"Defend, defend, defend!"

A tsunami of solidarity rang out at the United Center, and more than 20,000 Bulls fans in the stadium stared intently at the current situation on the court.

It wasn't until the game time reached zero in this quarter that the fans at the scene looked up at the big screen in the dome one after another to check the current score of the game.

78 to 62!

The Thunder, who came from afar, actually took the lead in G1 in the finals, and it was a full 16 points!

This is undoubtedly something that the vast majority of NBA fans, as well as major media reporters and NBA practitioners, have not thought of.

The Bulls have dominated the league for so many years, and have won six championships in the past decade, and the Chicago Union Center has become one of the best devils in the United States with the enthusiastic support of Chicago fans!

In the past, under Dourne's leadership, no NBA star was able to go wild at the United Center.

But today, the Thunder, who have two regular season MVPs and two top five stars in the league, did it!

However, Doon has led the team to fight for so long, and it is inevitable that he also needs to take a breather.

Everyone is scoring point by point, fair!

So, in the end, the most critical thing in the fourth quarter of this game was the rebounding.

It's just that no matter how high Wei Shao's fighting spirit is, it will also be affected by physical factors, just like in the regular season, the Thunder and the Bulls faced each other, and every time in the fourth quarter, the Thunder Twin Stars successively exposed the problem of physical exhaustion.

In order to be able to turn defeat into victory and win tonight, Doon hit Durant with his back to create a little offensive space, which turned his back and killed under the basket.

The overall state and momentum of the Bulls in the fourth quarter have an overwhelming advantage compared to the Thunder!

It was also the Bulls who had a super lineup, but no one could stand up to help Doane share the scoring pressure, and Doon was also heavily defended by the Thunder and did not save the game in the first three quarters.

To put it bluntly, at critical moments, state and momentum are very important.

And on the defensive end, as long as you don't get out of the way to the basket, it's a big deal to let the Bulls players stand at the free throw line.

The bulls didn't completely shrink back to the basket, but in the face of Wei Shao's turtle sprint, they were not defenseless.

It's just that the game time is not over, and after Doon throws a quasi-kill, he still gives the Thunder 2.6 seconds left.

At present, the Bulls have scored 63 points, nearly 40 points are scored under the basket, and the remaining 20 points are obtained through three-pointers and free throws.

Relying on the effectiveness of the three armies, frantically rushing and protecting rebounds, the Bulls narrowed the gap to less than 10 points after only playing more than 4 minutes in the fourth quarter.

For other players, who usually have a 40% shooting percentage of three-pointers, it just so happens that the team is behind and desperately needs someone to shoot a three-point to chase the points.

During the break, Doon took the initiative to stand up and boost morale, and then said that he would continue to play at the beginning of the fourth quarter and use offense to consume Durant's physical strength.

However, after playing for two minutes, the difference between the two teams has not changed much, which is undoubtedly good news for the Thunder.

Princeton, Curry steals a chicken from the back door and makes a layup! The difference is 2 points!

In just half a minute, the Bulls chased 4 points in a row! No matter how good Brooks' Qi cultivation kung fu is, he can only use up the last timeout in his hand.

Durant never thought about touching porcelain behind his back, he still thought that he could step on the floor with his feet on the ground, and if the ball didn't go in, he could still rush forward to grab the rebound, and if he couldn't do it, he could return to the defense as soon as possible.

Even if this trend continues, the Thunder can still lead by one or two points, but in the final round, the Bulls still have a chance to rely on the killer shot to win.

"I thought we'd lose, but luckily we have Doon!"

"In! Doon's small throw! Doon is ready to kill the game! ”

But the problem is that the backcourt ball has to be sent out in 5 seconds, and 5 seconds is not enough for the Thunder to discuss tactics.

Throwing in is a hero ball, savior, no one is to blame if he doesn't shoot, he is already nearly 10 points behind, and he is not the boss of the team, and there are many people in the team who play worse than him, and he can't take the blame.

It's a pity that when White was about to dunk the ball into the basket, he was dragged down by Adams.

Wei Shao's sparkling eyes seemed to say, there is still 4 points left, if you can't do the work of scoring, then leave the rest to me!

Basically, when the racket is flying, the body has already fallen, and when it falls to the ground, it is the first to avoid it.

"Doon is back, and the championship is there! Doon is back, and the Bulls Dynasty can be formed again! ”

As a result, at the end of the third quarter of the game, the Bulls playing at home were a big disappointment, trailing the Thunder by as many as 16 points.

Duang——

And at the critical moment, the side that is chasing points will be more pressured, and then the performance will be even more unbearable.

Even if the Thunder have two thighs of Durant and Wei Shao, and two MVP-level players, they don't look stable at critical moments.

White didn't play smart enough, if it was a layup, maybe it would be two plus one, and now he didn't get two points, but only two free throws.

