Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 361 Full firepower, don't give me face!

In December, the Lakers played mostly away games, among which the Thunder, Rockets, Clippers and Celtics were more difficult to play.

On December 12, the Lakers challenged the Thunder away. This was the first time the two teams met this season.

Before the game, the media exaggerated the duel between Yuan Qingshan and Westbrook to the extreme, wishing to describe the two as a feud.

But the fact is that Yuan Qingshan flew alone to Oklahoma City one day in advance to meet Westbrook for dinner.

Of course, the team does not allow players to act alone during the game. Yuan Qingshan is an exception for the Lakers. As long as it is not too outrageous, Magic Johnson and coach Walton will allow it. This is the benefit of being a privileged player.

Wei Shao sent bodyguards to the airport to pick up Yuan Qingshan. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, he deliberately found a relatively remote restaurant.

It looks ordinary from the outside, but there is something special inside, it looks like a high-end private place with membership system.

It's strange to say that Yuan Qingshan and Westbrook didn't like each other last season, but after the offseason, they became friends instead.

The friendship between the two probably started with Yuan Qingshan's phone call after Durant announced that he would join the Warriors.

Because there will be a game tomorrow, the two of them didn't drink. Westbrook angrily drank orange juice as wine, filled his stomach full, and then grabbed Yuan Qingshan to pour out the bitter water.

There is only one core content.

Westbrook still hasn't figured out why Durant left the Thunder.

The Thunder got the No. [-] pick Ingram this season, which should be regarded as a very strong reinforcement, and there should be a lot to do next season.

But Durant, one of the core of the team, just left when the situation was good, and he left so decisively that he left nothing for the Thunder.

Very few superstars go naked.

When James went to the Heat, he left a lot of assets to the Cavaliers.

For example: the Heat's 2013 first-round and second-round picks, 2015 first-round and second-round picks, 2012 first-round pick exchange rights, and a special case of 1450 million transactions.

Doing the math, there are a total of 4 draft picks, 1 draft exchange right and 1 trade exception.

Then the Cavaliers used the draft picks obtained in this trade to select Irving, Bennett and Waiters.

If we assume that the Cavaliers' management can have the average level of the league, they could have formed a Big Three lineup of Irving, Antetokounmpo and Drummond.

It's a pity that there is no if. They resolutely chose Bennett with the No. [-] pick and Waiters with the No. [-] pick.

Fortunately, they waited for James to come back, and under his leadership they won the first championship in team history.

In the summer, someone compared Durant joining the Warriors with James going to the Heat, and was refuted by fans of the Heat, Cavaliers and James. These two things are not comparable in essence!
You can't drink at night, so Yuan Qingshan and Wei Shao didn't go to the nightclub. Wei Shao sent bodyguards to send Yuan Qingshan back to the hotel, and then went home to rest alone.

Yuan Qingshan was bored alone and summoned gakki from the system.

Gakki cherishes the rare opportunity to be alone very much, and behaves extremely gentle and considerate.

The rest of the Lakers flew there the next day, and Yuan Qingshan joined them in the locker room.

Before the game, Walton inevitably gave another impassioned speech, and the players were excited by his speech.

Both sides entered the field, and Westbrook walked out of the player tunnel with arrogance and pride.

As soon as he appeared, Thunder fans erupted into cheers like a tsunami as they saw a savior.

Downs just couldn't understand Westbrook's arrogance, whispered to Yuan Qingshan, Yuan Qingshan knocked him on the head, and warned him to take care of himself.

At the beginning of the game, the Thunder played very vigorously. Westbrook attacked first, made sudden shots, scored 6 points in a row, and caught Yuan Qingshan by surprise.

Yuan Qingshan looked at Westbrook's figure in the backcourt, and felt that after a summer of tempering, this guy seemed to have evolved again.

On the other hand, apart from improving my physical fitness, I haven't acquired any new skills. It seems that I have to step up my efforts to improve.

第一节雷霆打出一波9比0的小高潮，结束时27比20，领先7分。

There was a pause during the quarter, and the camera showed Wharton. He didn't seem too anxious, and he explained tactics to Barnes in a leisurely manner.

Walton believes that no matter how good Westbrook is, it is impossible for him to kill the Lakers alone.

Westbrook maintained such a high desire to attack from the beginning, which was actually harmful to the team, because the right to fire was concentrated in the hands of one person, and the other people's hands couldn't feel hot at all.

In particular, Ingram, who was called Little Durant by the media, was completely running back and forth with Westbrook. Looking at those slender arms and thighs, he looked like a marathon runner.

During the timeout, Yuan Qingshan proposed to exchange positions with Murray. His purpose of doing so was not to avoid Westbrook's edge, but to push Murray up to match the superstar, so that he could adapt to the NBA as soon as possible.

Knowing his good intentions, Wharton immediately approved.

Murray's face tightened. Now he was going to face the beast Westbrook of the Thunder. This guy had already scored 18 points in the first quarter.

Can I really guard against him?Murray felt guilty for a while.

In the second quarter, Westbrook was a little confused. He didn't understand why the Lakers wanted a rookie to defend him.

Although Westbrook scored a lot in the first quarter, he knew in his heart that Yuan Qingshan didn't do his best on the defensive end. If Yuan Qingshan wanted to defend, he estimated that he could score about 10 points.

"What's going on, what are you doing?" Wei Shao asked Yuan Qingshan in a low voice.

Yuan Qingshan smiled slightly: "I'm going to let you be our rookie's training partner!"

If this was Westbrook from before, he would have dared to punch Yuan Qingshan with his fists.

But it's different now, the two of them can be regarded as a little friendly.

Wei Shao gave Yuan Qingshan a hard look, and said word by word: "Don't regret it!"

Yuan Qingshan nodded: "Full firepower, don't give me face."

Westbrook rolled his eyes angrily, and then hooked his fingers at Murray: "Boy, you are finished, you are going to be ashamed in front of the fans all over the United States! If you want to blame, blame that damn Yuan Qingshan of your team."

Murray: "..."

Whoosh!
Before Murray could react, a white figure flashed across his right side with lightning.

Murray froze on the spot, forgetting to make moves.

"Don't even think about scoring!" Towns rushed over to defend, but was fouled by Westbrook.

Westbrook wiped his nose, and said to Downs: "You guys are inexplicable, what are you doing, can you make me sweat?"

Downs's expression suddenly seemed to swallow a Molotov cocktail, and he chased after him shaking his head: "Come on, I'll make you sweat!"

"What are you doing?" The referee ran over and separated the two.

Yuan Qingshan also ran over, and Wei Shao smiled: "What are you doing? Am I going to get angry with a brat?"

Yuan Qingshan complained: "Who was going to do it on the court last season?"

The referee shook his head helplessly, and Westbrook couldn't get off the stage: "Come on, I'm not afraid of you now!"

Yuan Qingshan was speechless, this guy seemed to be on the top again.

(End of this chapter)