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Update time:2012-12-20

Chapter 425: Downturn

January ends and February begins. Fans are all paying attention to the All-Star Weekend in half a month, but for Warriors players, their attention must now be on the court. The latest chapter of Leveling Madman in Another World.

On the first day of February, the Warriors went on the road again, this time their destination was Oklahoma City.

Consecutive years of lottery picks have given the Thunder many cornerstones for reconstruction. This season, they are ready to hit the playoffs, and now they are very close.

Judging from the rankings of the Thunder and Warriors, the game between the two teams is not too noteworthy, but this game still attracted the attention of many fans. The reason is very simple. The leading stars of these two teams are Kevin

-Durant and Yang Shuai.

Kevin Durant has grown every season since entering the league. When Yang Shuai has attracted a lot of attention in the past two seasons and grown into the top star in the league, Kevin Durant in Oklahoma City

Durant has grown in a low-key manner and has also become one of the league's superstars after entering the new season.

When he first entered the league, Durant didn't pay much attention to Yang Shuai. Although he and Yang Shuai were known as the representatives of offense and defense among rookies, however, for Durant, who regarded Kobe, James and others as his targets.

Generally speaking, Yang Shuai's strength was not taken seriously by him.

After a season, Durant finally set his sights on Oakland, and he discovered that the guy who once surprised him on the defensive end was surprising everyone on the offensive end.

Since last season, Durant and Yang Shuai have attracted the most attention among the 2007 rookies. Durant even found that Yang Shuai attracted more attention than him. Only then did Durant realize that when his

When you target those superstars, there's a guy next to you doing the same thing.

Another season passed, and Durant felt that his strength had greatly improved, and he could definitely join the list of top stars. However, when he set his sights on Oakland again, he no longer had any pride, because Yang Shuai had now become a leader in the league.

The most watched star, while he is still working hard for the playoffs, Yang Shuai has led the Warriors to stand at the top of the league. Even in the scoring list, Durant has to be behind Yang Shuai.

Everything made Durant make changes. His goal was no longer Kobe and James, but Yang Shuai.

Against the Warriors, Durant showed up in the arena an hour earlier than usual, warming up and shooting. Durant was doing all the preparations.

The Warriors didn't pay much attention to the Thunder. They were all immersed in the excitement of Chandler's return. When they encountered a strong resistance at the Thunder's home court, they suddenly discovered that the team was in trouble.

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From the beginning of the game, the Thunder showed a good offensive state, while the Warriors played a little carelessly. After the opening, the Thunder played a 15:6 wave at their home court, and it was established in less than half a quarter.

A 9-point advantage.

At this time, the Warriors suddenly woke up, and Nelson quickly called a timeout. On the offensive end, Nelson chose to believe in Yang Shuai, and he handed over the offensive power to Yang Shuai.

In past games, the Warriors have always done this, and the results have satisfied Nelson and Warriors fans, but this time, Yang Shuai was a little disappointing.

With the right to attack, Yang Shuai chose to attack by himself. However, in three consecutive attacks, Yang Shuai failed to score either a shot or a layup. When he changed his style of play and started to connect more teammates, the Thunder had already narrowed the point difference.

Stretch it to 12 points.

Being 15 points behind Lei Lei in the first quarter is not terrible for the Warriors. What is terrible is the state Yang Shuai showed in this game. In the first quarter, Yang Shuai only made 2 of 7 shots and scored 4 points. His state was extremely sluggish.

This game became the most sluggish game for Yang Shuai this season. Throughout the game, Yang Shuai never found his offensive state. Yang Shuai's sluggishness also affected the Warriors' overall offense. At the other end, Duran

Te has shown a very good state, and the entire Thunder is in great shape just like him.

91:103, a 12-point difference. Just when everyone thought that Chandler's return would bring an explosion to the Warriors, the Warriors unexpectedly lost to the Thunder in the away game.

Yang Shuai played his worst game in recent times. He only scored 20 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was only 30%.

Durant did what he hoped to do before the game. He scored 34 points, 2 assists and 7 rebounds. He completely defeated Yang Shuai in this game. However, when Durant walked off the court, he did not feel any joy.

After the game, he said this through the media.

"Victory against Yang? Maybe, but such a victory doesn't bring me much excitement. I was a little disappointed with Yang today. He was completely out of form."

When this sentence reached Yang Shuai's ears, handsome young man Yang's face couldn't help but twitch slightly, but in the end he continued chatting with his teammates as if nothing had happened.

The loss to the Thunder did surprise Warriors fans, and many fans who were looking forward to Chandler's return were a little disappointed. Fortunately, the Warriors did not disappoint everyone in the next game. Their opponent was the Houston Rockets.

The latest chapter of Wushuang Guoshi.

If Yao Ming had not been injured, such a matchup would have been very popular. However, Yao Ming's injury will cause him to miss the entire season, and McGrady will also continue to miss due to injury. This also makes the showdown between the Warriors and the Rockets not attracting too many Chinese people.

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Although Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady are missing, many Warriors fans are still paying attention to this game. This is all because the Warriors lost in the previous game.

