58. Embrace from Death
"Damn guys, why do I think these guys don't seem to be normal? Why do they shoot so accurately and make so many shots??"
"Are they so confident? This is such a lunatic coach!!"
With the end of the third quarter, the Blazers were in a state of lagging behind, and in the entire third quarter, they were even more confused by the Thunder's three-point shooting.
This undoubtedly made the Trail Blazers feel a heavy blow. After all, in today's era, there is no team like the Thunder that is unreasonable and throws three-pointers.
At this moment, Trail Blazers assistant coach Chicks seemed to be simply not normal enough, and head coach Yang Fan was even compared to Chicks as a madman.
"Nate, what should we do? Only the last quarter is left. Do you still have to double-team that guy Kevin?!"
After hearing the question from assistant coach Chicks next to him, Trail Blazers' head coach McMillan was obviously a little confused at this time.
Although Durant was greatly restricted under the Trail Blazers' double-team tactic throughout the third quarter.
But other Thunder players gave very strong offensive firepower outside the three-point line, which was obviously beyond McMillan's expectations.
Because at this time, McMillan has seen a team that likes to shoot three-pointers, but McMillan has never seen a team like the Thunder who keeps throwing three-pointers from the outside!!
The key is that it’s fine if you throw more three-pointers, but the Thunder are really fucking accurate!!
In the third quarter, the Thunder scored 8 three-pointers in a single quarter!!
And this data is almost up to the number of three-pointers that the Trail Blazers can hit in the entire game.
It has to be said that with the Thunder's bombardment in the third quarter, this undoubtedly made McMillan feel confused at this moment.
Even McMillan was not sure whether to double-team Durant in the fourth quarter and could not make a quick choice.
After all, once Durant is double-teamed, the offensive firepower of other players outside the three-point line is really terrifying.
But if Durant is not double-teamed, his offensive efficiency in this game will be too efficient.
At least McMillan has no confidence in using individual defense to limit Durant's offensive efficiency.
So in this situation, McMillan was obviously in a very tangled state at this moment.
After returning from the fourth quarter, the main players of both sides temporarily sat off the court to rest.
In the competition between the substitutes between the two sides, Jeff Green became more excited in the second half, and he made a very confident shot.
As time passed by minute by minute, McMillan and Yang Fan began to gradually bring the main players back on the court.
When all the main players of both sides returned, McMillan gave up on Durant in the final stage and continued to use double-teams.
After all, in the third quarter, the Thunder's offensive efficiency was too high. The firepower support from other players outside the three-point line is definitely terrifying.
This made McMillan feel lingering fear.
At least in McMillan's opinion at this time, even if Durant continues to play individual singles, he will definitely not let other Thunder players go to shoot!!
Faced with this situation, Yang Fan obviously expected it after the end of the third quarter. After all, Yang Fan is quite familiar with McMillan's coaching style.
This guy is simply the "Gou Sheng" in the NBA. When he was basically beaten by the Thunder in the third quarter, it would be strange if McMillan didn't adjust.
As the Trail Blazers stopped double-teaming Durant in the final stage, Yang Fan stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly at Durant:
"Kevin, disguise him!!"
Since the Thunder can use a lot of players during the rotation stage, the main players' playing time this season has not been very high.
Even Durant, who has the highest playing time per game, has only 33.7 minutes so far.
Regarding this, Yang Fan hopes that the players can try their best to avoid injuries. When the victory is determined, Yang Fan rarely sends the main players to continue scoring points.
So in this long regular season schedule, Thunder players actually have great physical strength.
In the final stage, Durant faced the individual defense of Otero and played very confidently.
In an offensive round, he successfully shook Otero by using the fake move of worshiping Buddha, and then rushed straight into the inside line, facing Oden's block, and completed a cross-bang!!
When Yang Fan, who was off the court, couldn't help but jump up after seeing the ball, giving Durant a thumbs up.
And at that moment, Yang Fan thought of this ball in his mind even the words for Durant.
"Thunder and lightning are on the way to explore, and the God of Death is worshipping the Buddha Emperor! Durant dunked in Oden, and asked you whether the Trail Blazers are good or not!!"
Obviously, after passing the competition in the first three quarters, Durant's self-confidence was obviously beginning to rise at this time.
At least, the Trail Blazers are no longer regarded as a powerful team that cannot be defeated.
With Durant hitting jump shots against Otero's personal defense in the last moment, this completely killed the Trail Blazers' hope of completing a comeback at home.
Finally, after the game ended, the Thunder team played away unexpectedly:
111:99
The Portland Trail Blazers scored 12 points, and while the Western Conference ranked above the Trail Blazers and rose to second place in the West, it also ushered in the team's five consecutive wins in the season after the start of the game.
At the moment when the whole game was completely over, the entire Moda Center Arena fell into silence instantly.
Many fans even hugged their heads with their hands, feeling unbelievable about the scene in front of them.
Obviously, the fans of the Trail Blazers can't believe that the team will lose to the Thunder at home!!
Although the Thunder's personal performance in the new season is very outstanding, this does not mean that the Thunder has the strength to defeat the Trail Blazers.
However, when the facts are in front of the fans, they have to accept this rather cruel fact.
That is, the team actually lost to the Thunder in the first encounter between the two sides, and Durant also made such a powerful personal performance!!
That's right, Durant's personal performance throughout the game was a bit explosive, and even the away Trail Blazers fans felt Durant's strength.
Durant made a total of 37 minutes in the whole game, making 17 of 28 shots on the offensive end, including 3 of 8 from outside the three-point line and 8 of 9 free throws. He finally scored 45 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists!!
45 points also set a new record in Durant's single-game scoring, and also broke the team history scoring record previously maintained by Ray Allen!!
In addition, Durant also became the third youngest 45-pointer in NBA history, although this record will be difficult to remember in later generations.
But at present, Durant's performance in this game will undoubtedly become a hot topic in the league in recent days!!
In addition to Durant, Jamison also performed well in this game.
Jamison scored 6 three-pointers alone in the whole game, and finally scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. His performance can be said to be very stable.
After the game, Durant, who is destined to be the focus of this game, did not rush to celebrate with his teammates.
Instead, he ran to Yang Fan at the first time, and then gave Yang Fan the first hug with a smell of smell of sweat.
Obviously, I am very grateful to Yang Fan for his personal support behind his back. Similarly, this hug also represents Durant's personal gratitude to Yang Fan.
And at the moment when Durant hugged Yang Fan as soon as possible after the game, many cameras on the sidelines pointed the camera here.
Because this scene looks too warm, and the scene where Durant embraced the head coach as soon as possible after the game is destined to become a classic in his career.
However, it is naturally unknown how outsiders view this scene.
But when Durant hugged him with a smell of sweat, Yang Fan shouted wildly:
Chapter completed!