"20 points in the first game, 27 points in the second, can such a KD win the Bulls?"

"How do I think KD has a Satanic phobia, since the World Championships five years ago, he has been losing whenever he meets Xu."

"If I'm not mistaken, Xu's 72 points were scored when he played the Thunder, and now he has 58 points when he played the Thunder, and now he is playing the Thunder again......"

"How do you feel that KD is Xu's experience baby?"

"KD but whenever he makes a little effort, the Thunder are now 2-0, burying a good game, there is no chance now!"

"Do you know what tactics are? KD is sacrificing, you can't see it?! "Comment from" KBfnas ".

"LBJ loses a lot more than KD, why do you say he doesn't say LBJ, you can't be Jammy, right?" Comments from "Los Angeles Nation".

"Xu scored 58 points, didn't the Bulls lose? Study more real basketball, not you play 2K games inside than score, thank you! "From the comment of "Lakers Loyal Fans".

"1 to 1! Do you understand what 1 to 1 is?! Who taught you 1 to 1 to call no chance?! "From the comment of" Cleveland Faithful Guard ".

"Why do these numbers look so much like KD's trumpets?"

"Finch, I remember when he forgot to cut the trumpet and was caught?"

……

"Whew~"

"Fack! Fack!! ”

"Smack!"

Durant was so angry that he dropped his phone.

These bastards, they must all be Jammy, they are!

It took a long time for his heaving chest to calm down.

Then, he picked up the phone card and put it in his pocket, then turned and walked out the door.

Passing by a mobile phone store, he parked and went in to buy a new one.

Despite his hood and sunglasses, the owner recognized him at a moment's notice, which quickly attracted a large number of fans to take pictures with him.

In Oklahoma, fans may not know who the governor is, but they certainly won't know Kevin Durant.

He did not refuse, and agreed one by one.

What was supposed to be a few minutes ended up tossing for nearly an hour.

But when he returned to the car, he was holding his new mobile phone and was already humming a little song unconsciously.

On the bright side, the Finals will be played back in Oklahoma.

The Thunder fans are some of the best in the league, and their enthusiasm is only as high as Chicago's, so how could they not have a chance?

Thinking of this, he took out his phone, flipped out the phone number of head coach Brooks, and called.

Not long after, he arrived at the Chesapeake Energy Stadium, home of the Thunder, which was originally called the Ford Center, but changed to its current name in 2011 due to a sponsorship change.

When he got to the head coach's office, he met Brooks and sat directly across from him.

Brooks has been his head coach since his second year in the league, and this is their seventh season together.

They are both coaches and players, as well as mentors and apprentices, and the relationship between the two is quite close.

"Scott, let me fight Xu." Looking at Brooks, Durant asked directly.

"Kevin, don't pay too much attention to the voices of the fans, they're just fans." Brooks has a gentle gaze, and no one knows Durant better than he does.

"Scott, I don't care what they say, but I don't have a good time, I want to have a good fight with Xu." Durant said as he pressed his hands on the table to get up.

Brooks held out his hand to signal him not to get excited.

"Scott, I want to try once, just once." Durant sat back and pleaded.

Looking at his beloved disciple for a long time, Brooks finally nodded.

He knew that Durant wouldn't give up if he didn't let Durant try it once.

"Scott, I knew you were the best coach in the world!" Seeing this, Durant got up excitedly, "They didn't vote for you for the best coach, it's just blind." ”

Brooks smiled and shook his head, Durant is definitely the youngest child of all superstars.

"I'll start Andre [Roberson], but you have to remember that Xu scored 58 points in Game 1 and the Bulls still haven't won yet." After putting away his smile, he continued to remind.

"Don't worry, Scott, I won't make the mistakes Xu has made, after all, I am also the man who defeated him." Durant patted his chest and said.

Brooks smiled and nodded, about Durant's single-handedly defeat of Xu Yong in the offseason two years ago, Durant has said it dozens of times, and his ears are almost calloused.

However, in the current situation, the Bulls have the initiative, and if they want to break the game, they can only find a breakthrough from Durant.

……

The day before G3 began, the Bulls arrived in Oklahoma.

