However, he guessed right in the end, because the point difference in the last quarter was too great, and the Pelicans didn't send Tang Tian back onto the court.

Tang Tian was one point shy of breaking his career record.

In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Knicks at home with a score of 118 to 95.

Tang Tian made 21 of 36 shots, the most attempts of the season, and scored his second 50+ of the season.

As for Hardaway on the opposite side, except for the opening of the third quarter, he was completely lost the rest of the time.

He only scored 8 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists on 4 of 15 shots, completely outmatched.

"fxck! fxck!"

Durant kicked over the table in front of the sofa.

What a lousy idea that damn relative came up with.

Not only was Tang Tian not limited in his scoring, but he almost broke his career high!

This was completely counterproductive!

His average score was further widened!

Now there was really no other way, he could only watch Tang Tian win the scoring title.

After calming down again, he picked up another cigar from the table and lit it.

Then he took out his phone and logged into his alternate account.

"36 shots, my god, more than half of the team's shots, he really doesn't care about anything to grab the scoring title!"

"But he's accurate!" someone immediately retorted.

"That's because Hardaway, who he was guarding, is trash. If he switched to a defender, he might not even make 10 shots!"

"Why are you being so sour? You wouldn't happen to be Durant's alternate account, would you?" someone immediately questioned.

"Bang!"

He threw the phone onto the sofa, took a puff of the cigar, and then a murderous look flashed in his eyes.

Just wait, he would teach the Pelicans and Tang Tian a lesson in the playoffs.

It would be best if they met in the first round, and even if they didn't, he would teach Tang Tian a lesson in the second round.

He would settle all the old and new scores together!

He still felt uncomfortable after taking a couple of puffs of the cigar, so he picked up his phone, pulled up his contacts, and called a second-tier starlet.

He had added her at a private party last time. She looked a bit like Scarlett, perfect for helping him deal with his troubles.

Money can't necessarily get the real deal, but there are plenty of imitations.

…

The next day, the Thunder hosted the Clippers at home.

This was the third time the two sides had played this season. The previous two games were split, tied at 1-1.

The Clippers were currently ranked third in the Western Conference, and their strength was not much weaker than the Thunder.

The game was quite intense after it started.

However, Durant didn't know if it was because he had overexerted himself last night, but his shooting rhythm wasn't good after the opening, and his shots weren't accurate.

The situation was very passive. Westbrook was unwilling to accept it, and stepped up to hold the ball and charge into the paint, with various hard confrontations, helping the Thunder keep the score close.

His style of play was really unbearable for ordinary people, which was why the Westbrook bombardment required prerequisite skills.

But even his body suffered an accident in the fourth quarter.

He fell to the ground after a layup and collision with Barnes, and his knee hit the ground. He looked in great pain and was carried off the court by the team doctor on a stretcher.

This accident made the outcome of the entire game meaningless.

Fortunately, the post-game injury report showed that it wasn't that serious, and he only needed to rest for a month to recover. If he was lucky, he could still make this year's playoffs.

This was a blessing in disguise for the Thunder.

Tang Tian was still surprised by Westbrook's injury.

Historically, Westbrook had been injured this season, but it was in the middle of the season.

Unexpectedly, it still happened in the end, which only meant that even the most durable body couldn't avoid injuries.

However, at this moment, he remembered what the system had said, that there were skills to increase physical fitness and reduce injuries.

However, that was a red skill, which was still relatively far away from him.

But at least it existed, which would give him more security in this area in the future.

Westbrook's absence was a big blow to the Thunder, especially with the playoffs less than a month away.

This cast a shadow over the Thunder's playoff journey.

However, at this time, Durant suddenly had no psychological burden.

He had originally promised Westbrook to not take too many shots for the sake of the team's record.

But now that Westbrook was injured, the question was no longer whether he should control his shots, but that he had to take more shots.

Otherwise, suddenly losing a 20+ points per game scoring hole, relying on others would definitely not be enough to fill it.

Moreover, Westbrook's condition after returning from injury was still unknown, and the Thunder's playoff performance was also uncertain.

So even if they encountered the Pelicans in the playoffs, they would not have an absolute chance of winning.

Under this premise, he wanted to fight even harder for this scoring title.

Against the Knicks, he took 35 shots and scored 43 points.

Away against the Rockets, he took 27 shots and scored 38 points.

Back-to-back against the Mavericks, he took 30 shots and scored another 40 points.

…

In the next half month or so, it became Durant's crazy scoring performance time.

The Pelicans' last wave of schedule was relatively easy, their record steadily improved, and they had reached sixth in the West. Tang Tian's scoring was also relatively stable.

The result of this was that with only one game left in the regular season, Tang Tian and Durant's average score was only 0.12 points apart.

Tang Tian averaged 31.35 points per game, and Durant averaged 31.23 points per game.

The two were staging an unprecedented crazy scoring performance.

This made the fans' blood boil.

It had really been a long time since there had been such an exciting scoring title race.

And the interesting thing was that the final games of the regular season for both sides were very interesting.

Both teams had already locked in their regular season rankings in the East and West, the Thunder second and the Pelicans sixth.

And their opponents were all fighting for the final ranking.

The Thunder's opponent, the Bulls, were now only half a game behind the Raptors. If they could win the game, they would rise to third in the East.

The Pelicans' opponent, the Lakers, had a more special situation.

If the Lakers won this game, they would come to third in the West and become the Pelicans' first-round opponent in the playoffs.

Winning against you and then becoming your opponent, this would definitely give them a psychological advantage.

And for Kobe and this Lakers team, they would definitely want this victory very much.

Because it was the Spurs who eliminated them in the playoffs last year, and Tang Tian, who played a key role in that elimination game, was now on the Pelicans team.

So for both emotional and rational reasons, they would want to win this final game.

These two games were related to the final ranking of the two teams, and also related to the scoring title race, full of highlights.

And some attentive fans had calculated the way for Durant to reverse and win the scoring title in the end.

He needed to score 10 more points than Tang Tian in the last game.

For example, if Tang Tian scored 40 points, he would need to score 50+ points.

And if Tang Tian scored 50 points, then he would need to raise that number to 60+.

ps: Thanks to Yun and Jie for the two ten thousand rewards!