Chapter 15: Grappling Thunder

This year's Thunder, compared to last year, there are no major changes in the lineup, or those people, the boss Durant, the Swiss Army Saf Saff, the inside line is Ibaka and Perkins, and on the bench are Caron Butler, Reggie Jackson, Derrick Fisher, Nick Collins and Steven Adams, but Westbrook, the second-in-command Westbrook, who was reimbursed for injury in the first round of the playoffs last year, is back with full blood this season, no, it's not full blood, it's full blood and TM upgrade!

In the first game, the Grizzlies lost to the Thunder 86-100 away, Westbrook shot 5-of-7 in the first quarter, chopping melons and vegetables, and scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, leading the Thunder to score 29-16 in a single quarter * and leading all the way to the end, Westbrook scored 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game, while the Grizzlies, the main big man who defended Durant, Prince only played 4 minutes

With Westbrook and without Prince, Durant understands that the burden is lighter, 13-of-25, 33 points in an understatement, and an all-round performance of 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

On the other hand, the Grizzlies, the new coach Jogel's ability to deal with the Thunder's tactics is insufficient, and the old-timer Hollins is a urine, this season's Ibaka has practiced a stable mid-range shot, frequently pulling Randolph out of the three-second zone, and Randolph is very entangled between defense and maybe, and on the offensive end, the Thunder's three interior Perkins, Collins and Adams worked together to encircle Randolph, and even did not hesitate to foul Randolph to the free throw line and did not let Randolph shoot easily, and the three interior lines contributed 12 fouls together. Adams drew five fouls in just 14 minutes on the court, and the intense physical contact caused Randolph to expend too much physical strength, and in the first quarter of the game, Randolph hit just 7 of 21 shots to get 21 points and 11 rebounds, and made 7 of 12 free throws.

Although the first game was lost, the Grizzlies quickly found a solution in the second game, the Grizzlies led the Thunder by 3 points at 46:43 in the first half, Westbrook scored 17 points in the first half, and the Grizzlies were all soldiers, except for Kufors, who did not play, everyone else scored points, and the two teams tied 22 in a single quarter again in the third quarter, and there was a dramatic scene in the fourth quarter!

Westbrook fell from the sky to the earth, shooting from mid-range!

"Dang!"

Three-point shooting!

"Dang!"

TMD! It seems that I can only use my killer weapon - the invincible small breakthrough!

"When! While! While! ”

Durant is back to his killer nature, and he has broken through the Grizzlies' Nets with difficult shots again and again, and the Grizzlies are still all soldiers, Udri played well in the first half of the fourth quarter and scored 8 points, in the last minute of the game, the Grizzlies fell behind by 2 points, Conley did not break through, and all 9 people in the court shrank under the basket to grab rebounds, Randolph desperately put this precious frontcourt rebound to Conley's hand, Conley glanced at it and threw it to the outside line, who was standing on the outside, three-point master McMiller, Miller's legs were tight, his eyes were aiming, and he threw the ball when he caught it, The ball obediently got into the net, and this three-pointer made the Grizzlies surpass the Thunder 95:93!

The Thunder's hot-blooded young Westbrook was completely heated at this time, and continued to ignore Durant at the critical moment, choosing to hold the ball alone, defending Courtney Lee, the Grizzlies just didn't pinch the attack, Westbrook couldn't shoot in the face of Lee's defense, Conley got the rebound and rushed all the way to the frontcourt, and was pulled down by Durant's tactical foul, Conley made two free throws to give the Grizzlies a 3-point lead! The Grizzlies' performance is not over, Durant dribbled to the front court with the ball and was just about to jump up for a three-point shot, when a big black man pounced in the afterglow, fanned Durant's shot, and grabbed the falling ball, holding it tightly in his arms, who else could it be!

Tony Allen! Teacher To!

