With two straight wins in the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers flew to Oklahoma City to prepare for Game 3 of the series, which is quite important for them, and if they win, they will undoubtedly have the match point of the entire series, and they are only one step away from the Finals. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The two-game losing streak took a big toll on the Thunder's morale, especially when their number one star Durant scored two straight games but couldn't lead the team to victory. Although they are about to make their first home court to the Western Conference Finals, it hasn't been able to stir up the morale of the entire Thunder team, except for Durant and Westbrook. Even their best sixth man, Harden, lost confidence after two consecutive sleepwalks in a row, and you can imagine the state of the others.

On the other hand, the Trail Blazers were in high spirits, and the whole team knew that 2-1 and 3-0 were two scores with far different meanings. The first two games in Portland showed every Trail Blazers player the strength of the team, and they had every chance of sweeping their opponents to advance to the Finals, and the third game was a very critical juncture. If you lose, your opponent may level the score in one go; If you win, you'll be half-footed in the finals.

In order to prevent the Trail Blazers from getting the match point, Durant let go of the attack at the beginning of the game, and Westbrook also changed his usual style of doing it alone and constantly fed Durant with cannonballs. The overconfident Trail Blazers were caught off guard, scoring just one open goal in the first four minutes and getting off to a perfect start of 15-4 by their opponents. Seeing that the team they supported had the upper hand, the fans at the Thunder's home court also began to cheer for the Thunder players.

The Thunder's stick stunned the Trail Blazers, who didn't expect to face such fierce resistance on the road. Seeing that the Thunder had a tendency to continue to expand the score, McMillan quickly called a timeout in an attempt to interrupt the Thunder's offensive rhythm. More importantly, though, McMillan needs to wake up his players to the fact that in any arena, it's an eternal truth that a soldier is bound to lose, and now the Trail Blazers have perfectly illustrated that lesson.

In the 20-second short timeout, McMillan did not set up specific tactics, but just scolded the starting five. "Look at your performance on the court, it's like five pieces of shit, even if I replace five players from the Development League, I guess they will play better than you! 2-0 and happy to think you could finish the whole series, right? I'm so ashamed of your pride! Who do you think you are? 72 wins of the Bulls? ”

The head coach's scolding finally brought the Trail Blazers players back to their senses, and the first to find their form was still Ye Feng, who first stole Westbrook's pass to Ibaka, completed a fast-break counterattack dunk, and then hit a three-pointer, and also assisted Aldridge to hit a mid-range jumper. While the Thunder were also scoring, the number on the scoreboard had become 22-19, and the Trail Blazers narrowed the deficit to three points.

It was the Thunder's turn to attack, Westbrook broke through the ball, but just as the ball flew to Durant, a hand suddenly appeared and intercepted the basketball, Cunningham's steal! He didn't continue to dribble and counterattack, but threw a long pass to the Thunder's half, and Ye Feng had already fallen into position outside the three-point line. He grasped the ball firmly in his hand, jumped directly, and hit a three-pointer to tie the score directly, forcing Brooks to call a timeout.

While Brooks has also developed a strategy, his tactics don't seem to have made a significant difference when the Trail Blazers have found their groove. The two sides fought against each other on the field, and such a fierce confrontation instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the home audience. While they would prefer to see their team win at the end, they certainly won't mind if the process can be a feast for the eyes.

The first quarter ended with a 32-all tie, with both McMillan and Brooks not too happy with the performance of their respective players, with McMillan believing that the Trail Blazers could be crushed by hard power, while Brooks felt that the Thunder were not playing in front of their fans. Durant once again showed his superior scoring ability, scoring 13 points in a single quarter, but unfortunately his efforts did not help the team take the lead.

After switching to the bench lineup in the second quarter, Batum changed his previous tepid form and opened up the situation first, and he was more like the sixth man of the season than Harden, who was constantly playing iron on the other side. Just three minutes into the second quarter, the Trail Blazers took an eight-point lead, and Brooks had to replace the starters early, trying to take advantage of the advantage of strength to narrow or even erase the difference.

However, McMillan was not in a hurry, and he simply let the rotation play an extra minute before switching to the starting lineup. After the main lineup came on the court, the two sides fell into a stalemate again, and the Trail Blazers always maintained a lead of about 5 points, although it was not big, but it could completely wear down the morale of the Thunder. In the end, with Ye Feng's three-pointer at the buzzer, the Trail Blazers led the Thunder by 10 points at halftime.

No one knew what was going on in the home team's locker room at halftime, but after the start of the second half, Durant did almost every task on the offensive end, including ball control, organization and scoring, and everyone else became a complete spectator. But this all-or-nothing gamble did not have a good effect, the Trail Blazers teamed more blossoms, and also limited Durant on the defensive end, making it extremely difficult for him to even pass, and he had to continue to play singles.

There's no doubt that team basketball ultimately triumphed over superstar basketball, even if it's Oklahoma City's Chesapeake Energy Arena, home to the Thunder. The Trail Blazers defeated their opponents 110-98 and rewrote the score to 3-0 as they wished. Although Durant once again scored a team-high 34 points, he was no longer alone, and the Trail Blazers star Ye Feng scored a big triple-double of 32 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists, completely overshadowing Durant's brilliance.

Falling behind 3-0 is bad news for the Thunder, who seem to have come back from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven playoff game in NBA history. Since the creation of the NBA, a total of hundreds of teams have suffered from the embarrassment of falling behind 0-3, although there have been teams who have struggled to drag the series into a tie-break, but in the end they all lost to their opponents and were eliminated, so now it is the turn of the Thunder.