In the second half, Nowitzki still maintained his efficient shooting rate and was also very good at rebounding protection, and the Mavericks' possession was all in his hands for a while.

Halfway through the third quarter, Huang Yu forced Durant to make him foul defensively, and scored 3 points with free throws, expanding the score to 62-69.

Terry passed the ball back to Kidd, the ball did not stay in Kidd's hands and passed directly to Nowitzki outside the three-point line, and Ibaka, who was pulled to the high position, saw that Nowitzki was going to shoot, and pounced directly to close his eyes, but who knew that Nowitzki, who was high in chess, leaned on him and chose to make a foul directly.

This is an experienced player, he will make the most powerful choice when attacking, such as now, causing Ibaka to foul and causing damage to the Thunder's interior line, which is far more appropriate than hitting this three-pointer himself, not to mention that as long as he blows Ibaka's foul, he still has a chance to play three-pointers.

Nowitzki hit three consecutive free throws, and then he and Huang Yu each hit a shot, and after scoring seven points in a row, the Mavericks extended the score to double digits, and then Nowitzki continued to attack the basket, constantly causing consecutive fouls and free throws on the Thunder's interior Ibaka and Perkins, and with 2 minutes and 29 seconds left in the third quarter, he made two offenses in 30 seconds, and hit four consecutive free throws, the Mavericks led by 15 points at 83-68, not only that, but Ibaka on the inside of the Thunder also had to go off the court early because of four premature fouls, Nowitzki made 18 of 18 free throws in the first three quarters to give the Mavericks a 90-78 lead.

Nowitzki scored 39 points at the end of the third quarter with his free throws and high shots, while Huang Yu quietly had a double-double of 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the Mavericks also led by 14 points at 95-81 into the fourth quarter.

After entering the fourth quarter, the Thunder launched a ferocious counterattack, once closing the margin to single digits, and the Mavericks' bench seemed to run out of fuel, except for Ballia, who could still shoot and hit, the rest of the people were like cars that suddenly didn't have them, and they could only rely on inertia.

However, Carlisle replaced Huang Yu with a stable situation in advance, and Huang Yu, who was almost covered by Nowitzki's light for most of the time, became the key to suppressing the Thunder's counterattack, first hitting a big two-point to stabilize the situation, and then taking over the Mavericks, although Barria had a good shooting rate, but after Huang Yu came on the court, his mission was over, and after handing the ball to Huang Yu in the half, he could go to the run, and ambush in the bottom corner at any time waiting to catch the ball and shoot.

The Thunder don't want Nowitzki to waste this time off the court, Westbrook and Harden are two people with the Thunder's bench offense, but whether it is Westbrook or Harden, their ability is to attack with the ball, and without the ball in their hands, their attack power is equivalent to cutting by one-third.

Soon the Thunder's offensive fell into chaos, almost whoever had the opportunity to shoot, and the Maverick's purpose was very clear, Huang Yu launched an attack, if it didn't become a choice, it was up to Huang Yu to choose whether to divide the ball or reorganize, so while the Thunder was fighting separately, the Mavericks were attacking in an orderly manner to expand the point difference.

At the end of the game with 6 minutes and 59 seconds left, Barria hit a shot, and the Mavericks led by 19 points at 108-89, and the Thunder called a timeout again in the fourth quarter, and at this time the Mavericks were replaced by Nowitzki and Terry, who had rested for most of the quarter, but after returning from the break, Nowitzki's hand was no longer in his hand, and he missed many shots, while the Thunder launched a wave of onslaught, 10-2 attacks, chasing the score to 99-110.

Originally, with a score difference of 19 points, Mavericks could easily win the game as long as they didn't make mistakes, but now the game was in suspense again, and Huang Yu finally hit a ball to stabilize the Mavericks. However, the Thunder chased the points very strongly, and with 2:11 left in the game, Durant made two free throws and two hits, and the Mavericks led by eight points at 115-107.

But soon Huang Yu returned the three-pointer, but Durant immediately returned the color with a mid-range shot. Durant played well on the night, but the Mavericks relied on the overall crushing of his excellent performance, Nowitzki cut the second-highest score of his career in the playoffs, second only to his own 50 points, and the Mavericks took control after that, and the Mavericks defeated the Thunder 127-115 at home to take a 1-0 lead.

Nowitzki made 24 of 24 free throws, setting an NBA playoff record, contributing 48 points in the game, the second-highest score in the playoffs, Huang Yu had 30 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists, Terry had 16 points and 2 assists, Barria had 18 points and 3 assists, Marion had 9 points and 7 rebounds, Kidd only had 3 points but 11 assists, and Chandler only had 3 points and 8 rebounds.

