As soon as Horn returned to the court, the Nets' offense stabilized.

But the Thunder's offense at this time was also very good, and the two teams couldn't help anyone for a while, and the turning point of the game came after Harden went off the court.

Harden ran out of energy in the second half of the second quarter, and Brooks thought the situation had stabilized and pulled Harden down.

Harden got off the court, and there was a problem on the Thunder's side immediately, after Harden went off the court, Westbrook and Durant made a block, and the ball passed to Reggie Jackson outside, Jackson was not as sure as Harden, and missed a three-point shot.

The Thunder missed a three-pointer, and the Nets immediately continued to chase over to play a half-court positional battle.

At this time, Horn was still holding the ball in the high post, and after Williams passed the ball to Horn, he immediately cut to the basket, and he saw that Westbrook looked himself to death. He immediately pocketed out from under the basket to block Wallace on the wing.

Williams was quite cunning in this run, Wallace was also cunning in running, he and Williams crossed to the bottom line, and Horn grabbed the ball well at this time.

Williams took advantage of the momentum to speed up and pass Durant who was coming over the defense, Durant was a little slower when he was defending the cross-cover, and Wallace came up for a 2-point point.

The Nets' halfcourt is getting better and better, the chemistry between the players is getting better and better, everyone feels the fun of basketball, everyone starts to share the basketball, and play basketball with their heads.

The Nets played very well, the Thunder came over and wanted to play well, and Westbrook came up and slammed Williams with his shoulder. Then get up and suddenly shoot a throw. Westbrook's individual ability is strong. But he hit a few by himself, and the ball didn't hit again.

Once the Thunder misses, the Nets will immediately play a fast break, and the Thunder's retreat will be very fast, and the Nets will immediately turn to positional warfare.

Now that the Nets are not afraid of positional battles, Horn can perfectly organize positional battles. Horn still wanted to go to the high post to receive the ball at this time, but the Thunder realized that they couldn't let Horn catch the ball casually, so Ibaka went around to Horn to prevent Horn from taking the ball.

Ibaka circled forward to the front. This frees up space behind Ibaka, which means he can't defend the basket.

As soon as Williams saw that there was space under the Thunder's basket, he immediately controlled the ball in front of Westbrook and looked at Horn.

Westbrook thought Williams was going to pass the ball, and when he looked back at Horn, Williams got to the basket with a change of direction. Ibaka saw that things were not going well, and when he ran back, Horn used his ass to block Ibaka in the confusion. Williams came up and easily swiped 2 points.

The Nets made it very easy to brush up on the points after Harden went off the court, and without Harden on the Thunder side, it suddenly became more monotonous and boring on the offensive end. As the only player in the three who plays with skills and brains, Harden has a strong role in adjusting the Thunder's offense, and now Harden is not there. Thunder's brain is literally full of muscles.

The Thunder's offense began, with Westbrook and Durant playing pick-and-roll. The pick-and-roll tactics of these two men are often used on the Thunder's tactical board, but the effect is a bit mediocre. First, Durant's body is too thin, his blocking efficiency is very low, and the second point is that Westbrook is not a guard who is good at passing and seizing opportunities.

In this round, two people blocked Westbrook, and suddenly passed the ball to Durant, the ball arrived but the opportunity was really not good, Durant took the ball to face the defense of the Nets, Durant relied on his super tall stature to shoot quickly, although he shot, but because of bad timing, he missed.

The Thunder missed another shot, and the Nets still seized the opportunity to switch offense and defense first, and Horn grabbed the rebound and immediately drove the ball towards the opponent's half.

Ibaka and Collison couldn't catch up with Horn, Durant could only come up to block Horn, Horn arrived near the box and suddenly turned around and passed to Williams behind, Williams took the ball and hit a three-pointer.

"Brush!"

The Nets have scored continuously and succeeded in continuous offense, and in such a short time, the Nets have already overtaken the point difference.

59:58. Nets overtake Thunder.

The Thunder finally couldn't hold it anymore and immediately called a timeout, and Brooks frowned at the court at this time, and his heart was very shaken. The Thunder's defense today is already very good, and their team is not bad on the offensive end, now they have 58 points in the half, which is a pretty good offense, but now they are still overtaken.