At this time, there were only 18 seconds left in the game, Perkins could only foul Conley who was holding the ball, Conley hit both free throws, and the Grizzlies scored 5 points, and the game seemed to be closed! But the Thunder has Durant, the king, Wei Shao tried to pass the ball to Durant in the bottom corner, but was interfered with by Mr. To, almost out of bounds, Westbrook struggled to get the ball and threw it to Durant in an extremely uncomfortable position in the bottom corner of the left side, at the same time, Xiao Jia quickly pounced, the arms of the two people were entangled, and the moment Durant fell to the ground, he leaned back and threw the ball out!

"Toot toot!" The referee's whistle blew, and a small three-point foul was committed at the same time-

"Brush!"

The ball thrown out by Durant didn't even touch the basket, hollow!

Three plus one!

Durant hit a free throw, and the Grizzlies' lead was only 1 point! There are 12 seconds left in the race! Saf fell into a foul on Conley, and at the critical moment, Conley hit one of two free throws again, and the Grizzlies led by 2 points!

At this time, the Thunder has no pause! Westbrook held the ball over half the court and gave it to Durant, Durant gave it to the left rib Ibaka, Ibaka gave the ball to Westbrook who flew over, and Wei Shao received the ball and floated up to shoot a three-point shot!

"Dang!"

The ball didn't go in, but in the last moments of the game, the Grizzlies made another big mistake, Randolph and Xiao Jiaquan were pulled to the outside, and it was Conley who was standing on the inside, but Perkins desperately jumped up five centimeters, grabbed the rebound, and then threw the ball into the basket!

Ball in! The lights are on! Overtime!

The excited Perkins accepted the cheers of his teammates, Perkins opened his eyes angrily and yelled, I forgot what Lao Tzu said when Lao Tzu scored the equalizer in the playoffs last year!

What!

Lao Tzu's 8.5 million this year is not taken for nothing!

But the excited Thunder was soon pulled back from the sky by the Grizzlies, and in overtime, Randolph singled Perkins, a tentative step, a mid-range shot, and a hit! Westbrook moves to cover a foul, Lee breaks through and throws a shot! Durant forced the teacher to hit the middle distance, Conley made a mistake, and Durant singled Lee to turn around and hit a shot! Just as the Thunder was rising, it was still Randolph, holding the ball and playing Perkins alone, breaking through the virtual shaking, Perkins jumped up to block, Randolph leaned in, and threw the ball again, two plus one! This trick of deception and foul play is completely the skill of the defender!

But it's a pity that Randolph didn't score a free throw, the Thunder attacked, and at the critical moment, Wei Shao completely ignored Durant, Durant stood outside the three-point line on the right side and stared at Wei Shao plunging into the inside, facing the black and white bears, he could only shoot the ball with a horse archery that he was not very good at!

"Dang!"

Small offensive foul,

Under the attack of Mr. Li and Mr. Tuo, Durant suddenly ran from the first gear, one foot of the throttle, and hung the fifth gear, from outside the right three-point line to outside the left three-point line, and Wei Shao finally saw Durant and passed the ball through, Durant got up and down with his hand, and faced the flying teacher Tuo, and hit a three-point shot! Grizzlies 105:104 Thunder, there is one minute left in the game!

Saf Luosha steals Conley, Durant breaks through to face Xiao Jia riding and archery, Xiao Jia jumps desperately and clicks Durant's wrist, Durant makes one of two free throws, and the game is tied again! At this time, there are 35 seconds left in the game, the two sides are tied at 105, and the Grizzlies have the ball!

At such a critical moment, the Grizzlies did not choose Randolph to attack, but used a double cut tactic, Conley held the ball at the top of the arc, Randolph arc top block and dismantle, after Conley passed the block and dismantle, Randolph went down, at the same time, Mr. To, who was located outside the three-point line on the left, cut into the free throw line, Conley passed the ball to Mr. To, Mr. Toh pretended to break through on the right side, not only defending his own Safrosa, but also attracting Ibaka to come over to help defend, and Ibaka loved to jump too much, too much to block, was led out by Mr. To's fake breakthrough, Mr. To's arm waved, Stuffed the ball straight to Randolph, who was unguarded under the basket, and Randolph easily played the board and sent the ball in!

