There was a scorching atmosphere in the Warriors' locker room.

From Kerr to Curry, from Green to Thompson, everyone's brow furrowed.

Throughout the first half, the Warriors felt like they were swimming underwater.

A few times I tried to poke my head out to ventilate, I would be smothered by the thunder.

Throughout the season, the Warriors have always been the one who bored their opponents, and when it came to the Western Conference Finals, they were really unaccustomed to being stuffed by the Thunder.

Curry played quite poorly in the first half, missing three-pointers and only 4 assists, and only scored 7 points on free throws and breakaways.

If Curry's three-pointers can't be opened and assists can't be played, the Warriors' offense can't work effectively.

They could only rely on tenacious counter-attacks up front, as well as piecemeal individual attacks to bite the score.

This style of play is not advocated by Kerr, and if the series continues like this, it will definitely be more than lucky.

But Cole couldn't think of a good solution for the time being.

How the Thunder's Big Three defend and deal with it is a big problem.

The ball was evenly distributed among the three and all three were in good shape.

In the locker room, Kerr paced back and forth while repeatedly emphasizing "running" and "defending."

Getting the ball moving is a top priority for the Warriors.

On the defensive end, the Warriors' intensity needs to be further improved.

The playoffs are essentially about players and teams challenging and pushing their limits.

It's just that Cole didn't expect that this limit came a little early and a little fast.

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The Thunder's locker room is relatively relaxed, but Donovan is not comfortable with the team.

The Thunder played quite well in the first half, but they still couldn't open up the difference.

5 points, not an insurance advantage at all.

The Warriors made a big mistake in the first half, and Li Liang made four steals alone.

But the Thunder actually made more mistakes, passing out of bounds, and being counter-robbed in the backcourt, which made the Thunder lose several points.

"Focus, defense, we withstood the Warriors' counterattack, with our defense, absolutely, absolutely not let their offense play with feeling, absolutely!"

Donovan repeatedly emphasized the team's defense.

Obviously, in the second half, the intensity of the game will be raised to a new level.

This is the first game of the Western Finals, and the subsequent confrontation can be imagined.

However, Li Liang was not worried, the pressure in his heart was much clearer than Donovan.

Judging from his experience and the probability of entering the system query, the Warriors are not as strong as the Thunder, and there is a high probability of losing the series 2:4.

Of course, Li Liang won't want to make the series to Game 6.

If it can be solved early, it will be solved as soon as possible, which is Li Liang's consistent style.

Evenly matched is not what Li Liang pursues, and killing with one blow is his posture.

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Fifteen minutes later, the energy center was back alive.

This time, no fans went to drink water, go to the toilet or buy toys.

The game is the focus of tonight.

In many games in the regular season, many fans are not so much to watch the game, but to have fun and play, and the game itself is not the point.

The playoffs are different, and every fan is going to be very engaged.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Warriors took the lead in attacking.

As a result, the high position Green's pass should be passed, and Li Liang gave him a steal!

Li Liang's fifth steal of the game!

After winning the ball, Li Liang quickly attacked the basket, and Green could only foul and send Li Liang to the free throw line.

Li Liang's steal tonight was like a miracle, completely seeing through the Warriors' passing paths.

Green was robbed by Li Liang and was already a little afraid to pass the ball.

Standing on the free throw line, Li Liang hit both free throws and gave the opponent a blow at the beginning.

Immediately, Thompson broke through with the ball in the high post and only hit a toss to score two points.

The Thunder would rather let a two-point break and not let Thompson make a three-point shot.

Robertson sticks it very tightly, and it is sideways, leaving room for Thompson to break through on the front.

If you stick it sideways, Thompson won't be able to shoot because the shot will be taken directly from the side.

It's just that this ball, Adams's help defense is a little slower.

Then, Li Liang covered Durant in the high post, and Durant cut in the middle.

Li Liang was on the right side, drawing the Warriors' full defensive attention.

Durant gave the ball to the bottom left corner, Robertson, made a decisive three-point shot, and hit!

At 65:57, the margin stretched to 8 points.

The Warriors' defensive intensity has certainly come up.

Li Liang had just come out to cover, and he was almost pushed down by Green, and his hand movements were very special.

Barnes, who defended Durant, also kept interfering, making Durant's pass stumble.

But Roberson still caught the ball and hit the three-pointer, which was his first three-pointer of the game.

A reminder to the Warriors that if he is released, the consequences could be severe.

