With the warm-up of the first two games, today's third matchup, the Chesapeake Energy Arena is naturally unattended.

As in Dallas, Thunder fans wore blue T-shirts, and the stands at the Chesapeake Energy Arena turned into an "endless sea." But today, it is Yiyang and the Mavericks who will face the stormy seas, they are like a small boat sailing in a storm. If you are not careful, you may sink to the bottom of the sea.

"The team's attendance should have broken records today, right?" In the luxurious box of the arena, Thunder owner Klay . Bennett looked at the fans who were almost flooding the stadium under his nose, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

Before he decided to move the team out of Seattle and into Oklahoma, little was bullish on the team's prospects.

"There is no basketball market in Oklahoma!"

"No player wants to play in a place like Oklahoma."

"Ditch Seattle to build a new team in Oklahoma, Bennett must be crazy!"

At the time, the whole world was ready to see Bennett, to see the Thunder's jokes. Even the famous NBA superstar, Gary, who was once shocked by Yiyang's slam dunk performance on the street. Payton, too, is hostile to this team. He claimed that he would not let the Thunder retire his jersey and did not want to acknowledge the history of the Thunder.

"I'd rather wait until I'm 70 and have Seattle have a SuperSonics again than have the Thunder retire my jersey!" In the face of reporters' interviews, Payton can be said to have not saved face for the Thunder at all.

But how many years have passed? The small team that was not favored at the beginning replaced giants like the Lakers and Spurs and became one of the participants in the Western Conference Finals! And Oklahoma, a city where "birds don't", has become one of the venues for the NBA Western Conference Finals.

These things were absolutely unimaginable to people at that time. Sometimes, however, reality is crazier than imagined.

In order to show his respect, Bennett also asked the team's general manager Presti to invite Payton to watch the game. But the outspoken Peyton didn't think about it and declined the invitation on the phone.

Originally, this luxury box was prepared by Bennett for himself and Peyton, but now, only he and his assistant are in the room.

However, judging from his expression, Bennett, who was staring at the court with red wine, did not seem disappointed at all. This is our Western Conference Finals, and it doesn't matter if you come here or if you want to admit it!

On the field, players from both sides are doing their final warm-ups. However, in the warm-up stage, the shooting percentages of both teams did not seem to be very high. This question doesn't mean much, after all, the state and mentality of the players after the game is very different from what they are now, and this difference will also make a difference in the shooting percentage of the players. But Carlisle is a little worried, his team is a team that relies on shooting as the main way to score. If a player shoots poorly, it will be a fatal blow for the Mavericks.

But Carlisle's worries only lasted for a moment, and then slowly faded. Because today, he doesn't plan to kill the Thunder with a shot, but intends to rely on defense to win!

At the end of the warm-up time, players from both sides gathered around the manager. Yiyang turned his head sideways in the crowd and looked at Harden, who was still wearing a training uniform and preparing to come off the bench. In the last game, it was that guy who gave the Mavericks their first home loss in the playoffs.

"Also!" Seeing Yiyang look away, Carlisle shouted.

"Focus, your opponent at the beginning is Westbrook!" Carlisle has to remind that Harden is not Yiyang's only opponent.

"I know, sir. Don't worry, I won't get distracted. ”

At the urging of the referee, the starters of both sides came on. At the same time, the fans in the stands all stood up. There's a tradition at Oklahoma's Chesapeake Energy Arena where fans will stand and watch the game until the team scores their first goal before they sit back down.

This majestic momentum will bring great confidence to the players of the Thunder team. At the same time, it will also put pressure on the teams playing away from home.

James. Harden sat on the floor for the time being, and Yiyang's attention returned to Westbrook. Westbrook looked excited to return to his home court and didn't seem to be affected by his lack of play in the fourth quarter of the last game.

“OKC! OKC! OKC ......" The fans let out a neat shout, and in the midst of the noise, the referee approached Chandler and Perkins, two strong men, and threw the basketball into the air!

The key battle in Oklahoma has officially begun!

Today, Perkins secured the ball first for the Thunder. The ball fell into Westbrook's hands, and the No. 0 defender couldn't help but say, quickly pushed forward, and tried to sneak a goal!

