The Wizards were in a very emotional mood and in good physical condition tonight, and Blatch beat Perkins on the opposite side in the jump ball stage to help the team win the first chance of the opening game.

All the fans who were looking forward to the Wizards winning the championship, after seeing the Wizards jump ball win, they all shouted in their hearts or directly to celebrate the excellent performance of the home team at the beginning.

Generally speaking, as long as a tactic is not cracked by the opposite side, the head coach will not take the initiative to change the tactics, tonight's game is like this, Sanders decided to let Li Kaiming attack from the inside.

Ibaka saw Li Kaiming take the ball at the beginning, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and he also shouted Durant's name while sticking it up, it seemed that Brooks was finally going to compromise, and found that letting Ibaka defend alone was the result of being blown up, and began to let Durant next to him come over to wrap up.

However, Li Kaiming has played in NbA for two seasons, what kind of bag and pinch tactics have not been seen? Don't talk about your Ibaka and Durant's bag, the Heat triumvirate has also greeted him, this Thunder version of the double bag has something to worry about?

If two people are not enough, buddies like to play multiplayer sports!

Of course, Leonard, who was let go by Durant, did not stand on the spot, and when he saw Durant going to trap Li Kaiming, he began to cut to the inside, creating a threat under the basket so that the Thunder did not dare to surround Li Kaiming with all his might.

And Li Kaiming turned around and wiped from the baseline before Durant came over, and Ibaka followed up with Li Kaiming with his torso to resist Li Kaiming and kept fighting, but even so, Li Kaiming gradually approached the basket.

At this time, Perkins under the basket also turned around, so the Thunder formed an encirclement of the front and rear trinity, and it seemed that this time it was bound to strangle Li Kaiming's interior offense!

Just when Brooks, who was on the sidelines, felt that the defense could be relieved this time, Li Kaiming, who rushed to the basket, stopped the ball, and used a pass feint in the direction of the basket to point Perkins, and then passed the ball from the latter's crotch to Leonard, who had cut into the penalty area at some point.

At this time, Leonard was completely unguarded, and after receiving the ball, he directly dunked on the spot!

2 to 0!

The fans at the scene burst into cheers and applause for 5 seconds, thinking that the Thunder's defense was seamless enough, but Li Kaiming's pass can still survive in a desperate situation, turning the dead ball into a beautiful match!

Bill Russell and Wes Unseld, who were sitting in the front row of the audience, both nodded slightly.

This young man, playing the truth and wisdom!

The Thunder team served and attacked, Wei Shao came to the front court with the ball, called Ibaka to come out to block and dismantle, Hinrich was blocked, and Li Kaiming chose to squat in the face of Wei Shao to defend, Wei Shao knew that his shooting was unstable, and when he saw Li Kaiming let him take a big step, he still chose to use this big stride space to accelerate, and then leaned on Li Kaiming to rush to the basket!

I have to say that Wei Shao's explosive speed is really fast, and Li Kaiming's outside defensive attributes are really not enough, when he broke through to the basket, he was already led by Wei Shao by a position, and Blatch under the basket came to make up for the defense, Wei Shao jumped up and passed the ball to Perkins who was in the empty position under the basket in a strange posture, and the latter faced the out-of-position Blatch after receiving the ball, and took a good position to hit the board directly!

The Thunder didn't show any nervousness in the battle to the death, but instead looked more disciplined than the previous one.

And the players of the Wizards seem to be a little overexcited, not to mention the quick reaction of their bodies, and under the gaze of many well-known stars and old-timers, it seems that they can't even control their strength.

Especially the rookie Thompson, in the first quarter, he received several passes from the off-ball run, which is usually almost a hand-held pinch for him, but today he threw several of them were obviously big, either hitting the basket and bouncing high, or directly hitting the rebound.

On the contrary, Leonard, who does not rely on shooting to eat, performed very well in the first quarter, in addition to completing the defensive tasks assigned to him by Sanders, he can also continue to cut into the basket on the offensive end, and then receive Li Kaiming's ghost pass to score hard, although the body is a little crooked on the ground, but the hand work of the layup is a lot better than before.

The Thunder probably knew that winning this series was unlikely, so the players put down the pressure and played very smoothly in the first quarter, and they also had a very good feel and a good shooting percentage.

So in the first quarter, the Wizards did not press the Thunder as fans expected, and it looked more like the Wizards were the one behind them, and the outside players hesitated, and no Thunder players could let go.

The Thunder led the Wizards by six points at 32-26 in the first quarter, which gave hope to Brooks on the sidelines.

Could it be that there is still a miracle in this series?

Of course, another reason why the Wizards behaved like this is that the Thunder team adopted a decisive wrap-and-clamp tactic against Li Kaiming, preferring to let others throw empty positions or empty baskets rather than let Li Kaiming shoot, and the rest of the team was still nervous or excited, which led to the fall behind in the first quarter.

The first half of the second quarter was still the rest time for the Wizards' starters, and the Thunder also replaced Wei Shao and Durant at the beginning of the second quarter, so that James Harden, the best sixth man, led the team, Harden is indeed one level higher than the Wizards' bench, but if you look at the entire bench lineup, the Thunder team is not as good as the Wizards.

So the rotation lineups of the two sides played less than half a quarter, and the Wizards actually closed the difference a little, playing to 45-41, and the Thunder first applied for a timeout, and then replaced Wei Shao and Durant.

