The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 91, Lost to Chicago.

The pre-match media campaign was full of momentum, and they tried their best to stir up the focus of this game.

They completely imagined this game as a game where Mars hits the earth.

Three hot rookies are bound to stage a hot showdown.

The current record of the Chicago Bulls is 13 wins and 12 losses, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference. It is a typical team on the edge of the playoffs.

The Bulls led by Vinnie De Nagro are not considered a strong team in the East. Compared with the Cavaliers, the overall strength of this team is much weaker.

On the other hand, the Thunder, since Durant was injured, have won two of three games, even beating the Heat and the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference.

Durant's absence due to injury inspired Li Senlin to leave.

This is really not terrible to win, and it is embarrassing to miss someone.

Some media have already begun to discuss whether Durant is a cancer of the Thunder.

After all, in the few games he missed, the Thunder played better.

The instigation of the media did not affect the relationship between Li Senlin and Durant. This is also because Li Senlin is very aware of the gap in strength between himself and Durant. He is a C+ scum. These media are really not ordinary eyes. blind. .

Durant is very confident in his own strength and doesn't care about the media's evaluation at all.

His injury is almost healed, and he will be back soon, and he can't wait to play.

The team's recent state is getting better and better, and Durant has a longing for the playoffs.

It has to be said that as bold as a person is, he dares to think.

Even the Cavaliers and the Heat.

It made Durant a little bit floaty, and floated up and down with the Thunder.

Many Thunder players now think that a strong team is nothing more than that.

Even if they are as strong as the Cavaliers, wouldn't they still lose if they met us?
We have Lee Forest, we have Westbrook, we are not afraid of anyone.

There was a positive vibe all over the team in the locker room.

Although everyone is tired, everyone agrees that the Thunder can win against the relatively weak Bulls.

"Li, are you hurt?"

Durant's observation ability is very strong. He saw that Li Senlin's footsteps were a bit heavy, so he asked Li Senlin,

"No, no, KD, I was a little physically exhausted last night, and I haven't recovered yet."

Li Senlin frowned and replied that his physical fitness has always been weak, which cannot be improved through short-term training. .

As a second-year student, Durant is also very afraid of back-to-back games after experiencing a season of NBA season.

"Well, do you need to communicate with the coach to arrange your rotation?"

Now Durant is still a relatively qualified boss. For Li Senlin, he didn't pay attention at the beginning, but now he recognizes his strength.

In his eyes, the strength of this rookie is still good, but back to back is too prone to injuries, so it is necessary to protect him.

"No, I can still hold on."

Li Senlin doesn't want to give up easily now. If it were him who just came back, he would definitely go down the steps given by Durant. This is the difference between now and before.

He is currently in a hot state and has a good feeling about adapting to the confrontation intensity of the NBA. He doesn't want to take a rotation easily now.

Just kidding, I'm not the old hooligans of the Spurs, who take turns every day and play healthy basketball. How can I get experience points if I don't play games?

"OK, then you pay attention, don't get hurt."

Durant asked with concern.

If Li Senlin is injured, then Durant's hopeless playoffs will be even colder.

"Thank you."

Li Senlin's impression of KD has also changed a lot during this period. Durant's character is still very good, but he is a bit boring and not good at expressing.

At first Li Senlin thought that Durant was really the same as the future.

Treat teammates other than Westbrook as garbage players.But after a long time of contact, I discovered that Durant is still very simple now, and he doesn't have those ideas, and he has special respect for old players.

At least now Durant seems to be full of vision for the future.

It's not the lonely Thor who is always chasing the championship in the future.

As for Durant joining the Warriors in the future, there must be many unknown factors. Li Senlin still doesn't know what the real reason is.

At least for now, it seems that Durant completely regards Oklahoma City as his home and the Thunder as his team. No one can say what will happen in the future.

The time came quickly.

It's time for the evening game again.

