Durant tried his best, but the Thunder still couldn't beat the Clippers at home.

The Thunder, who trailed by eight points at the end of the third quarter, launched a Jedi counterattack in the fourth quarter.

At one point, they narrowed the gap to just three points.

But at the critical moment, the Clippers players' hands were too hard.

Randolph once again showed his heroic qualities, hitting consecutive attacks in the low post.

It's not like the Clippers can't play the traditional positional offense.

On the contrary, if Randolph is used as a low axis and inside-out, the critical moment is terrifying.

It's just that from the perspective of the whole game, it is too slow and too inefficient, because Randolph is not O'Neal, and he has a stable 20-point volume in one game.

So, Steve Cole left Randolph at a critical moment, when the two sides were in a tug-of-war.

In this case, it is really important to have a consistent scoring point on the low inside.

In addition to Randolph, Gasol Jr. can also attack in the low post.

The two men became key gentlemen in the fourth quarter, scoring eight straight points to help the Clippers re-establish their advantage.

The Thunder had two turnovers in the final critical moments, with Westbrook hitting a breakaway ball on the knee and out of bounds, and a Durant being cut off by Curry on a wrapped pass.

Curry, who was successful in breaking the ball, dribbled to the frontcourt unhurriedly, and played a whole fast game, and the Clippers slowed down this time to delay time, giving Randolph a low post to eat Perkins.

Perkins was back on the pitch to defend Randolph alone, but the problem was that Perkins was on the bench for most of the night and he wasn't playing at all.

When it comes to the critical moment, let him play, where is there still a feeling of defense, and he is eaten by Randolph in a row.

This time Randolph turned his back, Sigma turned to the basket, and then directly pulled up and hit a jumper!

Randolph and Gasol Jr. scored 10 straight points as the Thunder had to call a timeout for a final death throe.

Durant came back and surged his score to 45 points with a three-pointer, setting his single-game scoring record in the playoffs.

However, the Thunder still lost to the Clippers at home 105:110, with a gap of 5 points, and fell behind 0:3!

This was a result that everyone did not expect, and the Clippers actually led the Thunder 3-0.

Last season, the two teams also played seven games in the Western Conference semifinals, and the strength was evenly matched.

This season, the Thunder can't beat anymore, and they are about to be shaved off.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Durant stood in the middle of the court with his waist crossed for a few moments before leaving the court with his head hovered.

He didn't even hug Curry, Harden and others, and he was so disappointed in his heart.

He gave it his all, scoring 45 points and scoring desperately from the first quarter.

He shot 48% from the field tonight, and the number of shots, the amount, the scoring efficiency is already very good.

Westbrook also had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, while Gordon had 15 points.

40 points may be common in the regular season, but it's not easy to score 40 points in the playoffs.

A player with strong scoring ability like Kobe Bryant has only scored 40 points in a single game 13 times in the playoffs over the years.

Durant's performance, placed in an era of 80 or 90 points, must have won.

In the face of the Clippers, 40 points are useless, but they account for more than 30% of the score.

On the Clippers' side, Curry scored 22 points, Harden scored 21 points, Randolph scored 18 points, Gasol Jr. 17 points, and others like George, Leonard, Dragic, Jeremy Lin, and Milicic all scored and could make good contributions on the offensive end.

The rest of the Thunder can do too little offensively, and they struggle on the defensive end, while the Clippers' starters and benches are indeed tough.

Each lineup on the field has its own style of play, and the substitutes are also very good.

The system is complete, the division of labor is clear, the morale is strong, and the willpower is also very tenacious.

It can be said that Tyronn Lue's multi-lineup development strategy in the regular season this season has definitely worked.

The 12-man squad, with all kinds of combinations, can play their own style and have their own tactical focus.

Anyone who is proficient in the game of basketball can feel the huge potential that this Clippers team has shown.

This kind of potential is not the kind of "the future is yours" that is taken for granted, and there are a few young potential players who play a little bit well, and they feel that they will definitely grow up in the future and become champions.

The division of champions is not so easy.

The potential of the Clippers is a holistic potential, a strategic and tactical thinking potential.

Instead of being so proficient in basketball games, just watching the lively fans, you can feel the strength and difference of this Clippers team.

They are different from those strong teams in the past, they like to shoot threes, like to pass and cut, like to play fast, like to grab points, like to rotate on a large scale, and like to sanction opponents with quick counterattacks.

