The Warriors won, and the Spurs also narrowly defeated the Thunder on the road.
The difference in strength between the Thunder and the Spurs is very small, and this game was very brutal.
The Thunder's advantage is Durant and Westbrook. Their disadvantage is their lack of discipline and weak substitutes.
Let’s not talk about the Spurs’ discipline and tactical literacy. They say they are second. No team dares to say they are first!
Even the Warriors rely more on strength to crush them!
I play with a lot of people, and my players are better than you in every position and have higher basketball IQs. They have no shortcomings. No matter how strong your awareness is or how high your tactical literacy is, it’s useless!
A twenty-year-old boxer can easily kill a three-year-old kid even without concentrating all his strength!
No matter how serious you are as a three-year-old child, no matter how prepared you are for battle, it will all be in vain in the face of absolute strength!
But the Thunder and Spurs are different.
The Thunder have Dewey, but the Spurs have a GDP trio. Although the Spurs' GDP trio are very old, they are rich in experience. Coupled with the training combination of Popovich, the best side disher, the Spurs' combat effectiveness is quite good.
amazing.
The Thunder had no problem with the starting lineup, but when it came to the bench, the Thunder became a little annoyed.
This was not obvious before when Harden was around, but without Harden, the Thunder's substitutes are struggling on both offense and defense.
Kevin Martin is a good foul shooter and has a strong scoring ability, but that's only in the regular season!
In the playoffs, the referees became more relaxed and encouraged physical confrontation, which made Kevin Martin angry.
More importantly, Kevin Martin's defense is poor and will be easily targeted by opponents in the playoffs.
Playoffs are all about matchups!
If you have a weakness, the other party will catch it and beat you hard!
Most teams know this, and the Spurs know it even better!
As long as Martin plays, it's time for the Spurs to score points!
The final result was that Thunder coach Brooks only let Martin play for 5 minutes, and then hid him!
Martin was originally the main force on the Thunder's bench. If he didn't play, Dewey would have to play more!
But no one’s physical ability is unlimited!
Relying on the support of Dewey, the Thunder could barely compete with the Spurs in the first three quarters, but by the fourth quarter, the Thunder could not keep up with the Spurs' pace.
The Spurs' offense this season was very smooth and efficient. In no time, the point difference between the two teams reached double digits.
Fortunately, Durant and Westbrook came back in time and started the unreasonable mode, bringing the point difference back to single digits.
The two teams started a tug-of-war.
In the last twenty seconds, Durant scored a three-pointer against Ginobili, and the difference between the two teams came to 1 point.
But looking back, Duncan and Parker started a pick-and-roll, and after receiving the ball, he dunked once again to open the score to 3 points.
With just over 5 seconds left, Westbrook quickly made a baseline pass, and Durant caught the ball in the frontcourt and hit another three-pointer to tie the score.
There is only 1 second left in the game.
After the timeout, Popovich unexpectedly deployed an unconventional tactic. After Duncan set a pick-and-roll for Parker, he caught the ball at the free throw line and shot directly. He hit the mid-range shot and defeated the Thunder with two points!
Older gingers are more spicy!
The Spurs narrowly defeated the Thunder at home, winning their first victory in the series and successfully gaining home court advantage in the series.
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On the Eastern side, an accident also happened. The Bulls, who were short of major generals, narrowly defeated the Heat on the road and won their first victory in the series.
In this game, Bulls star Luol Deng continues to miss the game due to spinal puncture, and guard Hinrich also did not play.
It can be said that the Bulls are short of major generals and are on the absolutely weak side in terms of strength, but the progress of the game surprised many people.
The long rest period made the Heat unable to find their form on both ends of the offense and defense, while Boozer and Noah took control of the paint, leading the Bulls to an 8-2 start. Until there were 6 minutes and 47 seconds left in the first quarter,
Haslem scored the Heat's first sports goal of the game. Bosh was sent to the bench after receiving two fouls.
At 4 minutes and 12 seconds, Wade sneaked to the baseline and put the ball into the basket. With this goal, Wade made more than 1,000 hits in his playoff career, and the Heat tied the score at 10.
After more than 2 minutes of fighting, at 1 minute and 45 seconds, Battier's three-pointer helped the Heat break the scoring drought, but the Bulls relied on an 11-5 offensive to lead 21-15 at the end of the first game. 15 points were the Heat's
The lowest score in the first quarter of the season was also a new low in the first quarter of the playoffs in the Big Three era.
With 9 minutes and 21 seconds left in the second quarter, Wade turned around and scored his fourth point with a jump shot. The Heat relied on a 13-4 offensive climax to take the lead to 28-25.
There were still 4 minutes and 19 seconds left in the quarter. When James and Robinson were grabbing the ball, Emperor James' tank-like body ran directly over Little Potato. The latter's face hit the floor, his lip was crushed, and blood flowed. He returned directly to the locker room.
be processed.
However, James' offense was hindered by Butler's defense. With Noah's buzzer-beating jumper, the Bulls tied the score at 37 at the end of the first half.
James made 1 of 6 in the first half and only scored 2 points.
Before this, James had never scored less than 3 points in the first half of the playoffs!
The competition between the two sides became more intense in the second half. When the Heat expanded their lead to 4 points, the Bulls immediately responded with a 7-0 spurt, leading the score to 49-40.
At the critical moment, Wade stepped forward and first performed a powerful one-handed dunk, and then made a wonderful pull-up layup. In just 17 seconds, Wade scored 2 consecutive goals.
After returning from the timeout, James assisted Bosh and Wade to attack successfully, and the Heat once again regained the lead.
After three quarters, the Heat led the Bulls 62-58.
At the end of the quarter, James entered personal offensive mode and scored the Heat's first 6 points in the quarter. At 7 minutes and 4 seconds before the end, James scored 2+1.34 seconds under Butler's tough defense. After 1.34 seconds, James once again hit Butler for a three-pointer.
success.
But then the Bulls used a 9-1 spurt to take the lead 78-77.
Then Ray Allen's three-pointer helped the Heat stabilize their position, but Butler and Belinelli fired from the outside one after another, and Robinson was the icing on the cake. With 1 minute and 18 seconds left before the end, the Bulls led 88-86.
After the game restarted, Wade missed a shot from the outside. Robinson scored the ball again under a three-person defense. At 24.6 seconds, Wade missed again and then sent Robinson to the free throw line. James missed a three-pointer and could only
Adopting foul tactics, Xiaotuo made two free throws, and the Bulls finally defeated the Heat 93-86.
"Little Potato" Robinson was the hero of the Bulls' victory. He scored the last 7 points of the Bulls, helping the Bulls, who were short of major generals, upset the defending champion 93-86 in the away game. The Bulls led the Heat 1-0.
James scored the highest score for the Heat in this game, with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
Wade, who returned from injury, performed generally, making 7 of 16 shots from the field, contributing 14 points and 4 assists.
For the Bulls, Butler had 21 points and 14 rebounds, Noah had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Belinelli had 10 points and 7 rebounds, Nate Robinson had 27 points and 9 assists, and Gibson had 12 points.
