Seeing that Holiday's center of gravity was unstable, Westbrook suddenly sprinted and made a steal.
He still couldn't help but take action, but this time, it was no longer a gambling steal like before.
Westbrook was moving very fast, and Holiday felt a black shadow flash before his eyes.
The basketball was poked out and then 'disappeared out of thin air'.
Westbrook advanced quickly, and Durant followed closely behind.
He was extremely happy. As long as Westbrook could always act rationally, the Thunder would have enough confidence to win this game.
During the fast break, Westbrook did not rush to the basket. Instead, under Lian Dao's block, he passed the ball to Durant who followed up.
After Durant got the basketball, he took a big step and dunked directly.
Because Lian Dao was helping to defend Westbrook, he had no time to return to defense and could only watch as Durant dunked.
The Thunder gave the Knicks a startling start.
Although Lian Dao was a little surprised by this, he felt it was reasonable.
It was impossible to defeat the Thunder in the last game. They learned from the experience of the previous game and obviously improved a lot this time.
But the Knicks were not afraid of challenges, and Lian Dao decided to give it back in the next round.
The Knicks attacked, and Holiday once again broke through and was blocked by Westbrook, which forced him to pull the ball to the outside again.
At this time, Lian Dao waved to Holiday for the ball.
The Knicks' first attack finally fell on Lian Dao.
Lian Dao received the basketball and confronted Durant on the right wing.
Durant stood ready, lowered his center of gravity, and opened his arms.
Durant has already accumulated defensive experience in the process of playing against Lian Dao.
So he was very well prepared.
But again, being well prepared is one thing, being able to defend is another.
As soon as he came up, Lian Dao went all out.
Lian Dao opened his posture, dribbled with his right hand, made a large change of direction in front of his body, and broke through with cross steps.
Durant quickly followed up, but Lian Dao suddenly lowered his center of gravity based on his original breakthrough.
In an extremely narrow space, he suddenly slapped the basketball with his left hand, completing his second consecutive disguise!
At that moment, Durant felt Lian Dao flash before his eyes, and then suddenly disappeared, passing by him.
Durant had no time to react. He was like a puppet and could only let Lian Dao break through like lightning.
When he turned around, he could see Lian Dao flying up.
But at this time, it was obviously too late to return to defense.
At the same time, Perkins had no time to return to defense this time.
He really didn't expect that Durant would be treated so cleanly in such a short period of time.
How can I put it, it feels like it has not played any defensive role.
Now, the Thunder's basket can be said to have no defense against Lian Dao, and he can wreak havoc as much as he wants.
"Sickle him... and let it go like this?"
Barkley hadn't figured out what had just happened. He only saw Lian Dao swaying for a moment and directly passed through Durant's defense.
Then he drove straight in, and in the desperate eyes of Perkins and Yin Baka, scored with a one-handed slam!
Lian Dao was on full fire as soon as he came up and entered super god mode!
Lian Dao, who has entered super god mode, cannot be stopped by Durant alone.
The fans in the audience were stunned for a moment, and then burst into fierce cheers.
Knicks fans didn't understand how Bai Liandao broke through.
But this was not the first time they had seen Lian Dao's miraculous performance, so they were not too surprised.
Applaud and cheer, shout awesome 666, and that’s it!
On the court, Lian Dao smiled and waved his arms, completing his first finish gracefully.
The ultra-large transformation and lightning-fast breakthrough cruelly and ruthlessly destroyed Durant's self-confidence.
The reason why this game broke out early was to give the Thunder a blow to their confidence.
He will leave a shadow of the Knicks' invincibility on the Thunder's mind at home.
Therefore, even if they go to the away game, the Knicks still have a psychological advantage.
Durant originally had high expectations for this game.
He thought that with the experience of the first match, they had found a way to deal with the Knicks.
Especially after Westbrook stole the ball and completed the fast break counterattack, Durant already had enough confidence to steal a victory in Madison Garden.
But then Lian Dao gave Durant a thunderous blow.
