No.9, the Thunder played against the Hawks at home.

Like the Celtics, the Hawks also had the power of four consecutive victories at the start of the game, and the whole team was full of fighting spirit.

Specifically in terms of offense and defense, the Hawks are also good at defense, even more ruthless than the Celtics. They lost only 86 points per game in the first four games. The key opponents in those four games are the Hornets, Magic, Raptors, and 76ers, and their strength is OK.

When Hawks head coach Mike Woodson was interviewed before the game, he was asked how to evaluate Su Yang and replied that Su Yang is the youngest head coach and is particularly good at guiding offenses, but the Hawks will significantly limit those offensive tactics through defense.

Su Yang saw the interview news in the locker room and felt a strange feeling in a trance.

Why do black coaches seem to be good at defense?

The game started at 7:00 pm. Woodson seemed to do what he said and arranged for Marvin Williams to defend Durant at the beginning. He relied on Marvin's good position and forced himself to prevent several breakthroughs, leaving Durant only 1 of 4 shots.

Hawks center Pachuria is also tough in defense, with various small moves harassing and many big moves, making the recruit Jordan, dare not dare to show up. He was cautious when he got stuck several times, and wanted to complain to the referee but was afraid of taking technical fouls.

Su Yang discovered that Jordan Jordan was afraid and stood on the sidelines and shouted at the referee, demanding a fair punishment.

The referee first warned Su Yang verbally and then fouled Su Yang with a technical foul, but Su Yang still did not retreat.

The audience also shouted with him. Under pressure, the referee finally implemented the normal phishing standards.

Just like that, Pachuria suffered two fouls in less than two minutes and left the court in shame to rest.

The Hawks' appearance to replace Pachuria was rookie Solomon Jones, who was lower than Jordan Jr.

Perhaps because he realized his height and weight advantage, and Solomon is not a veteran, Jordan, who had previously been timid, soon became arrogant and successfully helped the Thunder grab two offensive rebounds and scored points.

Westbrook's performance was still OK. After the first quarter, the Thunder tied with the Hawks.

In the second quarter, Su Yang arranged a substitute lineup to appear as usual, and was glad that the Hawks were not very strong as a substitute.

But the Hawks are not very strong as the substitute. Their head coach Woodson did not allow Pachuria to lead the team, but instead allowed Solomon and Horford to lead the team excessively, and also allowed Marvin Williams to rest after the court and create a three-guard lineup.

The three-guard lineup has a really bad protection for defensive rebounds.

In addition, Horford was often pulled to the outside, so Solomon alone could not guarantee the Hawks' defensive rebounds.

In just a few minutes, Westbrook, the Thunder, joined forces with Wilcox, and grabbed offensive rebounds.

With offensive rebounds, the Thunder scored second consecutive offensive points and quickly established a ten-point lead.

Unexpectedly, Hawks head coach Woodson still asked Pachuria to rest on the bench, as if there was no one.

But after the main players such as Marvin Williams appeared, the situation in the Hawks was still irreversible, and they only scored 16 points in the second quarter.

In the third quarter, Woodson finally let Pachuria play, and the Hawks finally stabilized their defensive rebounds.

But unexpectedly, after Pachulia committed another foul, she was replaced and never appeared.

Su Yang was stunned on the spot. For a moment, he even suspected that Woodson played counterfeit ball and wanted to trade.

In the end, the Thunder defeated the Hawks 95-84 and unexpectedly won two consecutive victories, and the fans on the scene were very excited.

At the press conference, Su Yang was asked how to evaluate the Eagles' defense and said he couldn't understand it.

That night, the team set off overnight to Indiana to challenge the Pacers back to back away.

Durant, who had been quite sluggish against the Hawks before, finally found his form, scoring 37 points and 8 rebounds.

But Westbrook competed for speed and could not beat TJ? Ford, who made only 1 of 10 shots in the game, performed quite eye-catchingly.

In addition, the team lacked physical strength and made a little more mistakes. In the end, he regretted losing at an 8-point disadvantage.

After playing against the Pacers, the Thunder flew back to Oklahoma and prepared to play against the Magic at home.

On the plane, Snyder and other assistants discussed stocks, saying that the subprime mortgage crisis made the stock market very bad.

Su Yang also started to talk a few times and asked about Apple's stock price casually. When he learned that Apple had plummeted recently, he made up his mind to buy at the bottom. After returning to Oklahoma, he took advantage of the break to get an account and bought some at will.

When I was busy with trading, training and video analysis were affected, and some of them were unable to do anything.

After thinking about it, he decided to hire an assistant, but there was no suitable staff for the time being, so he put it aside for the time being.

On the 12th, the Thunder and Magic match begins.

Durant is absent due to ankle pain, Mason's starting effect is very poor, making it difficult to open up space for shooting.

