Rebirth of Yidi Legend

Chapter 649 Western Conference Finals
While the New York Knicks officially entered the finals, the Western Conference finals also reached the fifth game. The current Thunder team leads the opponent with a big score of 3 to 1. As long as they win one game, they can enter the finals!
This is the first time in their history, and it is also the first time that the "three young men" of the Thunder have reached the finals!
For this team, their years of poor performance finally paid off!After three years of drafting and two years of training, they finally returned to the stage of the finals!

For a bad team that is rebuilding, this speed can already be called fast!

Just look at the Nets and the former Knicks. How difficult it is to rebuild badly. Not every team is like the Los Angeles Lakers. They can go smoothly in every reconstruction stage Complete rebuilding by grabbing people!
Speaking of which, the rebuilding of the Lakers is really domineering. At the beginning, they quickly completed the reconstruction by getting "Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Afterwards, the Lakers managed to complete a reconstruction well. The road to glory could have gone a little longer, but after that, they completed the reconstruction again by signing O'Neal, and directly won 3 consecutive championships.

Then they got Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies, and the addition of the latter allowed the team to win another championship!
Of course, Kobe, the boss of the team at the time, was traded with the Hornets by their insight!

But even so, their knotted superstars are really not small, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, O'Neal and Gasol, "Three" except Gasol may not be so strong in the end, the other two are all At that time, the league ranking was either the first or the top three. These two guys alone gave the Lakers more championships than one hand!

The results of this robbery are really rich enough!
The Thunder has also become a benchmark in the industry because of the draft and training in the past few years, and it has also guided the right path for small city teams to succeed.

For the Thunder fans, there is only one thing they think about now, and that is to reach the finals as soon as possible and achieve the Thunder's zero breakthrough in the finals!
They also believe that the Thunder will definitely eliminate the Grizzlies in the next game!

"Our strength is much stronger than our opponents, so I believe that we can definitely win. This is beyond doubt. I also believe that the Thunder will not let me down!"

"Finally going to the finals! I didn't expect us to make it to the finals. Maybe we can win the championship!"

"The Grizzlies rely on the inside twin towers, but our inside line is not weak, so I believe that we will easily eliminate the opponent in the fifth game! Then enter the finals and eliminate the Knicks!"

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The fans of the Thunder are very confident, and of course they are not to blame for being so confident. The fifth game is the home of the Thunder, and the Grizzlies have never won at the home of the Thunder!

Based on this alone, they also believe that the Thunder will definitely eliminate the Grizzlies!
"You have won three victories. I don't know if you think you can win the final victory in today's game?"

Kevin Durant was also asked about his determination to win today before the game.

Facing the camera, Du Xiaoshuai didn't think much about it, and said directly: "I believe we can do it, because we have such strength, we will eliminate the Grizzlies, although they are good opponents, but for us Said, we have only one goal, and that is to reach the finals and win the finals! Now that the opponent has appeared, what we have to do is to complete the current task as soon as possible!"

Kevin Durant didn't say much, but it was revealed between the lines, "My mind is no longer on the Grizzlies, I am already thinking about how to beat the Knicks!"

Of course, it’s no wonder that Kevin Durant has such thoughts. After all, it’s the first time in his career that he’s reaching the Finals. Everyone will be a little bit excited, including Kevin Durant, and he’s the same. No one can understand the desire to enter the finals, because his goal has already entered the finals twice in a row, and won two championships. If he does not enter the finals again, he will feel that he is left behind!

For Kevin Durant, this is something he absolutely does not allow!
And now he can finally enter the finals. In his opinion, it is a solid step for him to pursue Yi Jianlian. This step can give him more confidence and make him full of enthusiasm for catching up with Yi Jianlian. power!

That's why he was so excited!

Because he can finally reach the finals to prove himself like Yi Jianlian!
In short, he has made another step this year, which is very important!
Even more important than him winning the regular season MVP or other things, because the final height of the team can intuitively reflect the distance between him and Yi Jianlian!
If he can stand on the stage of the final finals, then he will feel that there is hope for catching up with Yi Jianlian!

On the contrary, if he still can't make it to the finals, Yi Jianlian may win three consecutive championships!
It is also a player who came out of the 07 class, which will undoubtedly shake his self-confidence very much. This is not the result he wants to see.

Anyway, just a word, he can enter the finals, that is the most exciting thing!
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Game day is fast approaching as the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Memphis Grizzlies for Game 99 at the Chesapeake Energy Center, a game the Thunder desperately want to win , But in the end relying on Mike Conley's outstanding performance, the Bears won this key battle with a score of 93:3, bringing the total score back to 2 to [-]!

In this campaign for the Thunder, Kevin Durant scored a game-high 36 points with 11 rebounds and 9 assists. It can be seen that he really wants to win!In addition, Sefoloza performed well and scored 9 points on 6 of 19 shots. This guy is just a blue-collar player. He has been serving as the team's perimeter defense and doing dirty work. To be able to score like this The performance can be said to have exceeded expectations. To put it bluntly, in the four Western Conference finals that he has played, the highest score he scored was only 9 points. In this game, he scored 19 points, which is completely exceeded. The expected performance, logically speaking, if such a surprise soldier does not appear in this game, he should be able to win, but in the end he lost!
Of course, the reason is also very simple. Except for these two guys, all the other Thunder players are out of order!
Center Serge Ibaka only contributed 11 points and 5 rebounds. James Harden, who performed very well in the first four games, performed poorly and scored only 6 points, and 4 of them were obtained through free throws. , In addition to 4 free throws, he has never scored again!