Then, that night, the hotel where they were staying was hit by a blast of noise.

In the middle of the night, every hour, someone downstairs plays the Huhu Sera, a South African musical instrument often used by fans to make noise on football pitches.

The Bulls team members complained to the front desk, and the security guards went to drive them away, but the sound did not stop, and it was not until three or four o'clock in the morning that the hotel found simple in-ear soundproof earplugs, and they barely managed to sleep.

On the bus to the training hall the next day, the players yawned one after another.

"Senior, these people are too shameless." Butler, who had panda eyes, couldn't help but complain to Xu Yong, it was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Xu Yong nodded, it was the first time he had encountered it in so many years in the league, and he had only heard of Jazz fans doing this in Jordan's story before.

"I've got to get a cup of coffee early, I don't know if they're going to do something more drastic later." Butler continued to complain.

"Looks like I can't order pizza late at night." Xu Yong said with a smile.

Butler smiled wryly, his senior's mentality is really good, and he is still in the mood to joke in this situation.

But at this moment, he suddenly noticed that Xu Yong didn't have dark circles under his eyes.

"Didn't you wake up yesterday?" Butler's eyes were full of bewilderment.

Xu Yong picked up the bag on the ground, and then took out a pair of over-ear sound-isolating headphones from it.

Butler was more and more surprised when he saw the headphones, he didn't expect Xu Yong to prepare in advance.

"When I first entered the league, I went to play in the summer league, and I didn't sleep well all night because the living environment was so poor, and then I went to buy this the next day, and it worked well." Xu Yong said as he handed the headphones to Butler and asked him to try them.

Butler realized that he didn't expect Xu Yong to have such an experience back then.

After putting on the headphones, he really felt that the world was clear, and it was really a must-have for home travel.

When he took off the headphones, he took them in his hand and looked at them, and then sighed: "Senior, your headphones are so well maintained." ”

Xu Yong couldn't help but laugh again when he heard this.

"After they found out that I was using it, they came to me to endorse it, this is the latest model, I have already asked people to contact them, and they will arrange for someone to send the headphones over before tonight."

Butler was stunned, this wave of follow-up operations really didn't surprise him, but the senior deserves to be a senior, no wonder he looked calm, it turned out that everything had already been arranged.

You have to follow your seniors, as long as you do your own thing with peace of mind.

That night, G3 of the Bulls and Thunder Finals was played at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The stadium, which can accommodate 20,000 people, is already full, and it is crowded outside.

A large number of fans held up KT boards of Durant and Harden, and even that kind of custom T-shirt, and Harden's big eyes hung directly in front of the two big headlights, full of three-dimensionality.

The city may be small, but the enthusiasm of the fans is more fanatical than that of Chicago.

When Xu Yong entered the venue to warm up, he felt that the noisy environment on the scene was not a little bigger than the regular season.

At this point, the footage of the scene began to show the players on both sides.

He looked up and saw that Durant's expression was extremely serious, as if he was holding back his big move.

When he retracted his gaze, he looked at his teammates who hadn't rested well last night, and it seemed that tonight would inevitably be a tough battle.

The scene entered the opening ceremony, and when Durant finally appeared on the court, the cheers of the scene were deafening.

Although he has never won a championship, he has been in the Thunder for 8 years, and even in Russia for 7 years, and Durant's popularity here is unmatched.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were released one after another.

Bulls: Rose, Butler, Yong Xu, West, Adams;

Thunder: Harden, Robertson, Durant, Serge Ibaka, Gasol.

Just before the two sides came on the court, Durant made a striking move on the sidelines, he first bumped his chest with Harden, then punched his chest hard, and shouted "Let'!" ”

With the cheers of the Russian city fans, Gasol turned the ball back to the Thunder half, and the G3 curtain officially opened.

Harden started the game in the playmaking, and Durant took advantage of Ibaka's cover pocket to catch the ball.

The Thunder opened with a very ordinary pindown tactic, and Butler successfully bypassed and pounced on Durant through puppy footwork.

But Durant did not hesitate at all after receiving the ball and shot directly at Butler.

