The audience cheered, and the New York Knicks easily won their first win in the Finals.

There are still 3 wins left to defend the title.

"Congratulations, man!"

Kevin Garnett watched as the Knicks high-fived each other, walked across the sidelines, first greeted Ray Allen warmly, and then reached out even more enthusiastically and high-fived Leewan.

Li Wan didn't hesitate, and reached out to pat him.

A crisp sound.

The "Wolf King" looked at the hand that was slapped by Li Wan and showed a stupid smile.

The New York Knicks' victory showed him the strength of this team.

And also......

The ability he can bring to this team.

He made up his mind that next time he high-fived Li Wan, his identity would be more intimate!

It's not just a spectator......

Finally, he glanced back at Li Wan, who began to be interviewed by reporters on the sidelines, and he left satisfied.

Tonight's side ticket was not in vain......

However, just as he was about to walk to the fan tunnel, a reporter stopped him and greeted him warmly: "Hey, Kevin, how are you feeling about this game?" If you had to predict which team would be the champion this year? ”

Garnett said, "Do you need to say it?" Of course, it's the New York Knicks where my good brothers Li Wan and Ray are! ”

This is not just to pat Li Wan's ass, but more importantly, the score gap in the first game is too big, with a score difference of 20 points......

Although the current pace of the league is getting faster and faster, the gap of 10 points and 8 points was a big disadvantage in the past, but now, it may be possible to catch up with a wave of scoring.

A difference of 20 points is possible...... It's still enough to be called a big win!

Since the New York Knicks started to pick up, the Thunder no longer had the stalemate of the first quarter.

More ......

It was Kevin Durant who used one offense after another to save the last glimmer of hope for the team.

The Thunder didn't have so much game time left, but the game went into "garbage time" early.

In the end, at the end of the game, Kevin Durant scored 35 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, shooting 50.4% from the field.

But the team still lost by 20 points.

Such a disparity in the score made him extremely desperate.

Desperate enough to leave the arena, he wasn't in the mood to take a look at Scarlett.

Even this statistic, he knew it from reporters in an interview after the game.

When he knew his data, Kevin Durant was expressionless, and even more depressed......

Or is it that sentence, he has played all this, and the team has lost so much, so what kind of performance does he have to give to make the team win?

That kind of performance......

Can he give it?

Suddenly, he looked up at the reporter again and asked Li Wan about his statistics in this game.

When he heard that Li Wan only scored 28 points, he raised his eyebrows slightly......

Is it so much worse for me?

So that means I suppressed him on the offensive end, right?

If you can really do "the team lost, I didn't lose......

Kevin Durant suddenly felt a sense of smoothness in clearing the clouds.

But when this reporter reported Li Wan's other data, this sense of smoothness was immediately blocked.

Lee Wan scored 28 points, but he also had 11 rebounds and 14 assists, as well as two steals and two blocks.

This data, except that the score is not as good as Kevin Durant, is crushed in other aspects, which is more thorough than Kevin Durant's crushing on the scoring end.

Now, "Xiaoshuai" is even more aggrieved.

Because......

The sensitive Kevin Durant could immediately imagine how the media would cover the game the next day:

"With 28 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists, Li Wan used a 'triple-double' to educate Kevin Durant, if you want to win in the Finals, you can't just rely on yourself to score!"

"The rhythm is complete, Li Wan's all-round performance, leading the team to easily defeat the Thunder team by 20 points and win the first victory in the finals!"

"110-90, a 20-point win in the first game, Li Wan told Kevin Durant with his actual performance: You are still far behind!"

……

Knowing the reporter, Moruo Kevin Durant.

The next day, in the major media reports about the game, similar news headlines and content emerged one after another.

But......

It wasn't Kevin Durant who was scolded the most!

It's the rest of the Thunder.

Brooks was criticized for "not knowing how to use people".

You're playing fast break with the New York Knicks, right?

Can you fight?

Do you have that ability?

Geneva, retire!

Give up your spot in the finals and let Popovich teach you how to improvise!

