All-round Athlete

Chapter 909 New career high, still hard to win

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Durant appeared on the court and used a three-pointer to narrow the gap to less than 10 points.

The Lakers also immediately replaced Zhang Guan on the court, and the two sides started the game mode of the boss practicing shooting again.

Durant's desire to score has been fully stimulated, and he started asking for the ball almost as soon as halftime passed. Durant scored 40 points in the fourth quarter.

"Today's Durant won't score 50 again!" The commentator said in surprise.

In the past January, Durant exploded in all kinds of ways and led the Thunder to win many strong teams. For example, in the last game against the Knicks, although six players scored in double figures, the Knicks were still difficult to stop Durant. A quasi-triple-double of 41 points; going forward, facing the Big Three of the Heat, Durant also scored 33 points; facing the Rockets, Durant scored 36 points; facing the Spurs, Durant also scored 36 points. 36 points; and the most eye-catching thing was the battle between the Thunder and the Warriors. The Splash Brothers worked together to watch 63 points, while Durant scored a career-high 54 points.

But it's not that the higher Durant scores, the more the Thunder will win. Also last month, the Thunder lost to the Jazz at the bottom of the West when Durant scored 48 points, but the Thunder lost 101-112. Durant took 34 shots alone in that game, while the entire Thunder took 89 shots in total.

Today's game is so similar to that game against the Jazz. Durant is making crazy shots, but the Thunder has been lagging behind.

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"Durant, hit the jump shot, 45 points! There are five minutes left in the game, and Durant has already scored 45 points. It looks like he is going to break 50 points again today!" the commentator said.

"But the Lakers are still 9 points behind!" Another commentator continued: "Zhang Guan has scored 54 points. 9 points more than Durant, just 9 points ahead of the Lakers!"

"In this game, Zhang Guan is aiming for 60 points, maybe he has a chance to surpass Kobe's 65 points!"

"Isn't that right? The two teams don't defend very much anymore, and they have been letting the team leader shoot. Usually, they don't have such a good chance to score points."

"It's the last five minutes of talking. It's time to improve the defensive strength!"

At this time, the head coach of the Thunder, Brooks, of course knew that the defensive strength should be improved, but in this posture, Durant is shooting well, and he is also riding a tiger as the head coach.

At this time, the Brooklyn coach felt a little regretful. He felt that it was a very wrong decision for him to let Durant shoot.

In this game, Durant shot almost from the beginning to the end, especially after the third quarter, the other players almost didn't touch the ball, except for Ibaka, relying on the tip-up after the second rebound, he scored a few points. In addition to points, such as Reggie Jackson, and Lamb, Fisher, Collison and others on the bench, the number of shots can be counted on the fingers.

Substitute center Adams played for more than ten minutes. Except for 2 defensive rebounds, he had no other statistics, not even a foul. If you don't defend seriously, there must be no foul. In this regard, the situation of both sides is similar. Perkins, the major fouler on weekdays, only made 2 fouls until the end of the game.

Just imagine, an athlete has played almost a whole game, and he has only a few shots. No matter how good his hand feels, he is cold. Even if he is given the ball, he can't make a shot.

The current Thunder, except for Durant, are all guys with cold hands, so the Brooklyn coach can only continue to trust Durant. Besides, at the last moment of the game, don't you have to trust the team's superstar!

The situation with the Lakers was the same. In the last few minutes, let Zhang Guan take the shot. If the shot was accurate, the Thunder would be killed; if the shot was inaccurate, the Lakers would lose. Anyway, the Lakers often lose, so they don't care about losing more.

The game entered the last two minutes, and both sides had hundreds of points. The Thunder team was 101 to 110, still 9 points behind.

Durant hit again, narrowing the score gap to 7 points, and then Zhang Guan missed a jumper, giving the Thunder a glimmer of hope. But a foul by Ibaka made the Thunder give up the ball.

Zhang Guan made a hit, Durant hit the iron, and the score reached 9 points. Immediately afterwards, both sides scored another goal, but there were only 39 seconds left.

"In the last 39 seconds, trailing by 9 points, the Thunder are dead!"

"Durant scored more than 50 points in the air, but the Thunder still lost!

"I didn't expect that the winner of this game would be the Lakers, and the second-to-last in the Western Conference would overthrow the Thunder, which is the number one player in the Western Conference!"

"I think the Lakers have found a way to beat the Thunder. I remember the last time the Thunder lost to the Jazz. Durant scored 48 points, but the Thunder lost the game. Now Durant has reached 52 points, but the Thunder have to Lost!"

While people were talking, Durant hit a three-pointer, but there were 7 seconds left in the clock.

Immediately after the Thunder fouled, the Lakers made two free throws and had an 8-point advantage. The overall situation was settled, and the Thunder had no need to foul.

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At the press conference after the game, before the coaches of the two teams came, the reporters first discussed the game.

"55 points, Durant's career high! But it didn't bring a victory to the Thunder. This is really ironic!"

"What's ironic, didn't you see that Zhang Guan scored 62 points!"

"This is Zhang Guan's third game after entering the NBA. His high score of 62 points is unbelievable!"

"Now Zhang Guan's scoring average has surpassed Durant. It is estimated that the best player in the Western Conference this week must be Zhang Guan!"

"Everyone be quiet, Zhang Guan is here!"

I saw D'Antoni and Zhang Guan walking into the scene of the press conference.

"We won this game, and we are one step closer to the playoffs! We only need to win the next 29 games, and we will be firmly in the playoffs!" Zhang Guan said with a smile.

Below, a group of people looked at each other anxiously. Many of them wanted to see Zhang Guan's reaction after losing. Unexpectedly, the Lakers not only won, but Zhang Guan also scored 62 points!

"It's not because Westbrook is injured. If Westbrook is not injured, the Thunder will definitely not lose!"

"Let Zhang Guan be arrogant for another week, and wait for the next game, and the Lakers will definitely show their true colors!"

"The next game? Is it against the Rockets? That's a battle of focus!"

"It's not just a battle of focus. This is the first time Howard has returned to the home court of the Lakers since Howard left. And the Rockets are different from the Lakers. No one in the Rockets was injured!"

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