An hour earlier, when the Thunder had taken a 17-point lead at halftime, no one in the audience had imagined that the final outcome would be like this.

Durant was doing well, and the Mavericks were playing a mess. A win for the Thunder at home seems to be a foregone conclusion.

However, Yiyang and his teammates spent the second half of the game priing up the nails on the wooden board one by one.

At the end of the game, the Dallas Mavericks, led by Yi, fought back and successfully turned the game around and crushed the Oklahoma City Thunder after trailing by 17 points at halftime. After the Thunder did not have Westbrook, the reduction in strength was obvious to all. And the Thunder's role players play far less well than the Mavericks' role players in key moments. You know, even Troy. Murphy, the almost forgotten guy, hit a crucial three-pointer as soon as he got on the court today. I have to admit that the Mavericks' play in the second half of the game was indeed amazing. I don't know what Coach Carlisle said to his players at halftime, but the Mavericks played like two teams in two halves. "Charles. Barkley was very happy to see the Mavericks perform another miracle, and the incredulous expressions of the Thunder fans in the stands made Barkley feel inexplicably refreshed.

This kind of thing to do at the opponent's home stadium was something that Barkley liked to do when he was a player before. That's why he feels happy with empathy.

Durant viciously smashed the towel to the ground after getting off the court, and he couldn't believe that the Mavericks had snatched the victory in his hands. 35 points and 15 rebounds, shooting 50% from the field, and shooting 26 crazy shots...... Durant did everything he could, and he took his responsibility as a star player.

However, the Mavericks proved the viability of team basketball in the playoffs with a five-man double-double performance. The playoffs are indeed a stage for fighting stars, and the role of Yiyang as a star is to make teammates better.

Although the game was played at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, after the game, the Mavericks players who were playing on the road became the sweet and sweet. They were surrounded by reporters one by one, and even Yi Jianlian was no longer surrounded by CCTV special reporters.

Nowitzki was asked by reporters how he scored 18 points against Ibaka's tight defense, and the German smiled lightly. "What else could it be? As soon as I run out of space, Yi's pass will always be the first to arrive. All I have to do is shoot the basketball. ”

The German spread his hands and gave all the credit for his goal to Yiyang. Nowitzki has long fulfilled his promise and handed over the Dallas Mavericks to Yiyang.

Nowitzki's praise of Yiyang in front of reporters is understandable. Without Yiyang's halftime speech, without his chances of falling down again and again on the court, without his elusive eye feints and clever passes, it would have been impossible for the Mavericks to turn the game around after falling behind by 17 points.

Durant can be described as full fire today, and he has unlimited fire rights on the court as if no one is in a land. Thankfully, the Mavericks have an MVP-caliber player who can compete with the three-time scoring champion.

Losing the game in a form that was reversed at home took a big hit to the morale of the Thunder players. Could it be that after losing Westbrook, the Oklahoma City Thunder will really struggle in the West?

Thunder players and fans are certainly reluctant to accept this fact, but to outsiders, the Thunder's exit seems to have been foregone for a long time.

After Westbrook's injury, the Thunder are no longer the favorites to win the Western Conference. Of ESPN's 16 pundit predictions, 14 chose the Mavericks to win the series.

The Mavericks have Yiyang, the all-powerful MVP, and Nowitzki, who is still one of the best power forwards in the league despite his declining form.

All kinds of unfavorable factors made the Thunder team not favored before the game. Now that they have lost the first game, the entire Thunder team is even more drowned in saliva from the outside world.

Carlisle is now very sympathetic to Brooks, as he is well aware of how painful it is for the team to be underestimated by the outside world. In particular, the Thunder only reached the Finals last year, and this year they have a good record of 60 wins. As a result, it is now at a low point, and the huge sense of disparity will definitely be difficult for players and coaches to accept.

But professional basketball is always brutal, and Carlisle can't let the Thunder pass just because he empathizes with it. Even if he wanted to, his number one defender would never agree.

"The Thunder are very strong and Durant is a great player. But in the game, we will definitely give it our all. Victory is the only thing we pursue. ”

At the press conference, the low-key Yiyang had no way to suppress his desire to win. Last year's revenge must be avenged this year! Debts must be repaid, this is Yiyang's code of conduct.

"We're not going to give up the win, this game is over, but the Mavericks won't taste the sweetness again." On the other side, Durant, who lost the game, was also very tough. This year, Durant and the Thunder are aiming for a championship. That goal won't change even if Westbrook is injured.

They've been dreaming of a championship for too long, and it's been a young Thunder title since they tried their hand at the Finals last season. They've been on a blast this year, and no one expected something like Westbrook's injury to happen in the playoffs. It's all come to this, and who wants to give up on the championship chase and give up a season's hard work and settle for the status quo?

Yiyang doesn't want to lose, and Durant doesn't want to! Their goal is the O'Brien Cup, and the Western Conference semifinals clearly fall short of their expectations.

