It's game on!

The Thunder and Mavericks directly tore apart their polite faces before the game and fought on the court.

These two teams really didn't have any room for each other, and they were entangled together from the first second of the game, with the Mavericks led by Dirk Nowitzki and the Thunder led by Westbrook and Kevin Durant, both in very hot form.

After a short stalemate in the opening game, the Thunder began to gain the upper hand, led by the "King Bomb Combo".

Kevin Durant and Westbrook are clearly the ones who want to win.

Kevin Durant, in particular, was able to feel it from the opening stanza and he was the one who really wanted to win this game.

Of course, it is not without reason that he is so combative.

As a newcomer in the same period as Yi Jianlian, the original order was still in front of Yi Jianlian, and it is said that he should be able to achieve a better career than Yi Jianlian.

But the result was clearly not what he had hoped.

Last season, the Thunder made it to the Western Conference playoffs, which was the reward of the Thunder after three years of rotten, and they finally won the Spurs by 41, you know, at that time, everyone was not optimistic that they could beat the Spurs, even though their regular season record was better than the Spurs at that time, even if he and Westbrook had reached the star level, but these guys were still not optimistic about them!

Fortunately, in the end, they slapped these guys in the face with the results!

This season, the Thunder team has maintained the original core lineup, and the important thing is that Durant and Westbrook are still improving, and the two are getting closer and better, making the opponent unguardable, plus James Harden, who just entered the league in 09, has sprung up this season and improved significantly! Speaking of which, his growth also made the Thunder's investment in 07, 08 and 09 years reported, and the accurate vision of the Thunder team's management has become a benchmark praised by everyone in the industry for a while!

Harden has managed the role of the sixth man well, and Ibaka has been defense-oriented!

This season's Thunder team can be said to be both offensive and defensive, and has the ability to win the championship.

Although everyone thinks that they are still rookies, all the Thunder fans and the Thunder players themselves think they have the ability to win the championship!

Among them, the most confident is naturally Durant, Yi Jianlian has won the championship, although he has a lot less to compete with Yi Jianlian this season, but it can be seen from his sacrifice for the team, his purpose is to compete with Yi Jianlian in real honor, otherwise, with his scoring ability of more than 33 points per game last season, he can continue to take the ball alone, and he will never average more than 29 points per game this season, he gave part of the ball to Russell Westbrook!

The rise of the latter is also the real reason why the Thunder have been able to go so far in this year's playoffs!

Few people know that in the first half of the regular season, the Thunder team has been in the top two in the West, and their performance has been very stable, and in the playoffs, they have continued this momentum, slashing two teams in a row from the first round, all the way to the final Western Conference finals.

This is Durant's first time playing in the Western Conference finals, and this is also the first time Westbrook has stood on the stage of the Western Conference finals, and this is the first time that Ohla Homea City fans have felt the atmosphere of the Western Conference finals.

While everyone is talking about Yi Jianlian helping the Knicks rise, Kevin Durant has actually done the same thing, he has turned the Thunder, which was only a new army that was only a league migration three years ago, into a powerhouse in the entire West.

At the same time, he has also made himself a superstar in the limelight, and this season he became the starter of the All-Star Weekend, so that all NBA fans know that there is a team in the West that is the Ohrahhoma City Thunder, and there is a superstar there called Kevin Durant!

After reaching the Western Conference Finals, Kevin Durant's ambitions have also become even bigger!

He hopes to make it to the finals in one go!

And this time against the Mavericks, a team that has repeatedly dropped its chain in the playoffs, makes it feel like the reason why he wants to make it to the Finals is not that difficult.

On the contrary, he even felt that playing the Mavericks in the Western Conference would be much easier than the previous games.

Therefore, many fans, including experts, are not optimistic that they can win against the Mavericks, but they themselves feel that this is the Thunder's greatest hope of entering the Finals!

But the result is that they lost the first two games of the series in a row, which is a very big blow to him, especially to Kevin Durant, he really realizes that the Mavericks are the strongest opponent in the West this year, especially Nowitzki, his state in this year's playoffs is really terrifying!

Kevin Durant has to use that word to describe Dirk Nowitzki, and he believes that all the opponents he has played against will also use this word to describe Dirk Nowitzki.

That doesn't stop Kevin Durant from wanting to win them, though, and he has to win them!

And the Thunder also recovered two games in a row in the back.

This made Kevin Durant think that he could reverse it, but it was Dirk Nowitzki again, who scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists with an incredible magical performance!

In this era of data explosion, Dirk's data is not so terrifying, but Dirk's every point is crucial, and Dirk Nowitzki, who was deducted by the media in the past, has performed the most in this year's playoffs because the more critical he gets, the more he can score!

The battle on the king of heaven was lost, but Kevin Durant wanted to win even more!

The reason here is not only because he wants to catch up with Yi Jianlian, but also because of a series of things that happened in the series that made them very unhappy!

In the second game of the series, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-89, which was the second game of the series won by the Mavericks, and the big score had come to 2-0, just when all the pundits and fans thought that the Mavericks would continue to beat the Thunder in Game 3, the Thunder stubbornly won 85-84.

But the victory in this game did not bring much attention to the Thunder team, but caused a large number of spectators to criticize, and many fans thought that the Thunder team won unfairly!

Because of this game, all the fans thought that the referees were biased in favor of the Thunder! To make matters worse, the NBA official released a penalty report for the final two minutes of the game a day later, confirming the situation.

According to the penalty report, the referees missed a total of four decisions in the last two minutes, three of which were in favor of the Thunder.