What's the difference between you and a leash dog on the bench?

Westbrook played 36 minutes and 15 seconds in the game, and the final stats were fixed at 7-of-19 shooting, shooting only 36.8%!

There were also 6 turnovers.

Although he is not an efficient player in the regular season and the playoffs that have been played, he is not a high-efficiency player in his own right.

But this game is no longer just "average efficiency", as the main control, he is definitely not qualified.

Also scolded was James Harden.

He's not really a big deal.

Westbrook's early injury made him a starter for a month, and he felt more fierce confrontation, and the whole person was more mature than he was at the same time.

And in this game, Artest was suspended, Beverley was put in the starting lineup, and the Knicks bench had nothing to limit his outside lineup.

He played comfortably in the first half, and in the second half he was more of a fixed-point goalscorer.

Even if he only had 3 points and 1 assist in the second half, he could not be blamed for the loss.

Can......

The day after the loss, some media exposed photos of him running to a nightclub to go to Hi Pi the day before the finals.

This time, it can be regarded as a hornet's nest, and experts from all walks of life have come forward to accuse James Harden of not having a sense of collective honor.

If the pressure is a dark cloud, then the sky over the Oklahoma City Thunder is already a dark cloud at the moment!

Brooks moved out of his "Youth Bible" again:

"Remember how we made it through the Western Conference Finals? We're in trouble again, but trust me, it's nowhere near as tough as the series with the Spurs, we only lost one game, it's not a big deal, we can fall on the way to the championship, but definitely not ourselves! ”

"In the name of thunder, gogogo!"

Seriously, if Brooks travels to Naruto, he will probably live for a long time!

The spirit of the Thunder team on the court made Director Zhang in the studio "ho".

After the first game, the outside world's comments were completely one-sided, and the media, who were originally more optimistic about the Thunder team, began to shout that "youth does need to pay tuition", "the era of belonging to the Thunder team has not yet come", and "the Thunder four young people still need to grow"......

As a youth army, in such a public opinion, it is supposed that the second game will be very nervous.

The state of the Thunder team when they came out of the game was beyond the expectations of Director Zhang.

However, this did not change their prediction for this game, and Director Zhang believes that under the leadership of Li Wan's reasonable playing style, this game may have to win another double-digit point difference.

No way, even if the Thunder's fighting spirit is great tonight, if you really want to say it......

Didn't they have a good mental outlook in the last game?

Compared to this one, it is only strong and not weak, but in the end, shouldn't it still be worth losing 20 points, and losing 20 points?

Su Qun showed his professionalism, analyzing the Thunder's lineup and their style of play: "The biggest problem of the Thunder team is that they can't control the rhythm, and no one can control Westbrook's rush, from this point of view, Kevin Durant is unqualified as the boss of the Thunder team......"

If you are the boss, you should have Yazi who is the boss!

If you want the ball at the critical moment, the ball must be in his hands......

"Honestly, Durant can't do that!"

You treat others as the "second brother", and people don't recognize you as a "big brother" at all!

In this respect, there is nothing wrong with being a boss with a paranoid temper or having the appearance of a businessman......

In the TNT studio, Kenny Smith and Barkley have similar views.

Or, more than these in the CCTV-5 studio, they are more convinced that "the Thunder can't win tonight".

Because from the beginning of the broadcast, they talked more about James Harden's off-court affairs.

As James Harden's visit to a nightclub the day before the Finals was revealed, the photos of the nightclub girl who accompanied him that night were also revealed by the media.

When Kenny Smith saw the picture, he asked Barkley to watch out for Harden......

Barkley, who was unable to refute, chose to bring the topic back to the court: "Although it will be difficult for the Thunder to win tonight, it is necessary to remind ...... If they don't want to be swept away, this may be their only chance! ”

After tonight's game, Artest's ban is over......

When he returns, the New York Knicks' outside defense will be more abundant, and it will be even more impossible for the Thunder to win.

Brooks also knows this, so he served "chicken soup" in advance.

