CIATB Chapter 285 Dance Well This Last Dance
Chapter 285 Dance Well This Last Dance
Chapter 285 Dance Well This Last Dance
On June 6, the second game of the finals will continue at Madison Square Garden, the home of the New York Knicks.
The last game didn't end until overtime, and even if it weren't for Kevin Durant's big foot, there would be a second overtime in this game.
It is also for this reason that the New York fans present tonight can see that they are a little more nervous than before.
It's just that soon, they won't be nervous...
In the warm-up session, Li Wan stood at the "small logo three-pointer" and made three three-pointers "swish, swish, swish", which immediately swept the scene with a "tsunami of cheers".
Medium state...
The confident Kevin Durant was stunned, and his confident expression immediately became a little more urgent. He devoted himself to warming up, and he wanted to fully heat up his body.Because judging by Li Wan's "large three-pointer" touch, what he will face tonight may be the "God version" Li Wan.
Brooks also looked at tonight's tactical arrangement for the first time, and the more he read it, the more he felt that tonight's arrangement was for Li Wan...
What is the difference with no defense?
No, it must be strengthened!
He immediately held an emergency meeting with the teaching assistant next to him.
Barkley watched this scene, patted Kenny Smith next to him, and gestured towards him with his hands outstretched. He didn't say anything, but his expression said everything that should be said:
Check it out!
Check it out!
Just hit a few "small logo three-pointers" in the warm-up session, which immediately made the opponent's head coach panic. This kind of presence, to use Lu Xun's epilogue, is...
Beat the cops in the police station - who else!
The big screen at the scene showed the starting lineups of both sides.
Still the same as the previous game, there were no changes.
D'Antoni mainly felt that the opponent was difficult to deal with, but in the end our New York Knicks won, so there was no need to change; Brooks felt that although the Thunder lost in the end, if Kevin Durant didn't step on the line with the three-pointer, then Who loses and who wins is not sure!So, don't change!
As soon as the game started, the two sides fought very stalemate.
Until 3 minutes before the end of the first quarter, the score difference between the New York Knicks and the Thunder was only a slight difference. The New York Knicks at home led by 2 points.
Li Wan, who was hot in the warm-up, obviously made the Thunder very afraid. As long as Li Wan crossed the halfway line, there must be someone in front of him.
The targeted defensive measures adjusted by Brooks are two points: one is that Kevin Durant, Sefolosha, and Westbrook take turns marking; the other is that Ibaka pays attention to making up defenses in time;
It is equivalent to saying that most of the Thunder team's defensive power is spent on him.
Therefore, what Li Wan mainly played was a diversionary role.
Let the rest of the New York Knicks get better shots.
It is said that under such circumstances, Chris Bosh can play well, and he did play well. At the end of the first quarter, he scored another 11 points in a single quarter.
but……
During the first quarter of the game, Chris Bosh's pass organization ability was not as good as Kevin Garnett's problem, which prevented him from connecting the team's offense well.
Relying on his "three axes", there is really no way to kill the Thunder team with the "Three Young Men of Thunder" all at once.
You know, in the original season, the "Wang Bo combination" alone was already the most powerful offensive duo in the league.
Not to mention, James Harden has not left the Thunder yet...
虽然现在的他成长不如预期，原本的詹姆斯-哈登经历13~14赛季，场均可以拿到25.4分6.1助攻。而现在的詹姆斯-哈登这个赛季场均仅有“20加4”，实力缩水了大概五分之一。
But the problem is that he has Kevin Durant and Westbrook next to him, the "King Combination", and the defensive strength he faces is not at all the top of the New York Knicks.
In addition, his offensive tactical priority is also weaker than Kevin Durant and Westbrook, so there is no problem with his physical fitness. After all, even if an overtime is added, his His presence time is only about 38 minutes.Without taking on a lot of offense and organization, no team's "three masters" will have physical problems.
Li Wan can analyze his situation.
To Li Wan's surprise...
It's Kevin Durant!
