NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 207: Shameless people are invincible in the world

Hearing this, Durant looked at himself and found that his jersey was indeed soaked as Brooks said.

He tried to twist the hem of his jersey, and sweat dripped onto the floor like rain. He was shocked himself.
"Fuck! Why am I sweating so much? No wonder I was thirsty just now. Give me a glass of water!"

The staff immediately handed over a cup of energy drink.

"Shit, do you feel that the AT&T Center is very hot today?"

Lin Chuan also suddenly spoke.

Several people immediately stopped to feel it, and Durant nodded.

"It's like this, it's abnormally hot. Damn, it feels like the temperature outside is even higher than when we got here. What's going on?"

"There might be something wrong with the air conditioner, or maybe it wasn't turned on."

Brooks was wearing a suit and felt that the temperature was even higher than that of the other players. He felt his body and frowned.
"It's got to be 104 degrees Fahrenheit!"

"It's over, this is so hot that we might get into trouble!"

Lin Chuan said seriously.

"Trouble? What trouble?"

Durant was a little confused and stared at Lin Chuan, waiting to get an answer.

"If you play in such high temperatures, you're likely to get cramps. Be careful and don't play too hard."

"Cramps? Small problem."

Durant waved his hand.

It was just a cramp, he thought it would not be a big deal, and everything would be fine as long as he was not injured.

Seeing that his warning was ineffective, Lin Chuan could only sigh.

Return from pause.

Durant is on the court again.

While the Spurs were unable to react and had not yet double-teamed, Durant decisively continued to shoot, scoring two goals to widen the gap, and then made the free throw, bringing the gap to 20 points.

"Nice!!!!"

The free throw was successful and Durant punched the air in celebration, which continued to widen the point difference. Even if a god came, it would be difficult for the Spurs to turn the tables.

After all the star players in the team were injured, he led the team alone and defeated the Spurs, who had fought with his team for six games, and won, proving himself once again!

Let the world know that your MVP is not just a title!
While Durant was still excited, in the next defensive round, Leonard attacked with the ball and changed direction to prepare for a strong breakthrough. Durant was about to follow when he suddenly felt a piercing pain in his left calf.

Leonard took advantage of the situation and immediately broke into the paint and made a layup, narrowing the gap back to 18 points.

"Huh? What happened? Why is Durant kneeling on the ground? Is he injured?"

The commentator was also surprised to see Durant's expression and couldn't help but start to speculate.

Brooks immediately called a timeout and asked Durant to leave the game.

"Fake!"

Durant only felt his calf cramping violently. Although he had no actual injury, the unstoppable cramping made him sweat profusely.

He finally recovered after receiving the team doctor's massage.

"Damn, this is too scary."

Durant was still feeling the pain from before, and a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead again.

But this was not an injury after all. After he recovered, he still had to play in the game, so he looked at Brooks and was ready to follow his instructions.

"This is going to be difficult. Your cramps mean that if you keep fighting like this, you'll probably get cramps again. You'll have to hold back."

Before Brooks could say anything, the doctor who had just given Durant a massage spoke first.

"Put it here?!"

Durant felt fucked.

You know, it's only been five minutes since he came off the court and recovered from the massage, but the situation on the court has changed suddenly.

After all, no one can expect the Thunder, whose star player is Kevin Martin, to be able to fight back and forth with the almost full-strength Spurs.

Although it was only five minutes, the Spurs took advantage of this time and beat the Thunder 18:5, quickly narrowing the gap to 5 points.

The doctor even suggested that he should hold back a little. What should he do?
In any case, the team’s current situation is precarious and he must play to alleviate the urgent situation.

On the court, Duncan forced a foul on Perkins, and Durant returned to the court.

As the league MVP, he is now the only core player of the Thunder who can play.

As soon as he came on the court, he brought a different look to the Thunder.

When he came on the court, there were only two minutes left in the second quarter, and the team's advantage had been reduced to four points after Duncan made one of two free throws.

But in just these two minutes, Durant relied on his outside firepower, continuously pulling up and shooting three-pointers with the help of screens, and quickly widened the score difference to more than ten points again.