The decisiveness of the shot was somewhat unexpected by Butler, who jumped half a beat slower.

"Huh!"

Basketball hollow pocket.

The Bulls attacked, Butler organized, and Robertson blocked the ball on Xu Yong's front defense.

Robertson is a player with very distinctive characteristics, the offense is worse than his previous starting point guard for the Thunder, Soflosa, and belongs to the type of shooting that does not score at all, but has excellent arm span, flexible footwork, and strong defensive ability, which can be understood as a taller Tony Allen.

Oh yes, he will become Rachel's boyfriend in the future, the 2KTV female anchor who has asked Xu Yong to record the show before.

Xu Yong didn't force it, because his running had already pinned down the Thunder's defense.

Butler passed the ball to Rose, who cut in after covering off the ball on the other side.

Rose catches the ball and lays a layup in front of the defending Ibakala.

The action was beautiful, but unfortunately the ball was clearly deflected and bounced off the side edge of the basket.

Ibaka turned around and picked up a defensive rebound and handed the ball to Harden at the free-throw line.

At this time, a figure suddenly rushed out of the three-point line, and Harden glanced at it and then shook his hand to pass the ball.

Durant received the ball and strode forward, and Butler chased after him.

When he reached the three-point line in the frontcourt, Durant felt Butler behind him, and after dribbling a step, he immediately took three steps to make a layup and glide to the basket to score.

Durant changed the style of play in the past two games and scored consecutive points in the opening game.

The Bulls advanced to the front court again, and Xu Yong's tactical run came out without a good chance to catch the ball, so he directly stuck Robertson's body this time, stretched out his right hand sideways and forced the ball.

After perceiving Durant's adjustment, Xu Yong played more actively on the offensive end.

Butler fed the ball, and Xu Yong received the ball and turned back to the baseline.

Robertson pounced with his long arm at this time, he didn't rush to shoot in the air, and waited for Robertson to start falling before making a move, and his hand was up and down, which also helped the Bulls break the scoring drought.

Durant continued to run without the ball in the frontcourt, but this time Butler also went around like Robertson to stop him from receiving the ball.

Harden turned to the other side and hit a mid-range shot from mid-range with Gasol's pick-and-roll.

There were cheers from the audience, the headlights in Harden's custom T-shirt began to shake, and the Thunder were on fire tonight.

And Xu Yong received the ball in front of the court and was directly pinched.

He quickly distributed the ball to Butler at the top of the circle, and it was a good open opportunity, but Butler's three-point shot was significantly short, and he bounced out of the front of the basket.

Adams struggled forward to grab the rebound, but when he tried to get out of bounds again.

From Rose, to Butler, to Adams, the rest of the Bulls started out in a state that was clearly not quite right.

Predictably, coffee is only a pick-me-up, not a restorative, especially at a high level of basketball.

The emotions of the Thunder fans at the scene were getting higher and higher.

With their morale high and their opponents in low form, tonight's game is a must-win.

"Come on! Thunder Team! ”

By the time the Thunder team came to the offensive round, the scene had already begun to ring with the shouts of the fans.

Durant was still rounded by Butler, but this time he ran straight to the three-point line to catch the ball.

After successfully getting the ball, he hit Butler with his back.

Xu Yong abandoned Robertson at this time to help defend the past.

At this moment, Durant suddenly dribbled and turned around, fell to the ground, and then dragged the step sideways to widen the distance between him and Butler, and then broke through directly vertically and directly to the inside.

Adams saw it and gave up and Gasol to make up for it.

But Durant's speed was too fast, and when he just raised his hand, Durant had already hit the basket and pulled the ball high directly against him.

"Bang!"

In the stunned eyes of the fans, Durant smashed the ball into the basket with one hand through Adams.

After landing on the ground, Durant vented and roared at the sidelines.

The entire Chesapeake Energy Stadium was in complete boiling.

They did feel the difference in Durant tonight!

"This is the Grim Reaper! This is Oklahoma! ”

On the commentary bench, Barkley couldn't help but exclaim.

2 to 8.

The Thunder started with a bang.

The footage of the scene quickly cut to Xu Yong.

