There's a difference between playing away from home and playing at home, especially in the playoffs.

The intensity of the playoffs is already high, and with home advantage, some actions that cannot be used can be performed at will.

The Bulls have adapted to the changes in the small-ball era and are better at shooting.

Now that G3 of the finals has started, it is suddenly encountering frequent physical contact and aggressive defense, and the shooting percentage will inevitably decline.

Fortunately, Doon had already mastered the skills of back-to-back offense as early as his rookie season.

Whether you take the ball in the high position or in the low position, you can score steadily, and you are not afraid of the opponent's body at all.

Like the previous two finals, after G3 started, Doon took the initiative to take the ball to help the Bulls pull the difference apart and relieve the tension of his teammates playing in the finals.

The same is true for the Thunder, and Durant seems to be a little upset, so he feels that he can limit Doane in a one-on-one situation, so he doesn't call for anyone else to help.

So, Doon first singled Durant in the high post, played all the backs of the face frame, and made a total of 4 of 6 three-point shots, scoring a double-double early.

Wei Shao saw that Durant was not Doon's opponent, and he also followed up, constantly taking the ball and rushing to the basket.

Although he played very energetically, he still had a bit of a body whistle and got a lot of free throws.

Wei Shao is a guard after all, no matter how bad his shooting is, he still has the ability to shoot free throws.

This season, whether in the regular season or the playoffs, Wei Shao's free throw shooting rate is above 80%.

also relied on constantly hitting the inside line to make kills, and Wei Shao scored 14 points and 3 assists in the first quarter.

It can be said that he revitalized the thunder by himself.

Of course, Wei Shao has a whistle casually, the Bulls are not good at defense, and Ibaka and Milicic both played two fouls prematurely and went off the court after playing less than half a quarter in the first quarter.

On the Bulls' side, Vucevic and White, who came off the bench, did not dare to touch Wei Shao, and could only rely on Bradley to limit Wei Shao's breakthrough on the outside as much as possible.

In the case of a penalty that is not in favor of the Bulls, it is not surprising that Wei Shao can play.

However, even if the Thunder have home-court advantage and Wei Shao plays well, it is not so easy for the Thunder to take the lead.

After all, Doon is Doon, the former ruler of the Alliance, and today's second-time MVP, but it is not made by media marketing!

Under the leadership of Doon, the Bulls are still playing well even when they are playing away.

Doon relied on a solo game to score 18 points in the first quarter.

Durant, who was originally full of confidence and took the initiative to ask Ying to defend Duane, also blamed himself for his poor defense at this time, making his somewhat handsome face appear dark.

In the previous two Finals, Doon scored more than 30 points in each game, and Durant thought that his long arm effectively limited Doon's outside shooting.

And Doon's blind low-post singles are also quite physically exhausting, unable to score a whole game efficiently, and his ability to digest the ball is limited.

Therefore, before the start of this game, Durant was still very confident in limiting Doane's scoring.

Who knows, Doon hasn't used his full strength before, and he still hides a hand, playing team basketball with other players of the Bulls.

Now Doon has unleashed his energy and displayed a kaleidoscopic attacking skill.

This also made Durant feel the crushing from talent.

"Not only is Doon faster than me, but he's more accurate than me?"

As the saying goes, abusing vegetables is cool for a while, and abusing vegetables has been cool.

Since Brooks clicked on Durant and made Durant move from a point guard to a small forward.

Durant has always relied on the misalignment advantage of "not as tall as him, not as fast as him" to play against players without difference.

Originally, Durant was also complacent about his own physical talent, but who would have thought that now that he met Doon, he felt the shock of his talent being crushed.

Of course, in terms of static talent, it has not been crushed, and Durant has some advantages.

also relying on the advantage of height and reach, Durant is not like other teammates under Doon's defense, and his shooting percentage has dropped significantly.

Durant relied on his talent, relying on the extremely high shots brought by those terrifying long arms, and shot one ball after another.

However, he has been playing difficult balls, and under the defense of a perennial first-guard player like Doon, Durant's shooting percentage has also dropped from nearly 50% to just over 40%.

As the leader of the team, Durant has always maintained such a shooting percentage, which must be that the more shots, the more damage it will cause to the team.

Therefore, it is now in a situation where Wei Shao can't bring Durant.

The Bulls relied on Doane to score efficiently, bite the score, and did not let the game show a one-sided situation.

The game quickly entered the second quarter, because there was a lot of attrition on both offensive and defensive ends tonight, and Doon did not appear for the first time at the beginning of the second quarter.

