Chapter 163: The Western Conference finals are here
The Thunder players only rested for 3 days before reaching the Western Conference Finals. This is the third consecutive season that they have reached the Western Conference Finals. At this time, the Tigers had already rested for 5 days, but their physical strength was not enough for the young Thunder.
There is no advantage at all
Now it's the Western Conference Finals. This pair of young Thunder is nothing new, but for the Tigers with many veterans, this is really what they think. Among them, Grant Hill seems to be the only one who has reached the Western Conference Finals.
Once, but Grant Hill is not the core player in this lineup, although he is very strong after returning to his peak!
In this game, the Tigers fielded a new lineup with Yang Zhenxing as the core. Center Yao Ming, power forward Yi Jianlian, small forward Tracy McGrady, shooting guard Yang Zhenxing, and point guard Phil Jackson may have absorbed the disadvantage of not using Iverson in the previous game.
After losing to his opponent, this time he replaced Iverson as the starter.
The Thunder still sent out their regular starting center Perkins this season, power forward Ibaka, small forward Durant, shooting guard Sefolosha, and point guard Westbrook. This lineup has been used for three years.
Well, I believe that no team in history can keep the same starting lineup for such a long time. However, the offensive run-in between them is not amazingly strong, because their two cores are better at utilizing singles.
The referee was already calling Yao Ming and Perkins to go to the midline to prepare for the jump ball. Others also took their positions. Durant naturally came to his idol Tracy McGrady.
"We meet again, idol." Durant was very friendly. McGrady has long lost the aloofness of the past. Now it is rare for someone to call him his idol, even though he has almost returned to his peak.
Yang Zhenxing didn't even turn his head, he just looked at the ball in the referee's hand.
The referee threw up the ball in his hand. Yao Ming didn't bounce well, and Perkins wasn't very good either. Yao Ming had the advantage of height, so this time the jump ball was given to Iverson.
Durant still wanted to grab the ball, but Iverson was faster and snatched the ball away. At this time, Durant's body rushed out. The Thunder's defense was not in a good formation. Iverson was dribbling the ball.
Just rush in.
Westbrook wanted to stop him. The game had just begun. He wanted to get Iverson's offensive desire at the beginning. But before he could get into position, Iverson turned around and beat him cleanly.
Net, when I looked back, I found that Iverson had already stepped inside the three-point line.
At this time, there was almost no one in front of Iverson. Ibaka wanted to come over to defend, but he didn't expect that Iverson was too fast. Iverson rushed in with an explosive bag and suddenly flew up.
, the flying height can be said to be his limit.
"Bang!"
The loud noise shocked all the fans at the scene into silence. They looked at the basketball stand that was still shaking up and down in a daze. Who in the audience would have thought that Iverson could dunk with such force? People had to admire him. He is now 38
The 19-year-old Allen Iverson actually returned to his peak. In fact, at this time, people didn’t know much about Professor Zhao Xian’s magical training and recovery method, so the recovery of these old players is still very surprising.
"Good job! Allen!" Carter danced on the bench and shouted: "Your slam dunk level has almost caught up with mine."
As soon as the game started, Iverson used a ground-breaking slam dunk to tell his opponents that he was here for a victory. If he wanted to break through the Western Conference finals and reach the finals, he must first win the momentum.
Thunder, this is not a simple matter, but the Tigers have begun to use their own momentum to rush towards victory in the game.
Then came the Thunder's possession of the ball. Durant missed a shot under McGrady's defense, and Yi Jianlian grabbed the rebound.
When Yang Zhenxing brought the ball to the scene, Yi Jianlian leaned on Ibaka and opened his hand for the ball. Yang Zhenxing immediately tapped the ball.
I saw Yi Jianlian's body hit hard in the back. Ibaka's body was not bad either, and he stared at him. Then Yi Jianlian quickly turned around, passed Ibaka at once, and easily dunked Ibaka.
I couldn't guard against Yi Jianlian once. They didn't play against each other much, but as Yi Jianlian got stronger and stronger, it wasn't so easy to deal with him when he reached the top. Ibaka is a figure with an annual salary of tens of millions. Yi Jianlian even had it two years ago.
After leaving the NBA, Ibaka felt a little depressed, thinking that he would deal with him later, but don’t you know, it’s really not sure who will deal with whom now.
Although Yi Jianlian has reached the peak, Phil Jackson on the sidelines still feels a little incredible. Ibaka is not an ordinary person. How could he be easily scored by Yi Jianlian all of a sudden? Could it be that he underestimated Yi Jianlian's strength?
Well, these veterans can only stay at their peak for one year. Yi Jianlian will be the pillar in the future and is worth cultivating. After all, Yi Jianlian is the youngest player here besides Yang Zhenxing.