In the past, people had the impression that they were labeled as "regular season powerhouses", and it was the limit to be able to play to the Western Conference finals like the Suns.

It's only the semifinals, but the Clippers are already on the verge of winning a championship.

In contrast, the Los Angeles Lakers, who had high expectations at the start of the season, were not so smooth.

After a 1-1 draw at home, the Lakers went to Memphis to face the Grizzlies, only to be sniped by the Grizzlies in the third game in Memphis.

The Grizzlies used a meat grinder-level defense, 83:81, and won the third game with a 2-point advantage!

The big score is 2:1 ahead of the Lakers.

Compared to the Clippers vs. Thunder game, the series between the Grizzlies and Lakers is much more retro.

Slow-paced, fighting inside, fighting singles ability, the offense of both sides is relatively fragmented.

At critical moments, Kobe's finishing ability still declined slightly compared to his peak.

The mid-range jumper that could have equalized the score in the final minute missed, causing the Lakers to lose the game.

Bryant scored 28 points on 12-of-33 shooting from the field and couldn't prevent his team from losing on the road.

And Chris Paul, as a traditional point guard, was successfully shredded by the Grizzlies in the regular season with the smoothness of controlling the overall situation and combing the offense.

The score of 81 points is low enough, and the two sides play the key ball at the critical moment, fight luck, fight the whistle, and fight the morale of the home and away.

If Kobe Bryant is three years younger, there is a high probability that he will be able to close the game at the last moment and win the game smoothly to take the series lead.

But the increase in age and the decline in ability at critical moments caused the Lakers to lose this game and fall into a crisis.

On the other side of the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers, like the Lakers, are unexpectedly in the middle of a tough battle.

Compared with the Cavaliers, who had been promoted last season, the original lineup defeated the Celtics in the first game against the further aging Celtics.

As a result, the team's offense was dumb in the second game, and the Celtics only scored 76 points in the game, setting a record for the lowest score in the playoffs this season.

The third game came to Boston, and the two sides fought until overtime, Pierce and James once again competed, hitting three points at a critical moment to help the Celtics win the third game!

The two favorites are both facing adversity from 1:2 down, and the Celtics are still very difficult opponents for the Cavaliers.

Compared to last season, the Celtics have not improved much in terms of roster, and the Big Three are all a year older.

In the early part of the regular season, the Celtics had a poor record and had to make adjustments.

After much deliberation, Rivers finally embraced the new proposal and stopped designing tactics according to the old ideas.

Kevin Garnett was promoted to the center position, and the team was more free and open on the offensive end, with Rondo playing a more important role.

Ray Allen and Pierce are still in excellent form, especially Ray Allen, whose three-point shooting percentage this season has reached a career high, and his average number of shots per game has also reached a new high in the past three years.

With more three-pointers, more offensive space, and more pass-and-cut coordination, the Celtics are also on a new path, seeking new changes.

This change has proven to work well in the playoffs as well, as opposed to the playoffs where everyone is keen to defend and press the tempo.

The Cavaliers and Lakers will have to respond.

Another set of matchups in the East, Heat vs Bulls.

Riley, the old fox, continues to take advantage of the bull.

Derrick Rose was injured in the first round and missed the first two games of the second round.

Without Rose, the Bulls were powerless to resist the Heat, and both home courts fell.

In the third game, Rose returned to snatch a win in Miami.

But the Heat obviously have a lot of experience in how to play the Bulls, and the backcourt composed of Wade + Chalmers, as well as Odom at the No. 3 position, will set up one obstacle after another for Rose.

In short, the drama in the East is almost exactly the same as last year, and it depends on whether the opponent who finally reaches the East Final will change.

On the Clippers' side, after taking a 3-0 lead, they can really start thinking about their opponents in the next round.

Min Congda was smoking a cigarette and watching TV in the hotel, feeling very proud in his heart, thinking: "I am really a basketball genius, as long as I make a little plan, the opponent will be solved easily!" Hey, it's a pity that I can't use my talents. This shit system, if you have to assign me some bankruptcy task, if I get some championship task, I won't have completed it long ago! ”

Min Congda has a feeling that he has never met a talent, after all, his basketball talent is indeed very high, three or four stories high.

The series can disintegrate the opponent from the strategic and psychological level, and the series that people originally thought was a fierce confrontation like Mars hitting the Earth lost suspense in three games.

Of course, Min Congda's arrangement naturally played a key role, but what Min Congda didn't know was that there was also an alliance behind it.

