Chapter 809: Christmas Showdown

Westbrook's performance tonight was completely better than Curry on the other side.

Westbrook also relied on his body and momentum to overpower Curry in the opening period, but Curry soon used his accurate three-point shot to teach him.

Times are indeed different, and if it had been more than a decade ago, Westbrook's breakthrough style of play would have been very popular in the league.

In those days, even fans learned from their favorite stars, and they were pulling rods and changing hands.

Although the man landed as soon as he pulled the rod, and the ball did not change hands, he still enjoyed it.

The reason is that at that time, the standard for judging an outside superstar was mainly based on his outside breakthrough ability.

Now that the standard has changed, the first thing to look at is your three-point shooting.

At this point, Westbrook's projection is indeed too unstable, and the three-point shot cannot be compared with Curry, Durant, Li Liang and others.

So it's normal to feel depressed.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Westbrook re-entered the game, and Li Liang rested for a while.

As soon as Westbrook came up, he held the ball and burst into the basket, and gave the ball to Kanter, who made a layup and caused the opponent to foul and go to the free throw line.

One of two free throws made it 81-89 and gave the Thunder an eight-point lead.

Then, Curry cut to the basket in the air, but under the Thunder's tight defense, he received a pass from Valejo and failed to make a layup.

Durant got the ball and launched a counterattack.

One thing that is really scary about the Thunder is that they have three counter-attack engines.

Li Liang, Durant, and Westbrook can all be used as instigators for counterattacks, each of which requires at least two people to stop.

But you don't have that many people, and you probably have to add the referee to barely enough.

But Durant's fast-break choices weren't good.

He passed to Vitesse on the left, who received the ball and didn't throw, but dipped a shot and killed inside.

Li Liang was anxious when he saw this choice, you kill inside, and you don't see how fast the warriors retreat?

It's already full of people inside, and if you kill it again, won't you jump into the pit?

It's better to try to shoot one on the outside, the Warriors are so crowded inside, Lao Tzu can still rush up to grab a frontcourt rebound or something.

As a result, Vitesse hit the inside, but the ball couldn't be shot and fell into the Warriors' pile.

The man went in, the ball was gone.

The Warriors' turnovers after this kind of dense defense tonight were really good.

Thunder's few hard-headed Hanhan have made mistakes many times.

This is also the difference between the Warriors defense and the Thunder.

The Thunder are long-handed spider webs, covering a large area, high intensity, and strong high-altitude defense.

And the Warriors are fast, a few steals and high hands do not move to attack your next three ways, and directly break the ball and push the counterattack.

On the counter, Curry advanced with the ball, and a very, very good crotch-piercing pass passed through Durant's crotch to Barnes.

It was supposed to be a must-score goal, but Barnes's two-handed layup was interfered with by Singler who was following behind, and it didn't score!

Barnes couldn't believe it when he landed on the ground.

Li Liang followed from behind to accept the ball and praised Singler.

This guy really has something to scare Barnes and actually scares Barnes.

Li Liang held the ball and pushed the counterattack, needless to say, the Warriors still pressed up with three people.

The bottom left corner of Vitesse was completely vacant, and Li Liang made a big diagonal pass to Vitesse.

Vitesse caught the ball and threw it, but it didn't go in......

Li Liang is going to scold Gan Li Liang again, why can't he vote for the vacant seats one by one?

In fact, in the fourth quarter, as the intensity of the game increases, the physical strength declines, and the shooting rate will drop.

Only if Li Liang is like this, he will be more accurate at the critical moment.

The two sides played iron for another two or three rounds, and the inside line was a back-to-back flip and various fouls.

But there was no score.

The warrior didn't care about Li Liang with three or seven twenty-one, but three people were sandwiched.

Then to Durant is Green one-on-one dead sticker, and the rest of the people love and love.

The Thunder eventually relied on N'Golo Kanter's hook shot under the basket to score two points.

On the Warriors' side, Vallejo cheated on the basket and cheated on two free throws.

Kerr replaced Curry with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.

On the Thunder side, Donovan also let Li Liang rest, and both of them were preparing for the final battle.

83:91, still an 8-point gap.