Isn't this guy's physical strength flawed?
Why did the last game last for almost 46 minutes, and when he faced him 1v1 in overtime, he completed the "double change of direction" and the "buzzer lore"?
Li Wan has no doubts about his defensive ability.
Just the spiritual bonus of "wanting to defeat Li Wan" made him support it?
It seems to make sense...
But this...
What a hatred!
To be so obsessed with it!
Li Wan...the analysis is correct, Kevin Durant's obsession with defeating him is very deep.
But this is not all.
There is also a large part of the reason...
Kevin Durant in this period was very physically fit!
A piece of hot knowledge that Li Wan doesn't know:
During Kevin Durant's time with the Thunder, he officially entered the peak from the 10-11 season to the 13-14 season at his peak, that is, this year. His original average playing time in the playoffs was not less than 42 minutes.
Among them, the season with the highest average playing time was the 12-13 season, 11 games in the playoffs, and he averaged 44.5 minutes per game.
That is to say, there is a 3.5-minute break in each game...
His physical problem became his fatal injury. In fact, it started from the 14-15 season, that is, the metatarsal fracture in the next season, after the season was reimbursed.
Before that, Kevin Durant's physical fitness was very good in terms of endurance and recovery speed.Not to mention having Westbrook and James Harden to share the pressure for him, it is completely the treatment of "Warrior Du"...
A "Warrior Du" who has never been reimbursed for the season and has been greatly stimulated by Li Wan...
If Li Wan knew that Kevin Durant in front of him had collected all these buffs, he might not be surprised why his physical fitness seemed to be fine.
It's not surprising, why is this Thunder team so difficult...
In fact, Li Wan was mentally prepared for the difficulty of this round of finals.
After all, the Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs, the "champion" of the season.
How bad can a team that can beat the championship be so bad?
However, Kevin Durant's state tonight is obviously not as abnormal as the previous game.
Restricting super giants is nothing more than two aspects: one is to make it difficult for him to catch the ball; the other is to make it difficult for him to shoot the rhythm;
Li Wan did a good job in both aspects tonight. Under his defense, he took 6 shots in the first quarter and hit 3 goals. Compared with the 9 of 5 shots in the first quarter of the previous game, no matter the number of shots Or shooting percentage, have declined.
The only problem is that when Li Wan further invests in the defense of Kevin Durant, this inevitably affects his own sense of presence on the offensive end.
What's more, he has to make up for the missing part of Chris Bosh's organizational skills.
Therefore, at the end of the first quarter, Li Wan "only" scored 6 points, but fortunately sent 3 assists.
The New York Knicks barely took the lead by a narrow margin.
Barkley watched Li Wan go off the field, looked at the score and said, "It looks like today's game will be fierce again! Kenny, why don't you make a bet and see if there will be overtime today?"
He had just finished speaking, and Kenny Smith hadn't spoken yet. The situation on the field changed suddenly. Paul Pierce, who had just entered the field, grabbed the Thunder's flank and hit a "back shot" and successfully sent the ball into the basket.
The point difference came to 4 points, and there was a huge cheer at the scene.
Paul Pierce returned to defense with a serious face, murmuring indistinctly:
Go on, go on, Paul, go on, it's only one goal, you're going to score today...
Not one goal, not two goals, but three goals, four goals and five goals...
He only scored 7 points in the last game, and his shooting percentage was only 7 of 2 from the field.
But because he is a substitute, who would discuss whether a substitute is good or not?
Shouldn't all the "pots" who lose the game start with the core back?
And the New York Knicks finally won the last game, so no one cared about his performance...
It hurts Paul Pierce...
Although he didn't make the All-Star this year, when he was in the Nets last year, he was an All-Star player.
Now that he came to the New York Knicks for the championship, due to factors such as tactical status, his existence is not as good as before. When he was willing to play on the bench, he was already mentally prepared.
But even so...
He didn't feel that he was so miserable that he didn't have any traffic at all.
and……
He played so poorly and the team won the game. Does this mean that he is a "pure thigh hugger"?
If Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett hadn't hugged each other before, forget it!
Now that these two people are here to hug each other, they both helped Li Wan win the championship as the "core second leader", and he is a substitute player who has nothing to do with winning...
I don’t know if I thought it was his problem that Boston’s “Big Three” didn’t win the championship?
No!
Absolutely not!
He wants to return his own style review!
In less than 10 minutes on the bench, he wants everyone to see what an "offensive kaleidoscope" is!
I'm not very good at playing this high-end round, so add me!
"Shh!"
With a sigh of relief in my heart, Paul Pierce scored the second goal.
Brooks, who was already thinking about how to play in the second quarter, returned to the field after the ball.
this brother...
Very familiar!
Who is this?
What!
Yes, there is Paul Pierce in the New York Knicks team!
I am so...
"Shh!"
Not only his memory began to recover, but also the memories of all New York fans in the audience began to recover.With Paul Pierce scoring the third goal, the stadium exploded.
In less than 2 minutes, 6 points in a row...
"Let's shout his name, Paul... Pierce!"
Driven by the live DJ, there was a unified shout in the auditorium:
"Pierce!"
"Pierce!"
"Pierce!"
……
The buzzer sounded to symbolize the end of the first quarter, and Kenny Smith said: "I bet there will be no overtime today, tell me, what bet?"
Barkley: ...
I bet!
I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen you so shameless!
In this case, the fool will bet with you!
Paul Pierce played until the end of the first quarter. In 3 minutes, he scored a total of 8 points. Under his performance, the New York Knicks played a wave of 10-4 scoring. After this wave of scoring , The lead of the New York Knicks suddenly expanded to 8 points.
Although it is not possible to directly sentence the Thunder to death.
But everyone can see that Paul Pierce has become the X factor tonight...
As soon as the second quarter came up, Paul Pierce continued to play.
The problem of the Thunder's lack of defensive depth on the wing was exposed at this moment.
The Thunder's wing defense relies primarily on two players:
Sefolosha and Kevin Durant.
With the former's body shape here, he must not be able to carry Pierce.
Kevin Durant has the advantage of height and wingspan against Pierce...
Can……
Kevin Durant is a "special horse" in the Thunder!
Pierce may not even be a "low horse" in the New York Knicks.
Using a "special horse" to defend a "lower horse", how should Li Wan, a "special horse" that cannot be restrained in the first place, defend?
Brooks was already scratching his head.
While he was scratching his head, Paul Pierce hit another shot.
The personal score came to double digits in a blink of an eye.
Brooks had no choice but to win the "Thunder Four" in advance.
D'Antoni continued to stand still until the Thunder's main force returned to the court and narrowed the score to less than five points. Then he waved to the bench unhurriedly, letting the starters prepare to return to the court.
The New York Knicks, who returned to the court, started the game from the very beginning.
The Thunder team is also unambiguous, if you want to be fast, I will be fast...
Do not!
You have to be fast, I am faster!
The "Three Young Masters of the Thunder" fully demonstrated their offensive talent.
With the offensive firepower of the New York Knicks, they can only achieve a [-]-[-] split.
But consider the Thunder as the only team in the league with three 20-plus scorers this season.
This kind of firepower seems to be normal...
But the problem is that the main force of the Thunder returned to the field earlier than the main force of the New York Knicks.
The New York Knicks starters have more rest time.
Although this was not obvious in the first half, when the second half began, Paul Pierce once again forced Brooks to put the "Thunder Three" back on the field in advance. At the end of the third quarter, Weiss Brook and Kevin Durant were panting significantly faster than usual.
Ok……
The effect of D'Antoni's constant request for the team to increase the offensive rhythm also appeared at the same time.
While Paul Pierce played a role, "three-peat coach" D'Antoni had already foreseen this moment.
Mike - Brown pressed the final "kill move" button.
When these two people need someone to stand up for a while on the court, not only Brooks knows who the Thunder's ball handler is, but also the New York Knicks...
