On June 3, the second game of the Finals continued at the home of the New York Knicks, Madison Square Garden.

The last game was not decided until overtime, and if it weren't for Kevin Durant's big foot, there was a high chance that a second overtime would have been in this game.

It is also for this reason that the New York fans who are here tonight can see that they are a little more nervous than ever.

It's just that soon, they're not nervous......

In the warm-up session, Li Wan stood at the "small logo three-point" and made three three-pointers, which made the scene suddenly swept away by a "tsunami of cheers".

Intermediate status......

The confident Kevin Durant was stunned, and his confident expression immediately became a little more urgent, and he devoted himself to warming up, and he wanted to completely warm up his body. Because judging from Li Wan's "big three-point" feel, what he has to face tonight may be the "God version" of Li Wan.

Brooks also looked at tonight's tactical arrangement for the first time, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that tonight's arrangement was ...... for Li Wan

What's the difference with no defense?

No, it has to be strengthened!

He immediately had an emergency meeting with the teaching assistant.

Barkley looked at this scene, patted Kenny Smith next to him, and gestured to him with his hands, not saying anything, but his expression said everything that needed to be said:

And voila!

And voila!

just hit a few "small logo three-pointers" in the warm-up session, which immediately made the opposing coach panic, just this sense of existence, in Lu Xun's after-break words, is......

Beat up cops in the police station - who else!

The big screen on the scene gave the starting lineups on both sides.

It's still the same as the last game, and there is no change of formation.

D'Antoni mainly felt that the other side was difficult to entangle, but in the end, it was our New York Knicks who won, so there was no need to change; Brooks thinks that although the Thunder lost in the end, if Kevin Durant's three-point shot didn't step on the line, then it is not certain who loses and who wins! So, don't change!

As soon as the game came up, the two sides were very deadlocked.

Until 3 minutes before the end of the first quarter, the score between the New York Knicks and the Thunder was only a fraction of a centimeter, and the New York Knicks at home led by 2 points.

Li Wan, who felt hot during the warm-up, obviously made the Thunder team very jealous, as long as Li Wan crossed the halfway, there would inevitably be someone in front of him.

Brooks has adjusted the targeted defensive measures for two points: first, Kevin Durant, Sephorosa, and Westbrook take turns marking; Second, Ibaka pays attention to timely defense;

It is equivalent to saying that most of the defensive strength of the entire Thunder team is used on him.

Therefore, Li Wan's main role is to play a diversion role.

Let the rest of the New York Knicks get a better shot.

Supposedly, Chris Bosh could play well, and he did play well, and at the end of the first quarter, he scored another 11 points in a single quarter.

But......

Over the course of the first quarter, Chris Bosh's passing and playmaking ability was not as good as Kevin Garnett's, and he didn't connect the team's offense well.

Relying on his "three-board axe" alone, there is really no way to kill the Thunder team with the "Thunder Three Less" at once.

You must know that in the original season, the "Wang Bang Combination" alone was already the most ferocious offensive duo in the league.

Not to mention, James Harden hasn't left the Thunder right now......

Although his current growth is not as expected, the original James Harden has experienced 13~14 seasons and averaged 25.4 points and 6.1 assists per game. And now James Harden is only averaging "20 plus 4" per game this season, and his strength has shrunk by about one-fifth.

But the problem is that he has Kevin Durant and Westbrook next to him, and the defensive intensity he faces is not at all the top of the New York Knicks.

In addition, he is weaker than Kevin Durant and Westbrook in terms of offensive and tactical priorities, so there is no problem with his fitness, after all, even with an overtime, his playing time is only about 38 minutes. Without taking on a lot of offense and playmaking, no team's "big three" will have physical problems.

Li Wan can analyze his situation.

Li Wan's unexpected ......

It's Kevin Durant!

Isn't this guy's physical fitness also a hard injury?

