After playing against the Lakers, the Thunder flew to Boston overnight to challenge the Celtics back to back.

The storm was exhausted, and the high-intensity battle against the Lakers, the Thunder generals were seriously insufficient in physical strength and fell behind by 10 points in the first quarter. Durant made 5 of 7 shots and Green's two three-pointers, so the situation would not collapse.

In the following two quarters, Harden and Westbrook took turns to stand up, but they never failed to achieve a comprehensive attack.

After playing in the fourth quarter, Su Yang simply withdrew from the main force, leaving all the time for the substitutes to train and admit defeat in advance.

After the game was over, the team started a three-day Christmas holiday.

Su Yang was just Christmas and flew directly from Boston to San Francisco to meet the Sequoia Capital delegation again.

After more than half a year of promotion and version updates, MT application has already had tens of thousands of registered users and has even begun to make profits. Its future potential has increased significantly compared to before, with a valuation of US$800 million. Various investment teams call the company all day long.

The Sequoia Capital delegation expressed its desire to invest $52 million in one lump sum to take away 18% of the equity.

Su Yang was very moved, but he was very clear that MT was worth far more than $800 million. What's more, LeBron could refuse a Reebok check at the age of nineteen and refused a $52 million investment. What could he not do?

No matter how much he refused, he still staged a good show and said he needed to continue to watch the development trend of smartphones.

After making the decision, several major members of the company were quite puzzled, and only Jiang Ruolan expressed his support for him.

The two of them communicated in depth and decided to consider financing after the application of 3G technology is fully rolled out.

When Christmas ended, he flew back to Oklahoma and led the team to practice many new tactics as planned.

On the 26th, the Thunder played against the Bobcats at home.

After more than a season of coach Larry Brown's training, the Bobcats' defense is already quite good.

However, the Bobcats' defensive resources are mainly based on strict implementation of basic strategies such as "reducing the rapid retreat of the frontcourt rebound and quick double-teaming and switching defense", forcing the opponent to play positions, and vigorously interfere with the pass, forcing the opponent to engage in more single-handed challenges.

Such a routine is quite effective against many teams, and the Bobcats once ranked first in the league.

Unfortunately, most Thunder players can play singles with the ball. Although they are not Kobe's level, they are enough to deal with the Bobcats.

Su Yang instructed the whole team to let go of their hands and fight one-on-one. When the game was over, the team scored seven players in double digits and easily defeated the Bobcats.

After a day off, the Thunder flew to New York and New Jersey, and the away challenge was rebuilding the Nets.

During the pre-match video conference, Su Yang assigned a task to Westbrook, requiring the focus to limit Harris's fast speed.

That was really a defensive strategy as usual, but Westbrook was full of fighting spirit and seemed to swear to distinguish himself from Harris.

Su Yang saw it and found that it was inadvertently motivating, so he simply asked Westbrook to try to lock Harris.

After the game started, Westbrook put in full force to defend Harris, which directly led to two mistakes from Harris.

In addition to the mistakes, Harris' passes and breakthroughs were also severely limited, and even if he called Lopez to play the pick-and-roll, it would be difficult to bear.

On the offensive end, Westbrook is quite patient and wants to prove that his organizational ability is higher than Harris and frequently gives assists.

After the game, Westbrook gave 16 assists, reaching a career high and leading the team to a 18-point victory.

That night, the team flew to Washington overnight to prepare to challenge the Wizards back-to-back away.

On the plane, the coaching staff reviewed the game. Su Yang recalled the fact that Westbrook locked Harris before the game, and then recalled the fact that Westbrook had tried to win a triple-double before, and couldn't help but wonder if Westbrook likes to have a specific game goal?

The next day, he played against the Wizards. With a try-making mentality, he arranged Westbrook to limit Arenas to no more than five three-pointers.

The reason for arrangement like this is that there is a reason why Arenas likes to shoot three-pointers, but it is determined as a specific number.

