On November 7th, Beijing time, the Houston Rockets will face the Oklahoma City Thunder at home at the Toyota Center? Did you win?
The Rockets' pattern of one win and one loss finally stopped. In the civil war in the same city, the experienced Mala defeated the young Rockets. On November 28, the Rockets, who had just experienced a 31-point defeat, sat at the Toyota Center in Houston to face their Texas rivals, the San Antonio Spurs. In this game, the Rockets led the Spurs by two points in the first half. However, the Rockets did not score a point in the first 6 minutes of the third quarter, and the Spurs opened the score 14-0. In the fourth quarter, the Rockets narrowed the gap to 2 points, but Brooks Key shots were missed, and the Rockets lost to the Spurs 84-92. The Rockets suffered two consecutive losses for the first time this season. In this game, he scored 12 points, 4 assists, 18 points, 12 rebounds, 17 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 13 points, 10 points; 21 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks, 19 points, 7 assists, 15 points and 14 rebounds. 5 minutes before the end, only trailing by 6 points, the two sides entered the final battle. After that, he turned around and scored a jumper and scored a three-pointer, chasing the score to 76-79. However, after a series of fouls, he succeeded in a layup and made 1 of 2 free throws. He hit a jump shot and was fouled after being blocked. The latter made two free throws and rewritten the score to 86-76. Did not give up, completed the "three-pointer", succeeded in a long shot, scored a tip-in, and trailed only 84-86 with 35.8 seconds before the end. After that, he made two free throws, missed a jump shot and a layup, was intercepted on his breakthrough, and ultimately lost 84-92.
This game is the second time the two sides have met this season. The last time was on November 4, when the Rockets faced the Thunder at home. Five Rockets players scored in double figures, and the field goal percentage was as high as 50. % or more, defeating the opponent 105-94. But in recent times, the Rockets' state has declined. Currently, with 8 wins and 8 losses, they have fallen out of the top eight in the Western Conference, while the Thunder, with 9 wins and 7 losses, are currently ranked seventh in the Western Conference. Therefore, in this game, if the Rockets want to return to the top eight in the Western Conference, they must win a game. Now the Thunder are also seeking revenge, so there is a lot to watch in this game. But what's the end result? Everyone will wait and see! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Team Profile:
Oklahoma City Thunder
City Oklahoma City
Division West Northwest
Owner Clay Bennett
Stadium Ford Center
Capacity: 19,000
Entered NBA on September 3, 2008
Number of championships: 1
Current head coach: Scott Brooks
Team founded on September 3, 2008 On the morning of the same day, the original SuperSonics team of Oklahoma held a press conference and announced its new team name-Thunder. The newest NBA team was finally born, which also represented the end of the SuperSonics. At the same time, the colors of the Oklahoma City Thunder have also been determined. According to owner Bennett, the colors of the Thunder will be composed of blue, red and orange. Blue will be the main color, echoing the colors of the Oklahoma state flag, while red and orange will be the shining afterglow.
Oklahoma owner Bennett announced on July 2, local time, that he had paid off 75 million in lawsuit compensation and moved the SuperSonics from Seattle to Oklahoma, but due to Sonics owner Schultz wanted to use a lawsuit to keep the Sonics in Seattle on the grounds of breach of contract, which hindered Bennett's relocation plan. However, as Sonics owner Schultz dropped the lawsuit, Oklahoma City can finally move things out of Seattle. They had already begun transporting some of the Seattle SuperSonics' office supplies to Oklahoma by truck. However, Sonics championship banners, trophies, retired jerseys and other items will still remain in a museum in Seattle, and Oklahoma can only use replicas.
Bennett does not value these past honors. Although he retains the ownership of the Sonics team name, he will not continue to use the name after the team moves to Homer City, Oklahoma. And if a new NBA team moves to Seattle and wants to use the SuperSonics team name, he will give it up for free. Bennett is also quite satisfied with the design of the new team, but after all, people already knew the new team name and team logo before Wednesday's meeting. Today's press conference is just a formality, which makes Bennett quite helpless. . Bennett said: "Yes, it is too difficult to hide this secret."