Why did he play almost 46 minutes in the last game, and when he faced him 1v1 in overtime, he could complete the "whistle kill" after the "double change of direction"?

Li Wan is convinced of his defensive ability.

Just the spiritual bonus of "wanting to defeat Li Wan" let him hold on?

It seems to make sense......

But this ......

What a feud!

I can be obsessed to this extent!

Li Wan...... That's right, Kevin Durant's obsession with beating him is deep.

But that's not all.

And a lot of it is due to......

Kevin Durant is physically strong at this time!

A hot knowledge that Li Wan doesn't know:

During Kevin Durant's time with the Thunder, he officially entered his peak from the 10~11 season to the 13~14 season when he was at his peak, that is, this year, he originally averaged no less than 42 minutes per game in the playoffs.

Among them, the season with the highest average playing time per game, the 12~13 season, and 11 games in the playoffs, he can play an average of 44.5 minutes per game.

That's 3.5 minutes of rest per game......

His fitness problems became his fatal injury, which actually started from the 14~15 season, that is, the next season's metatarsal fracture, after the season was reimbursed.

Prior to this, Kevin Durant's fitness was very good, both in terms of endurance and recovery speed. Not to mention having Westbrook and James Harden to share the pressure for him, it is completely the treatment of "Warrior Du......

A "Warrior Du" who has not been reimbursed for the season and has been greatly stimulated by Li Wan......

If Li Wan knew that the Kevin Durant in front of him had collected all these buffs, he might not be surprised why his physical fitness looked like no big problem.

It's no surprise why this Thunder team is so difficult......

In fact, this round of finals is difficult to play, and Li Wan is psychologically prepared.

After all, the Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs, who were originally the "champions" of this season.

If you can beat the team that wins the championship, how bad can it be?

However, Kevin Durant's form tonight is clearly not as perverted as the last game.

Restricting the supergiant is nothing more than two aspects: one is to make it difficult for him to catch the ball; the second is to make it difficult for him to shoot rhythmically;

Li Wan did a good job in both aspects tonight, under his defense, he made 6 shots in the first quarter and hit 3 shots, compared to the previous game of 5 of 9 in the first quarter, both the number of shots and the shooting percentage have declined.

The only problem is that when Lee further engages in defending Kevin Durant, it inevitably affects his own presence on the offensive end.

Not to mention, he also has to make up for the part of Chris Bosh's missing playmaking skills.

Therefore, when he finished the first quarter, Li Wan "only" scored 6 points, but fortunately handed out 3 assists.

The New York Knicks barely took a narrow lead.

Barkley watched Li Wan get off the court, looked at the score and said, "It seems that today's game will be very intense again!" Kenny, why don't you make a bet and see if there's going to be overtime today? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Kenny Smith had not yet spoken, and the situation on the court changed abruptly, and Paul Pearce, who had just come on the court, grabbed the Thunder's wing and made a "back hit" and successfully sent the ball to the basket.

The score difference came to 4 points, and there was a huge cheer at the scene.

Paul Pierce replied with a serious look on his face, and muttered indistinctly:

Go on, go on, Paul, go on, it's just one goal, you're going to score today......

Not one goal, not two, but three, four, five......

He scored just seven points in his last game and shot just a dismal 2-of-7 from the field.

But because he's a substitute, who's going to discuss whether a substitute plays well or not?

Shouldn't the "pots" who lose the game all start the core back?

And the New York Knicks won the last game, and his play was even more uncared for......

This hurts Paul Pearce......

Although he didn't make the All-Star this year, he was an All-Star caliber player when he was with the Nets last year.

Now that he is coming to the New York Knicks for the championship, his existence is not as good as he was originally due to factors such as tactical position, which he was mentally prepared for when he was willing to play on the bench.

But even so......

He also doesn't feel that he is so miserable that he has no traffic at all.

And......

He played so poorly, and the team still won, which doesn't mean that he is a "pure thigh"?

If Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett hadn't come to hug before, forget it!