Westbrook decisively accepted the challenge. After appearing, he closely followed Arenas to defend. Even when he was not in the ball, he deliberately reduced the number of times he watched the ball and focused on limiting the three-pointers, and did not hesitate to give up some steals and rebound opportunities.

Just like that, Arenas only made three three-pointers in halftime, making a total of 1 hit.

Without Arenas' three-point pressure, the Wizards could not open the inside, and Jamison and Haywood's shooting percentages were quite low.

In the end, the Thunder defeated the Wizards 110-94, and won three consecutive victories, only 2 wins left for the Lakers.

On the plane back to Oklahoma, Su Yang told several assistant coaches new discoveries: "I may have found Russell's instruction manual. He likes to challenge specific goals. He communicated with UCLA before, and his university coach also mentioned it."

Snyder and other assistants thought it was feasible and suggested that it was best to use it frequently and it was best to use it at critical moments.

Su Yang agreed, knowing that challenging goals cannot be done like daily life in low-reward games, as it will quickly lose motivation.

On December 31, the Thunder will play against the Jazz at home.

Su Yang made an opening speech before the game, thanking the fans for their support throughout the year, and hopes to continue to travel with each other in the coming year.

The Jazz also learned from the Knights to adopt a tough confrontation strategy, but unfortunately the Thunder had already completed tactical upgrades.

Durant scored three consecutive goals in the opening game, and even broke through with the ball and scored 21, which caught the Jazz off guard.

After entering the substitute matchup stage, Harden led the team to a fierce blow, and Matthews made three shots and hit the Jazz timeout.

After the game, Durant led the team to easily defeat the Jazz with 31 points, while the Thunder chased after 4 consecutive victories, only one win away from the Lakers.

At the post-match press conference, Su Yang specifically praised Matthews for his outstanding performance. It was a great regret that he was out of the election. The league should not be of age bias and stereotyped that older players will find it difficult to help. Think about Pippen and Rodman.

The report shifted to the Internet. Some fans believed that Su Yang seemed to speak for Matthews, but in fact he wanted to show off his correct positioning for Matthews. Neither Sefrosa nor Matthews were traditional shooting guards. The former was out of the selection because of his low potential for older rookies, while the latter was traded because of his low shooting percentage. However, Su Yang used his strengths to make the two of them focus on three-pointers and defense.

In short, Su Yang completely distributed Pistons Frosa and Matthews, as if they had found the instruction manual for their two people.

On the plane to Milwaukee, assistant coach Brian talked about the fans' discussions and joked that Su Yang had invented a new position.

Su Yang was a little surprised when he heard this, and then he thought about it again, and it seemed that he was invisibly accelerating the promotion of the 3D player concept.

On January 2, the Thunder ushered in their first New Year game, away against the Bucks, and lost 97-103 after overtime.

The team's offense is fine, mainly because they lost to Chandler and Jordan Jr. both inside the inside and received 5 fouls. The reason for the foul was that Bogut's actions were very sinister. The two of them were not controlled, they were a little overkill, and they also made big moves, and they were caught by the referee.

Moreover, after entering the overtime stage, Durant, Westbrook and Harden also suffered from scoring fouls.

In the whole game, it was especially like the referee deliberately wanted to let the Thunder lose, and the scale of the call was completely different.

After a day off, the Thunder challenged the Bulls away, and the Bulls robbed 25 frontcourt rebounds. They made five more mistakes than the Bulls and five more fouls than the Bulls. However, they easily defeated the Bulls 98-85, making the data meaningless.

The Bulls grabbed so many offensive rebounds, but the second offensive scoring efficiency is extremely low. Head coach Winnie Denagro will not use the five-Tiger lineup of "Noah Gibson Roll Dunsing Rich Ross" at all, and insist on playing quickly to grab points.

After fighting the Bulls, the Thunder flew back to Oklahoma and prepared to fight the stormy Hornets.

Because he went on the away game before, Su Yang finally received the Western Conference's best coach in December, and all the fans cheered for him.

In the end, the Thunder narrowly won five points and tied the Lakers who lost the same night with a record of 28 wins and 7 losses.
Chapter completed!