Chapter 206: Unable to Return to the Sky

"Fight calmly! Don't panic! Tactics run! The defense does not need to be completely locked, just get stuck in the position, and don't let the opposite side shoot comfortably! Bag clip! Bag clip Kevin. Durant! Coach Westphall banged the tactical board on the sidelines and roared, the situation was already not optimistic at the beginning of the game, and Coach Westphall also seemed a little anxious.

Back on the court at the end of the timeout, Tyrek took advantage of the Thunder's defensive gap to make a sneak attack under the basket, and then assisted on Culon. Butler hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and just as the Kings were on the verge of gaining momentum, the Thunder overtook the Kings again. Durant and Westbrook played together, and after the two blocked and dismantled, Westbrook gave Durant who was temporarily vacant, Durant hit a three-point shot, and then Durant was a single-handed. Butler, cross-step straight away from Cuarón. Butler, Durant took a huge step and passed Caron. Butler only took two steps to reach the basket, and opened his bow and arrows to slash and dunk!

Durant clenched his fist and roared at the audience, today's Thunder team is like a bamboo, and the state is really good!

The Kings scored 21 points in the first quarter, but the game looked very piecemeal, and the offensive tactics were not smooth under the overall defensive strategy of the Thunder team, and it seemed that they were playing piecemeal again and again, on the other hand, the Thunder team, in the combined burst of the twin stars, the offense flowed, and the Kings team was completely in a state of taking care of one or the other, and the Thunder scored as many as 36 points in the first quarter, and Durant alone scored 18 points!

Kevin showed his scoring ability unreservedly in the first quarter, although this season's scoring champion was won by Tyrek Brown. Evans snatched it, but judging from the first quarter of this game, Kevin was the better scoring machine! ”

"It's such Brian, Kevin has the height of a center, his shooting touch is so silky, and he has a deft change of direction like a guard, Kevin was born to score! Although Terek. Evans won the scoring title this season, but the difference between him and Kevin this season is not huge, and part of the reason is that the crazy individual scoring performance has been due to a period of absences from the Kings. Tyreco's scoring methods are still not as diverse as Kevin's, although Tyrek is a top breakthrough, but when it comes to a high-intensity and high-targeted stage like the playoffs, we will find that it is Kevin who can score more easily under high-intensity defense! ”

Two commentators for Kevin. Durant did not hesitate to praise words, and Durant in the first quarter did the same, completely ignoring the defense and cutting melons and vegetables to score points at will. And that's not the only thing the Kings are facing, as the game enters the second quarter, and the Kings still can't find a way to break through the predicament.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder began to rotate Durant and Westbrook, while the Kings, who were behind the score, were still the main players, and Tyrek and Jimmy had not rested in the starting five.

Although the Thunder twin stars began to rotate, the offensive firepower of the Thunder team has not decreased, and Harden, who came off the bench, continued to provide stable firepower output for the Thunder team, Durant, Westbrook, and Harden, no matter who partners with whom, or leads the team alone, so that the Thunder team has a strong offensive firepower point on the court, and no matter who holds the ball, the three are a huge threat to the defender. As the only strong point of the Kings team, Tyrek is struggling, with the decline of physical strength under high-intensity defense, Tyreco's offensive efficiency has become lower and lower, and the only point of holding the ball on the outside is completely targeted, so that the King's offense has never been smooth, and the inside line can only rely on personal ability to end the offense when receiving the ball, and whether it can score depends on the sky. Needless individual singles, a series of mistakes gradually wore down the spirit of the Kings......

At halftime, the Thunder led the Kings by 29 points, 70-42 at home, and it was completely impossible to see that these were the two teams that were just one win away from each other in the regular season.

Entering the second half, Tyrek finally found an offensive rhythm in this quarter, breaking through and causing kills, and at the same time, the Kings also got opportunities at other positions, and the Kings also played a wave of counterattacks under the leadership of Tyrek, chasing the score to within 20 points, but with the Thunder team's timeout adjustment, the direction of the game changed instantly.

As long as Tyrek holds the ball, the Thunder will take a double package and shrink the inside, once Tyrek finds a passing rhythm, Tyreic's breakthrough threat is huge, and the breakthrough of Tyreic is the consensus of all teams in the league, and it can also be seen from the King's counterattack in the second half that the Kings rely heavily on Tyrek's breakthrough to create shooting space for others, and to strangle Tyrek is to strangle the Kings!

The Thunder continued to play steadily on the offensive end, and as the Kings' offense was blocked again, the Thunder once again pulled the gap away......

"Grant, you see, the Kings are so dependent on Terrick on the perimeter as a whole. Evans, in addition to him, the Kings outside in addition to the pitcher is the defender, last season Caron. Butler had a good single ability before he was injured, but now he is just a fixed-point shooter, and the Kings' offensive ability to hold the ball on the outside is really poor. Cousins has a lot of quality, but he is not so strong that he needs to be caught as soon as he gets the ball, and once Tyrek is in a quagmire with the ball, the operation of the Kings will be very problematic......

"That's right, the Kings rely too much on Tyreco's individual ability, when facing a team with average strength or a team with a certain strength, Tyreco can easily rely on his personal ability to revitalize the team, or the overall strength of the Kings team can cover up this phenomenon, but when facing us whose overall strength is not weaker than the Kings or even stronger than the Kings, plus everyone is unreservedly deadly in the playoffs, once Tyrek can't be fully opened, the Kings are like rusty machinery, slow and vulnerable......"

The Kings did not show any momentum to chase points, halfway through the fourth quarter, the Kings trailed the Thunder by 35 points, and the game entered garbage time, when Tyrek was replaced by Thomas Jr. for the last time, Tyrek gasped and looked at the dazzling huge point difference on the scoreboard, although he was unwilling but his eyes were full of helplessness......

In the end, the Kings lost to the Thunder by a huge disadvantage of 90-120 and 30 points in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals, Durant scored 40 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Westbrook and Harden also easily scored 20+, and the Kings except for Tyrek who scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists on 8-of-23 shooting, only West and Cousins scored more than double digits. To the cheers of the Pisacek Energy Arena, Terek was the first to leave the field and disappear into the tunnel of players......