The post-match press conference undoubtedly made the reporters very excited. The three-world scoring champion Durant and this season's MVP Yiyang are completely on the bar! In the past, when it came to the Thunder and Mavericks, the first thing that came to people's minds was the showdown between Westbrook and Yiyang. But this time, it's about the war between Yiyang and Durant!

The next day, the front cover of the Dallas Post was a huge close-up of Yiyang and Durant facing each other. On the streets of Dallas, almost everyone read the newspaper with their hands in their hands. The detailed analysis of the series in the Dallas Post seems to have re-energized the print media. Overnight, Dallasians fell in love with the traditional way of reading the newspaper and put down their phones.

The biggest reason for this is because the Dallas Post published a short post-race exclusive interview with Yiyang. It can be seen from this that Yiyang's influence in Dallas is so great that it has even surpassed basketball itself.

The game between the Mavericks and the Thunder has gradually been hyped into a personal war between Yiyang and Durant. Which of these two young people is better has become a topic of national discussion. Previously, the Mavericks and Thunder met in the playoffs, knocking out each other once. Such a historical record undoubtedly left a huge suspense for the third collision between the two sides.

Just one day after the Thunder lost their first game, the two old rivals met again at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Before the start of the game, Thunder coach Scott. Brooks was very frustrated by the loss of the last game. He lists many of the greatest players of all time: Michael. Jordan, Larry. Bird, "Magic" Johnson and Isaiah. Thomas and others, these people have one thing in common, which is to stand up and save the team in a critical moment. Yiyang is such a player now, and this season, the Mavericks have been saved by Yiyang many times. Brooks believes that a player who can't shoot key shots won't be great, and Yiyang is on his way to greatness.

Of course, Brooks said that this did not mean that he had surrendered under the white flag. At the end of the interview, the young coach did not forget to add: "Kevin. Durant, he is also one of the great players who can stand up at critical moments! ”

It can be seen that Brooks still has confidence in the Thunder and Durant. You have your Yiyang, and we have our savior.

Under the frantic media coverage and the strong desire of both teams to win, the second matchup was very difficult at the beginning. The game lasted 9 minutes, and the biggest difference between the two teams was only 2 points.

But as the game entered the second half, the twist came again. Durant's performance is still impressive, but the rest of the Thunder has seen fluctuations.

Reggie. Jackson made a series of turnovers, Kevin. Martin's crooked handle missed his crosshair from beyond the three-point line, and Fischer made several key shots, but the basket turned them away.

Combined, the third and fourth quarters saw the Thunder make a total of 15 turnovers. And with Yiyang, the master of counterattacking, most of the Thunder's mistakes directly became lost points. If it weren't for Durant's excellent statistics of nearly a triple-double, the Thunder would have dug their own hole in the third quarter of the game and buried themselves.

After three quarters, the two sides alternated leads many times, and the maximum gap was only 7 points. The fourth quarter was still hotly contested, and the two teams had to decide it again in the final moments. But it's clear that the Mavericks have taken advantage of the Thunder's mistakes to gain the upper hand at this point.

By the end of the game with 50.3 seconds left, the Mavericks had already relied on a three-pointer and a breakaway from Yiyang to take a five-point lead. At the critical moment, it was Durant who carried the banner again. He tried a quick shot from beyond the three-point line and missed.

Fortunately, Ibaka was quick and got the offensive rebound. The Congolese did not hesitate after winning the ball and wanted to throw the ball directly to Durant. But alas, Ibaka seems to be too impatient, and his pass is a little too big, so fast that Durant doesn't have time to react.

The basketball grazed Durant's fingertips and flew out of bounds, and the Mavericks had the ball! Ibaka's mistake almost ruined the Thunder's efforts throughout the game!

"20 turnovers in the whole game! I think that's the difference between having a good point guard and not having a good point guard. "Mike. Brin shook his head, if the Thunder also had a Yiyang, their offensive transmission ball would not be so messy. Not all No. 1 positions can handle the team's offense in an orderly manner. Reggie. Jackson was a cavalryman, but he was still some distance away.

In the last 42 seconds, neither side scored, and the five-point difference remained until the end.

Durant chipped in a quasi-triple-double of 30 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, but he shot just 37 percent from the field today. On the other hand, Yiyang, with 27 points, 13 assists and 3 steals, seems to be not as gorgeous as Durant. But with a 65% shooting rate and only 1 turnover, Yiyang's efficiency far surpassed Durant's, and it also allowed the Mavericks to win the game without danger.

When the game was over and the score was fixed at 95-90, the Thunder fans almost burst into tears! They have dropped all two of their home games and are about to play the rest of their game against Dallas. And in Dallas, there's a good chance that the situation will get worse than it is now! God knows when the Thunder return to Oklahoma for their next game, they won't be in the playoffs.

Although the series is not over yet, this year's MVP Yiyang has clearly led the three-time scoring champion Durant in this matchup. After returning to Dallas, Durant wants to get back a city, I'm afraid, it won't be so easy.

Who is stronger in the three-time scoring champion or MVP? Half of the answer has already surfaced......