Because so far, the performance of these three people has been far behind other rookies in the same class.

Especially Westbrook's performance was even more shocking. After all, before entering the league, Ross and Mayo were already considered influential figures.

But Westbrook, who was selected in the fourth pick in the first round, had some obvious gaps with the two at the time.

As a result, no one expected that after entering the league, Westbrook's performance was no less than the two. Even from a holistic perspective, Westbrook was even more comprehensive than the two.

This season, Westbrook averaged 31.1 minutes per game, of which individuals could contribute 14.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 8.1 assists.

You should know that since the start of the new season, Yang Fan has made some changes to Westbrook's playing direction.

In addition to allowing him to retain his explosive style of play, Yang Fan asked him to mainly play defensive counterattacks and tactical shots.

As for the shooting, Yang Fan cut more than half of it. After all, whenever Westbrook hit the ball on the court and started shooting randomly, the shadow in Yang Fan's heart was simply obvious...

If Durant, as a bystander, was ready to shoot on the court, the fans were a little scared.

Then when Westbrook received the ball on the court and prepared to shoot, the fans were obviously even more scared!!!

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In the next period of time, many of the Thunder's opponents were playoff-level teams.

At this stage, any team that has the potential to enter the playoffs is like a hungry wolf for a long time.

So this has led to a significant increase in the intensity of the Thunder's game at the end of the season, especially when facing teams on the edge of the playoffs, it was more like a mad dog and grabbed the Thunder and bitten it.

Although the Thunder this season is very strong, there have been several trades to improve the team's combat effectiveness in the middle of the season.

But no matter what, the time for the Thunder team to play together is still short. Although they already have some tacit understanding between each other, they are still far from comparing with the Lakers, Celtics and Cavaliers.

Although the Thunder are not without their ability to defeat them, if they want to defeat the Lakers and the Celtics, the top team in the league with excellent defense.

Then there must be someone in the team who feels so full of touch that they play far exceed their average season.

Otherwise, if the Thunders can win the Lakers under normal performance, the maximum chance of the Thunder winning the Lakers is no more than 30%.

In the following games in February, although the Thunder no longer had the winning streak at the beginning of the season, fortunately, the team did not suffer too many losing streaks in this very intensive schedule.

In fact, Yang Fan is already satisfied with this, because the team played very well at the beginning of the season, so now the team can stabilize the situation.

Without experiencing too tragic defeats, the Thunder can lock in a playoff spot.

As for which team to play in the first round of the playoffs, Yang Fan has been analyzing with the assistant coach team. While paying attention to his own record, he also made very rigorous calculations for the enemy team.

March is coming, which means that there is only one and a half months left before the end of the regular season of the 2008-09 season.

Looking around, the Thunder's performance in the new season is unexpected. It has been a bottom team that was not favored by anyone and is even hard to remember.

Now it is a place that can seize the Western Conference playoffs, and it can even be regarded as a tough bone by other teams. It is very cautious to choose whether to chew on it.

Although the Thunder team is very young, the performance of young players will inevitably fluctuate greatly after the playoffs.

But fortunately, the team traded "Martial Saint" Jackson in the mid-season, a core player who helped the Warriors complete the Black Eighth.

In addition, the team also has two playoff regulars All-Stars Hamilton and Jamison.

This situation obviously helps the Thunder have more playoff experience and helps Durant, Westbrook, Jeff Green and others adapt to the rhythm of the playoffs as soon as possible.

Throughout March, the Thunder's record declined slightly because after March, head coach Yang Fan greatly reduced the playing time of the main players.

It is to try to avoid players from encountering injuries on the court. After all, Yang Fan, who has been a man for two lives, is very clear that sometimes it is not a strong opponent that blocks a team, but rather the team's own injuries.

Regarding this, both the Cavaliers and the Warriors in later generations have a very strong say.

And Durant's previous injury also sounded a wake-up call for Yang Fan.

That is, the later the season, the more tired the players will feel. So at this time, while ensuring that they can enter the playoffs, reducing the playing time of the main players is undoubtedly the most correct choice.

In this case, although the Thunder have suffered some injuries recently, the good thing is that they are all unimportant injuries, at most they miss two to three games.

Yang Fan was obviously quite satisfied with this situation. After all, Yang Fan didn't want to enter the playoffs with confidence, and then faced the scene of losing his main players in the playoffs one after another.

On March 27, with the Thunder defeating the Bucks away, the Thunder's record reached 46 wins and 28 losses, ranking sixth in the Western Conference.

In fact, the West is much stronger this season than the East, and the competition between them is also very fierce. Even if the team's winning rate is higher than 60%, it is very likely to be rejected by the playoffs.

In addition, the winning gap between the teams is also very small, and a victory in a game can directly rewrite the entire Western Conference playoffs.

So what each team can do is to win more games as much as possible, and when taking the lead in ensuring the global team's own record, then consider the opponents they want to meet in the playoffs.

Even Yang Fan, who has been a man for two lives, is no exception, because this year's playoff pattern in the Western Conference is really a bit chaotic.

Finally, the Thunder team's accidental emergence made the muddy waters turn upside down.

Even Yang Fan, who was pushing all this with his own hands, has been able to stand by and watch quietly so far...
Chapter completed!