NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 193 Durant, who used a fake account to rant about others, are you really dating Scarlett?!

After answering the question, Durant glanced at the reporters in the audience, announced that the interview was over, and immediately left the media room.

Listening to the reporters whispering behind him, Durant simply blocked out the noise.

After returning to the locker room, he exchanged a few words with the rest of his teammates, took a quick shower, changed his clothes, and drove his SLS back home.

Ten minutes later, Durant slowly drove the Mercedes into the garage of his huge villa. After leaning against the red Ferrari California he bought two years ago, he turned off the car and let out a long breath.

He did not rush to get out of the car, but turned on his mobile phone and casually flipped through Twitter, deliberately avoiding reading the news from various sports media that popped up on his homepage.

But after paddling several times in a row, I can still see a lot of news about this game.

Among them, there were many tweets bragging about Lin Chuan's performance in this game.

The close-up shot of Lin Chuan's final buzzer-beater was used as the background, and Lin Chuan's 40+20 stats were photoshopped on top of it.

The picture is very cool, and Durant couldn't help but feel happy for Lin Chuan when he saw it.

"I don't know if this guy will be able to install this kind of picture if he gets it himself."

Durant grinned and smiled.

He rummaged in the armrest box beside him and found a pack of cigarettes.

The cigarette box was a little wrinkled, and I don't know when it was placed there.

Durant ignored the picture of black and rotten lungs caused by lung cancer printed on the cigarette box, pulled out a cigarette and lit it without hesitation.

"call……"

Durant exhaled the cigarette, opened the car door, and returned to his large living room from the garage.

After the game, he decided to watch some TV for a change of mood.

He picked up the remote control, pressed the power button, and was about to relax when he fell flat on the sofa.

On the screen was a basketball review program from ESPN.

On TV, the guest of the show was ESPN's famous commentator A. Smith.

At this moment, he was talking to the camera.

"Previously, the Spurs were always the giant team in the West. They had at least 13 wins in the regular season for 50 consecutive years, and they looked down on the teams below them in the upper half. But this time, they are the 'giant killer', and the 'giant' is the Oklahoma City Thunder, the defending NBA champion. By the way, the Thunder defeated the Spurs 4:2 in the Western Conference Finals last year, and even won four games in a row after falling behind 0:2 to advance to the finals; by the way, the Thunder has defeated the Spurs seven games in a row."

"Oh, let me mention it again. They had two duels this season: On the opening day, it was the Thunder's ring ceremony. The Thunder made the Spurs, who lost to them in the Western Conference Finals last season, watch the ring ceremony and then blew them up. The second time was in the middle of the season, in the game after Duncan had just faced the Atlanta Hawks and scored the oldest 20+20 in the NBA. The Thunder once again blew up the Spurs."

"Well, the San Antonio Spurs were completely destroyed these two nights. So, when you meet an opponent like this, all the Spurs players have to cheer up, they have to think, 'Okay, this is not just a simple Western Conference Finals series, this has to be a personal grudge.' It's useless to be calm, even to be calm. There is a gap in hard power, and you have to find a way to explode."

"Before this game, I believe that given Westbrook's injury, most people would have guessed that this game would be a little tense, but no one would have thought that the Spurs would actually fight the Thunder until the very end. If it weren't for Lin Chuan seizing the opportunity to make the buzzer beater, they would have overturned the Thunder's 74-win regular season team at their home court."

"But the Spurs showed off their depth in this game. As I said, they exploded and played beyond their level, almost defeating the Thunder."

"But, in the end, we were still a little short, just two points."

"You know, we saw a wonderful game. Not only did Duncan play surprisingly well, but there was also a buzzer beater at the end. The whole game was full of ups and downs. Even though I have watched basketball for so many years, I still couldn't help but get nervous at the last moment."

