Chapter 831 Important Performance

Entering April, the 2016 regular season is drawing to a close.

Before the end of the regular season, there is only one focus of the entire league - who can reach the top of the league between the Thunder and the Warriors and break the regular season winning record created by the Chicago Bulls in 1996.

On April 1, April Fool's Day, the Golden State Warriors were defeated by the Boston Celtics at home. At the critical moment, Li Liang's "hometown team" still helped, making the Warriors' record 67 wins and 8 losses.

67 wins, this record is quite amazing when the regular season is not over yet.

Two days later, the Thunder challenged the Houston Rockets away, and the two sides fought a battle.

In order to ensure the victory, the Thunder decided to rest Westbrook...

In fact, Westbrook has been resting for several days, but due to the important tactical role Westbrook played against the Rockets in the last game, Donovan and the coaching staff still made the decision to let him rest.

As a result, Li Liang and Durant teamed up and scored 72 points. Li Liang scored 32 points and Durant scored 40 points. Together they beat the Rockets with a 121:118 advantage of 3 points.

James Harden on the opposite side also scored 41 points. The soaring points battle between the two sides was really exciting.

The Thunder still won the game, but through this battle, Donovan realized that the loss of any one of the Big Three will greatly detract from his strength, even if Westbrook is missing.

After all, Westbrook didn't cheat every game.

The two teams lost one and won the other, and the Thunder successfully surpassed the Warriors and climbed to the number one position in the league.

They still have a fault tolerance of two games now, and there are still 6 games left in the regular season.

With 4 wins in 6 games, the Thunder can successfully surpass the Chicago Bulls in 1996 and win the title of the best record in history.

On April 4th, the NBA was suspended for one day for the NCAA Finals.

Li Liang's alma mater, the University of Kentucky, lost to Indiana University in a 32-to-16 game and was eliminated.

As the head coach, Calipari is quite dissatisfied, because as the division champions, they were only set as the fourth seed when they were grouped.

The two teams in the finals are the famous North Carolina and Villanova University.

And this game has also become a classic finals matchup in NCAA history.

The final battle between the two sides was 71:74, with Villanova University leading by 3 points.

With more than ten seconds left before the end of the game, North Carolina made a super difficult three-pointer—Peggy lost his balance and made a three-pointer in the air, but the ball actually went in, tying the score !

Watching the game from the sidelines, Michael Jordan, wearing a North Carolina blue jacket, raised his hands and cheered for his alma mater.

It didn't take long for Villanova University to play a beautiful tactic at the last moment. Under the cover of the passer, Jenkins hit a three-pointer without interference from the top of the arc, killing North Carolina!

This absolute tie plus counter lore will undoubtedly be recorded in the history of the NCAA and become one of the classic finals in the history of the NCAA.

As soon as the NCAA war subsided, the eyes of the American basketball circles all shifted to the NBA.

On April 5, the Thunder went to the Denver Plateau to challenge the Nuggets.

Westbrook, who had been rested for several days, returned to the court and made his debut.

Westbrook, who has been feeling bad recently, has also made changes and adjustments, focusing on organizing the team's offense on the court.

In the whole game, he only took 9 shots, but at the same time sent 12 assists, grabbed 14 rebounds, and easily got a triple-double.

Under the leadership of Westbrook, the Thunder blossomed more and beat the Nuggets away with 124:101 and 23 points.

For Westbrook, getting a triple-double is actually quite easy.

Li Liang gave full play to the spirit of brother basketball in this game, blocked a lot of rebounds for Westbrook, and made him very happy to grab rebounds.

As long as Westbrook is happy, the atmosphere in the Thunder's locker room will not be too bad.

Then, the Thunder ushered in another back-to-back game, and it was a back-to-back away game.

The Thunder's closing game schedule is really cruel enough. After playing the Nuggets, they will go to Portland to go to the Moda Center, which is not easy to chew.

Faced with this situation, the Thunder still chose to rest, allowing Durant and Westbrook to rest again.

My own child should be distressed, and then let Li Liang, a child from someone else's family, play the single top.

After all, Li Liang is a father who eats a lot of food, so there is no need to feel bad.

In this game, Li Liang led the whole team to fight with the Blazers alone.

Because the Blazers are on the verge of the playoffs, the whole team is doing their best.

The two sides battled for two overtimes, Li Liang scored 50 points in a single game, and the result was still 116:120, a 4-point disadvantage in an away loss.

The Thunder lost their eighth game of the season.

The Warriors fell one more game behind in this game. In yesterday's game against the Timberwolves, the Warriors lost 110:111 at home to the Timberwolves by 1 point.

Shabazz Mohammed and Anthony Towns combined for 70 points.

Curry missed the game-winning shot at the last moment, and the Warriors suffered their ninth loss.

On April 7, the Warriors faced the Spurs.

Andrew Wiggins showed his prowess at the Oracle Arena, scoring 40 points, leading the Spurs to 101:98 and giving the Warriors a 2-game losing streak.

This is the Warriors' first losing streak this season, thanks to Wiggins!

After losing this game, the Warriors' record came to 69 wins and 10 losses, only one step away from 70 wins.

Due to the schedule, the Thunder has won 71 games, surpassing the 14-year Clippers and becoming the second record in regular season history, only two victories away from the first.

But Thunder's situation is also somewhat critical.

On April 9, the Thunder challenged the Kings away.

The Kings have already beaten the Thunder once this season, and they still have a psychological advantage.

Sure enough, the Kings will not be able to enter the playoffs anyway, and the entire league is currently attacking the Thunder and the Warriors.

The Thunder, with a well-organized lineup, failed to find a bargain in Arco Arena.

The King's team collectively showed their power, 114:113, and defeated the Thunder by 1 point.

The Thunder's final attack was originally for Li Liang, but Westbrook felt that he had a better chance and sent the ball from the sideline to the inside.

As a result, the ball was thrown too far, flying directly out of the baseline, and the lore tactic failed...

The Thunder generals who lost this game were very depressed.

Westbrook also asked Durant, "We are both back, why are we still losing?"

Originally thought that the last loss was due to Durant and Westbrook taking a break, and Li Liang couldn't handle it alone, so he didn't know if he was back, he still lost, or lost to the weaker king.

Durant wiped his face and said, "I can win when I come back, but it's not necessarily possible to add you."

Li Liang agreed with Durant's remarks.

But he added: "Nine losses, now we have to win the rest of the games."

The Thunder still have the last two games left, neither of which is easy to chew on.

One against the Lakers, one against the Spurs.

Both are opponents in the top half of the playoffs.

And it seems that these two teams will not release water anyway.

The two games that should have been the easiest to win were lost.

In order to set the record, the Thunder had to embark on a more difficult road.

The most difficult thing is that the Thunder still decided to implement the strategy of resting, resting Durant and Westbrook in the last two games.

Of course Li Liang did not rest. He knew that the last two games would be important performances for him to become the MVP.