The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 63 The Warmth of Home
After defeating the Celtics, the Thunder headed to cold Milwaukee overnight.

Durant did not come with the team, but returned to Oklahoma first for further treatment.

After a day off, on November 11, the Thunder challenged the Milwaukee Bucks away.

Without Reid and Dakongyi, the two "cores" inside and outside, the Bucks quickly transformed into a weak team that couldn't make it to the playoffs.

Brandon Jennings, who had a surprising performance last year, has not performed in line with management's expectations since the start of this season.

In addition, the performance of other high-ranking players on the team is really average, such as: John Salmons, Drew Gooden, Dead Bogut and so on.

However, in tonight's game, no one expected that the Thunder, which could defeat the Celtics, would play so hard.

At the beginning of the game, the Thunder quickly established a good advantage under Harden's outstanding performance.

After that, the lead continued to expand, leading to 15 points at one point.

However, in the middle of the third quarter, the Bucks made a sudden effort, led by Jennings, chasing points frantically.

Tonight's Jennings seems to be dreaming back to the 55-point rookie season.

Uh, it seems that only a year has passed, why does it feel like a long time has passed?
In short, under the leadership of Jennings, the Bucks even reached the fourth quarter, chasing the score to only one point.

At the critical moment, Li Pu blocked Jennings' layup first, and then dunked Bogut in the middle of the attack, successfully stabilizing the situation.

In the end, the Thunder defeated the Bucks 91:90 and continued their winning streak.

On November 11, the Thunder played away against the New Jersey Nets.

Today's Nets still seem to be struggling, and they don't seem to have accumulated enough talent because of their experience back then. There is only one Brook Lopez, who seems barely qualified.

I really don't know, what have they been doing for the past few years?
What about playing?
However, in tonight's game, Li Pu was overwhelmed by this barely qualified Lopez.

In this world, no basketball player is perfect, even Jordan has weaknesses.

As for Li Pu's problems, there are more problems, such as single offensive methods, lack of game experience, mistakes, high fouls, etc.

However, few people criticize Li Pu's defense. He is very active and talented. Even if his defensive skills and experience are lacking, it does not prevent him from surprising everyone with his defense.

However, Li Pu's defense is not perfect. For players with heavy weight, flexible feet, and solid basic skills, Li Pu is very uncomfortable.

Such as Dayao, such as Lopez in front of me.

Today's Lopez is not the space-based three-pointer he was later, but now he is a complete inside center.

The style of play is simple and unpretentious, and the skills are comprehensive and solid. Therefore, when facing Li Pu, in addition to using technology to bully Li Pu, he also keeps making Li Pu fouls.

As a result, Li Pu played only 24 minutes tonight, fell into a serious foul crisis, and even got his sixth foul with more than 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

However, despite Li Pu's mediocre performance, the rest of the team performed well. Westbrook, Harden and Green scored 86 points together to help the team beat the Nets 116:110.

The next day, the Thunder went to Charlotte to play against the Charlotte Bobcats.

As a new army in the league, under the leadership of the great Joe Gang, the Bobcats have been playing very stable, and there is no hope of any rise.

The same is true in this game, 105:81, the Thunder beat the Bobcats.

The last opponent of the five-game streak is the Toronto Raptors.

The Raptors are also a big team. Although they are not as big as the Bobcats, they are not considered a playoff-level team.

I thought the Thunder would use a victory to continue to expand their winning streak and end their Eastern Conference road trip this time.

I never thought that tonight's Raptors were like a godsend, and it rained three-pointers on the outside.

Andrea Bargnani, Jose Calderon, Leonard Barbosa, and even DeRozan, who doesn't shoot three-pointers very much, have made more than one three-pointer.

In addition to the opposing team eating dumplings with three-pointers, the consecutive away trips also made the players of the Thunder team physically and mentally exhausted, and their game status was completely lacking.

Therefore, in the fourth quarter, after seeing the huge point difference, Brooks replaced all the main players, and Lin Shuhao got the chance to play again and played for more than 6 minutes.

In the end, the score was fixed at 99:111, and the Thunder lost 12 points away.

Although the team's 9-game winning streak was ended, the team's record was 14 wins and 5 losses, and it was still fourth in the Western Conference.

But only one of the five away games was lost, and it was done without the team leader Durant. There are still more and more people who recognize the strength of the Thunder. Their explosive performance is by no means a flash in the pan.

Pushing open the door of the room, looking at the big bed that he had been away for a long time, Li Pu dropped his backpack and lay on the bed.

On an away trip, he played five games in ten days, and traveled tens of thousands of kilometers. Even if he lived in a luxury hotel and took a plane every day, Li Pu still felt tired.

It's only been a month since the competition started, and a schedule like this will continue for several months, just thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle.

No wonder everyone says that the regular season is a marathon, not just a physical competition, but also a spiritual competition.

"Hey, what do you want for dinner?" Lin Shuhao came to the door and asked Li Pu lying on the bed.

"Whatever!" Li Pu, whose eyelids could no longer be opened, said casually.

"Then let me see and do something!" Lin Shuhao shook his head, and then gently closed the door for Li Pu.

Compared to Li Pu, although Lin Shuhao was also very tired, he basically didn't play a few games, and the consumption of the game was far less than that of training.

Well, it's a sad story.

Lin Shuhao came to the kitchen, picked up an apron and tied it around his waist, then took out some vegetables from the kitchen and skillfully chopped them.

After an unknown amount of time, it was pitch black outside the window, and the scent gradually drifted into Li Pu's nose, who was lying on the bed.

"Ah!" After waking up, Li Pu stretched his waist and got up from the bed.

Opening the door, Li Pu happened to see Lin Shuhao serving the dishes on the table.

"Are you awake? It just so happens that the meal is ready, and I'm about to call you!"

Seeing this scene, Li Pu felt the warmth of home.

When you have a hard day and drag your tired pace home, someone at home has prepared meals for you.

All of this is so heart-warming, but why is the person in front of him a 190cm tall man with a muscular body?
"What a crime!" Li Pu rubbed his face, speechless for a while.

(End of this chapter)