There is only 18 seconds left.

The Spurs launched their last attack before halftime.

The basketball was passed back and forth and finally landed in Leonard's hands.

The Spurs are determined to wear Durant down to death.

He also gladly accepted the challenge.

He opened his arms again to prepare to defend against the rookie's final attack.

Leonard dribbled and changed direction again, preparing to break through.

Durant quickly followed suit.

At this moment, the left calf muscle twitched again.

Durant panicked, but the next moment, he stepped firmly, forced himself to withstand the soreness in his muscles, and followed Leonard closely.

Leonard jumped high, aiming for the basket in this final attack.

Durant showed no sign of weakness. Even though his left leg was showing signs of cramping again, he still forced himself to jump up and block Leonard's shot.

"Oh!"

The two confronted each other in the air.

Leonard gritted his teeth and shot the ball with difficulty as Durant's big hands formed a trap.

"clang!"

The basketball finally hit the edge of the basket and bounced out.

Halftime is over!

58: 48!

The Thunder entered the halftime break with a ten-point lead!
Falling back to the ground, Durant gasped for breath.

This game really got him hot.

In fact, it wasn't just his calf that cramped, he even felt a little dizzy.

The last block was also made with all his strength, which successfully disrupted Leonard's layup.

"Damn it, don't give me a shock. I really don't want to come to this place again!"

In the locker room, Durant complained while taking the water handed to him by the staff and drinking it all.

"Pah! What's that smell? So disgusting!"

"This is water with added sugar, salt, and electrolytes. It was prepared by the team doctor who gave you a massage before. It's to prevent you from getting cramps again in the second half."

Brooks said,

"Looking at your last defense, you almost got cramps again. If you want to play steadily in the second half, you'd better drink it up."

Without any hesitation, Durant drank the disgusting special drink in one gulp.

"But having said that, it still feels like it's not that simple. On the one hand, there's a possibility of cramps again, and on the other hand, there's also the possibility of shock or heat stroke."

Durant took a breath and said,

"At the end of the first half, I felt dizzy and groggy, as if I had a fever."

Seeing his black skin turning red and white steam coming out of his head, Brooks sighed.
"I can see that your body temperature is almost as high as room temperature. Try to hold on. No one else can hold on in this game."

"That is to say, if nothing goes wrong, you have to play the entire second half..."

"Fuck, come on, I'm ready." Durant cursed, and drank the second bottle of special drink.

"There's no other way anyway, right?"

The second half of the game is coming soon.

After resting for about ten minutes, Durant's condition eased.

But in a stadium packed with 20,000 people, the lack of air conditioning still made the entire stadium extremely stuffy.

Despite the discomfort, Durant returned to the court.

During the third quarter, Durant was a little cautious at first, fearing that he would cramp again, and he didn't dare to make any moves during the game.

Until Popovich directed Danny Green to double-team him again.

He was so excited that he made a super change of direction to get rid of Leonard's defense, brushed past Danny Green, and made a layup under the basket, resulting in a 2+1. Only then did he react.

My calves are fine despite such a large range of motion just now.

It seems that the drink that tastes extremely strange is actually very effective.

This also made him play more smoothly.

Popovich's face on the sidelines turned ugly again.

It was obvious that in the first half, the kid was in such a bad condition and even had a cramp.

How come it recovered in the second half?

And he himself is also very hot now.

"Why don't you turn on the air conditioner? It's really hot and our team members can't stand it anymore."

The teaching assistant whispered in his ear.

In return, he received Popovich's sharp gaze.

Popovich could only let his players continue to double-team Durant.

But this time it finally worked.

After Durant was double-teamed, he did not have Lin Chuan's ability to pass the ball and could only force a shot.

In this case, the hit rate of a forced shot is very low.

The score was once again narrowed by the Spurs.

End of three quarters.

The score came to 78:72.

Durant scored a game-high 32 points in three quarters.

Although the Spurs regained some points again.

But according to this situation, the Thunder are likely to win the game.

"Well, since Durant is so strong, I can only use my ultimate move."

