However, I don't know if it was a successful reversal in the last game, back in Oklahoma, the Rockets defeated the Thunder again, turning the difference into 2-3! Harden can be said to be a big contributor in this game, shooting 10 of 16 from the field, 7 of 9 from three-point range, with 31 points and 8 rebounds, although Durant scored 36 points higher than him, but 11 of 23 shots from the field, this shooting percentage is not bad, but 1 of 8 three-pointers.... Moreover, in this game, the Thunder's hacking tactics went bankrupt, not only increasing the opponent's playoff scores, but also cutting themselves into the abyss!

Durant, who was tired in the fourth quarter, didn't have a crosshairs at all, missed consecutive shots in the fourth quarter, and chose to pass many times. Foul tactics also disrupted their rhythm and made them unable to close the gap. With 1:39 left in the game, Garcia hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Rockets a 107-94 lead. Although Sefrosa also scored a three-pointer, it was too late.

The Thunder lost two cities in a row, and the next game had to be played away, the Rockets pulled back two games in a row, turning the total score into 2-3, and now a lot of attention in the playoffs is focused on the playoffs between the Rockets and the Thunder, not focusing on the Thunder will eliminate the Rockets in that game, but to see if the Rockets can create a miracle and win four games in a row to successfully advance after falling behind 0-3.

In the first two games, the Rockets had a clear purpose, defending Durant with all their might, even at the expense of giving his teammates a chance, and the previous two games were successful, but it turned out that the same tactics would not always work.

In the first two games, although the Thunder made arrangements for Durant to be defended, but the other players were not in good shape and could not give effective support, but today the Rockets ran into trouble when they implemented this tactic again, because the Rockets veteran Martin and young Jackson became surprise soldiers and gave Durant strong support.

The sixth battle between the Thunder and the Rockets on May 4 was also a key one, the Rockets won and pulled the score back to 3-3, everything started from scratch, climbed back from the abyss of death, and with amazing momentum, it is very likely to kill the Thunder in one go, not to mention creating miracles, it will directly nail the Thunder to the pillar of shame!

Don't say that the shame will be forgotten by time, what is forgotten is only those small records, for example, a certain Bucks rookie scored against the sky in his first season, but as a result, how many people still remember the points he got in that game that year, and even how many points Huang Yu doesn't remember!

But 35 seconds and 13 minutes will always know that Maddie got it when the Rockets played against the Spurs, although I can't remember the game that year over time, but it was the Spurs who were defeated and humiliated! And Kobe's 81-point bitter master is the Raptors! And in that game, Kobe Bryant ate a T because of yelling at the referee!

And after being successfully reversed by the Rockets, the Thunder will be the first place in the playoffs shame column! A location that will never be forgotten, as this situation can be said to be rare in decades!

Although the game between the Eastern Hawks and the Pacers was also 2-3, the Hawks lost two games and won two games and then lost one game, which is different from the Rockets, who were beaten 3-0 and won 2-3!

At the beginning of the game, Ibaka, who was in average form in the first two games, hit the first shot of the Thunder after the opening, and then the Rockets missed the attack, and Jackson hit another shot, giving the Thunder a good start.

However, the Rockets' attack immediately came by storm, Garcia and Harden hit back-to-back three-pointers, and they launched a 15-0 run to take a 15-4 lead.

The Thunder failed to score for nearly four minutes, and it was only with 7:06 left in the quarter that Durant hit a three-pointer.

Asik nearly controlled the basket, grabbed offensive rebounds twice, and the Rockets went on a quick attack to give them a 24-15 lead with 4:02 left in the quarter. With Durant trapped, Martin stepped up, first hitting a three-pointer and then a mid-range shot, and he scored seven points for the Thunder to lead the team to close the gap.

Jimilin has completely become a substitute for the Rockets, coming on in the last two and a half minutes of the first quarter, but by the end of the first quarter, he didn't even touch the ball, and even the ball that Harden threw when he was about to attack the violation was stealed by Martin of the Rockets' abandonment and made a foul with a fast break.

Martin's fast-break foul also left 4.2 seconds for the Rockets, and Brooke launched the final attack, he quickly advanced to the frontcourt, grabbed time to shoot, the ball bounced high on the basket, and finally hit, but unfortunately the whistle was blown when he shot, and the ball was invalid.

Fisher hit a three-pointer shortly after the start of the second quarter, and with 8:40 left in the quarter, Martin scored another three-pointer to put the Thunder up 36-31.