The lineups on both sides have not changed, and they are still the same as in the first game of the finals.

Including the beginning, both sides are the same as the previous game, you come and go, and the score rises alternately.

The turning point of the game was 6:45 in the first quarter.

Yoon Bacca grabbed two rebounds in a row and scored them all, and when the Thunder took the opportunity to take the lead, D'Antoni replaced Lewis and put Rashid Wallace on the court.

With interior rebounding assured, the New York Knicks' advantage in scoring efficiency became apparent.

Leewan's burst and Rasheed Wallace's response allowed all five Knicks to be the endpoint.

Looking at the Thunder's side, although the starting lineup is balanced offensively and defensively, it relies too much on Westbrook and Kevin Durant on the offensive end!

Yoon Bacca can contribute, but like Tyson Chandler and Beverley, he can't sustain a sustained offense for long periods of time.

There are two people left, not to mention Sephorosa and Perkins, who together average about 6 points per game......

After a tentative first game, Mike Brown simply let go of his defense against these two guys to a greater extent in the second game, putting more defensive power on the other three, especially focusing on compressing Westbrook's breakthrough space.

Westbrook finished Game 1 and he shot 1-of-4 from beyond the three-point line!

Originally, when he played the Heat in the 2012 Finals, his shooting rate from beyond the three-point line was not even 20......

At this moment, the breakthrough space is compressed again.

After the first quarter, his performance on the offensive end was 2 of 7 shots, his own scoring efficiency was not high, and even the assist statistics were affected, and the only assist he sent was from his "big brother" Kevin Durant.

However, even with his miserable performance, the Thunder only trailed by 5 points at the end of the first quarter.

Cause......

Kevin Durant is crazy!

He scored 13 points in the first quarter, and according to this momentum, this game is afraid to go for 50 points.

Li Wan's performance on the scoring end is still not as good as Kevin Durant, he "only" scored 7 points in the first quarter, but 5 assists are so dazzling in the eyes of Kevin Durant.

If you analyze these 5 assists in detail, you will find that Li Wan's 5 assists were obtained from three teammates.

Obviously, his style of play in this game is still the same as the previous game, and he did not focus too much on individual attacks at the beginning, but mainly focused on assisting teammates and helping teammates develop their feelings.

Brooks also tried to limit Leewan's passing during this period, trying to force him to play alone.

But Rashid Wallace is on the side, as long as Li Wan doesn't want to attack with the ball, the Thunder's defense is really difficult for him to keep shooting.

D'Antoni also noticed this, and when Rasheed Wallace needed to rest in the second quarter, it was not Lewis who was put on the fourth position, but Odom......

One game plus one quarter of time is enough for a champion coach like D'Antoni to see clearly that this season's New York Knicks, a top shooter like Lewis, can provide Li Wan with less help than a more versatile forward in the position who can hold the ball.

That is, Rashid Wallace is old and can't play enough time, otherwise it would be Rashid Wallace who is on the field now......

Odom was a substitute for making do when "Roaring Celestial" was tired.

Fortunately, he didn't play much time in this game, and when his lack of concentration appeared, Wallace estimated that he would have a good rest.

When "Roaring Tianzun" listened to Mike Brown tell him to hurry up and rest, at most 4 minutes, and let him play, the whole person's eyes were full of light.

Last summer, the Bulls didn't make an offer for a contract, and he had little motivation to play at the time, and his heart was full of thoughts about retiring, and in the end, the appeal of the name Lee Wan made him overcome the idea of retiring.

And now......

This thought has long been forgotten by him!

Now he is not just a feeling of "you say that I am a base-salary player, how can I become the main force of the team". Plus, there's a lot of momentum!

The feeling of boiling blood brought by the basketball filled his whole body again!

The role he plays now with the New York Knicks is far more important than it was with the Bulls, and this sense of need makes him want to shout at the moment:

Rest?

No need to rest!

When I retire, I have time to rest!

Help me up, I can still do it!

