Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 202 Public Enemy of the Alliance
At the last moment, the Clippers had a chance to overtake the score. Paul’s only mistake in the game was also a key one. He gave the ball to the Thunder. In the end, he had to foul and send Gobert to the free throw line. Gobert made two free throws to help the team seal the victory.

Facing the underdog Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference two days later, the Thunder almost overturned again.

With the prestige of the All-Star, Irving scored 30 points and 10 assists from inside and outside. Jared Jack, Hawes and the "Eight Sage Kings" also performed very well.

They have been suppressed by the Thunder in the first three quarters, but the Thunder played a little carelessly at the beginning of the fourth quarter, giving the opponent a chance to close the score. With 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers took the lead after Jack's crucial European layup.

After that, Durant stepped forward again. He scored six points to help the Thunder stabilize the situation, and then Westbrook returned in the last 2 minutes.

In fact, Westbrook also played well in this game. The smooth sailing of the Thunder in the first three quarters is also related to his recovery. Obviously, his state is slowly recovering.

In the end, under the cooperation of Dewey and Ibaka, they scored 71 points together. The Thunder beat the Cavaliers without any risk, won two consecutive victories, and also pulled the victory to 52 games, which is only 7 games away from their original victory this season.

After a series of battles against the Grizzlies, Hornets, and Sixers, the Thunder won three consecutive games. Westbrook's state has obviously returned to even better than before the All-Stars. He scored 25+ points in three consecutive games. Durant averaged 30+ points per game except for a slight stretch against the Hornets in the middle.

This season, Durant has really achieved scoring like a bag, and the score difference with No.2 on the scoring list has been opened by five points. The battle for the scoring champion has long been over.

At the same time, he is also far ahead on the MVP list. He has already won the Best of the Month in the Western Conference for three consecutive months in October+November, December, and January, and the number of Best of the Week is also the most.

Even if it wasn't because he took too much, he would be divided out if he lost a game, and his performance could almost wrap it up.

Just like last week's Best of the Week, if it wasn't for the game against the Clippers that "changed history", the biggest competitor Harden lost a game and Durant won all, he would not have won this award.

Of course, for Durant now, a small award like the best of the week can only be icing on the cake, and he doesn't take it seriously.

His goals are even bigger!
But one day later in the away game against the Suns, the Thunder lost again. They scored 122. It must not be because of their own offense, but because the opponent played too well and they didn't defend well.

The Suns scored 128 points, and Nine Fingers Green broke out and scored 41 points, making Dewey's double 30+ directly invalid.

The key to the loss was actually that their substitutes were overwhelmed. The Morris brothers of the Suns teamed up to score 39 points.

The Suns still have the hope of entering the playoffs, so they are also desperate, plus the buff that the Thunder is now giving to the opponent, it seems that it is not very strange to play like this.

Especially seeing the jubilation of the sun after winning, as if he had won the championship, Li Sheng was also quite emotional.

Maybe this is the charm of sports games?
It can also be seen from these few games that the Thunder has now become the target of public criticism, just like the Warriors in the 73-win season.

How many teams and how many players in the regular season want to beat them and become famous?
Because the outside world praised too much, the Thunder team was exaggerated and made it look like they were invincible, and in the end they became the public enemy of the league for no reason, and everyone was happy when they lost a game.

What Li Sheng is used to doing now is to appease the mentality of the players after losing, because they won too much in the first half, and losing too much now may really damage their self-confidence.

Probably the best news for the team is that firstly, all members of the team are still healthy, and secondly, Westbrook's condition seems to be getting better and better, and he is slowly entering the playoffs.

Later, many people laughed at the first round of the Turtles. In fact, when Durant was still there, Westbrook himself was not lost in the illusion of statistics, and his performance in the playoffs must not be said to be bad.

It can even be said that they complement each other with Durant. Even if the effect of Curry + Durant is not achieved, other teammates are not the same. The overall teammates of the Warriors are still much better than the Thunder.

And now that with the shooting card given by Li Sheng, Westbrook's shooting with a change in power and hand shape has begun to bear fruit, which may be the key reason for the sudden improvement during this period.

Including three-pointers, he has made some progress. Before the All-Star games, his three-point shooting averaged less than 33%. But after these few games, his three-point shooting has stabilized at [-]%, and even if it declines later, it should not be too big. Besides, three-pointers are not his main offensive method, and the team does not need him to shoot so many three-pointers.

雷霆队现在最不缺的就是能投三分的人，杜兰特39.7%、伊巴卡39.2%、塞弗罗沙40%、字母哥36.7%、恩尼斯42.1%、费舍尔43%、雷吉35.7%、兰姆38.8%，平均四成的命中率，外线是对手决不能放的。

Of course, Westbrook is not the worst among the three-pointers, and Robertson is only in his early [-]s...

However, he has been steadily improving in the past few games, and the template card is also slowly playing a role.

This weekend, Li Sheng went to the pet hospital on vacation. The little golden retriever has grown up and needs to go to Geji Geji.

When he returned home with the sobbing and loveless golden retriever, Li Sheng had to go to the local TV station again, and took the players to record a team promotion program.

After signing the contract, cooperating with the team's publicity is of course part of their work.

After finishing the team work, Li Sheng still had his own filming task, because the contract was signed, but Li Sheng didn't have time to return to China, and he was a bit rushed there, so he simply sent a team over here to find him for filming.

The endorsement this time is a functional drink. Li Sheng doesn't know much about it, but he also knows that functional drinks will be very popular in the next few years, and the risk of this product is also low, not like health products or something.

On the one hand, the other party valued Li Sheng's personal image. After all, compared to other bad old men on the coaching bench, Li Sheng, a young man, of course seemed to be full of vigor. Secondly, it was also because he was engaged in a sports-related industry. Although he did not play by himself, he had a high status among domestic fans.

Now Li Sheng is only short of winning a championship, because he is unique among domestic coaches. Although Dayao has higher achievements than him temporarily, the two are not on the same track.

And if Li Sheng really leads the team to win the championship, Dayao will not be able to compare with him. After all, such a young champion coach has unlimited prospects for future development. If everything goes well, Li Sheng can easily live for 30 to [-] years as long as he is willing. How many more honors can he win?
Then the Thunder went to Staples again on Sunday night, facing the Lakers who have been struggling this season, and sent them a warm defeat.

The Lakers performed well this time, and they were almost on the verge of gaining momentum in the second quarter. Judy Meeks, who had only scored more than 20 points in one season after playing for five or six seasons, broke out and almost scored [-] points in a single quarter.

Then he let Robertson lock him. Of course, this does not mean that Robertson locked him alone. It relied on the coordinated defense of the entire team.

(End of this chapter)