Vol 3 Chapter 239: Rekindled

With An Luo taking away AMVP, the annual All-Star is over!
With its unparalleled charm, Los Angeles held this year's All-Stars perfectly.
Subsequently, all the players ushered in a rare few days of rest. In the long season, with the exception of All-Star Weekend and injuries, players have almost no such rest time. Of course, no one wants to rest because of the latter.
On February 22, the Thunder players started their journey again. Their first opponent after the All-Star weekend is the Sacramento Kings. The strength is not strong, but this game shocked the Thunder into a cold sweat.
Before the game, the Thunder ushered in great news. That is, Robertson is back from injury! As the defensive core of the Thunder, his comeback is really timely for the current Thunder. Although starting from the current situation of the Thunder, the playoffs are basically no problem, but their goal is not just the playoffs. If Robertson is absent for too long, even if he can make a comeback before the playoffs, the team's chemistry will not be at its best. Therefore, it is time for Robertson to recover from injury at this time.
Of course, in this game, Donovan did not let Robertson start directly. Donovan was quite cautious after all because of his injury. He doesn't want to hurt the player again because of his carelessness.
But even if he can only come off the bench, Roberson's comeback has greatly inspired the Thunder's players. Of course, this also includes all Oklahoma City fans.
Before the start of the game, the players of both sides will warm up on one side. An Luo has been staring at the veteran wearing the No. 15 jersey, feeling full of emotion in his heart. In the previous All-Star weekend, when Mitchell wore his jersey and used his actions to win the slam dunk contest, Carter's name resounded across the sky in Staples.
I don't know if there is a chance to fight. Although Carter is old, he can no longer fly like he did when he was young. But being able to feel the strength of these legendary stars up close in their careers is also a rare thing.
The Thunder's starters are still the previous ones. On the opposite side of the King, the guard line is Temple and Bogdanovic. The former is very general, the latter An Luo is quite familiar. In the rookie challenge a few days ago, he had seen this guy's ability. That three-pointer was simply amazing. The front line is a combination of Justin Jackson and Cauley Stan. The strength is not particularly outstanding, but they are both young and full of momentum. Sitting on the inside line is "Black Bear" Zach Randolph. Randolph, who joined the Kings this season, performed no worse than the previous two seasons. Although he is already a 37-year-old player, there is still a lot of oil in the tank.
At the start of the game, Anlo stood beside Bogdanovic with a relaxed face. He didn't think this king would cause much trouble to the current Thunder. I didn't think that a certain player in this Kings team would cause much trouble to his team in this game.
In fact, the situation in the first quarter of the game is indeed not bad as An Luo expected.
At the beginning of the game, the Kings made a mistake under the Thunder's defense. Bogdanovic took the ball from the three-point line, and he was about to push in. But An Luo didn't post it just because the opponent was three-pointers, but kept the distance that he could react. In the rookie challenge, this guy has shown a very good breakthrough ability.
Bogdanovic walked in from the right, An Luo kept stuck on his left, his body exerted force and drove the opponent to the bottom line. Maybe because he felt he could not get rid of Anlo's defense, Bogdanovic slid the baseline and walked a few steps before preparing to pass the ball. But this is exactly what An Luo wants to see. He has quick eyes and hands, and his long arms stretched forward. Although Bogdalovic moved quickly, An Luo's fingertips still touched the basketball that had already flown out.
Next to him, Westbrook directly picked up the basketball and ran towards the other side of the field, followed by Paul George. Maybe it was because the two hadn't played enough in the All-Star Game before. Seeing that there is a chance now, the two are playing again.
Westbrook is at the forefront, and Temple following him can't actually cause him much interference. But when he crossed the free throw line, he still made a very bold move. He threw the basketball directly to the backboard, with great strength, and the basketball bounced back quickly. Paul George immediately flew up and received the ball comfortably in the air. Afterwards, Paul George's body stretched out, his right hand straightened, and the whole person was like a big bow~EbookFREE.me~ slammed the ball into the blue frame.
An Luo stood in the middle circle, holding his head in both hands, with a surprised look on his face. It's not that he loves to play, this ball really surprised him.
Is this something the man who had broken his leg did! An Luo estimated that he could only feel this bounce in a dream! More importantly, although Paul George's movements are not fancy, but they are full of strength and look quite explosive.
Subsequently, the Thunder played a very strong offense. Anlow succeeded outside the three-point line continuously, Paul George also frequently made kills, and the cooperation of Westbrook and Adams also made Randolph struggling to cope. In the first quarter, they turned away and scored a score of 4521, leading by as many as 24 points!
The well-deserved Big Three of Thunder made the weak king feel tremendous pressure. But they did not lose their fighting spirit. As soon as the second quarter came up, the king launched a very strong resistance. But under the repeated blows of Paul George and An Luo, they were not able to reverse the situation. Until the end of the third quarter, the Kings were still 20 points behind the Thunder.
At the beginning of the last quarter, All three were sitting on the bench. They thought they would just clock in and get off work, but in the next few minutes, the king had a big climax and almost made the Thunder capsize.
Randolph, the old guy, showed tremendous energy at the last moment. Back-up singles, hooks, boards, and jump shots are omnipotent. Adams is not his opponent at all.
Fortunately, Donovan responded fast enough. He immediately called a timeout when the King chased the difference to only 9 points. After arranging the tactics, he replaced all his main players. With the efforts of these three brothers, Thunder barely maintained the lead to the end.