I have to say that compared to the "Roaring Tianzun", Odom is indeed a little worse at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the current "Lama" is stronger than Wallais in his ability to break through with the ball, but in the face of mobility comparable to the general striker, the top "League Block King" Yin Baka with top frame protection ability, his ability in this area is not very much.

Li Wan simply played a round with him alone, each exerting his own strength, constantly pulling the defensive formation of the Thunder team.

The Thunder's lack of experience with the youngsters was exposed after the New York Knicks changed their offensive tempo. The entire defensive rhythm has been led by the Knicks.

Slowly, passivity on the defensive end affected the momentum on the offensive end.

Even Kevin Durant's performance has been a bit erratic.

With more than seven minutes to go in the second quarter, Kevin Durant, who scored 13 points in the first quarter, scored only three points.

Wallace was brought on the court at this time, and the tempo of the New York Knicks on the offensive end suddenly became faster again. It was another sudden change of pace, and Westbrook couldn't slow it down.

Only Kevin Durant is struggling.

When the New York Knicks were on the rise, he also got rid of the slump on the offensive end, scoring seven points in a row with more than 3 minutes left, so that the Thunder did not become a double-digit margin at halftime.

As the "Son of Thunder", he ......

I did my best!

Westbrook looked at him a little differently.

Since he entered this team and watched Kevin Durant being by Li Wan, he has never identified with Kevin Durant as a "big brother".

But now in the Finals, seeing Kevin Durant stand up again and again, forcibly supporting the offensive end of the Thunder, Westbrook has the urge to shout "big brother" for the first time!

In other words, it has a lot to do with his own stats......

Although the original Thunder team also lost to the Heat with a score of 1-4 in the finals, Westbrook's data is still good, averaging 27 points, 6.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game.

Not to mention, he also scored 43 points on 63% shooting in Game 4 of the Finals......

Losing in such a situation, do you think he will feel like a dish?

Would you feel inferior to Kevin Durant?

It's different now, in the first game of the Finals, Westbrook's statistics were 19 points, 6 assists and 6 turnovers, and the shooting rate was about 37%.

Bad couldn't be worse!

After the first half of this game, he also scored 7 points and 3 assists, and it is estimated that it will be another sluggish game.

Kevin Durant, on the other hand, scored 13 points in the first quarter, 10 points in the second quarter, and 23 points at halftime......

The gap is so big, no matter how proud Westbrook is, he has to bow his head and willingly call "brother".

】

Li Wan naturally didn't know what Westbrook was thinking at the moment, otherwise even if he was beating the young "Thunder Three Less" at this moment, he was afraid that he would have some lakes in his heart.

You must know that many games of the Thunder are lost because of Westbrook, but if he knows that he has to give the ball to Kevin Durant at a critical moment, you say......

How scary will this Thunder team be?

In the second half, the New York Knicks were completely on fire, like a horse letting go of the reins.

Under the leadership of Li Wan, all kinds of wanton hurricane. Westbrook tried hard to restrain himself from going up, but after a few rounds of running against him, all that was left in his mind was "you, it's over", and the Thunder's offensive end gradually became chaotic.

At 6 minutes and 35 seconds in the third quarter, the Knicks scored a wave of 13-2, stretching the difference to more than 15 points, Kevin Durant worked hard to score, but the whole rhythm was firmly controlled by Li Wan, and the chaotic Thunder team alone could withstand the Knicks' bombardment.

Thunder fans were itching to watch, and they wanted to shout at Brooks on the sidelines:

You're calling a timeout!

Just watching the Thunder get swept away?

With such a coach, I can do it!

They couldn't wait to make a phone call immediately: Lao Mo, I want to eat fish!

This time the point difference was pulled away, and the Thunder team never set off any decent counterattack, and finally 119-93, the New York Knicks defeated the Thunder by 26 points, successfully won the second home court, and rewrote the score to 2-0.