With 26 seconds left in the game, the Thunder attacked, Ibaka walked as an example, and the Thunder could only foul Lee, Lee hit two free throws steadily, and then Durant hit three points, Randolph hit both free throws again, and finally after an overtime, the Grizzlies defeated the Thunder 111-105.

In this game, the Thunder's play can only be said to be at an average level plus two geniuses (Durant's three-plus-one and Perkins' equalizing goals) Grizzlies' main attack point Randolph faced Perkins, Collins, Adams's three Si encirclement, and the Thunder's main attacker Durant is also facing Prince, Tony Allen, Lee's encirclement, in contrast, the Thunder played badly, Durant scored 36 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in 12 of 28, while Wei Shao scored 29 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in 11 of 28 and 17 irons, Ibaka 15 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks, no other players who scored double-doubles, on the other hand, Grizzlies Randolph repeatedly played at critical moments, 10 of 20 scored 25 points and 6 rebounds, Conley scored 19 points and 12 assists, Lee scored 16 points in 6 of 9, Yudri scored 14 points in 6 of 8, and the best performance in the game was Xiao Jia, who got 19 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and revitalized the whole team with a high strategy, the Grizzlies played their own characteristics on the offensive end, and Xiao Jia's high strategy, Randolph's strong attack in the low post, as well as the constant cutting between the two guards, the Grizzlies played 120% energy in this game and finally won the game.

In the third game, the Grizzlies held a lead of as many as 10 points at 71:61 at the end of the third quarter, but in the fourth quarter, Wei Shao, who was crazy all over the court, became the player who left and right the game, and in the fourth quarter for one minute, Wei Shao, who had only scored two goals in seven three-point shots, scored two three-pointers in the last minute of the fourth quarter and dragged the score into overtime!

But the highlight performance of Wei Shao in the whole game was these two balls, in overtime, Wei Shao made seven shots, and one did not go into the hope of the Thunder, although Durant turned on the killing mode and scored 7 points alone, but the two fists were difficult to beat the four hands, and finally the Grizzlies defeated the Thunder 98:95 with a big score and took a 2:1 lead.

The Grizzlies' victory in this game undoubtedly belongs to the Grizzlies' outside defenders, such as Conley scored 20 points on 8-of-14, Lee scored 10 points, Mr. Tuo scored 16 points on 8-of-15, and even Yudley scored 12 points efficiently on 5-of-6, and the Thunder's sinners were naturally 9-of-26 and 4-of-13 three-pointers with 30 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 turnovers. He finished with 30 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals, five blocks and five turnovers on 10-of-27 shooting.

In the fourth game, an unexpected person suddenly broke out, causing great trouble to the Grizzlies, that person is Reggie Jackson, who looks like an African refugee, in the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies Twin Towers showed dominance, scoring 14 of the team's 18 points, while the Thunder was limited by the Grizzlies on the offensive end, the whole team only scored 15 points in the first quarter, and Reggie did not score in this quarter, in the second quarter, Reggie Jackson quickly scored 11 points, and Thunder coach Scott Brooks saw that Jackson was in such a hot state, Almost let Jackson play the whole second quarter, putting on a dual point guard lineup of Willis and Jackson, the Thunder scored 27 points in the second quarter under the leadership of Jackson, while the Grizzlies still tepidly scored 17 points, and the Grizzlies trailed 37-42 at the end of the first half.

In the third quarter, the Grizzlies still scored 17 points, while the Thunder Durant was in good shape, contributing 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, 0 turnovers, and the Grizzlies entered the fourth quarter with a double-digit difference of 52:64.

In the last minute, Conley was completely red-eyed, broke through fouls and made free throws in a row, scoring 8 points in a single quarter, Udley also threw in two three-pointers, and the Thunder Shuangshao Durant and Wei Shao were collectively dumb fire, Durant was 6 in 0 under the arrangement of Mr. To, and Wei Shao was 3 in 10, but there is one person not to forget, it is Reggie Jackson!