Durant had 40 points and eight rebounds for the Thunder, Westbrook 20 points, Serge Ibaka 17 points and six rebounds, and Harden 12 points. Cook had 10 points and five rebounds, and Perkins had 10 points and eight rebounds.

This game though Novitzki's 12 of 15 was super efficient! But if you take a closer look, it is not him who has the highest shooting percentage in this game, but Huang Yu, who scored 30 points quietly, shot 7 of 7 three-pointers and only 1 free throw! He shot 11-of-13 from the field.

After the game, Reggie Miller said in his comments that Huang Yu's game was perfect, although he was not the highest scorer, but he fully completed the work of a killer! In the game between the Mavericks and the Thunder, he hides himself perfectly, but the attack is the deadliest! It can be said that if the Mavericks don't have Huang Yu's unusually high shooting rate, even if Nowitzki scores 60 points, the Mavericks will definitely lose!

The Thunder had 6 people score double-doubles, while the Mavericks only had 4, and two of them were substitutes, and the Mavericks' starting point guard and center actually scored no more than 5 points! The Mavericks trailed the Thunder far behind in starting scoring.

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The first game in the East was already over, and the Bulls unexpectedly beat the Heat to take a 1-0 lead at home.

In this game, Rose scored 28 points and had six assists, Lore Deng had 21 points and seven rebounds, Boozer had 14 points and nine rebounds, and Noah grabbed 14 rebounds. The Bulls held a 45-33 advantage in rebounds.

The Heat's "Big Three" scored a total of 63 points. Chris Bosh had a high 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while Wade had 18 points and James had a mediocre 15 points, with the pair totaling 33 points.

Although the Heat took the lead at the beginning of the game, giving the Bulls a dismount, once leading by 8 points at 19-11, the Bulls ended the first quarter of the game at 9-4 in the last wave, although they were three points behind, but how to see the Bulls have more momentum.

Sure enough, in the second quarter, the Bulls launched a fierce attack, first Gibson dunked with both hands in front of Wade and caused Wade to foul defensively, although Wade quickly returned one, and caused Gibson to foul after the strong burst, but one of the two free throws! Fortunately, the Heat's second offense was still started by Wade, so Wade, who made a layup, saved some face.

However, the game has since entered a stalemate, the Bulls and the Heat are evenly matched, and the Bulls fans are very encouraged, knowing that they are facing the Heat with the Big Three, and they are still playing without falling behind, since the Flyers retired, the people of Windy City have not experienced this feeling for a long time.

The two teams tied and entered halftime, but the Bulls who came back from halftime seemed to be stimulated, Rose took the lead in launching an offensive three-point shot, and then the Bulls scored 8 points in a row, although the Big Three shot one after another, narrowing the difference to only 1 point, but Rose hit again, and Bogans also scored three points, and the Bulls directly opened the difference to 12 points with a wave of 10-0.

However, at this time, James set his sights on Rose, first came to a chasing hat when Rose was fast attacking, and then made a successful steal and dunk, and assisted Jones to hit a three-point shot in the next round, but this could not organize the Bulls' offense, although Rose could not open this point, but Rohr Deng stood up and did not show weakness in the face of James, after all, he was also pushed to the position of the cornerstone of the Bulls dynasty, although he only sat for less than 2 years, but it is not without any strengths to make the Bulls favored.

Rohr Deng first beat Bosh one, and then in the process of defending James, he used his strong body to successfully cause James to walk, and after regaining the offensive ball, he hit a strong inside line to attract attention and pass, and Brewer hit a three-point shot.

Not only did it help the Bulls extend the margin to double digits again, but they also successfully curbed the Heat's offense, but the next two teams missed ordinary shots, and at the end of the third quarter, the Bulls led by 8 points at 72-64!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, after James hit a three-pointer, the Heat chased the score to 67-72, but Lore Dunma also made a layup and scored a layup, followed by Brewer's steal, the Bulls launched a fast attack, Jones fouled helplessly, the Bulls not only made two free throws and two shots but also had offensive opportunities, Brewer dunked and scored 4 points in a row in this offense. The Bulls' performance wasn't over yet, as Watson then hit a 3-pointer with 24 seconds left and Lore Deng hit a 3-pointer to give the Bulls a 17-point lead at 86-69 with 7:29 left in the game.

The Heat managed to close the gap to 12 points, but were suppressed by Korver's three-pointer. The Heat didn't score a point in nearly 5 minutes, so they had to give up resistance and withdraw all their main forces in advance.

