The Godfather of Basketball

Back in the second quarter, after finishing the bench period, Tang Tian adjusted the lineup targetedly, replaced Dior with Brown, increased the flexibility on the court, and the poorly performing Westbrook was also replaced by Harden in the second quarter. .

Ibaka's muscle-building effect is obvious, and Bogut is not an offensive insider. He alone guarded the basket.

The inside line composed of him and Dior was not very disadvantageous after the defense change. The Warriors' offense was quickly suppressed.

Durant continued to maintain fierce firepower on the offensive end, no one in the Warriors could stop him.

The Thunder played the Warriors 30 to 12 in the second quarter, and thus completely restored the momentum.

108 to 87, with Durant's 37-point season high performance, the Thunder finally won the Warriors on the road and won the 13th victory of the season.

In addition to Durant, Harden played 37 minutes off the bench and scored the second-highest 22 points and 6 assists. His performance was also quite eye-catching.

Ibaka's excellent performance of 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks also means that he is ready to meet the challenge of center position.

It's just that Westbrook didn't apply in the first game to change the style of play. After 25 minutes of playing, he scored 12 points and 3 assists on 4 of 15 shots, as well as as many as four turnovers.

Such a performance naturally escapes the reporter's questioning after the game.

"Westbrook's playing time in this game is a season low, does this mean Harden will replace him as the team's new starter?"

"The combination of Kidd and Harden is obviously better. Will Westbrook play better with the second team?"

"From holding the ball to playing without the ball, Westbrook's role is obviously not good. Is the team ready to trade him off the team?"

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"I have said countless times that Russell is one of the core of the team. We are trying to find his new position on the team. This will require a process, but the confidence of the coaching staff in him will never change." Tang Tian did not answer much.

After the press conference, Tang Tian and Stevens left the venue and were ready to return to the hotel.

"Don, is this a little unfair to Russell, let him change the style of play that he has persisted for so many years?" Stevens couldn't help saying after listening to the questioning of the media.

"There will be pain in change, but it won't change. This pain will be greater. I believe he can do it." Tang Tian said affirmatively.

After listening to Westbrook's past stories, he was very confident in Westbrook.

Stevens originally wanted to say whether he was trying to get Westbrook to take the second team, but when Tang Tian looked so confident, he didn't say anything.

The two crossed the aisle, preparing to leave the arena.

But at this moment, they heard a burst of muffled noise from the field.

After the general game is over, a series of work such as cleaning up the floor and subsequent floor disassembly will continue. This process will last for an hour or two.

But there is a strange sound of playing at this time. After all, the players have already left for some time, and the staff is generally not allowed to play there on the game day.

The two people walked out from the passage on the second floor and went out to be the auditorium on the second floor.

At this moment, they saw a figure on the court running along the three-point line to train three-pointers.

A slightly stiff posture, like a jersey soaked in water, and a sweaty cheek.

It turned out to be Westbrook.

He didn't seem to return to the locker room with his teammates after the game, but practiced directly on the road.

Stevens took up his watch at this time and looked at it. From the end of the game to the end of the press conference, it was an hour and a half. It seemed that Westbrook had practiced here for an hour and a half.

Tang Tian saw a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I believe it now." Stevens lowered his hand and turned to Tang Tian.

The Thunder's game continues, their performance is not much different from before.

Westbrook's progress and adaptability are much slower than expected, and his three points are still unstable.

The outside world's evaluation of him is getting worse.

"Look at Westbrook without the ball! He becomes incapable of playing, and the stiff three-pointer is disgusting!"

"He is now a third-rate point guard. The Thunder didn't trade him. It was the most wrong decision!"

"It turns out that Elvin Johnson and Oscar Robertson are incompatible, and Tang Tian's decision really failed!"

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However, regardless of the outside world's evaluation, the Thunder coaching staff's position on Westbrook remains unchanged, and even his playing time is going back a little bit.

Tang Tian is very clear that change is a gradual accumulation process. Westbrook's talent determines that he will not change too fast, but continuous accumulation will definitely usher in an explosion at a certain moment.

Time is flying fast, and it's Christmas in the new year.

The Thunder team had another Christmas battle the next day. Tang Tian gave the players a day off and told them to go back to the family in advance.

Tang Tian did not stay in Russia this Christmas, but went back to Cleveland with Hathaway and Swift.

The statues outside the Quicken Loans Arena were finally finished, and there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony before Christmas. On such days, Tang Tian would naturally come to the scene.

As a result, they spent Christmas directly in Cleveland this time.

The Cavaliers' current record is the same as the Heat's, because the record of the match is temporarily second in the east.

While supporting the team, the fans also paid more respect to Tang Tian. After all, this team's team was all built by Tang Tian.

Because of this, on the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, many fans came to the scene.

The tailoring ceremony was very successful ~ www.readwn.com ~ There are endless stream of fans looking for a group photo of the statue.

On the sixth Christmas after Cleveland finished crossing, Hathaway and Swift remained in Cleveland, and Tang Tian had already boarded the early morning flight back to Oklahoma City.

The Thunder Christmas game is at home, and their opponent is the Miami Heat.

The Heat now have 2 wins less than the Thunder, but that's more because of the break-in at the beginning of the season. With the break-in complete, they just played a wave of the league's longest 10-game winning streak. The focus of the war, they are naturally inevitable.

The hot fight between the two champions naturally attracted the attention of all the fans in the league.

In addition to the two teams themselves, the encounter between James and Tang Tian is also a point of concern for everyone.

James returned to the heat, the vengeance knight was originally a better script, but Tang Tian's westward journey changed the object, and now he needs the object of revenge, which naturally becomes a thunder.