James Harden!
So, Mike Brown has been waiting for a long time...
Li Wan, I leave this guy to you!
Let him know the strength of "Defensive Player of the Season"!
make sense...
Kevin Durant actually felt the defensive strength from Li Wan.
His state this season is absolutely historical!
Averaged 35.2 points per game in the regular season, how exaggerated is this number...
Let's put it this way... Los Angeles' best player in the league a few years ago had the highest scoring season of his career at 35.4 points per game. This is the highest scoring average in the past 20 years. Kevin Durant is ranked Second position.
It is really not an exaggeration to say that he is more "season scoring champion" than "season scoring champion".
From here, we can see how fierce Kevin Durant is this season!
But even such a fierce guy was prevented from receiving the ball by Li Wanfang at the last moment of regular time in the last game.
If it weren't for James Harden's "tying three-pointer", he would have no chance to complete the subsequent "three-pointer stepping on the line", proving his ability at critical moments to a certain extent. ——You know, if James Harden fails to make this goal, the news headline after the game must be "Li Wan locks Kevin Durant, the "scoring leader" who can't catch the ball at the critical moment is far from "League No. 1" How far is it! "
Even Kevin Durant is locked up, let alone James Harden, who is still far away from the "season scoring champion".
Facing Li Wan's defense, James Harden only made 3 of 1 shots...
But even Li Wanyi was fouled by James Harden by accident, this shit...
Is it because there are less than 8 whistles in a game, and you are embarrassed to call yourself "James"?
Referee: What can I do? He just knelt on one knee without a whistle. What can I do?
Li Wan: Which James are you talking about?
Referee: I don't make it, it's not James~ it's just James!
But these two free throws could not save the Thunder. The New York Knicks successfully opened the point difference to more than 10 points during this period.
At the end of the game, the New York Knicks beat the Thunder 117 to 105, 12 points, and successfully won the second game of the series.
Big score 2 to 0!
Paul Pierce was the surprise player in this game. He scored 8 points in 10 minutes in the first half, 7 points in 8 minutes in the second half, and finally scored 18 points in the game...
This is his single-game high in the playoffs this season!
At the same time, his play is also the key to the New York Knicks can easily win the second game of the series.
After the game, there were significantly more media reporters surrounding Paul Pierce.
Bill Wharton, who was commentating on the sidelines tonight, said: "With his own performance, Pierce has regained his attention!"
李万全场砍下了25分11篮板15助攻3抢断1盖帽的数据。
The result of the increased tempo of the game is...
Everyone has a "data bumper harvest"!
除了李万外，泰森-钱德勒砍下了13分9篮板，克里斯-波什砍下了24分11篮板2盖帽……
However, the "first achievement" of winning tonight is Li Wan, and the "second achievement" must be Paul Pierce.
He stood up from the bench and caught the Thunder by surprise.
When Brooks was asked about Paul Pierce, he said bluntly: "I have to admit, this is a guy who cannot be ignored, and now he makes us pay for it!"
The New York Knicks are 2-0 at home. What's worse than this is that in the first game they can say "a glorious defeat", and even lost the game, they won morale instead. After all, no team has ever defeated the New York Knicks Si forced to this level, and now the Thunder have done it!
So……
Can we make up the remaining little gap and win this game?
This idea is very "bold" in the past!
But after the first game, it is not considered "bold", but a gap that is close at hand and can be touched...
But now, after playing the second game of the finals, the gap suddenly widened again...
This is not only Brooks think so, the outside media also think so.
Bill Walton said bluntly: "Many people think that the Thunder have pushed out the limit of the New York Knicks, but judging from the current situation, they just pushed out the x-factor of the New York Knicks!"
"Bleacher Report" said: "The depth of the New York Knicks lineup makes all opponents feel desperate, including the New York Knicks!"
The New York Times corrected his statement: "The New York Knicks have no depth, they just found themselves around Li Wan!"
This word...
