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Chapter 151: A buzzer beater? A sudden turn of events with two consecutive defeats? (15)

The Thunder, with 35 consecutive wins, were the most popular team in the NBA.

The entire league is discussing what team can beat this team with 62 wins and 6 losses and 35 consecutive wins.

next time.

They will also host the Brooklyn Nets at home.

The Nets are currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, behind the Knicks, Heat, and Celtics, and are in the top half.

The current record is 41 wins and 27 losses.

The team has three All-Stars: Brook Lopez, Deron Williams and Joe Johnson.

The team is not weak and is considered a strong team in the entire league.

But compared to the Thunder, which has been unstoppable throughout the league, no media is optimistic about them.

As the underdog Nets, everyone thinks it is reasonable as long as they don't lose by more than 20 points.

Lin Chuan also thought that this game would not be much different from the previous one.

A mediocre regular season.

Based on the team's average net score per game, they can just beat them by ten points.

This was certainly the case in the first half.

With the efforts of Durant and Lin Chuan, they were already leading the Nets by 9 points at halftime.

Brook Lopez was also fouled three times by Lin Chuan.

Troubled by fouls, he had no time to focus on shooting.

Lin Chuan also destroyed most of the Nets' inside line, which was strong on offense but weak on defense.

Looking at the score and the situation on the field, everyone on the Thunder team thought there would be no problem with this game.

But in the third quarter.

Deron suddenly started to exert his strength.

His physique is not much weaker than Westbrook.

Once he gets ruthless, he is powerful enough.

He repeatedly hit singles.

Westbrook's muscles have also become a lot stiffer.

In the transition stage of the third quarter.

Westbrook missed four consecutive shots.

The Nets also took this opportunity to score points like crazy.

When Brooks called a timeout and replaced Durant and Lin Chuan, the Nets were already leading by 3 points.

But in the second half of this game, Durant also fell into a situation of cold shooting.

Following Westbrook's four consecutive misses, Durant also missed six shots in this quarter.

In the third quarter, the two missed a total of 10 shots.

The basket is almost tilted.

The Nets also took this opportunity to widen the score, and at the end of the third quarter, they were already leading the Thunder by 10 points.

This was their most dangerous moment at home.

During the intermission, Lin Chuan had a serious expression.

In this game, it seems that Dewey is out of form again, and the whole team can only count on him.

This kind of situation where the two of them lose their accuracy is rare, but it has happened five or six times this season.

The same situation occurred when we lost to the Rockets and Bucks before.

So, this time Lin Chuan naturally thought that the situation was a bit serious.

The opponent is also a team with three giants. If they are out of form and the opponent is in full swing, I'm afraid the Thunder will end their 35-game winning streak here.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Lin Chuan took the lead and started the attack with the ball alone.

Right at the start, he opened the scoring with a trebuchet three-pointer.

At this time, Brook Lopez had not yet practiced the three-point shot. He could only watch with envy and helplessness as Lin Chuan easily made the three-pointer.

But he couldn't respond.

Although he couldn't do it, there was another hidden leader in the team: Joe Johnson.

In the first three quarters, he kept a low profile and left the stage to the two of them.

And in this fourth quarter, clutch player Joe Johnson took over the game.

After Lin Chuan scored, Johnson continued to attack and scored 7 points in one breath, almost ruining the game.

Lin Chuan fought back, forcing a single play amid the expectations of the home fans and directly fouling Brook Lopez out of the game.

At the last moment, Lin Chuan made a treble three-pointer to overtake the score again!
With eight seconds left, the Thunder lead by one point!
As long as they can defend against the Nets' final attack, they can win the game and continue their winning streak to 36 consecutive wins!

The Nets' last attack.

It's not Deron holding the ball.

After a run, Joe Johnson got the basketball.

At the top of the arc, Joe Johnson was not at all panicked when facing Westbrook who was in front of him.

After a series of between-the-legs dribbles, there were only 3 seconds left.

Joe Johnson pulled the ball back and broke through to the elbow area in an instant.

There are 1.5 seconds left! Joe Johnson stops suddenly and jumps up to shoot!

In the paint area, Ibaka came forward to assist in defense, his body tilted backwards, and Westbrook also came up to interfere!
Between the palms of two people, Joe Johnson made a strong shot!
"Shh!"

The ball goes in and the light comes on!

The once-mighty Thunder were defeated by the Nets by Joe Johnson's buzzer-beating shot!
Lin Chuan was stunned.

Lin Chuan, who was guarding the interior, was stunned.

He knew that Joe Johnson had strong clutch abilities and had made four buzzer-beating shots before.

But this ball was still scored even though it was blocked to this extent.

Lin Chuan had no choice but to shake his head and accept the defeat.

Joe Johnson also got his fifth buzzer-beater and hugged the rest of the team to celebrate.

The outcome of this game was beyond everyone's expectations.

No one expected that the team that defeated the Thunder and interrupted their winning streak was not the Knicks, ranked first in the Eastern Conference, nor the Spurs, ranked second in the Western Conference, but the Nets, ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference and had 21 fewer games than the Thunder!
Many people exclaimed, it turns out that they are not invincible!

Some media even expressed pessimism that the Thunder's chances of winning the championship this season have faded.

And in the back-to-back games on the second day.

The Thunder gave the entire league a big boost.

Facing the Bulls, who are ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference and have yet to see Rose return, the Thunder collapsed again in the fourth quarter.

Westbrook got excited again in the fourth quarter and rushed forward several times with the ball, but his shooting percentage was still dismal.

Luol Deng scored the highest score of the game with 27 points.

The final score was 114:102.

The team lost by a full 12 points.

This game surprised the entire league.

No one expected that such a strong Thunder team would suffer its first two consecutive losses of the season.

Two consecutive losses have also made many teams disenchanted with the Thunder.

They are not as powerful as imagined.

For the Thunder, it is also a moment of life and death.

After they lost two games in a row.

The Thunder's record has reached 62 wins and 8 losses.

Suddenly, in the eyes of everyone, the Thunder went from being on track to break their 72-10 regular-season record to a situation where they couldn’t seem to lose anymore.

The Bulls' regular season record suddenly became much more stable.

It seems out of reach again.

In the team, the previously ambitious Brooks immediately realized the problem.

If you continue to not take your opponents seriously.

They are likely to fall into the abyss this season!
A big loss at the last minute!
There is a high possibility that we won’t win the championship!
(End of this chapter)