No one thought that the Thunder and the Grizzlies would play for such a long time, and even have to carry out the final victory and defeat through a tie-break, so these two groups can be regarded as another group of grievances in the West, although they have not met in the playoffs before this year, but now these two teams no matter who wins or loses, it must be a gimmick to meet again next year!

Of course, both teams have enough gimmicks!

At least for now!

For example, the Grizzlies, in the playoffs in 2011, they eliminated the Spurs 4-0 for the first time when everyone was not optimistic, so that the Spurs and Vicky both felt what it means to be "blackened"!

This battle can be regarded as one of the few, or even the only stain in Vicky's career, but it's a pity that this team didn't go further in the end, and it didn't make fans pay enough attention to him, but now it's different, the Grizzlies continued to maintain a strong momentum this year, and finally broke into the Western Conference Finals, breaking the embarrassing record of never entering the Western Conference Finals in team history, and making them one of the most talked about teams now, It can be said that although this year's Grizzlies are not enough to become a popular team next year, after all, their style of play is really not spectacular, but it will definitely become the object of concern for many teams!

As for the Thunder, not to mention, in last year's playoffs, they first advanced to the first-round series, then fought their way out of the semifinals, and finally broke into the Western Conference Finals for the first time after the team moved to Oklahoma.

What's more, these two teams are teams from small cities, but through their own completely different methods, their own teams have stood on the top of the West, and have become the focus of basketball fans around the world, one thing is for sure, that is, the rebuilding process of these two teams will inevitably be used as a standard case study by other small city teams!

However, this is for other teams, and for these two teams, it has come to the seventh game, and the only suspense left between them is which of them will have the last laugh and lead the team to complete the breakthrough in team history and complete the achievement of reaching the finals for the first time!

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'I don't know why this happened, but one thing that has to be said is that we wasted too many chances and that's why we need to play the last game, but anyway, since it's already the case, what I can do is to win this game because there's no way back!'

Kevin Durant was interviewed before the game, facing the microphone in the hands of the media and reporters, he did not have any psychological burden because of the mistakes at the key moments of the last game, and he still has strong self-confidence in this game!

That's what superstars are capable of, and no matter how bad their previous performances are, they won't carry them over to the next game.

'We're going to win because we've been working for the team so far, we don't need to have any doubts about ourselves because of the last two defeats, it's important that we have the ability to keep winning, so, you know what I mean!'

'I played badly in the last two games, honestly, really bad, but that's in the past, my blame won't save anything for the team, all we have to do is look forward because we have a big game to play and all I have to do before winning this game is to stay focused!'

Not only Kevin Durant, but also James Harden and Westbrook have all shown their determination in front of the media, and they are very confident about tonight's victory!

However, now more fans outside are supporting the Grizzlies, ESPN specially conducted voting statistics, and the results showed that the entire Grizzlies received 58% of the support, while the Thunder only 42%!

The Grizzlies have used their tenacity to earn support and trust for themselves!

Of course, there is a reason for this, it is not easy for the Grizzlies in this year's playoffs to counterattack to this point, at least they can get to this point much more difficult than the Thunder, after all, this season, the Thunder ranked first in the West, and the Grizzlies lost, only at the end of the regular season to lock up the seventh place in the playoffs.

In the three meetings between the two sides this season, the Thunder won all three games and had an absolute advantage. If you count the two meetings in the preseason, the Grizzlies have lost five games in a row this season.

Whether it is the record or the record of the two teams playing each other, the Thunder team has the advantage, but under this advantage, the Grizzlies have stubbornly equalized the big score to a 3-3 draw, and the thought and effort and sweat spent in this are really admirable, which is why so many people support the Grizzlies to win, no way, this kind of guy who was not seen at all before the playoffs made it to the final finals, what a classic counterattack myth!

Again, all Americans have a hero complex, and they look forward to seeing the warrior who crawls out of adversity!

And now, the Grizzlies are going on a story like that!

"The Thunder's most powerful weapon is Kevin Durant, who averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5 assists in 35.8 minutes per game this season, shooting 50.5% from the field and 38.7% from three-point range. It is worth mentioning that in this year's regular season, Durant scored 20+ points in 64 consecutive games, surpassing Kobe Bryant and becoming the highest record since Michael Jordan scored 20+ points in 69 consecutive games in 1990-91 season. ”

"Durant's consistency is terrifying, and at the same time, Westbrook has had the best season of his career so far. Westbrook is averaging 23.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 10.4 assists in 34.4 minutes per game this season. Westbrook has 18 triple-doubles this season, which equals Magic Johnson's record of 18 triple-doubles in a single season, and it is worth mentioning that in the previous game against the Lakers, Wei Shao only needed half a time to score a triple-double. ”

"And James Harden, the detailed statistics don't need to be enumerated, but he just won his Best Sixth Man trophy not so long ago, and the Thunder three of this team are really scary, at least the future is definitely theirs, although they still catch the present!"

TNT's ball review team made a final analysis and summary of the two teams before the start of the seventh game, they first analyzed the Thunder team, analyzed this team, and the most important thing to say is naturally the Thunder three less, they are all the advantages of the Thunder team!