The Bulls have been very solid under the basket, but they still found scoring opportunities by the inside-outside combination of Willis and Adams.

The premise for a ball carrier to commit a foul is that the defender is still in the process of moving when he makes physical contact with the ball carrier.

As Durant hit a mid-range shot, the Union Center was even quiet for a second or two.

The Bulls hit in advance, Wei Shaoyi was excited, tried to speed up, and then rushed over, and when he got to the basket, he could only make a hasty shot and forcibly throw the ball to the rebound, but Wei Shao himself rushed to the reporter outside the bottom line.

If they can't play, the morale of the Thunder will be completely discharged, and not only will they lose tonight, but the entire Finals may become difficult to win.

Seeing that there were only five minutes left in the game, Doon had to return to the court early and stand on the last shift of the night.

Although the Bulls are still two rounds behind the Thunder, but the Thunder, who are ahead of one side, their players are mourning one by one at this time.

In the past, the Bulls could score three or forty points in a game just by relying on three-pointers.

Now the peak Durant, with nearly 40% of the three-point shooting rate and 50% of the shooting rate, although the real shooting rate of three-point shooting is higher under big data, but at critical moments, the mid-range shooting is more lethal and more trustworthy.

So this kind of seemingly unreasonable shooting choice, if you shoot a reasonable ball, as long as you have a chance, anyone will shoot.

"It's been said a long time ago, Doon won 100% of the finals, and Doon is a well-deserved GOAT!"

Looking at the player data on the big screen, in the Bulls' starting lineup, except for Doane, who scored 23 points alone, no one scored a double-double.

Doon named Wei Shao to return the color, Wei Shao tried to pull the ball, but was turned around by Doon, but Doon hit the basket and the inevitable small throw was black-whistled by the referee.

"An incredible victory, dangerous and exciting!"

Duang——

Maybe the Bulls won too much, or maybe the vast majority of the Bulls players didn't pay attention to this game.

However, the Bulls players didn't care much about this, and they weren't so nervous, how they played before and how they are playing now.

However, the Bulls did not waste time, served quickly at the first time, increased the speed, and did not give the Thunder a chance to defend the basket as much as possible.

And the bull relied on Wei Shao and fell into the crowd, and immediately switched!

The pressure is like an evening tide that grows stronger and worse as time goes on.

Wei Shao's hand work is average, and the means of finishing under the basket are also limited.

Thanks to this, the referee knew that there were a lot of black whistles in front of him, and when he was ashamed, he didn't blow any body hair whistle in the fourth quarter, so there was no rebounding foul.

After all, the first three quarters of the game have tested tonight's penalty scale, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the on-site referees are all Thunder people.

One cover, one deduction, the difference narrowed to 4 points.

With a score difference of 16 points, if you don't want to lose, Doon must pay attention to whether this singles can be effective.

Durant had been prepared for this and tried to get his teammates to come over and change the defense, but after Doon called the blocker to find him, he didn't back down.

It's just that Durant's mid-distance for ten years is indeed amazing.

By the time Doon turned around and played a fast break, it was too late for the Thunder players to chase after him.

As the break ended, the fourth quarter finally began.

To make the game a little easier, and also to ensure the success of this attack, Doon decisively made a good pass.

also relied on Wei Shao's continuous help to narrow the gap to 6 points when the game time was still 2 minutes and 58 seconds.

When he arrived in the frontcourt, in the face of Curry's defense, Wei Shao didn't wait for other teammates, directly accelerated with great strides, and then rushed directly to the basket.

In order to prevent Durant from falling backwards, he just fell on Doane to make a foul, and Doon didn't use too much force before jumping, so he didn't stay in the air for a long time.

It will be difficult to recover 16 points in the fourth quarter of the Finals, but that doesn't mean there isn't any hope.

Doon was waiting for this opportunity, reaching out from the back of Durant's head and slapping the ball upward.

What's more, the finals are a seven-game series, and even a game that can already see the results may be transformed into a turning point in the series with the hard work of the players.

With Durant's ultra-long three-point iron, the game time was completely zero, and the Bulls staged a 17-point comeback in the fourth quarter to finally win the Finals G1.

This season, Wei Shao is more like the boss of the team, and tonight's performance of Wei Shao is also like what the team boss should do.

The difference was back to 4 points, and the game time entered the last 2 minutes.

In other words, in order to avoid the capping of the small card as much as possible, Durant also deliberately leaned back sharply.

The game went on to this point, and the Bulls players and Bulls fans on the scene felt that the atmosphere was a little depressing.

"The other players did well, but Doon was the key one! The so-called bull winning culture actually belongs to Doon alone! ”

I have to say that Brooks still has two brushes, not just by beating chicken blood.

It's also important to remember that time waits for no one.

