Timberwolves's next attack was a tactic that came from the cross movement of Wiggins and Covington.
Finally, Wiggins caught the ball on the outside, faced Chen Xi's defense, and directly shot Three-pointer pull-up jumper.
Basketball Swished Through the Net.
Scored the first point for the team and stabilized the situation.
Thunder attacks again.
It's still Westbrook who feeds the ball to Brow in the high post, and then Davis hits the ball in the low post.
The main point of attack in the opening scene is very clear.
After hitting Three-Pointer from outside, he caught Brow's energetic state at the beginning and attacked Timberwolves under the basket.
Davis also played very resolutely and was not affected by the previous ball at all.
After hitting twice, he quickly turned around Forceful drive and used his explosiveness and wingspan to attack Gibson.
After Basketball took action, he bumped on the frame twice and rolled into the frame.
Opening 7 to 3.
The ball was transferred and Timberwolves attacked again.
Wiggins used the cover of Covington to come out from the wing. Hand-off caught the ball from Jones and then broke through quickly.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Chase Defense's Chen Xi was blocked by Jones' secondary screen, he quickly rushed into Mid-range's position, and then made an emergency stop for a jump shot.
Basketball Swished Through the Net, two more points.
Wiggins's status fluctuates strangely.
When he fights Cavaliers and Thunder, he always seems to be braver.
Tonight, his shooting Touch seemed to have reached a peak in this ups and downs.
Fortunately, although Wiggins is in very good condition, Timberwolves is only in good condition.
Overall, they are still no match for Thunder.
And Thunder's opening strategy was very targeted.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of Davis, Gibson consumed a lot of money.
Timberwolves's Interior's defense itself is not very good. It is difficult for Towns to help Teammates on the defensive end.
Gibson is now consuming huge amounts of money.
In just one quarter, Timberwolves's Interior defense showed a faint tendency to collapse.
As Brow's low-post offense became more and more easy, Timberwolves's defense began to tilt in that direction unconsciously, so Thunder's other players also took advantage of the trend and increased their running, Backdoor Cut's.
For a time, Timberwolves, on the defensive end, was focused on one thing and not the other, and was defeated for a time.
If Wiggins hadn't been so hot tonight with Touch and Inside-Outside Combination using the firepower of Offensive End to hold up the situation, Timberwolves might have surrendered in the first quarter.
But even so, in the absence of other X-factor, Timberwolves really can't find any way to break the situation.
After three quarters, Ray led 95 to 72, leading by 23 points.
So Fourth Quarter and Timberwolves chose to surrender directly, wasting Wiggins's good condition all night.
At the end of the game, Thunder 121 beat 99, easily winning the Wolf Cub.
Westbrook made 8 of 17 shots from the field and scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and 13 assists.
Chen Xi made 9 of 15 shots and scored 26 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.
Davis made 14 of 23 shots and scored 35 points and 14 rebounds.
The level of Starting Lineup of Thunder is still too high.
Timberwolves There is no effective solution at all.
On December 25, Thunder played against Rockets in an away game.
The second showdown of the season.
However, the attention this time was much higher than last time.
Without him, the top two scorers in League happen to be on the team.
As the schedule gradually enters the mid-term, the sample size of the competition increases.
The gold content on various lists has also increased.
Rockets, which originally made no big moves in Off-season and was even stolen from, is no longer a popular candidate in the minds of the media.
But obviously, they still underestimated last season's MVP.
James Harden started a wild season, averaging 36.1 points, 7.5 assists and 6.6 rebounds per game. He led Rockets Team to advance all the way and reached the third position of Western Conference.
The ones still ahead of him are Warriors and Thunder.
Tonight is a great opportunity for them to challenge Thunder and get their hands on Second in the West.
Thunder also suffered a lot of losses due to the consecutive injuries of two core players.
But fortunately, their record at the beginning of the season was fierce enough.
Later, after Chen Xi led the team with a single core, he also relied on a furious scoring performance to barely support the team's record.
In the end, the ranking only dropped one place to Second in the West, so it was not a sudden drop.
This also makes his second place in the scoring list even more valuable.
Now, after the two core players have come back one after another, Thunder is on the rise again.
Tonight's duel is destined to be a tit-for-tat competition.
What's even more surprising is that tonight's Houston home court also features a famous team star, NBA historical star, and international player star.
Moving Great Wall, Giant of the East, Hall of Fame member Yao Ming!
Basketball from the Far Eastern Kingdom is the first person in history!
Chen Xi was also surprised when he saw that tall figure when he was warming up before the game.
Just as I was about to go up to chat, I saw a very comic scene.
Harden, who is 1.96 meters tall and weighs 100 kilograms, jumped on Yao's body like a child.
LeBron, who doesn't regard himself as an outsider at all, doesn't know whether Yao, who has been away from the battle for a long time, can't bear his weight~~
Chen stood in the distance, watching Harden communicate with Yao with some resentment.
I'm really afraid that he won't hurt Yao again.
After a brief exchange with Rockets's old acquaintances and current Rockets players, Yao turned his head and looked at the Thunder Team training half.
Just then, the eyes of Chen met. (This guy has no training, so he just stared at it for a long time.)
"Hello, Chen Xi." Yao came over with a smile and greeted Chen Xi.
"Chairman Yao." Chen greeted slightly reservedly.
After all, this is the first time the two of them have met.
"I've been watching you play a lot lately. You're very good."
"It's a prize, it's a prize, I'm just lucky." Chen Xi had a cheerful face.
<Just a fluke>
"You are too humble. I don't think you are like this in front of the American media?" Yao laughed and teased him.
"Hahaha, there's nothing you can do about it. If you act too modestly here, others will take it seriously."
"Hahaha, that makes sense. Maybe I should learn from you in this regard. If you are free in the evening, I'll treat you to dinner."
"When you are free, you are free at any time. If you don't have time, you have to make time."
"Hahahaha, okay, it's settled then, I'll wait for you when the game is over."
With the goal accomplished, Yao did not disturb Chen Xi's pre-match preparations any more. After chatting for a few more words, he turned around and left, going to his own box.
Chen Xi, on the other hand, sat on the bench on the sidelines.
He is not in the mood to warm up now.