When a team is stretched to 15 points by today's Oklahoma Thunder, then they are 90% sure to lose.
Celtics failed to regain the situation again. When Third Quarter fell behind by 24 points at the end, it withdrew its main force and chose to admit defeat in advance.
Fortunately, this was just a Regular season, and a big defeat also reminded Stevens.
The team's Interior is too weak and lacks at least one qualified Rotation. In addition, Tatum and Brown still need a lot of time to grow. This year's Celtics, if they don't change the lineup, will probably still have to pay tuition for the year.
Of course, Brown is only a sophomore, and Tatum is a first-year rookie. Their current performance is already very good. If they are given enough time, they will definitely become the top group of League.
The final whistle sounded and the game was over. Thunder defeated Celtics 120 to 107, ending the opponent's seven-game winning streak and completing his own seven-game winning streak.
In this game, Westbrook once again scored a triple-double of 21+10+12, leading the team to victory.
Chen Xi also scored 26 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Isolation's excellent and efficient ball-handling has become an indispensable part of Thunder's game.
Butler is 17+8+6, which is quite satisfactory data.
After coming to Thunder, JB's shot proportion is decreasing, but his efficiency is improving, and his true hit rate has reached 63.7%.
A very exaggerated number. Among League, almost all players who can achieve higher than him are Interior players.
Efficient shooting, excellent organization, strong defense, and good size. This all-around Wing only costs 19.3 million this year.
For Thunder, this is definitely a very profitable contract.
Then there are the newcomers who are an unexpected surprise.
Harris 14+3+1, Three-Pointer made 4 of 6 shots, showing excellent shooting level.
Gordon made 5 of 6 shots, Free Throw made 1 of 1, 11+6+1, and almost all shots were made by Layup after Backdoor Cut. When Little Sabonis can support from the high position, paired with a few players with good spatial attributes, it can completely cover up his shortcomings of poor shooting.
Thunder's combat power is better than most people predicted before the start of the game.
This year, they are really the first batch of teams to compete for the championship.
After the game against Celtics, there was only one day of rest. Immediately, the team had to fly to Portland for the first game against Trail Blazers this season.
This year's Trail Blazers lineup has not changed much, but its record has improved a bit.
The cooperation between Lillard and cj is becoming more and more tacit, making their Backcourt combination more lethal.
Cousin's increasingly outstanding performance has also made his popularity rise day by day.
It's the night of the 5th.
at Rose Garden Arena.
The eye-catching competition begins soon.
Thunder of Western Conference first faced Trail Blazers who was fourth in Western Conference.
Little Sabonis's jump ball on Nurkic.
Sabonis successfully gained the ball, and Thunder attacked first.
Westbrook came to Frontcourt. Facing Lillard's defense, Hesitation Dribble took one step and immediately threw away Lillard.
After arriving at Mid-range, he made an emergency stop jump shot, but unfortunately Brick popped out of the frame.
After Ballista protected Backcourt, cj brought the ball to Frontcourt.
Outside the Three-Pointer line, waiting for Lillard to use the ball-free screen to run past him, Hand-off handed the ball into his hands.
Lillard quickly broke through after receiving the ball. Relying on the double screen of Harkless and cj, he got a small opening. After taking two steps, he stepped on the edge of the Three-Pointer line and shot a jumper.
Three-Pointer scored.
Thunder continued to find his own rhythm, Westbrook quickly dribbled the ball across the half court, and then quickly broke through and rushed into Interior after Top of the Key and Chen Xi completed Pick-and-Roll.
Facing Ballista's quick release of the ball, Little Sabonis quickly took off after receiving the ball and put the basket up successfully.
A very Thunder-style offense, Positional play, On the Move's internal pass is also a way of assisting that Westbrook is very good at.
Trail Blazers Re-inbound pass, cj Frontcourt gave Lillard again, and the latter took advantage of Three-Pointer who took one step to cover and continued to take action.
Come on!
This time, it was two steps away from the Three-Pointer line, and the Three-Pointer was pulled dry.
It can be seen that Lillard's projection tonight Touch is very good.
Serving from Baseline will eventually affect the speed of Fast Break. After Westbrook arrives at Frontcourt, all members of Trail Blazers are already in position and ready.
Give the ball to Chen Xi, Isolation cj.
Facing McCollum, who was only 1.91 meters tall, Chen Xi only needed to break through with a simple drop of the ball, forcing McCollum to quickly Chase Defense, and then connected with a quick turn to shake cj far away, and then easily Mid-range shot.
Two points scored. 4 to 6
Trail Blazers Backcourt Duo, the most deadly Weaknesses is the problem of defense.
Both are short, and neither is a strong heavy defender, which inevitably leads to a defensive disadvantage.
And Chen Xi, an efficient player like Isolation, likes this kind of opponent the most.
McCollum doesn't have a good solution. After so many years in his career, he often encounters this kind of situation. As he matures, he will no longer shake his mentality because of one or two defensive failures.
Continue to advance step by step with the ball, and then hand the ball to Lillard.
He Touch is fine, just let him play for a while.
Do you think we are still two points ahead?
After Lillard caught the ball, he still went around the screen to find Shot space, and his move was very popular.
On Touch's explosive night, this was the easiest and most effective scoring defense for him.
But this time Little Sabonis Hedge came out and tried to interfere. So Lillard immediately collected the ball, and then Bounce pass passed it to Ballista.
The latter caught the ball and easily made an empty basket.
8 to 4
This is the modern Basketball. When a person's Shooting Threat can cover half of the court, his spatial attributes will be elevated to a level beyond the norm.
Relying on Lillard's Shooting Threat, Trail Blazers successfully took the lead even though the defense was blown.
Westbrook, who attacked again, immediately changed his choice and after meeting with Chen Xi Pick-and-Roll, he chose to pass the ball back to the outside.
Chen Xi catches the ball, followed by Pick-and-Roll from Butler, and moves one step Three-Point Shot.
It's a pity that Chen also failed to hit this kind of ball that is usually very reliable.
Power forward, Noah Vonlei grabbed Rebound and gave it to CJ who was playing Fast Break. The latter caught the ball and quickly went to the basket with the standard Three steps Layup to complete the attack.
A bad start, Thunder was actually converted! How unreasonable!
Donovan called out his first Timeout.
The team's offense is actually fine, it's just that two goals were missed. This is normal, but the defense is different.
Facing Touch's fiery yet calm Lillard, he must make changes and target Lillard tactically. It's okay to let him shoot one or two open shots, but he must not let him affect Trail Blazers's overall offense so easily again.
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