Now these two people are hugging, and they are both helping Li Wan win the championship as the "core second leader", and he is playing a substitute role player who has nothing to do with winning......

I don't know if I think it was his problem that the Boston "Big Three" didn't win the championship at the beginning?

No way!

This is absolutely not a no-go!

He wants to bring back his own wind review!

With less than 10 minutes on the bench, he wants everyone to see what an "offensive kaleidoscope" is!

This high-end game, I'm not very good at playing, add me one!

"Huh!"

With a sigh of relief, Paul Pierce's second goal was scored again.

Brooks, who was already thinking about how to play in the second quarter, returned his eyes to the court after this ball.

This brother......

It's familiar!

Who is this?

Oh yes!

Yes, there is Paul Pierce on the New York Knicks team!

What the hell am I ......

"Huh!"

Not only did his memory begin to recover, but the memories of the New York fans also began to recover. With Paul Pierce scoring the third goal, the whole stadium exploded.

In less than 2 minutes, he scored 6 points in a row......

"Let's shout his name, Paul...... Pierce! ”

Driven by the live DJ, a unified shout sounded in the audience:

"Pierce!"

"Pierce!"

"Pierce!"

……

A beep sounded to symbolize the end of the first quarter, and Kenny Smith said, "I'm betting there won't be overtime today, say, what to bet on?" ”

Buckley:......

I'll bet!

I've seen shameless, I've never seen you so shameless!

In this case, the fool will bet with you!

Paul Pearce played until the end of the first quarter, and in 3 minutes, he scored a total of 8 points, and under his play, the New York Knicks played a wave of 10-4 scoring, and after this wave of scoring, the New York Knicks' lead suddenly expanded to 8 points.

The situation, although it is not enough to directly pronounce the death sentence of the Thunder.

But everyone can see that Paul Pierce has become the X-factor tonight......

As soon as the second quarter came up, Paul Pearce continued to play.

The Thunder's lack of depth on the wing was exposed at this moment.

The Thunder's wing defense relied on two players:

Sephorosa vs. Kevin Durant.

The former's size is here, and he will definitely not be able to carry Pierce.

Kevin Durant has the advantage of height and reach against Pierce......

Can......

Kevin Durant is a "special horse" on the Thunder!

Pierce may not even be an "inferior horse" at the New York Knicks.

Use "special horses" to defend "inferior horses", so how should Li Wan, a "special horse" that cannot be restricted, be defended?

Brooks is already scratching his head.

While he was scratching his head, Paul Pearce hit another goal.

In the blink of an eye, the individual score was in double figures.

Brooks, who had no choice, could only take the "Thunder Four Less" in advance.

D'Antoni, for his part, continued to hold his ground until the Thunder's main team returned to the court and narrowed the score to within five points, then waved unhurriedly to the bench and prepared the starters to return to the court.

The New York Knicks, who returned to the court, started and pulled the pace of the game up from the start.

The Thunder team is not ambiguous here, if you want to be fast, I will be fast......

No!

You have to be fast, I'm faster!

The "Thunder Three" put their offensive talent on full display.

With the offensive firepower of the New York Knicks, they can only do five or five.

But think of the Thunder as the only team in the league to have three 20-plus-point players per game this season.

Such firepower also seems normal......

But the problem is that the Thunder's main team will return to the court a little earlier than the main team of the New York Knicks.

The New York Knicks' starters have more time to rest.

Although this was not obvious in the first half, at the beginning of the second half, Paul Pierce once again forced Brooks to put the "Thunder Three Less" back on the court in advance, and at the end of the third quarter, Westbrook and Kevin Durant were obviously gasping much faster than usual.

Well......

D'Antoni has been asking the team to pull in the attacking rhythm at the same time.

While Paul Pearce was making a difference, D'Antoni, the "three-time champion", had already foreseen the moment.

Mike Brown pressed the final "kill move" button.

