Durant: I Fucking Can't Beat Him! (Third Update!)

Throughout the entire first quarter, Durant had been made extremely uncomfortable by Tang Tian's defense. He went 1-for-5 and scored only 5 points, while the Thunder trailed the Pelicans 17-29 by a wide margin.

Tang Tian, meanwhile, had recorded 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists in that quarter alone.

Donovan's defense-free strategy allowed Tang Tian to play with complete ease.

And seeing Tang Tian in such good form, the Pelicans players, consciously or unconsciously, kept giving him rebounds.

By the second quarter, Stevens adjusted the defensive strategy and had Bojan take over the assignment.

Durant increased his offensive frequency, but Tang Tian had completely shot his touch away in the first quarter, leaving him to rely more on drives to score.

Davis's help defense also became a major headache for him.

He went 4-for-10 and scored 12 points in the quarter, but the Thunder had already fallen behind 41-58, a full 17 points down.

Tang Tian took over as the primary scorer in the second quarter, bringing his personal stats up to 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists.

During the half-time break, Durant sat in the locker room, feeling deeply frustrated.

He had plenty of reasons to be frustrated.

When Brooks had been coaching, there might not have been much offensive strategy, but at least the defense had a system. Now Donovan did not even run defensive drills!

Everyone else was improving, yet every leap Tang Tian made was enormous. For the first time, he began to doubt his own talent!

And among these Thunder teammates, aside from Westbrook, none of them could help in tough games like this!

"Kevin, you'll find your touch again in the second half."

Seeing that Durant was not in the right state of mind, Westbrook came over and patted him on the