On the 18th, the Thunder played against the Bobcats at home.

After the pre-match ceremony, Su Yang deliberately ran to the Bobcats bench and asked Bobcats interim head coach Paul Silas to shake hands.

The main thing is to express gratitude, because Paul Silas temporarily replaced Larry Brown, he developed Sean Livingston's defensive advantages in the Bobcats, and Su Yang won many praises for his use in advance, so he consciously needed to express his gratitude.

But Paul Silas didn't know what he thought. He thought he respected character and qualifications. He held his shoulder on the spot and said earnestly: "Young man, you have strong coaching skills, but as an NBA coach, it doesn't rely entirely on coaching skills. I recently heard that you have some differences with your boss. If you are willing to listen to my advice, then at the right time, you have to satisfy them..."

Su Yang was confused when he heard this. He didn't argue because of the occasion. He just nodded and said that he remembered it. There was no need to think about whether there was any disagreement. He subconsciously guessed that Paul Silas was coaching the Clippers back then. He endured too much at Sterling, which made him a little overreacted.

The game started afterwards, and the Thunder arranged troops as usual.

The Bobcats sent away the team's top scorer "Elvis" Gerald Wallace because of the trade, and also sent away the defensive gate Nazel Mohammed, which was officially in reconstruction, leaving only a severely declined Stephen Jackson and Fatty Dior who can play.

The Thunder maintained suppression throughout the game and finally won 99-82, taking another solid step towards tying 72 wins.

After a day off, the Thunder ushered in the Raptors challenge.

After 68 games, the Raptors only won 19 games in total, and their strength was really weak. During the pre-match video conference, the Thunder players were a little absent-minded and intentionally or unintentionally revealed a state of being sure to win. Su Yang felt that it was not right, but he was not confused.

The main reason is to remind the team members that the atmosphere in the team will be more depressing. After all, they are all adults, and no one is willing to listen to others' training at any time. They are smarter methods and are too lazy to think about them. Anyway, they have the leading strength, so let's see the situation first.

With that thought, the Thunder and the Raptors started.

Unexpectedly, Chandler and Ibaka suffered fouls in the first half, which led to the reduction of the quality of the Thunder's interior frame protection and screen protection. Durant was a bit uncomfortable by James Johnson's super aggressive defense. Banyani also got rid of the title of No. 1 pick, with attacking the basket and three points. During the substitute, Barbosa also used Harden's defense deviation without the ball, frequently cut to the basket and scored points.

During the intermission, Su Yang reminded the Thunder generals to put away their contempt because the Raptors had obviously found their state.

The Thunder generals returned to the court with orders and strictly implemented offensive and defensive strategies, but the Raptors completely killed the madly.

DeRozan is like transforming into the peak Kobe, Barbosa returns to lightning state, Calderon is as flexible as a loach, James Johnson boxing champion possesses, and Amir Johnson is like a flash skill with 0-second cooling, everywhere in the game.

The Raptors performed super-godly, resisting the strong attack of the Thunder Five Young Masters, and allowing Durant to make the final shot.

When the whistle sounded in the final game, the Raptors narrowly won 113 to 112, and the Thunder generals were convinced.

At the post-match press conference, a reporter asked why he lost to the Raptors twice in the season, but the last time he lost.

Su Yang did not mention underestimating the enemy, but just smiled and said, "They are NBA teams, they performed well, and it is normal for us to lose, just like the Bulls won 72 seasons and lost to the Pacers twice. No team can win forever..."

Losing to the Raptors, the Thunder lost 8 games, and the probability of tying 72 wins plummeted. Public opinion from all walks of life was dissatisfied, mainly because they didn't expect the Thunder to lose to the Raptors, the third-last in the league. Soon some fans criticized Su Yang for reacting too slowly on the spot.

After three days off, the Thunder will play against the Jazz at home.

Because coach Sloan left midway through the season and sent Delon away after the All-Stars, the Jazz needed to re-run, and the Thunder established an 8-point lead in three minutes of the game, and easily maintained until the end of the game, finally winning with a 12-point lead.

No. 25, the Thunder played against the Timberwolves at home, and the team scored seven points and scored lightly, with a total of 16 steals

On the 27th, the Thunder continued to play for the Trail Blazers, whose only 8 players played after the big deal at home, with a small victory of 9 points.

No. 29, the Thunder's last home game in six consecutive games, facing the Golden State Warriors, and fought hard until overtime, Westbrook scored a penalty.

With four consecutive victories, the team flew to Phoenix overnight, challenging the theory of the Suns who hoped to make the playoffs.

