Injury, this is almost the biggest enemy of professional athletes. From the past Grant Hill to the present Greg Oden, countless geniuses have died regretfully due to injuries.

Of course, injuries will not only affect the players. If a team suffers from large-scale injuries, the team's general manager and head coach will be very distressed. Why are some teams with strong paper lines unable to achieve good results? Incomplete lineups are the culprits that cause poor performance.

The Thunder are lucky. Their lineup has been very healthy for most of the season. Even if they have injuries, they will occasionally suffer minor injuries, such as the week when Anjie sprained his ankle, which is within this range.

Of course, the Thunder have also met many teams with incomplete lineups, and have benefited from them a little bit and defeated them. For example, the Chicago Bulls, who only have three substitutes, are victims of large-scale injuries.

However, the feng shui turns, and in the long nBa season, almost no team can stay healthy. Although the Thunder are considered the dark horse of this season, it is inevitably related to injuries.

"Why are there so many people?" When the Third Young Master Thunder participated in the training camp with the team for the first time after returning from the Full Star Weekend, the sparse teammates in the training ground made the Third Young Master Thunder confused.

"The training these days is not satisfactory, and some guys have recovered from illness." Nick Collison shook his head helplessly. Van Gundy is about to be driven crazy these days, with injuries coming one after another, and the rotation lineup has been disrupted.

Seeing that they were about to play against the Hornets at home tonight, Jeff Van Gundy couldn't even line up a complete list of players.

Damien Wilkins had a sprained toe. Although it was not a major injury, he would definitely miss the next game.

Chris Wilcox's thigh strain was injured, and his half-week injury would directly reduce the offensive firepower of the Thunder's second team.

Joe Smith accidentally broke his left arm during yesterday's training, and the specific recovery time has not been determined.

Desmond Mason has a cracked bone in his left foot, and the specific return date is not determined...

As the season gets better and better, the chances of exhausted players getting injured are getting higher and higher. Now is the critical moment for the Thunder to enter the playoffs, but the players' injuries have undoubtedly cast a shadow on the Thunder's prospects.

Jeff Van Gundy has encountered this situation for the first time, but it is the situation he most unwilling to see. If Yao Ming and McGrady were not injured frequently when coaching the Rockets, he would not have been unable to lead the team to make the first round.

Now Jeff Van Gundy can only expect Presti to complete some transactions before the trading deadline, otherwise with the current scarred lineup, the Thunder would undoubtedly be a dream to enter the playoffs. There is not much time left before the trading deadline on February 2o, and Presti's operations will be very important.

I can't wait for the Thunder to recover, nBa's intensive schedule will only continue to move forward with time.

On the first match day after the All-Star Weekend, on February 7, the Thunder, with a broken lineup, welcomed a strong rival, and the New Orleans Hornets, currently ranked seventh in the Western Conference.

Like the Thunder, before the All-Star Game, the Hornets also experienced two unpleasant defeats. And the Hornets' total scores did not exceed 8o in the two games they lost.

Although the Hornets are in poor form recently, this does not mean that the Thunder will be very relaxed in this game. Facing the Thunder, who has five fewer wins than him, the Hornets want to end their losing streak at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in any case and get on the right track. The Hornets are already strong, and now the Thunder's lineup is incomplete, the Thunder's Third Young Master will undoubtedly face a tough battle.

The Thunder team used to rely on three young men with amazing talent to get to the present. Nowadays, several other powerful guys in the team are absent due to injuries. The entire Thunder team suddenly became the only third young master who could hold on to the scene.

In the quarter-on-quarter game against the Hornets, the Thunder suffered a head-on blow. 32 to 2o, which is the score at the end of the quarter-on-quarter game.

Durant scored 9 points, Westbrook scored 6 points, and Anger scored 5 points, which totaled exactly twenty! Yes, except for the third young master of the Thunder, everyone else did not score any free throws in the first quarter!

This is not because the Third Young Master Thunder occupied all the attack rights, and the others also got the opportunity, but they just failed to seize it.

"The three rookies of the Thunder are undoubtedly very outstanding young people, but the team is only able to rely on three children to the end." After such a quarter, all the commentators criticized the weakness of the Thunder's role players.

"If Presti wants the Thunder to go to the top, he should find more help for these young men. It is obviously difficult to take the big responsibility of Atkins." Mike Brin also commented on this matter.