Brooks realized that the biggest problem was defense, and his team couldn't control the Nets' scoring, which made his previous efforts in vain. The Nets' current offense is the most difficult offense to defend, he is not a strong offense, not at all, there is no absolute strong offensive point to open the situation, the whole team relies on running and Horn's strategy, this kind of thing makes people unable to do hard responses.

Brooks thought about it and thought that he still had to work on Horn, not just not being able to let Horn catch the ball. Even more important is to diminish Horn's contribution to the court as a whole.

The Nets overtook the Thunder again, and at this time, Van Gundy Jr. also took the opportunity to say immediately: "Now the Nets can lead, mainly because the Nets' offensive system is very good and stable, no matter what the situation is, they can score, and they are not affected by the Thunder's defense at all, they are continuing to score efficiently, just like a ruthless machine!" On the Thunder's side, there are normal ups and downs, and once the Thunder are a little out of shape, they will be caught up by the Nets immediately. ”

Mark Jackson also said at this time: "The Nets are in really good shape today, and this state is absolutely top-notch. If the Thunder want to win today, they must break the overall team chemistry of the Nets, otherwise they still can't win. ”

The little general is extremely happy to sit on the sidelines at this time, the team has played this state, the happiest is the head coach, at this time the little general is extremely accomplished, and at the same time is very serious in observing the situation of the whole team, he needs to record the current situation of the team. Then take it out as a material in future training.

Thunder's timeout ends. Both teams are back on the pitch. The Thunder are back on the court and haven't changed anything on the offensive end.

Westbrook took the ball in the low post and wanted to beat Williams, Williams was injured in the leg, but the physical strength was basically there, and it was still difficult for Westbrook to easily crush Williams, he came up and forced a low post, turned around and didn't shoot.

The Thunder's offense hasn't changed much, but the defensive end has changed again, and it's time for the Nets to attack. The Thunder increased the pressure on the ball, and whoever got the ball was defended fiercely by the Thunder, so that the pressure on Williams suddenly increased, and at the same time, he cooperated with the Thunder's preemptive defense to prevent Horn from taking the ball.

In this way, the Nets finally can't play as easily as they did in this round.

The Thunder stopped the Nets' offense by putting pressure on the ball so that the ball could not be transmitted smoothly, and at this time, the basketball could only be passed to Horn who ran out.

Time is running out when Horn gets the ball, and he can't wait at this time, Horn can only dribble one step or two steps against Ibaka's defensive back. In three steps, Horn initiates a triple turnaround and a step-back jumper.

Horn was pushed further and further away by Ibaka as he attacked with his back. But when he turned around and retreated, Horn actually hit the shot with high difficulty.

The Thunder counted in the trap and had used defense to contain the Nets' team tactics, but in the end, Horn still hit the ball.

At this moment, Brooks felt a little helpless, Ibaka's defense was absolutely in place, and in this case, Horn could shoot, and he had nothing to say. ，

The Nets' home court was also cheering at this time, and Horn's goal was too morale-boosting.

The Nets team offense is strong, and Horn also has a superb performance on the key ball, and there is no way for a team that is so hard and fierce as the Thunder for a while.

At halftime, the Nets scored 66 points in the half, and the Thunder scored 62 points, and the Nets led by four points into halftime.

Before the game, 80% of the media thought that the Thunder would win, but now the Nets are ahead, and the Nets are also desperately suppressing the Thunder in the situation, and the Thunder can't move under the Nets' five-finger mountain.

This scene was a slap in the face, at halftime the reporter came to interview Horn, Horn also said unceremoniously to the reporter: "Before the game, I and my team were questioned, so we have to do something today, otherwise we have nothing!" ”

Horn expressed his intention to fight to the death with the Thunder at this time, and the Thunder was very unhappy here, and the Thunder was very unhappy with Horn before the game, and now Horn wants to take dignity from them, and the three young men of the Thunder suddenly rushed to the championship angrily at this time.

Halfway through the game, some people started commenting on today's game on the Internet.

