Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 192 victory or defeat
No one knows how Li Sheng and Westbrook shot the ball. Anyway, according to the Chesapeake Energy Stadium staff, when the two came out, Li Sheng smiled brightly, but Westbrook's face was a bit stinky.

But when he asked Li Sheng about the result in person, he would not answer, but would only return a secretive smile.

And when the players came back for adaptive training the next day, they found that Westbrook was talking and laughing with Li Sheng, and then Li Sheng also announced the starting list for the evening game, and Westbrook was impressively on the list.

He is also in a good state of training today, obviously he is working hard.

Their opponent this time is the Bucks. Just looking at the records of the two teams, it is clear that there is no suspense in this game, and the probability of upset is not high, because the Bucks do not have convulsive players.

Both Knight and Mayo have certain strengths, but they were overwhelmed by the Thunder's defense. They couldn't even rush if they wanted to, and they were blocked even if they wanted to shoot.

And Middleton was as deflated as last time, and he probably will have a psychological shadow in the future when facing Brother Antetokounmpo.

The only one who performed better was Luke Ridnour. He scored 5 of 4 from beyond the three-point line, but it still couldn't change the overall situation.

In the end, relying on Durant's 30+ triple-double and six players scoring in double figures, the Thunder beat the Bucks 106:82 at home and refused to lose streak.

Westbrook only played 29 minutes in this game, made 14 of 7 shots, and made 3 of 0 three-pointers. However, he still scored 21 points with free throws and 8 assists. The combination of sudden points and shots is quite good.

At the post-match press conference, in the face of reporters who wanted to make trouble, Westbrook said that he had no conflict with head coach Li Sheng. He just felt a little unwell before, so he decided to rest. Now that he is better, he will naturally play.

Well, you are quite smart about resting and playing. If you lose, you will truce, and if you lose again, you will play. How about setting the alarm clock?
Anyway, no matter what the outside world says, the generals are harmonious and happy, and it's your turn to oppose it?

Thunder fans can also temporarily relax. After all, the team is in such a good situation, and they don't want to miss such a good opportunity this season due to internal reasons.

In fact, although before each season, the media will rate based on transactions and lineups to determine the favorites for the new season, but it usually takes 2 to 30 games to see which teams are more likely to be champions.

Obviously, the Thunder's current performance cannot be ignored. The premise is that they can maintain this state until the playoffs, and at the same time, they don't automatically collapse because of internal conflicts.

This is actually tantamount to saying that the only ones who can beat them are themselves, because now no team dares to say that they can end the Thunder in a series.

But the grizzly bear stood up at this time, and said with high spirits: "I!"

Two days later, the Thunder suffered their fourth loss of the season in an away game against the Grizzlies. Since the New Year, they have lost three games.

Although the record of 34 wins and 4 losses is still outstanding, the recent consecutive defeats have made the outside world doubt them again.

In fact, the loss in this game was purely due to my poor state and inaccurate three-pointers. The Grizzlies are not a team that relies on three-pointers.

According to statistics, this season the Thunder have lost every game with a score of less than 90 points. Among the four games lost, only the Warriors scored more than 100 points. It was still when Westbrook was not on the court, uh...

This is actually easy to understand. Although their defense is very good, but because of the characteristics of the team, they prefer to play fast-paced basketball. This way the offensive rhythm is faster, there will be more offensive and defensive rounds, and naturally they will score more.

And the scores of the games are often compared, just like the team with the highest score is not necessarily the best record, it may just be because they play faster and have more rounds, and they accumulate shots.

Just like the Nuggets track and field team, weak is not considered weak, but they scored high and conceded high points at the same time, which shows that they are a team with strong offense and weak defense.

The Thunder's scoring average this season remains at 110+, while the average conceded points per game is below 100. On the one hand, this is because they have won more games.

The Lions also occasionally doze off, a small loss is nothing, and the doubts from the outside world have not affected them.

Li Sheng saw that the players didn't need to be comforted by himself. Their emotional adjustment was better than his own, including the rookies, who were overwhelmed with confidence because they had won too much, and also knew that this kind of poor state was rare, so he didn't take it to heart.

He is more at ease, it seems that the players have almost trained at this time, this mentality is the mentality that can compete for the championship.

The Thunder played another away game against Houston on Thursday. The Thunder easily won the game. Although Texas Xiaoqiang scored 41 points in the second quarter, the second half was suddenly sluggish. They only scored 9 points in both quarters. The Thunder seized the opportunity to overtake and ended the game directly.

At 113:96 in the final, the Thunder won by 17 points.

Harden made only 18 of 6 shots and only three free throws. In the end, he only scored 15 points and made 6 turnovers. He was lost in the second half.

The efficiency of Parsons, Howard, and Jeremy Lin is also relatively average. Jeremy Lin is no longer in the state of Linsanity, and his status in the team is gradually declining.

The best performers in the Texas Xiaoqiang are Jones and Motie Yunas, the four brothers. Li Sheng also suddenly discovered that it seems that monotonous explosions are prone to occur when playing against the Thunder. It may not necessarily be a defensive problem, but it may be pure luck.

After all, they were not singled out, and many of them were eating cakes. No matter how bad Jeremy Lin and Harden are, they did a good job of delivering shells to the inside. What's more, there is Howard's containment next to them.

Both of them scored 16 points, but most of them were scored in the first half. In the second half, when others were sluggish, it is obviously impossible to expect their two role players to stand up.

On the Thunder's side, Durant still scored a game-high 37 points, with 5 rebounds and 10 assists. Ibaka grabbed the rebounds like crazy and scored 21+15. Westbrook had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

The Thunder's winning point in this game is on the rebounds. Antetokounmpo, Ibaka, Robertson, and Westbrook are all crazily grabbing the frontcourt boards, so although they are still not so accurate in three-pointers, they just rely on the number of offensive rebounds to accumulate more than 30% of their hits.

Howard can't stand alone in the paint. There is always someone stuck in front of him. This defense against him can be regarded as heavy. After all, Howard is still the same monster when he is back.

But today obviously there is no need for the "beast-cutting" tactic. On the contrary, Howard himself fell into a foul crisis. In the end, he was fouled because of 5. At the same time, the team was too far behind, so he didn't play anymore.

The Thunder's ability to cause damage to the inside is now super strong. This is partly due to the ball-holding breakthrough impact of Shuang Shao, Antetokounmpo, Reggie, and Ennis.

Just like this game, Durant made 15 free throws, more than the opposing team's free throws.

If you really want to study it carefully, there are still some body hair fouls.

But people have double standards. If you suffer a loss, you can argue about the punishment. Who will consider this issue if you benefit?

Li Sheng even wished that the finals would continue like this. At that time, it would depend on whether the "chosen son" or his president's son would be more favored.

As for those who win the championship by strength, how many previous championships dare to say that they are completely clean. Do you not know how some people's championships come from?
(End of this chapter)