Rebirth of Yidi Legend

Chapter 656
No one thought that the Thunder and the Grizzlies would play for such a long time, and even had to go through a tie-break to complete the final victory and defeat. Therefore, these two groups can be regarded as another set of rivalries in the Western Conference. They haven't met in the playoffs before this year, but now, no matter who wins or loses, the two teams will meet again next year. It must be full of gimmicks!

Of course, both teams have enough gimmicks!
At least that's how it looks now!

For example, the Grizzlies, in the 2011 playoffs, when everyone was not optimistic, they eliminated the Spurs 4-0 for the first time, which made both the Spurs and Popovich feel what it means to be "beaten". Black eight"!
This battle can be regarded as one of the few, or even the only, blemishes in Popovich's career. It's just a pity that this team didn't go far in the end, and it didn't make the fans pay enough attention to him. The attention of the Grizzlies, but it is different now. The Grizzlies continued to maintain a strong momentum this year, and finally broke into the Western Conference Finals, breaking the embarrassing record of never being in the Western Conference Finals in team history, and making them the most talked about team now. It can be said that although this year's Grizzlies are not enough to become a popular team next year, after all, their style of play is indeed not entertaining, but they will definitely become the object of concern for many teams!
As for the Thunder, let alone, in last year's playoffs, they first successfully advanced in the first round of the series, and then broke out from the semifinals, and finally moved to Oklaho for the first time. It was the first time since Mary State broke into the Western Conference finals. That Thunder team can be said to have shown many people what a youth storm is!

More importantly, these two teams are teams from small cities, but they have made their teams stand on the top of the Western Conference through their own completely different methods, and have become the focus of basketball fans all over the world. One thing, that is, the rebuilding process of these two teams will inevitably be used as a standard case study by other small city teams!

However, this is for other teams, and for these two teams, it has come to the seventh game, and the only suspense left between them is which of them will have the last laugh, Lead the team to complete a breakthrough in team history and complete the achievement of reaching the finals for the first time!

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"I don't know why this happened, but one thing I have to say is that we wasted too many chances, which is why we need to play the last game, but anyway, since the result This is already the case, so for me, the only thing I can do is to win this must-win game, because we have no way out!"

Kevin Durant was interviewed before the game. Facing the microphones in the hands of the media and reporters, he did not have any psychological burden because of the mistakes made at the critical moment of the last game. He still has a strong feeling for this game. Confidence!

That's what superstars do, no matter how bad their previous play is, they don't carry it over to the next game.

"We will win the final victory, because the road we have been walking so far is to work hard for the team's victory. We don't need to have any doubts about ourselves because of the losses in the last two games. We It's important to have the ability to keep winning, so you know what I mean!"

"I played poorly in the last two games. To be honest, it was really bad, but this is in the past. My self-blame will not save the team. We have to look forward. Because we still have an important game to play, until we win this game, all I have to do is stay focused!"

Not only Kevin Durant, but also James Harden, and Westbrook have all expressed their determination to the media. They are very confident in their victory tonight!

However, more fans outside now support the Grizzlies. ESPN conducted a special polling statistics, but the results showed that the support rate of the entire Grizzlies was 58%, while the Thunder only had 42%!

The Grizzlies have won support and trust for themselves with their tenacity!

Of course, there is a reason for this. It is not easy for the Grizzlies to reach this point in the playoffs this year. At least it is much harder for them to reach this point than the Thunder. After all, this season, the Thunder ranked first in the Western Conference. , and the Grizzlies 42 wins and 40 losses, only locked the seventh place in the playoffs at the end of the regular season.

In the three matches between the two sides this season, the Thunder won all three games, occupying an absolute advantage.If you count the two preseason games, the Grizzlies have lost five consecutive games to their opponents this season.

Regardless of the record or the record of the two teams fighting each other, the Thunder team has the upper hand. However, under this advantage, the Grizzlies abruptly tied the big score to 3-3. Hard work and sweat are really admirable enough, which is why so many people support the Grizzlies to win. There is no way, this guy who was completely invisible before the playoffs has entered What a classic such a counterattack myth is!
Again, all Americans have a hero complex, and they look forward to seeing the warrior who climbed out of adversity!

And now, the Grizzlies are doing such a story!
"The Thunder's most powerful weapon is Kevin Durant. This season, Durant averaged 35.8 minutes per game, scored 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5 assists, and shot 50.5% from the field. The ball hit rate is as high as 38.7%. It is worth mentioning that in this year's regular season, Durant scored 64+ points in 20 consecutive games, surpassing Kobe and becoming Michael Jordan's 1990 consecutive games in the 91-1 season. The highest record after scoring 69+."

"Durant's stability is terrifying. At the same time, Westbrook has also played the best season of his career so far. This season, Westbrook averaged 34.4 minutes per game, scoring 23.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 10.4 assists. Westbrook has scored 18 triple-doubles this season, tying Magic Johnson’s record of 18 triple-doubles in a single season. It took only halftime to get a triple-double."

"There is also James Harden, the detailed data is no longer necessary to cite examples, but not long ago he just won his best sixth man trophy, the team's Thunder three is really scary, at least the future will definitely It's theirs, though they've got hold of the present!"

