The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 178 Love the Team
The Thunder eventually lost.

After defeating the Lakers, Bulls, Heat and other strong teams in a row and achieving a wave of ten consecutive victories, everyone is exclaiming, who can stop the Thunder.

But no one expected that this team would appear so soon.

And his identity also surprised everyone, the Indiana Pacers that no one thought of!
To be honest, the Pacers this season have been seriously underestimated.

Who would have thought that a team with no superstars and a very young lineup would suddenly rise this season.

The Pacers this season, under the leadership of Danny Granger, including the joint efforts of Roy Hibbert, David West, Paul George and other good players, made this team a A team with a balanced offense and defense, both inside and outside, a rising star in the East.

The Pacers currently rank fifth in the East, even ahead of the injury-plagued Celtics.

You know, that's the Celtics!There are still three thousand nails in the broken ship!
Facing the thundering Thunder in this game, the Pacers' perimeter collective was as accurate as taking drugs, and they hit every shot.

From the beginning of the game, a double-digit lead was established. Granger, Darren Collison, Paul George, George Hill, and Barbosa, the Pacers' outsiders, were all in the first half. Throw in a three-pointer.

Because the Pacers felt too hot on the outside, the Thunder's defense was forced to expand a lot. Li Pu and Ibaka were completely transferred from the inside and were exhausted. As a result, the Thunder also lost a lot of points inside.

It can be said that throughout the first half, the Thunder's defense almost collapsed.

This situation lasted until the fourth quarter.

At this time, the point difference has reached more than 20 points, and it seems that it is going to enter garbage time.

But at this moment, under the leadership of Harden, the Thunder first recovered some points from the bench, narrowing the point difference to only 12 points, and then after the return of the starting lineup, the point difference began to quickly close.

Finally, 54 seconds before the end of the game, the point difference was caught up to only 2 points left.

But at this critical moment, as George Hill received Granger's pass from the outside, he hit a three-pointer and completely killed the game.

In the end, despite Durant scoring 44 points alone, the Pacers still defeated the Thunder 103:98, allowing Durant to join the empty scoring group.

After ending the Thunder's ten-game winning streak, the Pacers also achieved a wave of four consecutive victories, moving towards the top four in the East.

After losing to the Pacers, there are less than 20 days left before the end of the regular season.

Although the game was still intensive and they had just suffered a defeat, the Thunder team played very relaxed and were not affected by it at all. After returning to Oklahoma City, they even visited Green who was recovering.

Green's villa is not big, from the appearance, it is no different from other ordinary villas.

In fact, the players of the Thunder do not have big villas in Oklahoma City. After all, Oklahoma City is not a good place. They would rather buy luxury villas in Los Angeles or New York than here.

Just like in China, you must buy a house in a first-tier big city. You can not only enjoy supporting facilities, but also increase the value of the property as an investment.

Who will invest in houses in the county seat?Then you have to pay for death?
Jeff's girlfriend opened the door and invited Li Pu and others to enter.

Walking into the living room, Li Pu and others saw Jeff walking slowly with his shirt off, his body was already dripping with sweat.

On his chest, there was a 20cm-long centipede-like scar. Although it had healed, each hideous tentacles still showed the torture and pain that Green suffered during the previous operation.

"Jeff, how is it?" Durant was the first to ask with concern.

"It's not bad, I can finally breathe normally!"

Seeing the brothers coming, Green slowly sat on the sofa and said in a hoarse voice.

In fact, what Green said was not an exaggeration at all. In an interview later, Green once said:
"It was like a chainsaw was slicing through my ribs, the pain pierced through my entire nervous system.

After that excruciating pain, I had to retrain my lungs and basically start all over again.

Training yourself to take a deep breath is pretty much the hardest thing you can do, which is why I tell people that rehab is like a baby.

'First breath' was the hardest thing in the world for me. "

It's hard to imagine what it's like to live a life where even breathing is a torture?Thinking about it, I should want to die all the time!

However, Green relied on his own will and finally returned to the game. No one knew what kind of difficulties and tortures Green had experienced.

"Actually, you don't have to work so hard. It's not long since you've just been on the ground. If you want to exercise, you should take it easy?" Li Pu couldn't help admonishing Green as he sat on Green's sofa.

"I'm much better now, I just want to return to the game as soon as possible and compete for the championship with you!"

Although Green was panting heavily and seemed to have difficulty speaking every word, his eyes were very determined.

Of course, this is not to say that Green is like a saint who can sacrifice his life to play, but this year is his contract year, and how big a contract he can sign next year depends on his performance this year.

Originally, he planned to perform well this year, but who would have thought that he would not even have the chance to perform!

Directly reimbursed for the season.

Therefore, he is eager to return to the game, and he has an additional layer of consideration for his future.

"Don't think so much, take care of your injuries, as long as you are healthy, you can return to the game whenever you want!" Durant still comforted Green.

"That's right, just lie down at home honestly, and we'll come over to see you with the championship ring!" Li Pu also spoke from the side.

At this time, Westbrook, who came together, got up and came to Green, and said solemnly to Green: "Jeff, don't worry, we will get one for you this year, and we will get another one together next year!"

After listening, Green showed a smile, but said nothing, but there was a trace of sadness hidden in his eyes.

The brothers are all talking about this, what else can he say?
He himself can be regarded as a relatively Buddhist person.

From the beginning of the supersonic twin star, he is one of the team's dual cores.

After that, it was gradually surpassed by Westbrook, Li Pu and others.

Now he can't even keep his starting position.

But he still doesn't think about leaving the team. He loves this team, he loves these teammates, and he wants to stay here and win the championship with them.

But if they really won the championship this year without themselves, what value would they have in this team?
Can I still stay in this team?

Green fell into deep doubt.

Everyone else knew what Green was thinking, but no one knew how to comfort Green. They could only sit with Green and chat with him.

(End of this chapter)