Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 97 Western District Finals ([-]) Seeking Points and Pushing

The Los Angeles Lakers have won their second straight at home in the Western Conference Finals, with Game [-] three days away at Ford Center, home of the Oklahoma City Thunder.Everyone in the Oklahoma City Thunder held a sigh of relief and secretly vowed to win the first game at home. If they lose again at home, the Oklahoma City Thunder can say goodbye to the playoffs. It is obviously unrealistic to come back with a total score of [-] to [-], especially if the opponent is still a strong team like the Los Angeles Lakers. It is simply a dream come true to win four games in a row and complete a shocking comeback after losing three games in a row.

While the Western Conference finals are in full swing, the Eastern Conference finals have already begun.The battle between the young Big Three of the Miami Heat and the older Big Three of the Boston Celtics became the selling point of the game.

The first two Eastern Conference finals that have been completed are a good illustration of the Boston Celtics' Big Three time is gone forever.The Boston Celtics have lost two straight at home to the Miami Heat.In the second game, Chris Bosh, one of the Big Three of the Miami Heat, still failed to come back.

LeBron James scored 34 points, ten rebounds and seven assists in the game, Dwyane Wade scored 23 points, six rebounds and four assists, Mario Chalmers performed outstandingly and scored 22 With six assists, Udonis Haslem, who came off the bench, had a double-double with 13 points and [-] rebounds. Former Rockets small forward Shane Battier made three three-pointers and scored nine point.

On the road, the Boston Celtics lost a 44-point lead and lost two games in a row.Rajon Rondo scored a game-high 21 points and also sent out ten assists and eight rebounds. Paul Pierce scored 18 points, six rebounds and three assists and fouled out in the fourth quarter. Kevin Garnett Tet had 13 points and eight rebounds, and Ray Allen had [-] points and five rebounds.No substitute player scored in double figures.

The Boston Celtics were very dissatisfied with the defense in the last game. The team's starting point guard released after the game that he must let the opponent taste the taste of being overthrown, full of gunpowder.

LeBron James, one of the Big Three of the Miami Heat, just said lightly when he heard these remarks, "In my opinion, every game is like this, and there is no special preparation." It showed strong confidence.

The Boston Celtics started Game 3 on fire, while the Miami Heat felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave in the depths of winter.The game took nearly [-] minutes before LeBron James made a mid-range shot, allowing his team to break zero.After the end of the first quarter, the Boston Celtics scored six points away from two lines.

Rajon Rondo's mid-range shooting percentage has always been criticized, but in this game Rajon Rondo made frequent shots.Rajon Rondo made sudden shots in the second quarter and scored 5 points in a single quarter. The Celtics quickly widened the score.In less than 39 minutes of the second quarter, Ray Allen made a successful mid-range shot, and the Celtics led the Heat by 24 points 53 to 46. This was the Celtics' biggest advantage in the game.But as the Heat recovered, at the end of the half, the Celtics led the Heat by only seven points [-] to [-].

The Miami Heat fought back in the third quarter to take a six-point lead, 81-75, going into the final quarter.The Celtics went all out to grab points in the final quarter, and with 34.3 seconds left in the game, the two sides fought to a 99-99 tie.LeBron James missed his last attack and the two sides entered overtime.The Celtics lost to the Heat in overtime and eventually lost the game 110-105.

The Oklahoma City Thunder's home stadium, Ford Center, fans entered the stadium early, and the third leg of the Western Conference Finals is about to start.Fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder uniformly put on the consent T-shirts distributed by the arena for free.

The Oklahoma City Thunder is bound to win the Tianwangshan battle, no matter what they have to win this game, if they lose, they will say goodbye to the finals without any suspense, and will continue After last year, he once again hated the division finals.

The Oklahoma City Thunder's starting lineup remains the same, with center Kendrick Perkins, power forward Serge Ibaka, small forward Kevin Durant, shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha , point guard Russell Westbrook.

The starting lineup for the Los Angeles Lakers was the same as in Game [-], with Pau Gasol and World Peace still on the bench, replaced by Li Yifeng and Tracy McGrady.The idea of ​​the Los Angeles Lakers is very simple, since you have no good way to limit my offense, then I will use crazy offense to win.

The Los Angeles Lakers won the jump ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder without any suspense. The Lakers took the lead in attacking and Lin Fengzhe dribbled the ball in the frontcourt.

The Oklahoma City Thunder played a half-court defense early in the game, regardless of physical strength.This is also because the Thunder team was afraid of the Lakers and prevented the Lakers from going up to the previous game. They first came up and knocked themselves out with a messy stick, so they adopted this defensive method.

