Chapter 360, Mavericks vs. Thunder (II)
The Thunder gave Nowitzki to do whatever he wanted in the first game, scoring 48 points on just 15 shots, and even more surprisingly, Nowitzki made 24 of 24 free throws, setting an NBA playoff record.
The Thunder could no longer let Nowitzki go, and in the second game with the Mavericks, they began to defend with all their might, and no longer gave him as many free throws.
However, although Nowitzki's first two attacks did not work, but another attack on Nowitzki caused Perkins to foul, two free throws and two hits, and then Huang Yu defended Durant to miss the shot, and the rebound was grabbed by Chandler and the long pass was made to Kidd, Kidd quickly advanced to the front court and hit the ground to Nowitzki, after receiving the ball, Nowitzki held the ball and shook Ibaka with a feint, and directly hit the inside line to dunk, and the Mavericks took the lead.
The Mavericks kept attacking the basket, Huang Yu also took advantage of the Thunder's attention to be attracted by Nowitzki, and received a pass from Nowitzki, while Chandler made two consecutive aerial relays with Kidd, and the Mavericks played a wave of 10-0 to lead 21-11.
The Mavericks once led by 11 points, and the Thunder played a wave of 9-3 in the 8th minute of the quarter to chase the score to 26-31, but after Nowitzki was replaced, Huang Yu hit two three-pointers in a row, and the Thunder still had a 5-point gap with the Mavericks.
The Thunder bench also came off the bench in the second quarter, with Harden scoring back-to-back shots at the start of the second quarter, and Cook hit a three-pointer with 9:06 left in the quarter to give the Thunder a 40-37 lead.
Nowitzki hit a mid-range shot shortly after returning to the court, followed by an assist, and Chandler made an aerial layup to put the Mavericks up again at 48-43. The two sides entered a tug-of-war, the Thunder's outside feel recovered, and after Westbrook hit a three-pointer, Carlisle hurriedly replaced Huang Yu on the court!
At this time, the Thunder's attack must be interrupted, and Barria can't shake off Westbrook's defense with the ball over the half, so he can only call for blocking! Chandler mentioned that he was in place to cover, and Barria went straight to the basket to attract Perkins' attention and break through the ball to the yellow rain who was ambushed by the baseline.
But the passing intention was too obvious to be discovered by Durant, Huang Yu received a shooting feint, and instead of shaking off Durant, he forced himself to the bottom corner, and Huang Yu could only force his shot when others were stared at death, but Durant did not jump but raised his hands high to interfere! He is also afraid that the yellow rain will come up and touch the porcelain!
After all, his own substitute Harden often does this, and Huang Yu's chance of missing this position is too great, making a foul is the best choice! But Huang Yu ignored Durant's raised hands and hit a shot at a zero degree angle.
However, Huang Yu's three-point point did not lead the Thunder's crazy attack, and the Thunder ended the first half with a 59-57 lead. The Thunder scored 33 points in the quarter and successfully broke through the Mavericks' defense.
Although the point difference was not widened much, Carlisle chose to face it cautiously and was all on the main lineup in the third quarter, but the Thunder had been hot for a long time, scoring 6 points in a row at the beginning, and took an 8-point advantage at 65-57 in one fell swoop.
The Mavericks played nearly 4 minutes in the quarter and failed to score, and with 8:25 left in the quarter, Huang Yu hit a three-pointer.
The Mavericks also began to successfully limit the Thunder after that, allowing the opponent to score a point in 4 minutes, and after Huang Yu hit another three-pointer, the Mavericks pulled the score to 65-65. The two teams were once again in a tug-of-war, and with 7.5 seconds left in the quarter, Harden completed a "four-point attack" on Terry, hitting a three-pointer and causing Terry to foul, and added free throws, giving the Thunder a one-point lead at 77-76 and entering the fourth quarter.
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Harden continued to exert his power in the fourth quarter, and after hitting two three-pointers, the Thunder led 91-87, but Huang Yu also returned three points twice to chase the score to 90-91, but the Thunder's bench became a killer, and the Mavericks' defense was torn apart, and with 7 minutes and 15 seconds left in the game, Meno and Harden shot one after another, and the Thunder took a 7-point advantage at 102-95.
After the Mavericks called a timeout, Nowitzki and Huang Yu hit consecutive shots, and they launched a wave of 6-0 attacks, and with 1:03 left in the game, Huang Yu forced Durant to foul him, and after two free throws, the score was overtaken.
However, Westbrook, who has been invisible in this game, stepped up at a critical moment and hit a three-point shot, again leading the Mavericks by two points, and with 36.7 seconds left in the game, Nowitzki shot Ibaka for a foul, Nowitzki got three free throws, but two of three free throws, and since the last game, he missed the first free throw. The Mavericks trailed 105-107 after that, after which the Mavericks' tight defense caused the Thunder to violate the 24-second rule, and the Mavericks called the final timeout of the game.