For example, in the final 41.1 seconds of the fourth quarter, the two sides tied at 81. Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook missed a three-point shot, and Mavericks backup center Jeffrey pressed his arm on the shoulder of Thunder center Adams while scrambling for a rebound, affecting the opponent to grab the rebound, which should have been whistled for a foul, but the referee did not blow the penalty. The rebound was eventually picked up by Russell Westbrook of the Thunder, who scored two valuable points on a quick layup in the next offensive round to give the Thunder a two-point lead.

In addition, in the last 26.5 seconds of the fourth quarter, the Thunder were bound to win this offense. Center Adams and power forward Serge Ibaka both had screen fouls that affected Mavericks guard Matthews' path to chase Durant. Both actions should have been whistled for fouls, but the referee did not whistle for them. Although Adams and Ibaka set up a very good barrier for Durant, Durant, who had a terrible shooting hand in this game, failed to take advantage of his chance, and two consecutive jumpers ended in iron.

With 7.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Mavericks led by one point at 85-84. Thunder guard Vitesse pushed Mavericks player Matthews straight to the ground, which should have been whistled for a foul, and the referee didn't blow the whistle. Westbrook then fouled Felton, who missed two free throws at the crucial moment. The Thunder retained the chance to kill, but Durant and Westbrook missed consecutive offensive attempts, and Adams grabbed an offensive rebound in the final minute to complete the rebound. The referees reversed the decision after reviewing the footage, and they ultimately decided that Adams had run out of game time when he made the basket. And today's penalty report reaffirms that, and by the time the basketball left Adams' hands, the game time was indeed running out.

The victory in Game 3 was not easy for the Thunder. They had just lost the second game of the series to the Mavericks by a full 38 points, 70-108, but they came home to victory. Kevin Durant, the leader of the Thunder, also said after the game, don't want to beat us easily.

Becoming more and more responsible is also a change for Kevin Durant as the core of the Thunder team, and he is really becoming more and more aware of being a core player this year!

It's a pity that his statement became a joke among fans after the league's official report, and everyone thought it was just a Thunder blind cat meeting a dead mouse!

"Do you think the referee will favor you so much in the next game?"

"Stop making jokes, Kevin Durant, you will never be Yi Jianlian's opponent, and you will never want to achieve what he can do!"

"I'm actually very optimistic about Kevin Durant's growth trajectory, he is very promising to become the best small forward in the league under Yi Jianlian, especially after LeBron James is old, but unfortunately from the current situation, Yi Jianlian's championship has put too much pressure on him, which makes him anxious to succeed, and unwilling to accept the facts, they are not better than the Mavericks, they have obviously received preferential treatment from the referees, but they still put on a look that they won the game by strength, which makes me a little incomprehensible!"

It is also because the ridicule of these fans has always remained in Kevin Durant's heart, which is why he wants to win all the games so much!

After they won the fourth game, Kevin Durant once saw the hope of winning, but unfortunately he fought to the end in the fifth game, and got 38 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists but did not exchange for a victory!

This frustrated him, but he didn't give up immediately, because they still had a chance, and as long as they won two games in a row, then they still had a chance of winning!

Drag on to the seventh game!

Kevin Durant has already made up his mind to drag it out until Game 7!

This is also the reason why he fought so fiercely as soon as he came up in today's life-and-death situation!

It's just a pity that the Thunder only led for such an opening time in today's game, and the Mavericks slowly mastered the rhythm of the game in the following time, and the score difference slowly widened to more than 10 points during this period.

What makes Kevin Durant even more frustrating is that his "second brother", his good brother who has made great strides this season, entered the frequent iron in the third quarter, and he wants to ask Russell Westbrook, why do you have such a strong ability to impact the basket, but always pull up jumpers in front of the basket?

Rush in!

But he doesn't want to destroy the brotherhood with Russell Westbrook, this is only Russell's third season with the Thunder, Kevin Durant thinks back to himself last year, and doesn't want to blame Russell Westbrook for anything!

In the crazy iron of the "second brother", the Thunder team also lost hope of winning.

In the most critical sixth game, the Thunder lost!

Final 4-2!

The Mavericks beat the Thunder to advance to the finals!

In three of those six games, the margin of victory and loss was actually less than six points, and the Mavericks had the last laugh every time.

When it comes to playoffs PK, master matchups, the outcome often depends on the performance at the last moment. In the first game, Dek Nowitzki staged a stunner in the last 1 second, making the Thunder a one-point gap; In the second, in the last 20 seconds, Terry scored on a layup, 99-100. Harden then hit both free throws, and Terry hit two three-pointers to tie the score, and the Thunder lost again. In the fourth game, the Thunder won without discussion; In the last 5 minutes and 47 seconds of the fifth game, Kevin Durant completed a 2+1 offense, and the Thunder still led 91-88, but then they missed 8 shots in the movement, and the Mavericks had the last laugh. The execution of key moments, the Mavericks are clearly superior, and they show a mature side.

From the peak matchup between Durant and Nowitzki, Durant played an average of 39.8 minutes per game in 6 games, averaged 25 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, and shot 44.6% from the field, which was a certain decrease from the 28.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 49.6% shooting rate in the regular season.

Dirk Nowitzki is averaging 26.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while shooting 44.2 percent from the field, up from 21.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 45.7 percent shooting in the regular season.

Or rather, Dek Nowitzki, who entered the playoffs, started the God Butcher mode!

It is also worth mentioning that Nowitzki surpassed Ewing to rise to 10th in the all-time defensive rebounding list in the playoffs in this series, and he surpassed Elgin Baylor and Bill Russell to move up to 10th place in the NBA playoffs all-time free throw list.