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Chapter 368 Don't Give Up!
After the Thunder paused, they had no choice but to take Durant back again. As soon as he came back, Durant hit a three-pointer on the top of the fox, and Paul George on the Hornets also responded.
The Hornets have already played the rhythm, relying on the strong ability to tear the space from the outside, the Hornets maintain the lead, but then, Durant showed his advantage, sent a wonderful pass to assist Matthews with a three-pointer, and then blocked Paul George's layup!Looking back, he pushed forward by himself, and after reaching the top of the fox, he hit a three-pointer and the Thunder surpassed the score in an instant!
But soon David West stood up and hit Gibson in the low post, causing consecutive fouls by the opponent, and regained the lead with free throws. After that, Livingston broke into the penalty area and scored two points.

The two teams entered into a stalemate, and the score rose alternately. The Thunder's substitute defensive ability was not that strong, especially the inside line. The inside line composed of Gibson and Collison could not stop David West's singles and Paul George's breakthrough. The reason why the score did not open was because Thunder Durant was also incomprehensible on the offensive end!

The two teams have been deadlocked until the substitution!The Thunder changed the starting lineup again, but Presti did not change. The chemical reaction from the substitute just now was very good, so they decided to let them play for a while!
After Westbrook came on the court, he held the ball at the top of the arc, lowered his center of gravity and went straight to kill!Livingston is totally unstoppable!Go in, it's too late for David West to help defend!Layup hit!

The Hornets attacked, Livingston quickly took it, and the low position was given to David West, David West singled Ibaka!It's not easy to fight now!Turn around and wipe the defense!Hook!But Jordan has already flew over quickly!Directly the big hat fans fly!Hornets throw-in!
Livingston quickly sent the ball to David West, David West handed it to Ray Allen, Ray Allen took the ball and used David West's cover to throw a three-pointer!Finally in!

Westbrook quickly advanced the frontcourt, lowered his center of gravity and plunged in!Thunder's fight is very simple but effective!Westbrook goes in and hits again!Livingston hit Westbrook with his back in the low post, but he couldn't hold back, and forcibly turned over and shot!Miss!Westbrook grabs another rebound and speeds up!Counterattack and score the ball again!The substitute couldn't hold on anymore, Presti immediately called a timeout!
After the timeout ended, Presti replaced the starting lineup. After coming up, Curry went to the top of the arc, Davis came to cover, went around the screen, and Ibaka came out!A quick pass to Paul George, Paul George attracted Durant's defense!Paul George turned around and passed to Green. Green faced Harden. He had a height advantage and carried his opponent for a layup!Although he missed, he drew a foul.

Green made one of two free throws and Jordan protected the rebound!Give it to Westbrook, Westbrook quickly leads the frontcourt, lowers his center of gravity and goes in, the Hornets shrink decisively!The breakthrough route is blocked!There is still no way to shrink in the face of the Hornets!
Westbrook was forced to stop the ball and immediately left the perimeter. Ibaka made an open three-pointer and missed the basket. The rebound was grabbed by Davis!The Hornets counterattacked, Curry caught the ball and dribbled it to the frontcourt, facing Durant on the left side without a shot, Thompson who followed up immediately!Thompson is completely vacant!Although Harden tried his best to interfere, the ball went into the net hollow.

The Thunder attacked. Harden relied on Jordan to cover and get rid of Curry. After attracting Green's defense, he gave the ball to Ibaka. Ibaka relied on his height advantage to make a 70-degree jump shot from the right. , the interference is missed!Paul George takes the rebound and accelerates! .

The Hornets counterattacked, Paul George passed to Curry, and Curry dribbled the ball to the right outside the three-point line for a meal, attracting Westbrook's attention, and then distributed it to Paul George on the right!Durant also quickly made up for it, continued to split the bottom corner Thompson, and made an open three-pointer!Perfect arc, the ball hollow into the net!

The Thunder was beaten 8-0 after the Hornets switched to the starting lineup, and the Thunder was forced to call a timeout. The worst thing about the Thunder's bus line was not the offense but the defense!The Thunder have always been a team based on defense, and now the Hornets have whatever they want on the defensive end!A timeout must be called!

Harden currently overlaps with Westbrook on the court. It is a waste for Harden and Westbrook to play without the ball. Besides, their fixed-point shooting is not good tonight. Therefore, Harden was replaced by Matthews after the timeout to increase defense!
But there is also a problem with this, that is, Matthews is not allowed at the moment, and Presti can be bolder to let him go, because the inside will be more congested!Westbrook's breakthrough space will be squeezed again!