The starting lineup sent by the Bulls is: Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Drew Gooden, Derrick Rose, Aaron Gray
The starting lineup sent by the Thunder is: Russell Westbrook, Li Senlin, Jeff Green, Wilcox, Collison.

The Thunder started differently than they did against the Cavaliers. This time, Collison replaced Wilkins, pushed Jeff Green to the 3, and returned to the big lineup.

Brooks pushed his glasses, worried.

The physical condition of the whole team is really worrying. They played 4 games in 3 days, and all three are the top eight teams in the East. Tonight's opponent, the Chicago Bulls, is waiting for work.

Although the Chicago Bulls are the weakest of the three teams, the Thunder, who have experienced a series of hard battles, are already exhausted.

During the warm-up, Westbrook was still alive and kicking throughout the team.

The other players are basically plodding around, not willing to move.

These details are not a very good sign.

In this game, Brooks was not sure to win.

really.

After the game started, the Bulls' top scorer Ben Gordon took the lead in using the screen and hit a three-pointer.

And Li Senlin also ran out of the gap in the same position, and missed a three-pointer in the gap.

After Gordon came over, he made another three-pointer, and the Bulls led by 6 points at the beginning.

After Westbrook passed, he broke through and made an emergency stop, hitting the iron in the middle distance.

After Derrick Rose came over with the dribble, he broke through and threw off the heavy-footed Li Senlin, broke through and scored a layup.

8 to 0 in the opening game.

Brooks called to stop, his eyes looked at Li Senlin and Westbrook.

Li Senlin was obviously unable to keep up physically, and his footsteps could not keep up with Rose at all.

Although Westbrook was alive and kicking, he played too simply and completely fell into the defensive trap arranged by the Bulls.

Brooks knew where the team's problems were, but he didn't have much to do. With too few cards in his hand, he could only emphasize some defensive attitude issues with the players.

A timeout didn't turn the tide for the Thunder.

After the timeout, the Thunder's Westbrook passed the ball to Jeff Green who cut in.

Jeff Green couldn't get in the sky.

After Rose grabbed the rebound, he made another lightning push.

Fast break scored 2 points.

Thunder players don't even have the desire to chase back.

Come on, not only Westbrook and Li Senlin have problems, but even Green.

Players are in poor condition and poor physical fitness.

Then falling behind has become an inevitable result.

In the first quarter of the game, the Thunder trailed the Bulls by a score of 13 to 30 in the away game.

17 points behind in a single quarter.

I have to say that the Thunder's game is really full of ups and downs.

They also won the Cavaliers yesterday, but came to play the Bulls in less than 24 hours, came back immediately, and fell behind by nearly 12 points in 20 minutes.

The immaturity of the Thunder Youth Army was fully revealed at this moment.

After returning from the second quarter, the Thunder's rotation was also in a bad state.

The point difference was quickly opened to 25 points by the Bulls.

By the time the starters came back again, the whole team's spirit had been blown away.

At halftime, 32 to 60, the Thunder trailed by 28 points.

In the locker room at the end of halftime, Brooks did not lose his temper, frankly, as expected.

In the third quarter, the Thunder relied on the outbreak of Li Senlin and Westbrook, and the Thunder recovered 8 points.

60: 80.
In the fourth quarter, with 6 minutes left, the Thunder dispatched the third team and announced their surrender when they saw that the score was still hovering around 20 points.

At the end of the game, the final score was fixed at 85 to 103.

Announced that the Thunder challenged the Bulls away and lost by 18 points
Li Senlin made 15 of 3 three-pointers in the game, and his shooting percentage was terrible. He only scored 9 points and 3 assists.

Westbrook was not much better. He made 20 of 6 and only scored 16 points and 5 assists.

On the other hand, Derrick Rose scored 24 points and 11 assists, led the team to a big victory, and his personal performance beat the Thunder double stars.

After this game, Rose consolidated his ranking as the top rookie of the year.

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(End of this chapter)