The invincible kryptonite of basketball

On the other hand, for the Pelicans, Stevens was too confident and played too many main players at once.

A player like Siakam who performed well in the preseason may not be good in the regular season, especially against Griffin.

This is the opportunity for the Thunder to chase points.

"Shh!"

Just as he had this thought, Siakam made an air cut to attract the defense, Brogdon sent a second pass, and assisted Bo Yang to hit a three-pointer.

The point difference was pulled to 18 points!

"damn it!"

Donovan scolded himself, he milked the Thunder for no reason.

Griffin continued to play Siakam in the frontcourt, and after turning around continuously, Siakam swung Siakam and scored.

Siakam has made great progress on both offense and defense this season, but he is still a little inexperienced facing Griffin.

Butler used to communicate with Siakam.

Tang Tian sat on the bench, feeling indescribably comfortable.

In the past four seasons of the Pelicans, he has basically played every game, and he has to take into account the growth of the team's rookies. He is not tired because he is mentally strong.

But this season is really different. He seems to have changed from a middle peasant to a rich peasant!

In the beginning, Walker charged into the battle, and then Davis stood firm in the center. He just needs to sit and command like a general who is strategizing.

Even now, it is Butler who guides newcomers.

For the first time since joining the Pelicans, he felt at ease physically and mentally.

Butler's guidance is still very useful.

Bojan missed a three-pointer from the outside, and Siakam retreated quickly, defending Felton's first wave of fast breaks.

After falling into the position, he also used his wingspan advantage to interfere when defending Griffin alone, and successfully defended a goal!

A big reason why rough guys can improve is their learning ability. Siakam's learning ability is the same as Leonard's, very strong!

After the last 3 minutes of this quarter, the score on the field was fixed at 40-20.

What Donovan expected did not happen. Instead of the Thunder failing to get close to the score, the Pelicans pulled the point difference to 20 points!

The situation is quite unfavorable for the Thunder.

"We didn't do a good job defensively in the first quarter. I believe they will do better in the second quarter."

During the intermission, Donovan analyzed the team's performance in the first quarter in front of reporters and also showed confidence.

It's only one quarter of the game. The Thunder team has strong willpower and will not admit defeat easily!

Back in the second quarter, the Thunder did not make substitutions and adjustments, but the Pelicans did.

Walker and Davis came on to replace Butler and Harrell.

Donovan froze for a moment when he saw this, and then couldn't help but sigh.

People are more popular than people, and Stevens is really fighting a battle of prosperity this season.

The Thunder attacked in the frontcourt, and Griffin used his ability as a big point forward to break through and pass to Sabonis Jr., who hit the basket and shot.

"boom!"

He had already made the first shot, but his speed was too slow. Davis chased him and rewarded him with a peg board cap!

Sabonis is not a traditional five, and neither is Davis.

Stevens' substitution made Davis hit five, which is really spiritual, and he really doesn't intend to give the Thunder a chance.

Walker played a pick-and-roll with Davis in the frontcourt, broke through the basket after breaking apart, and scored 2+1 against Sabonis' defensive throw!

From the beginning of the training camp, to the preseason, and then to the regular season, Walker and Davis' pick-and-roll lethality has become more and more powerful.

This has become the second tactic that the Pelicans can score steadily besides Tang Tian's singles!

Walker steadily made additional free throws, opening the point difference to 23 points.

With such a point difference at the start of the second quarter, the Thunder are at risk of collapsing at halftime.

Donovan saw that he had no time to think, and replaced Westbrook.

After Westbrook came on the court, he broke through the basket, faced the defense of Davis and Siakam to show his personal ability, and scored the ball after the confrontation.

One in the first quarter, one in the second quarter, and two key goals are very critical for the Thunder.

There was also a burst of excited shouts from the Thunder's bench.

However, the Pelicans were the same as in the first quarter, and did not change because of this goal.

Walker suddenly scored Davis, who also made a two-pointer from the free throw line.

Tang Tian smiled even more from the audience.

Compared with last season, Davis' offensive methods have not changed much.

Even playing in the low post, Davis actually did it last season.

But to say that the biggest difference between Davis this season is that he has more certainty, and he can make all the goals that should be scored.

This is the biggest improvement, and it can even be said that this is the most critical step from an ordinary All-Star to a superstar.

In the past offseason, Duncan was invited to give Davis a small talk, and it really made a lot of money!

Westbrook's breakthrough zombie made an emergency stop and shot, and he came back in the second quarter in obviously better condition.

But here Davis hit Sabonis with a low back and turned around to hit the board and scored another goal.

The two sides have reached a stalemate!

The score has been fluctuating around 23 points. When this quarter was played for more than four minutes, the score on the field was 46 to 26, and the difference between the two sides was still 20 points.

At this time, the Pelicans changed players again, Walker and Davis took a rest, and Tang Tian and Butler went into battle again!

There is no substitute for the Thunder!

Donovan: Tired, tired.

