The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 184 Out of Four Twos
Li Pu turned around, attracting the two Mavericks to attack, and then distributed the ball to Harden, who responded from the outside line, and the latter directly made a three-pointer after receiving the ball.

Harden threw the ball against the person and tilted his body, but the basketball can still go in!
For a while, the cheers in the arena were like waves, constantly hitting the court. ,
Li Pu and Harden, who were infected, were equally excited and couldn't help jumping up and bumping their chests at the same time to celebrate.

Carlisle called a timeout again, but he couldn't do it!
此时比分已经来到了81:65，距离第三节结束还剩2分11秒，分差却已经被拉开到了16分。

The fans of the Mavericks didn't know what happened. They knew that after the Thunder's dazzling operation, their team fell behind by so many points.

The Thunder's defensive counterattack is too strong!

Once the Mavericks can't score, Westbrook can forcefully push and counterattack. The Mavericks can't hold back, and the Thunder scored too many points, making the Mavericks' defense instantly collapse under Westbrook's impact and outside shots.

Before the end of the third quarter, the game has basically been decided.

If the Mavericks still want to win, they can only expect a miracle.

In fact, at this time, Carlisle has no other good solutions. A clever woman can't cook without rice. No matter how clever Carlisle has, in the face of absolute strength, he is also helpless.

After the timeout, Li Pu and Westbrook have been replaced, and only Durant and Ibaka are left in the starting lineup, but even so, the Mavericks are not invincible.

The combination of Harden and Durant keeps the Thunder's offensive firepower at full strength. Even if the Mavericks can score, if they can't limit the Thunder's scoring, it will be difficult to narrow the point difference.

At the end of the three quarters, 85:71, the Mavericks were still 14 points behind.

It seems that this point difference seems to be still within the recoverable range.

However, until more than six minutes into the fourth quarter, when I turned around and looked at the point difference, it was still 15 points.

At this time, not only the Mavericks players, but also ordinary fans could see that it was impossible for the Mavericks to recover the score.

The initiative of the court has been on the Thunder's mobile phone from beginning to end, and the Mavericks have no hope at all.

At the end of the game, the score was 109:98, and the Thunder beat the Mavericks by 11 points.

It is not an exaggeration to say the word "crazy victory", such a difference in points does not reflect the difference in strength between the two teams at all.

Regardless of how hard the Mavericks worked, but in the third quarter, as the Thunder increased their strength on both ends of the offense and defense, the point difference was immediately opened.

This sense of powerlessness and frustration strikes the heart of every Mavericks player.

However, the arrangement of the competition did not give him time to lick his wounds. Only one day later, on April 4, the two teams started their second match at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Compared with the Thunder team's late-game efforts in the first game, the Thunder team showed amazing concentration from the beginning of the game tonight.

The game started with Li Pu hitting a two-point hook against Heywood inside.

Then Nowitzki missed a three-pointer, and Lip protected a defensive rebound.

Westbrook missed a layup, Li Pu grabbed an offensive rebound and dunked Heywood.

Then, Marion made a layup, and Li Pu in turn caused Heywood to foul, went to the free throw line, and made two free throws.

Haywood missed a layup, Li Pu received the rebound and passed it to Westbrook, Westbrook made a fast break, the Mavericks retreated in time, and failed to form an overplay in the first place.

However, due to the Mavericks shrinking the basket too much, there was an open space on the outside. Westbrook scored to Li Pu who was outside the 45-degree three-point line.

In less than 4 minutes of opening time, Li Pu scored 9 points on [-]-of-[-] shooting and stopped the Mavericks by himself.

Carlisle had to call a timeout and rearrange tactics.

After the timeout, the Mavericks really strengthened their defense against Li Pu. Heywood was like an invertebrate, hanging on Li Pu's body all the time, and he was inseparable from Li Pu.

In addition, other people on the outside of the Mavericks are also defending their opponents while paying attention to the inside defense.

For a while, Westbrook really couldn't give the ball to Li Pu.

Moreover, after the timeout, the Mavericks' offense also has a certain structure. The scoring drought at the beginning of the game is over. Even if they can't score in sports games, they can still get to the free throw line by fouling.

However, because they paid too much attention to Li Pu, the Thunder's outside defensive investment decreased, so Durant started the Carry mode.

Durant scored three goals in a row like a cannonball, making the Mavericks' defense lose sight of one another.

Today's Thunder team is such an annoyance to the defensive team. There are several glasses of poisoned wine in the team, no matter which one they drink, it is enough for them to suffer!

For these teams, when facing the Thunder's offense, they often feel that five players on the court are not enough, and they need eight players anyway!
The Thunder's offense was still like mercury pouring down the ground. At the end of the first quarter, they led by 32 points at 24:8.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder slackened a little, allowing the Mavericks to play 10:3 at one point, narrowing the point difference to only 1 point.

Fortunately, the main force of the Thunder team came back and quickly expanded the point difference to more than 5 points.

At the end of the half, they still led by 7 points.

But even so, during the intermission, Brooks still scolded the players!
"Now is not the time to relax! Just leading by 7 points, that is, three rounds? You have to get nervous immediately, otherwise being reversed by the opponent will definitely happen!"

As Brooks said, at the beginning of the second half, the Mavericks really stepped up their offense. Kidd, Marion, and West hit three-pointers one after another. For a while, even though Durant was scoring, the point difference still began to be eroded. It was quickly narrowed down to 1 point again.

At the critical moment, Li Pu rushed out from the inside and hit Marion who was standing outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, rekindling the fighting spirit of the Thunder players.

Subsequently, the Thunder once again strengthened their physical contact on the defensive end, and the Mavericks' short-lived three-pointer fell silent again, and the point difference was once again widened.

By the end of the third quarter, the score was 89:77, and the Thunder led by 12 points.

After entering the fourth quarter, the Mavericks also tried to get close to the score again, but after several attempts, it was still fruitless. In the end, the Thunder beat the Mavericks again with 112:99 without any risk, extending the big score to 2:0.

In this game, the Thunder's Durant, Westbrook, Li Pu and Harden scored 20 points, eclipsing Nowitzki's 31 points.

After all, a big king is no match for four two bombs!
Next, the two sides will move to Dallas for the third and fourth games of the series.

The Thunder generals are full of confidence and vow to end the game in Dallas and not leave this round of the series to the home court!
(End of this chapter)