At the end of the game, the media began to splash dirty water on Wade, but James, who scored the same score as him, was not comforted.

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Is this a deliberate hype by the magic stick, or is James' PR team good enough?

Huang Yu looked at the newspaper in his hand and frowned.

A big headline in the newspaper made Huang Yu feel endless disgust! Although when I was with the Lakers, I often saw Kobe Bryant being blamed, sprayed by the Los Angeles media, and even ES*N fell into the well not once or twice, but is this Miami Herald crazy?

"Yan Buckle + Blood Eating Cap + COSCO All-Iron Oh! No, is he really a hot god", which was actually used as the headline of the sports version, and Huang Yu smelled the smell of conspiracy.

This method is likely to be acquiesced by the Heat, either to send James to the position, or to keep Wade in the Heat! Maybe Wade will agree to a salary cut, but doesn't this way make Heat fans unable to distinguish between priorities and priorities? Could it be that the conspiracy theory on a certain domestic forum was true?

The Heat made Wade the leader of the team in the first year, only to boost James in the second year, and successfully won the championship to suppress Wade's prestige in order to renew the contract in a few years? Could it be that the magic stick really looked that far?

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But this doesn't seem to matter anymore, the second game between the Heat and the Bulls has started, and the first game was lost, but the Heat don't seem to be worried, Wade doesn't seem to be affected by public opinion, and the Heat have to play with the spirit of 12 points in the second game, of course, if they lose again, falling behind 0-2 back to home is a situation they don't want to see.

The Heat limited Rose after the opening period, and the effect was relatively successful. The Bulls' knife man missed all three of his first three shots and failed to score after eight minutes of play. With 3:26 left in the first quarter, Rose scored for the first time with a layup after a quick breakaway to tie the score at 15-15. However, 15 seconds later, Rose was whistled for a foul while defending, and his personal fouls reached two, and he had to go to rest. Rose's performance in this quarter was only that layup, but despite this, the Bulls will play well, especially Lore Deng, who played well on the court, hitting a magical buzzer-beating three-pointer, and he rushed to hit just past halftime, and the Bulls ended the quarter with a 26-19 lead.

The Heat's offense in the first quarter was not satisfactory, so James launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the second quarter, hitting three-point shots from long range, and he and Wade led the team to fight back. With 7 minutes and 06 seconds left in the quarter, James grabbed the rebound and launched an attack, and when he reached the halfway point, he saw that Wade had rushed to the basket and immediately threw the ball high, Wade understood it, dunked successfully, and the two completed the ultra-long air relay, and the Heat pulled the score to 32-32. Wade scored 12 points in the quarter as the Heat went 48-46 at halftime.

Halfway through the third quarter, Rose hit two free throws to put the two sides on a one-point deficit and the Bulls trailed 56-57. The Heat then missed, but the Bulls failed to take their chances, and the Heat took a killer shot, with Haslem dunking twice and James and Wade launching a fast-break run to put on a 10-0 run to take a double-digit advantage at 67-56 with 3:32 left in the third quarter.

Haslem was the surprise man, having been sidelined for less than a month into the regular season due to injury, before returning at the end of the second round of the playoffs. He had played two games in the playoffs, playing only six minutes in total and scoring a point, and today he scored nine points in the third quarter. With 3.6 seconds left in the quarter, he hit a mid-range shot to give the Heat a 71-65 lead.

With 9:29 left in the game, Haslem dunked again to give the Heat a 73-69 lead, but they failed to score again for the next five minutes as the Bulls leveled the score. With 4:28 left in the game, James hit a three-pointer to give the Heat the lead again.

The Bulls began to miss consecutive shots, and James made frequent shots, and the Heat went on an 11-2 run to extend their advantage at 84-75 with 47.3 seconds left in the game, and James scored nine points in this wave of attacks.

In the final 7 minutes and 16 seconds, the Bulls only hit one shot, and under the Heat's tight defense, Rose couldn't do anything. The Bulls scored just two points in the final seven minutes, and the Heat ended the game on a 12-2 run.

The Heat defeated the Bulls 85-75 away to tie the Eastern Conference Finals at 1-1, and the Heat successfully grabbed the home court advantage.

James had 29 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in the final minute, Wade had 24 points and nine rebounds, and Bosh had 10 points and eight rebounds. Haslem had a good performance, scoring 13 points.

Rose scored 21 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Bulls, but only shot 7-of-23, Lore Dun, who had a good performance in the last game, only 13 points, Carlos Boozer had 7 points and 8 rebounds, and his 3-of-10 shooting percentage was not much better than Rose!

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