"However, one thing I have to say, although they have three less, but the Thunder three less in the last two games are still a little unworthy of the name, except for Kevin Durant, the other two guys are in endless struggle, Westbrook got into foul trouble in the fifth game, which made them miss the most likely opportunity to take the victory directly, and to Memphis, Westbrook still can't find a feeling on the offensive end, which makes the team's No. 1 position a big problem, James Harden aside, Let's talk about some problems other than the Thunder team's three less, yes, the reason why the Thunder team will lose is that they also have a lot of problems in other places, such as rotating the lineup, these two games, The Thunder bench can only score 34.9 points per game, if this ranking is in the regular season, it can only rank 16th in the league, 16th in the league, basically the worst ranking among the teams that enter the playoffs, their bench score is really very dissatisfied, this is not the Thunder team in the regular season, in the regular season, the Thunder's score is ranked 4th in the league, even higher than the San Antonio Spurs!

At the same time, the Thunder bench conceded an average of 34.4 points per game, which would also rank around 16th in the league if it was placed in the regular season!

Of course, the Thunder's weak bench is a problem they exposed in the regular season, and their ranking in the regular season is not high, they can only rank 9th in the league, this ranking is the ranking of the league's first-team teams, but it is definitely not the top!

However, they could choose to let Durant or Wei Shao lead the second team, but that leaves them with another problem: they are prone to reversal in the final quarter, which has been a problem for the Thunder in their last two playoff games.

Despite having the Thunder three less, offense is instinctive, but in the last two games against the Grizzlies, they have led into the fourth quarter and then reversed!

In the regular season, they led into the fourth quarter, but ultimately suffered the most reversals in the top five industries in the league. Because everyone knows, especially in the playoffs, when the game enters a critical moment, everyone knows that the Thunder will give the ball to Durant or Westbrook, and in this case, the other party will definitely take care of it. If you talk about fighting alone, maybe no one in the league can stop the Thunder two less, but when the number of packs and auxiliary defense increases, the Thunder's mistakes begin to increase. Grizzlies coach Hollins is known to be a coach who is very good at using joint defense. ”

"And that's why this team lost two games in a row and was forced to draw 3-3!"

"Now let's talk about James Harden, the third-year who just won the Sixth Man of the Year award, and the biggest problem is with him, because his performance in the playoffs, especially in the Western Conference Finals, is so bad! If he had to use the playoff look to select the team's sixth man, he would definitely not be selected, he would need to play better to prove his performance and that he deserves to be called the sixth man of the year! This is very important! ”

"This is also the key to the Thunder if they want to win this game!"

"In addition, another thing worth noting is that after the last meeting between the Grizzlies and the Thunder, that is, after the first two days of the game, everyone on the entire Thunder team should pay attention to a problem, that is, the Grizzlies are already a completely different Grizzlies, their vitality and completely stimulated, and more importantly, they are full of fighting spirit, so everyone on the Thunder team should cheer up, they should know that what is standing in front of them is not an ordinary team, They are one of the two teams to reach the Western Conference Finals this year, and they are opponents in the same level as them, and since they are statistically changing opponents, they must be careful! ”

"And for the Grizzlies, if you want to win today's game, you have to do a couple of very important things!"

"First of all, they have to recognize that the Thunder are a young team, so their team is very following the trend and playing a fast-paced push, with Kevin Durant and Westbrook as the engine to promote, and you can see from the number of shots they have taken as a whole team, they are averaging about 70 shots per game this season, and in March, they averaged more than 80 shots per game in a single month, although in April, The Thunder's shot average has dropped to 77.1 shots per game, but that's a very high number of shots, and the Grizzlies don't have to get them up the rhythm for one thing! ”

"Actually, the Grizzlies are always slow, just look at their pre-playoff games! In the closing stages of the regular season, they won several key battles such as the Rockets, Mavericks, and Jazz, and locked up the playoffs in the final moments. The Grizzlies have a 7-3 record in the final 10 games of the regular season. ”

"So what the Grizzlies have to do is to control the pace of the game in their slow pace, and let Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol on the inside gradually destroy the opponent's interior, these two guys have this ability, so if the Grizzlies want to win, they must control the rhythm and make the Thunder not able to pull up the speed, just like the first two games, which is why the Grizzlies can have the last laugh!"

Of course, the Grizzlies also need to pay attention to their third-quarter game time, the Thunder are used to crashing in the final quarter, and their Grizzlies are prone to third-quarter dumb fire. In the regular season this season, the Grizzlies scored 24.1 points in the third quarter, ranking third from the bottom in the league, and they won't play in the second half, which seems to have become a big curse for them, and in the first two games, although the Grizzlies won, they were always overtaken by the Thunder at the end of the third quarter, and it can be seen from here that this team really won't play in the third quarter! ”

"Actually, it can also be said that the final outcome of this game will be whether the Grizzlies can better play the third quarter of the game, or the Thunder can maintain their advantage before the fourth quarter, in short, the victory or defeat is likely to be decided in the second half!"