The Mavericks' pressing defense combined with the smooth offense brought by Yiyang and Kidd made the Thunder completely fall to the bottom. For the remainder of the second quarter, Yiyang and Kidd were in complete control, even though Nowitzki only made three shots and hit just one in the second quarter. But the Mavericks still maintained a big lead, and the young Thunder saw no hope at all.

The entire Chesapeake Energy Arena fell silent, and the team owner Bennett in the luxury box stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a wine glass in his hand, but he didn't move for a long time.

Behind him, Bennett's assistant didn't even dare to speak. The Thunder played really badly tonight, and Bennett, who had high expectations for this game, must now be angry in his heart.

In the last two minutes of the second quarter, the three "low-profile" triumvirates of Kidd, Yiyang and Marion were replaced to rest, and the Thunder finally improved, and under the leadership of Westbrook, they played a wave of 7-1 offensive mini-climax.

It's just that under the huge gap, this 7 to 1 is really a bit insignificant. At halftime, the Thunder gave the Mavericks 52 points while scoring only 36 points of their own.

16 points is dead on the shoulders of this group of young people, Yiyang is like a tyrant with a whip at the moment, oppressing the people who built the pyramid for him. After the pyramid is cast, Yiyang will inevitably become the guy standing at the top.

At half-time, Brooks tried to re-energize his players. But the devastated young people were glazed over, their heads hung down, and they didn't listen to Brooks at all. As you can tell, Brooks' efforts at halftime didn't have much effect at all.

In the second half, Nowitzki's form continued to decline. Seven shots, but still only one goal was hit. A team's star is not in good shape, and it stands to reason that the Thunder should have closed the score long ago.

However, it didn't. At the beginning of the third quarter, the Mavericks started the game with a 6-0 run, and Yiyang successfully broke through Sephorosa and made Perkins foul and scored a three-pointer. After that, he assisted Kidd to shoot from beyond the three-point line.

If we talk about the first two games, the most shining thing for the Mavericks is the duo of Yiyang and Nowitzki. So today, the most shining one is only Yiyang.

On the commentary stage, Kenny. The exclamations of Smith and Barkley continued. watched Yiyang, an emaciated guy, hit the basket again and again, fighting against the two muscle sticks of Ibaka and Perkins. I fell again and again, but I got up again and again. The two of them really wanted to cut open Yiyang's chest cavity and see what was supporting all this inside him.

The Mavericks continued to hold the lead, and the Thunder couldn't close the score anyway. They can defend a round or two once in a while, but they always drop the chain on the offensive end. When they opened up on the offensive end, the defensive end was played with by the Mavericks.

The Thunder team is in the abyss, and if you do well defensively, you can't do well offensively. If you do a good offense, you can't defend well. With Nowitzki's form continuing to be sluggish, the Thunder were stunned to fail to capitalize on their chances.

The third quarter ended at 52-70. Those who don't know think that the Mavericks scored too high in the half. But in reality, the Thunder's scoring after three quarters of the game was too low.

Despair, the originally fiery Chesapeake Energy Arena is now full of despair. This desperation filled the air in every corner of the arena and reflected in the eyes of everyone.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, it was discovered that there were already sporadic gaps in the stands. Some Thunder fans have already left the game early, and this situation is actually the most demoralizing of the players.

And the young Thunder is the most susceptible to emotions.

They didn't play smoothly in the first place, but now they are undoubtedly being sprinkled with salt on the wounds by the fans. However, there is also bad news - Nowitzki, the sleeping lion, woke up in the fourth quarter of the game.

As soon as the game started, Nowitzki received a pass from Yiyang and crisply threw a three-pointer from outside the three-point line. In this regard, the Thunder players are still unimpressed, and even if Nowitzki is in poor form, it is normal to score one or two goals.

But in the next leg, the Germans scored in a row.

This time, Marion and Nowitzki played an off-ball pick-and-roll combination. As everyone knows, this time the blocking and dismantling actually formed a misplaced defense. Serge Ibaka pounced on Marion, while Nowitzki's opponent became Durant.

Misalignment, is there anything to hesitate about? Although Durant is tall and has long arms, he doesn't look shorter than Nowitzki. But interior defense is not enough based on height alone.

Yiyang hoisted the ball to Dirk steadily, but Dirk was no longer modest, and sat back suddenly!

Sure enough, Durant, who played the No. 3 position, was forced to take a step back in the face of this sudden huge impact. Taking advantage of Durant's unstable center of gravity, Nowitzki turned over and made a jumper, couldn't help but have a beautiful posture, and the accurate head was also recovered.

Durant tried his best to block, but to no avail. Nowitzki feels like you can shoot the ball into the basket even if you slap it in the face.

I don't know if it was because of Nowitzki's goal that stimulated his self-esteem, and after that, Durant finally turned on the scoring mode. Thunder fans are overjoyed, this game, maybe there will be a play!

The Thunder really played the best offense of the game under the leadership of Durant, and in the last three minutes of the game, the Thunder even narrowed the gap to 13 points, and it seems that it is not impossible to overtake.