While the Thunder stepped up their offense under the basket, Collison grabbed back-to-back offensive rebounds and scored twice on the rebound, giving the Thunder an eight-point lead at 46-38 midway through the quarter. Garcia also scored five straight points with a three-pointer before the Rockets began to chase after him.

With 1:23 left in the quarter, Jimilin also hit a three-pointer, but it was also the only shot he hit in the game, and the Rockets trailed 49-54, and Harden had a chance to close the gap to two points, but missed two free throws with 2.8 seconds left in the quarter to put the Rockets up 54-58.

Harden had 14 points and four assists in the first half, Asik had 11 points and six rebounds and Parsons had 10 points.

Durant scored nine points for the Thunder, Jackson was the surprise man with 10 points, and Martin came off the bench to score 21 points in front of his old club, shooting 3-of-4 from three-point range. Both teams had good three-pointers in the first half, with the Rockets hitting seven and the Thunder hitting six.

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Garcia hit a three-pointer at the start of the third quarter, Parsons hit three long-range shots after that, and the Rockets started the quarter with an 18-4 spurt to take a double-digit 72-62 lead.

The Rockets' lead came and went quickly, and Jackson stepped up again, hitting two free throws and then hitting a three-pointer, Durant hit a three-pointer after that, and the Thunder went on a 16-3 run to take a 78-75 lead with one minute left in the quarter. After Harden hit a shot, the Rockets trailed 77-78 in the first three quarters.

Shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, Jimilin mishandled the pass, and the Thunder immediately attacked, with a shot from Fisher. Parsons then missed a layup, Durant grabbed the rebound, shot the dribble just to the frontcourt, and hit a three-pointer. In less than 1 minute, the Thunder scored seven straight points to extend their advantage at 87-79.

After the timeout, the Rockets hit a shot by Beverley, but Fisher immediately returned with a three-pointer, and the Thunder scored five straight points to take control. Although Harden also hit a three-pointer, the Thunder's offense was more violent, Durant hit a dunk, Fisher hit another long-range shot, and with 4:32 left in the game, the Thunder led by 15 points at 99-84.

In six minutes, the Rockets only had Harden hit one shot. With 3:01 left in the game, he hit another long-range shot, but apparently it came a little too late. Parsons also hit a three-point shot 18.7 seconds before the end to narrow the gap to single digits and fall behind 94-103, but the Rockets have come to give up, and even if they hit the basket, they only lost less, and the score was not so ugly, but as long as people who watched the game, even beginners knew that the Rockets collapsed too badly in the fourth quarter.

The Clippers, who have been resting for nearly a week, will face the Thunder on May 6, and the Spurs, who have also rested for several days, will face the Warriors who had just beaten the Nuggets the day before on May 7.

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The second round of matchups in the west has been freshly released, and compared to this year's clean west, the game in the east is a little tangled!

Except for the Heat's clean 4-0 elimination of the Bucks, the remaining three groups can be said to be deadlocked, and the lineups and strength of the other three groups of six teams are not much different at present.

Although there are the veteran powerhouse Celtics, there are also young Pacers, as well as the Knicks, who have just changed blood, and the Nets acquired by local tyrants!

The Pacers played six games against the Hawks, the Knicks and the Celtics, while the Bulls played their seventh game against the Nets.

The Bulls are arguably one of the most unlucky teams this year, and the team's ace Rose is out for the season! And there was nothing to gain in the free market, and the only one with a slightly better strength, Hinrich, was cut off by the Clippers.

In the first game of the playoffs, they also broke out that Noah needed to play with an injury, which can be said to be worse, especially the two cores of the current team, one is Boozer and the other is Butler!

Boozer is completely out of tune, he has no ability to be the leader of the team all the time!

Butler is still very young, far from the strength to be able to ask for a five-year 1.9 salary in a few years (I don't remember how much, but it must be around that number), but it is more than enough, and his average of 8.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in the regular season has successfully made him the starting small forward of the Bulls.

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In the first game, the Bulls dug a big hole for themselves in the half, the Bulls who performed well in the regular season were short of breath and fell into trouble early, scoring only 14 points in the first quarter, and although the Bulls worked hard to chase points in the second quarter, the difference in the first quarter has gradually expanded to 15 points! Deron Williams made a burst shot in the second quarter and directly beat the Bulls, trailing by 25 points at halftime at 35-60!

Deron Williams, who had 15 points and four assists in the first half, was interviewed at halftime and said that the 1-3 loss to the Bulls in the regular season stimulated them and played harder, and the playoffs are completely different games from the regular season.

