super heavy artillery

Chapter 419
March may be the toughest month for the Thunder's schedule this season.After consecutive losses to the Trail Blazers and Rockets, they will face the Spurs, Raptors, and Celtics.In a few games at the end of the month, the Spurs and Trail Blazers will be played again.

However, before the Raptors game, the Thunder won five consecutive victories in one go.They almost crushed the Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers.In these five games, the Thunder ended up with a lead of more than 10 points in all of them.Moreover, the Thunder's main players each got a chance to rest.

Except for the Spurs and Clippers, they did not encounter too much resistance.

Leonard has only played 9 games this season and has been sidelined.Although the Spurs sent a message that Leonard's injury is not healed, according to other sources, the relationship between the two is not particularly harmonious.But Leonard himself didn't make any noise about it.In this case, Aldridge has led the Spurs to the top eight in the Western Conference, which is already very good.However, this time against the Thunder, they still fought each other for three quarters.If it weren't for the Thunder's offensive firepower being too strong in the third quarter, and the score being opened up too much, with their performance in the last quarter, they still have a chance to win the game.

The Clippers also lost the strong momentum they had at the beginning of the season.They lost Chris Paul this season and then traded Griffin.And in this game, Gallinari, the "Italian Cannon" he got from the Nuggets, also missed due to injury.The civilian lineup composed of Rivers Jr., Lu Wei, Harris, Thornwell and Jordan Jr. also fought the Thunder for most of the game.

For the Thunder, these games must be won.Those other teams are not easy to play with, and the Thunder can't guarantee that they will win.So after winning these few games, I was still relieved.

But this tone, and then raised it again.

On March 2018, 3, the Thunder made an expedition to Canada and defeated the Raptors in Toronto.

Although the Thunder won this game, the process was quite difficult.Before this game, the Raptors had won 11 consecutive victories.They are in full swing and are going all out to launch an impact towards a new team history record.The last time the two sides played against each other, the Thunder beat the Raptors at home. Westbrook, Paul George and An Luo played very well.In this game, the three brothers were equally eye-catching.

As soon as the game started, the Thunder turned their backs.Westbrook made a surprise attack as soon as he came up.His speed is really too fast!Lowry didn't react at all, and was directly beaten by Westbrook.It can be seen that his desire to attack tonight is very strong.

But then DeRozan responded.He rushed to the right elbow with the cover of Valanyunas and made a quick stop jump shot.As the current guard who likes mid-range shooting most, DeRozan's shooting percentage on half-stops is still quite high.

You come and I play half a quarter of the game.The Thunder opened the score after An Luo's two three-pointers.It was these two three-pointers that allowed the Thunder to maintain their advantage until the last quarter.

This section is the most intense and toughest of the entire game.The Raptors played a small climax as soon as they came up, chasing back their lagging score.After a timeout from Donovan, the two sides fell into a state of anxiety.Whether it is offense or defense, both sides performed equally.

With 4 minutes left in the game, Lowry was called an offensive foul by Brewer when he received a screen breakthrough.Accumulate six fouls and end the game.In fact, for this foul, Lowry just gently pushed the company commander with his buttocks.After the referee whistled, Lowry himself looked innocent.However, this did not change the referee's decision.

Subsequently, An Luo and Westbrook scored consecutively to help the Thunder gain the upper hand.Although DeRozan and Siakam resisted tenaciously, they were not able to reverse the situation.With 10 seconds left, the Raptors finally broke out.

But this time the outbreak was not on the court.In the fight for the ball again, players from both sides hugged each other.Subsequently, the referee ruled that DeRozan fouled.This time the powder keg was ignited!DeRozan, who felt that he had been wrongly judged, approached the referee aggressively and complained non-stop. As a result, he ate two Ts in a row and was sent off.Immediately, Ibaka and coach Casey began to complain about this series of calls.The referee who blew his tongue simply kept doing nothing and expelled the two people from the field.

In the end, the Thunder defeated the Raptors 132:125.This night, the two sides dedicated a wonderful game to the audience.But in the end, the game fell into fierce controversy because of the referee's whistle.However, the Thunder players did not particularly care about this.Their eyes have been placed on the next game against the Celtics.

Although the Celtics have also experienced a lot of personnel changes this season, and although Irving has not been fully integrated into the Celtics' lineup, it cannot change the strength of the Celtics.Especially in games against strong teams, their winning percentage is very high.This point is very similar to Thunder.They faced the top four teams in the Western Conference and almost won all of them.Likewise, they always lose to weaker teams.

If the Thunder played an offensive battle in Toronto before, this one in Boston is a defensive battle.The two sides have been entangled from the beginning.Physical confrontation, blocks, steals, turnovers, and iron strikes have become the core elements of this game.But the same thing in the two games is that they both played until the last minute to decide the winner.

With 2.3 seconds left in the game, the Thunder led the Celtics by one point 92:91.At this time, Celtics rookie Tatum did something that made the Thunder break out in a cold sweat.He went around his teammate and received the ball from Rozier at the right elbow.At this time, Paul George was blocked by Baines, and it was too late even if he rushed over.Fortunately, An Luo made up the defense in time. He directly blocked Tatum, stretched out his hands high, jumped high, and tried his best to interfere with the opponent.

The ball was still thrown by Tatum.But it didn't go in!The basketball bounced around the hoop twice before finally falling out.At that moment, the spinning basketball touched the hearts of everyone in the North Shore Garden Stadium.

With the sighs one after another, Westbrook and others burst into smiles.An Luo patted his chest, and sighed silently: "Fortunately, I didn't make it in! Otherwise, I would have become the background board of this rookie!"

(End of this chapter)