One Guard

Chapter 847 : A real gift

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Since Durant left Oklahoma, Westbrook seems to have been trying to prove something.

He wanted to prove that even without Durant, the Thunder can be very good. He wanted to prove that he was a superstar no worse than Durant.

As a result, he frantically scrambled for every stat, scoring, assisting, and rebounding, and the No. 0 guard was also unwilling to fall!

Some people like him very much, like his unruly character. Like him wanton venting and roaring on the court. Of course, some people don’t like him, his stubborn personality, and the game format he shows for the sake of statistics.

But whether you like it or not, it is an indisputable fact that Westbrook won the regular season mvp trophy with his horrible triple-doubles per game last season.

Westbrook is always suffocating. He is competing with Durant, competing with Yiyang, competing with the entire league, and competing with himself.

See how Oladipo struggled with the Thunder and how well he played after leaving the Thunder, and you know what happened in Westbrook’s game. But anyway, he did it.

After leaving Durant, he proved that he can become an mvp. And now, it’s time to prove that without Durant, he can become a championship!

So this summer, the Thunder called Paul George and Carmelo Anthony two big stars. Perhaps Durant’s departure was a wake-up call for the Thunder. They can no longer just be satisfied with the status quo. They have to pay the price if they want to keep the stars and win the honor.

The departure of James Harden may not have made the Thunder management aware of this. However, Durant’s departure completely woke them up.

So far this season, although the Thunder’s record is not very impressive. But everyone knows that the Big Three need a running-in process. Their hard power lies there, not to mention that Anthony and George are extremely eager to win the O’Brien Cup. In Oklahoma, these two guys will definitely do their best!

The genius was bright early this morning, and Westbrook rushed from home to the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Outside the arena, a promotional poster for the Mavericks vs. Thunder has been hung up. On the poster, Yiyang and Westbrook will draw their swords at each other, and it seems that this is destined to be a fierce battle.

Westbrook knows that tonight’s game will indeed be a fierce battle. The 13-game winning streak started. This is not something that any team can do. The Mavericks can do this and have proven that they are strong enough.

The hooded Westbrook walked quickly through the player tunnel and pushed open the locker room door. However, just as he opened the door and entered, a bunch of colored ribbons rushed towards this invincible iron king.

“Surprise! Hahahaha, happy birthday, Russell!” Paul George’s roar, shocked Westbrook. When he saw the scene in the dressing room clearly, he found that George was wearing a pointed jester hat and there was a small birthday cake in the middle of the dressing room.

November 12, today is Russell Westbrook’s 29th birthday.

“George, I didn’t expect you to remember…” Westbrook was suddenly at a loss. When Durant was still there, the atmosphere of the Thunder’s locker room could only be described as cold.

And this season, although the Thunder have a poor record, the atmosphere in the locker room is not good. People say that George just used the Thunder as a springboard, but in fact, the former Pacers leader had a very happy time in Oklahoma. Of course, his attitude towards Westbrook is much more tolerant than Durant.

“How can you not remember! Come on, try the little cake my wife made for you. But don’t eat too much, you have to play games at night.”

“Thank you, George.” Westbrook walked straight to Pickle and gave him a big hug.

Oklahoma, it’s been a long time since Westbrook felt so warm.

“Thank you, this is not a real gift. Today, I will do my best to help the team win. I think that is the birthday gift you desire!” George patted Westbrook on the back , This number 0 is not as annoying as the rumors say. It mainly depends on how you get along with him.

“Working together, we can do it.” Westbrook stretched out his fist and touched George lightly.

At this moment, the locker room door was slammed open, and Carmelo Anthony walked in with a large gift box. Seeing the two people hugging each other and the small cake in the middle of the dressing room, Anthony instantly understood what was going on.

“Oh, it seems that I am a step late. Your birthday party is over?”

“It’s just the beginning, Cameron, you are welcome to join!”

George smiled happily, but Anthony never came to train so early. He knew that Anthony came so early today not just to give Westbrook a gift, but to prepare for the evening game!

It seems that Chesapeake Energy Arena tonight is not so easy to get out. Be enlightened, Yiyang! You are the birthday cake that everyone is eager to bite into!

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Long Beach, Los Angeles, this is where Yiyang and Westbrook grew up. Of course, this place did not leave too many fond memories for the two league super guards. Westbrook lost his childhood friend there, while Yiyang lost his father.

The basketball stars who came out of Long Beach are eager to break out, because they know they can’t go back to that place to live. To get rid of poverty, drugs, violence and crime, they must keep running and working hard until they completely leave Long Beach behind.

