At the moment when the score difference reached 30 points, this game had lost its meaning to everyone. This meant that the Thunder was completely slaughtering the Mavericks.
The original Mavericks could still struggle for a while, but after Lu Yao and Westbrook broke out one after another, the Mavericks were like a captured lamb waiting to be slaughtered, unable to restrain the chicken.
Nowitzki stood on the sidelines with his hands on his hips, looking up at the sky, his face gloomy, not knowing what he was thinking about. After thinking for a while, Nowitzki seemed to have figured it out and sighed helplessly.
After all, he is getting old. Nowitzki realizes that this era no longer belongs to old guys like them. If it were him back then, maybe he could still save this game on his own?
Even so, Nowitzki still felt relieved. He looked at Lu Yao with a look of expectation in his eyes, and thought to himself.
Young people, the future is yours!
After Lu Yao dunked with one hand to widen the point difference to 30 points, the Mavericks also gave up the game. In the second half, they replaced all the main players on the field and only replaced them with substitutes.
As for the Thunder, the two starters Ibaka and Adams were left to play time on the court. Lu Yao and Westbrook were replaced by substitute players and returned to the locker room early.
The pace of the game in the third quarter was fast, because there was no fierce competition between the two sides, and there were many fewer foul errors. At the same time, the spectators began to leave the game with disappointed looks on their faces.
Soon, when the game entered the second half of the fourth quarter, Lu Yao and Westbrook, dressed in casual clothes, walked out of the tunnel and came to Durant who was sitting on the bench.
The two buddies took a shower in the locker room immediately after getting off work in the two quarters. In the fourth quarter, they changed into casual clothes and chatted and laughed with Durant on the sidelines.
This scene was also given a close-up by the clever director, and at the same time, this scene was constantly spread on the Internet.
After all, it is rare to see someone on the court in casual clothes after halftime and the fourth quarter. This is enough to prove how strong the Thunder are and it does not take much time to resolve the game.
As the referee's whistle sounded, the game ended with the Thunder winning by a big score. The Thunder bloodbathed Dallas with a score of 131:98, using the Mavericks as a stepping stone to dominate the league.
After defeating the Mavericks, the Thunder have widened the gap with the Warriors, who are second in the league, to five wins, and are eight wins away from the Cavaliers, who are third in the league.
It can be seen that the Thunder's dominance in the league at this stage is still the Thunder without Durant. When Lu Yao returns from injury, the league will change.
The Thunder, which has won fifteen consecutive games, soon became a hot topic in the United States. Basketball fans around the world paid attention to the news and started a heated discussion on the court!
"Fifteen consecutive wins! The Thunder are now using an almost unstoppable momentum to continuously distance themselves from the teams behind them. Can the Thunder win twenty consecutive games and set a new record in team history?"
"I feel it is very possible. The Thunder now have Westbrook and Lu Yao, two abnormal players who are almost invincible at critical moments. What's more, in the past five games, the Thunder ended the game in three quarters."
"Whether it was the Trail Blazers or the Mavericks, the Thunder won them without any bloodshed."
"When Durant returns, the Thunder may become the only team that has been suspended from the first level in the 2014-15 season, and it is very likely to compete for this year's championship trophy!"
"The Big Three of the Cavaliers and the Splash Brothers of the Warriors are not as good as the Thunder's new three young men at this moment!"
After the game, major news media were working overtime to write about the game. In the early morning, ESPN took the lead in releasing media reports on the game.
【Unstoppable thunder! The fifteen-game winning streak continues to set the winning streak record this season. Can the Thunder really do what Lu Yao said and win consecutively all the way to the All-Star Game? 】
Immediately afterwards, well-known sports media such as Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports also released media reports about this game.
【Oklahoma Twins shine! Lu Yao scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in this game, and Westbrook scored 25 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, and neither played more than 24 minutes! 】
[In the past five games, the Thunder beat their opponents by 125 points! The teams defeated include the Trail Blazers, Mavericks and other teams currently in the playoff area. 】
The Thunder have become a nightmare for the entire league. All teams can't figure out how to deal with the Thunder and can only struggle needlessly.
Especially the Thunder's Lu Yao, the major teams are helpless. After all, the emergence of Lu Yao is simply a miracle in the history of basketball. A historical-level center with static talent, but with the ball-handling skills and shooting ability of a top guard.
Just ask such a player, how can the opponent restrict the double-teaming tactic? Lu Yao has proven to everyone that it is completely useless. The only thing that can deal with Lu Yao is Lu Yao's own touch.
The next day, the entire Thunder team took the team's special plane and returned to Oklahoma from Dallas to enjoy a one-day vacation.
At the same time, tomorrow night, they will face the Lakers, currently seventh in the Western Conference, at the Energy Center, with Kobe Bryant, known as the Black Mamba.
This year, Kobe Bryant's condition has declined significantly after experiencing a ruptured Achilles tendon, but his fiery touch and unyielding will still cannot be stopped.
Lu Yao couldn't help but recall that Kobe was still some time away from the injury that really determined the end of his career, that is, when his shoulder injury completely broke out.
Now Kobe can be said to have returned to his former glory.
Tonight, in the game between the Lakers and the Warriors at the Staples Center, Kobe became the killer. He played 41 minutes and scored 53 points with a 63% shooting rate! With his own strength, he defeated the entire warrior!
In the end, Kobe Bryant hit a crucial mid-range shot to win the game at Staples Center, proving to the world that the poison of the Black Mamba is still deadly.
In the post-game interview, Kobe looked calm when he was being interviewed by reporters. When talking about his victory in this game, Kobe did not show too much happiness and said.
"This is just a short victory. Our goal is to enter the playoffs and help the team win the game at all costs. This is what I should do as a Lakers player."
"So Kobe, what do you think about tomorrow night's away game against the Thunder?"
Kobe paused for a moment, then slowly spoke.
"We will do our best to win the game."
