Throughout the game, the Timberwolves were like ants that could be squeezed to death in front of the Thunder. The counterattack in the first quarter was just a temporary resistance.
The Thunder are truly invincible now. After winning this game, the Thunder have won 11 consecutive games.
They are three games behind the Warriors, who are first in the Western Conference, and five games behind the Cavaliers, who are first in the Eastern Conference.
This is enough to prove how strong the current Thunder is.
In last year's Thunder, Westbrook only played less than half the season due to injury. Durant won the MVP single-core and led the Thunder to a record of 59 wins.
In this year's Thunder, Durant was frequently injured, but the appearance of Lu Yao announced that the Thunder, which was on the verge of collapse, was not over yet.
After the arrival of Lu Yao, the Thunder simply took on a new look, filling the void left by injured Durant.
Even what Durant can do, Lu Yao can do, and what Durant can't do, Lu Yao can still do.
Compared with last season's MVP, a rookie has slight advantages in all aspects, which is enough to prove how powerful Lu Yao is.
The rookie of the same season has been completely outclassed by Lu Yao.
While other rookies are still trying their best to compete for the All-Rookie Team, Lu Yao has been eyeing the MVP or even the championship for a while!
Lu Yao has made up his mind. This year, he will lead this Thunder to win the first championship trophy in the history of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The next night after the game, news about Lu Yao swept the entire beautiful country's basketball world, and even the world's basketball world.
ESPN: Talented rookie Lu Yao led the Thunder to 11 consecutive victories and continued to dominate the league with an unstoppable momentum.
Sports Illustrated: Who on earth can stop Lu Yao? Lu Yao has so far averaged 35 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of over 60%! Is it possible that we will witness a player who wins the MVP in his second rookie season?
Fox Sports: The All-Star voting has just begun. Lu Yao dominates the Western Conference and dominates the Western Conference, beating Curry in second place by 100,000 votes. The gap between the two is still widening.
This rookie, who can be called the chosen one, has made more than 90% of the fans in the world focus on him.
Now, every performance of Lu Yao will be widely reported, and even Lu Yao's popularity has put some distance between the three representative superstars of Zanduku.
The Chinese fans who were originally said to be unable to raise their heads finally raised their heads, just because Lu Yao was so up to date.
For a time, hot searches with Lu Yao’s entry occupied the top ten of China Weibo’s hot search list.
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The next day, Oklahoma City, inside the Thunder training facility.
Lu Yao opened the door of the training hall. Many teammates had already arrived at the training hall to prepare for today's training.
Seeing this, Lu Yao also put down his backpack, took off his jacket, exposed the short sleeves underneath, and prepared to find an assistant coach for today's training.
At this moment, Ibaka walked towards Lu Yao with his mobile phone, pointed at the content on the phone screen excitedly, and said to Lu Yao.
"Lu, look!"
Lu Yao's eyes were directed towards Ibaka's mobile phone screen, and what was displayed on the screen at this moment was the list of All-Star votes.
This list shows the All-Star votes for Western Conference teams.
Fifth place: Russell Westbrook
Fourth place: Tim Duncan
Third place: Kevin Durant
Second place: Stephen Curry.
The name of the first place couldn't help but make Lu Yao stunned for a moment.
First place: Lu Yao.
Lu Yao was a little surprised when he saw his name. Although he had expected it, seeing the gap in votes between him and Curry, who came in second place, Lu Yao just felt that it was very outrageous.
Last night, reports on Fox Sports showed that there was a gap of 100,000 votes between Lu Yao's votes and Curry's votes.
But just one night later, the votes between Lu Yao and Curry had already increased by 300,000 votes.
This kind of voting speed is really terrifying.
No need to think about it, it must be the Chinese fans who have exerted their strength.
Of course, among Lu Yao's All-Star votes, there are also many Lu Yao fans from the beautiful country.
Otherwise, the crazy voting of Chinese fans will inevitably be condemned online.
All of this is because Lu Yao's own strength has been recognized by the public.
At this moment, Donovan came to the center of the arena, raised his hands and said to the players in the arena.
"Everyone, wait a moment. Reporters from ESPN media are coming to our training facility for interviews. Get ready."
Hearing this, Lu Yao licked his lips and felt a little helpless.
He still prefers training to interviews.
Soon, ESPN reporters came to the Thunder's training facility and interviewed the Thunder players one by one.
After all, the Thunder, with 11 consecutive victories, can be said to be the favorite to win the league, and their popularity is naturally very high.
When interviewing Lu Yao, the reporter holding the microphone became obviously respectful and directed the photographer behind him to set up the camera.
Immediately, the reporter held up a microphone and asked Lu Yao questions.
"Lu, now the Thunder have won 11 consecutive victories, what do you think?"
Lu Yao frowned slightly and waved his hand casually: "I don't have many thoughts. Being able to do all this is the result of the efforts of all of us. If we work together, we will not overcome various obstacles one after another. Climb first.”
The reporter smiled bitterly. This way of answering was indeed very Lu Yao-like.
Because Lu Yao usually gives very perfunctory answers to interviews, and he can count on both hands the number of times he has given truly serious answers.
"The next question may be a bit presumptuous."
"Lu, do you think you can still maintain the number one spot on the MVP list until the end of the season?"
Lu Yao held his chin, this question was really difficult for him.
It's not because he doesn't know if he can, but because he really doesn't know how to answer.
Either he doesn't have the confidence, or he just can't speak.
"Well, let it be, if I can make history, I'm very willing to do it."
"So Lu, how did you make the huge leap from being an undrafted player to being a star player now?"
"effort."
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With a perfunctory answer from Lu Yao, the ESPN reporter ended his interview.
Lu Yao sat up from the chair, scratched the back of his neck, and couldn't help complaining in his heart.
It really made me feel sore.
At this moment, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded in Lu Yao's mind.
[The system issues random tasks, death hot pot. 】
[In the next game against the Rockets, get 5 blocks]
[Reward: Talent - Iron Wall]