I've only heard of other people using wheel battles to defend super giants before. The Pelicans are using superstars to fight wheel battles, and the Thunder have no power to fight back!

Tang Tian didn't perform very well in the first quarter. In this quarter, he had a strong desire to attack. He scored 20 points in a single quarter with sudden shots from inside and outside.

The Pelicans also further expanded the point difference under his leadership.

After halftime, the score on the court was fixed at 70 to 38, with a 32-point difference at halftime...

Victory and defeat.

The first thousand and seventy chapters of the broadcast contract of the Pelicans

The 32-point difference is not irreversible, but the Thunder failed to do it.

In fact, less than half of the third quarter was played, and when the point difference was pulled to 40 or so, the Thunder's mentality had already collapsed.

In the end, the Pelicans beat the Thunder 126-88 at home and won the season opener.

雷霆队那边得分最多的是威斯布鲁克，25投7中得到22分15板10助攻，格里芬得到20分3板4助攻。

The Pelicans are more blooming here, and 7 players scored in double figures.

四巨头都只打了三节时间，沃克得到全队最高的21分4板4助攻，戴维斯20分9板3盖帽，唐天17分7板10助攻，巴特勒14分4板4助攻4抢断。

On the bench, Brogdon had 16 points and 5 assists, Bojan had 12 points, Siakam had 11 points and 3 rebounds, Dedmon had 6 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Lamb had 6 points.

This is a standard crushing victory.

"38 points! In fact, the point difference at the end of the three quarters is 45 points! It's horrible!"

"What's even more frightening is that Tang only took 11 shots in total, less than half of his average shots per game last season..."

"Tang: I haven't exerted my strength yet, you are already on your knees and calling Dad!"

"The only pity is that the Big Four Pelicans didn't play in the last quarter, otherwise they must have gone to 58 points!"

"It's really cruel, there is no chance at all!"

"Speaking of the performance of the Pelicans, it should be the strongest team in NBA history, right?"

"So-so, only third in the league."

"-________-"""

"Facts have proved that ESPN's ranking is not reliable at all, not to mention the Pelicans, the Thunder is ranked higher than the Bucks, but the abuse is even worse!"

"By the way, will Donovan dismiss get out of class?"

"Why...it's really possible, hahaha!"

"Hey, this is really a fart, the Pelicans lineup is too hooligan! This is simply revenge for society!"

"Everything has to start with Xiao Hua's comeback. Before his comeback, Dempsey once stated that he would not change the lineup."

"Then Silver came back, the Pelicans traded for Butler, signed Walker, Demps: It's so sweet!"

"Tired, tired, as Lei Mi, I have no love anymore."

"Brother, what are you doing Leimi! Change to Lianmi! It's fun to abuse people for a while, and it's fun to abuse people all the time!"

"By the way, have any of you noticed Tang's chalk throwing before the game? This is LeBron's way, leaving LeBron with nowhere to go?"

"This is too ruthless. If LeBron wins the championship, won't he be the number one and the second player in the league, who will throw higher fans to each other?"

"This picture... Brother, you are so talented!"

"No, do you think LeBron can still win the championship?"

"Probably, maybe, maybe, there is such a slight chance?"

"What a fart! With the Pelicans lineup, the championship is out of the question, but it is true that we can continue to increase the number of runner-ups."

"It's really dark, the black is flying out."

……

After the game, the fans on social media were very lively, basically all discussing the game between the Thunder and the Pelicans.

As for other games, there were far fewer people watching them than last year, and discussions were even rarer.

This is really pelican gravity, attracting all the attention.

"How do you rate the team's performance tonight?"

At the press conference after the game, a reporter asked Tang Tian such a question.

"We played well, but we still have a lot to improve, this is only our first game, we will play better in the following games."

You can also play better!

There was nothing wrong with Tang Tian's answer, but if he won by 38 points, wouldn't it be better to go for 40, 50, or 58 points? !

And the key is that there is really nothing wrong with it, this is only the first regular season game of the Pelicans!

The team that will play against the Pelicans in the future feels like a dog beeping in my heart when I hear this!

The fans were carnival, and Tang Tian was pretending to be aggressive, but it was Gail Benson who was in the best mood at this time.

After the Thunder game, her vice president told him that FOX had upped their bid for a broadcast contract.

Before the start of the season, FOX had already offered them a broadcast contract, 10 million for 7.5 years.

At that time, Benson did not agree. On the one hand, he felt that the offer was too low. On the other hand, he had to seek Tang Tian's opinion.

But after a game, FOX fully realized the value of the Pelicans, and re-quoted 10 billion for 10 years!

This is a rather exaggerated statistic. You must know that there are very few teams in the NBA that have exclusive broadcast contracts. The largest is the Lakers' 20-year 30 billion.

On average, it is equivalent to 1 million a year.

That's the Los Angeles team, and it's already quite against the sky that a small city like the Pelicans can get this offer.

After getting this offer, and on the second day after the game between the Pelicans and the Thunder, Benson sent someone to invite Tang Tian to his manor.