The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 64
On December 12, the Thunder finally returned to the long-awaited Chesapeake Energy Arena and saw enthusiastic fans and a recovered Durant.

"Kevin, are you all recovered?"

"Of course, sorry, I didn't fight with you on the road trip!"

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter, as long as you recover!"

"Play hard today, if you don't get thirty points, why don't you treat us to dinner!"

Everyone was very excited to see Durant returning to the team. After all, he is the backbone of this team. Without him, everyone's hearts are empty.

"You've been playing well recently!"

Durant greeted his teammates, and Li Pu was naturally indispensable.

It's just that Li Pu hasn't learned the gestures yet, so Durant took the initiative to hug Li Pu.

The pair of chopstick brothers are entangled together like a fried dough stick, although one is a bit long and the other is short.

"I can't help it. If you don't play, I have to bear some burden for you." Li Pu laughed.

"It's a good thing. Even if I'm back now, you can continue to bear the burden. I'm happy!" Facing Li Pu's words, Durant raised his eyebrows, but also smiled.

At this time, Durant never entangled whether his teammates would be better than him. He only hoped that his teammates would become stronger and stronger, because they were not as strong as himself.

Well, this is the arrogance Durant still has today.

Seeing that Durant was so indifferent, Li Pu didn't say much, just reached out and touched the top of Durant's head.

Don't blame Li Pu for being cruel, he is buffing Durant, how can he become stronger if he is not bald?

Don't you want to beat James?Can't be bald faster than him, how to defeat him?
Durant's comeback game was the Thunder's return to Oklahoma City after a long absence. Naturally, the entire arena was full of seats, and the audience's shouts almost tore the visiting team apart.

And the unlucky guy who came to Oklahoma City today was none other than the Timberwolves, known as the Huskies in the team.

In the comeback battle of his own trump card, the opponent is a soft persimmon. There is no more suitable scenario than this.

Sure enough, as soon as the game started, Westbrook was blatantly playing for Durant.

Of course, this is also understandable. To get a teammate back from illness to recover as quickly as possible is to let him play more.

However, Durant's recovery speed is too fast, right?
In other words, he has never been out of shape!

At the beginning of the game, Durant received a pass from Westbrook, stepped directly on the three-point line, and scored a long two-pointer.

I still suffered from too long feet!
Immediately afterwards, he successfully intercepted Love, and in the fast break, he scored a three-pointer.

After a perfect start, someone from the Timberwolves also stood up, and that was Michael Beasley.

He seemed to be open as long as he played Durant. At the beginning of the game, he held the ball and went it alone. Durant hit a mid-range shot in singles and returned the color.

Next, as long as Durant scores, Beasley will definitely return one, which has almost become his obsession.

However, this didn't help.

Because the Timberwolves are always behind!

The key to the game is victory, not who scores higher!

Beasley missed the mid-range shot, the basketball bounced out of the basket, and Li Pu and Love under the basket got entangled again.

In terms of height, wingspan, and jumping, none of Love can compare with Li Pu.

However, Love used his weight to hold Li Pu firmly behind him, watching the basketball fall into Love's hands again.

This is the predicament that Li Pu is currently facing. He can't stand under the basket. When he encounters such overweight insiders, it is difficult to compete with them for position.

However, in the game, Li Pu has slowly figured out a way to deal with these strong insiders, that is, to use the vertical height.

I saw that Love had obviously stuck Li Pu behind him, but Li Pu's long arm stretched directly above Love's head, grabbing the ball before Love got the ball, and took the ball into his arms.

Generally, players have to lower their center of gravity to get in position, which is lower than Li Pu's in the first place, and even lower after lowering.

As for keeping Li Pu stuck behind his own body, this distance is not comparable to Li Pu's wingspan, let alone Li Pu can jump.

Therefore, as long as Li Pu looks at the right timing and combines his height and wingspan, he can intercept the Hu first and successfully receive the rebound.

It has to be said that with the accumulation of competition experience, Li Pu has become more and more aware of how to use his physical advantages.

After taking the rebound, Westbrook quickly pushed back.

Obviously it was just an ordinary missed shot, but because of Westbrook's corner overtaking, he forced a conversion and succeeded in a one-stop layup.

Looking at his former teammates and Li Pu next to him, Love didn't know which one to envy for a while?

I used to have such good teammates, but after I came to the Timberwolves, I never saw them again.

This season is Love's third season in the league, and his personal data has reached 20+10, which is simply a proper All-Star insider.

But the team...

The record is still very stable.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Beasley, who was flabbergasted. His talent was good, but he couldn't help it because he had a problem with his brain. What's the use of always fighting together?

Can you kill all five of them one by one?
Hey, when will I be able to have such a powerful teammate?

Throughout the game, the Thunder kept suppressing the Timberwolves, not giving their opponents the slightest chance to tie or even overtake.

In the end, the game was fixed at 113:101.

Although the score is not very big, the gap between the two teams is far greater than the score.

Durant, who returned from illness, is undoubtedly the MVP tonight. He made 23 of 11 shots and scored 30 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

Doesn't look like a 10-day player at all.

Li Pu's performance tonight was quite satisfactory, with a double-double of 13 points and 16 rebounds. Rebounds outnumbered points, which has become a norm.

With Durant's return, the Thunder are fully loaded and set sail again.

On December 12, the Thunder played against the Rockets again at home. This time, the Thunder did not give the opponent another chance and beat the Rockets by 5 points 117:95.

On December 12, the Thunder came to Chicago overnight to fight the Bulls again.

Due to back-to-back influences, coupled with the superb performance of Boozer and Luol Deng of the Bulls, in the end, the Thunder lost 90:99 to the Bulls, allowing the Bulls to successfully avenge.

Next, the Thunder beat the Trail Blazers at home and lost to the New Orleans Hornets away.

For a while, in the 5 games Durant returned, the Thunder only won 3 wins and 2 losses, which is not as much as when Durant did not come back!
It's really not terrible to lose, whoever is embarrassed!
What's even more embarrassing is that the team obviously won with a click, and the team's record has reached 17 wins and 7 losses, but the team's ranking was overtaken by the Mavericks, and it has already reached fifth in the Western Conference.

This wild west is really crazy!
(End of this chapter)