Chapter Ninety-Three: 35 Seconds, The Last Wait
In the next fifth game, the Thunder team really can't afford to lose, judging from the fourth game of Lin Fei's return, the whole game was beaten without any power to fight back, they really can't afford to be injured, the sooner they get the game, the better, the sooner they avoid the Warriors, the better, and the sooner they avoid Lin Fei, the ghost of the court.
In the fifth game, Lin Fei was still the starter, and it seems that today's Nelson still doesn't plan to go all out to open the crazy attack mode, and still wants to retain a little strength to fight a long battle.
After the opening, the Thunder went all out on offense. With six minutes left in the first quarter, Westbrook and Durant hit back-to-back three-pointers to give them a 20-18 lead over the Warriors. However, the Warriors will not be afraid to fight for three points, Curry quickly returned with three points, and Keynes also hit a long-range shot after that. The Thunder failed to hit another three-pointer in the quarter, and the Warriors continued to shoot from distance, and with 18 seconds left in the quarter, Curry scored another three-pointer to put the Warriors up 32-28. In the first quarter, the Warriors made 6 of 9 three-pointers. Lin Fei didn't play in this whole section.
Durant may also be due to back-to-back series, except for some physical problems, Scott Brooks let him go off the court after playing nearly 7 minutes in the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the Warriors directly sent Lin Fei, the opening was a three-point shot near the halfway, which directly blindfolded the Thunder team, Scott Brooks had no choice but to let the two main players be on the court for most of the second quarter, but Lin Fei did not score again after the first three-point shot, the Thunder once opened the gap, and with 3 minutes left in the quarter, after Perkins made a layup, they led 61:58. The Warriors failed to shoot in the past 4 minutes, but after that, Lin Fei did not force his hand outside the three-point line, but tried to break through, which really worked, causing fouls again and again, and narrowing the gap by free throws. The Thunder were too patient on offense, made too many passes, and at one point violated the rules for 24 seconds, missing the opportunity to continue to extend the advantage. After the Warriors completed a 6-2 attack, the two sides scored 64-63, and the Warriors entered the second half by a narrow margin.
The entire second quarter was on the court, except that the other guard was Keynes and Curry in rotation.
The Warriors did not play in the third quarter, at this time, under Nelson's arrangement, the Warriors began to exert their strength in the third quarter, and soon after the start of the quarter, Keynes made two consecutive steals, and Aix and Curry completed two fast breaks respectively, and the Warriors led 72-66. With Perkins' scoring streaks, the Thunder managed to tie the score at 71-72, but the Warriors stepped up at this time, with Keynes and Steve Jobs both hitting shots to give the Warriors a double-digit advantage of 83-73. At this time, Durant was obviously a little tired, but at this time he still supported strongly and began to play strongly, and the Thunder ended the quarter with a wave of 10-4, chasing the score to 83:87.
Heading into the finals, Durant hit a shot shortly after the start of the fourth quarter to close the gap to 2 points, and after that three shots missed and did not score, it became a show for the Warriors after that. Curry, Keynes, and Aix made a three-line fast break, and Keynes completed a violent dunk. directly played a wave of 8:0, turning the score into 95:85.
The Thunder had no choice at this time, and in the last quarter, they could only fight with their backs and start a stubborn counterattack. In the fourth quarter, the offensive power was directly mentioned to the strongest, and Durant and Wei Shao, who were already a little tired in the third quarter of the year, could not see that they had slowed down their speed at this time, and they were more aggressive. With 4 minutes left in the game, Wei Shao hit a three-point shot, and other Thunder players also began to show their power, and they won one after another, and the Thunder chased the score to 108:110. The Warriors missed consecutive shots and failed to score for nearly four minutes, the Thunder controlled the rebound, and Durant chased the score to 112-112 after a layup with 35 seconds left in the game.
Now Nelson is beginning to wonder if he has a problem, and at the critical time of the fourth quarter, he didn't even play his trump card Lin Fei. It's really a short circuit in the head. At this point, the Warriors' timeout didn't even work much.
The Thunder seem to be on the verge of a big comeback, and now the Warriors are once again hungry for a superhero, and this game is almost about the Warriors' playoff game, and the remaining 35 seconds will directly determine the direction of the game.
At this time, the entire Warriors team looked at the two people off the court, one was Nelson and the other was Lin Fei.
Nelson decisively used a timeout, replaced Lin Fei, and replaced such a super killer in the last 1 minute, I hope it will not be too late.
Lin Fei held the ball, and at this time everyone knew what Lin Fei would do next, which was nothing more than dribbling to the front court, and then finding a position where he felt the most and shooting the ball, but no one could stop Lin Fei from completing all this.
Lin Fei also became a miracle worker again like a fairy tale, quickly dribbling to the frontcourt, directly jumping up and shooting, and he didn't know who was on the Thunder team defending him, because none of the players were very close to Lin Fei, it was not that they didn't defend, but they were all thrown away by Lin Fei. 3-pointer shot, with 20 seconds left in the game. The difference of 3 points is almost the distance of insurance.
The Thunder used up the last timeout to set up one last offense. The Thunder now have two options, one is to make a quick offense and then defend, preferably with a steal, or a foul, to get the Warriors to make free throws, and the other is to bet on their own three-pointers and not give the Warriors time to attack one last time. But if you choose the first one, it is equivalent to giving the initiative to the Warriors in the end, because of Lin Fei's existence, the Thunder team must not want to see it! It seems that the second possibility is more likely, but who will complete this three-point? Durant? Wei Shao?
Wei Shao slowed down the rhythm, at this time Lin Fei's defense, Durant moved to the high position, the run and Westbrook were misplaced, the Warriors did not keep up, so they misplaced the defense, Lin Fei defended Durant, and when there were still 4 seconds in the time, Durant jumped up and pulled out, Lin Fei pounced, almost couldn't even touch Durant's chin, and the ball entered the basket beautifully.
Overtime! Overtime!
The goal went in, and it was almost the end of overtime. The Warriors have no timeout.
Kicking off, Lin Fei received the ball, dribbled twice, and directly shot an arrow on horseback, and the ball was directly a three-non-stick.
Overtime was something Nielsen couldn't have predicted! It seems that he really underestimated the fighting power of the Thunder, and this team that reached the Western Conference Finals last year is by no means easy to deal with! But he's excited!
"Lin, I need you to take control of the game!"