After Durant was tricked by Lian Dao's sudden change of direction and breakthrough, the development of things began to deviate from Durant's expected range.
Lian Dao was so beautiful in the last round that Durant felt a little fear in his heart.
He has fought against Lian Dao not once or twice, and he is also familiar with Lian Dao entering a super-god state.
But he was familiar with it, and he had never been able to stop Lian Dao's explosion.
If it were in the past, he would have looked forward to the period of physical weakness after Lian Dao entered the super-god state.
After all, although the super god state is powerful, his super burst consumes a lot of physical energy, so it is impossible to enter it for a long time.
But in the last match, Lian Dao's abnormal physical fitness made Durant not sure whether they could survive Lian Dao's explosive period.
If they can't even survive the outbreak period, then the Thunder will have no way of counterattacking during the period of weakness.
"Kevin, Kevin, attack!"
Westbrook quickly passed by Durant and shouted at Durant, who was a little stunned.
Only then did Durant come back to his senses.
In the last match, the two sides had ups and downs in the third quarter, and the Knicks were even more in danger.
This is not just due to Durant alone, the entire Thunder team performed well during that period.
Especially Westbrook and James Harden, they provoked the team's offense during the period when Durant was limited by Lian Dao.
But today, D'Antoni didn't want to give the Thunder any chance.
It wasn't just the Thunder that grew in the Finals, the Knicks were also gaining experience in their games against the Thunder.
D'Antoni already expected Brooks to make changes.
With Lian Dao on Durant's side, his performance will be limited.
Even if Durant is entrusted with important tasks, he will not be able to achieve greater results.
The ones most likely to be entrusted with important tasks are Westbrook and James Harden!
Judging from the opening performance, D'Antoni's guess was correct.
While returning to defense, D'Antoni made tactical gestures towards Holiday and Tony Allen.
Holiday and Tony Allen complete the defense switch!
This is also the main reason why D'Antoni acquired Tony Allen.
It can be seen from the fact that D'Antoni asked Tony Allen to guard Westbrook that the Knicks did not want the Thunder to have an easy round today.
Although Holiday's defense is good, he is still slightly lacking in physical fitness and confrontation ability to defend Westbrook.
But Tony Allen is different. He is definitely a defensive player who can fight Westbrook without suffering a loss.
Lian Dao was fortunate to have Donnie Wash intercept Tony Allen before the Grizzlies did.
Next, he only needs to devote himself to the one-on-one game with Durant.
Westbrook saw that Tony Allen was defending him and wanted to use his speed to break through.
But Tony Allen's lateral speed is not slow. He is a defensive expert who can defend from the first position to the third position.
So it is impossible to make this mistake.
He released a certain distance in advance, which can cope with Westbrook's breakthrough speed when he breaks through.
You can also step forward to interfere when Westbrook suddenly launches a cold arrow from the outside.
Westbrook dives into Tony Allen.
But he immediately discovered that he could not continue to use his crushing posture to easily break through the basket.
Facing Tony Allen, Westbrook's physical advantage disappeared.
Under Tony Allen's tough blocking, Westbrook had no choice but to break through and score the ball.
Of course, there are many types of breakthrough points.
Breakthrough points after attracting double teams can often create offensive opportunities for teammates.
But because the breakthrough is blocked and forced to distribute the ball, it is no longer a good passing option.
Westbrook's pass obviously falls into the latter category.
The basketball flew towards Sefolosha in a hurry, but before the basketball reached Sefolosha's hands, it was intercepted by Holiday in advance.
Durant sighed helplessly and quickly retreated.
In the previous round, he had no chance to catch the ball due to Lian Dao's entanglement.
Ever since he was knocked away by Lian Dao and broke through, Durant felt that something was not right about today's form.
No, as soon as the defense overturned, the offense also overturned.
Durant shook his head and hurriedly adjusted his mentality. He wanted to throw away the messy thoughts.
He knows how important this game is to the Thunder.
So no matter how difficult it is, Durant must try his best to win this game.