After this game, some people on the Thunder side complained that the Thunder did not take care of the home whistle at all in this game.

The Clippers made slightly more free throws on both sides than the Thunder, and Durant and Westbrook were not taken care of by the referees at all.

While a fair and unbiased decision is a matter of course, the unspoken rule is that the home team will be taken care of.

And in order to sell more tickets in the series, games like the third game usually allow the home team to pull back a game.

As a result, the Thunder lost the third game, completely ruining the hope of winning the series, and leaving the semifinals without suspense.

Theoretically, the league wouldn't do that, but this time Silva really wants to win the Clippers.

In the aftermath of Raheem Sterling, there has been some rift between Min Congda and Adam Silva.

Silva is full of thoughts about finding a new owner for the Clippers and making Min Congda a minority shareholder.

As a result, Xie Li suddenly turned her face, the two divorced, and the court changed the judgment, and finally the matter was settled.

Silva also wondered if Min Congda was in the way and made the Clippers' plan to change owners fail.

But first, there is no evidence, and secondly, Min Congda has been smeared by NBA-Batman in this matter.

After thinking about it, Silva decided that it was someone who had a grudge against Min Congda who was in the way of ruining the plan.

Thinking about it like this, Silva still felt a little sorry for Min Congda, this matter was yellow, and he couldn't be the boss.

But the playoffs should still be won, and between Durant and the Thunder, Silva certainly chose the more potential Curry Harden Clippers.

Although Durant is very superstar, he is ugly after all, and the Thunder is a small city, how can he be compared to the Clippers?

In a big city like Los Angeles, the Lakers vs Clippers are the most interesting matchups, and Silva wants to create a legend of his own.

In a show like the NBA, only a powerful legend can attract the most fans.

Veteran fans may like to watch the best of the best, while ordinary fans or newcomers who are new to basketball will only want to stare at the strongest.

When the NBA first entered China, there was a live broadcast in the 90s, just in time for Michael Jordan's heyday.

The vast majority of new fans in China are supporting Jordan, and the Jazz's Malone and Stockton have become the villains.

Just like new readers, they all like to watch the royal road, the protagonist grows invincible in the world, and the tiger body is shocked and worshipped.

Jordan's experience of being more legendary than the protagonist has played a huge role in promoting the NBA's fan base.

After OK won three consecutive championships and beat the Kings in 02, the league helped more or less, and the Lakers dynasty also attracted a lot of fans.

Now the rise of the Clippers has given Silva a chance to forge a new legend, and he certainly wants to take it.

After a day of rest between the two sides, the fourth game continued in Russia, and the Thunder could almost be said to be fighting for honor, and there was no suspense in the series.

In this game, the whole Thunder team is desperate, and the Clippers are also thinking about going to Los Angeles to end the series, so they can sell a lot of tickets.

In the end, the Thunder team won 110-101 and finally won at home.

Durant scored 33 points in this game, surpassing 30 points in four consecutive games.

His scoring prowess was evident, but the Thunder didn't really find a way to deal with the Clippers.

Two days later, Game 5, back in Los Angeles, the Clippers didn't give the Thunder any more hope.

The Clippers had a big burst off the bench, with Dragic and Jeremy Lin leading the bench into an offensive frenzy.

The Clippers led the Thunder by 18 points at halftime, 120-104 in the whole game, and the 16-point advantage easily defeated the Thunder and reached the Western Conference Finals!

The big score of 4:1 is a result that many people did not expect, and it is very easy.

First, the Clippers are really strong, and secondly, in terms of tactics and lineup, the Clippers are indeed quite restrained by the Thunder.

Gram of the dead.

The Clippers can finally wait for the start of the Western Conference Finals in Los Angeles.

The opponent will be between the Lakers and the Grizzlies.

And in mid-to-late May, there was another big thing for those teams that didn't make the playoffs.

That's the draw for the 2012 draft, which will take place in New York.

This lottery ceremony seems to have nothing to do with the Clippers, who have all played to the West.

But in fact, the Hornets' first-round draft pick is in the hands of the Clippers.

And it's the first round without protection!

With the Hornets, the Clippers are bound to get a No. 4 pick in the 2012 draft.

Therefore, this draft draw will have a decisive impact on the future fate of the Clippers.

Min Congda didn't care much about this, because he had already decided to leave the draft and other related matters to Olser and others.

He's too unlucky, he doesn't want to care anymore, so let's go fishing in the Pacific Ocean.

(End of chapter)