The Wizards won the first game of the Finals so easily, compared to facing the Heat to the last bullet, the intensity of the first game between the two sides was slightly stronger than in the regular season, basically the level of ordinary playoffs, not even the intensity of the division finals.

So in the post-game interview, Thunder head coach Scott Brooks looked very dissatisfied, "We didn't give the opponent a physical confrontation at all, this is the Finals not a game, maybe we should show a little bit of men's blood, even if they can't prevent the opposite side, they can't let them score easily!" ”

The two core players, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, also said that they were not enough to take the lead, and they will definitely find the mentality of the finals in the next game.

Sure enough, in the second game of the finals two days later, the Thunder team showed a completely different state from the first game as soon as they came up, led by Turtle Weishao and Durant, the Thunder team not only played a very fast pace on the offensive end, but also moved much more on the defensive end than in the first game.

Of course, desperate defense also has to pay a price, such as Serge Ibaka, who defended Li Kaiming, because he repeatedly pulled Li Kaiming in the defensive process, the whistle treatment of the Thunder team was still good, but even so, tonight's referee couldn't stand it, and directly blew two fouls on Ibaka in a single quarter, which made Thunder head coach Brooks startled and quickly replaced Ibaka.

Because after the first quarter came up, the Thunder attacked violently, and the Wizards were still playing tactics at a glance, and after running out of the vacant position, Thompson and others on the outside did not feel very good, Li Kaiming wanted to play a little, but was forcefully stopped by Ibaka with a foul, although he also made a few free throws, but after the end of the first quarter, the Thunder still led by 4 points at 31-27.

In the first half of the second quarter, the Wizards still used the regular rotation, Li Kaiming and others went down to rest for half a quarter, and let a few guards off the bench plus McGee and others come up to play a dozen, but tonight's Thunder team seems to want to repeat the performance of the Wizards in the last game.

However, this did not attract special attention from Sanders, but it was a matter of strategy in the whole court, some people like to take the lead, take the advantage in the opening game and then suppress the opponent with momentum, and then insist on the whole court.

And some people like to exert force in the back, hide their strength a little in the early stage, and wait until the opponent's physical strength is exhausted before coming out to harvest, both strategies are very common, the physical strength of the main players is limited, it depends on how the coach distributes this limited physical strength.

Wei Shao and Durant faced the Wizards' bench naturally played well, almost half a quarter, Sanders had to call a timeout, the premise of the later force is not to let the score difference be too big, if it goes directly into garbage time, then the players have gone, and they have already given birth to the idea of surrendering and preparing for the next game, and they will play eggs.

So after calling a timeout, Li Kaiming was pulled onto the court with a five-out lineup, hoping to catch up a little bit of the difference.

And the Thunder team is also tough, especially Durant, when he was drinking water and panting on the bench, when he saw Li Kaiming playing again, he actually gritted his teeth and applied to play again.

Brooks looked at his proud disciple, a look of emotion flashed in his eyes, and he immediately patted Durant's shoulder with his hand, and then whispered an instruction.

The Thunder's lineup on the court changed to the starting lineup again, and the score between the two sides was 39-47 at this time, and the Thunder led by 8 points.

Li Kaiming plays the center position in this lineup, but the Thunder team seems to have watched the game video of the Eastern Conference finals, and they also let the big forward Ibaka go to the opposite Li Kaiming, and the center goes to the aging Lewis, which can protect the basket at any time.

After halftime, Hinrich waved at Li Kaiming, who went over to block and dismantle, tonight's cooperation between Wei Shao and Ibaka is much more familiar than the last game, after Ibaka reminded him, Wei Shao chose to bypass the cover, and Hinrich left a shooting opportunity on the outside.

This kind of opportunity has never been missed in the Wizards' tactics, so Hinrich aimed at the basket directly behind Li Kaiming's cover and fired a shot, but unfortunately it didn't hit.

Perkins under the basket protected the rebound and handed it to Wei Shao, who stretched out his head and began to dribble to the front court with his neck in hand, and the defensive counterattack pushed the fast break is Wei Shao's favorite offensive method, and it is also the offensive method that can best play his playing style.

Hinrich gritted his teeth in the back and pursued, Li Kaiming came to the restricted area early to prepare the basket to protect the basket, Wei Shao hesitated a little after reaching the three-point line, and then suddenly accelerated to shake off Hinrich and went straight to the basket.

Ibaka has pulled out of the penalty area, in order to transfer Li Kaiming away from the basket and clear the breakthrough space for Wei Shao.

Ibaka is still a bit of a mid-range threat, Li Kaiming moved out slightly, and the rest of the Wizards team also began to rotate to make up for the defense, Leonard on the outside is definitely the most prominent one in defensive awareness, and a slight step is in the way of Wei Shao's breakthrough route.

