After returning from the timeout, the Thunder made substitution adjustments, replacing Maynor and Collison with Westbrook and Jeff Green.
The Warriors made no substitution adjustments and remained with the same team in the second quarter.
The game continued. Westbrook dribbled the ball quickly and did not stop after reaching the top of the arc. He quickly made a Samgold, shook Curry away, and then broke through into the penalty area.
The Thunder's tactics during the timeout were very simple. Whoever faced Curry would play in isolation. No matter how quickly the Warriors switched defenses, it was useless.
Curry failed to intercept Westbrook and instead chose to chase back, he ran in the direction of Jeff Green.
At this time, Sun Yi had already rushed back to the penalty area to help defend, which required a Warriors player to go to the defense. This task can only be completed by primary school students.
At the same time, the turtle, who was dribbling and breaking through, saw a defensive player in the penalty area and had no head iron, so he suddenly stopped and took off to shoot.
Sun Yi, who was standing at the front of the penalty area, rushed over and stretched his arms to interfere.
As luck would have it, the basketball hit the edge of the rim, bounced and fell into the net.
32:30!
The Warriors quickly served the baseline ball, and Curry dribbled the ball quickly and came to the top of the arc to organize the offense.
Sun Yi, who was standing in the right corner, suddenly started, squeezed Jeff Green away, and cut into the basket along the baseline.
Jeff Green was a little confused. He didn't expect that he was easily squeezed away. This seemed very unscientific!
On the other side, Curry, who was controlling the ball at the top of the arc, had quick eyes and quick hands and threw the ball towards the basket.
Sun Yi rushed to the basket, jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand, and dunked it into the basket with great force.
Looking back, the Thunder attack.
Westbrook once again beat Curry alone. He didn't feel the need to use fancy passing skills, so he simply used his body to crush him.
Seeing that the Thunder was targeting him again, Curry decided to give it a try.
Clay figures are all very angry, and primary school students should use practical actions to tell their opponents that they are not easy to mess with.
When he was knocked away by the giant turtle, Curry quickly reached out and grabbed the ball.
Westbrook was a little careless and did not consider that the ball had been exposed and was taken away by Curry.
After stabbing the basketball away, Curry immediately dived for the ball, got the basketball on the floor, and quickly passed it out.
Lagabell, who was on the fast break, received the pass, rushed to the basket, and ended the offense with a civilian layup.
"Good shot! Curry used his enthusiasm to complete the steal and help the team break into a fast break. This is equivalent to 4 points inside and outside. The Thunder team lost more than they gained." Director Zhang commented.
Seeing that the score is about to be stretched, Durant must step up and score. After all, he is the team's scoring leader.
In this Thunder attack, Westbrook did not mess around and passed the ball to Durant.
After Durant received the ball, he did not play directly in isolation, but called a pick-and-roll.
Westbrook quickly ran over to coordinate the pick-and-roll.
The Warriors anticipated what the Thunder would do and quickly switched defenses in advance to hide Curry's defensive weakness.
Durant looked at Sun Yi in front of him and felt a little headache. Seeing that the attack time was running out, he could only play singles.
He quickly made a crossover, but seeing that Sun Yi couldn't get away, he could only step back to distance himself, and then jumped to shoot.
Sun Yi immediately pounced on him, stretching out his arms to block his eyes to interfere.
Durant didn't expect Sun Yi to defend so well, so he could only adjust the shooting arc, which affected his shooting percentage.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Under the basket, Tolliver relied on his weight to get into a favorable position, fought hard to grab the backcourt rebound, and immediately found Curry and passed it over.
Curry received the pass, quickly advanced toward the frontcourt, and launched a defensive counterattack.
Westbrook immediately stepped forward to intercept, delaying the primary school student's advancement.
Seeing this situation, Curry didn't stick to the ball and immediately passed the ball to the right.
Lagabel, who followed up, caught the ball, dribbled it, and passed the ball out again.
Sun Yi, who came from behind, took the lead and rushed into the penalty area after receiving the ball. He jumped into the air, stretched his body in the air, and made a tomahawk chop gesture.
At the same time, Durant quickly rushed back to the penalty area, jumped immediately after him, stretched out his arms and hit the basketball.
The fans in the audience were extremely excited, as if they had already seen the ending of Durant's blockade against Sun Yi.
However, this was not the case. The moment Durant's right hand was about to touch the basketball, Sun Yi suddenly pulled the ball back, used the strength of his waist and abdomen to make an extreme pull, and scored the ball with a backhand layup.
On the Warriors bench, Morrow and others were waving towels happily.
