Vol 3 Chapter 215: All-star substitute

The evening of January 30, 2018. CapitalOne Arena in Washington, DC.
The game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Washington Wizards reached the most critical moment. At this point, with the final 52 seconds left in the game, the two sides battled 96:96.
This is the sixth time the two teams have tied the game.
Westbrook advanced with the ball, and he played a pick-and-roll with Adams at the top of the arc. But such a tactic was seen through by the Wizards, and they severed the connection between Westbrook and Adams. Coupled with the poor position of Anlow and Paul George, Westbrook can only pass the ball to Robertson on the other side.
After receiving the ball, Robertson habitually hesitated. In the end, he didn't make a shot, but dropped the ball to Adams who had returned to the basket.
With this hang, something went wrong. Satoranski, who was defending around the front, stole the ball. Adams wanted to grab the basketball back in a hurry. But the action was too big and was called a foul.
Satoranski stood on the free throw line to resist the pressure and made two free throws. Help the Wizards lead 2 points with 98:96.
With 39 seconds left before the game, Donovan called a timeout. Although they are behind in the score, the Thunder have the ball in their hands, and at this time, they can play two offensive opportunities.
"Russell, you rush in with the ball. Pay attention to the position of your teammates... We must make this attack as fast as possible. Then the initiative is in our hands! Understand? Go ahead? !"
After the timeout was over, Westbrook received the ball, quickly brought it across the center line, and then set a screen outside the left three-point line and went straight to the basket. At this time, the Wizards' Satoranski and Porter immediately doubled up. Westbrook returned without success this time, and he passed the ball to Paul George at the top of the arc. The latter catches the ball and pushes in. After pushing Bill, he pulled out his hand decisively!
Unfortunately, this was still greatly disturbed by Bill. In the end, even the frame did not hit.
Gortat stuck Adams behind his back, and Porter got the rebound. No way, Adams can only foul again.
Potter stood on the free throw line, very steady.
100:96
After Porter made two free throws, the Wizards improved their scoring to three figures and led the Thunder by at least two goals.
At this moment, Donovan felt very annoyed. With only 28 seconds left, how do you ensure that your team does not lose to the opponent in regular time?
He finally pinned his hopes on An Luo.
"This offense, we played like this. Russell, you...Ann, from here you use Roberson and Paul's screens to find an open position and then shoot. Steven, you are in the basket and you have to rebound. Control..."
After a timeout, Westbrook received a ball from Paul George near the center line. He stomped the accelerator to the bottom and rushed to the basket. But I have to say that in the last few rounds of Satoranski, the breakthrough against Westbrook is really outstanding. He stuck directly to Westbrook's right side, using his height armband to make the opponent shoot without a shot.
At this time An Luo, being entangled by Morris, had no chance to receive the ball.
Therefore, Westbrook once again divided the ball into the hands of Paul George.
Three points!
However, still did not enter.
Westbrook grabbed the rebound on his own. Instead of passing it to others, he got up and threw the ball to the basket.
"boom!"
In the past few rounds, the Thunder's feel is really bad.
The rebound was grabbed by Morris, and then he was fouled by Grant and stood on the free throw line.
The Wizards once again made two free throws, so the Thunder lost the opportunity to tie or overtake. Moreover, they did not pause.
Westbrook quickly advanced to the top of the arc. Before the opponent doubled, the ball was passed to Grant. The latter made a three-pointer but still missed. After Morris grabbed the rebound, the Thunder stopped fouling. Bill took the ball across the center line and waited for the time to run out.
At the last minute, the Wizards did a great defense. Especially the defense against An Luo was very successful. At the critical moment, he didn't even get a shot.
In the end, the Thunder lost to the Wizards 96:102 away and got their third defeat this month. Moreover, the eight-game winning streak was also ended.
After this game, the Thunder's entire January game ended. They played 15 games this month and lost 3 of them. They are the Sun, Timberwolves and Wizards. Not a strong team, but the Thunder did not lose injustice at all.
Despite just having a defeat, the Thunder were not particularly disappointed.
"Every season, we lose some games. No one can win 82. The Wizards performed better than us tonight. I didn't handle it well at the last minute, so I missed the chance to win. But these are all It doesn’t matter, the game is over. What’s important is that our team has been developing in a good direction ~EbookFREE.me~ We have been walking where we want to go."
Westbrook was very calm at the press conference. He admitted that he was not doing well enough, but he affirmed his team. Like he said, the Thunder is indeed moving in a good direction.
A few days ago, the NBA officially announced the list of this year's All-Star substitute players. Westbrook and Anlow were selected together. And yesterday, Paul George was also reimbursed by Cousins ​​for the season and was designated by the league chairman Xiao Hua to be selected for the 2018 NBA All-Star Game. The reason for selection given by Xiao Hua is: Among the players in the Western Conference, Paul George is the player who has received the most coach votes among all players who have not been selected to the All-Star before.
As soon as the news came out, the players and fans who started fighting for Paul George suddenly cheered. Especially Thunder fans, they may be the happiest fans in this league. This is the first time that three Thunder players have been selected to the All-Star at the same time.
Due to this year's All-Star reform, the two captains James and Curry can select players from the selected players to form their own team. Therefore, Paul George, who replaced Cousins, automatically became a player for the James team, and Westbrook was with him. As the strongest three-pointer this season, Anlo was taken first by Curry.
However, the story of Thunder's "Big Three" and "Fighting in the Same Room" still makes everyone look forward to it.
An Luo himself was very happy. After learning that he was selected for the All-Star, he immediately updated his Twitter and Weibo. The excitement is beyond words.
It must be the domestic fans who are more excited than him. They think that it is very difficult for An Luo to gain a foothold in the NBA. Who ever thought that Anluo would become the second Chinese player to set foot in the All-Star Game after Yao Ming!