Xu Yong didn't go to the high post anymore, but moved directly to the right side outside the three-point line to ask for the ball.

Tonight was not the same as G1, but the Bulls faced a similar situation to G1.

It's unknown if Butler will be able to get back into form, but he will have to help the team stabilize the situation until that happens.

As Brooks shouted, the Thunder came over.

After sensing that the rest of the Bulls were not in shape, Brooks naturally wouldn't give Xu Yong a one-on-one chance.

Before that, though, Xu Yong had already attacked, and he knew better than Brooks what he was facing.

In Robertson's widening eyes, he walked directly over with a violent vertical drag.

Robertson instinctively reached out and wanted to pull Xu Yong's jersey to stop him from attacking, but Xu Yong's speed was too fast, he didn't touch his jersey, but he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground as if he was swept by the wind.

There was an exclamation at the scene.

An even louder exclamation followed.

Because Xu Yong entered the inside line, facing Gasol, who had shrunk to the basket and raised his hands to open the defensive posture, he directly pulled up the ball with his right hand and smashed it down through Gasol.

"Bang!"

The basketball exploded into the basket like a bombshell, and Gasol was directly pushed off the baseline.

The same dunk as Durant, but more brutal than Durant!

After landing on the ground, Xu Yong glanced at Gasol coldly, and then looked back at Roberson who fell to the ground, and there was a lot of restlessness on the scene.

It can be seen from the camera language of the home court that everyone knows that Xu Yong will respond to Durant's performance, but no one expected it to come so quickly and so quickly.

Seo Yong's dunk boosted the Bulls' morale.

When he returned to the defensive end, Butler began to pester Durant like a mad dog.

Although it was difficult to find his form all at once, Xu Yong's dunk just now woke him up from his sleepiness like a hammer.

There was time to sleep after the game, but for now, he can at least give his best on the defensive end.

Durant was entangled by Butler and couldn't catch the ball well.

Seeing this, Harden repeated his old tricks and continued to play with Gasol.

But this time he didn't hit the shot, because Rose grabbed it and then pounced on it to interfere with him.

It wasn't just Butler who was woken up, but the rest of the Bulls, who invariably put their physical energy into the defensive end.

Adams protected the defensive rebound, and this time he lifted the ball over his head and held possession firmly.

The two sides entered the frontcourt position, and Butler continued to feed the ball to Xu Yong, and then motioned for the others to pull to the weak side.

Even if the rest of the team isn't in great shape, the Thunder won't be able to completely empty them.

Xu Yong didn't waste time, he directly leaned back to hit Robertson, and then used the explosive power to turn around and lower the center of gravity to break through and wipe it directly.

Roberson couldn't help it at all, because Xu Yong didn't play with him, he was purely crushing him with talent.

However, after learning the "lessons" of the previous round, he was very quick this time, and directly grabbed Xu Yong's jersey.

The referee's whistle blew.

Xu Yong did not continue to break through, but jumped up to complete the mid-distance shot.

Seeing this, Robertson pulled it with force, but Xu Yong's core strength was too good, so he didn't pull it.

"Huh!"

Basketball is safe in the net.

This ball is a 2+1.

After landing on the ground, Xu Yong looked back and glared at Robson, the young man is young and doesn't study well, no wonder Rachel kicked you in the end.

Roberson was looked down upon, but Xu Yong's aura was still strong.

Xu Yong didn't entangle with him much, the key to the scene was the situation.

He went to the free throw line and hit a free throw with interference, and glanced up at the score.

7 to 8.

It's only 1 point away.

Durant also received the ball directly outside the three-point line this time, and Xu Yong saw this and let Robertson go to the past in advance.

Since the Thunder started with Robertson, they had to accept a 4-5 on the offensive end.

However, Durant's desire to attack tonight was extremely strong, and he didn't choose to shoot the ball when he hit it, but forced a big sideways drag step to force the distance from Butler, and then hit straight to the basket from the side.

His speed was not very fast, but he couldn't stand up to him, and he took a big stride, basically pulling away from Butler in two or three steps.