"Incredible! Sun's ability to stay in the air and physical coordination are so outstanding. This goal will definitely be selected as one of the top five goals today." Barkley praised.
"This draw is indeed very exciting. Sun has brought us too many surprises. He is simply too versatile." Kenny Smith said.
On the court, when Sun Yi returned to defense, he passed by Durant and said: "Kevin, come on, you almost guarded me."
Durant clenched his fists and looked at Sun Yi's leaving figure without making any response.
As a keyboard warrior, he often fights with fans online and has become immune to trash talk.
You have to let your strength speak for itself on the court and decide to fight back.
In this attack, Durant used the pick-and-roll to match Sun Yi out of position.
Just when he was about to break through, he almost broke his guard when he heard Sun Yi's trash talk.
"Kevin, why are you dancing ballet on the spot? That's not a girl's game suitable for you."
Sun Yi talked trash and kept messing with Durant's mentality. When he saw Durant was stunned for a moment, he immediately started to cut the ball.
At this moment, Durant came to his senses and immediately swatted the basketball and quickly changed hands, avoiding Sun Yi's sneak attack.
"It was so dangerous. I was almost intercepted by that nasty guy. No, I have to end the attack as soon as possible."
After Durant made his plan, he immediately made a change of direction in front of his body, then stepped back to the right, pulled away and immediately picked up the ball and threw the basketball in his hand.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
38:32!
The audience burst into thunderous applause, and cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena.
Thunder fans saw the hope of victory and believed that Durant could turn the tide and lead the team to victory.
In the next round, the Warriors missed outside shots and failed to continue their firepower.
The Thunder protected the backcourt rebounds and launched a defensive counterattack. Westbrook rushed into the penalty area and made a difficult layup against Sun Yi's defense.
In the next few rounds, the shooting percentages of both sides dropped, and the game once again fell into an anxious state.
The second quarter lasted about 5 minutes, and Nelson replaced the main players one after another.
The Thunder also replaced Harden and replaced him with Seflosa.
Harden played more than 5 minutes and scored 2 points, 1 assist and 2 turnovers, and his defense was not in shape.
It can be said that his performance was very unsatisfactory.
Harden returned to the bench dejectedly, took the towel from the staff, and covered his head.
He couldn't understand why when they were in the NCAA, Sun Yi and Curry combined could tie him. After coming to the NBA, their strength improved by leaps and bounds, and they performed brilliantly and firmly occupied the starting position. But I could only play the sixth man and get mediocre data.
"Unknowingly, is the gap between them and me getting bigger and bigger?" Harden fell into self-doubt.
On the court, the Thunder attacked and Westbrook hit a "zombie jumper" to stabilize the situation.
Looking back, the Thunder increased their defensive intensity and did not give the Warriors any open three-point opportunities.
Curry bypassed Sun Yi's screen and shot directly from a three-pointer.
Jeff Green, who was switching defense, knew that Curry was going to do something like this, so he immediately rushed to interfere.
"when!"
The basketball bounced out of the frame.
Under the basket, Randolph grabbed the offensive rebound. Seeing Thunder players surrounding him, he immediately passed the ball out.
Outside the three-point line on the right, Ellis received the pass and took a three-point shot without hesitation, but still failed to hit.
Durant rushed back to the penalty area to grab the rebound. Instead of passing the ball, he dribbled toward the frontcourt.
When he reached the three-point line, he picked up the ball without warning and threw the basketball in his hand.
Durant's three-point shooting percentage this season reached 36.5%, and he averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game, which is pretty good.
The ball was a lucky one, as it bounced off the board and into the basket.
The Thunder chased for 5 points in a row and narrowed the point difference to only 3 points.
It was the Warriors' turn to attack, and Sun Yi stepped forward to provide Ellis with an off-ball screen.
With the help of the screen, Ellis got rid of Sevlosa's defense and cut towards the penalty area.
Curry, who was in possession of the ball, saw this situation and immediately passed the ball.
Xiao Gongju received the pass, rushed to the basket, pulled the lever to avoid Kostic's interference, and scored a layup, stabilizing the situation on the court.
In the following games, Durant took on the important task of scoring. Relying on his strong personal ability, he scored in singles one after another and kept chasing the score.
The Warriors relied on passing and cutting to continuously attack the basket and score, maintaining a weak lead.
The Thunder's inside line is worse than that of the Warriors. They originally wanted to select an inside player in the summer, but they only received the third overall pick. There were no good inside players to choose from in the draft market, so they could only choose Harden, who has great potential.
It can be said that as long as the Thunder strengthen their inside line, they will be a team that competes for the championship.
