On May 28, 2016, the Thunder faced the Warriors at home. This was the sixth game of the series between the two sides. The previous score was 2:3, and the Warriors fell behind.
This is a game that neither side can lose. For the Warriors, they are trailing 2:3. They are already backed by a cliff. They have no retreat and will be eliminated if they lose again. This is very difficult for them who have just set a historical record.
Absolutely unacceptable.
The same is true for the Thunder. Although they took the lead in getting the match point, the Warriors are not easy to mess with. If they cannot win the series at home, then the Thunder will be in trouble if they go to the Warriors' home court in a 7-game series.
The starters for both teams in this game remain unchanged. The Warriors are still Curry, Klay, Barnes, Green and Bogut. The Thunder are also unchanged, with Westbrook, Robertson, Durant, Ibaka and Adams.
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When the game started, Durant singled out Barnes and missed a mid-range shot, but the rebound was grabbed by Robertson. Ibaka missed an open three-pointer. Adams grabbed the blueboard again, but was knocked away by Bogut. Curry dribbled the ball.
Walking forward, Bogut accidentally knocked the ball away, and the Thunder gained the ball again. Durant missed the throw, but grabbed the rebound and hit the mid-range shot, scoring the first two points.
Clay's corner shot against Westbrook missed a three-pointer. The Thunder grabbed a rebound and hit the ball out of bounds, and the Warriors gained the ball.
Clay caught the ball and flicked Adams, and hit an open three-pointer, making the score 3:2.
Westbrook and Adams played a pick-and-roll, and Adams fouled and made two free throws to equalize the score.
Curry missed a three-pointer, the Warriors grabbed the rebound, Klay missed the rebound under the basket, and Bogut grabbed the offensive rebound and added the ball.
Curry passed the ball to Durant, who caught the ball and scored with a dunk.
Clay caught the ball and shot a three-pointer with one step. Robertson and Clay had some physical contact. The basketball did not go in and the referee did not blow the whistle. Looking back, Ibaka succeeded in a single shot from Green and the score became 7:5.
Barnes missed Ibaka in isolation, Durant also missed the mid-range shot, Curry still missed the mid-range shot in an emergency stop, Westbrook missed Curry's zombie jumper in isolation, and the Warriors relied on Green's three-pointer from the top of the arc.
Only then did they break the deadlock and turn the score into 8:7.
Green's three-pointer was a forced three-pointer against Ibaka's defense. It can be seen that Green's three-pointer at this time is still quite good.
Durant missed a layup, the Warriors grabbed the rebound, Green made a pass error, Durant missed a three-pointer, Curry passed the ball on the Warriors side, Green attracted two people to double attack and passed the ball to Bogut, who dunked
Successfully, the score became 10:7.
Westbrook scored a jumper, Curry made a second dribble error, Westbrook was blocked for a layup, Klay came out to catch the ball and layup, but was also blocked by Robertson.
Durant committed a three-point foul on a pick-and-roll, but the referee did not blow the whistle, and the Warriors gained the ball. Green quickly hit the ball, and Klay scored two points with a backhand layup. The score became 12:9.
Ibaka missed a three-pointer from the corner, and Iguodala missed a three-pointer. Westbrook singled out Green and succeeded in a layup. Klay missed an open three-pointer. Ibaka's three-pointer rolled and fell into the basket.
Basket, the Thunder took the lead.
Clay made a mistake in catching the ball, Westbrook stopped one step before the free throw line and scored a jumper. The Thunder turned the score to 16:12, leading by 4 points.
Clay broke through Robertson in a one-on-one, but Robertson interfered. The Warriors had the ball, and Clay once again missed the shot against a man.
The Thunder made a pass error and Curry missed a three-pointer, but the Warriors grabbed the offensive rebound and Klay broke through to the basket but missed.
Westbrook hit another zombie jumper, and the score became 18:12.
Clay singled out Ibaka and broke through to the basket and scored 2 points. Westbrook made an emergency stop jumper at the top of the arc and missed a three-pointer. Curry dribbled to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Green in the bottom corner. Green hit a three-pointer and the score was
It became 17:18.
Obviously, Green's two three-pointers in the first quarter are very important. Without his two three-pointers, the Warriors would be in danger.
Ibaka singled out Klay and made a mid-range shot. Looking back, Barnes made a low post shot and the ball returned to the Thunder.
Durant missed a three-pointer from Livingston at the top of the arc, but the Thunder grabbed the offensive rebound and Waiters hit a 45-degree open three-pointer from the right side. The Thunder turned the score to 23:17, leading by 6 points.