Bulls players are taller overall, and they also have an advantage in size and strength in terms of rebounding.

Head coach Scott Brooks kept shouting, "It's okay guys, seriously, I'm convinced you're the best players." ”

Next, the Thunder's ATO tactic is very important, and if it can be played, the Bulls will need two more rounds to chase points.

The Bulls players stood up in advance, so they reached out to interfere, this is impossible to have free throws, right?

You know, defense wins championships!

As long as we defend to the extreme, everything will be fine. ”

"Defend, defend, defend!"

The Bulls are obviously not in a desperate situation, and they can still win by strength, so the next step is to honestly play the basket and score two points.

George was a little wave after he came on the court, after all, he was not the boss of the team, and he didn't have to bear the responsibility of winning or losing the team, so he tried his hand with a three-point shot.

In the next two minutes or so, the Bulls definitely have a chance to continue to narrow the gap.

"We won!"

After winning the regular season MVP, Wei Shao's mentality has definitely changed.

Doon doesn't have a whistle even if he is violated, unless he gets hit in the head in full view.

It is said that Doon took the ball to play Durant alone this time, not only to consume Durant's physical strength, but also to score the ball more confidently.

Soon the Thunder re-served, and after half the court, Durant was still holding the ball, but Wei Shao, who was standing at a 45-degree angle on the right side, kept staring at Durant, more precisely, the ball in Durant's hand.

Since Durant returned to the court and failed to solve the scoring drought, even if the referee exerted some strength, it was difficult to resist the Bulls' fiery momentum of chasing points.

"Not suspending for a while?"

And in this way, once the hand is raised above the head, when the ball is about to be thrown, a lot of space is exposed.

Of course, a normal 40% three-point shooting sharpshooter will not be able to shoot 60% of the time, so many times it will make people feel that this kind of shooting is not reasonable.

As soon as Doon came on the court, he asked his teammates for the ball, and named Durant with the small card block.

After the timeout, as long as the Thunder does not make this round, the Bulls have the opportunity to shoot three-pointers, or play 2+1 to narrow the difference to 3 points, that is, the gap of one round.

The Bulls have only three players on their bench, Middleton, George and Green.

The time was shortened to less than 5 minutes, but the difference was still 12 points, and even if the ball was back in their hands, the Bulls wasted a lot of time this round.

Under the desperate efforts of the Bulls players on the court, the Bulls successfully narrowed the gap to one or two points in the last two minutes, until Doon turned the defeat into a victory with a small toss, and led the Thunder by one point.

Sure enough, White missed a good opportunity to chase the score, hit the iron on the first free throw, but fortunately found a little touch in the second free throw, and threw the ball into the basket to help the Bulls narrow the gap to 15 points.

Although others on the Thunder's side noticed that Doon was killing from behind Durant and had the heart to step forward to assist Durant, they didn't expect Doane to be able to remove the ball from behind Durant and jump twice to grab the ball at the first time.

Although the Thunder did not take a timeout, they still had the opportunity to make half-court three-pointers, ultra-long three-pointers, or serve directly to the frontcourt, and then reorganize a wave of offense in just 2.6 seconds to shoot the killer shot.

As the difference between the two teams became smaller and smaller, the Thunder, who were constantly chasing points, were forced to call a timeout.

Rebound!

The tallest Adams on the Thunder's side just ran to the free throw line, how to grab this rebound with the Bulls?

However, the Bulls are also clear about this, so at the moment when Durant threw his hand in the jump, Durant had a small card block in front of him, and Doon suddenly jumped behind him.

In the end, it was Durant who hurriedly clapped his teammates in the backcourt to ask for the ball, and then quickly dribbled across the half court and hurriedly shot a long-range three-pointer.

I saw that Doon's hands were violently buckled, which fiercely boosted a wave of morale.

Wei Shao seemed a little unwilling, and he also made a mistake at this time, did not follow Brooks's instructions, immediately signaled his teammates to serve, and then took the ball and quickly dribbled across the half court.

"Three-point iron, the game is over!"

I have to say that the players are all personalities, not to mention that George has played in the Bulls for a few years, and now there is no shortage of championships, and the contract has been signed, so there is no pressure at all.

"Miracles struck, even though we were down by 16 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, we could still win!"

What everyone else needs to do is limit the play of Wei Shao as much as possible, limit the offense of the Thunder role players, and protect the rebound.

After returning from the timeout, Wei Shao served to Durant, Durant attracted the defense and returned the ball to Wei Shao, who directly cut the basket, and Wei Shao pretended to burst the inside line after taking the ball, but in fact, it was to attract the defense and finally feed Adams cake.

The Bulls and the Bulls Dynasty are all honors that we need to guard!

When a team has two MVPs, it will inevitably have a big and small king, and it is really not okay for someone to be the old 1.5.

