msmithbooks Chapter 819 New Enmity + Old Enmity
Chapter 819 New Enmity + Old Enmity
Chapter 819 New Enmity + Old Enmity
On January 1, the Thunder played away against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
In this game, the offensive efficiency of the two teams was not high. In the end, the Thunder defeated their opponents with better defense and ushered in a 5-game winning streak.
The 5-game winning streak is the Thunder's longest winning streak this season. Unexpectedly, half of the regular season is over, and their longest winning streak is only 5 games.
Although pickled peppers didn't play during this period, the Thunder still showed the results of running-in as a strong team.In the starting lineup, Westbrook took the lead, and Xie Kai started without the ball.In the transition period, Xie opened the main control, so this team has giants in possession of the ball for 48 minutes, making them very stable. As long as the role players can drive, they have a great possibility of winning.
On January 1, the Thunder visited Sacramento and played away against the Kings.
Now Xie Kai has no feelings for the Kings, and it has been too long since he left the team.None of his teammates when he played for this team is on this team anymore.This team has been rebuilding and people have come and gone.
Xie Kai's good friend Jason Thompson was traded by the team in the summer of 2015.Now he is no longer in the NBA. On August 2016, 8, as a completely free agent, he signed a contract with the Shandong Hi-Speed Men's Basketball Team of the CBA and became a foreign player of the CBA.
Jason Thompson was uninterested in the summer of 2016, and all the team that wanted him offered him was a basic salary or a non-guaranteed contract.For him, after deducting taxes from the NBA's basic salary, he might as well play overseas!
Jason Thompson contacted Xie Kai, seeking advice from an old friend.Xie Kai recommended him to go to CBA. Compared with Europe, CBA is a rising league, and the treatment of foreign players is not bad.In the CBA, foreign players play very well. It is not the kind of NBA that looks at the water dispenser and sees death, and does not go up until the garbage time.
As a foreign aid in the CBA, one of the things you need to do is to be mentally prepared to play for more than 30 minutes.There, foreign aid is the natural core, and the offense and defense are all pointing at you!
Today's Kings still don't have the ability to make the playoffs.Cousins couldn't prove himself to be the leader of a playoff team.He still goes his own way, is extremely emotional, still pushes against the referee at every turn, and keeps high technical fouls...
In this team, although there are no teammates when Xie Kai was there, there are Xie Kai's teammates in the Grizzlies Rudy Gay, Koufos, and coach Dave Jogel.
Coach Dave Jogel found a job immediately after being fired by the Grizzlies. Although the Kings are not a strong team, they are an NBA team anyway.As the champion coach, although he is said to be lucky enough to run into a team like the Grizzlies, it was indeed after he coached that the Grizzlies won the championship, while his former coach, Lionel Hollins, was None were able to do this.
It is relatively easy for NBA champion coaches to find employment again. Coach Dave Jogel is a living example.
On the evening of the 16th, Thunder VS Kings.
Xie Kai has no friendship with Guy, he doesn't pay attention to each other, and of course the other party ignores him.Instead, the former Grizzlies' backup center Koufos enthusiastically came to the visiting team's locker room and greeted him.
Before the game, Dave Jogel took the initiative to hug Xie Kai.Both left the Grizzlies last summer, went to another NBA team, and started their own business again.
"Kane, long time no see!" Dave Jogel seemed very happy.
"Long time no see Dave!" Xie Kai was also very happy.After playing in the NBA for a long time, I know more people. During the regular season, I often meet former teammates, former coaches, and former assistant coaches.
Dave Jogel likes Xie Kai very much. He has been telling the people around him in private that Xie Kai is a very easy-to-get-together player. He has no superstar airs, respects the coach, does not play big names, is very self-disciplined, and the most important thing is strength. super strong.
Coach Dave Jogel of the Xie Kai team is also very satisfied. This young coach does not have too many glamorous resumes, but he is better than his predecessor Lionel Hollins, that is, he does not have a head and knows how to adapt. Will not go all the way to the dark.
Friendship belongs to friendship. On the court, everyone is still going all out.
The Kings' defense has always been terrible. Their core Cousins' defense basically depends on his mood. The offense is smooth, his mood is good, and his defense is a little more active.When the offense is not going well and he is in a bad mood, he can talk to the referee if he has nothing to do, or just watch the opponent score easily in front of him.
Coach Dave Jogel was speechless, he couldn't control the thorn in Cousins.Seeing Xie Kai today made him realize how important it is to have a leader who is super strong and takes the lead.
There was no suspense in the process of the game. The two teams fought aggressively. In the end, the Thunder defeated their opponents away and ushered in a season-high 6-game winning streak.
After 6 consecutive victories, the Thunder's record came to 30 wins and 12 losses, continuing to rank third in the Western Conference.
On January 1, the Thunder played back-to-back games against the Clippers.
In this game, the two teams dedicated an extremely exciting game.Xie Kai crazily scored a game-high 42 points in this game, helping the Thunder narrowly beat their opponents away and ushered in the longest 7-game winning streak of the season!
The Thunder's opponent in the next game will be the Golden State Warriors!
The attention of this game surpassed all the games before this month.The reason is simple, this is the collision of two championship favorites.
The two teams played against each other in November last year. In that game, the Warriors defeated the Thunder at home.
This game is the second time the two teams have played against each other this season. Although it is only a regular season game, if they lose consecutively to their competitors, it will still have an impact on morale.
The Thunder's lineup is not neat, and their starting small forward, Paojiao, is still on the injured list. Although he is able to carry out adaptive training, the confrontation training has not yet been approved by the team doctor, and he is bound to be unable to play in this game.
But even so, the attention of this game is still high, because the Thunder have been in the limelight in the past two weeks!They have won 7 consecutive victories. If it is said that in the remaining 5 games of this month, who is most likely to end their winning streak, then the Warriors will do their part.
Westbrook VS Durant, Xie Kai VS Curry, new grudges + old grudges, on the verge of breaking out!
All members of the Thunder have gone to Oakland to prepare for this focus battle.The faces of the players still looked very relaxed, talking and laughing along the way, without any seriousness before the war.
Paojiao also went to Auckland with the team. Although he couldn't play, he will be on the scene and become a member of the spectator team.
(End of this chapter)