rpbooks Chapter 360 Reversed Again
Chapter 360 Reversed Again
Chapter 360 Reversed Again
Losing a game will not affect the Thunder's top position in the Western Conference.After all, they are as many as 3 games ahead of the Warriors who are second in the West!
From another perspective, losing a game is indeed a good thing for the current Thunder.After all, a proud soldier is bound to lose.Winning all the time made the Thunder feel a bit pampered.Now the Spurs stand up and give them a blow.
However, this stick seems to be a bit too forceful.So much so that when they faced the Pelicans two days later, they were a little unable to play.To be exact, after being reversed by the Spurs, they were reversed by the Pelicans again!
On November 11, the Thunder will be a guest in New Orleans.
The Pelicans this season seem to have become the biggest dark horse in the league.This season, they not only retained the twin-tower lineup formed in the second half of last season, but also signed champion guard Rondo.
Especially the joining of Rondo is simply a stroke of genius of the Pelicans management.
For a long time, the Pelicans have lacked a top point guard.They had to let Holiday, who has a strong scoring ability, take care of the team's organization and offense.As a result, this All-Star guard didn't play particularly well.
And Rondo is undoubtedly the most suitable No. [-] position for the Pelicans.He has a strong outlook on the big picture and has rich experience in the playoffs.More importantly, he used to be teammates with Cousins in the Kings and knows how to stimulate Cousins' combat effectiveness.As Kentucky's senior, he dominated Cousins more than anyone.
How useful is Rondo? Last season's Bulls are a perfect answer.Last season, the Bulls played two games in a row at home to the Celtics, almost a black eight.But when Rondo was injured, he was immediately beaten 4:0 by the opponent.
With a healthy Rondo connecting the whole team, the Pelicans finally played the strength they should have in this lineup.
From the very beginning of the game, the Thunder players played particularly strongly.It may be that after the last defeat, they held their breath and wanted to use a big victory to prove that the previous two days of the game were just a tiger nap.
Westbrook took the lead, driving to the free throw line and hitting his trademark zombie jumper for the first shot of the game.Subsequently, Paul George caught the opponent's sluggish touch and hit two consecutive three-pointers.
The Thunder got off to an 8:0 start.
Subsequently, Davis stood up and broke the home team's scoring drought.He hit Adams hard inside. Although the ball missed, it caused Adams' foul.And hit two free throws.
However, Davis' scoring did not change the situation on the court.Their defense is still terrible.Adams scored a dunk on the inside, and George scored another three-pointer from the outside, and the difference between the two sides widened to double digits.
Gentry had to call a timeout to interrupt the Thunder's offensive rhythm.By the way, rearrange the team's offensive and defensive strategies.
Back from the timeout, Cousins scored the Pelicans' first sports goal of the game in the paint.
But then, the Thunder once again blasted an 8:0 offensive climax, and the difference between the two sides went straight to 20 points.
At this time, Holiday stepped forward and scored 7 points in a row, narrowing the difference between the two teams.Cousins also started to work hard, scoring consecutive shots inside the Thunder. At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder led the Pelicans 33:24.
In this quarter, Westbrook scored 6 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. From the looks of it, he has led the downturn in the previous game. In this game, he is heading for a triple-double at halftime.
In the first half of the second quarter, the Pelicans' bench lineup played well.First, Miller hit a three-pointer from the right corner, Nelson then made a mid-range shot, and veteran Tony Allen also scored a layup.The Pelicans narrowed the point difference to two points.
Paul George tried to help the Thunder stabilize the situation from beyond the three-point line, but it ended in a smack.After Davis grabbed the rebound, he rushed up with the ball and went all the way to the inside to score 2+1.Help the Pelicans overtake the Thunder.
In the next 2 minutes, the two sides played evenly.No one could break the score.In a quick counterattack, Paul George sent a pass to the ground, and Grant dunked in the air, which greatly improved the momentum of the Thunder.
Subsequently, the Thunder used their strong defense to withstand the Pelicans' mad attack, and Westbrook and An Luo led the team to an 8:0 climax.
Although Davis then scored 4 points in a row with free throws, An Luo made a three-pointer almost at the buzzer, allowing the Thunder to lead the Pelicans 65:57.
上半场，双方的明星球员发挥得非常的出色。威斯布鲁克15分6篮板8助攻，安洛16分2助攻3抢断，乔治12分3篮板3助攻4抢断。戴维斯18分7篮板2盖帽，考辛斯16分6篮板4助攻。
I have to say that the battle between the "Big Three" and the Twin Towers was very exciting.
After changing sides and fighting again, the Pelicans launched a stronger offensive.Holiday scored first, Cousins followed closely and made a layup.But the Thunder's "Big Three" scored 6 points in a row and did not allow the opponent to pull the score back.
With five minutes left in the third quarter, Cousins grabbed a rebound in the paint and elbowed Westbrook in the face, sending him down.After the replay, the referee sentenced Cousins to a second-degree malicious foul and expelled him from the field.
But Cousins' departure did not put the Pelicans in trouble, but instead inspired their morale.Nelson actually hit a half-time three-pointer, Moore and Miller also hit long shots one after another, Davis completed the 0.6-second buzzer lob, the Pelicans completed the overtake, and ended the third quarter with 87:86.
In the final quarter, the Pelicans became more and more courageous.For a while, Thunder was unable to recover from the disadvantaged situation.
With Holiday scoring a throw, the Pelicans widened the point difference to 6 points.Although Grant made an inside shot afterwards, Felton also made a mid-range shot, and Westbrook's three-pointer once narrowed the point difference to 2 points.But the Pelicans started again, Davis scored 4 points in a row, Moore made a successful throw, and the Pelicans hit a 6:0 spurt.
At the critical moment, the Thunder made consecutive mistakes, ruining their chance to recover the score.
Although in the last minute, An Luo hit a three-pointer, which rekindled a glimmer of hope for the Thunder generals.But a 1-pointer from beyond the arc by Davis dashed their hopes.In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Thunder with a score of 114:107 at their home court, completing a 19-point reversal.
This makes everyone very uncomfortable.If the failure of the last game may be due to bad luck, but this game is really not played.
The Pelicans are not a weak team, but they are not in the championship sequence either.As a team with an average of nearly 70 per game, the Thunder lost the game with a lead of as many as 19 points.It has to be said that they still have quite a few problems.
(End of this chapter)