Tang Tian's threat played a role, and the referee did not have such an obvious bias in the decision, but the Heat team had already gained momentum, and the Thunder team only had two young people on the court, and by the end of the half, the Heat had taken advantage of the situation to extend the lead to 18 points.

It's a dangerous point difference, and if the Thunder can't respond in the second half, the difference is 20 points away, and the game will be over in advance.

"Don, a threat like yours will get you in trouble." When halftime returned to the locker room, Wharton kindly reminded him that it was the first time a head coach had said such a thing after playing in the NBA for so many years.

Tang Tian didn't speak.

That's not the right kind of thing, but he doesn't want to be someone else's puppet, what he wants to do is to make sure to bring the championship trophy to the city, not to make more money by pandering to the league.

"Bring the players together, I have something to say." He continued.

Wharton was stunned for a moment, but still nodded.

Tang Tian went back to the office to rest for a while, adjusted his mood, and then walked to the dressing room.

The players were all scattered in the dressing room, all of them didn't look good, they were seriously off the whistle, and they were almost 20 points down at half-time, and if they were allowed, they would definitely be yelling in the dressing room now.

"Guys."

Tang Tian spoke, and the team members all stood up one after another, and then got up and gathered around Tang Tian.

"I know you're in a bad mood right now, and to be honest, I'd love to pick up the referees one by one and beat them up."

Tang Tian's words ushered in the eyes of all the team members, and after hearing Tang Tian's threatening words in the half, they really didn't think it was empty talk.

'But like injuries, it's part of the game and the better thing about the injury is that we're still able to play and we have a full half of the game.'

Tang Tian's words made the players feel a lot better, and to be honest, after Tang Tian's abnormal way of protesting, the referee's whistle was obviously normal, compared to the penalty, what was now in front of them was only an 18-point difference that was not easy to chase.

"18 points is not impossible to chase, from a mathematical point of view, we only need to recover 9 points in a quarter, and the single-digit point difference is really not a point difference in the NBA."

Hearing this, Stevens turned his head and looked at Tang Tian, what he said was very magical, but it was impossible to refute.

"So, let's set a small goal for ourselves first, narrow the difference to 9 points in the third quarter, don't have too much mental baggage, as long as you work hard, I can accept any result." Tang Tian laughed as he spoke.

When he smiled, the team members relaxed a lot.

Tang Tian kept saying that he would win or go home, their nerves were tense, but the pressure was also not small, and now they were behind by so many points, and they were a little out of breath under this pressure, Tang Tian's words could be regarded as removing those overload pressures.

Halftime returns, crucial third quarter.

Neither side made any lineup changes.

The Heat attacked first, James' breakthrough in the middle was missed by Ibaka's help defense, Tucker received a defensive rebound, the Thunder pushed back, and Harden followed up with Westbrook's pass and made a layup.

The Thunder came back in the second half to take the lead.

"Stay focused, stay patient, that's it!" Tang Tian stood on the sidelines at the beginning of the first half and stretched out his hand to applaud the players.

On the Heat's offense, Wade's breakaway layup was blocked by Harden's help defense, but Bosh followed up with a layup to score the ball.

Even without the help of the referees, their opponents, the Heat, are strong.

"Believe in yourself!" Westbrook shouted at this time.

This sounds like a second-class statement, but on the field, it greatly boosts the morale of the team.

Attacking the frontcourt, Durant hit a three-point shot, and the Thunder continued to increase the score.

Tang Tian's halftime let the players release the psychological pressure, coupled with the change of the referee's penalty scale, although the scene was deadlocked, the Thunder team still narrowed the difference little by little, and when it was only more than two minutes before the end of the third quarter, they chased the difference to 11 points.

However, because of the problem of the halftime penalty scale, Ibaka received his fifth personal foul, and Harden and Westbrook also received four fouls in succession.

The last two minutes of the third quarter, plus the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, were the hardest for the Thunder.

On the Thunder's side, Westbrook and Durant played off the bench with three benches, while the Heat's side was led by James and Bosh.

Westbrook's break down the middle caused Haslem's hitter to foul him to the free-throw line.

Taking two deep breaths, he scored two free throws in a row to narrow the margin to nine points.

When he scored the second goal, he made a cheering gesture, and these two points, the Thunder team was finally the small goal that Tang Tian said in the middle of the court.

"Defend! Defend! ”

The margin was reduced to single digits, and the emotions of the fans at the scene rose again, cheering in unison for the home team.

Kerr gave James the initiative to block and dismantle, and James faced Westbrook and rushed straight inside.

Westbrook is hard and chooses hard resistance.

James didn't shoot at the basket, but took the initiative to find a confrontation and then shot.

"Bang!"

The ball bounced off the frame, but the referee's whistle signaled for a foul on Westbrook's defense.

The scene was in an uproar.

Tang Tian also clenched his fists, Westbrook and Harden both committed 4 fouls, no matter who led the team in this period, there was a risk, and he was ready for someone to be sent off, but he didn't expect the foul to come so quickly.

He turned his head to look at the team's bench.

During the suspension period, the Thunder came off the bench one after another, giving the impression that the team was extremely deep, but with a series of injuries (Bazemore was out for the season, Kidd's foot), the Thunder now have a total of four guards, Westbrook, Harden, Livingston and Margety.

In the last game, it was basically a three-person rotation, and Middleton also swayed and played for a while, but the movement speed was slow, and the wife suffered when defending, and the effect was not good, and he did not dare to risk Harden at this time.

Judging from James' choice in the previous round, the little emperor obviously knows the Thunder's current troubles and has the intention of taking the initiative to find fouls.

"Corey." He turned around and shouted Margety.

At this time, I can only take the risk and try, if it really doesn't work, then go to Harden in advance.

Margeti was stunned for a moment, he didn't have much chance to play after coming to the Thunder, basically helping Harden gain muscle and teaching some foul-making skills and experience, in the playoffs, he only had garbage time in the second round against the Grizzlies, but I didn't expect Tang Tian to call him at such a critical time.

But after all, it was Lao Jianghu, and after reacting, he took off his training clothes and immediately ran to the technical table.

"Toot!"

As the sideline whistle blew, Margeti came on to replace Westbrook.

Seeing Margeti on the court, Miller was stunned for a moment, and then unconsciously smiled bitterly: "This game is the most difficult game for the Thunder, they have been forced into a desperate situation." ”

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Standing on the edge of the cliff, looking at the abyss below, the sufferer said to the Zen master, "I can't let go of some things, I can't let go of some people." ”

The Zen master trembled and said, "There is something to discuss, take two steps back, and put me down from your arms first, okay......"