Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 173 One step away

"At the end of the game, the Thunder won their No. 13 victory at home this season, and also completed a [-]-game winning streak, which is only one game away from the team's record [-]-game winning streak..."

In fact, one of the conditions for the Thunder to move out of Seattle was that they would not inherit the name and other related things. That is to say, although everyone knew their predecessor was the Seattle Supersonics, in name, the Supersonics should temporarily "disappear".

This is why, everyone has been saying that if there is another team in Seattle in the future, maybe it can be called the Supersonics directly, and then inherit everything from the Supersonics. As long as the city of Seattle agrees, the league also agrees.

The league is likely to agree, because they have always wanted to expand the NBA team and make this cake even bigger.

So Seattle, which already has a foundation, is of course a good choice.

But now Seattle has nothing after all, and if the Thunder really want to say that they only started building a team in 08, the history of this team seems too shabby, so statistics will definitely attribute all the Supersonics to the Thunder.

If it is only considered "Thunder team history", then their current [-]-game winning streak is already the longest winning streak.

Although they have all had good records in the past, they hardly have more than ten consecutive victories.

In fact, this can be regarded as a disadvantage of young teams, that is, they are not stable enough, and they often have a good winning streak, and then they suddenly have to engage in a game.

Now that they have finally won a winning streak that is close to team history, this naturally makes fans start to discuss and look forward to their next performance, because the Supersonics have reached the finals and "lost" Joe.

"OKC! OKC! OKC!"

After the game, many fans on the sidelines refused to disperse for a long time. The game left them unsatisfied, and they had never had such a wonderful start, and they remained excited and could not calm down.

In the end, it was Li Sheng who took the players to wave and thank the fans before leaving the field, and they left slowly.

But many still celebrated outside the arena, and their singing could even be heard.

I have to say that the sports atmosphere in North America is really nothing to say, and the operation of the commercial league, in terms of showmanship, is incomparable to the grassroots teams like the CBA, so the fans' sense of belonging is naturally different and strong.

Of course, there are also many people who are purely for fun. There are such people everywhere, and there are always a lot of them.

After Li Sheng took the players back to the locker room, everyone had a carnival. This game didn't seem that important, but because of the winning streak and the nature of the opponent, it became important enough.

After the high, Durant, Ibaka, and Reggie were still asked to attend the post-match press conference, and then Li Sheng arranged for Antetokounmpo, Robertson, Ennis, and Gobert to stay for training.

Young people are self-motivated, and they are brave after knowing their shame. In fact, even if Li Sheng doesn't say it, they will consciously stay and practice more.

However, Gobert still complained a little bit, after all, he performed well this time, and compared to the other three, he is still more playful.

Antetokounmpo is a training madman. Robertson and Ennis are trying to gain a foothold in the team. Gobert is lazy. Of course, there is still a lot of training, but he still prefers life in private. This is not the same as O'Neal's laziness. At least his professional attitude is still okay.

However, Li Sheng also understands why he became more and more lazy in his previous life. Although the team and some teammates may have some problems, his own problems are not small.

Then go to the management of the Timberwolves, and mix with the unprogressive people like Towns...

Tsk tsk, I dare not think about it.

But seeing that the friends in the same grade had practiced extra, he naturally had nothing to say, so he stayed and practiced.

To Li Sheng's surprise, Westbrook also stayed to practice shooting more. I don't know if today's game against the Spurs stimulated him again.

Fuck, you can even win the defending champion without me, are you planning to win the first place in the regular season without me, and win the championship without me for fun?

Some people look at this and wish to get paid for nothing, but Westbrook is obviously not this kind of person. As much energy as he has, he wants to fully release it on the field. How could he be willing to just sit on the field and watch his teammates pass the test?

What's more, the voices from the outside world are still affecting him, stimulating him, making him dare not relax his state.

Currently, according to the team doctor, of course he can play, but Li Sheng knows what the result will be, so naturally he still won't listen, and he won't change his mind just because he saw this, and he will still do what he thinks.

Unless the next game is directly lost...

Then one day later, the Thunder continued to sit at home and ushered in a rematch with the Warriors.

This game is also a game where the Thunder can tie the team history record, and given that they defeated the Warriors back-to-back last time, everyone thinks this game will be a repeat of their second battle with the Clippers.

No one expected the result to be surprising. The Thunder's No. 14 game this season marked the end of their winning streak. In the end, they failed to match the Supersonics' [-]-game winning streak, and regrettably lost the game by only two points.

In this game, Iguodala was truce due to injury, Barnes was mentioned in the starting position, and the Warriors put out a lineup of Curry, Thompson, Barnes, David Lee and Bogou.

Curry broke out in this game, not only scoring 32 points efficiently, but also grabbing 11 rebounds.

Barnes scored 26 points, which is also a personal explosion and is currently his highest score this season.

He was extremely efficient today, taking only 15 shots, and both his effective and true shooting percentages exceeded 70%.

反倒是上一场交锋表现出色的汤普森本场表现低迷，19投仅5中，三分球9投2中拿到16分，还有5次犯规，博狗出场31分钟最终6犯离场。

The Thunder lost mainly because Durant was blocked, but the key was that no one else could stand up. Except for Ibaka who scored 20 points and Reggie who scored 17 points, the other five scored in double figures.

The statistics of the two teams in this game are actually the same. The Thunder's rebounds, blocks, and steals are slightly better, and they have fewer turnovers. However, their shooting percentage is not good, and their offense cannot be played. On the contrary, they have given the Warriors many opportunities to counterattack.

However, after losing this game, they are still No. [-] in the West, but the voices from the outside world have become complicated again.

Ordinarily speaking, the Warriors are not considered a weak team, at least they are at the playoff level. It is not strange to turn over here, especially in this game, the overall state of the Thunder players is obviously not right.

But those people outside don't care about this. They only see that you lose. If you lose to the Spurs, you lose, and if you lose the belly, you lose.

At the press conference after the game, many people asked Li Sheng how they felt when they lost, and whether there was a possibility of losing streak.

In fact, Li Sheng was not surprised by this defeat in his heart.

Of course, this is not because of the flag he set before, but because of the mistakes he made against the Warriors today, which is similar to when he played against the Spurs before.

Because according to this general state of being at the end of the battle, if you don’t lose this game, you may lose in the next game. Instead, it’s better to lose first, so that you can have time to adjust your state in advance.

The only pity for him is that he didn't break the record.

(End of this chapter)