But with Yiyang here, how can Westbrook get an easy chance to score? As soon as he crossed the halfway line, Yiyang's outstretched arms appeared in front of Westbrook again!

Today, instead of rushing with his body, Westbrook threw the ball to his teammates after encountering obstacles, trying to get better chances by running.

Actually, there's nothing wrong with Westbrook playing ball, it's just that he's too impulsive. As long as he can stay calm on the court, Westbrook's role will be infinitely magnified.

After passing the ball to Sephorosa, Westbrook's run kept the Mavericks' defense at bay, which also gave Durant a chance to catch the ball on the counters!

Although Marion is a veteran on the defensive end, he also judged the direction of Durant's counter-run. However, once Durant, who is tall and has long arms, takes a step, Marion will not be able to catch up at all!

After three big steps, Durant ran to the right mid-range position and received the basketball. In the face of Marion's lunge, Durant calmly stepped back, retreated outside the three-point line, and then shot the ball with a slight back.

Durant, who already has a huge advantage in height and reach, is still shooting backwards, which makes Marion even more unable to complete the interference.

In this way, the basketball crossed a parabola, as if it had been accurately calculated, and fell steadily into the frame!

"Good shot!"

"Well done, KD!"

"Come on, we're the best!"

In the stands, the Thunder fans danced with excitement. Of course, after scoring a goal, they were finally willing to sit in their positions obediently.

Until the fans sat down and Kenny. Smith and Barkley finally got a glimpse of what's going on. There was a group of people standing around with their arms raised, and the two of them couldn't see anything at all.

"Two fluid transmissions resulted in three points for the Thunder, and today, their offense looked very smooth and unobtrusive, and Westbrook didn't seem to stick to the ball anymore. If the Thunder can keep playing like this, and they win back-to-back, I wouldn't be surprised at all. ”

Changing the Mavericks offense, in the first two games, the combination between Yiyang and Nowitzki attracted much attention, and the two did show eye-catching performances. The cooperation between him and Nowitzki was even called "The International Connection" by the fans!

Today, Nowitzki is naturally also very positive. As soon as he ran beyond the three-point line, he stopped.

Ibaka thought the Germans were going to go inside, so he retreated quickly. But unexpectedly, Nowitzki didn't sit inside, so frightened that Ibaka hurriedly posted it.

Sure enough, Nowitzki had just been in place, and Yiyang's ball was delivered! In the face of Ibaka's defense, Nowitzki directly lifted the basketball and seemed to be going to shoot when he caught the ball!

Ibaka hurriedly raised her center of gravity and raised her arms in the air. But Nowitzki just made a false shot, made a shooting feint, and then moved under the basket.

Ibaka was not slow to react, and he did not lose his position after seeing that he had been deceived, but clung to Nowitzki's side.

Dirk holds the ball with both hands and takes three slow steps to throw. However, due to the pressure on Ibaka to give himself too much, it was difficult for the German to adjust his shots in the confrontation. As a result, the Mavericks and Nowitzki's first shot was rejected by the basket!

Thankfully, Chandler got his spot in place. At the moment, he's stuck Perkins behind him, and if it's not a long rebound, Chandler should have no problem grabbing the rebound!

Westbrook originally planned to find a direct route to push the fast attack, but he saw Yiyang suddenly rush to the basket!

Westbrook secretly screamed in his heart, and immediately followed, that guy's goal was to rebound!

The basketball hits the basket and begins to fall slowly. Ibaka was still far from the basket, while Perkins was blocked by Chandler. Under the basket, the two men jumped almost at the same time, and Perkins straightened his arms, eager to get the basketball from Chandler's back.

Just when the hands of both sides were intertwined and they were getting closer and closer to the basketball, a blue figure suddenly jumped out and grabbed the rebound before the two insiders.

In the next second, another white back suddenly flashed. The guy in the white No.0 jersey threw his arms up and seemed to be scrambling for the rebound as well. But it's a pity that the ball is now in Yiyang's hands, and what to do can only be said after everyone lands.

Westbrook's body began to fall, and he was still trying to quickly block Yiyang's layup space after he landed. But the guy's eyes suddenly widened and his face was full of horror.