And Gasol stuck Adams on the other side at this time, and Durant was in front of an empty blue.

Durant soared into the air and handed the ball to the basket with a stride in the air, which he spent a lot of physical effort in front of him to get rid of the pinch shot, which he couldn't dunk.

But just as he was sending the ball out, a figure came out directly from the diagonal side, directly according to the ball in his hand......

"Bang!"

It's a pegboard hat!

It's Xu Yong!

After seeing Durant burst in from the right side, Xu Yong did not chase with Butler, but went to the basket from the middle in advance to help defend.

Durant was knocked out of the air, Xu Yong took the opportunity to pick up the defensive rebound, turned around and threw it to Rose, and then buried his head in the forward acceleration to follow up.

Several people from the outside of the Thunder quickly returned to defense.

Although the style of play has been adjusted, the overall tactical strategy of the Thunder team has not changed, which is to limit the Bulls' fast break as much as possible.

Rose was blocked by Robertson and directly threw the ball to Xu Yong.

Xu Yong's speed at this time was really fast, he directly dribbled the ball past Ibaka who ran back, and then went to the front court to avoid Harden's attack and pull the ball high......

"Bang!"

A gliding slam slam the ball into the basket.

From completing the hat chase to the fast-break dunk, Xu Yong only took more than 3 seconds before and after, so fast that people couldn't react.

"God! This is Xu! This is Satan! ”

Barkley slapped the table excitedly in the commentary seat, lamenting that Durant's performance was work, and cheering for Xu Yong's performance was his heart.

9 to 8!

After Xu Yong played a personal wave of 7-0, the Bulls overtook the score.

The scene was agitated.

Durant scored six straight points in the opening game, but Xu Yong scored all nine points for the Bulls.

Brooks reached out and called a timeout.

Durant was gasping for air, and Butler's entanglement over the past few rounds had made him hard.

"Kevin! Hey! Kevin! At this moment, Brooks walked from the sideline to near the halfway line and pulled Durant off the court.

Durant leaned over and listened, and now the situation was his own choice.

"Listen to me, you're Kevin Durant, the best scorer in the league, don't think about anything else, just remember to put the ball in the basket, you know?" But what he never expected was that Brooks did not criticize him at this moment, but encouraged him loudly.

He nodded with some emotion, and instantly rekindled his fighting spirit, he would definitely be able to defeat Xu Yong, just like he did that summer.

After the timeout, Durant forced the position sideways in the high post, and after Harden hoisted the ball over, he didn't do any dribbling and turned around to shoot directly to the baseline.

This ball is very similar to Xu Yong's back in front, the difference is that he can't get rid of Butler, and basically shoots in the face of Butler's interference.

"Huh!"

But he threw the ball in!

This ball is completely a crushing of talent, Butler is good at everything, except for the short arm span, and it is difficult to really put pressure on Durant's strong shot.

Xu Yong continued to receive the ball in the front court, shook Robertson and dribbled to a pullup jump shot near 12 feet.

Gasol was blocked in front of him, but he didn't dare to pounce too far forward, which directly gave him the opportunity to score easily.

The Thunder's offense, Durant received the ball outside the three-point line this time, without any extra stops, and jumped up and pulled it out.

After returning from the previous timeout, he obviously adjusted his offensive strategy, since Butler likes to entangle, he doesn't give a chance to entangle, and directly uses the same talent as Xu Yong to crush the play.

"Huh!"

Basketball is once again in the net.

After the timeout, Durant scored five points in a row, and Xu Yong's block prevented him from scoring, but it couldn't stop him from continuing.

The Chesapeake Energy Stadium is once again in a boil.

It was Durant who started tonight, and it was Durant after being overtaken!

The data comparison was also given on the large LED screen at this time.

Xu Yong made all 5 shots and scored 11 points;

Durant also scored 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting.

It can be seen from the details on the field that both of them have been targeted and defended, and the pinching has not stopped.

But they still got into the middle of the back-and-forth battle.

That's the battle between two of the league's best scorers.

Butler's mid-range step back from the front court and Adams after the pick-and-roll was missed, and he still couldn't find his form on the offensive end.