But Yiyang’s stubbornness is somewhat different from Westbrook’s stubbornness. Westbrook’s requirements for his personal data and Yiyang’s pure desire for victory are two different pursuits.

When Yiyang stepped into the Chesapeake Energy Arena and was booed by thousands of Thunder fans. He didn’t think of anything else in his mind, but hoped to win the game beautifully in Westbrook’s territory, and let the world see who is the mvp!

What’s more, at this time in Dallas, the whole family must be watching themselves play. In front of his son, you can’t easily lose the game. Otherwise, how can I teach him how to be strong in the future?

“We need to play a smooth offense. As long as the offensive end is efficient, there is hope for the game.” Before the game, the Thunder coach Billy Donovan looked very serious when interviewed by reporters.

The team’s record is not good, and the head coach must be the first to take the blame. As a former college coach, Donovan doesn’t want to be swept out by the team even with a Big Three lineup.

But how to integrate the Big Three is indeed a challenge for Donovan. In ncaa, the head coach represents absolute authority. But in the NBA, the status of the head coach is not so high. It is not easy to control these billionaires and let them play with their own ideas.

The alliance has passed the age of simply relying on stacking superstars to achieve success. Facts have proved that without a proper system, no matter how many superstars there are, it is wasted.

After that, the cameraman’s lens on the scene was pushed to the Thunder Big Three who were warming up for shooting. Compared to coach Donovan, the expressions of the Big Three are more confident. They believe that as long as the three brothers work together, there will be no difficulties.

The birthday present promised to Westbrook, can’t just go to waste like this!

A few minutes later, the starting players of both sides stood at the designated positions under the urging of the referee. The Thunder are still the same, with Westbrook, Andre Robertson, Paul George, Anthony and Adams starting from a typical one-fourth-small lineup.

On the Mavericks side, except for Rudy Gay to regain the starting fourth position, nothing has changed.

Looking at the lineup on paper, the Thunder have more stars and stronger offensive power. But the actual game is played, but it is another matter.

The referee blew a whistle, and Rudy Gobert, as always, fought for the Mavericks to get the ball first. The Thunder’s defense quickly opened up. Even though the Thunder only won 5 of 12 games, their defensive efficiency was the second in the league after 12 games, second only to the Mavericks!

Westbrook, Robertson, George, Anthony and Adams are all excellent defensive players. This group of guys, even with simple man-to-man defense, can make most teams a headache.

Unfortunately, the Dallas Mavericks have the sharpest defensive knife in the league, Yiyang!

As long as Yiyang can break through the defense, the Mavericks’ offense will come alive.

With Gobert’s strong cover, Yiyang speeded past Westbrook. Westbrook quickly followed, clinging to Yiyang’s side, not giving him any space. But seeing Yiyang kill, Adams had to cover the basket. So Yiyang made a high pass directly while on the move. Gobert took off behind Adams, clamped the basketball tightly with his hands like crab claws, went straight up and down, and easily put the ball in.

The Thunder’s second-ranked defense in the league was easily broken by Yiyang.

This is Yiyang’s ability, whether it is scoring by himself or helping his teammates to score , the number one guard can execute easily.

Although the Mavericks played an aerial relay as soon as they came up, the Thunder fans did not seem to be discouraged. They stood in the stands and cheered wildly, clapped their hands, and stomped their feet. Westbrook passed halftime quickly, but instead of hitting the basket stiffly, he put the ball in the hands of George, who was at a 45° angle on the right.

Paul George receives the ball from the waist and faces Hayward with his back. His height of 2 meters 06 gives him a great advantage.

After George held the ball behind his back, the Thunder’s offense stopped all, just waiting to see him play singles.

The former King of Indiana felt Hayward’s defense with his back, and then suddenly turned his back and broke through!

Hayward hurried back to chase, but George suddenly retreated, pulling up and casting!

But to be honest, Paul George’s retreat is not as mature as Yiyang and Harden. His retreat did sway to Hayward, but he didn’t make much room for himself. When George took the shot, Hayward had already made it up to cover the basketball!

“Did George act too hastily on defense?”

However, before Kenny Smith could finish, the basketball that George shot against the defense was hollow into the net! Two points were reached, and the Oklahoma City Thunder immediately responded and evened the score!

“Damn, you can get in!” Yiyang shook his head helplessly, Hayward’s defense was already perfect. However, this is the strength of superstars. Ordinary close defense is not effective for them. Unfortunately, there are three such superstars in the Thunder!

After George scored a goal, he waved his fist aggressively and then high-five with Westbrook. It can be seen that the Thunder are very determined today.

Westbrook’s birthday gift, the Big Three seems to be set! (One Guard)