If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 242
"The performance of the Thunder last season may be really luck."

"It may also be that the players did not have a good rest in the summer, and I feel that both Yi Jian and Durant are a little tired."

"Durant's condition is not good, but Yi Jian is fine."

"Yi Jian seems to be fine, but he passes the ball more, that's because the strong attack consumes energy."

There was a lot of discussion from the outside world, because the Thunder, which was not favored by others last season and had a lot of glory, unexpectedly suffered a losing streak.

Yi Jian is also helpless, maybe he will lose some luck after winning the championship.

In the third game, Lowry was injured when he went up, Durant was out of balance again, and the Thunder unexpectedly went to the underdog Clippers.

The Clippers are cultivating rookies this season and have no intention of competing at all. The Thunder's loss will only cause heat.

Many people in the team also blamed themselves, feeling that poor performance led to the loss.

Matthews also formally apologized, "I just want to show my strength. I have really become stronger. Please believe me."

In his first start, he dared to fight hard, but he might still be a little nervous, which led to his not so good efficiency.

In fact, it's not his problem. It's mainly due to Lowry's sudden injury and Durant's accuracy problem.

Yi Jian said with a smile: "It's nothing to lose in a row. It's important to be able to find the reason for the loss. It's only the beginning of the season. We can lose and make the team better."

"Our real battlefield is in the playoffs, so we don't need to pay so much attention to winning or losing now. What we need is improvement."

"Of course, if we improve, we can win, but if we lose too much, we can't."

"Also, everyone must pay attention to preventing injuries. We are the strongest team in the league, and we don't want to be robbed of opportunities by others because of injuries."

"Okay, they are all here to practice shooting, and we must seize the opportunity next time."

"I will definitely not do that next time." Durant muttered.

He couldn't bear to apologize, but he had decided to take responsibility on the court.

On November 11, the Thunder played back-to-back away games against the Blazers.

But the fighting spirit they showed was completely different from the previous one.

In the previous losses, apart from luck, some of them were a little bit drifting.

This situation is normal after winning the championship. Everyone thinks that they are a strong team. This mentality has many advantages, but sometimes it can also have the opposite effect.

It is actually a good thing for the Thunder to recognize the situation early in the season.

Lowry's problem is not big. In his absence, the Thunder will not be a problem if they are prepared. Dragic is fully capable of stepping up.

Because Matthews is still in the Thunder, the Blazers have not changed their lineup this season.

Their situation may be that Roy's injury has not healed, his explosive power has been affected, and his strength is not as strong as before.

In this case, the Blazers' offensive focus began to shift towards Aldridge.

They don't know yet that Roy's situation may be even worse.

The Blazers really don't care about the players' physical protection.

"Hey, a little bit of progress... Are you ready to face stronger confrontation?" Yi Jian smiled.

After he played Aldridge one at the beginning, the opponent changed one back.

Excellent turnaround jumper, Yi Jian is also difficult to interfere.

It can be seen that Aldridge is indeed making progress.

It's just that the old problem of this buddy is still there.

After Yi Jian increased the intensity of confrontation, Aldridge's efficiency decreased significantly.

On the other side, Roy became less threatening with the ball, but Durant started to get angry, and the Thunder took the lead smoothly.

Dragic may not be as used to cooperating with stars as Lowry as a defender, but for the powerful Thunder, it's really not a problem.

As long as Yi Jian and Durant have no problems, they will be the troubles of all teams in the league.

The Blazers have not changed much, so they are destined to be only a supporting role in the West.

In the second quarter, the old Miller saw that there was a problem inside, and he also ended up personally.

I have to say that Andre Miller is really getting older and more demonic, but his style of play is still too old-fashioned, the three-pointer is not good, and he can't do better in real high-intensity confrontation.

The Blazers played well in the second quarter, and they bit the score tenaciously.

Entering the halftime break, Yi Jian didn't say anything, but just encouraged his teammates to let go.

In the second quarter, there were ups and downs in their outside three-point performance, but Yi Jian didn't say anything. Many people from the losing team had already blamed themselves. What they needed at this time was not blame, but encouragement.

Yi Jian is not particularly good at this aspect, but he knows that when the team wins consecutively, he will remind everyone not to drift. When the team encounters difficulties, he will take the lead to stand up and help his teammates build confidence.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with the Thunder, that is, the start has not fully entered the regular season state and needs to be adjusted.

Entering the second half, their offensive feeling came back.

After all, they are the best in the league on both offensive and defensive ends, and they know how to adjust.

The Trail Blazers were different. They couldn't find a stable main attack point when Aldridge couldn't stand up against Yi Jian.

Miller can't play well all the time, he's not at that level yet.

"Why is the Thunder so powerful?" Aldridge felt that he could not carry the team.

With the encouragement of the head coach McMillan, he still insisted on shooting, but the shooting percentage was very different from the previous game.

The more critical the moment, the less the Blazers scored, the Thunder seized the opportunity and successfully won the game.

In this game, Yi Jian also activated a mission, the mission of being the strongest insider.

Not long after the start of the new season, Yi Jian also roughly figured out the situation of the mission.

It is estimated that the competitors are all-star insiders, and rewards can be obtained by winning games and statistics.

It's just that some of the players' rewards have been almost wiped out by him, and Aldridge is this type, so he can only save them first.

Yi Jian also began to consider that before the playoffs, he still had the opportunity to directly improve in that area.

After easily ending the losing streak, Yi Jian was also interviewed.

He said: "It's no surprise that we win the game, and it's no surprise that we lose the game. No team can win all the time, and our opponents deserve respect. The difference is whether we are getting better, you can wait and see. "

In fact, last season, the Thunder didn't push hard at the beginning, so Yi Jian's words also received a lot of recognition.

But what will happen in the end depends on the game.

The outside world also wants to see how the Thunder will perform against other strong teams.
It just so happens that the Thunder will face the challenge of the Celtics next.

The Celtics kept the main lineup in the summer and also signed O'Neal and O'Neal.

A bunch of veterans are obviously preparing for the last fight.

There is no doubt that they are still a team that can pose a threat.

(End of this chapter)