Popovich sneered and called the staff.

At this time, Durant was still recovering his strength quickly, preparing to win the game in one go in the fourth quarter.

In the last quarter, the game finally began.

As soon as Durant came on the court, he felt the scorching atmosphere.

He wiped the sweat off his face and glanced at the audience.

I suddenly felt strange.

Could it be that it was caused by the home fans cheering for the home team?
Or is it because of the psychological factor of being too anxious during the fight?

Why does it always feel hotter now than before?
There were ten people on the field, all panting and sweating as they played the game.

Durant was also constantly wasting his energy by being double-teamed and called out.

The score was tied by the Spurs four minutes into the fourth quarter.

82: 82.

Lin Chuan was off the court and found a small electric fan to cool himself down.

"Coach, do you feel something is wrong?"

"What's not right?"

Brooks wiped his sweaty head with a towel, somewhat puzzled.
"Are you referring to the situation on the court? If Durant was double-teamed and restricted, it would be expected that the opponent would catch up with the score."

"No, it's not. I wonder if the Spurs are turning on the heat!"

Before Lin Chuan finished speaking, Durant was defending on the court, and this time he was called out by Ginobili.

With a serpentine breakthrough, Ginobili slipped in front of him.

Durant wanted to chase and defend, but fell to the ground again.

"Fuck! Are you having cramps again?"

Brooks immediately called a timeout and replaced Durant again.

Seeing Durant sweating in pain, the doctor quickly ran to the bench and sat down to give him a skillful massage.

Three minutes later, Durant recovered again.

"Fuck, what's going on! Didn't you drink that soothing drink?"

"It can be relieved, but as long as you continue to exercise at a high intensity in high temperature and high humidity, you may still get cramps again."

said the doctor.

"It's not that simple! These guys turned on the heat! It's already 42 to 44 degrees in the venue! The temperature in a steam room is just like that! It's normal for him to have cramps again!"

Lin Chuan gritted his teeth and said,
"These villains are so insidious! If they do this, they will hurt the enemy by a thousand and their own by eight hundred. Look at those guys in their team, they can't stand it anymore."

On the field, the three GDP players were sweating profusely, looking as if they had overdrawn their physical strength.

"Damn it, if I can hold on a little longer, maybe I can take them all away!"

Durant was furious.

He didn't expect that he was the only one left in the team, and the Spurs would be so mean.

It’s okay to turn off the air conditioner, but what’s wrong with turning on the heat?

At this time, Durant still wanted to play, but was rejected by Brooks.

"Forget it. There's nothing we can do about it."

Brooks pointed to the scoreboard.

In the few minutes when Durant left the court again, the Spurs took the opportunity to frantically chase points.

Now, the score has reached 88:102.

The Thunder trailed by 14 points.

And there were only three minutes left.

Although there is still a chance, Brooks is also afraid that the Spurs will do something else. If they fail to win this game and Durant is injured, they will not be able to play in the seventh game, which would be a real loss.

"Fuck! These villains!"

Being forced to sit on the bench, Durant was furious, but he could only watch other teammates try hard to catch up.

Seeing that Durant was no longer on the court, the veteran Spurs also began to control the game.

The remaining few people didn't make any splash and were gradually consumed by the Spurs' boiling frog in the last three minutes until the end of the game.

Finally, with the final whistle blowing, the sixth game between the Spurs and the Thunder finally ended.

95: 110.

The Spurs defeated the Thunder, led by Durant alone, by 15 points at home and successfully dragged the game into a seventh game.

After the game, facing the air conditioning problem complained by Durant and Brooks, Popovich explained without blushing,
"The air conditioner was not controlled by us on purpose, but failed. We immediately sent staff to inspect it after the game. If we took the initiative to adjust it, it would be more trouble than it is worth. You have to know that several stars on our team are already in their thirties and will be affected earlier than the Thunder players."

In response, Durant just sneered and retorted in the post-game interview,

"What nonsense! Don't you see that there are several stars against me? Are the physical exertion levels the same? I can only say that I have never seen such a shameless person!"

(End of this chapter)