After the pause, Chandler didn't serve on the sideline, but Huang Yu stood on the sideline! Nowitzki stuck Ibaka behind him, and Kidd made a double cover with Terry to receive Huang Yu's serve, but Harden, who performed well in this game, did not go to defend Terry, but to wrap Nowitzki!
However, Huang Yu shouted, Terry did not look for an opportunity to shoot in the open space, but directly came up to delay Durant's pursuit, Kidd saw the stitch and passed the ball to Huang Yu, and Huang Yu received the ball with 2.1 seconds left, and Durant also stood in front of Huang Yu at this time.
But Huang Yu accelerated and leaned directly against Durant to make his lower body unable to exert force, and then stepped back to withdraw from the three-point line and made a jumper, the basketball was at the moment Huang Yu shot, and the red light on the rebound lit up!
"Huh!"
Shots hit! However, the Mavericks did not celebrate the victory, and the two referees gave different decisions! It is not a question of whether the red light is lit up when Huang Yu makes a move, but whether Huang Yu steps on the line, and Durant also stepped forward to communicate with the referee, saying that Huang Yu has a heavy shoulder action when he is in contact with his body!
However, the referee didn't pay attention to it, saying that if Huang Yu didn't sink his shoulders just now, he could see it clearly, and after replay, Huang Yu's toes were only 2 cm away from the three-point line! The referee ruled that the three points were valid, and the Mavericks won the game! That is, Huang Yu killed the thunder!
"You're in luck! That's just a little bit! ”
Westbrook said with some regret that if the Mavericks play overtime, they may not be able to win! But this lore is no longer Durant, it was the coach who asked Terry to wrap Nowitzki and not let him catch the ball, and the Thunder's coach believes that Durant's defense against Huang Yu is more successful in this game.
It's no wonder that the coach of the Thunder has the illusion that Huang Yu in this game is the same as the previous game, it belongs to scoring quietly, except for the three-point shot at the zero degree angle, Huang Yu's shots in this game are all empty, he thinks that Huang Yu's hand in this game is not good, so he chooses his shot very carefully.
Harden had a great performance with his bench team, contributing 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists on 4-of-7 three-point shooting, while Emenor scored 13 points and DaQuan Cook had eight. Durant only scored 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, and Westbrook disappeared in the fourth quarter, scoring only 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
Nowitzki, who had an excellent performance in the last game, scored 29 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for the Mavericks in this game, Chandler had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Kidd had 13 points and 7 assists. Huang Yu got 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, while Terry, who performed well in several games, only got 6 points, 1 assist and 2 rebounds today.
The Mavericks will travel to Oklahoma and the Thunder for an away game with a 2-0 scoreline.
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Since the Mavericks swept the Lakers in the last round, the game time and number of games are also a little rushed! After finishing the second game of the series with the Thunder on the 20th, they went non-stop to the road to prepare for the third game, while the game between the Heat and the Bulls was on the 23rd.
Coming to the away game, Huang Yu accepted Westbrook's invitation to go to his home before the game, the two chatted for most of the night, Huang Yu almost stepped on the Carlisle room check time point back to the hotel, no one knew what they talked about, but obviously Westbrook was in a good mood and state the next day.
He almost suffered with the Happy Mavericks, and after playing well in the first two games, Novis had a sluggish performance on the field, and the Mavericks were almost killed by the Thunder.
Nowitzki failed to hit his first shot in the opening game, and the hit rate was not high, not to mention, he was directly slapped by Ibaka, but fortunately, his teammates stepped up.
Marion received the ball under the basket and suddenly split the ball, and Chandler jumped up and scored a relay in the air. Chandler then made a steal, and after Huang Yu made a layup, the Mavericks started the game 9-2.
Halfway through the first quarter of the straight, Nowitzki hit his only goal of the quarter, he turned his back to the defender, suddenly turned and cut to the basket, and scored an easy layup, and the Mavericks continued to extend their advantage.
But this is also a rare bright performance of Nowitzki in the first quarter, the Mavericks have to rely on other players, after Huang Yu and Kidd hit three points one after another, the Thunder, who had been biting the score at this time, could not find the feeling of fighting at home, and the game played nearly 10 minutes before scoring a double, falling behind 12-27 in the first quarter.
Since Nowitzki is not in good shape, then Huang Yu has to stand up and score, Huang Yu, who played the first quarter, did not rest in the second quarter, but continued to fight with Terry, Barria and others with substitutes, Huang Yu and Terry's shifts were bombarded with three-point bombing, and soon the Mavericks shook off the Thunder, and they led by 21 points at 40-19.
