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Chapter 232 A little trouble



Chapter 232 A Little Trouble
After playing the Lakers that night, the entire Thunder team flew to Houston overnight, preparing to challenge the Rockets back to back.

After waking up from a nap at noon, Su Yang glanced at the news while eating, and found that a large number of fans and commentators were blowing up the thunder, such as the Big Three Heat, the Jagged Celtics, the Zijin Glory Lakers, all local chickens and dogs. Block the Thunder offensive.

The 16-game winning streak at the start of the main game is too strong. It was broken by the Houston Rockets and the Washington Congress.

Su Yang also discovered that Durant frantically praised those tweets praising him for his outstanding performance, and then reposted some of them, modestly saying that the Thunder can beat the Lakers, most of the credit is the coaching staff headed by Su Yang, who formulated the best offensive and defensive team in advance. Strategy.

In line with the principle of mutual bragging in business, Su Yang also forwarded and praised Durant's tweet: "15 of 11 shots! 31 points! Kevin Durant is the most efficient scorer of this era. If he went to the 90s If you play ball, you will definitely split the league with Jordan!"

After lunch, the entire Thunder team boarded the bus to the Toyota Center and chatted about local food in Houston.

Chandler excitedly said that he likes Texas fried chicken very much. It is not only delicious, but also cheap. It only costs one dollar to eat. Then he patted his stomach and said that he would eat half a chicken at noon to celebrate defeating the Lakers and keep the opening record. He also prepared to pack it Take two on the plane.

As a local, Jordan took the initiative to introduce more delicacies to the Thunder generals, emphasizing that he will be in charge of treating guests next time.

The whole team arrived at the Toyota Center at 05:30, only for basic training, and did not run tactics as usual, because in the game against the Lakers, there were three quarters of crazy sprinting, and one quarter of hand-to-hand defense. big.

Unexpectedly, when the game started, Chandler reported diarrhea, and several times in a row, he was already panicking.

Su Yang was a little confused, and subconsciously asked Chandler if the turkey he ate for lunch was a Decos set meal.

Chandler waved his hand weakly, Su Yang could only arrange for a truce, and then asked the players one by one if they also ate fried chicken.

Fortunately, after a round of questions, only Chandler has eaten. He only lost one starting center, and he can still play against the Rockets.

At seven o'clock, the game officially begins.

Su Yang stood on the sidelines to direct, and soon found that the overall condition of the Thunder generals was mediocre, and because the Rockets did not have a big center, they resolutely used fast breaks to deal with the Thunder. Good tactics.

With Durant 7 for 2, Sefolosha 4 for 1, and Westbrook 5 for 2, the Thunder finished the first quarter.If Ibaka hadn't relied on his height advantage to suppress Hayes with 5 of 5 shots, he would definitely be behind by more than 8 points.

During the timeout, Su Yang was not angry. He knew that the players were very tired, and they lost part of their fighting spirit just after beating the Lakers.

In addition to letting Collison serve as the center of the backup lineup, he rotated as usual in other positions and did not give any pressure.

Harden and Green immediately led the team to play, but unfortunately they were in poor form. Together, they made 8 of 2 shots, which is like a CUBA level.

Fortunately, Harden made two consecutive breakthroughs and caused two fouls, which shortened the playing time of Rockets starting point guard Lowry. The score was tied in the second quarter.

Back in the locker room after the halftime break, Su Yang didn't emphasize anything, and only asked the whole team to rest for a few minutes.

Unexpectedly, after the start of the third quarter, Durant was still stretched, and Su Yang simply let McGrady play more.

With a mentality of revenge, Tracy McGrady, relying on super physical hardware and skilled footwork, superbly scored 5 of 3. Unfortunately, he made a breakthrough and rushed to the basket, but he couldn't jump up, and gave Battier a big cap for nothing. , and then the two looked at each other and smiled.

It's a pity that McGrady's performance alone could not establish a winning foundation, and the two teams dragged the game into a decisive battle step by step.

The lack of physical strength of the Thunder became more and more obvious. The lore tactics arranged in the last 20 seconds, first Durant shot too weakly and hit the front of the basket to hit the iron, and Westbrook grabbed the offensive rebound and accidentally smashed the ball. Mistake on the instep.

