the veteran Gasol stepped forward. He first played Kanter at the basket, swayed the opponent with his flexible footsteps, and hit the basket. Looking back, grabbing a defensive rebound, assists Murray quickly finished. His performance is not over yet. In the next offensive round, Gasol ran to the top of the arc after covering Danny Green ~EbookFREE.me~ to get an open spot. Danny Green scored the ball and Gasol made a direct 3-pointer without hesitation.
Under the excellent performance of Gasol, the Spurs players finally found the feeling of scoring.
After Aldridge broke through and dunked, Danny Green made a long three-pointer. Under the circumstances that the Thunder did not react in time, the Spurs shot a 10:0 attack wave, which narrowed the difference by a large margin.
Donovan hurriedly timed out, and then switched all his main players to the court.
Westbrook pushed the Spurs into the penalty area as soon as he came up, causing Aldridge's foul and getting himself to the free throw line. In the next 2 minutes, Paul George and Anlo contributed a three-pointer. Under the leadership of the "Big Three", the Thunder responded to the Spurs' offensive and regained the advantage to 20 points.
At the end of the first half, the Spurs exploded with great fighting power. Aldridge and Danny Green teamed up to score 3 three-pointers from beyond the three-point line and beat the Thunder 9:3 to help the Spurs catch the score, 14 points behind the Thunder.
From the perspective of the entire first half, there is still a big gap between the strength of the Spurs and the Thunder. They launched several counterattacks, and they did have some effects, but the Thunder responded quickly. Every time they recovered some score, someone from the Thunder stepped up to interrupt their rhythm.
If they can't find a solution to this problem, the Thunder will have their fifteenth game winning streak on their home court.
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