The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 168 Selected Again

Just played a back-to-back with only one day off, followed by another back-to-back.

The donkeys in the production team dare not use it like this!
Thanks to the young guys like the Thunder, if they were replaced by the old guys like the Spurs or the Celtics, playing like this every day, they might have to retire after one season.

On February 2, the Thunder played away against the Sacramento Kings.

This season, the Kings are still playing steadily, and their record is still struggling. Now they only have 9 wins and 16 losses, ranking second to last in the Western Conference.

However, the team is not without bright spots. Although the game is not good, the team is not strong, and the management has problems, at least the fans still have hope!
The team's second-year rookie, DeMarcus Cousins, has continued to improve this season, and has been able to score 18+11 steadily, becoming the center of the 10th rookie, second only to Li Pu.

Even in the eyes of the fans, Cousins ​​has more potential than Li Pu. Li Pu is just a stinky blue-collar. We will be a superstar sooner or later with the kaleidoscopic offensive methods of the test baby!
This is not only the fans think so, even Cousins ​​himself thinks so.

Tonight, Cousins ​​played extremely proactively against Li Pu, obviously wanting to prove that he is not inferior to Li Pu, and expressed dissatisfaction with Li Pu winning the best rookie.

However, after gaining weight, Li Pu was not at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Cousins, causing Cousins ​​to use more technical moves to score.

In the end, after the whole game, Cousins ​​got his wish and scored 19 points, while Li Pu only had 16 points.

It seems that in terms of scoring, Cousins ​​​​seems to have defeated Li Pu.

However, looking at the efficiency again, Cousins ​​made 24 of 7 shots, and his shooting percentage was less than [-]%, which was appalling.

On the other hand, Li Pu only took 8 shots, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks.

That's right, Li Pu got another triple-double tonight, and most of the 10 blocks were contributed by Cousins.

Even until the end of the game, Li Pu looked at Cousins ​​and shook his head.

This baby is really strong!
In the final game, the Thunder also won the Kings 111:106 without any risk.

The next day, the Thunder went to Salt Lake City to face the Utah Jazz.

At the Jazz's home court, Li Pu finally realized what a devil's away game is.

In addition to the noisy arena environment, the altitude of more than 1300 meters is also a problem.

Although this altitude is not as high as Denver, it can't hold the Thunder tired. The continuous battle makes them very tired both physically and mentally.

In this way, the Thunder finally lost 86:101.

And that's not the worst thing.

The Thunder team didn't take the loss of a game to heart. The key is that the Thunder team suffered another injury.

Sefolosha withdrew from the game after inadvertently colliding with Al Jefferson while chasing Gordon Hayward in the third quarter, resulting in a strained knee.

After Jeff Green, he became the second Thunder player to fall due to injury.

After the inspection after the game, Sefolosha sprained his knee and is expected to be absent for a month.

After the difficult five days and four games, the Thunder finally got three days of rest.

Using these three days, the Thunder revived. On February 2, which is Valentine's Day, the Thunder played at home against the Jazz again.

Tonight, almost everyone in the Thunder team was a soldier, and Westbrook was like crazy. He made 5 of 4 three-pointers and scored 28 points.

The other players of the Thunder team also performed very well on three-pointers. Durant made 4 of 3 shots, Li Pu made 1 of 1 shots, Harden made 2 of 1 shots, etc., and all members ate dumplings.

The team made 20 of 14 three-pointers, and the hit rate was as high as 70%, which is a fart!
Even Cook, who replaced Sefolosha as the starter, scored a three-pointer.

That's right, even if Sefolosha is injured, Harden is still on the bench, even though his playing time has come to 35 minutes...

In any case, at the end of the game, the Thunder beat the Jazz 111:85 and successfully avenged the Jazz.

Although today is Valentine's Day, Li Pu cannot spend it with An Jiali, because they will leave overnight for Houston again.

This year's regular season is busier than previous regular seasons.

After a narrow victory over the Rockets in Houston, the Thunder defeated the Warriors, Nuggets, Hornets, and Celtics successively, and once again achieved a wave of six consecutive victories. It was not until the second day after defeating the Celtics that they only scored 3 points against the Magic. Lost.

After losing this battle, the Thunder team can be regarded as the end of the first half of the season.

Throughout the first half of the season, the Thunder achieved a proud record of 29 wins and 6 losses, ranking first in the league.

The Spurs and Lakers are both 24 wins and 10 losses, ranking second and third in the West, and the Clippers are ranked fourth in the West with 21 wins and 11 losses.

In the East, the Heat have climbed to the top of the East with 27 wins and 7 losses. The Bulls are second with 27 wins and 8 losses, half a game behind the Heat.

The third-ranked team is a bit surprising, it turned out to be the Indiana Pacers.

The Pacers this season, under the leadership of head coach Frank Vogel, relied on Danny Granger, Darren Collison, Paul George, Roy Gao Yuanyuan Hibbert and other young people to play Excellent record.

After the first half of the schedule, the All-Star Weekend will follow.

The results of the All-Star voting have been announced a long time ago, and the starters and substitutes for the Eastern and Western All-Stars have also been released.

This year's vote king, Howard, who thought he would be the host, did not expect that after entering February, he was overtaken by Durant.

This season, the Thunder are not only the hottest team in China, but also the top three most popular teams in Ugly Country.

A group of young people with a bursting style of play, the best record in the league, and good performances. The Thunder are blowing this youthful storm from Oklahoma to the world, attracting a large number of fans.

Therefore, as the boss of the team, Durant naturally attracted the most attention and became the league's vote leader with 172 million votes for the first time!
Followed by: Bryant's 155 million votes, Lee Pu 131 million votes, Paul 113 million votes, Bynum 105 million votes, Griffin 85 votes.

Therefore, the Western Conference All-Star starters are: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and Li Pu.

Poor Bynum obviously had more votes than Griffin, but unfortunately he met Li Pu and could only lose the All-Star starter.

No way, the All-Star rules at this time, the center position and the forward position are different.

Compared with the west, the voting situation in the east is much clearer.

As the host, Howard ranked first in the East with 160 million votes, Rose ranked second with 151 million votes, James ranked third with 136 million votes, Wade ranked fourth with a gap of 3 votes, and Anthony fifth.

So, the starting lineup of the Eastern Conference All-Stars are: Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard.

As for the bench lineup, the seven selected in the West are: Westbrook, Love, Nowitzki, Parker, Gasol, Bynum and Nash.

Eastern bench lineup: Deron Williams, Iguodala, Bosh, Pierce, Hibbert, Rondo and Luol Deng.

(End of this chapter)