When Angel and Lillard began to work together, the Thunder's defense began to be a little overwhelmed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info However, when Aldridge also joined the offensive ranks, the Thunder's defense can be said to be instantly crushed!

In the past, Anjie's team gave people the impression that defense was stronger than offense, but today the Trail Blazers showed their super offensive power.

When a team has three efficient scoring points, and all three of them happen to be hot today, it is very difficult for the team to be suppressed by the defense. Anjie, Lillard and Aldridge were the three solid scorers today.

No matter how hard Durant and Westbrook triumph, it is impossible to limit the hands and feet of the Trail Blazers on both offensive and defensive ends. What's more, Wesley Matthews and Iguodala's cold guns are also deadly.

At the end of the third quarter, it completely turned into a stage for the Trail Blazers' three-man show. Their smooth and wonderful offense on the offensive end made the Thunder team only watch the point difference gradually widen.

Durant and Westbrook's small-scale collaboration was successful, but the efficiency of the two of them was still no match for the surprisingly good trio.

The end of the third quarter of the game indicates that the Thunder will enter the fourth quarter with a lot of pressure. 75-64, when Durant and Westbrook executed their tactics very successfully, the Thunder were still beaten by the Trail Blazers!

"Bledsoe, Russell, you two play at the same time in the final quarter!" the Trail Blazers have their trio, and Jeff Van Gundy is planning to create a trio of his own for the Thunder. While it turned out that Bledsoe would have played a bigger role in the second team, Van Gundy now had to put the "trumpet James" in the starting line-up in order to get the final victory.

However, it turned out that this was a no-brainer. One of the most commendable things about Durant as a superstar is that he can accept playing without the ball. But Westbrook and Bledsoe, two defenders, need to possess the ball in order to be effective.

So in the first offense of the fourth quarter, although Bledsoe used his personal ability to make a tough layup, it was obvious that his presence might break the connection that Westbrook and Durant had just established.

On the other hand, with the Trail Blazers, Rickard sent all of his second team with peace of mind.

Batum's form has been as bad as ever, and after his three-pointer just knocked out of the box, his stats today have become 1-of-9 shooting.

I have to admit that Durant did a good job of limiting the Frenchman who played him off the bench last season. But when he is too physically exhausted to face a well-rested Andre Iguodala, will Durant still be able to defend well?

The Thunder's starting five Tigers can't manage that much right now, and they can't afford to conserve their stamina for the final few minutes of the showdown. If you don't hurry up and close the score difference now, you won't even have a chance to fight a decisive battle at that time.

But J.J. Hickson's play slowed down the Thunder's pursuit of points, perhaps because of the undermatch, perhaps because Hickson has always been only a blue-collar player, or it may be that Morris and Ibaka intend to keep their energy on Aldridge and Anjie. All in all, these two guys were very lax in their defense against Hickson and Meyers Leonard.

Although Leonard has a height advantage, he is too strong compared to Morris and Ibaka.

Hickson is different, although this guy doesn't have superb skills, but it's his style of play.

When Batum missed, Hickson grabbed offensive rebounds twice on the heads of Morris and Ibaka, and scored on the second offense.

When Contney Lee broke through, Morris and Ibaka would also "habitually" ignore Hickson, and as a result, Lee repeatedly used fake passes to help Hickson score easily.

While just one J.J. Hickson's offensive firepower isn't enough to compete with the Thunder's formidable starting lineup, at the very least, he bought the Trail Blazers' starting five plenty of time to rest. And that's exactly what Rickard sent his second team to the pitch.

Westbrook is now in a berserk state, and this guy is the type who gets more and more courageous.

In an offensive attack after four minutes and thirty-five seconds in the fourth quarter, Westbrook tacitly completed the blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Durant, and at this time, J.J. Hickson had been kicked away by Ibarcara and Meyers Leonard was also rushing to the basket.

Leonard's sluggish foot movement made it impossible for him to complete the defense in time, Westbrook went straight to the basket like a bullet, and when he jumped to dunk, Leonard had just arrived!

Facing Leonard, who is only three centimeters shorter than Anjie, Westbrook has no fear! When the game is played, there is nothing to fear Westbrook.

Leonard was going to block Westbrook, but seeing Westbrook rushing so quickly, he subconsciously turned sideways in the air, ready to protect himself with his shoulders.