Just like that, the Thunder lost to the Rockets 98 to 99, which unexpectedly broke the winning streak. It was like Lu Bu was at the Hulao Pass, fighting off Liu Guan and Zhang Sanxiong like a god of war, only to be defeated by the unknown general Li Jin. Capsized in the gutter.

全场比赛,杜兰特18投7中,哈登8投3中,发挥最好的是伊巴卡7投7中。

On the bus back to the hotel, Su Yang mentioned that Chandler did not play, and bluntly said that there is no need to feel depressed about the loss.

But the fans and commentators didn’t think so. Many fans yelled at the Thunder’s official Twitter messages. Some even expressed that they sold their houses to bet that the Thunder would win at least 17 consecutive victories, and became homeless as a result. They believed that the Thunder deliberately manipulated the game.

Some fans said that Su Yang's final design of the lore tactic was too stupid, and he was only one point behind, so he should seek an alley-oop.

Facing fans who turn faces faster than books, the Thunder will feel a little uncomfortable.Su Yang didn't care, after all, winning and losing are the eternal laws of competitive sports, not to mention that they haven't fast-forwarded to the 'one-quarter theory' and 'half-time theory', so it's really normal.

The whole team flew back to Oklahoma City and rested for two days.

The results of Chandler's examination were also released, showing that it was affected by the stomach virus, and several Magic players were also infected.

According to the team doctor's plan, Chandler needs to truce for at least four games. Su Yang got the news and had to readjust the rotation.

In the last game in November, when the Thunder played against the Hornets at home, Su Yang met his old acquaintance Monty Williams.

As the newest head coach of the Hornets, Monty has done well since the start of the game. He has led the Hornets to 12 wins and 4 losses. His greatest contribution is to pinch the Hornets' loose defense, but in fact, he has not improved much compared to last season before Paul was injured.

Not to mention, the Hornets also traded Ariza's defensive champions in the offseason, as well as Jarrett Jack and others.

However, Monty can also be regarded as a coach who can adapt to the times, and can discover and copy suitable tactics from other coaches.

As for the shortcomings, the on-the-spot response is too slow, the guidance for offense is considered biased, and it is extremely dependent on Paul.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the game started.

Durant scored two points first, but the Hornets then played a wave of 10-0 attacks, mainly because they helped defend Paul, allowing Marco Belinelli to throw two three-pointers, and Emeka Oka Fu grabbed two offensive rebounds and gave 4 points in vain.

Su Yang was not in a hurry at all, and only asked the whole team to suspend excessive defense against Paul and adopt a man-to-man defensive strategy.

Playing and playing, Paul succeeded in all kinds of mid-range shots, but it was difficult for the Hornets to score, and the Thunder gradually tied.

After the first quarter, the Thunder overtook 23 to 19. The Hornets scored nearly 9 points, and only Paul scored 9 points.

In the second quarter of the game, Ariza, who gave up his status as the big brother, gave full play to his defensive skills, and Durant made 6 of 1 shots. In addition, Okafor played pick-and-roll with Paul many times. At the end of the half, the Thunder only took the lead. Hornets 2 points.

The Hornets' pace is very slow, and the defensive flank + rotation strategy successfully restricted the Thunder's outside shots.

In the third quarter, the situation got worse. Durant, Westbrook, and Harden made 15 of 4 shots in total, and the Thunder only scored 18 points. Fortunately, Ibaka and Jordan grabbed 6 offensive rebounds. , allowing the Hornets to score only 22 points.

During the timeout between quarters, Su Yang decided to implement a risky strategy, instructing the whole team to rush inside and make a foul, anyway, shooting is also a shot.

As a result, Durant and Westbrook really took the opportunity to open up the situation, causing West to get fouled three times in a short period of time, Ariza and Okafor got fouls respectively, causing the Hornets to score no points for 5 minutes , The Thunder hit an 11-0 attack wave.

In the end, with 17 free throws in the fourth quarter, the Thunder beat the Hornets 95 to 89, and Paul was so angry that he left the game early.

After the game, on Twitter and other social media, fans from all walks of life aroused heated discussions, jokingly saying that the three of Durant won by free throws.

Durant was quite excited to debate with the fans.

Su Yang didn't bother to pay attention to it, but noticed Presti's email and found that the first round of contract renewal negotiations between the team and Chandler had broken down.

(End of this chapter)


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