Of course Presti knows what the Thunder lacks now, but the general managers of other teams are not fools. The Thunder's trading value is really not high except for the Third Young Master. The Third Young Master is undoubtedly a non-selling product, and other chips from the three of them are indeed not good puzzles. It is undoubtedly a very difficult thing to strengthen the lineup by relying on transactions.

Like the Bulls, Jeff Van Gundy looked at the bench in Yi circle, and there were only three substitute players who could make a move and be healthy. On the other hand, rookie defender Kevin Wiffle and the team's old man Nick Collison had to be ordered to take the lead in the face of danger.

Nick Collison's performance is quite normal. He has always played an important rotation role this season. Before Van Gundy took office, he was even the center of the Thunder. His playing time was very stable and his competitive state was completely free.

But Kyle Wiffle is obviously not ready to play as a player. His total time to play in the season has not been the same. The rookie Anjieyi has a lot of playing time. If there wasn't anyone on the second position, Van Gundy wouldn't have made such a bad move.

However, what the Hornets did not expect was that in the case of the Thunder's unbearable situation, the third young man with Durant had never given up on resisting. It can be said that the Thunder forced the Hornets into a very embarrassing situation just by relying on the three of them.

Even though David West scored points frequently on Nick Collison's head, even though Chris Paul's threading and attacking were still sharp. But the third young master of Thunder could always retaliate in the next round with his own personal ability.

Due to the injury of "boxing champion" Tyson, the Hornets center had to take responsibility again. However, this guy alone could not contain Anjie's attack.

Veteran Peja has lost his strength from that year, and Durant can be said to do whatever he wants in front of him.

The "Queen Bee" Paul's physical defeat made him very difficult to defend Westbrook. In addition, Angel's perfect pick-and-roll, Westbrook also scored points on Paul's head a lot.

As for the last time with both sides, the game was dragged to the end. Facing the seemingly weak Thunder, the Hornets still could not win after fighting for 47 minutes and 30 seconds. On the contrary, the Thunder were still leading by three points at this moment and took the initiative in the game.

In the last 3 seconds of the game, Paul still borrowed David West's pick-and-roll, and Paul quickly took a three-pointer and made a precise three-pointer, moving the score to 98.

"Can the Thunder end the game again this time??" Although the process is not exciting, the tense contest at the last moment will not be boring no matter how many times the fans and commentators watch it.

This time, the Hornets will definitely do their best to defend this time, hoping to drag the game into overtime. It would be even better if they could force the Thunder to make a mistake and then make a counterattack.

The Hornets' defense is really good, and Westbrook and Durant have not got any chance at all. Angel was originally arranged by Van Gundy to organize, but seeing that the two teammates did not get any gaps, Angel decided to try playing hard on the inside himself!

"Feed attack!" This is not the first time the Thunder has used this strategy. An Jie's feint attack attracted the attention of the defensive party and then passed the ball to his teammates who had a chance. Therefore, although he saw An Jie playing inward, no one in the Hornets dared to double-team easily, for fear that he would leave room for passing An Jie.

Second! Sean Max is obviously overwhelmed. If Anjie really chooses to attack by himself, he has no confidence in his defense.

Seeing this situation, David West couldn't hold back. He left Nick Collison, who had weak offensive ability, rushed towards Angel, preparing to complete the siege with Max.

West had just taken the position and had not had time to do anything. Anjie turned around and took a step-by-step jump shot. People who watched Anjie play in college all have a familiar feeling about this scene. Isn’t this action just Anjie’s move when he was defeating Stanford University!?

"It's like a model!" Wu Hua quickly took a photo. He believed that comparing these two sets of photos later, it would be very interesting.

The action is like this, what is the result?

Anjie was already at a high point in the shooting point, but now he has a little backward, so although Max and West both jumped and disturbed the ball, Anjie was not affected much.

The extremely gentle move may be the biggest difference between Anjie and other centers. Looking at the arc of the basketball flying, West felt a little desperate.

"No, it's impossible!" West didn't want to accept this fact, but the fact was so cruel.

"Brush." ​​The sound of the basket, the faint sound was very clear on the noisy basketball court. This sound also completely shattered West's only belief in winning.

"Boom!" Chesapeake Energy Arena, this Arena is really full of energy now, and yi instantly ignited the entire Oklahoma City.
Chapter completed!