However, just when Doon was too tired to hold back, Wei Shao began to strike iron.

With the help of Doon, Curry, and Xiaoka's three-line fast break, Doon passed the ball to Xiaoka, who rushed up to the basket and quickly got two points back.

If Doon spends more than twenty seconds of offensive time on each turn, then the Thunder can also take a conservative approach of keeping the pace down and winning tonight's game by defending and pressing time.

Seeing the Bulls' defensive formation, the Thunder could only give the ball to Durant and let him shoot from the middle distance.

Adams said that he flew the racket out of bounds, but Doon clearly saw that the basketball had fallen, and it was a disturbing ball.

However, the Bulls predicted it in advance and chose to shrink the basket and not give any Thunder players a chance to rush up.

The problem is that tonight the Bulls were too loose in the first half, shooting too casually, and the shooting felt bad, and in the third quarter, with a lot of physical contact, the shooting feel was even worse, and no shooter can stand up at the moment.

Boom –

The Thunder players on the court glanced at the sidelines.

Doon got off the field and rested for a while, and replaced George with a top.

On the contrary, he fell, and he may be caught by the bull and counterattacked, four to five.

However, it's not too late to wake up!

After the timeout, the Thunder ran out of moves, still holding the ball to the basket, trying to make fouls, and standing on the free throw line.

“MVP，MVP，MVP！”

It didn't take long for George to complete the redemption with a three-pointer and close the margin to within 10 points.

But except for George, who made 4 of 11 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, and 1 of 2 free throws, which scored 10 points, the other two were 1-of-4 shots and 1-of-3 shooting, respectively.

Look at Doon again, after flying the racket, he took the initiative to avoid it, was not hit by Durant, and jumped again soon after landing, grabbed the ball that had just fallen steadily, and then took the opportunity to switch.

However, the Thunder's coping strategy is also very simple, the offensive end is also to fight for two points as much as possible, it is really not possible to squeeze the ball to the basket, and when it hits someone, the ball will be thrown into the sky, so that there is still a point to stabilize the score.

Doon stepped forward to theorize, but the referee signaled that the ball was out of bounds.

"Don't underestimate the heart of a champion, the Oklahoma City Thunder are the defending champions!

We're missing respect for the defending champions, and respect for the MVP.

Brush –

However, Doon, as the boss of the team, has no idea of sitting still.

In addition to encouraging accidents, Brooks also used body language to say that the next step must be to lower the pace of the game and play steadily.

Duang——

missed, and the rebound was not protected, which gave Doon a headache.

was also defenseless, the ball in Durant's hand was slapped away by Dune, and his body lost his balance, so he accidentally fell to the ground, until he was about to fall, then he reached out and subconsciously did a protective action and slid away for a while.

It has to be said that the pressure brought by Doon on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is just too great.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that as soon as Doon returned to the court, the Thunder's backup small forward Caron Butler received a sudden pass from Wei Shao, and hit a three-pointer with a knife in his hand, giving Dunne a dismount.

It's all the MVP of the regular season and the MVP of the finals, what's not good about one-on-one?

So, Durant was also very simple, took a breath, put his left hand on his chest, and resisted Doon's back hit, while his right hand kept making tentative shots, trying to complete the ball from behind Doon.

After all, in the first 10 minutes, the Bulls had recovered a 12-point difference.

However, the Thunder immediately assisted in the defense, and Durant behind Doon was likely to complete the block, so he did not force the ball to the basket, but passed the ball to the white side of the basket.

This also proves that the Bulls players really didn't feel good about shooting tonight, and if they wanted to bet on three-pointers in the fourth quarter, it would be a bit of a broken gamble.

The Bulls really didn't give a chance under the basket, and Durant did have a lot of expertise in the mid-range.

Wei Shao patiently did not seize power at the first time, but chose to trust Durant, and Durant did not timidly fight, and singled out a mid-distance small card under pressure.

However, if the score continues to narrow down by such points, it will still be a drop in the bucket for the Bulls to win this game.

Xiaoka's defensive talent is strong, and his long arm can not only perform death coil, but also death block.

This is our territory! Our home turf!

Taking advantage of this timeout, there was not much pressure on the Bulls' side, and the main players just took the opportunity to drink water and rest, while head coach Scott Skels stood aside and emphasized the importance of defense and rebounding to the players.

After a while, the timeout ended and the game resumed.

No one knows how the Bulls did all this, only that after Doane returned, the Bulls once again became the invincible home team and the unrivaled championship team in the league.

"Although Doon is more expensive than Michael, expensive has the benefit of being expensive! As long as Doon doesn't retire, you're going to have to sign him for me! ”

Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Bulls, who watched the game, instructed general manager John Paxson, who was sitting on the sidelines. (End of chapter)