"Lin Chuan was definitely the best player in this game. He scored 40 points and 20 rebounds and scored the buzzer beater at the last minute. He is undoubtedly the MVP of the Thunder and the entire game. Of course, his performance was much better than Kevin Durant, who won the regular season MVP honor this year."

Seeing this, Durant's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Sure enough, it came.

After so much preparation, from the game records between the Spurs and the Thunder to the performances of Duncan and Lin Chuan, it all came down to him in the end.

"To be honest, if I were to decide this honor, I would choose to give it to Lin Chuan instead of Kevin Durant. Even the fans who just watched the game can see that the performance of the two players in this game is far superior."

"You know, the player Kevin Durant faced off against was a rookie who was selected with the 11th pick in 15. It was only his second full season and he was very immature. However, it was this player! In this game, he single-handedly locked up this season's MVP, Kevin Durant! He only scored 16 points and 7 rebounds in the whole game, while he even scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, steals and blocks. It can be said that he completely dominated the new MVP on both offense and defense!"

"After the Thunder's comeback in the finals last year, Durant seemed to have surpassed James and stood at the position of the league's top player. He even surpassed James in the London Olympics that followed, and went to the Olympics as the team leader one after the other with Kobe."

"Then, he led the team and made the United States lose the gold medal again after 04. We were defeated by the Chinese team, which was the least favored team before the game, led by his teammate Lin Chuan. We lost the gold medal and won the silver medal."

"This season, these two and Westbrook led the team to 74 wins, breaking the regular season record. Kevin Durant, who was previously considered to have surpassed LeBron James, also became the MVP of this season as expected. Of course, this popular choice does not include me at least."

"For me personally, the biggest reason why the Thunder team has been on a roll from last year's championship to this year's record-breaking regular season wins and has not lost a single game in the playoffs until the Western Conference Finals is Lin Chuan, not Durant."

"He is more like a player who is taking advantage of the power of another player, using Lin Chuan's achievements to gain power over himself."

"If the team is compared to a bus, Durant was the driver before Lin Chuan was used. When the Heat were 6 points behind, he was the driver who couldn't brake and was about to fall off the cliff. However, Lin Chuan stood up, grabbed the steering wheel, stabilized the situation, and saved the team. Lin Chuan is the new driver, and Durant has taken the position of co-pilot. It's just that too many people didn't see it clearly, including Durant himself, and still looked at this team with the old inertia. Otherwise, this season's MVP should be given to Lin Chuan! Instead of this player who can deliver such data even against rookies!"

"Look! At the end of this season and the beginning of the playoffs, without Durant, Lin Chuan and Westbrook were still able to lead the team to victory. And after they lost Westbrook when facing the Rockets, Lin Chuan led the team alone and still defeated the Rockets led by their former teammate James Harden."

"So I say that the real leader of this team should be Lin Chuan, who has played in every game so far this season, has a near triple-double, and has won both the first team and DPOY awards, rather than Kevin Durant, who can win games with just 10 points and a hit rate of over 30 in the playoffs and rely on others to cover for him."

"If I were Lin Chuan, I would definitely be very unhappy if someone in the team stole my honor like this."

Looking at the screen, where A. Smith was sitting upright and saying these words with a smile on his face, Durant was so angry that he immediately turned off the TV.

Out of sight, out of mind. Without being able to see A. Smith's irritating face, Durant can calm down quickly.

Fuck! What bullshit are you talking about!
He won the scoring title for the fourth time in a row in the regular season this season! This record is second only to Michael Jordan and Chamberlain's seven consecutive titles. In terms of scoring, he is already second to two people and above ten thousand people!
Moreover, in last season's finals, only after Lin Chuan was brought up did they turn the tide and avoid being swept 4:1 by gentlemen, and only then did they have the opportunity to win the next two games and achieve an epic comeback in the finals.

But Kevin Durant also contributed the most! He averaged more than 30 points per game in the finals! He was not only not inferior to LeBron James, but also slightly better!
Why can’t I get the MVP!