As for the Wizards, Sanders, who was on the bench, smiled slightly, and took out the Wizards' most scoring lineup, that is, the five-outside lineup, of course, there is a Leonard who can't shoot in this five-out lineup, which is actually an imperfect five-out lineup.

After coming up, the Thunder team gave Durant a single Leonard missed, Li Kaiming under the basket protected the rebound, and he held the ball for half the court, Ibaka put on a defensive posture on the outside, Li Kaiming passed the former with a big change in his face, and met Durant's assistance when he hit a step in the restricted area.

At this time, Li Kaiming's position was already very deep, so he passed the ball directly to Leonard, who caused a huge blow to the Thunder's defense in the first quarter, so the Thunder also began to use defensive rotation to fill the position in the second quarter.

After Leonard received the ball, he found that there was already someone in front of him, so he distributed the ball to Hinrich on the outside, who feigned to point out the defender, and then passed the ball to Thompson in the bottom corner, and Thompson shot directly after receiving the ball!

Nation!

A crisp iron sound sounded, Thompson's shot was big again, and at this time, the Thunder players protected the rebound, and Brooks on the sidelines let out a sigh!

Fortunately, the other side is not allowed to ...... tonight

The Thunder team attacked, Wei Shao wanted to push the conversion fast break after receiving the ball, but Li Kaiming ran to the basket early to prepare to protect the frame, and the Thunder team played a positional battle and passed the ball to Durant, who faced Leonard's defense and broke through directly to the inside, and suddenly closed the ball after breaking through halfway, and a big loop hooked Leonard's arm and came to an ugly jumper!

Honk!

The power of the Thunder's three whistles is well deserved, and even on the home court of the Wizards, it can still make the Golden Penalty King play well.

Durant walked to the free throw line and made 2 free throws to make it 47-41.

The Wizards attacked, this time Li Kaiming still asked for the ball with his waist back, and Hinrich moved to the top of the arc after passing the ball to Li Kaiming, in order to open up space for Li Kaiming.

Sanders also took great pains to prevent Leonard from squeezing Li Kaiming's singles space, and after changing to a five-out lineup, Leonard stood at 45 degrees on the other side, so that Durant wanted to come over to help defend too far away, which was unrealistic.

After the ball is passed to the inside, it is necessary to make a quick decision, Li Kaiming observed the situation on the court with his peripheral vision, and then turned around and wiped past Ibaka's side, and then took two steps to the basket, and the Thunder center Perkins directly chose to let go of Lewis and came to help defend Li Kaiming.

Although his teammates didn't feel reliable on the outside tonight, Li Kaiming decided to trust Lewis this time, after all, the latter is the team's most experienced veteran goalscorer.

Lewis in the bottom corner received the ball and sank his weight slightly, then pulled it up on the spot, flicked his wrist and shot, the basketball spun in the air and crossed a parabola, and then fell into the basket with a bang!

There was a moment of silence at the mcI Center, followed by cheers from the fans!

47 to 44, the corners of Li Kaiming's mouth gradually rose, and sure enough, it was right to choose to trust his teammates.

And Brooks on the sidelines was not as beautiful as before, obviously this was just the first three-pointer the Wizards hit in the second quarter, but for some reason, he was a little apprehensive in his heart......

Could it be a delusion?

Brooks thought uncertainly.

It didn't take long for Brooks to know where the apprehension and uncertainty in his heart came from.

The Thunder team attacked, Wei Shao rushed into the three-point line after blocking and dismantling, and the one-step emergency stop zombie jumper did not hit, Li Kaiming protected the rebound, did not pass to Hinrich, but dribbled himself to push the fast attack counterattack.

The Thunder team's defense of Li Kaiming's fast attack is also very set, the three of them form a human wall in one step within the three-point line, Li Kaiming's speed immediately decreased when he arrived in the frontcourt, but at this time Lewis has run to the bottom corner of the right side very skillfully, Li Kaiming gave a one-handed straight plug to Lewis, who faced the supplementary defense after receiving the ball, and hit directly without changing his face!

47 to 47! That's where veterans come in!

Brooks, who was on the sidelines, called a timeout with a gloomy face, it seems that there is still one more shooter in the Wizards team that cannot be released, and a defensive strategy needs to be adjusted specifically for Lewis.

The Wizards players came off the court and high-fived the coaches and bench players one by one, and Sanders didn't play any tactics during the timeout, but asked Lewis to give Thompson a brief psychological coaching.

"Clay, don't be too nervous, don't be excited, you imagine we're just playing a normal game now, don't look at who's sitting in the audience, it's none of our business, all you have to do is put your heart and soul into tonight's game......"

Lewis put his hands on Thompson's shoulders and recounted his experience in an old-fashioned tone.

However, it is one thing to say that it can be done, and although Lewis's comfort has made Thompson a lot easier on the surface, the anxiety in his heart has not improved.

Just as the pause was about to end, things took a turn for the worse.

Thompson handed the towel in his hand to the staff, and was about to turn back to the field when a facial paralysis appeared silently next to him.

"Clay, I thought people like you wouldn't be nervous, but you wouldn't be nervous too......"

Thompson glanced at the facial paralysis next to him, and was about to open his mouth to counterattack better than if you couldn't shoot, and suddenly thought that the latter's performance in the first half was much better than him, but he had performed better than facial paralysis in both the game and training before, and then, Thompson's strong competitive psychology began to play a role!

No, how can I be inferior to that facial paralysis......

Thompson muttered to himself and clenched his fists as he walked onto the court.