Back on the court, as Westbrook missed a long three-pointer, the first half of the game ended.
At this time, the score on the big screen was 56 to 50, and the Warriors led by 6 points entering the second half.
Not long after, the short 15-minute intermission ended and the second half began.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Thunder attacked first.
Facing Maggette's defense, Durant made a pull-up jumper but failed to hit.
The Warriors protected the backcourt rebounds and launched a defensive counterattack.
After receiving the pass, Sun Yi directly passed the ball long without any delay.
Xiao Gongju, who was on the fast break, received the pass, did not break into the penalty area, and directly chased and shot a three-pointer.
Those two rookies dared to make random shots. As the boss of the team, he should take the lead.
Fans in front of the TV are no longer surprised by the Warriors' style of play.
The Thunder players were a little surprised when they played against the Warriors for the first time.
They only took a total of 15 three-pointers in each game, so they would definitely not try such an unconventional chasing three-pointer.
The basketball flying in the air drew a perfect arc.
A swish sound!
Hollow into the net!
On the Thunder bench, head coach Brooks was very confused about the Warriors' style of play and felt that this style of play was too unreasonable.
Instead of betting on three-pointers when you have a stable two-pointer, this runs counter to the current basketball philosophy.
Just when Brooks was puzzled, the situation on the court suddenly changed.
The Thunder made a passing error, and Sun Yi suddenly came out to complete the steal. He quickly came to the three-point line, stopped and took off to shoot.
Although his three-point attribute is only 55 points, with the bonus of the shooting package and external factors such as openings, the shooting rate is still moderate.
"Whoosh!"
The basketball hits the net hollowly and hits the target steadily!
62:50!
They were beaten 6-0 at the beginning of the second half, causing the Thunder players to panic.
At the critical moment, Durant stood up and chased the score with accurate mid-range jumpers.
But the good times didn't last long. The Warriors strengthened their defense against Durant and could only let Westbrook score.
The Turtles, who had a good start, played a little abnormally in the second half. They frequently missed mid- and long-range jump shots, and the effect of breaking into the penalty area was equally bad. They were either cut or blocked. It was a proper undercover performance.
The Warriors took advantage of this opportunity to quickly launch a defensive counterattack. Whenever an opportunity arose, they resolutely shot the ball with a pretty good shooting percentage, further widening the score.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led by 18 points entering the fourth quarter.
After the inter-section break, the fourth quarter begins.
As soon as he came up, Curry suddenly used cold arrows from the outside and hit long-range three-pointers, maintaining his hot touch.
It is very difficult for the Thunder to slowly recover the score by relying on two-pointers.
Therefore, they could only make a desperate attempt to shoot three-pointers from the outside.
But the Thunder have no sharpshooter, and only Durant, Harden and a few others have the ability to shoot three-pointers. Moreover, the great turtle will cause trouble from time to time. As you can imagine, the shooting rate is very poor.
The Warriors seized the opportunity and further widened the point difference.
When the game lasted about 4 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Thunder gave up the game and replaced the main players.
Seeing this situation, Nelson immediately replaced the main players.
January and February were the peak season for injuries, and he didn't want to see a team that was on track suddenly fall apart.
After the substitutions and adjustments, the game entered garbage time. The process went very smoothly and it came to an end not long after.
As the harsh buzzer sounded, the game came to an end.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Thunder 121-103, winning two consecutive games.
In terms of statistics, 6 Warriors players scored in double figures.
The best player of this game was won by Sun Yi.
In the 36 minutes he played, he scored 23 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
If the Thunder hadn't surrendered in advance because of their incompetence, Sun Yi could still have recorded a triple-double.
Curry's performance was equally impressive, making 5 of 9 three-pointers and scoring 19 points, 5 assists and 2 steals.
Ellis scored a game-high 27 points, plus 2 assists.
Reggie Williams had 13 points and 2 rebounds; Tolliver had 11 points and 5 rebounds; Randolph had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
For the Thunder, the best player is Durant.
In the 38 minutes he played, he scored 26 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
Westbrook transformed into the "Iron Man", shooting only 38% from the field and scoring 21 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.
If it weren't for the "undercover" performance of the Great Turtle, the Warriors wouldn't have won so easily.
Harden's performance was mediocre, with 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
After the game, Sun Yi and Curry stepped forward to comfort Harden and told him not to worry. As long as it is gold, there will always be a chance to shine.
Harden didn't buy what Sun Yi said about chicken soup for the soul, and he very much hoped that he could get ahead as soon as possible.
After bidding farewell to Harden, Sun Yi and Curry walked toward the tunnel together and returned to the locker room to join the team.
This chapter has been completed!