The offensive problems that the Warriors needed to solve in the first half were still at a loss in the second half.

Green's in-cut pass in the high post was almost cut off by Robertson, only to be whistled for a handle by the referee for a foul.

In this case, how much Kerr wishes there was a strong singles player on the team who is undifferentiated.

Just like Jordan when he was with the Bulls, Duncan when he was with the Spurs.

The tactics didn't work, so they pulled away in all directions, gave the ball to the superstar, and he was responsible for getting the ball in.

Curry is a superstar, but limited by his size, he can't attack indiscriminately.

The Thunder used Westbrook and Roberson to take turns pestering Curry, putting huge defensive pressure on Curry.

This pressure has not stopped since the first quarter.

If the Warriors don't have a second point where they can "shoot people" to step up, the Thunder will continue to defend like this.

Thompson has that potential, but Thompson's ball handling is a problem, and he relies heavily on his touch.

So far, Thompson's outside feel can only be described as average.

However, after serving from the sideline, Curry still found an opportunity.

Westbrook gambled on steals while defending and tried to cut off Green's pass to Curry, but failed.

There was no one in front of the library, a large vacancy at 45 degrees on the right side, and he hit it directly!

Westbrook's defense is still a little frizzy.

Then, Westbrook went down quickly with the ball, hit the basket in the middle, and missed the shot with a stop-and-go shot.

Curry won the rebound in the backcourt, and the two began to entangle from the backcourt, and Westbrook kept reaching out to attack Curry's ball.

Curry used a crossover dribble from behind to get away from Westbrook, but was eventually poked out of bounds by Westbrook.

It's still the Warriors' possession.

Another sideline serve, this time Green found an opportunity in the middle and hit a jumper in front of Adams.

Subsequently, Durant missed a three-point shot from the outside.

But Li Liang grabbed the rebound in the front court, turned around and cut into the middle, and a master hit a stop-and-go jumper.

The confrontation between the two sides has become more and more intense.

The Warriors want to play fast, they want to continue to improve their offensive speed, and they want to beat the Thunder.

After Li Liang scored, the backcourt quickly served to Thompson, who held the ball and rushed strongly.

As a result, the layup was fanned off by a big hat from Roberson, who followed behind!

Very nice cap.

And it was from this block that the Warriors' offense began to go wrong.

Westbrook first made a clever pass to Li Liang, who made an easy layup.

The Warriors called a timeout.

After the timeout returned, Iguoda ** field.

The Warriors still have to play the air cut, or they still have to go inside, using passing, covering and running to penetrate the Thunder's position.

But the Thunder's position is well protected by Durant, Robertson and Leo Leung.

The pass was mishandled again and was stolen by Durant.

The offensive choice on the Thunder's side is very simple, Li Liang responded with the ball in the high post, attracted the attention of the defense and gave it to Durant in the low post on the right side.

Durant singled with the ball, faced Green, and hit a drop-back mid-range jumper.

Green couldn't do anything about it.

When Durant is full of energy and has little playmaking pressure, the offensive end is really a scythe of death.

Then, the Warriors passed the ball from the outside, and they really couldn't find a place to cut.

It was still Thompson, who rushed to the basket with the ball, left and right, and only scored one with a pull-up jump shot in the middle.

But immediately, Li Liang received the ball in the bottom left corner and hit a three-point shot directly in the face of Thompson.

The firepower of the Thunder is truly ferocious.

The margin is starting to stretch to more than 10 points.

Green wanted to return a three-pointer at the top of the high arc, but unfortunately it bounced off the basket.

The Warriors' offense came to a standstill, and the Thunder began to pull away.

Westbrook, who got the rebound, gave the ball to Westbrook, and then pushed it all the way to the basket in the middle.

No one could resist his quick down, received a return pass from Westbrook in the middle, and then burst into a two-handed dunk to get it!

Li Liang and Westbrook's twin tanks are attacking quickly, and there is a smell of diesel coming out of the energy center.

Halfway through the third quarter, the Warriors started to get a little overwhelmed.

Curry, Thompson, and Green all looked a little dazed.

What to do? Don't you feel like you can beat it?

Twenty votes?

Although the regular season was only two wins away, everyone had a historic record of 70 wins.

But when it comes to the playoff battlefield, it's really not a level, and it feels like it's one notch behind.

It's all Bruce Lee's hanging B, Cole thought, why don't you think about it and get him over in the summer?

If you can't beat it, join it, join Li Liang.