May 19th.

The Western Conference Finals also kicked off.

Kevin Durant has really grown a lot, at least this time when facing Kobe, he is no longer one-sided. Instead, you can have a relationship with Kobe.

In the No. 1 position, Westbrook can also respond in a timely manner against Deron Williams.

In terms of the interior configuration, Perkins had a five-to-five fight with the "Little Shark".

Pau Gasol faced the talented Imbaka, who was expressive on the offensive end and pressed slightly. But on the defensive end, his performance is not as good as Yin Baka!

"18 cards" gradually settled on the Thunder's starting position in the second half of this season, averaging 2.4 blocks per game, and in the playoffs, that number soared to 3.1 per game!

That's an exaggerated number, you know......

This season's "block king" Bogut only averaged 2.6 blocks per game!

There was no obvious strength or weakness at any position, and the Thunder also had James Harden on the bench, so that the two teams ended the game at 54-50 at the end of the first half.

The anxiety lasted until 5:14 of the fourth quarter, when the Lakers suddenly changed their rhythm, with Deron Williams and Pau Gasol playing pick-and-rolls, and Kobe Bryant, who was looking for an open spot, hit consecutive shots.

The point difference also opened at this time, 110-100, and the Lakers defeated the Thunder by 10 points and won the first victory of the series.

Kevin Durant was not depressed after the game, the game was not decided until the last minute, and he himself went from being unilaterally abused by Kobe Bryant last season to being able to form a counterattack, which is an improvement......

He believes that this series will definitely not come to a conclusion as quickly as it did last year......

Regarding this, Kobe Bryant has the same attitude, Kevin Durant scored 28 points in this game, with a 45% shooting rate, which is really not the "new scoring champion" that he can knead casually last year.

After another season of growth, Kevin Durant has officially entered his prime......

In the second game of the Eastern Conference finals, the New York Knicks won by 20 points on their home court.

At the end of Game 1, everyone was saying that if they couldn't stop the New York Knicks from doing whatever they wanted under the basket, it would be really hard for the Heat to change the situation.

Spoelstra obviously listened to this, and from the beginning of this game, the Heat team was staring at Da Yao under the basket, as long as he got the ball, it was a bag without hesitation, and the attitude was called a resolute.

At first, it worked okay, but as soon as the New York Knicks became familiar with their defensive style, they immediately activated the perimeter shooter group.

Supposedly, in a stage like the playoffs, relying on three-pointers to win is very risky.

The later Rockets missed 22 consecutive three-point shots, which is a living example.

But the situation is different now......

First of all, the New York Knicks have a strong containment on the inside.

The Heat have also shown that they are serious......

Second, the New York Knicks have the league's top shooters on the outside, not one, but two!

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

A good shooter, a good shot space, equals ......

15 three-pointers in the game!

Hit so many three-pointers in one game with a long period of time in the field......

It's really an exaggeration.

For comparison, the Heat played the whole game and hit 9 3-pointers......

On three-pointers alone, they lost by 18 points!

Kenny Smith summed up after the game: "If I were Eric, I would definitely have a headache right now......"

Barkley said: "I might just hand in my resignation letter!" ”

Prevent the outside line, your inside line explodes; Defend the inside line, your outside line is bursting!

How does this make the manager set up his tactics?

Think about the piles that have surrounded Spoelstra this season, one by one......

He really wants to declare Spoelstra the hardest manager of the season!

Li Wan's statistics in this game were 25 points, 9 rebounds and 14 assists.

From the number of assists, you can see why he didn't have a double-double in rebounds this time.

These guys are too accurate tonight!

Especially Ray Allen and Lewis.

The former ended up hitting a total of 5 three-pointers tonight, shooting 5 of 8!

The latter hit 4 three-pointers and shot 4-of-8!

The three-point shooting of the "Seattle Twins" accounted for almost two-thirds of the New York Knicks' three-point shooting...... It is also for this reason that Seattle fans can't help but feel nostalgic for those days.