Nets fans, at this time, said: "Horn's performance today surpassed anyone on the court, there are many All-Star players on the court today, but no one has Horn's strong dominance, he stands on the court, as if he can control any corner of the court, Durant has not done this!" Shouldn't such a player be an All-Star? ”

"Horn was a total superstar in the first half today and I really became a fan of him today."

"Horn, we support you in taking out all the Thunder stars and letting the world know you again!"

Horn's fans who played well with the Nets and Horn's fans were excited, and the neutral fans were also infected by Horn, only Horn's sunspots and Thunder fans were depressed and speechless at this time.

Today's game was simply torture for Horn's sunspots and Thunder fans, the Thunder played well enough, but Horn still destroyed the hopes of Thunder fans again and again, and made Horn's sunspots cheer stillborn.

At this time, the Thunder fans hated Horn, and the third quarter of the game finally began, and the opening was the Thunder's ball.

At this time, the Thunder played more desperately, which is not to say that the Thunder did not work hard in the first half, the Thunder worked hard in the first half, but at this time the Thunder began to work hard.

The Thunder's side opened with Durant's individual offense, and Durant took the ball at the top of the arc and attacked Wallace directly with his back.

Wallace, though shorter than the opposition, went out on top of the defense, while Horn also helped defend Durant. In this way, Durant turned around and missed a shot.

Durant missed the ball though. But Horn went out to defend Durant. The basket was empty, Ibaka came up and actually grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and Ibaka, who grabbed the rebound, immediately passed the ball to Reggie Jackson outside, and Jackson shot a 3-pointer.

As soon as the Thunder opened in the second half, the intensity was increased again, not only the offensive intensity was greater, but the scramble was also more crazy, this is the true face of the Thunder. They're a tough team to win.

The Thunder played crazy, the Nets were still steady, Williams dribbled up, and the Nets immediately played a continuous cross cover.

Horn used a cross cover on the baseline to catch the ball, and at the moment when Horn received the ball, Lopez, who was covering with Horn, used Wallace's cover to sneak under the basket at once, at this time Horn immediately passed the ball to Lopez, Lopez was already in position, he shot and wanted to score easily, just at the moment when he shot, Ibaka flew sideways and harassed Lopez, Lopez's score under the basket actually missed.

Once the Thunder started to defend desperately at this time. It will immediately affect the Nets in every way.

The Nets didn't shoot such a stable shot, and the Thunder were waiting for this kind of opportunity. As soon as the Nets didn't shoot, they immediately rushed up from the backcourt like crazy, Westbrook drove the ball wildly, and suddenly passed the ball to Durant, who took the ball and made a jumper.

This time Durant still didn't shoot, but it didn't matter, the Thunder fought today, and Westbrook rushed in to grab the rebound in the frontcourt.

Westbrook's physicality is really good, he is a point guard who grabs the frontcourt rebound in the middle of the Nets crowd and can directly pull up and attack the basket.

"Didi!"

Westbrook drew a foul on the Nets and went to the free-throw line Westbrook hit both free throws.

When Westbrook made free throws, Van Gundy Jr. said, "Now the Thunder are starting to play with their lives, and this is their real skill." The physical gifts of these players for the Thunder are amazing! ”

The fast-talking Mike Green also said at this time: "It's really scary for the Thunder to go crazy, their offense is clearly undisciplined, but they can score on the opponent's head with their intensity, which can be a powerful skill!" ”

The Thunder grabbed rebounds in a row and forced defense on the defensive end. The Nets hit again, the Thunder still desperately defended outside, put pressure on the ball, put pressure on Horn, the Thunder defended so desperately, it was indeed the ball that stopped the Nets from running, at this moment Williams took the ball one step outside the three-point line, and suddenly got up directly and threw a 3-pointer.

"Brush!"

Williams' three-point shot hit, 69;67, the Nets still led by 2 points, the Thunder had already fought to this extent, the Nets were still not contained, and Williams suddenly jumped out.

The thunder chased for a long time, and suddenly let Williams draw a cold arrow, and he was immediately cold.

The Thunder's mood fluctuated again at this time, they played very aggressively before, and they were still shot by Williams for a three-point shot, and when it came to the offensive end, the Thunder's offense was a little hesitant, and Durant didn't have a chance, and turned around and passed the ball to Westbrook, who forced a three-point shot and missed.