On the other hand, on the Thunder's side, Wei Shao continued to play and lead the team.

It's not that he deliberately staggered the trip, but Wei Shao's state in the first quarter was brave, and if he can continue to maintain this momentum, the Thunder is likely to pull the score away at the beginning of the second quarter.

It's just that the Bulls sent Curry, Harden plus George, Leonard, and Ibaka to a small lineup at the beginning of the second quarter.

Wei Shao is easy to be emotional when he plays, and it is easy to play alone in the pile, regardless of the position of his teammates.

The Bulls also speculated that Wei Shao would appear at the beginning of the second quarter, so they deliberately sent the current five-small lineup.

Now the Bulls are a lineup that can immediately advance the fast break after picking up the rebounds, focusing on defensive counterattacks and chaotic battles.

As long as the Bulls can play faster and get the game up the line, Wei Shao will not only become a headless fly, but also likely become the best sixth man for the Bulls.

Sure enough, Wei Shao still wanted to replicate the success of the first quarter and hit the basket vigorously.

Curry couldn't keep up with Wei Shao's footsteps, but the Bulls played joint defense, and Harden, George, Xiaoka and Ibaka could all come to help defend.

Under the heavy attack, Wei Shao will also have a situation from time to time that he doesn't know when he will be cut.

In addition, Wei Shao attacked the basket too hard, went out of the basket with a layup, and smashed the basket with a dunk.

is also because Wei Shao failed to digest the ball well, other players of the Thunder have not been able to get the ball, and it is relatively cool to get the ball suddenly, the outside shooting rate is not high, and the Bulls have obtained a lot of rebounds from other people.

As various situations happened on the court, the Bulls relied on defense to counterattack and score a lot of points, but unfortunately Curry and Harden did not find their touch at the first time, and the Bulls did not instantly stretch the difference to double digits.

By the time Doon got on the court, the Bulls had only taken a six-point lead.

In order to expand the advantage, Doon did not continue to single Durant like he did in the first quarter, but changed to block and dismantle, wanting to name Wei Shao and continue to provoke Wei Shao.

However, Brooks used Durant to defend Doon in the first quarter, and after finding that there was no way to limit Doon's scoring, he immediately chose to stop the loss in time and hit Doon in a pinch.

Doon considered that when playing away, the Thunder suddenly rose up to play a wave, and no one from the Bulls could respond, so he had to conserve his physical strength, rather than use it up all at once.

So he didn't choose to force a single finish, but quickly played the ball after blocking and dismantling to see how other teammates on the court responded.

Of course, Doon didn't smoke in the bottom corner and didn't do anything.

In addition to running to the bottom corner after being flanked, Doon occasionally interspersed with runs, or covered his teammates.

When Doon did some dirty work, it was hard not to motivate the rest of the Bulls' players.

In the past, Milicic didn't have much desire to attack, but this time he didn't save his strength and play healthy basketball.

Milicic tried to get the ball down the low post and Evans wasn't obsessed with breaking through with the ball, but quickly passed the ball over.

Milicic got the ball and immediately chiseled it to the basket, because Doane was in the other corner to attract the defense, and Durant and Jeff Green couldn't help the basket in the first place.

In this way, it is a situation where Milicic singles Perkins one-on-one.

Although Perkins is strong, he is half a head shorter than Milicic in height.

The Bulls relied on Milicic to hit three consecutive high shots, scoring one of them and winning two free throws to further widen the difference.

And Milicic's role on the field is not only attacking.

As an interior player, a taller height, longer arm span, and even better jumping ability bring advantages such as rebounding!

The Thunder's overall lineup is not short, but in terms of protecting rebounds tonight, it was completely blown up by the Bulls.

At the end of the first half, the two teams had 27 rebounds to 16, and the Bulls had 11 more rebounds than the Thunder.

And the extra rebounds are not only related to the possession of the ball, but also the scoring of some simple balls.

The Bulls relied on defensive counterattacks and secondary offenses to build the foundation for tonight's win little by little.

The game entered the second half, and Brooks, who had average on-court ability, obviously had nothing to do with the Bulls.

And the Bulls finally waited for the moment when Curry broke out, and with Curry's three-point shot, the Thunder had to strengthen Curry's defense.

But Curry is a marathon basketball player, and once Curry starts running without the ball, the idle guard can't keep up with Curry's footsteps.

The Bulls are trained with Curry as the core of the future, Curry runs without the ball and has the cover of other teammates, as long as Curry is empty, teammates will most likely pass the ball over at the first time.