It's true when you think about it...
Kwame Brown kept shouting, "Without Li Wan, there would be no Kwame Brown now. Maybe I still have the hat of the top parallel importer on my head until now..."
Of course he doesn't say that now, as for the reason...
Anthony Bennett is too fierce. Compared with him, all "parallel imports" seem to be so talented.
You must know that Kwame Brown was by Michael Jordan's side back then, and the whole team was working hard towards the playoffs. He had no ball possession and no team status, so he averaged 4.3 points per game.
This Bennett in the Bobcats, a team that is rebuilding, wants status and status, and his teammates also give him the ball. He averaged only 4.2 points per game, which is exactly the same as him back then...
Kwame Brown knew exactly how bad he was, and naturally he knew how bad Bennett was.
So even without Li Wan, when Bennett enters the league, the title of "parallel import champion" will definitely not be on his head.
But there is nothing wrong with the first half of the sentence. Without Li Wan, there would be no him now.
As for the others...
When Danny Green was in the Cavaliers, he didn't even have playing time. When he came to the Knicks, the team gave him enough time to grow...
Beverley was also thrown away by the Heat, and the New York Knicks signed him back before the start of the preseason.
Not to mention Chris Bosh, nicknamed "Bo Yiban" last season, came to the New York Knicks and regained his former title of "Dragon King of the North"...
These cases are enough to illustrate Li Wan's bonus to his teammates...
It is worth mentioning that this topic also involves LeBron James.
because……
When Danny Green was in the Cavaliers, LeBron was still there; when Beverley was waived by the Heat, LeBron was also on the team; Chris Bosh...
Not to mention!
"LeBron James' ex-teammates" have proved their worth in Li Wan.
This topic has actually been discussed before, but it is brought up again now, because it is during the finals, and the heated discussion is even bigger...
Experts soon came up with another example:
Dwyane Wade!
"Before partnering with LeBron, he was a top 5 player in the league. After partnering with LeBron, he quickly fell out of the best team. He has only scored once in the last 3 years!"
Now the LeBron team panicked. In order to give a reasonable explanation to the outside world, LeBron James approached Wade: "Man, we are the best thick rice!"
In other words:
999!
Wade was actually a little unhappy when he received a call from LeBron.
Because this hanged man didn't reply to text messages like in the summer of 10!
The contracts of both of them expired this summer. Originally, Wade thought that when Chris Bosh played again and the two of them were questioned, LeBron James would closely report to him. But in the end, she didn't reply to a single text message, which showed that she had other thoughts.
I don't want to tell him yet!
But at this moment when he received a call from LeBron, listening to the urgency in his tone, and recalling LeBron James' "heart-warming support" when he was questioned, he finally decided to speak out for LeBron James:
"For any team, if you want to run into a chemical reaction, you must sacrifice. As long as it is the right choice, it should be done. Although we failed to meet the expectations at the beginning, we are all working hard. That thing..."
As soon as these words came out, the criticism of LeBron James suddenly became smaller.
It is a well-known thing, if someone is willing to be a licking dog, and you expose this matter in public, then the responsibility lies with you!
Because "Licking Dog" is unwilling to admit that he is "Licking Dog", and "Sea King" is also unwilling to admit that he is "Sea King"...
they just...
There is only one common goal!
Of course, Wade will reply this time, because if someone asks him, "Why are you and Chris Bosh sacrificed, and LeBron James James wants statistics and statistics, honor and honor?"
He couldn't answer either...
What else can I do, the situation is compelling, what can I do?
If I don't let him, he will score 8 points in a single game, and his main focus is to be depressed!
what can I do?
I am also very disappointed!
Future Stephen Curry: Don't, don't, don't despair, LeBron is "the proud son of heaven", tell my story, that's the speechless, it opened the door for speechless, speechless came home!
That aggressive person really thought he was worth 1 million!
The outside discussion continued all night, and Kevin Durant, who went back to Oklahoma overnight, only slept for 5 hours, and drove to the arena after 8 o'clock in the morning.