In the 04~05 season, the SuperSonics team with the "Seattle Twins" as the core ranked third in the West, and I thought it would be a hearty season.

As a result, it was brushed off in only the second round, and the Suns also lost to the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, and for a while, the entire league was saying that they couldn't win the championship by shooting alone.

At that time, the people of Seattle really believed it, and now seeing the "Twin Stars" shining in the New York Knicks, they just want to say one thing: It would be nice if the SuperSonics team back then also had a Li Wan!

They were nostalgic for the past, and the Heat were all on the plane back.

The cabin was lifeless, and the whole atmosphere was solemn, as if frost had fallen.

Falling behind 0-2 is not the end of the world, but falling behind 0-2 has only a 6% chance of winning the series!

LeBron James fell behind 0-2 throughout his career, and the probability of a comeback was a little higher, reaching 33.3%; Wade also had the experience of trailing 0-2 and eventually winning the entire series.

But in the case of two consecutive "20 shots" in the series, this probability and experience are not enough!

In this situation at the moment, there may only be Tyronn Lue invited over, Li Wan said that he has dog luck, it's really not a joke, this guy coaches the players, and when he falls behind 0-2 in the series, he completes the reversal, and the probability of winning the series is as high as 67%!

If Rivers is "a 3-1 lead can't be taken lightly", then Tyronn Lue is "1-3 down is a fart?" Don't panic, we can win! ”

The Lakers and Thunder also played the second game of the series, and the last game was not decided until the fourth quarter.

Kevin Durant, who shot 0 of 5 shots in the fourth quarter, drank a glass of Gatorade in the interval between Brooks used up the last timeout, and he didn't know if the cup was filled with Scarlett's "bath water" or something, and he returned to the court and hit consecutive three-pointers, including a three-point "quasi-kill" in the last 2.3 seconds.

101 to 100.

The Thunder relied on Kevin Durant's "quasi-kill" to take a one-point lead from the Lakers' home court.

The big score is 1-1 draw!

Kobe Bryant's whole expression was obviously different when he came off the court.

Nowitzki: I know this, and he had the same expression after I killed him!

'Obviously, it's a tough moment, but there's a lot more difficult than this one, we got over it and now we're going to do the same thing, which is to keep getting over it, on our home turf, to get back the disadvantage!'

Before Game 3 of the Knicks-Heat series began, Wade presented his responsibilities as a team leader in front of the media.

LeBron James, who was standing next to him, also followed suit and said: "We need to play more aggressively! I believe that we will not fall so easily! ”

Wade heard him and turned his head to look at LeBron.

For the strength of this old brother, the "Flash" has always been very recognized, in the 08 playoffs, the Heat and the Cavaliers fought 6 games, they each made strange moves, spied on each other's depths, and finally LeBron went deeper, Wade lost.

He believes that as long as the two of them show their normal strength, they will solve the current dilemma, and they will return to New York with the series!

That's what Wade said, and that's what he did......

As soon as the game came up, he showed strong momentum, attacking with the ball continuously, and 7 of the Heat's first 10 points came from him.

As the main defender, Li Wan felt a lot of pressure.

Even this year's "Best Defensive Team" can clearly feel four words when facing a super-giant scorer like Wade:

Can't limit!

Wade, who invested in the offensive end, also did his best on the defensive end, although he did not prevent Li Wan, but various supplements made the New York Knicks outside projection group not very smooth tonight.

Until 6 minutes and 15 seconds in the first quarter, the "Seattle Twins", who contributed a total of 9 three-pointers in the last game, have not yet opened.

It's just that the result of such investment on both offensive and defensive ends is ......

He's a little out of fitness!

Before the 7 minutes were up, I was a little out of breath.

Seeing this, Spoelstra immediately changed the formation and changed LeBron to LeBron again in front of Li Wan.

Wade also high-fived LeBron when he changed defenses:

You can do it, you must do it!

What he didn't notice was that LeBron James had some nervousness on his face.

