They are both new troops, but the gap is huge, so the Thunder are very motivated to beat the Warriors.
Durant wants to prove that his scoring ability is better than Curry!
Westbrook needs to prove that he is the number one point guard in the league!
Harden wants to prove that he is the best rookie in the 2009 class!
For a young team like the Thunder, as long as they don't make mistakes, they are very scary.
Being young means unlimited physical strength, and being young means unlimited possibilities.
In this game, the Thunder played with a very high quality, and each of the four Thunder players performed well.
Durant played 46 minutes, almost the entire game, taking 28 shots, scoring 8 three-pointers, and scoring 43 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists.
Westbrook was even more motivated, playing the entire game, taking 15 shots, hitting 4 three-pointers, and scoring 27 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.
Harden also performed well, scoring 15 points, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds off the bench.
Ibaka even contributed 4 blocks!
The scariest thing is that the Thunder only made 5 turnovers in the game!
This is almost impossible for the Thunder!
The scoring efficiency was high, there were few mistakes, and the main players played enough time. In the end, the Thunder got the result they wanted: victory.
The Warriors' best performer in this game was Curry, and everyone else performed abnormally.
Curry still only played 24 minutes. Under the Thunder's key defense, Curry only took 11 shots and scored 26 points. However, he also used his attractiveness to send out 12 assists!
In fact, Curry passed a lot of good shots, and most of his teammates took open shots.
However, the Warriors didn't feel very good in this game. They were seriously inaccurate on the outside and couldn't make any shots.
Without access from the outside, the Thunder contracted greatly, and the Warriors had no good solution.
In the end, the Warriors lost the game by 5 points.
Deng Fang didn't care much about this.
Most of the fourth quarter was played by the bench. If you want to win, Curry can just score 10 more points!
There are always wins and losses in the game, and even the most accurate shooter will sometimes fail to make a shot.
When Westbrook can throw in four three-pointers, and when the Warriors, who have the league's highest shooting percentage, can't make any, they deserve to lose!
The most important thing is that the Thunder are indeed very good, but they are not the ones the Warriors need to pay attention to this season.
At least in front of the Mavericks, Spurs and Grizzlies, the Thunder is still a younger brother!
Losing to the Thunder ended the Warriors' 13-game winning streak.
This also gave relief to other teams in the league:
It turns out that the Warriors will lose too!
Warriors are not invincible!
The NBA has no finale yet…
Although he lost, Deng Fang felt it was nothing.
The Thunder are not the Warriors' biggest opponent this season, and losing one game is not the end.
More importantly, what the Warriors need to do most at this stage is training!
Practice the three-point shooting of several substitute players!
Such warriors are invincible!
And when you train, you have to bear the price of losing.
If you don't give the substitutes enough playing time and don't let them compete with their opponents' starters, they will never be able to truly improve.
The Warriors players were not greatly affected after the loss.
Curry was sitting off the court at the end of the game!
In order to train the troops, the head coach is not even afraid of losing, which shows how much trust he has in us!
In this case, we must not betray the trust of the head coach!
The opponents in the next three games are the Bucks, Pistons and Knicks.
These three weak teams have become the Warriors' venting of anger!
Big wins in every game, including a 47-point win against the Bucks, a 48-point win against the Pistons, and a 56-point win against the Knicks!
The scariest thing is Curry. He played 24 minutes in these three games, not even a minute more in the two quarters.
But against the Bucks, Curry scored 34 points, 8 assists, and 9 rebounds!
Curry scored 25 points, 17 assists, and 11 rebounds against the Pistons!
He was even more crazy when playing against Knick Curry. He made 8 three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 48 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds!
You know, these data were obtained by Curry within 24 minutes!
Curry's scoring power is so explosive!
Looking at Curry's violent performance, the Warriors' opponents had helpless eyes:
How uncomfortable it is for you to hold it in!
Are you here to vent your anger?
If you are angry, throw it at Deng Fang!
What do you care about us?
…
Looking at Curry's performance, the president of the Knicks felt 10,000 thoughts flying through his heart.
This was the player we were going to draft!
He was intercepted by Deng Fang!
It’s okay to be chosen by you, but you still bully Curry like this!
Look, Curry only has so little playing time!
Anyone else would be driven crazy!
…
After defeating three weak teams, the Warriors came to Staples Center.
This is the second matchup between the Warriors and the Lakers this season.
The Warriors beat the Lakers at home in the opening game. Today, the Lakers will definitely take revenge on the road.
But the Warriors didn't give the Lakers any chance.
He led by 12 points in the first quarter, and came off the bench in the second quarter to extend the lead to 25 points!
The Thunder can still let Durant, Westbrook and others play the entire game, but the Lakers can't.
Kobe is a veteran in his thirties, and Fisher is older than Kobe!
Even Gasol and Artest are thirty-year-old veterans.
No matter how hard we persist, these few people can't play the entire game.
Even if these guys all play, they still can't beat the Warriors' starting lineup, let alone the substitutes!
Not surprisingly, the Warriors won another big victory.
Four consecutive victories are achieved again!
After these four games, the biggest change for the Warriors is that the bench has become more and more confident.
Obviously, the loss to the Thunder played a big role.
Although they lost, everyone saw Deng Fang's trust in the substitutes.
At the last critical moment, Curry was sitting underneath!
If you talk about training, just train!
Gives more time to the substitutes than Curry!
What a courage!
The head coach only has two requirements: one is to defend hard, and the other is to shoot decisively when the space is open!
Both requirements are not difficult.
Everyone does this in normal training, and there is no difference in competition.
Relatively speaking, the Warriors’ in-squad training is even more difficult!
…
The Warriors' next opponent is the Rockets.
Since Yao Ming is out for the season due to injury, the Rockets have given up on what he wants to do this season.
The only highlight of this game is that Lowry beat his old team.
Deng Fang is also a good person and gave Lowry enough playing time.
Lowry started again, partnering Curry in the backcourt.
Not only did he start, Lowry also played all three quarters, which was more than ten minutes more playing time than Curry!
At the end of three quarters, the Warriors led by 42 points. Deng Fang was really embarrassed to let Lowry play again in the fourth quarter...
That's almost enough.
Even if it’s for Yao Ming’s sake!
Deng Fang wants to bring Yao Ming over next season!
Unexpectedly, the Warriors' bench was very disrespectful. In the fourth quarter, they still refused to give up and beat the Rockets to pieces.