Yiyang didn't wait for the landing to attack the frame, but at the moment he grabbed the rebound, he took advantage of the situation to dunk the ball into the frame!

"The dunk from the guard is also very accurate in judging the basketball landing point! Westbrook shouldn't have lost his mind, he should have stayed in place! At least that way, it won't be possible to grab the rebound! You must know that the scramble for rebounding is not the business of interior players alone. ”

As soon as the second round began, Yiyang's dunk made Barkley, who had a bit of a hoarse throat, scream again. However, the people around him were obviously not so excited.

Seeing Yiyang complete a dunk that lifted vertically like a helicopter, the fans of the Thunder team, without exception, all booed Yiyang. But as Yiyang said to Terry yesterday, he doesn't care what other people think, or even whether people love or hate him. The only thing he cares about is winning! From every encounter, every round to every match. Yiyang's goal will never change.

Seeing that Westbrook was completed by Yiyang because he didn't get stuck properly, Brooks was a little angry, but he couldn't send it out. If a manager loses his temper in front of young people, it will affect the self-confidence of the players to a great extent.

"It's a common problem for young teams, it's a common problem for young teams...... he had to keep talking to himself to comfort himself, if Brooks' ability to regulate his emotions was not good, he might have been on the training court a long time ago, and it was impossible for him to make it to the Western Conference Finals.

The Thunder attacked, but Westbrook still chose to pass. Sephorosa received the ball and was ready to transfer to Durant, but found that Durant was caught by the Mavericks' double bag and had not yet run out of the space to receive the ball. There was no choice but to hoist the ball directly to Perkins.

After all, with Durant being trapped, Perkins is temporarily unmarked.

However, Yiyang, who was halfway through with Westbrook, suddenly turned around and ran in the opposite direction. Westbrook was stunned for a moment, but then reacted, that Chinese, is trying to intercept the pass!

"Be careful!" Westbrook shouted, and Perkins turned his head to see Yiyang running in the direction of the ball.

Perkins was not going to sit still, and he hurried forward to take a big step forward, ready to take the initiative to answer the pass. However, to Perkins' shock, the Chinese was still one step faster!

"Top prediction!" Seeing Yiyang take away Seflorosa's pass to Perkins, Kenny. The word "top" immediately popped into Smith's head.

It seems that Yiyang is keeping an eye on Westbrook, but in fact, the details of the entire half can't escape Yiyang's eyes! A point guard can sometimes dominate not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end!

The ball was intercepted halfway, and Yiyang naturally soared unscrupulously. At this moment, he is an American muscle car with full horsepower, rampage on the court, and no one can stop him!

The fans just blinked an eye, and Yiyang had already rushed to the front. He bent his legs slightly, then violently "catapulted" himself into the air.

Time seemed to slow down at that moment, and Yiyang glided through the air, feeling the air pass past his face. The way the fans opened their mouths in surprise also turned into slow motion.

Yiyang stretched out his arms as far as he could, and the basket was getting closer and closer to him...... By the end, it's within reach!

"Bang!" Grabbing the frame with one hand, the ball is dunked in, and Yiyang lands smoothly. In order to maintain his balance under the huge inertia, Yiyang also opened his arms.

This made him look like a predatory falcon, as if it was about to drag its prey into the air.

As soon as your feet hit the ground, the air began to flow rapidly, and everything around you returned to normal. But Yiyang still couldn't hear the sound, because at this time, everyone in the Chesapeake Energy Arena was stunned!

"How is this possible!? A long-range tomahawk slam dunk in one step inside the free throw line! "Even Kenny, who has seen countless exaggerated scenes. Smith also couldn't keep his mouth shut for a long time.

Jumping from the free throw line for a dunk is actually not difficult for many NBA-level dunks. But very few people will use it in real combat.

But then again, Yiyang doesn't seem to be a buckle general in people's impressions? But this guy has already staged two shocking dunks in a row!

This is why the whole stadium can only hear the sound of people opening their mouths and breathing desperately.

After the dunk, Yiyang looked at the Thunder's bench, and he and Harden looked at each other.

"When are you coming? I'm here to help! ”