When these two people need someone to step up for a while on the court, who the Thunder ball handler is, not only Brooks knows, but also the New York Knicks......

James Harden!

So, Mike Brown has been waiting for a long time......

Li Wan, this guy will be handed over to you!

Let him know the intensity of the "Defensive Player of the Season" award!

Be reasonable......

Kevin Durant actually felt the defensive intensity from Li Wan.

His form this season is absolutely historic!

He averaged 35.2 points per game in the regular season, how exaggerated is that number......

Let's put it this way...... The league's best player in previous years averaged 35.4 points per game in his career, the highest points per game in nearly 20 years, with Kevin Durant in second place.

It is really not an exaggeration to say that he is more "seasonally scorer" than "season's scorer".

From here, you can see how fierce Kevin Durant really is this season!

But even such a fierce guy was prevented by Li Wan from receiving the ball at the last moment of regular time in the last game.

If it weren't for James Harden's "tying three-pointer", he wouldn't have had a chance to complete the "three-pointer" behind him, proving his ability at critical moments to a certain extent. - You know, if James Harden fails to shoot the ball, the news headline after the game will definitely be "Li Wan locks Kevin Durant, how far is the "scoring champion" who can't receive the ball at a critical moment from the "first person in the league"! 》

Even Kevin Durant is locked up, let alone James Harden, who is now 108,000 miles away from the "season scoring champion".

In the face of Leewan's defense, James Harden only made 1 of 3 shots......

However, even Li Wan was accidentally fouled by James Harden, which Nima ......

Is it that if there are less than 8 whistles in a game, they are embarrassed to call themselves "James"?

Referee: What can I do, he gets down on one knee without a whistle, what can I do?

Li Wan: Which James are you talking about?

Referee: I don't make it, it's not James~ It's just that James!

But those two free throws couldn't save the Thunder, and the New York Knicks successfully stretched the gap to more than 10 points during this period.

In the end, the New York Knicks defeated the Thunder 117-105, 12 points, and won the second game of the series.

The big score is 2-0!

Paul Pearce was the man of the game, scoring 10 points in eight minutes in the first half and eight more in seven minutes in the second half to finish with 18 points in the game......

This is a new single-game high for him in the playoffs this season!

At the same time, his play was also key to the New York Knicks easily winning Game 2 of the series.

After the game, there were significantly more media reporters surrounding Paul Pearce.

Bill Wharton, who commented on the sidelines tonight, said: "Pierce has brought his attention back with his own play! ”

Li Wan scored 25 points, 11 rebounds, 15 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

The result of the rhythm of the game is ......

Everyone has a "data harvest"!

In addition to Leewan, Tyson Chandler chipped in 13 points and 9 rebounds, and Chris Bosh chipped in 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks......

However, the "first merit" who won tonight was Li Wan, and the "second merit" must be Paul Pearce.

He stood up from the bench and directly caught the Thunder off guard.

When asked about Paul Pearce, Brooks bluntly said, "I have to admit that this is a guy to be reckoned with, and now he's paying us for it!" ”

The New York Knicks are 2-0 at home, and what's worse than that is that in the first game they can say "although they lost the game", and even lost the game, they won morale, after all, no team has ever forced the New York Knicks to this extent, and now the Thunder have done it!

So......

Can we make up for this little bit of difference and win this game?

This idea was put in the past, very "bold"!

But after the first game, it is not "bold", but a close and touchable gap......

But now, after playing the second game of the finals, the gap has widened again......

This is not only Brooks who thinks so, but also the outside media.

Bill Wharton bluntly said: "Many people think that the Thunder are pushing the limits of the New York Knicks, but judging from the current situation, they are just forcing out the X factor of the New York Knicks!" ”

"The Bleachers" said: "The depth of the New York Knicks' roster makes all opponents despair, including the New York Knicks! ”

The New York Times corrected his claim: "The New York Knicks don't have any depth, they just found themselves by the side of Leewan!" ”

What is the ......

