NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

The joy of victory is obsessive, but Long Rui was not dazzled by this joy.

After waiting for his teammates to celebrate, Long Rui suddenly said: "The victory of this game has become a thing of the past."

"The Timberwolves are just an underdog. Winning them is what we should do, and we shouldn't celebrate too much."

"Next, we have to face the Thunder, a strong team in the Western Conference. They are our real opponents."

"It may take another week for me to fully recover from my injury."

"During this period of time, the team has two games, one for the Thunder and one for the Bulls."

Speaking of this, Long Rui paused for a while, and then his tone became more serious: "These two teams are our strong enemies, so we must not take it lightly."

Long Rui's words instantly changed the atmosphere in the locker room.

Indeed, both teams have the strength to win the Cavaliers.

Curry and the others also became serious: "Long Rui, no matter what kind of opponent we face, we will do our best to win."

"That's right, until you recover from injury, we will continue our winning streak!"

Yi Jianlian patted Long Rui on the shoulder and said firmly.

However, Long Rui was worried about this. They paid too much attention to winning streaks, which was not a good thing.

But Long Rui didn't say much, because he was afraid of affecting the team's morale if he said too much.

He just nodded: "I hope you will do what you say. I will watch every game."

……

A few days later, the Cavaliers are at home again, and today their opponent is the fourth-ranked Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference!

The Thunder team this season has shown the potential of a strong team.

Durant, Westbrook, and Harden are even called the Thunder's three young players by fans, and they are also the future of this Thunder team.

Especially Durant, he has shown the potential to become a superstar this season.

The data of 27.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game are enough to make him stand out from the crowd.

What's even more frightening is that these three are all young, and their future ceiling is simply incalculable.

Compared with the Cavaliers, the same young Thunder team is definitely not much less talented in terms of talent!
"Brother Long, you look worried..."

Ran Ruoxue didn't know the strength of the Thunder team, but she could see some clues from Long Rui's expression.

"In this game, you, Ah Lian, and the others may have a very difficult time."

Long Rui said seriously.

A few days ago, during the match against the Timberwolves, Long Rui's face looked calm, and the corners of his mouth even turned up slightly.

But today, his expression was completely different, his brows were slightly frowned, his hands were wrapped around his chest, and he was holding his arms tightly.

This game also happened to be the key to the Cavaliers' 20-game winning streak.

It can be seen that in the auditorium of the Quicken Loans Center Arena, many fans held up the banner of the Cavaliers' 20-game winning streak.

Therefore, Long Rui was also very worried about the psychological pressure of his teammates, and hoped that they would not be too nervous.

After a simple opening, players from both sides appeared on the stage.

The Cavaliers players were the same as the previous game. When they came out of the player tunnel, they all looked at Long Rui.

Although Long Rui can't play, it seems that as long as they see Long Rui, they can feel an inexplicable motivation.

After the pre-match warm-up, the two sides started their debut.

Cavaliers starters: Stephen Curry, Paul George, JJ Hickson, Yi Jianlian, Varejao
Thunder starters: Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Serge Ibaka

Judging from the starting lineups on both sides, the Cavaliers without Long Rui seem to be a little worse.

But they are not completely at a disadvantage, at least in terms of the height of the inside players, they still have a little advantage.

Furthermore, judging from their performance this season, the Cavaliers' cooperation should be even better.

If the two sides play with normal strength, the outcome of this game is difficult to predict.

The game was about to start, and Durant walked towards Long Rui.

"It's really a pity. I wanted to teach you a lesson today, but it seems that this wish cannot be realized."

"In that case, let you watch how I teach your teammates a lesson."

As soon as the words fell, Durant turned and returned to the field.

Long Rui's face darkened, he felt a strong desire to fight from Durant.

In fact, the two did not have much intersection before, and the only intersection was in the All-Star Game.

Durant was in the western team, so he naturally lost to Long Rui.

In fact, this does not make the two of them form a bridge, and the reason why Durant is like this is mostly because the current Cavaliers are too hot.

And Long Rui is the darling of the major sports media. As long as there is a report about Long Rui, it will inevitably set off a wave of enthusiasm. How can other players not be jealous of this?
"Why is this man like this?"

Ran Ruoxue slightly frowned, and said a little angrily.

"It's normal in the game, we're opponents."

Long Rui also responded.

"Dudu!"

On the field, the referee blew his whistle and the game officially started.

The two sides jumped the ball in the middle circle, and Varejao and Ibaka competed for the first wave of the ball.

The referee threw the ball, Ibaka jumped up suddenly, and put the ball into Westbrook's hands!
Although he is 5 centimeters shorter than Varejao, his take-off speed and height have the upper hand!
After Westbrook brought the ball to the frontcourt, he handed it directly to Durant.

For the Cavaliers, the player facing Durant is JJ Hickson.

According to the official data, both of them are 206 tall, but when they really match up, Hickson is obviously shorter than Durant.

Hixon knew how powerful his opponent was, so he didn't dare to be careless at all, and focused on the movements of Durant's feet.

Durant signaled his teammates to pull away, and he chose singles for the first attack!

Facing Hixon's defense, Durant made a feint, then made a huge change of direction, leaving him behind in one step.

"BOOM!"

"Strike hard!"

"Kevin Durant scored the Thunder's first point of the game with a dunk!"

The commentator on the sidelines said loudly.

After dunking the goal, Durant also turned his head to look at Long Rui in the auditorium again.

That look seemed to be telling Long Rui that this was just the beginning!
Hickson had a taste of Durant's horror. He had been very focused just now, but he was still easily broken by his opponent.

Durant is tall and has long arms, but his breakthrough speed is not slow at all. This is the most terrifying thing about him.

"Is that person so powerful?"

Ran Ruoxue was amazed.

"He is a super scorer. The attack just now was obviously for me to watch..."

Long Rui explained.