The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 179 Retreat
The visit to Green ended, and the Thunder team returned to the tense regular season stage.

On the 8th, the Thunder played against the Raptors at home.

The Raptors, already hopeless in the playoffs, did not hinder the Thunder at all. Li Pu and other main players clocked out of get off work in three quarters.

In the end, Brooks even used the 13th man.

But even so, the Thunder in the final quarter were still winning.

All of this is Lin Shuhao's fault.

In the fourth quarter, after all the main players were off the court, Lin Shuhao played vigorously with four substitutes, until there were more than 3 minutes left before the end of the game, Brooks couldn't see it, and then Lin Shuhao It was replaced.

75:101, the Thunder refused to lose streak.

On the 9th, the Thunder played away in Milwaukee against the Bucks.

Today's Bucks, although they are still a fringe playoff team in recent years, have unknowingly moved from the threshold of the playoffs to the outside.

The Bucks in such a ranking naturally have to make changes, so before the trade deadline, they made a deal with the Warriors.

He sent Bogut and Stephen Wusheng Jackson, who can carry all injuries, and got Monta Ellis, Aipai Udu and Kwame Brown from the Warriors.

It seems that the Bucks made a lot of money in this deal.

After all, although Ellis failed to make the All-Star selection, he was also a top scorer in the league averaging 21.9 points and 6 assists in the Warriors.

On the other hand, what the Bucks sent was Bogut, who had been reimbursed for the season, and the 34-year-old Jackson.

However, the day after the trade came, the Spurs traded Richard Jefferson and a first-round pick for Jackson.

Then Jackson was waived in the second year. It is rare to see Popovich also lose one in the transaction!
The reason why the Warriors did this is obviously to help Curry, this young man with a baby face who has been reimbursed for the season.

This move led to unanimous criticism from the local media and fans, who believed that the Warriors' management had lost their minds. How could such a thin guard with the attributes of a glass man compare to Ellis?
In addition, it is worth mentioning that it is said that Curry was also discussed in the deal at the time. After all, Curry at this time had a weak ankle that made it difficult for people to have confidence, and he failed to play for most of the season.

Of course, what happened after that... Well, it smells so good!
I believe every Warriors fan is praying that Curry has not been traded.

As for the Bucks, although Ellis was traded, their record has not improved significantly.

Facts have proved that the most suitable position for Ellis is the sixth man, and he does not have the ability to lead the team to victory as the core.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about this game. In the first quarter alone, the Thunder beat the Bucks 35:18, and the next three quarters were basically garbage time.

Not to mention the starting lineup, even if the Bucks' main force is facing the bench led by Lin Shuhao and Harden, there is no way to chase points, so what's the point?

Therefore, the final score was 109:89, and the Thunder beat the Bucks away.

In this game, no one from the Thunder played 30 minutes, which caused Durant to not even score 20 points in this game, and the record was interrupted.

But everyone gets along very well and is very happy, so that they can defeat their opponents without bloodshed, which is very rare for a team that has entered the playoffs and aims to win the championship!
On the other hand, the Bucks, the team's highest scorer turned out to be Ersan Ilyasova, and only scored 18 points, not as high as Durant, who only played 28 minutes.

And Monta Ellis, who had high hopes, only made 12 of 3 shots and scored 9 points. How can he look like an excellent scorer?

I don't know if the Bucks' management has any regrets about the mid-season trade after seeing this game?
After a round trip to Milwaukee, the Thunder returned to Oklahoma City, where they faced the Clippers and the Kings at home.

With Paul's Clippers, this season's record has soared, and they have come to the playoffs from the bottom of the West. They are currently ranked fifth in the West and are competing with the Grizzlies for home court advantage.

However, in the face of the Thunder, there is still no power to fight back, especially the Clippers' insiders, Griffin and Jordan, were completely abused by Lip and Ibaka.

In the end, the Thunder easily defeated the Clippers at 107:92.

Even a strong team like the Clippers easily defeated it, so naturally the king of the big-bodied team is not a problem.

At 115:89, the Thunder easily won a wave of four consecutive victories.

In this game, the only thing that stood out for the Kings was not Eric Evans, who had won the best rookie, nor Lip's lifelong enemy, Cousins ​​(his self-proclaimed one), but the winner of the team. The strongest 21 on the surface with the highest 175 points, Isaiah Thomas.

Every player who can survive in the NBA at such a height is worthy of respect.

And Thomas Jr. is even more so. This year is his rookie season, and he was able to average 25.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 4.1 minutes per game.

Such a result allowed him to successfully obtain an NBA contract, which seemed to be much smoother than Lin Shuhao.

After defeating the Kings, the Thunder ushered in another wave of five-game winning streak, which can be regarded as the last devil's schedule of the season. After all, there are only 7 games left before the end of the regular season.

However, neither home nor away games seem to affect the state of the Thunder players.

On April 4, the Thunder played away against the Timberwolves.

When the team boss Love was sacrificed due to injury and other players on the team exploded, among them Jose Barea, Michael Beasley and Anthony Randolph scored 74 points together, the Thunder The team still defeated the Timberwolves 115:110.

Durant and Westbrook played the best in this campaign. Durant scored 43 points, Westbrook scored 35 points and 8 assists, and the two scored 78 points together.

I have to say that in this alliance, no one can beat Thunderclap in the combined cut!

Not only are the scores higher, but there are fewer people!

Although Li Pu only scored 16 points tonight, he grabbed 22 rebounds, sent 11 blocks at the same time, and achieved an extraordinary triple-double, which is considered normal.

The only hip-pull is Harden. Tonight, he only made 11 of 1 shots and scored 6 points.

After that, the Thunder beat the Clippers and Kings again, and then came to Phoenix to easily beat the Suns 109:91.

The last opponent of the Thunder's five-game streak is the Lakers again.

In order to catch up with the record, the Lakers really worked hard today, fighting with the Thunder for four quarters. Finally, with Kobe's magical three-pointer, they successfully dragged the game into overtime.

In the first overtime, the two sides fell into a defensive battle.

After 5 minutes of bloody battle, it was a 6:6 tie, and the two teams entered the second overtime.

In the second overtime, the two teams turned from a defensive battle to an offensive battle in one fell swoop.

It was another 5-minute contest, the Lakers scored 17 points, and the Thunder scored 19 points!
In the end, with Li Pu's three-pointer, the Thunder successfully defeated the Lakers 116:114, retreated from the five-game winning streak, and once again won a wave of nine consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)