super heavy artillery

Chapter 567
In the final battle in October, the Thunder's opponent is the Clippers.In the last game at Staples, I broke out in a cold sweat. This time I went back to the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Everyone thought it would be a crushing victory, but they didn't expect the Clippers to give Oklaho another victory. The horse was frightened once.

It may be that the Celtics' slow heat stayed on this court, and the Thunder performed very sluggishly in the first half.

Before the start of this game, Donovan decided to let Adams continue to rest.He didn't play in the last game against the Suns.In the game against the Celtics, Adams appeared to have injured his calf.This made Lei Ting nervous for a while.Later, after inspection, it was found that there was no serious problem, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.In the Thunder, especially the starting lineup, everyone's role is irreplaceable.In the current Thunder, no one can replace any of them.Noel played well in the last game, so Donovan decided to give Adams a rest.Donovan has always been a cautious man.And for the current Thunder, they would rather lose some games in the regular season than let their main players take risks.

The Clippers' starting lineup has not changed much, and it is still Beverly, Bradley, Gallinari, Harris and Gortat.With this lineup, they had a winning percentage of more than half during the period at the beginning of the season.This includes a double kill against the Rockets.In the last game, they beat the Washington Wizards by 32 points!Therefore, in this game, the Clippers came to Oklahoma with the momentum to win.In the new week of the regular season, they defeated the Rockets and Wizards in a row, and they all scored more than 130.This boosted their confidence to a very high level.On the other hand, the Thunder, after winning all the games in the first week, were a little tired.Against the Celtics, they won with difficulty; against the Suns, they were in hot form, but still lost the game.The Thunder's recent performance has made the Clippers' determination to win the game even more determined.

As far as the state of the game is concerned, the Thunder is indeed not very good.At the beginning of the game, Westbrook advanced to the top of the arc with the ball and went inside with Noel's cover.After attracting the defense, he passed the ball directly to An Luo in the left corner.But the latter made a mistake.After receiving the ball, he stepped on the sideline and missed a perfect scoring opportunity.

Looking back, Gallinari missed a long two-pointer, Westbrook grabbed a rebound and launched a counterattack.It was a sure-fire attack, but still failed to score.Paul George's chasing three-pointer directly shot a three-pointer, and then fell into Beverly's arms.The latter threw a long pass from the quarterback to the frontcourt. Gortat, who hadn't run past the center line, stepped back quickly, and finally caught up with the basketball behind the free throw line, and then made an easy layup.

In the next 2 minutes, the Thunder did not make any achievements on the offensive end.Paul George's pass error and Westbrook's breakthrough offensive foul made the Thunder miss several opportunities to score.It wasn't until 9 minutes and 32 seconds left in the game that Noel made a tip-up.And it was An Luo who was standing outside the left three-point line who made the shot.

After the goal, the fans in the Chesapeake Energy Arena breathed a sigh of relief.They gave Noel and all the Thunder players a round of applause, then sat back in their seats.No one thinks that the Thunder will always be in a downturn. As for when they will find their status, it is unknown.

In fact, until the end of the second quarter, the state of the Thunder did not change much.Their offense played very hard, and their defense could not limit the Clippers' scoring very well.In fact, the players' defense was also done according to Donovan's arrangement, but the effect was not good.Tried it a few times, but it didn't change much.By the end of the first half, the Thunder trailed their opponents by 49 points 65:16.They didn't score more than 30 points in the first two quarters, which is very rare.

During the halftime break, Donovan fired the boss in the locker room.He felt that the game could be lost, but losing the game without resistance like this was unbearable for him.In fact, not only him, players like An Luo and Westbrook are also full of anger in their hearts.Especially Westbrook, he and Beverly had a feud, and the first serious injury in his career was thanks to the other party.He didn't play well in the first half and had to endure the endless trash talking from the opponent. If it weren't for the fact that his temper has smoothed out a lot in the past two years, Westbrook and Beverly would have started fighting.

It has to be said that anger can always easily arouse fighting spirit in people's hearts.In the third quarter, the Thunder players, who had been suppressed for two full quarters, finally broke out!
As soon as he came up, An Luo, with the help of Robertson, grabbed the basketball from Bradley's hand abruptly.Then, he threw the ball on the floor, and the rebounding basketball was slapped to the center line by Paul George, who had already rushed up, and launched a counterattack.Meanwhile, Westbrook sprints to the backboard on the other side.Beverly followed closely beside him.After the two crossed the free throw line, Westbrook used his legs and flew straight up.It turned out that after Paul George was caught up by Bradley, he lost the opportunity to score a layup.You can only throw the ball towards the basket and hand it over to Westbrook to deal with it.

Westbrook, who flew up, caught the basketball in the air, pressed Beverly's outstretched hands, and pressed the ball hard into the basket.At this time, the referee's whistle sounded immediately.Look at that gesture, blowing Beverley's defensive foul.

Buckle + two plus one!Is there anything more depressing than this way?

Westbrook showed off his muscles to Beverly, making his teeth itch.

With this explosive dunk, the Thunder's offensive state returned.An Luo made three consecutive goals from beyond the three-point line, so Rivers had to call a timeout.But that doesn't help!Even if the Clippers subsequently strengthened their defense against three-pointers and An Luo broke into the inside, he was still able to score.And it's not just An Luo, Paul George and Noel also started scoring.Even Robertson scored 5 points in the third quarter!Not only has the offense started, but the Thunder has put the Clippers in trouble on the defensive end.Coupled with the decline in touch, they lost to the Thunder by 31 points in this quarter!
41:10, it's hard to imagine the third quarter going like this.The Thunder went from trailing by 16 points to leading by 15 points, and they only took one quarter of the game to complete this process.And, in the final quarter, they didn't have any chances from each other.

In the end, the Thunder reversed the Clippers at home.While avoiding a losing streak, it also officially ended all games in October.

(End of this chapter)