Chapter 207: Two games behind
After the game between the Kings and the Thunder, the Western Conference semifinals between the Spurs and the Lakers also produced the winner of the first game, the Spurs who swept the Nuggets 4-0 in the first round were at home. Duncan easily scored a game-high 26 points. Ginobili came off the bench to score an efficient 22 points. Parker didn't have a crosshairs in the game, but he contributed a game-high 11 assists, which perfectly connected the whole team, and while the GDP played well, the rest of the team also played well. The Lakers, on the other hand, were completely out of shape, playing frequently throughout the game, and Kobe Bryant did not perform well under the rotation of Leonard and Green's defense, and finally the Lakers lost 90-108 to the Spurs on the road.
The first game of the Eastern and Western semifinals is over, the Lakers lost to the Spurs by 18 points, and the Kings lost to the Thunder by 30 points, which is simply a massacre, and everyone is pessimistic about the prospect of the Kings' semifinals......
In a program that aired after Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, ESPN invited six veteran commentators, commentators, and retired players to talk about the first game between the Kings and the Thunder. Kellerman and Colin. Coward, Grizzlies commentator Pete. Penica, Hornets commentary on retired star David Brown. Wesley, Miami Heat legend Tim. Hardaway, Kings legend Chris. Weber.
Kellerman: "The Kings are in full shape at the Pisacek Energy Arena, and it's a huge stretch to play this season, and they're still a huge gap from a championship-contending team like the Thunder......
Coward: "I agree with Max that although both teams are young teams and have similar records in the regular season, and the Kings even have a record against each other, it is only in the playoffs that you can see that there is a gap between the two teams in every aspect. Pete, you were in the first round of the playoffs to talk about the Kings, how did the Kings feel to you? ”
Penica smiled wryly: "You put so much emphasis on the gap between the Kings and the Thunder, doesn't it embarrass me and Chris?" Our team just got knocked out by the Kings......"
Webber on the side also shook his head in embarrassment, and Penica continued: "Judging from the first meeting between the two teams, in front of the Thunder, the Kings are indeed powerless, and both offensive and defensive ends are restrained, but the strength of the Kings is still there, but as Max and Colin said, the Kings do not have the strength of a championship team......
As the heart of the Kings' fame and the flamboyant team that attacked the mercury pours at the beginning of the 21st century, Webber grabbed Penica's words and said: "You know, we have never regarded the Kings as a championship team before this, the Kings were only the 9th team in the West last season, and last season they were the second-to-last team in the West, and they have made great strides for two consecutive seasons, and I believe that all Kings supporters have been quite satisfied, and now they have reached the second round of the playoffs for the first time, which is proud enough." ......”
Hardaway nodded in response, "Chris is right, this year's Kings have given us too many surprises. Evans, this year's Evans is simply furious, like the new nickname given to him by fans this season, like a typhoon sweeping through the stadium! I was a defender when I was a player, I was only 6 feet tall and Evans was 6 feet 6, and I dare say Evans was no less good at the ball than me! Although Tyreco's projection is still not excellent this season, it can be regarded as decent, his projection last season was still a mess, and he has improved so much in one offseason, and next season's Tyreco is even more worthy of our expectations! ”
Wesley chimed in, "Tyreck. Evans has won countless honors that players have not been able to achieve in their entire careers, and now he is the second in the MVP list, he is not yet 23 years old, and he will definitely be stronger in the future! ”
Kellerman: "That said, I know Terek. Evans is extraordinary, but today is this series alone, the Thunder are also so young, but their overall strength is obviously better than the Kings, maybe the Kings may be stronger than the Thunder in the next few seasons, but not now! ”
The last six made their predictions for this series, and without exception, all six agreed that the Thunder would advance to the Western Conference Finals. Kellerman and Coward agreed that the Thunder would sweep the Kings 4-0 to advance to the Western Conference Finals, and three of the remaining four believed that the Thunder would win 4-1 in the end, and the Kings could steal a victory, and only Webber thought that the final score was 4-2, although Webber was a famous player for the Kings, but reason told him that the Kings would not be able to defeat the Thunder in the series.
Sure enough, in the second game of Oklahoma, Durant, Westbrook, and Harden still continued the hot hand of the last game, and the inside and outside shots made the Kings unguardable, and the Kings did not adjust psychologically and state at all after the last fiasco, and this game fell into the same dilemma as the previous game, and did not play a whole at all, but relied on Terrick to carry the explosives bag to fight hard, and the five people on the court were in a state of being separated. All kinds of hasty shots Cousins has become an inside blue-collar who grabs the board, and the Kings' on-court performance can be described in two words: blind fighting!
In this game, Tyrek played extremely tenacious, and in the face of the Thunder's encirclement and interception, Tyrick tried to create opportunities for his teammates, but Tyrick's outside teammates were confused and at a loss in this game like the previous game, and the shooting rate was not high when they came out of the vacancy, not to mention that they did not have enough space to shoot.
At first, Tyrek relied on his ball sense and impact to kill the Thunder's defense, and as his physical strength declined, Tyrek's offensive efficiency became lower and lower under the increasingly targeted defense......
Although the Thunder suppressed the Kings throughout the game, the difference between the two teams has not been lower than double digits since the middle of the second quarter, but Tyrek, who will never admit defeat, played a full 43 minutes in this game, he fought to the last moment, and almost always faced the pinch-hit Tyrek 35 shots in 13 of the whole game, although the shooting rate was not high, but Tyrek was also the most desperate and threatening one in the entire Kings team, he hit the interior again and again, hit 16 free throws, hit 15 shots, and scored 45 points in the game. It was also Tyreco's most points in the playoffs.
However, the two fists are hard to beat the four hands, the Kings except for Tyreck, the highest scorer West, only scored 13 points, and finally the Thunder defeated the Kings 115-102, and the next game will return to the home court of the Kings, and if they lose again, the Thunder will easily win the match point......