In addition, Howard was at the basket and greatly restricted the breakout of the basket. As for the "Bryant Terminator" Michael Pitrus, he joined forces with "Turkey Agent" Tkoglu to sweep the wings. It was also difficult for the Thunder to make a move from the outside, and the offensive firepower was greatly reduced.

After the first quarter, the Thunder fell behind by 20 points. The situation did not change much in the following three quarters.

In the end, the Thunder lost to the Magic 92-109.

In the whole game, the only two highlights were Jeff Green scored 25 points efficiently, and Westbrook scored 5 offensive rebounds.

At the post-match press conference, Su Yang praised Westbrook for being able to steal five offensive rebounds from Howard.

After a day off, the Thunder flew to New York and challenged the coach to change to D'Antoni's Knicks away.

Su Yang was interviewed before the game and said that many tactics were imitating D'Antoni and praised D'Antoni as a master of tactics.

After the start of the game, the two teams fought wildly, and the main force was obviously dominant in the duel, but unfortunately they lost to the Knicks' substitute.

On the Knicks side, Nate Robinson and David Li Taiqiang, the Thunder substitutes could not bear it at all, and they scored in various points.

After finally reaching the middle of the fourth quarter, Su Yang arranged for the main force to fight a decisive battle with confidence.

Who would have thought that Jamal Crawford was in a draw, hitting three-pointers in a row, forcibly widening the gap.

Durant and Westbrook chased with all their might, but there was not enough time in the end, and they lost 114 to 116.

On the flight to Philadelphia, Durant and his men were still heartbroken and their rest was also affected.

On the 15th, the Thunder team challenged 76ers back-to-back away. When the game started, the main players were exhausted.

Durant was so pestered by Iguodala that Westbrook was blocked by Miller Delhamport, which made the shooting rate very low and the breakthrough was blocked in various ways. However, Jeff Green successively used his range and speed advantages to force the old captain Brand.

But Jeff Green alone could not support the entire team, and the Thunder eventually lost to the 76ers 99-110.

At the post-match press conference, the reporter asked how to solve the problem of "Durant's performance recently". Su Yang said that every NBA player has good condition and poor condition, and I believe Durant can adjust quickly.

With four consecutive losses, the Thunder team returned to Oklahoma to face the miserable Houston Rockets.

Surprisingly, Durant led the main player to a draw, and ignored Atai's defense by making 5 of 6 shots in the first quarter.

But the Thunder substitutes were sieve, Earl Watson and Johan Petrollo made 2 of 13 shots, and there were 4 fouls.

After the game, the Thunder lost to the Rockets 91-110, and suffered a five-game losing streak.

After a day off, the Thunder played against Byron Davis' Clippers at home again in the summer.

Perhaps it was the suppression of the relationship between the senior brothers. As a point guard who also came from UCLA, Byron Davis used his weight and experience advantages to completely defeat Westbrook, resulting in the Thunder losing to the Clippers 103-108 in the end, which is a pity.

Westbrook was so angry that he practiced until the early morning that night, and Su Yang accompanied him throughout the whole process and chatted by the way.

He didn't say anything big, nor did he ask Westbrook to change it immediately, but just said that he should slowly learn to use his patience.

Westbrook said he remembered it.

But then on the 21st and 22nd, Westbrook was taught to play against the Hornets in two consecutive games, and Paul taught him to play.

The Thunder also lost to the Hornets in a row because of Westbrook's 5 of 14 and 4 of 13 shots, and suffered eight consecutive losses.

Su Yang could only make up his mind to help Westbrook get rid of the problem of "being brave enough to admit his mistakes and never changing them" as soon as possible.

Back in Oklahoma, he took Westbrook to practice Go with him for three days.

I didn't think about letting Westbrook change quickly, but I just wanted to let Westbrook establish a moderate and relaxed mind as soon as possible.

After three days of rest, the Thunder played against the Suns at home, and finally lost 1 point and suffered a nine-game losing streak.

But Westbrook faced Nash, making 6 of 11 shots in the game, and sent 9 assists, with only 2 turnovers.

Durant and Green also performed well, mainly because they lost at the shooting guard point. Damien Wilkins and Kyle Weaver, two of whom only made 4 of 19 shots, had no choice but to go against Laga Bell and Barbosa.

On the night of the game, the Thunder team flew to Cleveland overnight, challenging the Cavaliers with 11 wins and 3 losses back to back.

Social media held a heated discussion, speculating whether Su Yang would become the third NBA head coach to be fired after Wizards head coach Eddie Jordan and Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell, even if there is a full guarantee contract.

ESPN lists three reasons that may lead to Su Yang being dismissed. The first is that the Thunder lost 9 consecutive games, with a total record of only 2 wins and 13 losses. The second is that Durant is getting farther and farther away from the All-Stars, and the third is that Westbrook is getting farther and farther away from the best rookie.

There are also reports that Thunder boss Clayton believes that Su Yang is a bit arrogant and rude.

The game against the Cavaliers became the key battle for Su Yangeng to change the situation.
Chapter completed!