After the timeout ended, the Hornets did not make substitutions and continued to play against the Thunder.The positional battle is okay. After all, the Thunder has Durant, an indiscriminate singles master, and defensive gates like Ibaka and Jordan Jr., but once the Thunder misses the offense, the Hornets will quickly push back. Except for Green's shooting, everyone else's outside shots are very good, causing the Thunder to often focus on one thing and lose another!

Of course, the main reason for the Thunder's struggle in the first half is that Westbrook's outside touch is not good tonight. So far, the mid-range shots are 7-1!The goal is to break through the inside!

Just like that, the halftime ended, and the Hornets suppressed the Thunder in offense and defense! , The Hornets lead 57 to 48!

In the second half, Presti emphasized offense again. Of course, the defensive end must also be rotated, because the Thunder really don’t feel good tonight, so they can quickly shrink, and double-teaming Durant in the low post is OK.
The Thunder strengthened their defense in the second half, but their own offense was still weak. As long as Westbrook breaks through, the Hornets will shrink. Durant holds the ball in a low position, and the Hornets will double-team, because the Hornets have Green and Davis inside.At the end of the three quarters, the Hornets lead by double digits 88 to 74!
In the final quarter, the Hornets speeded up and ran away again!The Thunder can keep up, but they can't let it go. The shooting of Curry and Thompson alone is enough for the Thunder to have a headache, plus the firepower of Davis and Paul George, and Green who keeps cutting.

On the offensive end of the Thunder, it was very struggling. Durant consumed too much energy, missed the top of the three-point arc several times, and the Hornets counterattacked, and Westbrook did the same. He basically rushed in and saw a group of Hornets inside.Soon Thunder couldn't hold on anymore!
This is still the case after the Thunder came back from a timeout. As long as one of the Thunder's three players does not start, then this game will be very difficult to play!Because the Thunder doesn't have a fourth ball-holding point other than Westbrook, Durant, and Harden. Ibaka and Jordan don't have the ability to attack independently. Once the three of them misfire, it's over!Of course, when the Thunder faces other teams, even if the two misfire, there is a way, but the Hornets are different. The Hornets have N ball-holding points!

At the end of the game, the Hornets defeated the Thunder 109:99!The series scored 2:2!

The fifth game is played in New Orleans. This game is very important to both sides. After all, the battle of Tianwangshan, but many experts generally believe that the chances of the Thunder winning this game are too small!The Hornets will win with a high probability!

At the beginning of the game, the Thunder still got the first attack. Westbrook gave the ball to Jordan, and Jordan handed it to Durant. Durant received Jordan's assist and scored a three-pointer.

In anxiety, as Green dunked a long pass from Curry, the Thunder called a timeout.After the game, Durant tied the score with a three-pointer, and Thompson made a three-pointer to lead a wave of 7-0, but the Thunder immediately scored 7-0!

At this time, Presti immediately called a timeout!Back from the timeout, the Hornets gradually grasped the situation on the court, while the Thunder relied on Westbrook's series to bite the score. At the end of the first quarter, Davis led Jordan to complete 2+1, and then Ibaka hit a three-pointer, and the Thunder took the lead. In the last ten seconds, the Hornets Paul George missed a jumper.
In the next quarter, Westbrook made a steal and scored a dunk. Jimmy Butler of the Hornets caught the ball and scored a three-pointer. The Thunder maintained the lead during the stalemate. David West made a layup and Westbrook hit a three-pointer in the counterattack.

On the Thunder's side, Durant hit a three-pointer, and the Hornets missed consecutively on the offensive end. The Thunder took the opportunity to widen the point difference. With Westbrook chasing and hitting a three-pointer, the Thunder hit a wave of 12-0, and Presti paused again!After the game, Curry and Paul George made great efforts to catch up with the point difference. The Thunder hit a three-pointer from the outside to stabilize their position.
After the game, Thunder Durant scored 2+1, Westbrook hit a three-pointer, and the Hornets scored consecutively to narrow the point difference. With Davis making a tip-up at the buzzer, the Thunder led the Hornets 57-55 into the second half!
At the beginning of the second half, Durant hit the inside and caused a foul. Durant made two free throws. Curry made a throw to narrow the point difference. Green was emptied but scored a three-pointer here!Harden stepped back and returned a three-pointer!

With Curry making two free throws, the Hornets completed the overtake!The Thunder are in rough timeout!After a timeout, Davis dominated the Thunder's basket and made a tip-up. Ibaka hit the iron with a three-pointer, the Hornets quickly counterattacked, and Thompson hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc on the right!