With the help of Deron Williams, Lopez scored 19 points in the first half, Watson also scored 10 points, and the Nets shot 60 percent from the field. The Bulls shot just 35.5 percent from the field and Boozer scored 14 points for the Bulls.

The Bulls had no hope of narrowing the gap in the third quarter, although they scored 27 points, and a total of 62 points in the first three quarters, but the Nets had scored 89 points at this time, and Deron Williams thought he could clock out in the fourth quarter, but the Nets' bench did not reassure him, and the Bulls narrowed the score to 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Kalesimo, who accepted the Nets in the middle of the season, replaced Deron Williams and quickly hit a three-pointer to put the Nets up 104-80 with three minutes remaining. With the Nets in the driver's seat, Williams was soon rested again. It was only in the final 2 minutes of the game that the Bulls narrowed the gap to less than 20 points, but there was no suspense about the outcome of the game.

The Nets didn't laugh long after winning the first game, and in the second game, the Bulls directly raised the defensive level to a notch, in the last game, they allowed the Nets to shoot 56% from the field and six players scored in double figures, while in the four meetings in the regular season, the Nets averaged only 87.5 points per game, and the Bulls won three of the four games.

The Bulls, who have increased their defensive intensity, directly let the Nets shoot only 35% from the field in this game.

Deron Williams, the leading brother who performed well in the last game, scored 8 points on 1-of-9 shooting, and the pace of the two teams was very slow in this game, after all, the defensive quality of the team with Hiberdu was very high, and Huang Yu was thinking about waiting for Hiberdu to be fired by the Bulls, whether he would invite him to improve the Clippers' defense.

The Bulls have been using pressing defense, leading from the beginning to the end of the game, the Nets used foul tactics at the end, but it was useless, the Bulls' players made relatively stable free throws, and even Noana's free throws were two free throws that were not beautiful! The Bulls will go 1-1 overall.

Then back at home, the Bulls won again, but the process was more thrilling, and the injury of starting center Noah still had a certain impact, in his own words, when running on the court, he felt a needle on the foot.

In this game, the Nets took the lead and beat the Bulls 13-2 in the opening game, and the Bulls' defense was broken at the beginning! The Bulls called a timeout and couldn't stop the Nets' offense, and they trailed 5-17 halfway through the quarter. After Noah's break, the Bulls' defense improved and they didn't allow a single shot in the final 7 minutes and 14 seconds of the quarter.

Under the Bulls' tight defense, the Nets still couldn't get back their senses, and after 8 minutes and 22 seconds in the second quarter, they only shot one shot, counting the first quarter, and in the long 15 minutes and 36 seconds, the Nets only made one shot.

The Bulls took the opportunity to extend their lead and extend the margin to 12 points near the end of the second quarter, but former Elvis Wallace helped the Nets narrow the margin to single digits with a buzzer-beating three-pointer, leaving the game still full of suspense.

Boozer had 12 points and nine rebounds in the first half, while Rohrdeng also scored 12 points. The Nets didn't have anyone in double figures, with Williams and Lopez each scoring eight points and Johnson nine.

In the third quarter, the Bulls ran in front, the Nets chased behind, and the difference was always shaking around 12 points, which lasted until more than half of the fourth quarter, and the Nets were cornered at this time, with a difference of 15 points.

However, at this time, the Bulls suddenly made consecutive mistakes, giving the Nets a ray of life, and Lopez scored consecutive baskets! With 14.4 seconds left in the game, he grabbed an offensive rebound and scored on a dunk as the Nets went on a 12-0 run to trail only 74-77, with Lopez scoring eight points in the run.

The Bulls failed to score in 5:37 and the double-digit advantage was wiped out. With 10.7 seconds left before the end, Robinson hit only one of two free throws, leading by only four points.

After Williams scored a quick 2-pointer, Noah hit one of two free throws with 4.4 seconds left to give the Bulls a 79-76 lead. The Nets had a chance to equalize, and Watson got a chance on the right side, but made a "three-no-stick" shot, and the Nets had to accept defeat.

The Nets swallowed bitter fruit but it seems that bad luck is not far away from them, the first quarter started no different from the previous game, the Bulls used their own defense to suppress the Nets' offense, although they did not score many points, but the Bulls' principle is to win steadily.

Just when the audience thought that the game would be another dull defensive battle, a skirmish in the second quarter added to the meaning of the otherwise dull game and ignited the game completely.

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