naaapseattle Chapter 473 Thunder Stands on the Edge of a Cliff
Chapter 473 Thunder Stands on the Edge of a Cliff
The Warriors won the battle of Tianwangshan, and the Thunder stood on the edge of the cliff because the Warriors got the match point.
Back to the Thunder's home court in the next game, it must be won.
The Clippers even played a tiebreaker against the Warriors. As opponents in the Western Conference Finals, if they were defeated in six games, the Thunder Four would stop talking about the future of the NBA.
The Warriors flew to Oklahoma City again.
Zhou Yang rarely gave orders to his teammates on the plane.
Although the tone was half-joking, his teammates knew that Zhou Yang would not say such things easily.
He will motivate his teammates, but he will not talk about winning or losing.
"We don't want to play the tiebreaker, because we still have one of the biggest opponents waiting for us in the East! We need two more days of rest to prepare for the finals!"
After listening to Zhou Yang's words, the teammates secretly made up their minds that they must regard this game as the last game and win the victory!
The Thunder players did not accept any interviews before the game. Even the press conference before the game sent Perkins and Ibaka to participate, and said a few words in a hurry.
This shows that the players are ready to take a desperate attitude, and must win this home court and play the tiebreaker with the Warriors.
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After the start of the game, the Thunder team was in full swing and took a 6-point lead in the first quarter.
Durant rarely played the first quarter and scored 17 points.
Westbrook is also very fierce, scoring 6 points and sending 4 assists.
Zhou Yang played for more than 5 minutes in the first quarter and went down to rest, while Curry played for more than 10 minutes.
Although the score was behind, the whole Warriors team was calm, not discouraged, and their morale was still high.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Curry rested, and Zhou Yang came on the bench with a substitute.
The Thunder's Dewey and the two young men all rested below, and Harden played.
Today's Harden played with rare bloodiness, very fierce, even on the defensive end, he almost injured Zhou Yang.
Anyone who is familiar with Harden knows that this beard is really hard work.
Zhou Yang did not rush to attack, but stabilized the situation and let the substitute players finish.
Butler and Livingston, feel good, help the Warriors always bite the score.
The difference between the two teams was only five or six points.
It's not easy for the Thunder to widen the point difference, and the Warriors didn't try their best to catch up.
After more than 4 minutes in the second quarter, the Thunder still led by 5 points.
At this moment, Zhou Yang suddenly broke out.
Zhou Yang, who only took one shot in the first 4 minutes, started to shoot wildly.
This surprised the Thunder players, and Nick Young and Frye quickly double-teamed desperately.
But Zhou Yang's fake moves were too realistic, and he occasionally hit two off-ball shots, which messed up the Thunder's defense.
As a result, after more than 6 minutes in the second quarter, the Warriors not only evened the score, but also overtook it by 2 points.
Brooks had no choice but to replace Harden and the substitute to rest, and then replaced the main force.
On the Warriors' side, Curry has almost rested and made his debut again.
The strongest lineups of both sides played the final decisive battle in the first half.
Perhaps because Zhou Yang can switch between the two modes too freely, the Thunder's defensive strategy is very difficult for Zhou Yang.
Curry's growth made the Thunder feel that five players are not enough, and both of them need to be double-teamed.
Fortunately, Durant on the Thunder's side feels good, bang bang bang, hitting consecutively, still allowing the Thunder to maintain a weak lead.
With 1 minute and 42 seconds left in the second quarter, the two teams scored 53:51 and the Thunder took the lead.
Warriors attack.
Facing a double-team, Zhou Yang made the ball early and passed it to Curry.
In the few rounds just now, Curry felt average. Under Westbrook's fierce defense, he made 4 of 1 shots.
But Curry is Curry, even if he misses a few shots, he is still a top shooter.
After receiving Zhou Yang's pass, Curry made another shot, and Westbrook immediately jumped up.
Unexpectedly, Curry was a fake move. After hitting Westbrook, he quickly moved laterally, and before Ibaka rushed over, he made a three-pointer.
Swish!
He came, he came, he came with three points!
Curry's three-pointer helped the Warriors overtake the score again, and quieted the noisy Thunder's home court in an instant.
Zhou Yang and Curry high-fived each other, announcing that the Splash Brothers' big counterattack is coming!
54:53, the Warriors lead.
The Thunder attack.
Westbrook broke through and passed the ball again to Durant at a 45-degree angle on the left.
Just when Durant was about to pull out his hand, Zhou Yang bypassed Ibaka and appeared beside Durant like lightning.
Before Durant reached the highest point, Zhou Yang took off early and stretched out his right hand, pop!
It even blocked Durant's ball!
This block made the Thunder a little confused.
Even Westbrook forgot to return to defense.
Zhou Yang controlled the ball and quickly started to hit the frontcourt.
Durant can only catch up symbolically, but with Zhou Yang's speed, Durant can't catch up.
boom!
A dunk, once again formed the away silencer.
Durant's face was livid, and he very much hoped to take the lead in the first half.
In the originally promising situation, Zhou Yang suddenly went crazy again, extending the lead of the Warriors to 3 points.
With 1:03 left in the second quarter, the score was 56:53.
The Thunder attack.
Head coach Brooks shouted loudly from the sidelines: "Shoot decisively!"
Obviously, he has a headache for the Warriors' defense, so he can only use Dewey's second young master.
And you have to swing faster, don't give the Warriors a chance to steal the ball and play a counterattack.
In fact, if he didn't say that, Durant would also increase his concentration. It was really embarrassing to be blocked just now.
After halftime, Westbrook did not pass the ball to Durant, but played a pick-and-roll with Ibaka, and he took advantage of the opportunity to kill near the baseline.
Ibaka hit the penalty area, and Westbrook wanted to throw a lob.
Unexpectedly, Chandler prepared in advance and stood in front of Ibaka.
Although Ibaka has strong jumping and explosive power, he is not as strong as Chandler. After all, he is a center.
Westbrook saw that the empty catch failed, saw Durant suddenly start, and passed the ball to Adu.
After Durant received the ball, he pretended to kill the penalty area.
But at the moment when Zhou Yang made up his defense, he suddenly stopped for a jump shot, and Zhou Yang couldn't help it.
Swish!
2 points to hand.
The point difference is back to 1 point, 56:55.
41 seconds left in the first half.
Warriors attack.
Zhou Yang took advantage of the Thunder players roaring and celebrating, and launched another fast break.
Chandler made a long pass from the baseline to Zhou Yang near the center line.
Zhou Yang pushed forward and threw a three-pointer before reaching the three-point line.
He just wants to grab one more attacking opportunity, and he has used this trick more than once.
Swish!
Really entered!
At 59:55, the Warriors led by 4 points, and the attack took only 4.3 seconds.
36 seconds left in the first half.
In this case, even if the Thunder attack is completed, the Warriors have 12 seconds to attack.
Brooks shook his head angrily, but there was nothing he could do. Although the Thunder players were talented, Zhou Yang was a superstar, and he reacted faster at critical moments.