That night, the Chesapeake Energy Arena was full.

The team welcomes Durant's comeback this season, coupled with the duel of Dondu, fans of this game will not miss it.

Similar to Durant's idea, the current focus of the league is the Warriors, Pelicans and Cavaliers, and even the Spurs Rockets.

They need to use such a victory to return to the focus of the league, just like in the period of the fourth youth.

After the opening ceremony, the starting points of both teams came out one after another.

The Pelicans are still regular starters.

On the other side of the Thunder team and Westbrook's partner is the second-year student Andre Robertson, the front line is Durant and Ibaka, center Adams.

With the growth of Robertson and Adams, the paper strength of this starter is not weaker than the Pelicans opposite.

Adams jumped over Davis, and the Thunder got a chance to lead.

Westbrook organized in the frontcourt and Durant ran out without a ball to make a midrange shot.

To say that the only thing the Thunder had last season was that Westbrook had a good organization and passing ability.

He and Durant haven't played together for nearly a season, but the match just now is better than ever.

This is his improvement in passing ability.

For the Pelicans' offense, Jokic held the ball at the top of the arc. Tang Tian cut into the ball and encountered the double-team, and gave the ball to the top of the arc.

Jokic was assisted and given to Ariza.

The Thunder did a very good defensive rotation of the ball, and Westbrook rushed to Ariza.

Ariza shot directly against the defense.

"Dang!"

The basketball came out of the box with interference.

Ibaka protected the defensive rebound.

The Thunder played a defensive counterattack, and Durant received the ball and faced Davis's stop-up jumper.

Cheers continued.

The Thunder started 4-0.

Stevens walked from the bench to the sidelines and shouted at the Pelicans, asking them to pay attention to retreat.

The past five games have been a big win. Although he has been emphasizing, the Pelicans have inevitably slackened.

Ariza's shooting choices were a little overconfident, and the Pelicans' retreat that ball did not meet his requirements.

Jokic and Hollodi made a mistake in the frontcourt and the ball passed out of bounds.

There was a lot of noise at the scene.

In this state of the Pelicans, the Thunder have a great chance to win tonight!

"Defend! Defend!"

Instead of calling a timeout, Stevens continued to remind players to defend on the sidelines.

His continuous reminders finally worked, and the Pelicans' defensive strength improved significantly.

Westbrook's layup was interrupted by Davis, and Jokic protected the defensive rebound.

The Pelicans played a defensive counterattack. Tang Tian received a backcourt pass from Jokic and scored a layup to break the scoring drought for the Pelicans.

Stevens reached out to applaud on the sidelines.

This is what he wants to see and why he was the first to train this team in defense.

The offensive state is good or bad, the feel is good or bad, even in a good state and feel good game, there will be inexorable time periods.

Defense is the easiest way to solve problems.

You can't get points, and the way to keep things from getting worse is to make opponents lose points.

Not to mention the chance of a defensive counterattack like that.

The Pelicans continued to show defensive abilities and guarded the Thunder against a wave of offense. Davis got a defensive rebound.

However, the Thunder retreated in time this time, they did not give the Pelicans a direct fast break opportunity.

The Pelicans squashed to the frontcourt and Tang Tian sent a second pass to Hollodi who cut into the baseline.

Holiday has a good layup.

However, after his shot, he rolled around the basket and came out again.

Ibaka recovered to protect defensive rebounds.

Compared to the past game, the Pelicans' offense tonight is definitely not offensive.

But just as Stevens asked, if the offense wasn't working, he would put in the defense.

The Thunder were almost defended for another 24 seconds. At the critical moment, Durant, turned around in the doubles and broke the scoring drought.

"I am back!"

After scoring, he turned and yelled at Tang Tian.

This flat roar, roaring is the mood that he choked for a season.

He returned. Last season, he wanted to beat Tang Tian to let the fans know themselves again. Unfortunately, he finally hurt a season.

Now that he is back, he has to prove that he is still Durant, the best forward defender.

However, in the next round, Tang Tian played Robertson in the high post, and then turned and shot in the double.

Tang Tian did not yell or shout, but immediately turned to retreat.

It's as if he just scored badly.

Durant's eyebrows stood upside down, and he continued to single Ariza in the next round, and then pulled in suddenly.

He has been very good since returning from injury this season.

However, in the Pelicans 'offense, Tang Tian carried an explosive package to make a layup and created Adams' defensive foul.

After steadily hitting two free throws in the field interference, he helped the Pelicans continue to bite the score.

These rounds became a microcosm of the first half of the game between the two sides.

The Pelicans had a poor offense and Tang Tian stepped forward to take over the game.

On the other side of the Thunder, because the Pelicans are very defensive, the ball is more concentrated in Durant's hands. It's a big battle.

Tang Tian scored 20 points, Durant scored 21 points, and the two scored on par. The Pelicans scored 45 draws with the Thunder at halftime, and they were comparable.

After halftime, the two team members returned to the locker room to rest.

The Pelicans' locker room. The first thing the players returned to the locker room was to wipe the sweat with towels by accident.

High intensity defense requires a lot of physical effort.

This is also the most difficult situation they have encountered since the start of the season.

Stevens glanced at his team members.

Although he knew that the performance in the first half was related to the lax mentality, he did not blame the players' performance on the offensive end.

"Don, you come to defend Durant in the second half."

Stevens spoke to Tang Tian.

His words drew Williams' surprise.

Tang Tian was the core of the Pelicans' offense and scored 20 points in the first half. Stevens even asked him to defend Durant. This physical ...

"no problem."

Tang Tian nodded before Williams spoke.

Now the Pelicans' defensive strength is much stronger than last season. As long as he can hold Durant in the second half, the Thunder's offense is finished.

"AD, Nicholas, Zhu, you have to stand up and score more. I believe you will adjust the situation in the second half."

Stevens went on to the others at the start.

He asked Tang Tian to defend Durant, and certainly he would not let Tang Tian attack.

Don't let Tang Tian go, there must be someone else.

The first half was due to the slackness of the others, but a half-time break was enough for them to adjust back.

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