The Thunders' battle not only set a new team-time winning streak, but also temporarily disappointed those who expect the Warriors and the Rockets to defeat them in the playoffs.

The Rockets have been very efficient in offense and defense this season, and have taken the Magic Ball theory to the extreme, and have become one of the favorites to win the championship. This game has allowed people to see the weaknesses of this team.

On the offensive end, the Rockets are Harden/Paul and the card with a high pick-and-roll. The typical D'Antoni team plays, with V-shaped positioning, and the shooter pulls out the space. This play is basically to go down the center and shooter with two wings, and you pick one of two bottles of poison. If you have enough defensive resources, then the ball holder and light bulb have high-level singles.

The Rockets have to shoot a large number of 3-pointers in every game, and rarely shoot in the middle distance. Except for Paul who will shoot a certain amount of mid distance, the offenses of other players are either 3-point line or under the basket.

This offense is indeed extremely efficient in theory, but fans were surprised to find that the more the Rockets hit the back, the more they hit the opponent's defensive intensity increases, and when their physical fitness begins to decline, it is difficult to maintain the three-point shooting percentage. And it is difficult to easily score in the basket because of the opponent's height and assisted defense speed.

The defects of the card were also exposed. He could indeed change his defense and eat cakes, but he did not have a projection threat and his independent offensive ability was worse than that of duck eggs.

So when the light bulb could not beat the three Thunder singles, the result was completely predictable.

On December 28, the Thunder defeated the Raptors at home and ushered in a 20-game winning streak! They won one more game, which is constantly creating new team history records.

On December 30, in the last game of 2017, the Thunder were defeated by the Bucks at home and missed the 21-game winning streak. Their winning streak was at 20 games. Although there was no hope to set a new record, the 20-game winning streak is the longest winning streak so far this season.

All the games in 2017 were over, and the Thunder's record reached 33 wins and 3 losses, continuing to rank first in the league.

The Thunder team's record is unstoppable, and Xie Kai himself ranks first in the latest MVP rankings and is also in a far leading position.

Time has entered 2018...

On January 1, 2018, the NBA officially announced the best player in the East and West last month.

James of the Eastern Cavaliers and Xie Kai of the Western Thunder won the East and West Players' Best Players in December respectively.

This is Xie Kai's second time this season has won the Player of the Month, and this is his 13th NBA career best of the Month.

That night, the Thunder played against the Mavericks at home.

With Xie Kai's 35 points and Westbrook's triple-double, the Thunder easily defeated their opponents at home? Refusing to lose in a row.

Three days later, the Thunder defeated the Lakers by 33 points away? We ushered in two consecutive victories.

January 5th? In Staples' back-to-back match, the Thunder defeated the Clippers again? They ushered in three consecutive victories.

Earlier today, the NBA officially announced the first round of voting results for the Los Angeles All-Star Game. Xie Kai got 1228,949 votes, far surpassing "Antetokounmpo" Giannis Antetokounmpo to get 863,416 votes.

Obviously? According to this trend, Xie Kai is very likely to be re-elected. For him, the title of All-Star vote king can no longer be called honor. At most, this can only prove his unique popularity in the league.

Xie Kai's fans all hope that their idol can play with an MVP in the All-Star Game. It's not that this MVP can improve the idol's historical status, but because he has never won it before.

Xie Kai currently has 6 MVPs (3 Chang and 3 Generals)? But he doesn't even have an All-Star MVP. He doesn't care about himself? But his fans are pursuing perfection? He has been leaving messages on his social media and has made them into big posters, which are opened at the Thunder home court for Xie Kai to see.

Of course Xie Kai knew about this? He is not blind, so he can't see such big words, but if you want to win the All-Star MVP, it depends on fate. It doesn't mean that you can get it if you want it, because there is only one game, and it is very accidental.

After three consecutive victories, the Thunder's record reached 36 wins and 3 losses, and continued to lead the league's 30 teams.

On January 8, the Thunder lost to the Suns away and missed the four consecutive wins. Their high record made them sometimes feel a little slow to heat up when facing a weak team, and they are prone to not concentrate enough and their bodies are not excited enough.

However, these will not make the Thunder really carelessly lose Jingzhou in the critical playoffs. The playoffs are 7 games and 4-win games, which makes the strong side extremely likely to win. If it is a game that determines the outcome, like the NCAA March Madness, anything can happen.

On January 10, the Thunder, who returned to home, defeated the visiting Trail Blazers and refused to lose in a row. They are currently the only team in the league that has not yet lost in a row, which is enough to show their strength.

The next day, the Thunder lost to the Timberwolves away and missed a winning streak. The Timberwolves finally won the Thunder once this season, which was a bit of face.

After losing this game, the Thunders achieved 37 wins and 5 losses, and they still ranked first in the league.

However, because they have lost two games this month, the probability of the Thunder's historical best record in the Warriors 73 has dropped from 75% to 38%.

On January 12, the NBA officially announced the results of the All-Star voting in the second phase. Xie Kai continued to lead with 2045,417 votes. James surpassed Antetokounmpo with 1622,838 votes and ranked 2nd.

On January 14, the Thunder defeated the Hornets away and still did not lose in a row. Their strength is too strong, with the league's top defense support, the Big Three, and excellent role players. It is really not easy to make them lose.

Two days later, the Thunder returned to home court and faced the Kings.

Although the Thunder did not perform well on the offensive end in this game, they still rely on their excellent defense and limited their opponent's score to 88 points, defeated their opponents at home and ushered in two consecutive victories.

On January 18, the Thunder slaughtered the Lakers at home and ushered in three consecutive victories.

After three consecutive victories, the Thunder's record reached 40 wins and 5 losses, and it is still the league's top record.

On January 19, the NBA officially announced the 2018 Los Angeles All-Star Game starting list.

Xie Kai is the ticket king, I don’t know how many times he has won this title. Of course, people are more concerned about when he will get the AMVP. This is almost a joke. Brother Wang always has no AMVP, which is a bit imperfect after all.

Eastern Conference starters: LeBron James (captain), Antetokounmpo, Kyrie Irving, Demar DeRozan, Joel Embiid.

Western Conference starters: Xie Kai (captain), Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, James Harden.
Chapter completed!