The momentum of the Thunder was broken all of a sudden, the momentum of the Thunder was broken, and the Nets could attack steadily.

Williams came over again and passed the ball to Lopez first, Lopez forced the rhythm in the low post, and suddenly passed the ball to Horn, who cut in from the air, and Horn took the ball and passed the ball from Ibaka's armpit to Wallace on the bottom foot, Wallace was wide open, but missed the three-pointer.

The Nets are not invincible, the team's three-point shots are indeed a bit terrible, and they often miss when the opportunities come out.

The Nets missed the three-point shot, and the Thunder immediately forced a breakthrough through a brain-dead middle, and the two teams played extremely well in the first half, and the second half actually entered the brain-dead mode from this time.

The Thunder are desperately playing iron, and the Nets are starting to pass too much and start making non-stop mistakes.

Both teams have entered a misunderstanding, the Thunder just don't pass the ball, they just hit hard, and the Nets have too many passes and too many mistakes.

From the opening 2 minutes to 6 minutes of the third quarter, the two teams only scored a total of 6 points, each scoring 3 points.

The situation went into a stalemate, and at this time it was Brooks who was smarter, and he started to replace Harden.

Harden's performance in the first half was second only to Horn. It feels hot in the hand. At this point he returned. Mike Green immediately said: "The Thunder are now on Harden. I'm afraid the Nets are in trouble, the Thunder's offensive ability is the strongest when the three are together, and now the Nets also need some changes! ”

The junior general is not wooden, and he took advantage of the opportunity to play on Marshon Brooks and Jordan Farmar, leaving Williams for bench time, and both teams are currently on a mixed lineup.

Generally speaking, the mixed lineup is when the team has the strongest attacking power, and this is when the team has substitute time to find the masters. There are also players who control the rhythm of the main time, and the offense is the strongest, but the mixed lineup also means instability, and the effect of defense is weakened, and the Nets are more obvious at this point, and the Nets' defense is weaker after the mixed lineup. But the mixed lineup on the Thunder's side is powerful, with an extra starting point and endpoint on offense, and the defense is not much behind. At this time, Harden is not the future Harden, and in the Thunder, Harden's defense is still reliable.

The timeout came back, and the Thunder possessed the ball. The Thunder also knew at this time that this was their best chance. Now, if you can't get some advantage, it's even tougher in the fourth quarter, when both teams will start the star singles mode. The Thunder are not sure to completely defend Horn!

The Thunder played a mixed lineup, and first gave the ball to Harden to deal with, Harden was going to play the pick-and-roll, and the moment he got the ball, Collison came up to block and dismantle.

Harden took advantage of Collisson's pick-and-roll to pull sideways and lead the defense to the side, and he suddenly passed the ball to Durant, who cut through the middle.

This hand was used several times by Harden to watch Horn off the court, and he copied it when he came up.

Durant had this little space and got up to score 2 points.

The Thunder replaced Harden on this side, and it was really different, and the entire team suddenly had a person who really played with his brain.

Harden was still in good shape today, and this pass was quite tasteful.

The Thunder gradually opened, and there were new changes on the defensive end, the Grizzlies kicked off in the backcourt, and the Thunder actually started to defend in the frontcourt, so that the pressure on Famar, who held the ball, suddenly increased.

It took an extra second or two for Famar to get to the frontcourt, and when he got to the frontcourt, he didn't have a chance to clean up the half-court attack, so he quickly threw the ball to Horn, who still got the ball at the top of the arc.

As Horn got the ball, he saw Marshon Brooks take advantage of Henry Fosse's cover and run outside, at which point Horn dribbled towards Brooks to win, and the two men staggered past Brooks to take the ball and shoot the mid-range.

"Brush!"

The Thunder scored, and the Nets scored. Harden brought the Thunder block, and Brooks brought offense to the Nets.

The two teams are still deadlocked first, and Harden on the Thunder's side will continue to use Harden if he wants to use it, this is the Thunder's employment strategy, and whoever has high efficiency and the ball is in whose hands.

Harden took the ball over at this time, took over the task of the organization, and used Collison's blocking to suddenly rush towards the basket with a breakthrough.