When he arrived at the arena, the staff in many departments of the arena were still not at work, but when he changed his clothes and went to the training hall, he heard the sound of hitting a ball from inside...
Judging from the sound, there is not only one person inside...
Curiosity flashed across Kevin Durant's face, because today's training time should be 1:[-] pm.
After playing 7 games against the Spurs, plus the fact that the first 2 games of the finals were away games, the first of which was an overtime game, everyone's physical condition was more or less problematic, so Brooks simply played Let everyone have some rest time.
But there are always such disobedient people, such as Kevin Durant...
Another example……
Westbrook and James Harden, who are already in the arena at the moment!
Kevin Durant looked at their soaked vests and the muscles that became more obvious due to blood congestion, and showed a smile of "they are all like-minded people".
There are brothers like this, what would Scarlett ask for!
其实真要说的话，总决赛第二场比赛，“雷霆三少”的发挥并不差，凯文-杜兰特拿到了33分7篮板6助攻；威斯布鲁克拿到了25分7助攻5篮板；詹姆斯-哈登拿到了20分3篮板2助攻……
But the team still lost the game by 12 points.
As the core of the team, as representatives of the Oklahoma City Thunder, they enjoy the media exposure and naturally know the responsibilities on their shoulders.
In the words of some groups, if they enter the finals twice in three years, even if they are all runners-up, they can be combined into a champion!
but……
Who the hell is going to fight for second place!
Anyway, the goal of the "Three Young Masters of Thunder" must be the championship!
Even if the current big score is 0-2 behind, even after the second game, most of the public opinion has turned to the New York Knicks, but for the "Three Young Thunder"...
They will never give up until the last moment of the series!
The three of them finished training together, took a shower together, and then had dinner together. This is their fourth year of merging.It wasn't until this moment that they realized it...
"Let's make a big scene together!"
I don’t know if it’s because of extra training. In the third game of the finals, the "Thunder Three" broke out collectively. Kevin Durant scored 38 points again, Westbrook scored 30 points, and even James -Harden scored a finals-high 23 points...
The three scored 91 points in total...
"Three people make a team!"
The "Three Young Masters of Thunder" showed how terrifying their upper limit is in this game!
Relying on the outstanding performance of the three of them, the Thunder defended their first game back home and also won their first victory in the finals, tenaciously pulling the big score back to 1-2!
"it's not finished yet!"
"it's not finished yet!"
"it's not finished yet!"
At the Thunder's home court, the DJ on the scene shouted excitedly, his veins bursting out. From the expressions of the Thunder fans and the eyes of the Thunder players on the field, it can be seen that what the DJ shouted was exactly theirs. voice of the heart.
This round of finals is not over yet!
— Dude, you might have to go back to number one!
At the end of the interview at night, D'Antoni sent a message to Li Wan.
Before Li Wan could ask, his next message of explanation also came:
——Beverly's defensive effect on Westbrook in the past few games has not been very good.I'm going to bring Paul Pierce up to play the three.Just fight them directly!
Although the New York Knicks lost Game 9 of the finals, Paul Pierce still played very well, making 5 of 4 shots and 3 of 14 free throws, scoring [-] points!
Paul Pierce's singles on the wing, who has found his form, currently seems to be a major threat that the Thunder can't solve.
Li Wan didn't hesitate.
Still the same sentence, if there is an easier way to win the game, he never sticks to one-on-one.
Basketball is originally a sport for 5 people!
—By the way... buddy, there are still the last two games, let this league see the current No.1 offensive firepower in the league. Let's dance!
Seeing D'Antoni's message again, Li Wan suddenly had a feeling:
Perhaps, this is what D'Antoni really wants to say!
I'm finally done, and there's nothing else to do.
True warriors face up to their debts.
So, in the next month, the daily update volume will change from 1 to 1.
In this way, an additional 6 words can be updated in a month.
Enough to pay back what I owed...
Ok……
Start counting tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)