Tonight, Durant's touch exploded, and he scored a three-pointer from the top of the arc. Paul George hit the inside against Ibaka and scored the ball!Thunder Harden hit a three-pointer to narrow the gap, and Thompson made it back with a three-pointer!
On the Thunder's side, Harden stepped up and hit a three-pointer!Into Presti had to call a timeout again!Back from the game, Paul George hit a three-pointer to stabilize his position, Westbrook took off and dunked, but Davis immediately went up 2+1 inside. In the last eight seconds, Durant hit the net with a super-long three-pointer at the buzzer, and the Hornets led the Thunder 88-83 into the fourth quarter!
In the final battle of the fourth quarter, Thunder Durant hit a three-pointer to narrow the point difference. The Hornets' offense was unfavorable. Harden caught the ball and hit a three-pointer.

Westbrook responded with a three-pointer, but Curry suddenly broke out again, hitting a super-long three-pointer again!The Hornets re-established their lead and entered the Thunder timeout.After the game came back, Thunder Durant and Westbrook worked hard to narrow the point difference. With Westbrook's counterattack and 2+1, the Thunder completed the overtake!
The Hornets came back from a timeout, Davis made a tip-up to tie, Durant responded with a three-pointer, Westbrook scored 2+1 to narrow the point difference, the game still had suspense, Davis got a free throw opportunity, and Davis made two free throws!

The Thunder came back from a timeout, Durant missed a throw, but won the frontcourt. Westbrook helped Durange hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, but in the last 10 seconds, the Thunder fouled Curry. Curry made two free throws, but Durant missed a three-pointer. In the end, the Hornets beat the Thunder 105-102 at home, and the series came to 3:2!

Game 7 comes to Oklahoma again!At the beginning of the game, the Hornets entered the state. Curry caught Westbrook's mistake and counterattacked successfully. Paul George hit a three-pointer and scored 9 points in a row. The Hornets led 4-[-]!

However, the Thunder found a touch in the middle of the quarter. Durant and Westbrook hit three-pointers, Jordan scored 4 points in the paint, and the Thunder, which blossomed inside and outside, completed a 14-13 lead.After that, Thompson of the Hornets suddenly broke out, scoring 2 three-pointers in a row and scoring 8 points alone, helping the Hornets regain the lead 21-14!

But Westbrook stood up and responded. He scored 6 points from inside and outside, leading the Thunder to wipe out the point difference.At the end of this quarter, the Thunder had ups and downs due to the Hornets' defense, and the Hornets continued to feel good. Davis scored 4 points in a row in the paint, and Paul George made a strong breakthrough. At the end of the first quarter, the lead was extended to 27-22!

In the second quarter, Hornets substitutes Jimmy Butler and David West took turns to make kills and hit free throws, helping the team expand the lead to double digits.After Westbrook returned to the court, he hit a three-pointer, but Jimmy Butler immediately responded with a three-pointer. David West also scored 3 points in the interior with penalty shots. He switched defenses and played 8-0, maintaining a big lead with 49-34!
Although the Thunder felt warmer afterwards, Ibaka and Harden hit three-pointers, but the Hornets' Curry and Davis immediately blossomed inside and outside and scored 8 points to pay back, helping the team continue to lead by double digits.In the last 1 minutes of this quarter, Westbrook scored 4 points with penalty shots, but Davis, who was in a hot state in this campaign, responded with 2 points in time on the inside. The Hornets ended the first half with a 53-43 lead.

In the second half, the Hornets finally lost power, and the Thunder took the opportunity to chase points. Westbrook and Harden took turns hitting the inside and scored 9 points together. The two helped the team quickly chase points!Thompson then scored 2 points for the Hornets, but the Thunder's Harden and Durant immediately hit three-pointers in return, and the Thunder further narrowed the score!
Presti immediately paused to adjust.After the timeout, the Hornets regained their offensive rhythm. Paul George fouled and scored 5 points for a layup. Davis also scored 4 points inside. The Hornets re-extended their lead to 7 double digits!
Although Durant and Westbrook scored three-pointers afterwards, Curry of the Hornets scored 4 points with penalty shots in return. Paul George broke through and scored another 2 points. The Hornets maintained a lead of about 10 points!But at this time, the Thunder's home court obviously won't give up, and soon the Thunder launched a counterattack in time at the end of the quarter. Durant hit a three-pointer, Westbrook and Ibaka hit the basket and succeeded!The Hornets failed to make shots repeatedly under such a quick counterattack!At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder has chased the point difference to 2 points!
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