However, this time Wei Shao did not have a strong head iron to the inside, seeing Leonard coming to help defend him, he jumped up directly, and then the whole person twisted into a twist in the air, and passed the ball vigorously to Durant on the outside with both hands, and Leonard's defense was almost instantaneous, but for Durant, his way of playing is to shoot when the rhythm arrives, and it has nothing to do with whether there is a defender in front of him or who is defending.

has been with his upright second brother for several seasons, Durant has long been accustomed to the former's passing style, and is ready to shoot before receiving the ball.

Bang! The basketball hollowed into the net, and Durant smiled at Wei Shao.

39-50, the difference has reached double digits, Sanders on the sidelines is finally a little less calm, he looked at Brooks on the other side of the court, and then turned his head to look at the court, a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes.

But soon, this anxiety was extinguished like a fire that had just been ignited, because at this time, after the Wizards dribbled the ball past half court, the guy in the No. 0 jersey had already come to the outside to take the initiative to receive the ball.

Li Kaiming's highlights have definitely been watched by NbA coaches no less than 10 times, especially as the head coach of the Thunder team, who is the opponent of the Finals, Scott Brooks now closes his eyes, and his mind is full of all kinds of dazzling goals from the Wizards' No. 0.

The Thunder's coaching staff and video analysts have had several closed-door meetings with this man, but each time to no avail.

For no other reason, it was because of this guy, with the blessing of modern camera technology and powerful data analysis technology, that the Thunder's coaching staff analyzed it for several days, and finally came to a desperate conclusion:

They couldn't find any of this guy's weaknesses on the offensive end!

How can it be! When Brooks and the others learned of this conclusion, the first thing that came to their minds was disbelief!

How can there be people in this world who are completely devoid of weaknesses? Even the so-called two most dominant players in history, both with Qiao and without Qiao Qiao, have their own shortcomings.

But you're telling me now, a guy who has just entered his second year in the league actually has no weaknesses on the offensive end?

Brooks intellectually thought that this statement was completely unacceptable, so he tried to let Ibaka defend alone in the first game, but it was unsurprisingly broken, and the team lost decisively.

So in the second game, he decided to try something new, in Brooks's view, data analysis is really important for basketball, but as a team coach, he can't be superstitious about data analysis, after all, this game is played by people, not a bunch of data thrown into it and then come to a result.

"Give me to constantly harass him, interrupt his train of thought and rhythm, foul as long as I can't prevent it, and foul fiercely, it's better to make him angry, it's better to fight......"

Facing Li Kaiming, who was dribbling on the outside, Ibaka, who stepped on the three-point line and lowered his center of gravity, sounded the coach's words before the game.

Li Kaiming on the opposite side started, he dribbled towards Ibaka and gradually approached, as the distance between the two people gradually narrowed, Li Kaiming's dribbling frequency became faster and faster, and when there was only about one meter left between the two, Li Kaiming, who also lowered the center of gravity, faced the cold look of Ibaka, suddenly hesitated, suspended the ball with one hand, and put on a front posture to break through the inside.

Ibaka's body trembled, and his brain immediately predicted Li Kaiming's direction, and his feet stood on the breakthrough route in advance.

"I've got you......" The corners of his mouth just rose in an arc to represent victory, and then immediately descended back.

Because the teenager on the opposite side did not go inside as he expected after a hesitation, but directly pulled up on the spot and shot three points in the face of a large vacancy of more than one meter!

This trick seems to have been seen in a guy with misty eyes......

Ibaka's mind flashed a flowing figure wearing the Magic No. 1 jersey, but his feet kept rushing towards Li Kaiming.

"If you can't prevent it, you will foul...... It's best to be able to fight......"

Ibaka remembered Brooks's words, and a fierce light flashed on her slightly lowered face, since she couldn't prevent it, it was time to experience toughness!

He rushed over directly, making a defensive move, but the whole person knocked over Li Kaiming in the air without brakes at all, and the latter landed heavily and hit the floor with a dull sound!

Honk!

This level of confrontation is naturally a foul, and the referee on the scene naturally has to enforce the law impartially and blow Ibaka's defensive foul, but what happened in the next moment caused the whole stadium to riot!

Li Kaiming, who fell to the ground, waited for his teammates to come and pull him up, it was an ordinary foul, but after the foul, Ibaka didn't think so, he silently said "tough" and "provoke him", and then turned around directly and prepared to step over Li Kaiming!

Li Kaiming, who was in a good mood, immediately turned gloomy after seeing this scene, and before his teammates came to pull him, he directly put his hands on the floor, and at the same time kicked Ibaka in the leg, interrupting the other party's provocation, and at the same time stood up and rushed towards Ibaka.

Of course, after playing a professional game for such a long time, Li Kaiming knows that some teams will specialize in this kind of thing, using an inconsequential small role on his side to replace the core of the opponent's team and play a horse race, so he wants to go over to theorize with reason this time, and will not do it directly.

However, the referees on the scene didn't think so, and after blowing the whistle a few times in a row, several referees rushed up to block between Li Kaiming and Ibaka.

Players from both sides immediately came over to keep order, and the game came to a halt.