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At the end of the first quarter, at 23:26, the Blazers trailed by 3 points.

The Blazers shot 48 percent from the field, lower than the Thunder's 52 percent, but they had 14 rebounds compared to the Thunder's 9.

It was mainly because when Wang Zelin came off the court, the combination of Garnett and Yi Jianlian could not resist the impact of Westbrook. In the last 5 minutes of the first quarter, Westbrook made 2 of 3 shots, plus 2 of 3 free throws. 5 points.

In a single quarter, Westbrook made 5 of 6 shots and 3 of 5 free throws, scoring a game-high 13 points, plus 2 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal.

Totally hilarious!

"As the King entered the break, the Blazers' interior defense problems gradually emerged. In the face of ordinary teams, Garnett can still rely on experience to defend, but in the face of the Thunder, in the face of Westbrook. He's a little overwhelmed when he's one of the top rim rushers in the league."

Yuga Road.

"I think this is a good thing for the Blazers," Zhang Lili expressed his opinion: "The Thunder's half-starter lineup did not draw too many points, only 3 points ahead. If you look at this as a battle between mid-level horses and low-level horses, the Thunder's strategy is undoubtedly a failure."

He didn't know that at this time, Thunder coach Scott Brooks frowned, and he was not very satisfied with the performance of the players in the second half of the second quarter.

The Thunder played well offense, but they also failed to guard the opposing Trail Blazers and the rotation players.

At the end of the second quarter, the Blazers first set up a half-rotation and half-starting lineup. After the official timeout expired, they placed all the main players. The Thunder played several main players in turn for a few minutes.

However, although Durant and Westbrook played the full second quarter, they failed to completely change the situation on the passive side of the Thunder. At 51:48, the Blazers overtook 3 points.

In the home locker room, the atmosphere in the team was a bit dull.

Strictly speaking, the Thunder is a typical team in the league that mainly relies on stars to lead the team to win. The overall style of the team relies on the individual ability of the players.

In the face of ordinary teams and even ordinary regular-season teams, the Thunder can win as long as Durant and Westbrook each take the ball and swirl the ball.

However, when facing teams of the same level as them, the changes in the game are dwarfed by the opponents.

To be precise, they scored fewer points than their opponents.

Just like the Blazers in front of me.

The starting 5 have all scored in double figures this season, and Mo Williams and Garnett are also in the bench who have contributed 10+ points per game. The Thunder wants to limit the Blazers, more than the latter wants. It is more difficult to limit the former.

After halftime, the Blazers' defensive strategy was very obvious: mainly to mark Dewey Er Shao, as for the other three Thunder players who were on the court at the same time, as long as they were not in their best scoring hot zone, it would be okay to put them aside.

Scott Brooks thought again and again, and then said: "Russell, you have to hit the basket a lot next, and try to hit the Blazers' main inside line as soon as possible."

"I see," Westbrook replied.

He looked at Durant again and said, "Kevin, you know, we can't lose this game, and we can't afford to lose."

Durant was silent, of course he understood the coach's hidden meaning.

For the team, tonight is bound to wash away the humiliation of being swept in the playoffs last season. If they can't win against the Blazers in the regular season, when they meet them in the playoffs, the Thunder players will carry a huge burden, which is not conducive to the real performance of the players.

For Durant personally, whether he accepts it or not, there is now a wave of "35VS36" heated discussions in the outside world, and it has even risen to the final ownership of this season's regular season MVP battle.

That's the regular season MVP trophy!

It is the supreme personal honor in the hearts of every NBA player. Even after retiring in the future, having an on-court regular-season MVP can greatly improve the player's ranking in NBA history.

There is a saying in the league: A star who has not won the MVP of the regular season is not worthy of being called a real superstar!

After a long time, seeing that Durant did not reply, Scott Brooks patted the former on the shoulder: "Next, get ready to play the second half."

"Sir, I will do it well." Durant looked up and replied firmly.

"In the second half, we handed the ball to Kevin and Russell on offense, focusing on outside shots and breakthrough passes. Others should be ready to catch the ball at any time. After running out of the space, they should be decisive in their shots, and there is no need to put those Throw the **** basketball in the hoop!"

Scott Brooks got up and looked around the players and shouted loudly.

"Received, sir!"

The players responded in unison.