Lin Fengzhe dropped the ball to Li Yifeng who was stuck inside.As soon as Li Yifeng received the ball, Kendrick Perkins and Serge Ibaka stepped forward to double-team without hesitation.Li Yifeng hit high, took advantage of his height, and succeeded in a forced attack, scoring two points.

Before the game, Russell Westbrook got the opportunity from the team's head coach Scott Brooks to let him pass the ball as much as possible in the game, reduce the number of personal shots, and break through the Lakers' defense , and then distribute the ball to teammates to score.After all, Russell Westbrook was blocked by Lin Fengzhe on the offensive end in the first two games. He took too many shots, which was even more detrimental to the team.

Of course Russell Westbrook knew his problem, and he followed the arrangement of Coach Scott Brooks kindly.Russell Westbrook dribbles upfield and passes to Kevin Durant.Kevin Durant held the ball and faced Tracy McGrady's defense head-on. After two attempts, he directly accelerated and started to break through from Tracy McGrady's left side.Facing Andrew Bynum's help defense, the ball was passed to Thabo Sefolosha who was open in the corner.The latter catch-and-shoot, with the basketball hollow into the net.

Lin Fengzhe played to the frontcourt and broke through from the left and then passed the ball to Li Yifeng on the right side of the penalty area.The opposing Serge Ibaka was close to the defense, and Kendrick Perkins also came up to help.Li Yifeng threw the basketball towards the basket.Andrew Bynum, who was emptied in the low post, made an easy layup after receiving the pass.

In the rest of the first quarter, the shooting percentages of both sides were unexpectedly high.Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha became a surprise player, hit consecutively, and made two mid-range shots under the strict defense of Kobe Bryant, scoring [-] points in a single quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder led the Lakers by three points 27 to 24 at home. In the offensive battle in the first quarter, the Thunder actually beat the Lakers slightly due to the appearance of the surprise soldier Thabo Sefolosha.

In the second quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers kept Li Yifeng and Lin Fengzhe on the court.When the Thunder's substitute players were on the court, the Los Angeles Lakers succeeded in grabbing points and overtook the Thunder by five points.Then the Thunder immediately replaced Kevin Durant and cooperated with James Harden to strengthen the team's offense.

At 15:[-] in the second quarter, Kevin Durant first hit a fadeaway three from the top arc, then stole a pass from Derek Fisher, countered quickly, and made a three-point stop. points hit.Immediately after Josh McRoberts missed a mid-range shot, Paul Gasol first grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break, passing the ball to Russell Westbrook, who dunked successfully.

The Thunder, led by Kevin Durant, played an 50-46 attack wave, overtook and led the Lakers by four points, and maintained the lead until the end of the half.The halftime score was [-] to [-], and the Lakers trailed their opponents at halftime for the first time in the playoffs.

The Lakers moved to the starting lineup for the second half, but replaced Andrew Bynum with Pau Gasol.Pau Gasol has a better mid-range shot than Andrew Bynum.In the third quarter, the Lakers launched a fierce attack, scoring 30 points in a single quarter, while the Thunder scored only 20 points.The Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a six-point lead.

In the final quarter of the game, the Lakers did not give the Thunder any chance. The starter played 8 minutes in the fourth quarter and was replaced after a stable victory.

In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers won the battle of Tianwangshan 105 to 97 in the away game, leading by a big score of [-] to [-].So far, the Oklahoma City Thunder's idea of ​​advancing to the finals has become a bubble. It is impossible to win four games in a row when they are three to zero behind.

Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals is still underway at Ford Center two days later.The Oklahoma City Thunder said before the game that they did not want to be swept.The Los Angeles Lakers euphemistically expressed the hope that the game can end as soon as possible, and the meaning of wanting to sweep is self-evident.

The Oklahoma City Thunder played half of the game with the belief that they would not be swept by their opponents, and finally gave up the game with a big lead by the Lakers in the third quarter.The home fans didn't want to see the team being swept in a disastrous defeat, so they left the arena early.When the fourth quarter had just lasted about 5 minutes, there were less than [-]% of the remaining fans in the auditorium.

Seeing that the opponent gave up the game early, the Los Angeles Lakers simply went up to make a show and went through the motions. Each attack took more than 20 seconds, and they were all shots. They won the fourth game 109 to 100. , swept the Oklahoma City Thunder and successfully advanced to the finals, continuing to maintain a winning streak in the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)