Before the start of the seventh game, TNT's ball commentary team made a final analysis and summary of the two teams. They first analyzed the Thunder team and analyzed this team. It is all the advantages of the Thunder!

"However, one thing I have to say is that although there are three young players, the Thunder's three young players are still a bit misnamed in the last two games. Except for Kevin Durant, the other two guys have fallen into endless struggles. Among them, Westbrook got into foul trouble in the fifth game, which made them miss the most likely opportunity to take the victory directly. When it came to Memphis, Westbrook still couldn't find the feeling on the offensive end. There is a big problem with the first position of this team. Leaving aside James Harden, let’s talk about some problems other than the Thunder’s three players. Yes, the reason why the Thunder will lose is that they also have a lot of other players Problems, such as the rotation lineup, in these two games, the Thunder's substitutes can only score 34.9 points per game. If this ranking is among the teams in the regular season, it can only rank 16th in the league, No. 16 in the league. The 4th place is basically the worst ranking among the teams entering the playoffs. The score of their substitute is really very unsatisfactory. This is not the Thunder team in the regular season. , The score of the Thunder ranks fourth in the league, even higher than the San Antonio Spurs!
At the same time, the Thunder averaged 34.4 points off the bench. If this data were placed in the regular season, it would also rank around 16th in the league!
Of course, the Thunder's weak bench is a problem that they exposed in the regular season. Their ranking in the regular season was not high. They could only rank 9th in the league. This ranking is considered the ranking of the first-tier teams in the league. But by no means top notch!

However, they can choose to let Durant or Wei Shao lead the second team, but this gives them another problem-they are easy to be reversed in the final quarter, which is why the Thunder have always appeared in the last two playoffs. problem.

Although with the Thunder's three young players, offense is instinctive, but in the last two games against the Grizzlies, they entered the fourth quarter with a lead and were reversed!
In the regular season, they took the lead into the fourth quarter, but the number of times they ended up encountering reversals is also ranked among the top five industries in the league.Because everyone knows, especially in the playoffs, when the game enters a critical moment, everyone knows that the Thunder will hand the ball to Durant or Westbrook. In this case, the opponent will definitely take care of it.If you are fighting alone, maybe no one in the league can stop the Thunder's second junior, but when double-teaming and assisting defenses increase, the Thunder's second junior will start to make more mistakes.As we all know, Grizzlies coach Hollins is a coach who is very good at using zone defense. "

"And that's why this team lost two games in a row and was forced to draw 3-3!"

"Now let's talk about James Harden, this third-year player who just won the Sixth Man of the Year award, the biggest problem is him, because of his performance in the playoffs, especially in the West The performance in the finals was really terrible! If you really want to use the expression of the playoffs to select the sixth man of the team, then he will definitely not be selected. He needs to play better performances to prove his performance, and He deserves to be called the best sixth man! This is very critical!"

"This is also the key to the Thunder if they want to win this game!"

"In addition, there is another thing worth noting. After the last match between the Grizzlies and the Thunder, that is, after the two days of the game, the entire Thunder team should pay attention to a problem, that is, the Grizzlies are completely A different Grizzlies, their vitality and fully stimulated, and more importantly, they are full of fighting spirit, so everyone in the Thunder team should cheer up, they should know that standing in front of them is not a Ordinary teams, they are one of the two teams entering the Western Conference finals this year, they are opponents at the same level, since they are opponents with statistical changes, they must be careful!"

"As far as the Grizzlies are concerned, if they want to win today's game, they must do a few very important things!"

"First of all, they have to realize that the Thunder are a young team, so their team is very trend-following, playing a fast-paced push, driven by Kevin Durant and Westbrook, and look at them. The number of shots taken by the entire team can be seen. Their average number of shots per game in the season is about 70 times. In March, their average number of shots per game in a single month was more than 3 times. The average shot has dropped to 80, but this number of shots is already very high, and the main thing that the Grizzlies must do is not to let them bring the rhythm!"

"In fact, the rhythm of the Grizzlies is mainly slow. Just look at their games before the playoffs! In the final stage of the regular season, they won several key games such as the Rockets, Mavericks, and Jazz. The game of the battle locked the playoffs at the last minute. The Grizzlies record in the last 10 games of the regular season was 7 wins and 3 losses."

"So what the Grizzlies have to do is to control the rhythm of the game in their slow pace, let the inside Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol gradually destroy the opponent's inside, these two guys have such ability , so if the Grizzlies want to win, they have to control the tempo so that the Thunder can’t get up to speed, just like the previous two games, this is why the Grizzlies can have the last laugh!”

"Of course, the Grizzlies should also pay attention to their own third-quarter game time. The Thunder are used to crashing in the final quarter, and their Grizzlies are prone to misfiring in the third quarter. scored 24.1 points in a single quarter, ranking third from the bottom in the league. They would not play in the second half, which seemed to be a curse for them. Although the Grizzlies won the first two games, they They are always overtaken by the Thunder at the end of the third quarter, and it can be seen from this that this team really won't play in the third quarter!"

"Actually, it can also be said that the final outcome of this game will be whether the Grizzlies can finish the third quarter better, or the Thunder can maintain their advantage before the fourth quarter. In short, the outcome It is very likely that we will not be able to separate until the second half!"

(End of this chapter)