Brooks sitting on the bench couldn't be happier, the playoffs are the perfect place for players to evolve. Durant, a young guy, finally has a little leadership temperament.

The fans in the stands shouted wildly, while not forgetting to curse those who left the stadium early. If the Thunder team really succeeds in turning the tables today, those people who left the game early will definitely regret it for the rest of their lives!

Just when the Thunder were about to catch up, Westbrook, who was beaten into the cold in the fourth quarter of the last game, discredited himself again.

He first shot a three-pointer outside the three-point line against Yiyang's defense, and there is no doubt that under Yiyang's strict sealing, this shot was not a hit, but almost became a three-pointer.

Westbrook's shooting choice was a big surprise to Brooks! After grabbing the rebound, Yiyang advanced with the ball. He played a hand-to-hand with Nowitzki from the outside, calmly distributing the ball to Marion as he burst into the three-second zone. The latter hit steadily in the middle of the shot, and the score difference was widened again!

Brooks really wants Westbrook and Yiyang to swap things now, although Yiyang's physical fitness is not so perverted, but at least he can still stay calm at critical moments.

The more critical the moment, the easier it is for Westbrook to "go crazy". Seeing that he was killed by Yiyang in the ball just now, he decided to do it again, and he was bound to break Yiyang's defense in one fell swoop.

As soon as Westbrook passed half-time, Yiyang ran up. But this time, Yiyang didn't defend with his arms open, but covered his crotch with both hands, just blocking Westbrook's breakthrough route.

Westbrook didn't care so much, he knocked it directly to the ground according to Yiyang, and then entered the penalty area!

But in this scene, the referee naturally can't sit idly by. In the previous game, because Yiyang was too honest and would not cheat fouls, many of Westbrook's offensive fouls actually escaped punishment. But now, with such an obvious hit with the ball, it is impossible for the referee to turn a blind eye because of the fluency of the game.

The hurried whistle sounded, and Westbrook thought that the referee had blown Yiyang to block it. However, when he saw his teammates running back, this 0 was dumbfounded.

"Thunder No. 0 offensive foul, exchange ball!"

Yiyang silently got up and walked to the sideline, ready to receive the ball from his teammates. Westbrook was standing beside Yiyang, and at that moment, his heart was full of frustration!

Westbrook's two mistakes at a critical moment left the Thunder completely disheartened.

In the last game, Westbrook didn't play much in the final quarter, so the Thunder took away the victory. At today's critical moment, seeing that the team was about to get up, Westbrook pushed the Thunder into the fire pit.

The Thunder can't live without Westbrook, but at times, it doesn't seem to be needed much either. I believe that after this game, the controversy about this No. 0 defender will intensify.

With a minute left in the game, Carlisle went up and down five times, letting all the main players go to rest, and even sent Cardinal to experience the feeling of the game. At that moment, Brooks put down the tactical board in his hand and looked helplessly at the score on the big screen on the scene.

103 to 87, it's all over. Mavericks, to seal the win!

The score remained until the end of the game, and Brooks walked to the middle of the technical table to shake Carlisle's hand.

Carlisle didn't hide his joy in the slightest, smiling in contrast to the gloomy faces of the Thunder players.

"I said we'd win it back, you made me lose a home, and now I've let you lose a home, let's draw." Carlisle had a sense of revenge, but there was no mercy in his mouth.

"Congratulations, your players did a great job today. But the series isn't over yet, don't rejoice too soon, Mr. Carlisle. Not to be outdone, Brooks responded, apparently still confident in the Thunder.

The two coaches in suits and leather shoes were smiling, but they smelled of gunpowder. Otherwise, how can you say that the coaches are all actors? obviously doesn't like each other very much, but he still has to make a gentleman's appearance.

Compared to Carlisle and Brooks, the players on the court are much more natural.

The Mavericks players celebrated on the court, just as the Thunder did the day before yesterday at the Center Arena in the American Airlines.

The players of the Thunder team walked into the tunnel one by one with their heads down, not wanting to be exposed to the public's eyes for a second longer.

Compared to a manager who wears a "skin", the players will vent their emotions in a more direct way. When you win, you laugh wantonly, and when you lose, you don't hide your anger. Don't hide it, don't care about etiquette.

With 24 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 0 turnovers, Dirk made only 7 of 21 shots, and most of the goals came in the fourth quarter, and he successfully carried the Mavericks and won a rare away victory in Oklahoma! In addition, Marion's 18 points and Kidd's 13 points are equally important for the game. But if it weren't for the thread, I don't think it would have been possible for these two veterans to put on such a good performance. Let's give a round of applause to that Dallas No. 1, I'm sure there is no second rookie in his class who can do better than him! ”

Barkley gave Yiyang a high rating, and he is now discussing that he is not a super-rookie, but already sees Yiyang as a superstar in the future!

As for Westbrook, who scored 30 points on 14 free throws and 22 shots, but made seven turnovers and messed up the game at critical moments, Barkley had to fold his hands and wish him luck.

Maybe Westbrook and Yiyang will fight each other in the future, but at least for now, the gap between the two is bigger than the height gap between Yiyang and Yao Ming.