Gasol defended the rebound, but the Bulls stepped back quickly, and the two sides continued to lose ground.

It was at this time that Xu Yong and Butler switched defenses.

Having Butler defend Durant is meant to reduce the attrition on his defensive end, but Durant's offensive form tonight is so good that only he can match it now.

After Durant saw that it was Xu Yong, he put on a three-threat offensive posture and suddenly chose to pass the ball directly.

Over there, Harden cut into the basket beautifully, received a pass from Durant and confronted West to send the ball to the basket.

Normally, Harden feeds Durant the ball, but this round just now reversed.

"You taught me." After seeing Harden score, Durant reached out and swung his fist, and did not forget to spray trash talk at Xu Yong, he was really excited.

"I didn't teach you to be a coward when you deal with me." Xu Yong replied unceremoniously.

As the situation on the field became scorching, the smell of gunpowder on both sides also began to rise.

Xu Yong continued to face Robertson in the frontcourt.

Robertson was already a little panicked at this time, because he found that no matter how much he defended, he couldn't prevent Xu Yong.

Fortunately, Durant's help defense has come.

Seeing this, Xu Yong quickly gave the ball to Butler, but knowing that Butler's state had not been found, he did not wait in place, but accelerated through the pinch shot, and then reached out to ask for the ball.

Butler and Xu Yong have been partners for so long, and they threw the ball over very tacitly at this time.

Xu Yong received the ball, took off and made a layup.

But at that moment, he felt like he was being pulled from behind.

This time, because it was the arm that was pulling, the force was much greater than that of Robertson pulling the clothes.

However, he still maintained his balance with excellent core strength, unloading the force sideways while switching the ball to his left hand in the air, and sending the ball into the basket with his left hand.

The referee's whistle sounded a little late, and the goal was another 2+1.

After Xu Yong landed, he looked back and found that the person who pulled him was Durant.

After being sprayed by him as a coward, Durant was also a little anxious.

"Kevin, you see, the Grim Reaper is only a servant of Satan." Xu Yong did not clash with Durant, but said in a very disdainful tone.

Durant's face turned red instantly, but he didn't know how to refute it.

Xu Yong hit a free throw from the free throw line and then spread his hands at Durant.

This completely angered Durant.

After he arrived at the front court and saw Xu Yong's still joking expression, he didn't fight any more organizations, but directly asked for a position and began to beat Xu Yong.

Xu Yong also put away his flirting emotions at this time and devoted himself to defense.

Durant is really not easy to defend against playmaking or something, after all, the offensive threat is here, and it is impossible for teammates not to be distracted.

In particular, Durant's opening style of playing from the ball is obviously a lesson learned from his G1 experience.

However, how Durant changes, his emotions are prone to ups and downs have never changed, he doesn't have to speculate about this, just look at social media.

Therefore, provoking Durant to force himself and then deplete his physical energy is the easiest and most effective way to break the stalemate in front of him.

Durant chose the basket, and the drag step after the fall start broke through vertically.

However, he was not able to pass Xu Yong, but was forced to stop the ball by Xu Yong stuck in the breakthrough route.

There's a reason Durant is known as Big Maddy, and his dry pull and drop start are very similar to Maddy's.

And these are exactly what Xu Yong learned from Maddie at the beginning.

So this result can be explained in one sentence: the same master taught him, he can't break the trick!

However, Durant didn't give up after the dead ball, and with Brooks' encouraging words echoing in his mind, he turned around and forced his back shot to the bottom line.

If this is changed to Butler's defense, there is still no way to face this style of play, but Xu Yong's talent is much better, and he has a long arm cover to interfere with the shooting vision.

Although the ball was not covered in the end, Durant directly shot a three-stick under high pressure.

There was a stirring at the scene.

The result of this direct confrontation between the two was a huge blow to the morale of the home team.

Turning around, Xu Yong continued to shake Roberson to the basket, but this time he did not attack Gasol who pounced again, but directly stuffed the ball to Adams under the basket, and Adams received the ball and scored with both hands.

At 16-15, the Bulls once again overtook the score.

Brooks called another timeout.