"Defensively, Sergi must control the backcourt rebounds, and Kendrick, you two need to be tougher, and be tough when it's time to be tough!"

In the end, Scott Brooks told Libaka and Perkins.

With the Blazers No. 36 sitting at the basket, he no longer expects the two to compete for offensive rebounds. Keeping backcourt rebounds is the Thunder's bottom line.

Away locker room.

Terry Stotts' arrangement is much more concise than Scott Brooks, and continues to increase the bombing of the Thunder's interior, and the perimeter players will shoot when they have the opportunity.

His thoughts are the same as Scott Brook. Anyway, with Wang Zelin, the rebounding monster, the rest of the Blazers are more decisive than the Thunder.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

The court broadcast live.

"In the third quarter, we saw that both sides put their main lineups on the court, and then look at some data from the first half of the two sides. The Thunder team made 12 of 17 free throws, the Blazers made 7 of 9 shots, and the Thunder won the game. The Blazers exceeded nearly half of their free throws..."

"There is also the shooting percentage. The Thunder made 48 shots, 23 hits, and the shooting rate was 47.9%; the Blazers made 25 of 50 shots, and the shooting rate was slightly higher, at 50%..."

Zhang Lili and Yu Jia quickly introduced the data comparison between the two teams in the first half, and the camera returned to the field.

Thunder attack.

Westbrook was directing traffic at the top of the arc and saw Durant running from the left flank to respond and quickly shot the ball.

At the moment of receiving the ball, Batum immediately posted it, and Durant made a three-threat for the first time.

After testing it twice, and seeing that Batum didn't move, Durant immediately got up and shot from the outside.

In the paint area, Ibaka and Perkins caught Wang Zelin in the middle for the first time, and Ibaka even lost Aldridge.

"Duang!"

The three-pointer hit the iron, the ball hit the frame and rebounded.

Ibaka saw the ball bounce to the left, and immediately released Wang Zelin behind him.

At this time, he doesn't need to be stuck any more. He has already seen the position of the rebound. Because of the pincer attack, Wang Zelin and Wang Zelin couldn't move the card position in advance, and he has lost the best time to fight for the rebound.

Losing the opportunity, Wang Zelin didn't choose to give up either. He was just about to speed up the rush, but then Perkins suddenly pulled his jersey secretly, and their arms were still entangled.

Then Wang Zelin looked at the referee and saw that the latter didn't say anything, so he scolded, "Grass Nima!"

In the end, this rebound became a competition between Aldridge and Ibaka. It's a pity that Aldridge doesn't have the ruthlessness that Ibaka has to fight for rebounds.

I saw Ibaka rushed forward, stretched out his left arm, blocked Aldridge who was rushing over, took off and grabbed the offensive rebound.

As soon as the ball was in his hands, he turned back and handed the ball to Durant at the top three-point line.

Durant got the ball and scored twice from the outside.

"Shh!"

Second shot, hit.

51:51 level!

"Grass!"

Losing a backcourt rebound and giving the opponent a three-pointer, Wang Zelin couldn't help but scolded.

"I said, you should let go too!"

Seeing that Perkins was still entangled with himself, he remembered the referee's indifference before...

The more Wang Zelin thought about it, the more angry he became. He secretly raised his elbow and hit Perkins between the chest behind him.

"Bang!"

Perkins covered his chest and bent down. When he raised his head, his eyes were on fire, he strode over, and glared at Wang Zelin angrily:

"Dongfang boy, what do you want to do?"

"TMD! Labor and management want to **** you!"

Angered, Wang Zelin didn't bother to reply in English, so he turned on Mandarin.

"beep~"

The whistle blew, someone fouled.

"Bastard! What are you trying to do to my brother?"

Ibaka also rushed over and glared at Wang Zelin angrily.

"Don't say I bully you, you two go together, I'll give you one hand!"

Wang Zelin continued provocatively.

"What's going on here? What just happened?"

Yu Jia looked at the players who quickly gathered around the field in confusion.

"This……"

Zhang Lili was speechless for a while. However, he could vaguely feel that all this on the field should have something to do with Wang Zelin.

At this time, the players from both sides surrounded them all at once, and even the players on the bench put down their towels and stood up one after another, looking eager to try.

"go away!"

