After the game, when being interviewed by reporters, Westbrook responded.
"Russell, what enables you to perform like this?"
"Well, this is the data I collected, it's not worth mentioning."
"Are you dissatisfied with Embiid's remarks before the game?"
"What did he say before the game? I didn't pay attention, but no matter what he said, it was his business, and I didn't care. I just had to do what I should do."
Westbrook Although the tone is to retaliate against public opinion, the wording is still relatively sensible.
And Chen Xi...
"Ah? Has anyone been trolling us recently? There are a lot of them? Sorry, I really didn't pay attention. I've been paying attention to other things recently."
"Retaliate with performance on the court? Not really, it just happened to be that Touch was good tonight. If I wanted to counterattack, I should work hard to get more points. What kind of powerful counterattack is 37 points?"
Reporter: "..."
Don't tell me, the guy in front of you and the Harden next door are really the only two of the League who are qualified to say such things.
"Oh, you said Big Butt sprayed us before the game?"
"Well, I didn't say it, but he might have meant it."
"So this is your speculation?"
Then Chen Xi took out his mobile phone in front of them and started searching for interviews with Big Butt. Well, this old boy was indeed yin and yang with them.
Chen Xi answered the reporter only after reading it.
"Don't care about your own data? Let's see, Embiid scored 23 points and 10 rebounds tonight, oh, there is really no need to care. Anyway, he lost by 29 points. There is no point in getting a few more points and rebounds. If you don't refresh the data, well done, Star Player deserves to be Philadelphia 76ers, he is responsible! I appreciate it!"
That's fine if you don't know. Now that you know this, if you don't go back to Yin and Yang, will you still be Chen?!
Anyway, Embiid is originally an abstract product~~
After the match with Philadelphia 76ers, Thunder did not stay at Philadelphia, but quickly flew to New York.
They will have a day off at New York, and then they will play consecutive games against Knicks, Trail Blazers, and Back-to-Back.
On January 21st, Thunder challenged Knicks in an away game.
Facing the botched Knicks, Thunder easily won the game without any loss.
Chen Xi made 13 of 17 shots from the field and scored 32 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists. Together with Turtle Turtle, who had 20 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, the team easily won.
On January 22, Thunder returned to the home court and faced the challenge of Trail Blazers.
It's another competition between League's top perimeter teams.
But in this game, Lillard performed extremely poorly. He only made 6 of 18 shots and scored 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
Considering his level, as Star Player, he can only achieve this kind of data, which is undoubtedly unqualified.
Chen Xi was as efficient as ever, hitting 11 goals on the same 18 shots, and scored 29 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.
Westbrook, made 10 of 21 shots, scored 25 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, and scored another triple-double.
However, although the dual-core performance is stable, the defensive problems of the team Interior still exist.
Nurkic scored 22 points and 15 rebounds in this game.
This also caused the game to be dragged to the end due to Lillard's abnormal performance.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Thunder relied on the cooperation of Chen Xi and Westbrook's Pick-and-Roll to score 5 consecutive points to kill the game.
In the end, Thunder defeated Trail Blazers 122 to 118, winning another victory.
On January 24th, Thunder played against Pelicans at home.
Needless to say, Pelicans is really the sufferer of Thunder this season.
They are not weak in the first place, but they always encounter situations when Thunder's main force is short of players.
In this game, Chen Xi encountered a series of blockades from Butler and Holiday. He only made 7 of 16 shots and scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.
Westbrook's side was a little better, shooting 11 of 21 from the field and scoring 26 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists.
The data is okay, but he is unable to lead the team to victory.
It's still the same old problem, Interior was exploded.
Although it is said that Little Sabonis is the victim of Brow, it is obvious that Thunder without Brow is even less likely to win against Little Sabonis.
Sabonis scored a luxurious near-triple-double of 24+18+7 in the whole game, blowing away Thunder's Interior.
When McGee was present, it was a little better, but when McGee was applied, it collapsed immediately.
In the end, Pelicans defeated Thunder again with a score of 117 to 109 in Oklahoma City, achieving three kills against Thunder in the season.
After the game, Chen Xi wrote down the name of Butler in his notebook for the third time.
Damn it Jimmy! I will remember this grudge!
On January 26, the list of All-Star Starting Lineup was officially released.
The list of Starting Lineup for Eastern Conference is:
Giannis·Antetokounmpo (Team Milwaukee Bucks)
Joel Embiid (Team Philadelphia 76ers)
Paul·George (Team Brooklyn Nets)
Kyrie·Irving (Team Boston Celtics)
Victor·Oladipo (Team Chicago Bulls)
Western Conference Starting Lineup is:
Nikola·Jokic (Team Denver Nuggets)
LeBron·James(Los Angeles Lakers)
Kevin·Durant(Golden State Warriors)
Stephen·Curry(Golden State Warriors)
James·Harden (Team Houston Rockets)
Thunder Here, all three people still lost.
Among them, the votes for Chen Xi and Harden were very close. Unfortunately, in the end, they were not able to beat LeBron, which is currently extremely popular.
Curry, however, still maintains its leading position.
After all, he was the MVP player in two consecutive years in previous years. This year's Warriors is still a championship contending team, and Fans's fundamentals are very stable.
On the contrary, it was an old friend, Oladipo, who succeeded in taking over Eastern Conference when Wall was seriously injured and squeezed into Starting Lineup's list.
In this regard, Chen Xi also gave his blessing immediately.
Regarding my regret of not being selected, it is impossible to say that I am not disappointed. After all, there is still a mission for All-Star Starting Lineup. This reward will have to wait for another year.
Nan Bang, I'm paddling this year, and try my best next year~~
It is worth mentioning that although Wade, Rose, and even Carter all received a lot of votes in the voting of First Round, they still failed to enter Starting Lineup.
On January 27th, Thunder continued to play at home, welcoming Milwaukee Bucks from afar.
Bucks, this year's performance is very good.
The team's record is 39 wins and 9 losses, Eastern Conference First Seed.
Giannis himself also averaged 27.7 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.
With the two superimposed, he even suppressed Harden, Westbrook, Jokic, Paul·George and others, temporarily ranking first on the MVP list.
Compared with last season, the biggest change in Bucks this season should be the arrival of Head Coach and Budenholzer.
This Head Coach, who is from the Spurs series, does have his own uniqueness.
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