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Chapter 147 The Last Attack

"After this timeout, the two sides made some substitutions and returned to the field. The game started again. At this time, the two teams returned to the same starting line, but now it is the Thunder's offensive round." Seeing this, Yoga also felt a little nervous.

Of course, the commentary needs to be as objective and fair as possible, but it must still have its own personal position. The position of yoga is obviously the Thunder where Li Sheng is.

Filled with a smile: "There are 4 minutes left in the third quarter, and the two teams are tied at 74. It seems that this game is really going to the last moment."

He doesn't have any special feelings for the two teams. Although he still prefers the Thunder to some extent, he also hopes to see a wonderful game, so it's best to stalemate until the last moment.

Of course, this stalemate may be a wonderful tug-of-war, or it may just be pecking at each other.

Today, the two teams certainly cannot be said to be pecking at each other. Although the Thunder made many mistakes here, the three-pointers were not allowed, and the Warriors' rebounds were also robbed, but these were not low-level mistakes, but the result of both sides trying to play their own advantages.

If you still have to deliberately criticize, it is of course not perfect, but players are human after all, they will always make mistakes, and there will always be times when they are not in a good state. How can there be a truly perfect game in this world?

And whether it is the Warriors or the Thunder, they have demonstrated the team strength that others can stand up to when their core is out of alignment.

The Warriors mainly rely on Thompson, the No. [-] supernova who is still in the rookie period in the third year of his career, and is becoming Curry's most powerful helper.

The Thunder here is a little bit more blooming, there is no outstanding point, but Reggie, Ibaka, and Lamb all stood up at this time.

On the contrary, the rookies who performed well before may have more ups and downs in performance because they have not adapted yet.

"The Thunder made a substitution. Antetokounmpo replaced Ibaka. He held the ball in the low post and faced Speights. There are a lot of people in the Thunder who can hold the ball..."

Yoga said with a smile: "Except for Robertson among the Thunder's four rookies, the other three can participate in the team's organization. I think this is Coach Lee's unique vision and training. After all, Gobert's scouting report did not describe this at all."

"Yes," Yang Yi nodded, and then suddenly raised his voice, a little excited: "Good shot! Brother Antetokounmpo used his footsteps again, played tricks on the two Warriors, and finally licked the basket and scored."

This should be regarded as the first time that Antetokounmpo has shown a bright spot this time. Although there were dunks with the ball in front of him, it was a bit intentionally released by the Warriors. This ball really showed his ability.

"An outstanding advantage of Brother Antetokounmpo is that he can directly attack the frame when playing inside. Although the low-post footsteps are not very mature, it can be used occasionally to have a miraculous effect. And he can also form a dislocation when he is in the third position..."

"I think the Oklahoma City fans called him 'Little Durant', and that probably has something to do with that."

Durant is one of the players who can naturally form dislocations in any position. Although the defensive end can't withstand the strong inside or prevent the outside breakthrough, but he can play a swap on the offensive end, which is actually not a loss.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that Durant will become a unique one-on-one weapon in both the NBA and the international arena, especially the American one-on-one, which is not friendly to guards, and the insiders can at best interact with him.

Antetokounmpo is mainly limited by his own shooting ability. If Durant was replaced in this position, he would probably turn over and make a jumper.

Of course, Durant's condition is not very good today, and it depends on the sky whether he can get in or not.

But he didn't play cold-handedly today. Seeing that his teammates could play, he tried to hand over to his teammates as much as possible, and he did some blue-collar work of opening up space, running, and blocking positions.

Li Sheng thinks that Durant who can switch forms at will can be truly mature and terrifying. What good is it to rely on how good he is in singles and how good his statistics are?
In fact, the finals in 11 should have taught him. He scored an average of 30+ per game in the finals for the first time.

Even after Harden and Westbrook played better and better, and each led the team to win the MVP, the gold content of his leadership in the finals this time has been diluted a lot by the history books.

It's as if Duncan and Curry grew up with their teammates, and the results they played became an argument for praising their teammates and paying attention to them, while some people who basically never grew up with their teammates, but harvested ready-made teammates, all the results they played became the credit of themselves.

If the teammates can't play well, they are useless by themselves, not to mention the sacrifices brought about by team formation.

Li Sheng hopes that this year's experience can bring some changes to Durant's philosophy. Don't learn from the pure honor harvester, but be a team hero who can support the team and stand up at critical moments.

In fact, with his style of play, even in this kind of team lineup, he will definitely be the most dazzling one, and he can also achieve the effect of honor harvesting. There is no need to deliberately seek shortcuts.

The next time the Warriors' offense finally didn't work, they all knew that Thompson was in good shape at this time, and they were all happy to make teammates.

But the Thunder are not taken advantage of, and they will not easily cooperate with them, so this time the pass that was obviously intended for Thompson was seen through. Antetokounmpo suddenly went halfway and intercepted it, and then threw it to Durant, who had already reached the opposite three-point line in front of him.

"This time it was the Warriors' mistake, which gave the Thunder a chance to counterattack quickly. Today, there are more scenes on the Thunder's side..."

If it wasn't for more rebounds and more chances to make shots, with their turnovers and three-pointers today, it would be a question of how far behind instead of leading.

Of course, there is nothing to say about this. Just like the Western Conference Finals in 16, both sides played their own styles. Although there are controversies and factors other than basketball, this is still a wonderful series.

It's just more painful for Thunder fans, and I don't want to look back.

As for some fans who like to say that the Thunder will lose to the Cavaliers after the Warriors, they can only say that they are happy.

When the game entered the final stage of the third quarter, the two teams replaced the substitutes one after another, but they were still seeing each other. Moreover, the Warriors had been chasing before, and now they were chasing after each other, leading each other, basically not exceeding two offensive rounds.

Finally came the final attack of the third quarter. This time it was the Warriors' possession of the ball. Just now, Orton missed the basket and scored to tie the score again. With the last 12 seconds left, the Warriors had an opportunity to attack. The Thunder must also try their best to defend the ball, so that they can enter the final quarter with high morale.

Just one ball, there is a big difference in the senses, and it is especially important for the Thunder when this kind of persistence is based on willpower.

In fact, they were able to compete with the Warriors for three quarters, back-to-back away games and their own poor condition, which is already quite good.

Of course, Curry on the opposite side was not in his best form today.

However, their lineup is relatively mature. Compared with Thunderclap, there are too many newcomers, and they need to adjust and adapt. Perhaps they will not be able to see the difference in their strength under normal circumstances until the next matchup.

Curry, who temporarily changed to perform the final attack, had already held the ball and stood at the top of the arc. Facing Robertson who was staring at him, he was still pressing time to find opportunities.

(End of this chapter)