At 112-97, the Thunder finally held on to the lead and did not repeat the mistake of Game 3.

James scored 32 points again, but was powerless.

On the Thunder's side, Durant had 21 points and 9 boards, Westbrook had 17 points, 3 boards and 3 assists, Ibaka had 12 points, 11 boards and 3 rebounds, Tucker had 9 points and 6 boards, and Livingston had 8 points and 4 assists.

However, the best performance was Harden, who shot 11-of-23 from the field and 13-of-14 from the free-throw line, scoring a playoff high 37 points, plus 7 assists and 4 turnovers, completely playing MVP-level statistics.

"He deserves all the praise." At the press conference after the game, Tang Tian used such words to describe it.

Not only because of these 37 points, but more importantly, Harden's every performance at key moments was a key factor for the Thunder to win Game 4.

After winning the fourth game, the Thunder team has taken a 3-1 lead in the big score, and after experiencing twists and turns, the promotion situation is very good.

Now all they have to do is win the last home game and finish the series in Russia.

But it's definitely not an easy task.

The Heat are really cornered right now, win or go home, and they're going to be desperate and do everything they can to bring the game back to Miami.

There was a two-day break in the fifth game, but with the previous lessons of Harden, Tang Tian did not let the players rest, but arranged daily basic training, and the advice to the players was also doubled.

The day before the fifth battle, after the daily training, Tang Tian and Wharton left the locker room while chatting.

"They don't have a plan tonight, do they?" Tang Tian confirmed to Wharton again that in addition to the verbal advice, Tang Tian also arranged for Wharton to communicate with the players privately to ensure that nothing went wrong.

"Yes, no problem, you can rest assured." Wharton reached out and made an "OK" gesture.

"I'm a little worried about the next game, though." Walking to the office, Wharton suddenly spoke.

"The next game? What to worry about? Worried about their inconsistent performance into key games? Tang Tian said with a smile.

3 to 1, it is a challenge for the side that is behind, and the same is true for the side that is leading, after all, if you win one more game, you will win the championship, and you will unconsciously become conservative in your style of play, and it is easy to play a passive situation.

"That's fine." Wharton shook his head.

"And what are you worried about?" Tang Tian looked at Wharton suspiciously.

"Penalty scale." Wharton lowered his voice as he spoke.

Unlike Don and even Stevens, Wharton is the kind of player who has played in the playoffs for many years, and he will be more sensitive and experienced in this area than others.

When Wharton said this, he reminded Tang Tian.

Although the current president of the alliance is still Stern, this is the last year, and Xiao Hua is basically in charge now.

Every game of this year's Finals has brought the league a lot of money, and almost every game is constantly breaking history.

In other words, one more game in the finals between the two teams means making hundreds or even tens of millions of extra money, and no matter what angle you look at, the league definitely wants to play more games.

But the league can't really control the game directly, and what they can do is definitely the penalty scale.

With both teams equal, a slight deviation of the whistle can be decisive.

"The only good news now is that the next game is played at home, and even if the referee wants to, he won't make it too obvious." Wharton continued.

"I know, next year's regular meeting of the coaching staff will discuss this issue additionally, and remind the players to be in place." Tang Tian opened his mouth and said, just like Wharton said, the referee at home doesn't dare to do anything too much, but it's difficult to say away from home.

When the time comes, the two sides will run the same line and play away, and the Thunder's chances of winning are definitely not as good as the Heat.

In other words, although looking at the big score 3-1 lead, the last home court is the Thunder's biggest chance to win the series.

After sending Wharton away, Tang Tian released the fourth video that had just ended, and studied and studied to see if there was anything that could be improved in the details.

"Ding! Post a system mission, win the series at home, and win the championship with a reward: a woman, a servant. ”

At this moment, a voice exploded in Tang Tian's mind.

He was so engrossed in watching the game that he was almost taken aback.

However, the feeling imprinted in his mind made him quickly realize that this was another task released by the system.

There was a look of incredulity in his eyes.

It's been two or three years since the last mission, right? He had really forgotten about the system after a long interval.

Could it be that the system feels that it has no sense of existence, so hurry out and brush it up?

Brush it, but what the hell is it to reward a woman or servant?!

Female, servant, this word, he saw it in the lottery link of the task reward before, but this time, he didn't expect the system to directly treat it as a task reward.

He doesn't want it!

It's better to give him a few honor points, this woman and servant are useful for it.

He now has Hathaway's plump buttocks in his left hand and Swift's slender waist in his right hand, even if he gives it to women and servants, there is no place.

Shaking his head, Tang Tian didn't care about this matter.

The system probably just wants to skin it.

However, after the previous exchange with Wharton, the system actually did not issue tasks, and he would do his best to win the fifth battle.

On the day of the game, Tang Tian did not arrange training, but he organized a psychological class for the players, focusing on the team's psychological assistant coach Will McConton, the main purpose of which was to keep the players in a positive state of mind before the game.

After the class, Tang Tian chatted with the players about some things to keep sanity in the game.

“…… No matter what situation we have, no matter what kind of penalty we have, we can challenge the opponent, we can challenge the referee, but we will never allow violence and anger to solve the problem, this is the closest you have to a championship, you will never want to lose that coveted trophy because of a moment of anger, you know what I mean? ”

Tang Tian said it bluntly enough, although it was not broken, but most of the players already knew it in their hearts.

After everything was over, Tang Tian also pulled Westbrook alone to chat for a while, and Wei Shao was the most uneasy in this group of team members.

"Coach, I'll try to control it, and if I can't do it, you can put me on the bench." Westbrook said seriously, and it could be seen from his eyes that his desire for a championship was definitely the strongest of all.

"I will." Tang Tian also said seriously.

[Recommend a good new sports book, a new basketball book that embarrasses the gods of basketball, and makes fun of the wind]

Minced meat big eggplant said

Now these quit smoking advertisements are not warm at all,

Come up, I'll give you a whole rotten lung, and tell you not to smoke,

It's rotten to smoke yours again, simple and rude, without considering the feelings of the smoker,

The truth is that the first thing most smokers feel when they see these pictures is:

Ciao, scared Lao Tzu to death, quickly lit a cigarette to suppress the shock.