The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 259 Battle of Cards
The Kings' winning streak finally stopped at [-] consecutive victories, and the opponent who defeated them was the Thunder.

After defeating the Bucks, Raptors and Knicks successively, the King went to Oklahoma City to play the third game of the season with the Thunder.

In the first two games, the two teams drew 1:1.

I thought this game would be a focus battle where sparks hit the earth, just like the last game against the Spurs.

Unexpectedly, the whole Kings team felt cold in this game, even including Li Pu.

Winning for more than a month in a row, the spirit of the whole team has been tense, whether it is mental exhaustion or psychological exhaustion, they have reached their peak.

All of this broke out in a concentrated manner in this game.

It can be seen that the players moved slowly on the field, reacted slowly, made frequent mistakes, and completely lost the vitality of the past.

In this case, facing the fierce Thunder, it is simply a fantasy for the Kings to win this game.

Li Pu faced Cousins ​​and Serge Ibaka tonight, and his shooting percentage was quite impressive. He made 21 of 7 shots and scored only 18 points and 8 rebounds. This is still the team's highest score.

Of course, the Thunder didn't play well tonight either!
Although the Kings' offense stretched their hips, their defense was still online, which prevented the Thunder's offense from playing to the level it should have.

If the Thunder's offense is better, the game is over!
Durant made 24 of 9 shots and scored 24 points. Although he scored 20 points, his shooting percentage was equally impressive.

The 50% essence of humanity has a hit rate of less than 40%, which is not much better than Li Pu, not to mention that he is not as good as Li Pu's contribution to the team on the defensive end.

The two MVP candidates collectively stretched their hips, which turned the highly anticipated match from a fight between gods to pecking at each other.

In addition, on the same day, the Heat beat the Pistons and James scored an economic triple-double, which also made the MVP competition more intense.

Just one day later, the Kings went to Dallas to challenge the Mavericks.

Today's Mavericks are no longer the championship team that year.

Of those champion players, only Nowitzki and Marion are left in the team.

However, although the insiders have changed a group, they are still a group of veterans.

Monta Ellis, Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert, and Vince Carter are a group of veterans, all of whom are over 30 years old.

As if the Mavericks did not recruit young people under the age of 30, they were completely reduced to a Dallas nursing home.

With this group of veterans, the Mavericks are now ranked eighth in the West with 42 wins, and it seems a little dangerous to even enter the playoffs.

But such a team, in tonight's game, restricted the Kings to death. Even if Li Pu scored 30+15, he still couldn't win the game.

And at the last moment of the game, with Calderon's three-pointer quasi-lore, it gave the Kings a two-game losing streak.

This year's competition in the Western Conference is extremely fierce. With the Kings' two-game losing streak, the ranking immediately dropped from fifth in the Western Conference to seventh in the Western Conference.

Li Pu is also on the MVP rankings, gradually falling behind Jandu by half a position.

On March 3, the last day of March, the Kings came to New Orleans to play against the Pelicans.

In this game, Li Pu played steadily and scored a large double-double of 34+14.

If it's just that, it's still difficult to beat the Pelicans. Fortunately, Bledsoe and Butler both broke out, and the two scored 22 points each, giving Li Pu the greatest support.

In the end, the King also defeated the Pelicans 102:97, ending his two-game losing streak and returning to the sixth position in the West.

After entering April, it has completely entered the final sprint stage of the regular season.

On April 4, the Kings played against the Lakers at home.

The Lakers, who have completely given up this season, have gained 25 wins and 49 losses, ranking second to last in the West. Who would have thought that the Lakers, which formed the Big Four last year, would compete for the No. [-] pick this season?

In this game, the Lakers completely entered the open mode. Facing the eyes of the Kings, they directly chose to lie flat, lined up a group of substitutes, and let the opponent ravage them without any resistance.

117:102, the Kings once again won a big victory.

Li Pu scored 27 points and 11 rebounds in three quarters, and then clocked out.

The No. 4 King challenged the Warriors away.

As the fifth in the Western Conference and the sixth in the Western Conference, the confrontation between the two teams is a veritable card battle, and there is no room for loss for both sides.

At the beginning of the game, the Kings turned their backs and took the lead in attacking from the inside.

The combination of Jr. O'Neal and Chasing Dream Green of the Warriors was completely eaten alive by Li Pu.

O'Neal is 36 years old, and Chaser Green is a second-year rookie. The old and the young are not Li Pu's opponents at all.

首节李普就砍下了18分7篮板，带领国王34：25领先9分。

This is still the Warriors, who beat the Kings 6:0 at the end of the first quarter to narrow the point difference to 9 points.

However, it can also be seen that the Warriors are gaining momentum.

Sure enough, in the second quarter, while Li Pu was not on the court, with the joint efforts of Jordan Crawford and Harrison Barnes, the Warriors beat the Kings 10:0 and overtook the score in one fell swoop.

With Li Pu's return, the score was stabilized again, and the scores of the two sides began to rise alternately.

Curry cut through the sky with a three-pointer and went straight to the basket.

It was Curry's first 2-pointer of the night, having gone 0 for [-].

But it was this three-pointer that gave the Warriors full momentum.

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more dangerous, Li Pu stood up again at this time, and responded to Curry's attack with a three-pointer against Green.

Following Li Pu's answer ball hit, the entire Oracle Arena fell silent, and the silencer for the away game fell into place.

Relying on Li Pu's performance, the Kings successfully suppressed the momentum of the Warriors. At halftime, the two teams scored 57:59, and the Kings trailed by 2 points.

Li Pu scored 30 points and 13 rebounds in the halftime. It looks like another fairy stat tonight.

At the end of the halftime, countless fans rushed to tell each other, calling for friends and relatives to witness another miraculous performance of Li Pu.

When the second half started, the ratings increased by 70%, and countless neutral fans were attracted by Li Pu's wonderful performance.

At the beginning of the second half, Li Pu was relatively dull and handed over the ball to his teammates.

Not to mention, the teammates played well in the second half, and the battle with the Warriors was also inextricable.

Li Pu only scored 8 points in the third quarter, which disappointed the fans who came to watch.

Until the middle of the fourth quarter, Li Pu suddenly used a dunk, which suddenly woke up the fans who were about to fall asleep.

Then I saw Li Pu making a mid-range shot, a hook, and a three-pointer. He scored 12 points in a row.

In one fell swoop, he scored another 50 points!
In the end, with Li Pu's block and a mid-range shot, the victory was completely sealed.

109:102, the Kings finally won the card game and successfully rose to fifth in the Western Conference!
(End of this chapter)