Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 169 Halftime Champagne
Nando De Colo is Parker's teammate in the national team, of course, will be Gobert's teammate in the national team in the future.

He was the No. 09 rookie in the second round of 53, but after being selected by the Spurs, he did not log into the NBA immediately. Instead, he continued to play in La Liga until he reached a two-year contract with the Spurs in July last year. He also played in this year's playoffs, and then followed the team to win the championship.

Of course, this also depends on Li Sheng's change of his destiny. Yuan Shikong will be traded to the Raptors by the Spurs in the first half of this season. After that, he did not choose to stay in the NBA. Instead, he returned to Europe and played a good career.

In the championship journey with the Spurs last season, his role was still stronger than that of McGrady, and he also played five games, at least he still scored some points.

And this season, he continues to serve as a substitute for the team. However, in addition to the core point guard Tony Parker, the Spurs also have Mills and Corey Joseph as two backup point guards. Ginobili, Green, and Belinelli are also at the second position. His chances are not many.

And the team now chooses to give him more playing time, obviously not optimistic about this "older rookie", but wanting to use it as a bargaining chip.

If there is no accident, he will still be sent to the Raptors in the future and traded for Austin Daye, who is swinging at the third and fourth positions. Although this is only a marginal swap, because the original time and space Daye did not make much contribution in the Spurs' championship journey, and was soon cut by the Spurs.

But now because of Li Sheng, even if the swap deal is reached, the fate of these two people will probably change.

De Colo is a tall point guard, but when Ginobili is on the court, he acts more as a spot-up shooter, organized and scored by the demon knife.

Manu, who has gradually lost his flowing long hair and is heading towards the Mediterranean, is the ultimate home of European and American men. This season, he has begun to play a supporting role. His passing skills have become more and more solid, and his defense has also begun to enter everyone's discussion.

The Thunder's internal and external combination is already a very good defensive lineup, but Ginobili broke through the defense time and time again.

Ginobili is in a relatively good state today. He doesn't take many shots but repeatedly uses his breakthroughs and passes to find opportunities for the team.

The Thunder has defended well, at least it did limit the opponent's offense. The Spurs only scored 10 points in half a quarter, but the Thunder's offense still failed to recover. Even Ennis didn't know what happened today, and even missed an empty basket that he was determined to win.

Only relying on Ibaka's tip-up, Sefolosha's 3 points, and Antetokounmpo's free throws scored 7 points.

With 54 minutes and 26 seconds left in the second quarter, the score on the field became 32:[-]. If the Thunder can't recover later, this score should be able to compete for the Thunder's lowest halftime score this season.

In the past, under normal circumstances, this was their score in a single quarter!

Li Sheng touched his neck and sighed on the sidelines, feeling a little helpless.

Is this really a curse or something else, otherwise it is completely impossible to explain why the whole team seems to have lost their soul today.

And if you want to say that the rookies did not perform well, it is because they have psychological pressure in the face of the defending champion and winning streak, but Durant and Ibaka are not very good at it, and Reggie is the only one who is stable.

But it is obviously not realistic to expect Reggie to beat the Spurs alone, and other main players are still needed to support them.

"The defense of the two teams in this game is really tricky. It feels like I have returned to the basketball games in the early years."

This is Director Zhang trying to make up for the Thunder. In fact, it's a fight with iron.

In the face of such a blacksmithing battle, the Spurs thought that I am familiar with it, and they can use their rich experience in blacksmithing to win.

In the previous game against the Warriors, they scored the lowest points of the two teams this season, neither of which exceeded 80, and the final point difference was only two points.

And this game is now going towards this goal, and many fans who watch the game are sleepy.

Fans of the two teams, no matter which team, obviously don't like to watch this kind of game. After all, the Spurs pass the ball smoothly when watching the highlights, but in actual games, you may not be able to keep up with your eyes if you keep passing like this.

Instead of this, it would be better to have more singles, at least they are picturesque.

However, when the Spurs team cooperates well, they generally do not choose to use superstars to solve problems. In fact, they have people who can take over the game, but they can kill people with conventional routines. Why should the main players be tired?
But the situation changed quickly. After Popovich came back from the timeout, the Thunder seemed to know how to play again.

But that doesn't prove that Popovich's timeout was called for them, because the Spurs' offense is getting better and better.

In the last three minutes or so, the two teams actually started an offensive battle again. You come and go, which makes the fans feel confused and enjoyable at the same time.

"Oops! The Thunder team missed a good chance to catch up with the score. The Spurs counterattacked. The Spurs are in a good state. Leonard took the lead and performed a bully. He scored these two points and helped the team lead to double digits."

"The Spurs' lead came to 11 points. During this period, the offensive efficiency of the two teams has improved a lot, but the Spurs are superior, especially Green and Leonard hit consecutive three-pointers. The Thunder are a little bit wrong."

Director Sun's tone was a little regretful. Firstly, it was because he supported the Thunder. The Thunder were naturally not satisfied with being behind. Second, looking at the offensive battle, he definitely wanted to see the back and forth. If the score is still wide, it means that the game is not exciting enough.

If this goes on, isn't it possible that the game will be over in three quarters?

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"Leading by 10 points at halftime, the Spurs or the Thunder, whose winning streak will be interrupted first?"

During the intermission, it is naturally also a time for Chinese and foreign forums to share news in a timely manner and have heated discussions.

At this time, the live webcast is not perfect, and everyone has no way to share their opinions in the live broadcast room in a timely manner, so the forum is the most lively place for discussion.

And this top battle in the Western Conference undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people, whether it was fans of the two teams or other potential opponents, such as fans of the Heat or James.

The Heat started this season a bit tepid, but the Pacers seem to be rising strongly, and the Heat fans who just missed the championship are also a little lacking in confidence.

The East is going to face the challenge of the Pacers, and the Spurs, Thunder, Trail Blazers, and Clippers in the West don't seem to be easy to mess with.

The Thunder's good performance has made Durant's MVP call this season very high, and some fans even shouted the slogan "Give him back the MVP that should belong to him".

This is not a history book. After all, many fans were dissatisfied with James' re-election last season, thinking that Durant should have won it.

So in this case, there are naturally a large number of fan groups who hope to see the Thunder's winning streak interrupted, preferably Durant's performance is not good.

So it’s not surprising that there was a post about opening champagne at halftime:

"Thunder is the pseudo-strong team in the legend. Seeing that they have played so many teams before, there are not many serious teams. This winning streak is too low, and now they have finally been inspected by the Spurs."

"Although the point difference is not very big, everyone who watched the game knew that the Thunder were completely overwhelmed by the Spurs. Also, how dare Durant call the MVP, this kind of headwind shot would be invisible immediately. If it was James, wouldn't he have been slaughtered long ago?"

"One thing to say, two people are not of the same grade, and it is not suitable to be evaluated by the same standard. It is also a normal thing."

(End of this chapter)