That's right to think about it......

Kwame Brown kept shouting, "Without Li Wan, there would be no current Kwame Brown, maybe I still have that parallel hat on my head until now......"

Of course, now he doesn't say that, as for the reason......

Anthony Bennett is too fierce, and compared with him, he seems to be so talented.

You must know that Kwame Brown was by Michael Jordan's side back then, and the whole team worked hard towards the playoffs, and he averaged 4.3 points per game without the ball and no team status.

This Bennett is in the Bobcats, a rebuilding team, who wants status, ball, and teammates, and only averages 4.2 points per game, which is half a pound and eight taels of what he was back then......

Kwame Brown knew how bad he was at the time, and he knew how bad Bennett was.

So even if there is no Li Wan, when Bennett enters the league, the hat of "parallel goods champion" will definitely not be on his head.

But there is no problem with the first half of the sentence, without Li Wan, there would be no current him.

As for the others......

When Danny Green was with the Cavaliers, he didn't even have playing time, and when he came to the Knicks, the team gave him enough time to grow......

Beverley was also thrown away by the Heat, allowing the New York Knicks to sign back before the start of the preseason.

Not to mention Chris Bosh, nicknamed "Bo Yiban" last season, came to the New York Knicks and reinstated the former title of "Dragon King of the North......

This example is enough to show Li Wan's bonus to his teammates......

It is worth mentioning that this topic also involves LeBron James.

Because......

When Danny Green was with the Cavaliers, LeBron hadn't left; When Beverley was waived by the Heat, LeBron was also on the team; Chris Bosh ......

Not to mention!

One by one, "LeBron James's former teammates" proved their worth in Li Wan.

This topic has actually been discussed before, but it is mentioned again at this moment, because it is during the finals, and the heated discussion is even greater......

It didn't take long for experts to come up with another example:

Dwyane Wade!

"Before he partnered with LeBron, he was a top-5 player in the league, and after partnering with LeBron, he quickly fell out of the best team, and he has only been in the last three years once!"

At this time, LeBron's team panicked, and in order to give a reasonable explanation to the outside world, LeBron James found Wade: "Man, we are the best thick rice!" ”

The implication:

999！

Wade received a call from LeBron, and he was actually a little unhappy.

Because this person doesn't reply to text messages like he did in the summer of 10 years!

The contracts of both of them expired this summer, and Wade originally thought that LeBron James would report closely to him when Chris Bosh re-played and the two of them were questioned, but as a result, this girl did not reply to a single text message, making it clear that he had other thoughts.

I don't want to tell him yet!

But at this moment, after receiving a call from LeBron, listening to the eagerness in his tone, and recalling LeBron James's "warm support" when he was questioned, he finally decided to speak up for LeBron James:

'For any team to have chemistry in the run-in, you have to have sacrifices, as long as it's the right choice, that's what you should do, and even though we didn't meet the initial expectations, we tried to do that......

As soon as these words came out, the criticism of LeBron James was quiet.

It's a well-known fact that if someone is willing to be a licking dog, and you expose it in public, then the responsibility lies with you!

Because "licking dogs" are unwilling to admit that they are "licking dogs", and "Aquaman" is unwilling to admit that they are "Aquaman......

They're just ......

There's just a common goal!

Of course, Wade replied this time, because if someone asked him, "Why are you and Chris Bosh sacrificed, and he LeBron James wants data and honor?" ”

He couldn't answer either......

What else can I do because of the situation?

If I don't let it, he will score 8 points in a single game, and the main thing is a slump!

What can I do?

I'm desperate!

Future Stephen Curry: Don't don't, don't despair, LeBron is the "pride of the sky", tell my story, that's speechless open the door to speechless, speechless home!

That compelling person really thinks he's worth 100 million!

The outside world continued to talk for a night, and Kevin Durant, who returned to Oklahoma overnight, slept only five hours, and drove to the arena at 8 a.m.