Speaking of which, the team's best sixth man award this season was finally awarded to James Harden, but this performance is obviously not enough to convince the public, because the team's sixth man should be in the team's substitute rotation stage It has substantially helped the entire team, instead of barely scoring 6 points like James Harden. This sluggish performance also directly harmed the entire team.

It can also be seen from the game!

As soon as the first quarter came up, the two sides played their respective strengths. The Thunder continued to use the pick-and-roll to find opportunities for long-range fire. The Grizzlies continued to use their inside advantage to fight in the low post. Hit, and the Gray Thunder went into the second quarter with a 23-21 lead.

After the end of the first quarter, the Thunder entered the break with a 2-point lead!

It was also at this time that in the eyes of many Thunder fans, the Thunder could win this game, because in the four games, the Thunder had an advantage during the substitute rotation period!
So when the Thunder team led by two points and entered the second quarter, in the eyes of many Thunder fans, this was a sign that the Thunder team was going to win, but Harden made consecutive mistakes, and the Thunder team failed repeatedly on the offensive end. Back, and even the Grizzlies seized the opportunity to score wave after wave. James Harden had no effect during this period!
Kevin Durant playing during that time did not bring any change to this team, they have been pressed by the Grizzlies!Until the middle of the second quarter, under the leadership of Kevin Durant, the Thunder hit 4 consecutive three-pointers and once overtook the score, but at this time, Westbrook fouled consecutively!
He is yet another reason why the Thunder lost!
Westbrook left the field with six fouls in this game. During the regular time of the Thunder, he completely messed around on the field like a headless chicken, and even got into the horns. Under the leadership of Gasol, they launched a counterattack, and played an 1:40 spurt in the last 8 minute and 2 seconds of this section, fixing the halftime score at 54:51!

The Grizzlies overtook the score in the first half, which was something Thunder fans didn't expect!

Marc Gasol, a player who is good at defense, scored 9 points in this quarter and made a total of 4 fouls for the Thunder. Come out in style!
However, even if they were behind at halftime, the fans of the Thunder team were still not very worried. After all, they were behind by 3 points!They believed that the Thunder at home couldn't keep playing as messily as they did in the second quarter of the first half!
Yes, they really didn't expect that Westbrook would hit six fouls and leave the field in this game. It's really something that everyone didn't expect that this guy would be so horny at a critical moment!
They all believe that Kevin Durant will play a very brilliant performance in the second half, and then help the team enter the finals smoothly!
While fans across the United States are paying attention to Yi Jianlian, Thunder fans are also witnessing the growth of Kevin Durant. They watched Durant officially grow from a genius with unlimited potential to a super scorer!

And in the process of Kevin Durant growing up, fans have also seen his wonderful operations to save the team time and time again!

And Kevin Durant did not disappoint everyone!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Kevin Durant showed his prowess in the third quarter, scoring 15 points with a burst shot. In this league, it is not easy for any player to score double digits in a single quarter. !

But there are a few players, even if they do it, no one will be surprised, such as Yi Jianlian, and Kevin Durant. In the eyes of many experts, as long as he enters the scoring mode, the only thing that can stop him is His own touch, and Westbrook!

Westbrook: ? ? ?

However, the point difference did not widen as the fans imagined. The Grizzlies relied on the advantage of the inside twin towers to support them, keeping the score at a balance, but at this time, the Grizzlies also exposed a big problem. The problem is that hand-to-hand combat consumes their physical energy quickly, and as their physical energy is exhausted, their free throw percentage begins to decline sharply. The main attacker of the Thunder is Kevin Durant. Whether he is tired or not, let him Standing on the free throw line is no different from sending points. It is also because of the difference in shooting percentage at the free throw line. Kevin Durant successfully helped the team overtake the score. The Grizzlies entered the fourth quarter with a score of 69:74 .

The 5-point difference is not small, and it is not big. At least for the Grizzlies, this does not have any impact.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Grizzlies' two outsiders, Tony Allen and Mike Conley, took turns to fire. The guys played a very good offensive performance at such a critical time, which also made this game extraordinarily intense!
It is also because the Grizzlies also have the X factor, and the final result is that the Grizzlies won!

But even so, the Thunder still stalemate with the Grizzlies under the leadership of Durant.

But with 1 minute and 58 seconds left in the game, Mike Conley hit a key three-pointer!

Yes, there is a very big reason why the Grizzlies were able to win this game. In addition to their strong inside, their outside, especially Mike Conley, the team's outside core, played well, contributing 26 points and 10 rebounds Quasi-triple-double data with 9 assists, and also hit many key shots like this three-pointer.

After hitting this three-pointer, Kevin Durant forcibly continued his life and missed a three-pointer, which turned the victory of the game in favor of the Grizzlies. At this time, Mike Conley, who controlled the offensive time to the last few seconds, made another mid-range shot. The score was stretched to 94:90!

With the Grizzlies leading, the Thunder with little time left was forced to take foul tactics, but they made 4 of 3 shots, and Conley and Randolph made 99 of 93 free throws. The game was meaningless. Wen Durant missed a three-pointer at the buzzer in a fit of anger, and the score was fixed at 3:2. The Grizzlies pulled one back and tied the big score to [-]-[-]!

(End of this chapter)