So, Westbrook completed this crazy dunk with Leonard who was 2.16 meters apart! And Leonard just protected himself in embarrassment, which made Westbrook's momentum look stronger!

After scoring this goal, the Thunder finally narrowed the margin to single digits, with a difference of only eight points. And this dunk undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Thunder team.

Rickard called a long timeout at the moment, and everyone on the Thunder knew that this was the clarion call for the showdown to begin!

"That's it! Morris, Sergi, your defense is crucial! I don't want to see Hickson's easy scoring happen to Ann and Aldridge. Russell! Get that damn Lillard for me, I'm talking about offense and defense, you're going to get him for me!" Jeff Van Gundy knows his players are excited right now, and he's going to let his starting five play an entire quarter this quarter. How to make up for their lack of physical strength? Psychology is undoubtedly an important factor.

When a person wants to win, when he wants to tear apart his opponent. His physical strength is simply not enough to become a shackle that restricts his hands and feet.

Jeff Van Gundy really misses last season's Western Conference Finals, when he had to isolate Anjie and the Trail Blazers couldn't fight back.

But today, everything has changed. This team has more than just an Anjie!

"It's time, it's been long enough! Go on the pitch and come back with a win!" Ricard's explanation was much simpler, and he was confident that he was about to send five men on the pitch. The Thunder guys are nothing more than a bunch of guys who have been exhausted to death. The Trailblazers will use even more fierce attacks to defeat them in one fell swoop!

When the timeout ended, the most intense part of the game began. The Thunder, as the side that did not have an advantage in physical strength, instead pulled the pace of the game fast. And what about the Trail Blazers? They weren't led by the Thunder, and with Anjie's command, Lillard had to honestly slow down and play the position.

Because of this, when Lillard gets a fast break opportunity, he will run like a wild horse that has been holding back for a long time. And Anjie's long backcourt pass, which is as accurate as a cruise missile, is specially tailored for a lightning-fast guy like Lillard.

After being caught in a couple of turnovers by the Trail Blazers for a fast break, the Thunder were forced to slow down their pace and play more cautiously.

And as soon as the Thunder slowed down, they unknowingly fell into the rhythm of the Trail Blazers.

Bledsoe and Westbrook are both the kind of defenders who like to play at the chargeback, and it's hard for these two guys to play positional battles like traditional defenders.

Bledsoe's off-ball run isn't great, and his catch-and-shoot ability isn't as good as his breakaway layups.

Westbrook was willing to pass the ball today, but Iguodala's desperate entanglement made the physically exhausted Durant miserable. Durant, the guy who played the longest game today, was the longest-running player. If you want to say tired, he is also the most tired one.

Passing to Morris and Ibaka, two defensive interior players who want to score under Angel's guarded basket, is not easy.

Morris and Sergio Ibaka each made a hook and a mid-range shot, but those two were the only two goals scored by the Trail Blazers since their starting five came on.

The Trail Blazers' offense began to become efficient, while the Thunder, who had just come out of nowhere, began to fail frequently.

Bledsoe tried to break through a few times, but they were ruthlessly stifled by Anjie's defense. The anxious Westbrook started shooting from the outside, but his shooting percentage wasn't high.

Only Durant is still calm and still playing the way he is good at it. It's just that he was tired enough to choke, and he happened to meet one of the best defensive small forwards in the league.

Time passed by second, but the difference did not follow. On the contrary, the Trail Blazers have widened the margin.

The five members of the Thunder team did not give up, they still attacked fiercely, but they were in a mess and they couldn't improve their efficiency at all.

Anjie has been pestered by Morris's pestering and his whole body is sore, but the game is not over yet, and he must persevere.

During one of the attacks, Westbrook threw himself into the air in a desperate manner. An Jie didn't care so much, and immediately jumped to interfere.

The two strong guys collided violently in the air, and the result was a lose-lose situation.

Angel fell, but quickly got back to her feet under the tugs of Aldridge and Iguodala. What about Westbrook? This guy actually lay on the floor for a while, instead of getting up as quickly as he had before.

This steely guy has also been physically and mentally exhausted by Portland's terrifying combat power.

With 40 seconds left and the margin between the two teams still in double digits, Jeff Van Gundy and the rest of the crowd knew it was time to give up......

It was indeed the Thunder who defeated the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals last season, but the current Trail Blazers are no longer the original Trail Blazers.

Hard power, the Thunder team completely lost to the Trail Blazers' hard power suppression.