Iguodala sent a wonderful pass, Livingston missed an open mid-range shot under the basket, Durant missed a three-pointer, and then came back and Barnes hit an open three-pointer from the bottom corner, and the score became 20:23.
Livingston hit Waiters in the low post and missed the mid-range shot. Looking back, the Thunder also made mistakes on offense.
After the first quarter, the score became 20:23, and the Warriors were three points behind.
Curry's performance in the first quarter was average and he was restricted. Klay was okay. Green was an accident. He made two three-pointers.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Speight scored the first goal with a cutback, and then succeeded with another low throw.
The Warriors' offense failed, Durant succeeded in a layup, and the Warriors were forced to call a timeout.
Green made a sudden foul and made one of two free throws. When Durant also made a foul, he made two free throws. The score became 31:21, and the Thunder led by 10 points.
Looking back, the Thunder defended the Warriors from a 24-second violation, and then Westbrook broke through and sent an alley-oop, and Robertson dunked.
The Warriors made a mistake. Waiters missed a three-pointer. The Warriors made a fast break. Green assisted Iguodala and scored two points on the rebound under the basket. The point difference was narrowed to 10 points.
Klay missed a three-pointer, the Warriors grabbed an offensive rebound, Curry hit a three-pointer against Waiters' defense from the top of the arc, and finally opened fire.
Durant and Robertson set up a pick-and-roll. Robertson caught the ball and dunked, but Green missed a three-pointer.
Durant missed a three-pointer from the top of the arc, and Iguodala hit two points from the basket. Durant and Adams picked and rolled, Durant sent an assist, and Adams dunked.
Curry missed a three-pointer and Durant hit a mid-range shot. The score became 39:28, and the point difference once again widened to more than double digits.
The Warriors made a mistake, Durant hit another mid-range shot, and the point difference widened to 13 points.
Clay stepped up at the critical moment. He picked up and rolled with Bogut near 45 degrees on the left, and hit a three-pointer with an emergency stop, narrowing the point difference to 10 points.
Westbrook made an emergency stop at the top of the arc and missed a three-pointer. Looking back, Clay made a three-pointer from the bottom corner against Waiters and hit again.
Durant ran back to catch the ball and scored a dunk under the basket. Curry made a three-pointer from the corner and was fouled by Westbrook. He made all three free throws and the score became 37:43.
The Thunder missed the attack and Klay didn't hit a three-pointer. The Thunder made a fast break and Bogut committed a tactical foul. Unexpectedly, Westbrook made a three-point foul. Westbrook made one of three free throws, but the Thunder grabbed the offensive rebound. Fortunately
Ibaka missed a three-pointer.
During the Warriors' fast break, Klay caught the ball and hit a three-pointer, making the score 40:44.
This ball was passed from Curry to Clay, and Durant defended Curry. Although he saw no one in front of Clay, Durant still chose to defend Curry.
Obviously, the Thunder's main focus is still on Curry.
Durant fouled and made two free throws, and the score became 46:40.
The Thunder adopted foul tactics and Bogut made one of two free throws.
Ibaka scored 2+1, and the score became 49:41.
Iguodala fouled and made one of two free throws, Green was called for a foul while grabbing a rebound, and Ibaka missed two free throws.
Green's foul was very unjustly called. Ibaka, Green and others all moved under the basket, but the referee still called Green's foul.
Green had already committed three fouls and had to leave the game to rest.
Curry singled out Ibaka from the top of the arc and hit a three-pointer, and the score became 45:49.
Durant missed a three-pointer, and Ibaka grabbed the offensive rebound and dunked.
Curry broke through and drew a foul, but missed two free throws. Westbrook scored two points on a fast break layup, and the score became 53:45.
It is very rare for Curry to miss two free throws. This also shows that Curry has consumed a lot of energy and is highly stressed.
Barnes made a breakthrough layup to score 2+1, and the score became 48:53.
At the end of the first half, the score was fixed at 48:53, with the Warriors trailing by 5 points.
In the entire first half, the Warriors shot only 36% from the field, while the Thunder shot 44%. In terms of three-pointers, the Warriors made 9 of 21 shots in the first half, while the Thunder only made 2 of 14.
The problem with the Warriors is that they make a lot of mistakes. They made 14 turnovers in the first half, while the Thunder only made three turnovers. In the first half of the penalty area, the Thunder scored 30 points, while the Warriors only had 14 points.
Historically, the Warriors played a very difficult game. They were backed by a cliff and were always lagging behind. The point difference was widened by more than ten points at one time. They were completely at a disadvantage inside. Robertson, who was completely open, also performed very well and was constantly beaten by the Thunder.
Raging in restricted areas.
If no one has a superb performance in the second half, it will be difficult to win this game.