However, according to a survey of the Oklahoma City Thunder's name by the US media, a considerable number of fans chose not to like it. In this survey, there were two questions on the first floor, which were to investigate fans’ opinions on the team’s name and team logo. As a result, more than 50% of fans chose to dislike or hate both options. It can be seen that Oklahoma It will take a long time for the MaCity Thunder to gain recognition from fans.
Team Logo Although Oklahoma City will not officially announce the name of the local NBA team until September 4th, Beijing time, in fact, the name "Thunder" has already been exhausted. Everyone knows. At the same time, although the Thunder officially maintains a high degree of confidentiality regarding the team's logo, someone on the Internet has already leaked the team's logo in advance.
A few days ago, on a private blog with the theme of the Oklahoma City Thunder, someone posted a photo of what appeared to be the team's logo in advance. According to the publisher, the photo came from a moving worker for the Thunder, who used his cell phone to secretly take a photo of the logo, which has been kept secret.
Judging from the pattern and style, the Thunder’s logo obviously wants to take the “minimalist” route, but it feels very much like the team logo of the Cavaliers or Bobcats. In addition, the idea of combining the triangle background with OKC characters seems too conventional. The poster of the photo was not satisfied with this. He wrote in the article: "This logo is really ugly. I really don't want it to be the real team logo, but there is also the official NBA logo printed next to this logo. I only have one wish now: I hope it is just a subordinate logo, not the main team logo."
Representative Colors The team chooses blue, red and orange as the team's representative colors. That's because the blue comes from the color of the Oklahoma state flag, while the red and orange represent the colors of the sunset.
Reason for the name change
The local ABC TV station in Oklahoma City reported in July the names that the new army may use, and the Thunder was among these 6 names. Since then, the official release of the new season schedule page has made a mistake, allowing the Thunder's name to be confirmed by the public. Subsequently, the Oklahoma City New Army's preseason game tickets against the Magic were emblazoned with the word "Thunder" on them. Most recently, last week, even the logo was posted by an anonymous person.
As the press conference ended, Thunder-related products were also put on the shelves of the NBA online mall.
"I think it's a great, enjoyable moment," Bennett said. "This is a very fun thing, but the mystery was revealed like this, and I feel a little disappointed."
Indeed, the Thunder is no longer a secret, but it surprised Bennett Surprisingly, there were still hundreds of Oklahoma City people who came specifically to witness this historic moment.
"My family originally wanted to come over, but I told them, 'Forget it, this is no longer a big deal. Everyone knows our name, and there is no suspense anymore.'" Ben Nate said.
At the press conference, six children unveiled the team’s logo together with Desmond Mason and Damien Wilkins. Bennett said that the blue on the logo symbolizes the Oklahoma state flag and the people here, the yellow symbolizes the sun, and the orange-red symbolizes the sunset.
As the name of Oklahoma City’s new army, Thunder not only represents the thunderstorms and storms that often occur in this area, but the local 45th Infantry Division has also been using the name Thunderbirds to pay homage to the local Indians. Salute to the residents. In addition, the famous Oklahoma City country singer Garth Brooks' masterpiece also happens to be called "The Thunder Rolls."
“The team’s new name incorporates almost everything that is associated with ‘Ray,’” Bennett said. "This can arouse people's emotions and sounds very powerful."
Bennett said that the team's uniforms and mascots will not be announced in the near future, but related products, such as T-shirts, Basketball, etc., are already available for purchase. However, it is not difficult to tell from the words of Thunder head coach P.J. Carlesimo that the team uniforms have actually been designed.
"If our players put on that uniform, they will look great and eye-catching," Carlesimo said.
With the naming of Oklahoma City’s new team as the Thunder, it also announced that the Seattle SuperSonics have officially become history. Since the team was founded in 1967, the SuperSonics have changed their logo six times in the past 40 years, but they have never left the land of Seattle. However, everything changed in the early fall of 2008. After today, the SuperSonics will forever be history and a memory that belongs only to the city of Seattle.
Houston Rockets:
Rockets coach:
Original: Jeff Van Gundy
Current: Li Rick Adelman