In the game, Kevin Durant shot 16-of-25, 2-of-5 three-pointers, and 6-of-8 free throws to finish with 40 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

Westbrook finished with 18 points, six rebounds, five assists and one steal on 6-of-21 shooting, including 0-of-5 three-pointers and 6-of-8 free throws.

James Harden, who also played a good half-game in the last game, was in a slump throughout the game, shooting 3 of 10, and even the most consistent free throws, only 3 of 5 free throws, but fortunately hit a three-pointer, making his score barely double-double.

However, there were 5 mistakes.

He was clearly influenced by the public opinion of the outside media.

On the New York Knicks' side, Li Wan once again got a "triple-double", shooting 11 of 20 from the field, including 2 of 4 three-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws, with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, in addition to 2 steals and 1 block.

With his assist, Ray Allen made three three-pointers and scored 18 points in the game......

Beverley scored 8 points and 2 steals, all of which were Westbrook, and Westbrook, who was completely anxious in the back, ignored his head and was successfully "stolen" by Beverley several times, which made him more and more annoyed.

Westbrook, who was desperate to get back on the field, became more and more popular.

It's an "endless loop"!

New York fans suddenly felt sad at this time:

Because at the current pace, the Thunder are afraid that they will not be able to survive the fifth game of the series, and the next two games will be the home of the Thunder.

That means they won't be able to see the Knicks defend their title at home this year!

It feels ......

It's like not setting off firecrackers during the New Year, so is there still a New Year's flavor?

Therefore, New York fans at this moment especially hope that the Thunder can give some strength:

Even if it's for the sake of supporting your Thunder fans, ......

Win a game, right?

In the face of the cheering of the New York fans, the Thunder fans fell silent.

With two Finals games and an average loss of 20 points per game, even the most optimistic Thunder fans know very well at this moment that the Thunder are finished this year......

Their only hope now is that the Thunder don't lose too badly in their remaining two games.

You can not improve, but don't regress, just do it!

This also led to a bizarre scene on the Internet:

Those who hope that the Thunder can win the next game and cheer the hardest are often not Thunder fans, but New York Knicks fans, especially those die-hard fans.

At this moment, all kinds of advice to the Thunder team.

Gao Qiqiang's "36 strategies" in the same paragraph were basically all used.

It's just that when ESPN and other media made pre-game predictions, they still brainlessly pressed the New York Knicks, which was already a 20-point gap, and now Artest is back, and the Thunder are still playing a hammer? Wash and sleep!

It can also be seen from the odds given by spinach how optimistic the outside world is about the New York Knicks.

The New York Knicks are 1.11 to 1 and the Thunder are 22 to 1......

That's a 20x difference in odds!

"There's no doubt about it, they've grown a lot this season, but they're still on the road and we're already at the top of the mountain......," Artest said confidently before the game, saying they would win the third game of the series.

Just kidding, without him Artest, the New York Knicks won by an average of 20 points per game, and now that he is back, the team has lost instead, is this a slap in the face of those experts from the outside?

Isn't this the kick in his Artest's ass?

This is not more "lying crown" than "hugging the thighs"!

What else can he claim as a "beast"?

If you don't say it, you have to win!

On June 10, the third game of the Finals officially kicked off at the home court of the Thunder.

Although the Thunder lost their first two games miserably and there is no hope of winning at the moment, tonight's Chesapeake Energy Stadium is still full of Oklahoma fans.

They are willing to accompany the Thunder through this darkest hour.

In any case, even if it is really swept 0-4, one thing is destined not to change, this team has a bright future!

24-year-old Kevin Durant, 24-year-old Westbrook, 23-year-old James Harden and 23-year-old Yinbaka, the age of the "Thunder Four" is here, you can't even say that their peak has arrived......

Before they reached their peak, they reached the finals, and when they really entered their peak...... How brilliant the Thunder team will be at that time, do you need to say more?

Since the future will be very sweet and sweet, then it is acceptable for them to be bitter now.

After the first half tonight, they were even more convinced of that......

With Artest's return, the New York Knicks' starting lineup changed tonight, with Lewan returning to the No. 1 spot, and Artest as the starting No. 3.