Durant on the Thunder side attacked again. Using Perkins' pick-and-roll, he quickly bypassed Tracy McGrady and directly challenged Yao Ming. Yao Ming was old after all and was no match for Durant in terms of speed. He could only
Seeing his opponent dunk the ball into the basket and paying for a foul, Yang Zhenxing's make-up defense was already in place, but Durant is a superstar, so this little make-up defense said, "Don't worry, Dayao, be careful not to foul. The game has just begun."
First of all, we can't live without you."
Yao Ming looked at Yang Zhenxing and nodded. Durant's charge just now was still very strong, but the impact was still painful this time. Durant made a free throw, and the score became 4:3.
Yao Ming was serving the ball outside. Yang Zhenxing took the ball and said to Yao Ming: "Yao Ming, deal with them!"
In the frontcourt, Yang Zhenxing made a move towards Yi Jianlian on the inside. Yi Jianlian immediately understood and stepped outside to start a pick-and-roll for Yang Zhenxing. The moment Yi Jianlian took up his position, Yang Zhenxing quickly moved a step laterally, and Yi Jianlian was careless.
Before Bacca came out to defend, he quickly passed the ball to Yi Jianlian. Ibaka immediately recovered and defended. At this time, Perkins also came to defend. Yi Jianlian actually played a behind-the-back pass and passed it to Yao Ming.
Yao Ming was almost empty inside. Durant rushed over to defend Yao Ming, but Yao Ming simply ignored it.
Although Yao Ming didn't jump high, he jumped hard and went boom! Yao Ming dunked hard through Durant. Yao Ming pulled the basket and slowly came down. If it were Garnett, he would be roaring.
He shouted, but Yao Ming is not that kind of person. Yao Ming clenched his fists and vented a little. Just now, Durant had dunked across him, but this time he came over. Yang Zhenxing smiled at Yao Ming, "Repay it so quickly."
It's good to be back!" Looking back, the Tigers and Thunder defended very strongly. Westbrook gave the ball to Ibaka. Ibaka did not find a suitable offensive opportunity and casually passed the baseline ball, slowly and slowly.
It flew towards Westbrook. Westbrook was very fast and came in from outside the three-point line with a bag of explosives.
Westbrook glided over, boom! Westbrook dunked the ball in with both hands. This time Yao Ming did not come over to cover up the defense. This time he did not want to be humiliated again. Yao Ming knew Westbrook's strength, even if Westbrook was close
Yao Ming, who could still cause a foul, glanced at Iverson and signaled to him that Iverson had failed to defend the ball.
Then came the offense of the Tigers. Yang Zhenxing said in his heart that after this continuous wonderful performance, it was now his turn to attack. Yang Zhenxing opened up the singles opponent. Yang Zhenxing faced the defensive champion Sefolosha with a cross-step dribble.
, how could Sefrosha be so easily passed by Yang Zhenxing? Yang Zhenxing also knew clearly that Seferosa was very annoying, and would not underestimate her opponent. Yang Zhenxing changed direction again, dribbling with his right hand, deliberately missing a flaw, Seferosa
Take a shot
Yang Zhenxing sneered, saying in his heart that you have been fooled. Suddenly Yang Zhenxing changed the ball behind his back to his left hand. Sefolosha suddenly missed it. In an instant, Yang Zhenxing rushed into the inside. With Ibaka guarding the inside, Yang Zhenxing still did not dare to be too cautious.
He rushed in blindly, but he had his own special skill, emergency stop jump shot, hit! The audience burst into applause!
Then it was the Thunder's turn to attack. This time the Tigers strengthened their defense. McGrady followed Durant closely, but Durant did not receive the ball. Westbrook also encountered a strong block from Iverson. In the last two seconds,
Only then did he pass the ball to Sefrosa. Sefrosa was guarded by Yang Zhenxing, but time was running out and he took a three-pointer.
Sure enough! Sure enough, the ball came out and Yang Zhenxing grabbed the rebound. Then the two sides entered a tug-of-war. Then the Thunder replaced the super sixth man James Harden, while the Tigers replaced Stephon Marbury and Vince Carter.
The two sides played inextricably. At the end of the first quarter, the two sides tied at 28:25. This was destined to be a difficult game. However, the situation changed suddenly in the second quarter.
The two sides took a break between sections and immediately returned to the second quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Tigers took advantage of their many offensive points and strong substitute players. Under the leadership of Yang Zhenxing, they hit a small climax. First, Yang Zhenxing hit a three-pointer.
After scoring the ball, Yao Ming assisted Yao Ming to attack the inside and score. At this time, the Thunder's offense fell into a stalemate. Coupled with the Tigers' active defense, the Thunder could not find the rhythm of the offense. As the Thunder's main players returned to the court in the second quarter,
Durant's three-pointer broke the offensive drought, and then Yang Zhenxing responded fiercely with a powerful attack. The Tigers led by 8 points.
Then the Thunder requested a timeout. After the timeout came back, both sides strengthened their defense and were unable to score for three minutes. The two sides only scored 6 and 5 points. The Tigers led by 9 points.