In the first quarter, the Suns fought hard, but the Thunder blossomed in full swing, establishing a 5-point lead. In the second quarter, the Harden-Green duo made 8 of 9 shots, helping the Thunder lead the Suns by as much as 17 points at the end of the half.

When he came back from the half, Su Yang specifically reminded that the Thunders will continue to suppress the Suns until the final victory.

After a day off, the Thunder challenged the Trail Blazers away.

Durant performed normally in the first quarter, making 5 of 7 shots and free throws scored 14 points, helping the Thunder establish a 10-point lead. In the second quarter, Harden and Harden scored 4 assists in 7 shots and free throws scored 15 points, helping the Thunder lead by 6 points in the first half.

In the third quarter, Chandler had two fouls in just 46 seconds, and one of them was due to mobile cover.

Su Yang thought about it over and over again and chose to let Chandler stay on the field and continue playing. He thought that he would be blown away again and again.

He had to replace Chandler, but he didn't expect Jordan to get a foul soon, and Durant was called to feel foul.

The referee's operation was greatly affected by the Thunder's offense and defense. He only scored 11 points in the third quarter, and was overtaken.

In the fourth quarter, the situation did not change. Harden, Westbrook and Ibaka suffered a total of 6 fouls, and the whole team was silent.

The Thunder finally lost to the Trail Blazers 91-98, with a record of 66 wins and 9 losses. If they want to tie the 72 wins record, they only have one room tolerant of faults. If they want to break the 72 wins record, they can't lose in that game, and they must win all the money later.

The game was a bit unfair, but the media and fans didn't care why they lost the game, and they just criticized Su Yang for being stunning.

Those ridicule were unreasonable, and Su Yang ignored it and led the team to fly to Los Angeles overnight to challenge the Clippers back to back.

When he woke up at noon, he received a call from Presti and was hinted that the board of directors hoped not to reduce the players' time because of back-to-back combat. It was not that he wanted to force him to change his will, but that he really felt that the young Thunder generals could fight more.

Su Yang did not reply directly, but first found the players to discuss. Westbrook and others said that they followed the arrangements and Durant wanted to play more.

Just like that, at 7 pm, the Thunder and the Clippers started, and they dominated the rebounds in the first quarter, leaving the Clippers only 15 points.

But because of the fierce robbery, Ibaka suffered two fouls in the first quarter and one foul in the second quarter, which was a bit troublesome.

In addition to Ibaka, Westbrook and Harden also suffered two fouls at the end of the half, but fortunately they were leading a lot.

When the third quarter started, Su Yang deliberately arranged more outside tactics, but he didn't expect Westbrook to be called twice. The referee adopted completely different calls standards, and Harden, who came on as a substitute, did not escape, resulting in the three quarters of the game. Ibaka, Westbrook and Harden carried 4 fouls, Green carried 3 fouls, and the Thunder firepower was greatly reduced. The Clippers only scored 3 points away.

After the fourth quarter started, Su Yang could only use Dai Quinn Cook, Livingston and Collison to lead the substitute lineup, preparing to use five small lineups to beat the Clippers in the final stage, but unexpectedly, the Clippers did not speak of martial arts and did strange moves and started directly.

In just three minutes, Griffin, Eric Gordon, Mo Williams, Jamario Moon led the Clippers to a 12-4 offensive, but Su Yang only replaced Durant in advance, and the other main players still changed at the point.

After all the main players of the Thunder returned to their positions, they quickly played a 10-0 offensive, but the referee suddenly began to steal the show and called Westbrook and Harden in succession, causing the two to leave the field 6 fouls in advance. In the end, Durant made a final blow, and the Thunder lost to the Clippers with two points.

After the game, social platforms such as Twitter have hotly discussed that Le Thunder has lost 10 games, and the probability of tying 72 wins is extremely low.

Many fans ignore the trouble of Thunder fouls, and are all sarcastic. Su Yang does not want to win, but deliberately gives up 72 wins to highlight his uniqueness. After all, he doesn't have the chance to win 72 wins or 73 wins, which makes him look more character than forcibly pursuing.

Some fans also think that Su Yang is blindly confident because the five small lineups are invincible and have never considered unexpected situations.

Anyway, either Su Yang likes to pretend to be a competing, but if Su Yang is not at the level of his level, he looks like he is not beaten when he first moved into Thunder.

Su Yang asked himself that he would remind the players not to underestimate the enemy before the game was started, and he did not make any mistakes, and he did not respond.
Chapter completed!