This is almost the same as the elderly Reggie Miller, who is second only to O'Neal Jr.'s ball-handling offense in the Pacers' team status and tactical position.

is also because the Bulls tactically show the care and importance of Curry, and Curry has played a more explosive scoring performance with the help of tactics.

As an opponent, the Thunder will have to spend more defensive resources to limit Curry.

In this way, the original defensive blockade of Doon will naturally show some signs of loosening.

When Doon suddenly took the ball, made a quick shot, and scored again, the Thunder didn't know how to defend.

The effect of a team of top ball handlers and top off-the-ball players is that one plus one is greater than two, or even greater than three.

Basketball is a five-player sport, and when your core duo needs the opponent to spend three or even four people to defend, then it is relatively simple for your team to have three people left to score after getting the ball.

Of course, Curry's current off-ball level is good, but his reputation is still a little bit worse.

Compared to Evans, other teams don't take Doon as seriously.

Even for now, Curry is in the Bulls, which is just a system Redick.

However, this year's showmanship in the Finals has left the Thunder exhausted and they don't know how to defend Curry.

When Curry receives his ring at the United Center, and when he signs a contract with a maximum salary, there is a high probability that other teams' impression of Curry will change.

Doon wants Curry to grow up and help him share the defensive pressure, but for now, Curry is only playing the role of a rook.

Curry ran off the ball and stunned the Thunder players on the court.

Doon took the opportunity to pick up the ball on the outside and singled a few singles, and Ibaka was not willing to be lonely, cutting into the cake after covering Curry.

As the third quarter wore on, the Bulls slowly built up the advantage and extended the margin to 19 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls continued to send Doon to prepare for the bayonet.

The Thunder was also the first time that Durant and Wei Shao had the main force to to the end.

This time, Wei Shao was different from usual, and actually chose to act as a green leaf next to Durant, and handed the ball to Durant after half the court.

It's just that Durant didn't seize the opportunity, and as soon as he came up, he turned into three irons to pay tribute to Kobe.

As an opponent, Doon is actually quite understandable.

The first time I played in the finals, I still lacked experience.

Although two games have been played in the finals, the first two games were all big losses, and because Wei Shao was more superior, Durant always felt that the loss was not his reason.

It is also because of the lack of summary of the game losses and a full understanding of his own strength that Durant, who thinks highly of himself, has not been able to reasonably distribute his physical strength.

The defense was too hard in the first half, and the Thunder were behind in the second half, and Durant was in a hurry to score.

After halftime, most of Durant's physical strength that he finally recovered was consumed in the third quarter.

Now in the fourth quarter, Durant's performance when he was still playing in his heyday is obviously wishful thinking.

Even in the NBA, which is full of birds and animals, physical fitness is limited!

And as an outside player, Durant's size is too tall! And so high, and so fast, it's even more incredible.

With Durant's height, if he wants to maintain a good offensive and defensive state on the court, he will undoubtedly need to consume more physical strength.

Therefore, it is not that Durant is not physically fit and is born with less physical strength than others, but that he is too tall and does not support him to do more.

is like Maddie, who was as fierce as a tiger in the first three quarters, and was also one of the best among the four quarterbacks, but in the fourth quarter, he often fell thousands of miles and pulled his hips incomparably.

Durant, like Maddy, doesn't know how to distribute his physical strength reasonably, so if he wants to succeed, he can only play next to other supergiants.

It's not a casual thing that the Grim Reaper only came in Golden State!

Durant's offensive skills are comprehensive and he has the strength of a 30+ scoring champion, but the highest score in a single game does not reach 60 points, which also shows some problems.

Super scorers want to save their team by scoring and help them win.

Either the physical monster played from the first quarter to the fourth quarter.

Either play three quarters of team basketball and then take over the game in the fourth quarter.

As a physical monster, Doon is not obsessed with singles. From the beginning of the regular season, he sacrificed a part of the ball to develop rookies and other teammates on the team.

Of course, Durant doesn't have the experience of leading the team to win the championship himself, and he doesn't have the big brother who received the championship ring to tell him how to lead the team to win the championship correctly.

So I don't know how to play more reasonably and efficiently in the finals.

And Doon, as the opponent of the Finals, although he taught Durant a lesson, he was not so kind and taught Durant how to play in the Finals.

102-90, the finals G3 came to an end, and the Bulls defeated the Thunder again with a huge advantage of 12 points.

And Doon also scored 42 points in a single game in the finals, telling Durant what is the ruler of the league and a historical superstar! (End of chapter)