He heard everything Wade said in an interview with reporters tonight, and he knew at that time that his buddy would definitely show 200 percent of his strength tonight.

Desperate to fight for the victory of this game.

But he really didn't expect this guy's performance tonight to explode to such an extent!

At 7 minutes and 10 seconds in the first quarter, the Heat still led by 1 point on their home court, which is inseparable from Wade's explosive performance, no, it should be said that this is completely because of Wade's performance!

After all, everyone else except him is just playing normally.

Including him......

It's only 4 points in this game so far!

Of course, there are factors that have not reached the time for him to make a move, and it has a lot to do with the fact that he is not in a very good state tonight.

So far in this game, LeBron has only scored 4 points on 6 shots...... In the face of Artest's personal entanglement, as well as Li Wan's elusive assistant defense interception, as well as Da Yao's timely position blocking, LeBron James is even more temperless than in the 07 Finals!

At the moment, the offensive end is a waste, and with his good brother performing so strongly, the aspect where he can use his strength may be ......

On the defensive end!

Defend...... Is it?

It's not that he can't do it!

He was the ultimate "Defensive Team of the Season" this season, but while Wade was preoccupied on the offensive end, he was tasked with defending.

This position in the team ......

Although when the Cavaliers came to the Heat, LeBron James had already said to himself in his heart:

No matter what I do, what I have to do now is to win the championship as soon as possible, even if it is a substitute for the championship!

However, what does Lu Xun say about it?

Oh yes, before that point, you won't know how sad you are!

LeBron James is going through that moment at the moment, and he has called himself "King" since high school, and he must admit that this is hundreds of times worse than what he thinks is the worst!

I seem to ...... Born to be the main character!

This is his somewhat awkward mentality, and he is also a little nervous.

While his offensive performance was not as good as he should, the defensive end became the only way for him to redeem himself now, if he didn't defend well......

In the first two games when he played against Li Wan, the quality of his defense was not very good.

LeBron James didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Li Wan also held the ball through half the court at this time.

He immediately greeted him.

Li Wan faced LeBron who switched defenses, first observed, and then slowly dribbled towards the three-point line.

LeBron James constantly used his peripheral vision to observe his left and right sides, preventing his opponent from sneaking up and giving him a "human wall".

Li Wan noticed this, and took advantage of LeBron James' afterglow to glance to the side again, which was directly a "blast ball breakthrough", and as soon as LeBron James reacted, Li Wan rushed past him.

Maybe Li Wan didn't expect it to be so easy, and he was stunned for a moment, and then he made a mid-range jumper after moving sideways, and hit it easily!

One step at a time......

Spoelstra was stunned, the Miami people on the scene were stunned, and Wade was also stunned!

No, brother, you here!

What are you guarding against?

Wade's weird look didn't escape LeBron James's side lights.

But LeBron also looked embarrassed at the moment.

can only sing the same songs as Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Howard:

I can pretend not to see~

The goal was scored, and the Knicks overtook the difference.

Wade, who was eager to chase the score back, was a little hard in the next shot, Li Wan's hands were already sealed in front of him, and he also forcibly projected, but Li Wan covered his face with a hat.

Or "grab the hat"!

The embarrassed Wade complained to the referee impatiently, he didn't know what he was complaining about, maybe he just wanted to deflect the embarrassing scene in front of him.

Li Wan said that I understand!

That's what you do on the field!

Li Wan grabbed the ball and quickly launched a counterattack, the Heat team was controlled by the Ninicks in every aspect of the lineup, and there was really nothing to say about mobility alone.

When Li Wan arrived in the frontcourt, LeBron was already waiting with a serious face.

Li Wan looked at his serious appearance, and for some reason, he suddenly thought of the "old fish", so he approached more decisively, and then made another "fried ball" feint to complete the breakthrough from next to him.

Or do you want to go through one step......

Wade watched the ball fly out of Li Wan's hand, fell steadily into the basket, and looked towards the background of his good brother, he wanted to ask:

Brother, are you ...... Play me?