Wang Zelin cursed angrily, pushed Ibaka away with a palm, and shouted at Perkins: "If you dare to play tricks with me, you should be prepared for this."

"Want to fight, right? Come on..."

Perkins was stunned for a moment. It was indeed his first black hand just now, but now there is no room for him to admit that Wang Zelin's sudden elbow made him angry.

Fortunately, the teammates on both sides did not get up, Durant and Westbrook held Perkins, and Aldridge quickly blocked between the two.

"Are you arguing enough?"

The referee, who didn't have much presence, said coldly at this time.

"Come, come, please! Please!"

After the referee came forward, Wang Zelin understood that the farce was about to end, and replied with a smile.

The referee didn't do anything just now. The two linesmen relayed the details of the replay to the referee, who gave Wang Zelin a technical foul without hesitation.

"Hey! Mr. Referee, that stinky Dongfang kid should get a malicious foul. He elbowed me, it's not fair!"

Seeing that the referee only gave a technical offense once, Perkins's anger value was full again, and he roared at the referee.

Hearing someone questioning the unfairness of his sentence...is that bearable?

Immediately, the referee gave Perkins a technical foul on the spot.

Perkins, who is known as a tough guy in the league, how could he care about a technical foul and was pulled back by Westbrook when he was about to roar at the referee again.

"Idiot! Fool!"

Thunder coach Scott Brooks on the sidelines saw that Perkins wanted to eat a T again, and immediately started spraying: "You were elbowed, don't you know if you have a chance to return it? Why do you ask the referee?"

"Cough, it seems to be just a farce, a false alarm."

Zhang Lianhe tactically coughed, but he secretly regretted in his heart: there was no fight.

Back on the field.

Aldridge and Durant each made a technical free throw, 52:52, and the two sides were still tied.

However, due to the previous episode, the smell of gunpowder on the field is obviously rising. In the time after the third quarter, the physical confrontation became more and more intense, and the number of free throws that were difficult correspondingly continued to rise.

After the third quarter, the Thunder made 12 of 25 shots and scored 33 points in a single quarter; the Blazers scored 26 points on 10 of 24 shots in a single quarter.

As the game progressed, the Thunder's home advantage gradually emerged, and the Trail Blazers made 5 free throws less than the Thunder in the third quarter.

After three quarters, the Thunder got 24 free throws, and the Blazers got 12, which is a full double.

During the inter-season timeout, the players were complaining about the scale issue tonight.

At this time, Wang Zelin was wearing 4 fouls, Aldridge 2 fouls, Lillard 3 fouls, Matthews 2 fouls... Batum, who was mainly defending Durant, received a team-high 5 fouls, saying Not allowed when will 6 fouls and leave.

Terry Stotts is also frowning now. The issue of whistleblowing scale involves the referee team in this field. Unless it is a shot from the top of the league, as a referee, it is difficult for him to interfere.

Or maybe the Trail Blazers have the league's signature superstar, only this type of player may affect the referee's attitude.

The problem is, the pioneers don't have it!

In the final analysis, Wang Zelin can only be regarded as a popular spicy chicken, and there is still a long way to go before he becomes the new sign of the alliance.

"Nicholas comes off first, Will, you play the 3."

In desperation, he could only replace the team's backup small forward to guard Durant.

The court bench.

"If it goes on like this, the situation on the field is very bad for the king and the others!"

After reading the number of fouls committed by the main players on both sides~www.wuxiaspot.com~, Yu Jia's face was very solemn.

"This is also something that can't be helped. The home field advantage has always existed. What Zelin and the others have to do is to do their best to overcome these difficulties."

Zhang Lili shook his head, he couldn't think of any good countermeasures.

In fact, neither he nor Yu Jia thought that, logically speaking, since tonight is a focused battle, the referee's whistle-blowing scale will be fairer, allowing the players to have more room for personal performance... After all, there are so many fans Looking at it, the effect of blowing is not good.

Who would have thought that the Thunder's home advantage would not decrease but increase, even better than many previous games.

Moreover, to say that the referee on the court dared to brag like this without the permission and acquiescence of the league, is it possible?

Or, the new president of the league doesn't want to see the Blazers?

beep~

At this moment, the whistle sounded and the final game started. Zhang Lili quickly suppressed the thoughts in his mind and let his mind return to the field.