Harden's footsteps are very weird, his body and steps are twisted when he breaks through, not in a straight line, when the Nets pounce on the side, Harden makes a pass to Westbrook on the wing, and once Westbrook gets the ball, he rushes directly to the Nets' basket like a bazooka, and twists three feints in the air through Horn's super bounce and throws the ball into the basket.

Westbrook is actually better at scoring directly like this, which makes it a bit difficult for him to organize the team.

The Thunder has an effect on Harden immediately, and the appearance of Harden immediately liberates the offensive power of Durant and Westbrook, otherwise the ball will make the team's offense extremely rigid in the hands of these two people, and it will limit the super offensive ability of one of them early.

The Nets are feeling the pressure, and the Thunder's three young people make the Nets stop at the moment, and once they stop, they will be caught up by the other party.

The Nets are under a lot of pressure right now, but there is also a good thing about it, that is, the pair of guards on the Nets now have the ability to score, and they are also much more flexible.

In this round, Horn took the ball at the top of the arc, and Farmar immediately followed the example of his teammates and walked behind Horn, and Horn was really clever to pass the ball to Farm.

Famar scored two points on an easy mid-range shot from Horn's back.

Both teams switched to mixed pains, and sure enough, on the offensive end, Harden pushed forward again, and he got the basketball and started from the pick-and-roll.

Harden is now more and more confident, and after passing two in a row, he immediately pulled the ball behind Collison and then suddenly shot a three-pointer.

Harden's move was deceptive, but he forgot that it was Horn who was defending with Collison at this time.

Horn was no slower than the average defender, and the moment Harden made his move, he went around Harden's side and got a block on Harden's ball.

"Smack!"

Horn blocked Harden's ball, and this time Harden's previous good mentality and state suddenly dropped.

Harden was poured cold water on his head when he was cool, he must be psychologically uncomfortable, once he is uncomfortable, his psychological state changes, and the opportunity for the Nets comes.

Horn turned back and passed the ball to Farmar, Farmar ran wildly with the ball to the Thunder's half, Farmar was still very fast, he hit the Thunder's defense and suddenly a little chaotic, at this time Farmar turned back and passed the ball to Horn, Horn easily hit a mid-range shot at the free throw line.

The two teams switched to a mixed lineup, and the Nets still suppressed the Thunder.

Harden was only blocked once, and at this time, he was so unwilling that he took the ball and rushed to the Nets' half court again, and he lost his mind a little.

Harden is a skillful and intelligent player, his body is not his strong point, and he has to play hard at this time. The Nets quickly taught the old man a lesson, Henry Foss and Horn went up to wrap him down, Harden wanted to cheat a foul in the crowd at this time, but Horn and Henry Foss stood firm and didn't give him a chance to cheat the foul at all.

Harden dropped the ball, and the Nets seized the opportunity, and Farmar rushed over again with the ball or turned back to pass the ball to Horn.

Horn stopped to catch the ball a little forward at this time, Ibaka came over and flew suddenly, Horn dribbled around Ibaka who flew by, and got up and smashed a violent dunk on the head of the Thunder.

"Bang dang!"

The Nets scored again, and Harden's head began to fill his muscles with muscles.

At this time, Brooks hurriedly jumped to the sideline and pointed at Harden and yelled at him to calm him down.

Now Brooks is all counting on Harden! Harden made the team's stiff offense alive before, Brooks hoped that Harden would continue to work hard to activate the two super scorers, but he didn't expect that Harden was only better for a while, and was blocked by Horn, and then Harden began to be brain-dead, at which point Brooks hurriedly jumped over to calm Harden down.

When Mike Green saw this, he immediately said: "It seems that the Thunder has only made a force here, and the Nets will be able to counterattack in a stronger way immediately, so that the Thunder will have no chance to catch up with the score!" ”

Little Van Gundy said at this time: "There is still a chance, but not now!" ”

"Yes, as long as Horn is rested, the Thunder will have a chance, and then it will be up to the Thunder to seize the opportunity, and Horn can expect Williams' performance!"

Mark Jackson also said along the lines of Van Gundy Jr. at this time. (To be continued......)