There was also a change where D'Antoni dropped Lewis altogether and pulled Rashid Wallace into the starting line-up as a starting power forward.

Kevin Garnett saw this scene and opened a bottle of champagne directly.

Rasheed Wallace was the fourth pick in the first round in '95 and Kevin Garnett was the fifth pick in the first round.

Before LeBron James, he was the highest-picked high school student!

Wallace studied in North Carolina for 3 years, and when he entered the league, he was 21 years old, 3 years older than Kevin Garnett.

Therefore, "Roaring Heaven" is now 38 years old, and Kevin Garnett is only 35 years old, and Garnett's age advantage makes Garnett not worry about not being able to compete with Rashid Wallace.

Even if Rasheed Wallace continues to play in the NBA this summer, this starting No. 4 position will be his.

At the same time, all his current tactical positions will also be his!

You said......

Can you celebrate without a bottle of champagne?

thought that this lineup, which D'Antoni thought was the most suitable and restrained Thunder team in the team at present, could easily open up the point difference.

But at the end of the first quarter, the difference between the two sides was only 1 point.

The problem lies with Artest, who has just made a comeback.

Li Wan is not good at Kevin Durant's defense because of his heavy responsibility of taking care of offense and organization, and "Xiaoshuai" has invested more than 50% of his shooting rate in the first two games.

But Artest is even less effective against Kevin Durant......

At the end of the first quarter, Kevin Durant shot 6 of 7 and almost shot 100% from the field in a single quarter.

Mike Brown can only make a change of formation and let Artest defend Westbrook.

Outcome......

Artest has become a loophole again.

Faced with Westbrook, who had completed his first "sewer" training, Artest couldn't keep up with this guy's rampage because of his age.

Even though "The Beast" had already predicted his breakthrough route, he couldn't keep up with his footsteps, so he could only watch Westbrook complete the breakthrough from in front of him.

In this quarter, it was the turn of "A Turtle" to exert his strength, shooting 5 of 8 in a single quarter, and the Thunder led 58-55 at the end of the first half. This was something that Thunder fans didn't expect at all, and the atmosphere was eager, just like celebrating Christmas.

Artest looked very unsightly.

I went back to the locker room and sat there alone, holding a towel and stuffing my head, not knowing what I was thinking. Odom comforted him a few words, but to little avail, and shook his head helplessly at Li Wan.

D'Antoni, for his part, was decisive in putting Artest off the pitch in the second half.

At this time, he didn't have time to think about what kind of impact this would have on Artest's psychology, he still had to think about how to win this game now!

A 2-0 lead is an advantage, but not an absolute advantage.

In the history of the NBA, it is not without a team that has come back from 2-0 down. Only one more win and a 3-0 win will D'Antoni be completely reassured.

So......

There is no room for error in this game!

Therefore, in the second half, the New York Knicks' lineup changed to Beverley at No. 1, Ray Allen at No. 2, Lewan at No. 3, Rasheed Wallace at No. 4, and Tyson Chandler at No. 5.

To say that this Beverley really has a way of dealing with Westbrook, Artest couldn't prevent Westbrook before, and another very important reason is that when Westbrook beat him, he didn't go up much, but knew how to find the right time and use speed to deal with his steps.

Beverly was different, he just went to that station, and Westbrook's whole face was like eating the hottest chili pepper, black and shiny, no matter what he was, he was going to fight with Beverley.

Slowly, it became irrational again.

What followed was almost a replay of the first two games, with Li Wan pulling the speed faster and faster, and the Thunder gradually getting out of control.

In the end, the Thunder led by three points in the first half, but still lost the game by 108 to 119, 11 points.

Westbrook played his best performance in the series, scoring 15 points in the first half, 23 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the game, shooting 42% from the field!

Especially his game in the first half made Thunder fans look forward to the future of the Thunder team even more.

When the time comes, a reasonable Weishao plus Kevin Durant, who is a perverted scorer......

What a wonderful picture that would be!