707. The Thunder is over

The Warriors didn't put the Thunder in the same position at first, and when the team was caught off guard, they were mentally unbalanced at one point, and there was an incident where Randle kicked Adams in the crotch and almost caused a brawl.

This incident caused the Warriors' morale to collapse when they wanted to regain home-court advantage in the second game on the road, because Randle was annoyed and embarrassed by the Thunder's iron bucket formation, and gave the Adams brother a kick, which is an unreasonable thing, no matter where it is, it is untenable, so the last game The Warriors were beaten 133-105 by the angry Thunder, which was simply miserable.

But in a desperate situation, they adjusted their mentality.

Great shooters are born with a calm personality, whether it's Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson, they all have a calm nature in critical moments, otherwise they wouldn't be great shooters.

One could say that the "Splash Brothers" still lack the domineering spirit of Jordan, Kobe Bryant or James, but their calmness in life-and-death situations is definitely not inferior to that of superstars.

The two of them are very calm, and even Randle, who is the most irritable on the Warriors lineup, has become calm, no longer committing crimes, and avoiding technical fouls and malicious fouls that would otherwise hurt the team.

Today the Warriors showed a completely different overall feel.

They have the most firepower in the league in the backcourt, but the Warriors don't rely entirely on the "Splash" brothers to win, and the Warriors dare to use the fringe bench to earn the rest time for the main player, and that's just a microcosm.

In a life-or-death situation, the Warriors trusted each other, played team basketball, and tapped into the energy of their role players.

The bench was originally a magic weapon for the Warriors to defeat the enemy, but in the first 4 games, they did not tap the energy of the bench, or rather, their bench did not play well.

Some teams, in this case, will be more afraid to use substitutes, reduce the rotation of players, and extend the playing time of the main team. The Warriors didn't do that, and they gave the bench the trust to add points in the final game where they lost the game and went fishing, and the Warriors bench combined to score 30 points.

On the contrary, the Thunder team actually chose to play conservatively in a 3-1 situation, sending a seven-man rotation, Westbrook and Durant played almost the entire game.

And Durant is notoriously weak in physical fitness, when he reached the last quarter, Durant was no longer able to move, without Durant's containment, Westbrook began to play iron continuously, all said Kobe Bryant, Westbrook proved with practical actions what is real iron, and there is one more favorable candidate for the league's first Cormi.

At this time, we have to talk about the Warriors' defense, they average 117 points per game this season, which is a full 3 points higher than the Lakers' average of 114 points per game, so people think they are an offensive team.

In fact, the Warriors' defensive efficiency ranks sixth in the league, and only the Lakers, Spurs, Grizzlies, Celtics, and Bulls have higher defensive efficiency than them.

It's just that the Warriors' offense is so eye-catching that their defense is often overlooked.

Maybe it's also because the offense is so good, they feel that they can overturn the Thunder by attacking, because they swept the Thunder 3-0 in the regular season, and they all won big, so the Warriors' defense in the first four games was a disaster.

Now at 3-1 down, the Warriors have regained their defensive weapons and contained the Thunder's offense, which has become another key factor in the Warriors' comeback.

There has long been a saying in the NBA that offense wins the box office and defense wins championships.

The Warriors' fifth game on the verge of elimination, regained their defense, and the Thunder team was tired in the fourth quarter, and began to be unable to resist the Warriors' continuous offensive firepower and always angry and bloody defense, and the fourth quarter was once played by the Warriors with a wave of 18-4, directly stretching the stalemate to more than 15 points.

118-110, the Warriors continued their lives in Game 5! And it's like a rebirth from the fire!

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"Oh...... The thunder is over. Liu Ren let out a soft snort, pursed his lips, and said regretfully.

"Really? No way! Green was a little surprised, "The Thunder still have one game ahead and two wins left to advance, and they may not give the Warriors another chance when they return home." To be honest, I'd rather play the Thunder, the Warriors are too difficult to deal with. ”

"The Thunder are hopeless, Stephen they have found a way to deal with the Thunder, and it's very simple, they play at a normal level on both offensive and defensive ends, and they can scare the head coach of the Thunder team into not daring to replace Durant and Westbrook, Westbrook is okay, Durant is so thin, and his physical fitness is a disaster." Liu Ren was not surprised by Green's opinion, because the Thunder was indeed ahead by a large score, but the gap in strength between the two teams was too big, if the Warriors were so serious from the beginning, it was possible to sweep the Thunder directly, the Thunder only had two less, and the Warriors were very strong from starters to benches.

"That's right, Durant is not very suitable to be the team's first scorer, but he must take on this responsibility in the Thunder, and even if Westbrook wants to grab the position, the Thunder management must insist that Durant be the first choice, otherwise this is disrespectful to the top three players in the league." Kobe Bryant saw it through, "Okay, let's go back to Los Angeles." ”

"Huh? Aren't we going to Oklahoma for a vacation? "Liu Ren still wants to go to Goose Village to see it, I haven't been to play games before, this time it's a rare opportunity, who wants to go to Goose Village to play in the offseason."

"You're sure our next opponent is the Warriors! Go back, don't you see that Mike has already started to study with Bernie how to deal with the Warriors! Bryant finished and left.

“NO! So we're going to start training again? Oh, God! Nick Young, who had been talking to the beautiful woman next to him, instantly wailed......

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Three days later, everything was as Liu Ren, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers coaching staff thought, and the Warriors, who returned to focus and regarded the Thunder as equal opponents, still knocked the Thunder to the ground on the road in Oklahoma, and dragged the game into a tie-break.

At this time, no one still thinks that the Thunder have a chance to beat the Warriors, and the rout is even more embarrassing than being directly 3-0 from 3-1 to 3-3.

At this time, the other three series have been decided, the Cavaliers eliminated the Celtics 4-2, and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with blood and tears, but fortunately, this time due to the referee's close attention, the Cavaliers players are also very protective of themselves from injury, but they did not play as tragic as last season, the Celtics worked hard, but in the end, the Cavaliers are indeed dominant in the East.

If you want to say why the stars in the East have piled up to run to the West over the years, this is to blame James, his dominance is too strong, as long as any team in the East is not rotten to the end, James has a chance to enter the Finals, James has won every Finals in the East in the past five years, forcing those stars to have no way to live, so they can only flee to the West.

Although there are now Warriors, Spurs, Lakers, and Thunder in the West, they are in turn to play the Finals, and the Thunder, Lakers, and Spurs have played in the past few years, unlike the East, except for James or James.

The Knicks also defeated the 76ers 4-2, and after all, it is a team with a better system and a deeper lineup that can dominate a series, and it can only be said that the Knicks eliminated the 76ers It is reasonable.

The Little Assassin is regarded as a new generation of answers, and some people even expect the Little Assassins to lead the 76ers back to the Finals and the Lakers to have a sequel to the answer and the Flyers, that is, the showdown between the Little Assassin and the Boss, but in the second round, this expectation ended without a hitch.

And this made the little assassin also cast a curtain called "pathos", his average of 34 points and 6 assists per game, just like the real answer is to lead the 76ers forward by himself, but he can't go far after all.

Previously, there was only one team in the Lakers waiting for the Warriors and Thunder to split the winner, but now it has become three teams waiting together.

And whether it is the Lakers, the Cavaliers or the Knicks, they are all extremely unhappy with the Thunder.

Liu Ren, James, and Anthony are all psychological: You two can't fight for it! Can't you kill the warriors quickly......