At the same time, the game between the Thunder and the Spurs also ended.
In this game, Dewey's second young master finally showed his strength. The two played well and led the Thunder to play a high-quality offense and maintained the lead until the end.
Of course, it is said to be a high-quality offense, but in fact it is a hard attack by Young Master Dewey. After you have finished the attack, I will attack, and after I have finished the attack, you will attack.
There is nothing to say about Durant, there is no problem with shooting breakthroughs, the problem lies with Westbrook.
As for Westbrook, as long as his shooting is accurate, everything is easy to say.
In this game, Westbrook's zombie jump shot hit rate was extremely high. He shot one after another, which caused great pain to the Spurs.
Defend Westbrook and give him a chance to shoot, let him hesitate, and resolutely defend the basket. That's enough.
But when Westbrook can hit the mid-range shot, he is unstoppable.
Because the impact of Westbrook at this time is too strong!
In order to prevent Westbrook from hitting the basket and not giving Westbrook a chance to break through and score the ball, the only choice is to selectively let Westbrook shoot!
Playing in the playoffs is all about matchups, and it’s also a gamble!
If you have a weakness, I will attack it!
If you can make up for this weakness, then I lose the bet!
Westbrook shot very poorly in the first game and played very hesitantly.
However, Westbrook understood one thing in this game, that is, if he does not take action, the Spurs will ignore him even more.
For a point guard, the ball is in his own hands. If he doesn't take a shot and just thinks about passing the ball, it won't work!
Especially in this day and age!
Once he takes a decisive shot, Westbrook still has a basket.
Although the three-pointer is still unreliable, Westbrook's mid-range shot is still online.
When Westbrook can shoot the basketball, the Thunder's offense comes alive.
Needless to say, Durant will have no problem stabilizing 30 points per game.
Both Dewey and Dewey played more than 40 minutes in this game. Under the leadership of the two, the Thunder's offensive efficiency was extremely high.
On the defensive end, the Thunder also learned the lesson from the previous game. They used Ibaka more often as center, and switched defenses infinitely when encountering the Spurs' pick-and-roll.
I'll let you challenge me!
Let’s compete for the hard power of the stars!
This move worked very well, and the Spurs' offense immediately came to a halt.
The best thing about the Spurs is cooperation. The GDP combination is very tacit, but it won't work if they are one-on-one with the stars.
There is no way, Duncan, Ginobili and Parker are all old, and boxing is afraid of young people. Youth is the last word!
The Spurs are definitely better than their cooperation and understanding, but they can't compare to the Thunder in terms of their star power.
In the end, the Thunder won the game 105:96, and the series score between the two teams became 1:1.
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In the East, under the leadership of the Big Three, the Heat defeated the Bulls 115-78, tying the series at 1-1. The 37-point difference also created the record for the largest winning margin in the Heat's playoff history.
However, compared with this, the two sides also contributed an even more jaw-dropping scene today, that is, the fierce physical confrontation and even hand-to-hand fighting between the two sides.
In just 48 minutes of the game, 7 players from the Bulls and Heat received a total of 9 technical fouls, 2 of whom were directly ejected, and 1 flagrant foul.
Before this game, both sides had talked about their expectations for the game. Among them, "high-intensity physical confrontation" was a feature that both sides mentioned repeatedly. It can be seen that fierce confrontation was originally a tactical consideration.
Today's game proved that the players on both sides kept their word, but their methods were too extreme.
All this became apparent at the very beginning of the game.
In the Heat's first offense, Dwyane Wade broke through for a layup and was fouled by Marco Belinelli. Because Belinelli's foul action was relatively large, Wade angrily hit Belinelli with the ball.
Lee was called for a technical foul. This technical foul was the opening whistle for an exciting game.
In less than 12 seconds of the first quarter, LeBron James made extra moves in the offense and was called for a foul. What is a little confusing is that Joakim Noah stepped forward and hugged James after the whistle.
Of course, it caused James' dissatisfaction, and both sides started to act a little rudely. The referee was fair, and James and Noah each received a technical foul.
Ordinarily, there were only three technical fouls in the first quarter, so that's about it.
Wrong! Both the Bulls and Heat use this as a warm-up.
In the second quarter, Belinelli of the Bulls controlled the ball and broke through from the right. Chris Anderson of the Heat directly missed the ball and sent Belinelli off the court with one arm. The referee blew the whistle again and called Anderson a flagrant foul.
Less than 1 second after another kickoff, the Bulls' Marquis Teague repeatedly raised his elbow while controlling the ball and was whistled for his fourth technical foul of the game.
Subsequently, Nate Robinson and Mario Chalmers got T.
In the final quarter, after Ray Allen made a breakthrough layup and drew a foul, Noah, who was resting on the sidelines, suddenly yelled at the linesman. He received his second technical foul and was immediately ejected.
Noah's ejection aroused strong dissatisfaction from Gibson, who muttered words while gesticulating at the referee.
As expected, Gibson also received his second technical foul!
After two consecutive technical fouls, Gibson was ejected following in the footsteps of Noah.
There were 51 fouls in one game, 9 technical fouls, 1 flagrant foul, and 2 people were ejected, which shows how popular this game is!
For the Heat, Ray Allen scored a Heat-high 21 points, James had 19 points, 9 assists, and 5 rebounds, but did not score in the second half. Wade had 15 points, 5 assists, Bosh had 13 points, and Chalmers had 11 points.
, Cole scored 18 points.
Bulls Noah scored 12 points and 6 rebounds before being sent off, Nate Robinson had 11 points, and Belinelli had 13 points and 6 assists.
Generally speaking, the Bulls' hope of winning lies in defense, and defense requires tougher actions. Once the Heat adapt to this intensity and can match the Bulls' confrontation, there will be no suspense in this series.
After all, the Heat's hard power is much stronger.
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In another game in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks, playing at home, finally rose to prominence. They launched a 10-2 offensive wave in the second half of the third quarter, and then launched a 20-0 wave at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
The total wave climax reached 30-2, directly sending the game into garbage time.
In the end, the Knicks defeated the Pacers at home with a score of 105-79, and the total score of the series became 1-1.
Anthony scored 32 points and 9 rebounds, Shumpert scored 15 points and 6 rebounds, Felton had 14 points, Prigioni had 10 points, and J.R. Smith on the bench had 8 points but made a hit.
Martin made 3 of 15 shots and scored 10 points.
The Pacers' George scored 20 points, Hibbert had 6 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks, West had 13 points, George Hill had 12 points, 7 assists, and Stephenson had 9 points.
Generally speaking, in addition to the overwhelming strength of the Warriors, the semifinal matchups were evenly matched. The three groups all had a big score of 1:1, and the suspense was quite high.
