In the following period, the Thunder ushered in several opponents in the preseason.

In these games, the Thunder mainly focuses on running-in lineups and practicing tactics, and Yang Fan does not pay any attention to the winning or losing of the game.

Even after losing to the Lakers in the first preseason game, some unscrupulous media from the outside world began to report news, saying that the Thunder in the new season is out.

With the Lakers and the Heat in the West, the Thunder will definitely not be able to achieve negative news such as defending the title this season.

However, Yang Fan just smiled lightly at these few words and did not take it seriously at all.

The best way to respond to rumors is to slap these people in the face with facts.

In the next few preseason games, although Yang Fan has always focused on running-in tactics, and the main players' playing time is not very high.

But the depth of the Thunder's lineup is too terrifying. Even the substitute lineup can bring in nuclear weapons such as Westbrook, "Martial Saint" Jackson, Danny Green, Ibaka and O'Neal.

This also leads to the fact that when facing some weak league teams, the Thunder does not need tactics at all. As long as they use their personal abilities to fight on the court, they can easily win the game.

This situation made Yang Fan look quite bored and even began to doubt his life for a while because he was a head coach who was too unexistent.

After the last preseason game, even though the Thunder were running in and did not use all their strength at all, they ended the preseason journey with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss.

We are ready to enter the regular season stage of the 10-11 season next, and launch a fierce charge for the defending goal of the new season!!

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"Huh, Yang, to be honest, I'm a little nervous. Tomorrow is the opening game of the new season. Our opponent is still the Lakers. Are you sure?" In the office, General Manager Prostile asked a little nervously.

Since the team lost to the Lakers once in the preseason, to be precise, the only loss was to the Lakers, so Prosty was worried about the upcoming opening game.

Originally, Prostie had always had sufficient confidence in the team's defending title in the new season, but in the offseason, the Heat suddenly formed the three giants that shocked the league.

This made Prostie's heart begin to become unsure. Even though Yang Fan told him more than once that he kept his heart in his stomach, it still made him feel uneasy for Prostie, who often lost.

"What's nervous? No, can anyone really confuse preseason and regular season?" Yang Fan replied speechlessly as he looked back and forth.

Before Prosti could reply, Yang Fan continued, "The team will indeed encounter some trouble in the new season, but the trouble does not come from the opponent, it is very likely that it will be the league."

"After all, the Ox City football market is a little smaller, so the league definitely doesn't want to see our family dominate, because it will cause huge losses to the league's interests."

"It's a little bit better this season. At most, we face some pressure from referees in the game. But once we complete the defending title in the new season, the team will definitely become the public enemy of the league."

"It's not just for the fans, but the Thunder will also become the public enemy of the entire shareholders' meeting, because no one wants to see this as an alliance belonging to the Russian City."

"Of course, if it were New York or Los Angeles, then maybe the situation would be very different."

"What's more, Stern would never allow this kind of thing to happen. After all, he has spent too much effort on the ratings of the league."

"So it's very difficult for us to defend the title in the new season, especially in some key games, players are likely to face a 5-to-8 situation on the court, which is what we should pay attention to."

After hearing Yang Fan's words, Prostie fell into silence. As the general manager of an NBA team, Prostie knew very well that Yang Fan's words were definitely not exaggeration.

Even the real situation is likely to be worse than what Yang Fan said.

After all, the NBA is a business league, and everything and fairness must be based on interests.

The league can allow the Thunder to win the championship, but if the Thunder wants to establish a dynasty, the difficulty will be ten times or even hundreds of times higher than the Lakers and Bulls.

There is no other reason, because once the Thunder are dominant, the interests of the entire league will be affected.

"Hey, you're right, but this still cannot change our determination to defend the title in the new season, right? Yang." Prostie said without giving in after a moment of silence.

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October 27.

The opening game of the NBA 10-11 season regular season officially started.

In this game, the Thunder will face the challenge of the Los Angeles Lakers at home.

There is no need to say much about the Thunder's goal in the new season, it must be determined to defend the title, and the Lakers also hope to avenge their previous shame and defeat the Thunder to prove themselves again.

Especially when the beams of the two teams have been formed, to be precise, when the beams of the head coaches of the two teams have been formed.

After the game began, the Lakers and the Thunder still sent their preseason starters.

Because the two teams had already fought seven times in last year's playoffs and also once in the preseason.

So at this time, we met again, and we were very familiar with each other and had no sense of strangeness at all.

In the whole first quarter, the Lakers continued their offensive tradition, which was the unstoppable triangular offense.

On the other hand, the Thunder's offensive focus is significantly different from last season. Although the entire team continues to cross cover and pick-and-roll without the ball, the real offensive starting point has changed from Jackson to Yao Ming.

The Thunder made Yao Ming stand at the free throw line as the axis on the offensive end, and then the entire team became smoother after running the Hawks' attack.

Because Yao Ming is much better in passing and pick-and-roll quality than Jamison, the axis of last season.

Yao Ming is also very sure of shooting at the middle distance.

With Yao Ming making two wonderful empty-cut passes, the atmosphere in the entire Ford Center Arena was instantly mobilized.