In the last minute of the game, Xiaojia hit a jumper to help the Grizzlies lead the Thunder 80:75, but Reggie reflexively hit a three-pointer and then Durant stole Udley's pass, Reggie quickly went down and made a layup, the most critical moment, Reggie scored 5 points in a row, the regular season was over, the two sides tied at 80, and the third game in a row went into overtime.

In overtime, Reggie Jackson was even more unstoppable, making free throws in a row, 5 minutes of overtime, Jackson walked to the free throw line 6 times, and hit all 6 free throws, and the Grizzlies Jr. and Randolph were limited and could only rely on Conley's scattered offense to barely maintain, and finally the Grizzlies lost 89-92.

Durant scored 15 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 5 turnovers on 5-of-21 shooting, and Wei Shao scored 15 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 7 turnovers on 6-of-24 shooting! But Reggie Jackson scored a career-high 32 points on 11-of-16 shooting to help the team beat a hard-nosed Grizzlies.

In the key battle of Tianwang Mountain, as soon as the first quarter came up, Randolph showed a good state, scoring 11 points and 6 rebounds in 5 of 5 in a single quarter, while Wei Shao scored 14 points in 5 of 9, Miller made three three-pointers in the second quarter to continue the firepower for the Grizzlies, and the Thunder relied on Reggie Jackson's two three-pointers to confront the Grizzlies, and in the first half, the Grizzlies led the Thunder with a score of 55:43.

In the third quarter, Durant, who only scored 7 points in 3 of 10 in the first half, began to find his rhythm and contributed 9 points in a single quarter, while the Grizzlies relied on Conley and Jr. to compete with the Thunder, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies only had a 6-point lead.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Wei Shao, who was suppressed by Conley for almost a round of the series, began to break out, almost single-handedly carrying the Thunder's daughter, first assaulting the basket, and then assisting Durant to hit three points, and finally four and a half points to play Conley's two plus one, and the last two and a half points to assist Butler to play three plus one, two minutes of assault inside caused Xiao Jia to foul and hit two free throws, in the fourth quarter of the 20 points scored by the Thunder, 16 points have something to do with Wei Shao, but these are not the most important!

In the last 7 seconds of the game, the Grizzlies led the Thunder by 2 points at 90:88, and Conley, who has always been steady, dropped the chain again at a critical moment, and was directly stealed by Wei Shao in a disguise, and the fast attack was deducted, 90 draws! There are only 3 seconds left!

In 3 seconds, the Grizzlies completed a perfect match, Conley held the ball to the top of the mid-line arc, and the small blessing ball broke through to the inside, everyone thought that Xiaojia would end this round of attack with a mid-range shot, and Ibaka and Perkins both pounced! But Xiaojia handed the ball with both hands and gave the ball to Randolph, who was empty under the basket, and the latter decisively put the ball in with a backhand!

But the referee watched the replay and ruled that the lore was timed out! The goal is invalid! Both teams made it to extra time for the fourth game in a row! This is unique in the history of the NBA!

In overtime, Durant hit two difficult jumpers, and Miller threw two three-pointers and colored, in the last 28 seconds of the game, Durant broke through with the ball on the bottom line, causing a foul on Mr. To, at this time the Thunder fell behind by 2 points at 98:100, but at this critical moment, Durant hit one of two free throws, Mr. Tuo grabbed the rebound, Miller missed three points, and in the last 3.9 seconds of the game, Durant missed a three-point shot, but Ibaka jumped up behind Miller and made up the ball into the basket!

But the referee on duty, the bald Crawford, watched the replay repeatedly, and finally ruled that Ibaka overtimed! The goal is invalid! The Grizzlies won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain 100:99!

Game 6 was a turning point in the series, and this turn was not in the contest of strength between the two sides, and now it looks quite dramatic.