Westbrook is back on the field.

The Thunder were a bit of a hazard, and the core of the Warriors came in.

However, Westbrook's first ball on the court was a pass to Durant.

Durant hit Green with his back at the top of the arc, and a golden rooster independent step-back jumper shot shot and hit it steadily!

At 83:93, the difference came to 10 points.

Then, Iguodala missed a three-point shot from the outside.

The Thunder counterattacked, Westbrook held the ball and rushed quickly, the corner position seemed to be about to stop and jump shot, but the person was in the air but suddenly a Nesse pass to Kanter, Kanter made a layup and caused Bogut's foul!

Once again, Bogut's slow disadvantage is magnified.

N'Golo Kante hit both free throws to extend the margin to 12 points, with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter.

The Thunder showed strong strength in the second half.

The Big Three took turns to lead the team to play, you hammered me and I hammered, and the Warriors, who were the first in the league, were a little breathless.

Of course, it's the Warriors, if they were on another team, they would have surrendered a long time ago.

And the Warriors are far from surrendering, and Curry is still sitting on the sidelines waiting for the CD.

Tonight Kerr controlled Curry's playing time very well and kept him in good shape.

In Curry's absence, the Warriors played a team offense, with Thompson as the engine of the offense.

Continuous outside covers, the Thunder chased Klay, and Klay passed the ball to Livingston.

Livingston dribbled inside, singled Roberson with his back, hit a step-back jumper, and also caused a foul on Roberson's beater.

Livingston fulfilled his championship dream with the Clippers and reached a new career with the Warriors.

His mid-range jumper is perfect, and he has the style of Sam Kassel back then.

It seems to be unremarkable, but the ball is deadly, and often when the fast attack counterattacks, it is suddenly a mid-distance, and it is impossible to defend.

The penalty was also added, 86:95, and the difference between the two sides came to 9 points.

On the Thunder's side, Durant once again received the ball from the outside and threw three points.

The ball spun around the basket and finally fell out, and the fans at the scene regretted it.

Durant was still a little anxious, this opportunity was good, and he couldn't shoot.

On the Warriors' side, it was steady, Green received the ball in the low post and gave the ball to Thompson on the other side.

Thompson took a tentative step inside after receiving the ball, and hit another pull-up jumper.

The score difference is closing in again.

The Thunder still relied on Durant to attract a double bag and then gave the ball to Roberson who was in the left bottom corner.

The Warriors completely let go of their defense against Robertson, who lived up to expectations and didn't score three-pointers.

Li Liang stomped his feet when he saw it, this kind of big vacancy did not enter.

Fortunately, under the basket, Kanter grabbed the rebound in the front court and hit the rebound.

On the Warriors' side, Klay Thompson missed a three-pointer from the outside, but Barnes also grabbed the rebound.

Pass back to Green, who is sharing the ball to Iguodala under the basket.

Iguodala's clever behind-the-back pass to Barnes.

This time, Barnes won a two-handed dunk under the basket.

At 90:97, the Warriors' offense was still very tacit and exquisite.

Playing without haste or impatience in the case of falling behind.

Kerr also held his mind and continued to let Curry rest.

Li Liang is not on it, and Curry is not in a hurry to get on it.

Without Curry, the Warriors may not be as sharp on the offensive end, but they show an elite level of defense on the defensive end.

Thompson defended one-on-one and Westbrook scored a direct block.

Green was in the middle again, facing Adams' dunk that rushed over after receiving the ball, and pressed down a big hat directly in front of him!

This ball is a very nice hat.

And Adams stepped on the line and went out of bounds at the end, and it was still the Warriors' possession.

Of course, the Thunder's defense was also very fierce, blocking the Warriors' quick counterattacks in a row and maintaining the point difference.

Both sides are waiting, waiting for their strongest players to take the stage and play the final minutes of the fourth season.

After a chaotic battle, the scores on both sides remained unchanged at 90:97.

Green and Westbrook got up on defense and the two sides fought for the ball.

The game went into a timeout period.

Li Liang took off his sports jacket, he knew that the final decisive moment of the big battle at Christmas was coming.