At the same time, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson's face became obviously not very good-looking.

Jackson has obviously discovered that the Thunder in the new season not only continued last season's off-ball shooting, but also the star's personal singles.

The worst thing is that Yao Ming's combination with the Hawks' offensive tactic can give the Thunder more opportunities on the offensive end.

Especially when Jamison and Stephen Curry, two players without the ball, both have as many three-point shooting percentages as high as 40%, this really kills the Lakers. As long as there is a little defensive flaw on the court, it will definitely cost the price of bleeding.

Although Jackson knew that Yang Fan must have hidden something in the preseason, Jackson never expected that the Thunder in the preseason was not hidden at all, it was just a blind fight!!

Until this game, Jackson's heart suddenly became halfway because Jackson discovered that the Lakers' starting lineup could no longer take advantage.

You should know that the reason why the Lakers were able to play against the Thunder until the tiebreak in the playoffs was not only because of the help of some referees, but the main reason is that the Lakers are stronger than the Thunder in terms of highest combat power.

Even though the Thunder's lineup is deep, when the game enters a white-hot stage, no matter how many people a team can use, it can only keep five players present.

Therefore, as long as Jackson increases the playing time of the main players, he will inevitably be able to suppress the Thunder.

As a result, with the Thunder strengthening in the lineup in the new season, the Lakers have no advantage in the starting lineup.

When the Lakers do not have the advantage in the starting lineup, there is no need to say more about the rotation stage, they can only be hung up by the Thunder.

After the half, the Lakers were already 12 points behind the Thunder away.

This is still the case when Kobe played for 21 minutes, otherwise the Lakers might still be behind.

After returning from the second half, the Lakers made every effort to catch up on the court, focusing all their focus on the defensive end.

It is planned to strengthen the defensive pressure on the court so that the Thunder cannot easily break through the defense line.

If a team like the Thunder that is mainly offensive, once it cannot open up the situation on the offensive end, its own rhythm will become chaotic.

It's just a pity that if the Thunder's offense can be easily defended, then the Thunder would not be able to win the championship trophy last season.

So when the Thunder's offensive feel is excellent, after the final game, the Thunder, who played at home, beat the Lakers by 19 points.

While easily winning the opening game of the regular season, he also silently counterattacked some rumors from the outside world.

If there were people saying that the Thunder could not beat the Lakers before, then after this game, remarks similar to this kind of cerebral palsy will definitely become very few.

Because Yang Fan is really a professional slap in the face, after Yang Fan entered the NBA, people could no longer check how many experts and media had Yang Fan slap in the face.

Anyway, the more I danced in the early stage, the worse the final outcome would be…

Durant's offensive performance throughout the game was still very stable. In the 29 minutes of his appearance, Durant made 10 of 16 shots, including 2 of 5 from outside the three-point line and 4 of 4 free throws, effectively contributing 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

It can be seen that Durant not only has richer offensive skills in the new season, but also has become more stable on the offensive end.

It seems that as Durant's age gradually begins to increase, Durant is step by step reaching the peak of his career.

If nothing unexpected happens, Durant is definitely one of the league's best offensive scorers in the next few years.

In addition to Durant, Anthony also scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in his debut with the Thunder.

Although there were as many as 6 mistakes in the whole game, it was still very perfect overall.

As for Yao Ming, who was also the Thunder's debut, he only appeared for 19 minutes. This time was Yang Fan's personal protection for Yao Ming.

After all, there is no need to make Yao Ming work too hard in the regular season. Anyway, the Thunder's lineup has a deep enough foundation, so Yao Ming's plays more and less is not a big impact.

In the 19 minutes of playing, Yao Ming made 4 of 6 shots, including 1 of 2 from outside the three-point line and 1 of 1 free throw. He finally handed in a 10-point, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

It can be said that Yao Ming's data in the new season will definitely not be too explosive, but his role in the team is very obvious, which is similar to Gasol, a younger generation.

In addition, Stephen Curry scored 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Jamison scored 15 points and 5 rebounds, Westbrook scored 13 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, Jackson scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, Ibaka scored 11 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, and O'Neal scored 7 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

It is no exaggeration to say that although the Thunder in the new season is not unbeatable, there are no obvious flaws in various positions.

If you have to say the flaws, it means that you rely too much on the feel. Once the player feels poor on a large scale, it is very likely that he will complete a suicide game.

However, with such a deep lineup, this probability is still very low.

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"I don't think the Lakers will be our opponent in the new season. In fact, I don't take the Lakers seriously at all."

"As for some head coaches, I don't want to comment on him. I've already said his evaluation very thoroughly last season."

"If I really want to say a few words, then I just want to advise the management of a certain team to fire some guys as soon as possible, because the triangular offense is no longer possible to win the championship. I will prove this to everyone."

"I really don't know why a guy who only knows how to attack the triangle and enjoys his life can still cheat on food and drink until today."

"In addition, if qualifications can be the capital of a person who relies on his or her seniority, then I think it's better to move two mummies on the sidelines. Their qualifications are definitely very old."
Chapter completed!