After the Thunder replaced Kevin Durant, it became difficult to chase points. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Russell Westbrook cut inside, causing a foul on Kawhi Leonard, hitting both free throws, and the difference came to 12 points.

Although Kawhi Leonard is also strong defensively, at least against Kawhi Leonard, Russell Westbrook's offense can still play.

In the Spurs' offense, Manu held the ball, and after making a cross cover with Anxi, he directly made a European step layup, scored 2 points, and the difference narrowed to 10 points.

Then, Kawhi Leonard defended Russell Westbrook's mid-range shot, and the Spurs seized the opportunity to close the gap to within 10 points with a mid-range shot from Tim Duncan.

Scott Brooks anxiously paced back and forth on the sidelines, and the Spurs showed their terrifying fighting spirit and fighting power in the third quarter, and this momentum made Scott Brooks have to look at the last young man on the bench who has not played several times in a row - James Harden.

Now Scott Brooks has also learned to be decisive, and he decided to wait a little longer, and when the Spurs are close again, he will decisively replace James Harden.

However, in the next few minutes, the Thunder's offense was also very tenacious, and they never gave the Spurs a chance to continue to narrow the difference, either either they didn't score, or the Spurs scored Thunder and scored, anyway, the difference was between 8 points and 10 points.

In the 7th minute of the third quarter, Russell Westbrook shook off Kowhi Leonard, rushed into the restricted area, faced Tim Duncan's defense, the whole person flew up, smashed the basketball into the basket with a bang, and the Thunder continued to keep scoring, and in the third quarter, Russell Westbrook had scored 13 points.

On the Spurs' side, Tony Parker used the help of blocking and dismantling cover, one move, and a two-point shot from a long distance, and he also hit, and the difference became 8 points.

Popovich on the sidelines was not so anxious, after all, the 8-point difference could be chased in the fourth quarter, so he kept standing there quietly, observing every offensive and defensive round between the two sides.

It's the Thunder's offense again, it's Russell Westbrook who holds the ball, at this critical moment, the Thunder don't dare to risk letting Kevin Durant play, unless it's an excellent vacant opportunity, Kevin Durant will definitely not be able to get the ball, Durant's only task now is to drag Anxi.

Popovich was not in a hurry, An Xi on the court was a little anxious, the difference in points could not be narrowed for a long time, An Xi felt that dragging it out would definitely not be good for the Spurs, so this time, An Xi felt that he should do something.

Looking at Kevin Durant out of the corner of his eye, Anxi turned sideways and looked at Russell Westbrook with the ball.

Kevin Durant saw that An Xi didn't stare at him, and thought that the opportunity had come, so he went around the bottom corner directly. An Xi reacted immediately and followed.

Kevin Durant went around to the top of the arc and found that Anxi was still inseparable, so he simply prepared to make a pick-and-roll cover for Russell Westbrook at the top of the arc, if Russell Westbrook could attract Anxi's defensive attention, it would be even better.

Seeing Kevin Durant's hands intertwined, ready to make a blocking cover for Russell Westbrook, Anxi glanced at the basketball in Westbrook's hand, and he felt that the opportunity had come.

One turned sideways and let Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard pass, and Anxi switched directly to Russell Westbrook.

Kevin Durant was happy in his heart, ran to the other side, and then reached out to ask for the ball, getting rid of the nightmarish existence of Anxi, Kevin Durant felt much more comfortable.

Russell Westbrook is also ready to pass the ball, at this time, passing the ball to Kevin Durant is naturally the best choice, and it is a brain disease to beat Anxi.

However, at the moment when he opened his hand to pass the ball! Anxi slammed out in front of Russell Westbrook!

"Be careful!" Kevin Durant exclaimed!

But it's already too late!

An Xi's hand cut to the basketball that flew towards Kevin Durant, and then directly used this force to rush to the court!

"Steal! Anxi steals Russell Westbrook's pass! He rushed forward, and within a meter of the perimeter, there was not a single defender! ”

"Bang!" With a muffled sound, Anxi slammed a dunk fiercely! There are 6 points left!

Beep! A whistle blew, and the Thunder applied for a timeout.

With a 6-point difference, Scott Brooks decisively called a timeout, Anxi's steal broke the deadlock, and Scott Brooks's timeout somewhat interrupted the Spurs' rhythm of chasing points, and of course, more importantly, replaced James Harden.

And on the Spurs' side, Popovich is not a fool, he is called Zhuge by Chinese fans, Popovich knows very well that this suspension of Scott Brooks must be replaced by James Harden, after a little consideration, Popovich decided to replace with the Thunder.

"Danny, you play, replace Tony, defend James Harden."

Danny Green nodded, and against the Thunder's multi-star lineup, the Spurs' three major outside single-guard giants came in handy.

The game restarted, the Thunder really replaced James Harden, four less together, Scott Brooks's goal is obviously to stabilize the situation on the court, and then wait for the opportunity to continue to expand the point difference, for the Thunder, they can't lose this game and can't afford to lose, because once they lose, the big score will become 0:3, and when the gods come, they can't save the Thunder.

And the Spurs are desperate to win this game, if it is in the past, Popovich will not care so much about the victory of this game, and also requires all players to fight, and the hair dryer mode is also turned on in the locker room, but this game is different, the referee's partial whistle and faint whistle make Popovich feel that this game should have been won by the Spurs, even if the referee wants to make trouble, the Spurs will win the game!

The game restarted, and the Thunder returned to the court full of confidence, and the four young people made them full of confidence.

But, soon, reality hit them in the head!

James Harden took the ball into his own hands as soon as he got on the court, dribbled outside the three-point line for a while, and then accelerated to break through, after getting rid of Danny Green, James Harden continued to accelerate, as if he had found an opportunity, and made a three-step layup, but Tim Duncan, the patron saint of the Spurs restricted area, stepped up and put an end to the Thunder's offense.

"Tim Duncan's big hat, Spurs stepped up their defense! Their fast break, and the rhythm at the beginning of the first quarter, the Spurs' defensive counterattack, Tony Parker's layup, went in! There are still 4 points left in the difference! (To be continued.) )