He even brought Lin Chuan up as an example, which was clearly an attempt to sow discord!
If Durant didn't know that he and Lin Chuan had a good relationship, this damn commentator's nonsense on TV would probably have created a rift between them.

It will also affect their next games.

It is possible that they will lose to the explosive Spurs.

And if that happens, the commentator will probably make another fuss, saying that he is jealous of Lin Chuan or something like that to attract attention.

Damn the media!
Without saying anything, the first thing Durant did after turning off the TV was to open Twitter. He skillfully switched to his own secondary account and blasted A. Smith's account like crazy.

He also found those netizens who scolded him under his main account and fought back.

At this time, Durant is no longer a basketball player, but has become an Internet pianist.

He kept on hitting the line until a phone call interrupted his play.

When Durant saw the incoming call number, he was shocked and picked up the phone immediately.

At the same time, the voice became softer.
"Hey, I didn't expect you to call."

"Isn't this because I'm afraid that you're in a bad mood? You finally won the game but you're still being criticized by the commentators."

There was a familiar female voice on the other end of the phone.

Hearing the other party's concern, Durant couldn't help but feel flattered, and a sense of warmth followed.

"Don't worry, I'm not that fragile."

"Yeah, just like last year, huh? I know that."

Durant smiled.

"Thank you for your comfort, I'm fine, next game..."

"I will be there to cheer you on at the next game. Do your best."

The female voice on the other end of the phone interrupted Durant, but Durant was not angry, but became more excited.
"Really?! Then I will definitely play my best performance this season and wait for you!!!"

After the call was hung up, Scarlett's name flashed across the screen.

Durant felt his heart beating much faster.

Durant, who had planned to give his all in the next game because of his poor performance, was now motivated and inspired.

Scarlett is coming to watch my game live!!!

How can we not score 50 points in the next game!!!

………………

5 month 21 day.

Oklahoma.

Lin Chuan looked at Durant, who seemed to be full of energy, and was a little confused.

"Does it take so much excitement to warm up, Kevin?"

Durant made a three-pointer, pumped his fist with one hand to celebrate, turned his head to look at Lin Chuan, and laughed,
"You don't understand, Lin Chuan, you will understand in a moment."

Ibaka also looked a little strange.

"This guy, even if he wants to win the game with good statistics and change the bad reputation of the last game, he doesn't have to be so excited before the game."

Lin Chuan touched his chin.

He also read a lot of news in the past few days.

Could it be that A. Smith's lengthy comments broke his defenses and made him feel ashamed and then brave enough?

But considering Durant's personality, it's not necessary...

Lin Chuan gave up thinking about the reason.

Seeing Durant so excited and his high shooting percentage during warm-up, Lin Chuan felt relieved.

At least in this game, judging from the warm-up situation, Durant will not score less than 20 points again.

It can relieve more pressure on myself, so that I don’t have to move forward with MVP.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion from the sidelines.

Lin Chuan responded and turned around, and what caught his eye was a female celebrity he had not expected to see.

"Scarlett Johansson??!"

Lin Chuan's eyes widened in disbelief.

Why did Scarlett suddenly come to this small place to watch the playoff game between the Thunder and the Spurs?
You know, until last season, Scarlett was still a fan of James.

The Thunder and Spurs were the teams that defeated him and crushed his hopes of winning the championship.

Logically speaking, she had no reason to come and watch the two teams play in person.

Could it be that? !

Scarlett came to watch Durant's game?
But doesn’t he dislike Durant and think he’s a loser?
However, considering Durant's previous enthusiastic behavior, Lin Chuan was still certain of this guess.

He immediately stopped Durant who was still shooting a three-pointer and asked in disbelief,

"What's going on, Kevin, you're talking to Scarlett?!"

Looking at Durant's sly smile, Lin Chuan took it as his consent.

I couldn't help but admire him.

"That's awesome, Kevin. I didn't expect you could actually win over Scarlett."

(End of this chapter)