Anyone who is familiar with the Warriors knows some rules. If the Warriors lose in the previous game, then the Warriors will often experience an explosion in the next game. Yang Shuai's performance in the last game was slightly sluggish.

An explosion is also what Warriors fans are looking forward to.

After the whole game, the Warriors did not disappoint. In this game, they scored 122 points and defeated the Rockets by 18 points. Although it was on the road, the Warriors were firmly in control almost from the first quarter.

Due to the team's initiative, except for losing to the Rockets by 1 point in the second quarter, the Warriors suppressed the Rockets in the remaining three quarters.

Evans and Jackson, the two Warriors shooting guards, broke out in the game. Jackson scored a game-high 31 points, while Evans also scored 29 points.

Compared with the strength of these two people, Yang Shuai's performance somewhat disappointed Warriors fans. In the whole game, Yang Shuai scored 22 points and his shooting percentage was just 40%.

Both scoring and shooting percentage are quite different from Yang Shuai's normal level. Naturally, this kind of performance cannot satisfy Warriors fans.

Yang Shuai's state has made Warriors fans a little worried. For a while, speculations about the reasons for Yang Shuai's sluggish state emerged one after another. Some speculated that Yang Shuai was injured; some speculated that Yang Shuai encountered something bad; some speculated that the Warriors had internal problems.

There was discord, claiming that Evans had threatened Yang Shuai's status.

Many speculations have not been confirmed, but the Warriors have once again ushered in the game. They need to continue playing away games. This time they came to Dallas. This is also their third consecutive away game, and it is back-to-back.

As a Texas team, the Rockets are no longer as competitive as the Mavericks, and for the Warriors, it will undoubtedly be more difficult to face the Mavericks than the Rockets.

Yang Shuai also knew that his performance in the last two games was a bit sluggish, so he played more proactively at the beginning of the game. He kept attacking the basket and got 6 free throw opportunities in the first quarter alone.

Yang Shuai scored 5 points from 6 free throws, and this was all Yang Shuai's points in the first quarter. Except for the free throws, Yang Shuai missed all the other 3 shots.

"Yang Shuai's state has been a bit sluggish this week..." At this time, even Zhenli couldn't help but sigh.

In the second quarter, Yang Shuai gave Warriors fans a small sigh of relief. In this quarter, Yang Shuai made 3 of 4 shots and scored 7 points, including a 2+1 and a wonderful fast break dunk.

In the second quarter, Yang Shuai's condition recovered slightly, but it did not reach his normal level. After realizing that Yang Shuai's condition had improved, the Mavericks strengthened their defense against Yang Shuai at the beginning of the second half. As long as Yang Shuai caught the ball,

He immediately double-teamed him.

If he is in good condition, even double-teaming cannot stop Yang Shuai's performance, but Yang Shuai is not in such a state during this period, and the result is that after barely trying two shots, he failed to score.

, Yang Shuai was forced to choose to pass the ball more.

Several starters and role players of the Warriors are good, but the benchmark figure of the Warriors' offense is Yang Shuai. When Yang Shuai's offense cannot be launched, maybe the Warriors can also play a passable offense, but it is doomed to encounter a strong team.

It will be extremely difficult, and the second half against the Mavericks proved it.

The Mavericks this season are not among the top teams in the league, but it is undeniable that the Mavericks are very strong.

When Yang Shuai couldn't perform normally and the rest of the Warriors players didn't break out, the Warriors' game felt very strenuous.

After the third quarter, the score reached 81:85. The Warriors trailed the Mavericks by 4 points on the road. Sensing that Yang Shuai's condition was not very good in this game, Nelson kept Yang Shuai off the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Rested for 5 minutes.

Nelson's adjustment was indeed very effective. After a few minutes of rest, Yang Shuai, who returned to the court, immediately made a contribution. He relied on his running to receive the pass outside the three-point line and shot directly. The difference between the two teams was only 0.

Next 2 points.

After closing the gap, the Warriors seemed to have found some sense on both ends of the offense and defense. They defended against the Mavericks' offense in the next round, and then Stephen Jackson made a mid-range shot after receiving an assist from Yang Shuai.

The team's score came to 97:97, a tie.

The game entered the entangled stage, and Yang Shuai seemed to have finally found his offensive state, scoring consecutively. 10 seconds before the end, Dirk Nowitzki hit two points with his iconic Golden Rooster independent jumper, and the game became 110:111. Cow leads by 1 point.

In the fourth quarter, Yang Shuai had already scored 10 points, and the last shot was naturally handed over to Yang Shuai. The Mavericks obviously knew this and focused on their defense against Yang Shuai.

3 seconds before the end, Yang Shuai took a shot under Marion's strict defense. The ball circled around the basket and then fell outside the basket. 110:111. The Warriors lost to the Mavericks by 1 point in the away game and also lost. It was the second of their last three games.

Although Yang Shuai scored 27 points in the game, he was still criticized by many people for missing the last shot after the game, because on the same day, James performed well in the game against the Heat. James scored 36 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in the game, continuing to lead the Cavaliers to a winning streak.

Between this win and a loss, the Warriors have lost their No. 1 spot in the league. This position now belongs to the Cleveland Cavaliers. ^-^138 Kanshu.com (www.) No pop-up window for reading^-^