"Kevin, don't fall into his trap." Brooks came off the court and pulled Durant to talk again.

"He just wants you to entangle with him, make more use of blocking and dismantling, and play the success rate."

Durant looked up at the score and nodded.

After returning from the timeout, Durant began to frequently play blocking and dismantling with Ibaka and Gasol, which made Xu Yong not have much to do for a while.

Unlike James's blocking and dismantling, Durant's jump shot is extremely lethal, which makes it difficult for him to defend with the dog's footwork, and if he blindly grabs it, Durant's change of direction and breakthrough speed is still very fast.

After playing a few rounds, Thibodeau also found that the defensive effect was not good, and took the initiative to adjust to let Butler switch to Durant again, and let Xu Yong put more physical effort into the offensive end.

After a few attempts, tonight's split between the two became the main tone of the match.

And Brooks also replaced Harden early in response to Durant's physical fitness problems, and let Harden take the bench to connect the stage.

The end result was that the race was starting to look a little bit like G1.

Although the reasons are different, the rest of the Bulls tonight are not online like G1, which makes the Bulls' offense struggle after Xu Yong's departure.

Then at the beginning of the second quarter, Xu Yong was on.

Although Thibodeau didn't want to do this, because he needed Xu Yong to conserve his fitness until the fourth quarter in this level of confrontation, Xu Yong said a reason that he couldn't refuse.

"You don't think that at the age of 26, I can't play the whole game like I did when I was 24, do you?"

But the deeper reason is that Xu Yong knows that he has no choice at this time.

If you can't make it through the first three quarters, there's no point in worrying about the fourth.

He can only choose to believe in Butler and them, believing that they will find their form in the rest of the game.

The game quickly came to the fourth quarter.

Xu Yong and Durant both played extremely bravely tonight.

Xu Yong scored 46 points in the third quarter, which was not far behind G1.

And Durant also scored 43 points in the third quarter, setting a new high in his playoff career.

Regardless of the final outcome of this match, it will be a grand finale that will go down in history.

It was at the final decisive moment that the watershed appeared.

After more than three quarters of waiting, Butler's state is finally up!

When watching Butler hit a three-pointer on the outside and scored 2+1 on the inside, Xu Yong smiled more happily than he scored.

On the other hand, on the Thunder's side, Harden, who performed well in the first three quarters, dropped the chain when the Thunder needed him the most.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Thunder 116-110 to win the pinnacle matchup.

According to the statistics after the game, Xu Yong scored 52 points on the Bulls' side, and he basically played on the court in the last quarter with little physical energy, Butler scored 13 points in the final quarter and 22 points in the whole game.

On the Thunder's side, Durant didn't score much in the final quarter, and the final score was fixed at 50 points, Harden had 26 points and 10 assists, but he shot just 1 of 8 in the final quarter.

At the post-game press conference, Xu Yong and Butler attended together.

"This is the first time in NBA Finals history that two teams have scored 50 points at the same time, how do you rate this situation?" A reporter from ESPN asked Xu Yong a question.

"We proved that they are the best scorers outside of ourselves." Xu Yong's evaluation is very philosophical, which he is a bit influenced by West.

"You got 50+ again in the finals, but you missed the all-time record (61 points) twice in a row, will you regret it?" The reporter continued to ask questions.

'When the team wins the game, I don't think there's anything to regret. Xu Yong's current mood is like riding a colorful train shuttling through the clouds intertwined with candy, how can he feel regretful?

"How would you rate Jimmy Butler's 13-point performance in the final quarter?"

'I'm not surprised because he's always had that level and he's just missing a chance.

Xu Yong's answer at this time was very calm, as if he was talking about a very sparse and ordinary thing, but the more he did this, the more reporters paid attention to Butler, and the more grateful Butler became, it was really a blessing in his life to meet such a senior.

"I heard that you trash talk to KD during the game, and you said 'Death is just a servant of Satan', which angered KD and turned the tide of the game for a while, but isn't that a little too hurtful?" A reporter from FOX Sports asked.

Xu Yong glanced at the other party, then put away his smile and said in a calm tone: "That's the truth. ”

(End of chapter)