rpbooks Chapter 860 The Houstonian who has run into trouble
Chapter 860 The Houstonian who has run into trouble
Chapter 860 The Houstonian who has run into trouble
The Thunder's winning streak stopped in the fourth game, and at the same time, they lost the first place in the Western Conference because of this.
Now leading the West is the Denver Nuggets.They have not lost a game so far, and the five-game winning streak is also the longest winning streak among all teams so far this season.
Originally, the Thunder hoped to compete with the Nuggets for this record.After all, their fifth game was against the Trail Blazers after a back-to-back and a big fight.But the result was surprising!Lillard used an ultra-long-range three-pointer to prevent his team from losing streak, and by the way, helped the Nuggets reach the top of the Western Conference.
For any team, in the long season, losing is bound to happen.Stronger than the Warriors and Bulls, in their most successful season, they still lost a lot of games.No team treats the 82 regular season games of each season with the goal of winning all, and losing is also an integral part of a successful season.
Regarding this point, naturally no one was too entangled.
If it is the seventh game of the playoffs, losing the game may make the Thunder fans sad, and Donovan and his players must also bear huge public opinion pressure, but this is just a regular season .
However, on the Internet, there are still a lot of comments that are not friendly to them.
For example, some people think that the Thunder started to "wave" after leading by a big score, and did not respect the Blazers enough, thinking that they had a chance to win, but they were killed in the end.Some people think that Donovan's defensive arrangement in the subsequent moments was poor. Since he knows what kind of player Lillard is, but he does not arrange double-teams, this is also an expression of arrogance.What's more, they blamed An Luo for the Thunder's lore. They believed that An Luo's defense was not as strong as everyone said, and he showed his original shape when he met a real superstar.
There are many other interesting sayings.The consequence of these statements and remarks was that An Luo, who was already a little unconvinced, became a little angry after seeing these.However, he doesn't like to express his views on the Internet, and he doesn't have the habit of directly "debating" with the other party.
Questions about basketball should be solved in the way of basketball.This is An Luo's usual style.Since I was angry on the court, I had to go to the court to vent it out.
However, he definitely can't wait until the next time he meets the Blazers.
Ever since, Thunderclap's next opponent is sad!
On the first day of November 2019, the Thunder visited Houston for their sixth game of the season.
For a long time, An Luo believed that winning the game in this city was a matter of course.After all, starting from the NCAA, he won too many games in Houston!Every time he comes to Houston to play, An Luo plays very comfortably.It seems that the ball he throws here can always find the target and fall into the net smoothly.The opponents could do nothing about it, and their defense posed no threat to An Luo.
This game is no exception.
At the beginning of the game, An Luo entered the scoring mode.
Adams helped the Thunder get the ball for the first offense. Westbrook quickly advanced to the top of the arc and played a classic pick-and-roll with Adams.However, Adams was blocked by Paul after receiving the ball.As a veteran of this league, Sao Paulo not only has excellent small-to-big skills, but also has a lot of experience when he is small and big.
Adams didn't force it. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught An Luo who was moving from the right elbow to the bottom corner, and then threw the ball over.
The basketball passed over the heads of several players and was caught by An Luo.Then, he caught the opponent's defense and threw the ball decisively when the defense was not in place.
"Shh!"
3:0
The Thunder in the away game took the lead.
Subsequently, Paul assisted Capela to complete an empty dunk in response.But before the cheers from the Toyota Center fell, An Luo made another three-pointer.
This ball was grabbed by the Thunder with a time difference. When Capela succeeded in dunking, Adams retreated to the baseline and sent the ball to Westbrook. An Luo is ready at a 45-degree angle outside the left three-point line.The Houstonian didn't react at all, and could only watch An Luo throw the ball in.
Subsequently, under Westbrook's sorting out, Gallinari and Adams also participated in the offense.An Luo attracted Sao Paulo's defense because of his two three-pointers. However, he did not only serve as an assistant to restrain the opponent's defense as before.
Three-pointers, European step layups, cut layups, fadeaway jump shots...
As if he was playing in the finals, An Luo tried his best to lead the Thunder to establish an advantage.
After the first quarter, the Thunder led by 36 points at 28:8.
In the second quarter, the Thunder's offensive continued unabated.Especially An Luo. After a few minutes of rest, he partnered with Alexander to bully the opponent's rotation.If it weren't for Gordon's outstanding performance during this period of time, An Luo could have set the tone of the game in the first half.
In the second half, D'Antoni set up a set of five small lineups.Harden, Paul, and Gordon's three strongest scoring points all played, and Tucker went directly to the fifth position.In fact, in the past two seasons, the five small lineups have stepped down from the altar, but D'Antoni has gone further and further on this road.
At the beginning, the Thunder was indeed staggered by the opponent's change.However, Donovan quickly reacted.He replaced Adams with the faster Noel, taking the Thunder's unlimited defenses to the extreme.On the offensive end, he completely released An Luo.Through frequent screens and An Luo's excellent off-the-ball running ability to find loopholes in Houston's defense, and then score.
The situation of the game quickly returned to the more favorable side of the Thunder.As the gap between the two sides widened, the Houstonians gradually entered the singles mode.D'Antoni seemed to be helpless in this situation, he could only stand on the sidelines with his hands folded and watch Harden, Gordon and Paul take turns charging.
It has to be said that the abilities of these guys are really strong.If they choose to fight hard, Thunder really has no good way to stop them.However, An Luo's output on the offensive end is enough to fight against these guys.
By the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides was fixed at 96:81.The Thunder once again entered the final quarter with a double-digit score.
(End of this chapter)