His teammates were so good that Nowitzki simply let go and cut back on his shots, shooting 1-of-3 from the field in the quarter. The Mavericks led by 23 points at one point, and after Huang Yu and Terry went off the break, the Thunder ended the quarter with a 7-1 run to tie the score at 36-52.
In the third quarter, Nowitzki was still out of shape, not only did he miss the shot, but even the free throw was only mixed with a technical foul free throw, but compared to Nowitzki's downturn alone, the Thunder team couldn't find their touch in the third quarter, if it weren't for the support of Westbrook and Durant, maybe the third quarter would have become garbage time.
The outbreak of the Thunder twin stars gradually narrowed the Mavericks' lead, Carlisle had to replace Huang Yu on the court to stabilize the situation, and also let Nowitzki take a break, Huang Yu came up and hit a three-point shot, and then Barria steals the hand, passed to Huang Yu to break through and caused Durant to foul, the Mavericks stabilized the boulder 5-0 in a wave, and then the two teams flickered back and forth, and at the end of the third quarter, the Thunder still failed to narrow the difference to within 15 points.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Thunder fought back wildly, and this was their last chance, and if they can't close the gap in a short period of time, then the next will be extremely difficult.
Harden scored five points, and Westbrook, who was invisible in the fourth quarter in the last game, also hit a three-pointer, and the Thunder finally pushed the score to single digits.
But it didn't work, at this time, Nowitzki, who took the opportunity for a whole game, finally opened up, first the signature Golden Rooster independently beat Ibaka, and then hit the first three-pointer of the game and the only one, before 5 shots 0, Nowitzki's hair will expand the fat difference again by double digits, and the Thunder seem to be just about to sing loudly, and a sentence was choked by the throat before it was finished.
At this time, Huang Yu, who had rested for most of the quarter, played again, and the Thunder's defensive focus shifted again, after all, Huang Yu's shooting rate was much higher than Nowitzki's.
With Huang Yu attracting the defense, Nowitzki's shooting percentage finally improved quite a bit, and after making two mid-range shots, he improved his shooting percentage to 33%.
Although the Thunder still wanted to take advantage of the last 4 minutes to fight, at this time, the shooting rate of the Thunder twin stars also began to fall off a cliff, and they missed consecutive shots, and Huang Yu and Terry seized the opportunity to bite off the Thunder and finally use a piece of meat.
Although Durant and Westbrook hit a three-pointer in the last 1 minute, it was to no avail, and the Mavericks defeated the Thunder 102-87 on the road, leading 3-0 and kicking the Thunder to the edge of the cliff.
He scored 18 points on 7-of-21 shooting, the second-lowest score Nowitzki scored in the playoffs this year. Huang Yu had 28 points and eight rebounds, Marion had 12 points and four rebounds, Kidd had 13 points and eight assists, and TyChandler grabbed 15 rebounds. Terry came off the bench with 13 points.
Westbrook scored 30 points for the Thunder, Durant had 24 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, and everyone else failed to score a double-double, although the twin stars scored 54 points, but the shooting rate of 15 of 44 shots of the two people was also quite scary, especially Durant's three-point shot of 0 of 8!
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Just after the Mavericks defeated the Thunder to take a 3-0 lead, the next day the Heat went to the next city, and the home triumvirate defeated the Iron Rose!
The Bulls haven't had a losing streak since entering February, either in the regular season or in the playoffs, but today the Heat Big Three gave the Bulls a hard blow.
Before the game, Rose said that the game was going to be crazy and that he would give it his all to take the win in Miami! In fact, he was also annoyed in his heart, he led the team to the Eastern Conference finals alone, and the regular season MVP was not his own! What are you kidding, why did the guy who hugged his thigh after the Lakers hugged his thigh and then went to the Mavericks to hug his thigh, why did he make the league hesitate?
So Rose decided to prove that he was the best candidate to try MVP again in this game, not the one who hugged his thighs!
So before the game started, Rose made a speech, so that the Bulls players were like eating the blue pill, and the game began to compete from the start of the scrum, but the brainless Noah directly hit the ball out of bounds when he jumped the ball.
The Bulls only hit a shot after three minutes in the first quarter, and Rose missed two shots before making a layup, but the Heat's situation was not much better, and the Bulls' defense also made their offense very difficult.
After Bogans hit a three-point shot, the Bulls led by one point at 7-6, but Bogans missed the three-point shot after that, and Wade's mid-range shot also hit the iron, and with 6 minutes and 46 seconds left in the first quarter, Joe Anthony, who started the game, had a chance under the basket, James immediately passed the ball, Anthony dunked and caused Noah to foul, and scored three points with free throws.
Immediately after James hit the first three-point shot of the game, and then caused a foul on Rohrdden outside the three-point line, three free throws and three free throws, one scored six points in a row, and the Heat exceeded the score, James scored 8 points in the first quarter, the Heat led 18-15, and Rose only scored 2 points.
(End of chapter)