When he arrived at the stadium, the staff of many departments in the stadium had not yet gone to work, but when he changed his clothes and arrived at the training hall, he heard the sound of slapping the ball from inside......

Judging by the voice, there was not just one person inside......

Curiosity flashed across Kevin Durant's face because today's training session was supposed to be 1:30 p.m.

After playing 7 games with the Spurs, plus the first 2 games of the Finals were still away, the first of which was an overtime, and everyone's physical condition was more or less problematic, so Brooks simply let everyone have more time to rest.

But there are always such disobedient people, such as Kevin Durant......

Another example......

Westbrook who is already in the arena at the moment and James Harden!

Kevin Durant looked at their already soaked vests and the muscles that had become more pronounced due to congestion, and showed a "all like-minded" smile.

With a brother like this, what could Scarlett ask for!

In fact, if you really want to say it, in the second game of the finals, the "Thunder Three Less" played not badly, Kevin Durant got 33 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists; Westbrook had 25 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds; James Harden had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists......

But the team still lost the game by 12 points.

As the heart of the team, as representatives of the Oklahoma City Thunder, they enjoy media exposure and naturally know the responsibility on their shoulders.

In the words of some groups, entering the finals twice in three years, even if they are all runners-up, can be combined into a champion!

But......

Who is here to fight for the second place!

Anyway, the goal of the "Thunder Three Less" is definitely the championship!

Even if the current score is 0-2 behind, even after the second game, most of the public opinion has fallen to the side of the New York Knicks, but for the "Thunder Three Less", it is ......

Until the last minute of the series, they will definitely not give up!

After the three of them practiced together, they went to take a shower together, and then they had dinner together, which was the fourth year that they had been together. It wasn't until this moment that they realized it......

"Let's make a big scene together!"

I don't know if it's because of the extra practice, in the third game of the finals, the "Thunder Three Less" broke out collectively, Kevin Durant scored 38 points again, Westbrook scored 30 points, and even James Harden scored a new high 23 points in the Finals......

The three of them scored a total of 91 points......

"Three people are a team!"

The "Thunder Three Less" showed in this game how terrifying their ceiling really is!

With the excellent performance of the three people, the Thunder held the first game back at home, and also won their first victory in the Finals, tenaciously pulling the big score back to 1-2!

"It's not over yet!"

"It's not over yet!"

"It's not over yet!"

From the expressions of the Thunder fans on the spot, and from the eyes of the Thunder players on the court, it can be seen that the words shouted by the live DJ are exactly what they want.

This round of the finals is not over yet!

- Man, you might have to get back to number one!

At the end of the evening, D'Antoni sent a message to Li Wan.

Without waiting for Li Wan to ask, his next explanation message also came:

- Beverley hasn't been very effective defensively against Westbrook in these games. I'm going to bring Paul Pierce up to play the number three. It's better to just fight with them!

Although the New York Knicks lost the third game of the finals, Paul Pierce still played very well, shooting 5 of 9 and 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 14 points!

Paul Pearce's singles on the wing, who has found his form, seems to be a big threat that the Thunder can't solve at the moment.

Li Wan didn't get entangled.

Again, if there was an easier way to win a game, he never stuck to one-on-one.

Basketball is meant to be a sport of 5 people!

- By the way...... Man, there are still two games to go, let this league see the offensive firepower of the current number one in the league, you have sacrificed too much for the offensive end of this team during this time, dance this last dance!

Seeing the message sent by D'Antoni again, Li Wan suddenly had a feeling:

Perhaps, this is what D'Antoni really wants to say!

I'm finally done, and there's nothing going on.

True warriors dare to face their debts.

so, in the next month, the number of daily updates will change from 10,000 to 10,0002.

In this way, you can update 60,000 more words a month.

Enough to pay off what you owe......

Well......

The clock starts tomorrow.

(End of chapter)