Winning 5 consecutive victories! The Thunder reversed the Kings, who is the key to winning? The data does not lie

The Thunder's home game against the Kings has ended. This game was a stalemate and a very interesting game. Westbrook returned to the Thunder's home court for the first time after joining the Kings. He also performed well. The Kings once took the lead, but the Thunder played efficiently in the final quarter to overtake the score and seized the opportunity at the critical moment to defeat the Kings. They completed the reversal and won 5 consecutive victories and continued to lead the Western Conference standings. Won 5 consecutive victories! The Thunder reverse the Kings, who is the key to winning? Data doesn't lie.

The absence of many Thunder players, including Holmgren, has had a certain impact on the team's lineup strength. This also made this game more difficult for them. After the start of the game, the two teams quickly entered the state and then the score increased alternately. Westbrook, who started the game, was in good form, hitting three of three three-pointers in the first half. DeRozan scored consecutively and led the Kings to a 9-0 climax. The Kings took the lead in the first quarter. As the game entered the second quarter, the Kings still held the lead, and the point difference once expanded to double digits. The Thunder's side blossomed more. Alexander scored consecutively to help the team catch up with the point difference before halftime, with only 4 points missing to restore the suspense of the game.

After returning in the second half, Alexander's offensive status declined. The Thunder's offense also fell into some difficulties, while the Kings seized the opportunity to expand their lead again. In the final quarter, the two sides were still stalemate and the score increased alternately. At the last moment, the Thunder made consecutive outside shots and launched a wave of 11:0 offense to complete the lead. In the end, Alexander hit a three-pointer that ended the suspense of the game. The Thunder also reversed and defeated the Kings, winning their fifth consecutive victory of the season.

The Kings' starting lineup performed very well in this game. LaVine made 6 of 13 shots and scored 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and DeRozan scored 19 points. Sasha's condition has improved, and he scored a double-double of 10 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists. Westbrook made his first start in the Kings career in this game, and his performance was also quite good. He hit 6 goals in 16 shots and scored 16 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. This also gave Westbrook a total of 1,958 steals in his career, surpassing Derek Harper and ranking 15th in history.

They once took the lead, but the team's offensive touch declined at the end of the quarter. In addition, the Thunder hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside to complete the lead. Alexander's last key goal ended the suspense of the game. The Kings unfortunately lost the game and suffered their fourth defeat of the season.

The Thunder were able to complete the comeback from being behind by double digits. Who are the key numbers to win? The first to bear the brunt was Alexander. Alexander's number of free throws has been a topic of discussion since the beginning of the season, but in this game, he made 8 of 10 shots and scored 12 points without taking any free throws in the first half. After a poor performance in the third quarter, he recovered in the final quarter and hit the first three-pointer of the game, which was also the three-pointer that ended the suspense of the game. He scored nine points in a single quarter and hit 14 goals in 26 shots in the game. He scored 31 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.

In addition, Mitchell's help to the team is also crucial. He scored seven points in the final quarter to help the team in the pursuit of points. He made 7 goals in 15 shots in the game and scored 18 points, 1 assist and 2 steals. In addition, Caruso also contributed a key three-pointer at the last moment. Although he only scored 8 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in the whole game when he came back, his plus-minus value was the second in the team, which is enough to show his help to the team.

Although the Thunder struggled with injuries, they still won five consecutive victories and continued to lead the Western Conference standings. For this Thunder team, after the lineup is complete, they are still the most popular team to win the championship.