Kevin Durant knew that he had to seize the opportunity.
To be exact, it is to seize the hope of life.
May 16, 2014, NBA western semifinals, thunder vs spurs Game 6.
Durant was ready to catch the ball on the right, and he knew it was the best chance to kill the Spurs. They have never had such a good chance in the whole series!
At this time, the series total score has become 3-2, the Spurs took the lead to get the match point.
In other words, as long as the Spurs have another city today, thunder and Durant''s championship dream will be completely shattered.
Durant can''t accept the fact that he failed in the Western Conference semifinals. His goal this year is to beat link and then revenge James. He never thought about the Spurs, because last season in the Western Conference semi-finals, the Spurs were eliminated by the thunder.
Durant has always believed that he will not lose to his former defeated general.
However, the Spurs are like Grizzlies. They''ve all lost to thunder, but they''ve all changed a lot.
Durant waited for a long time, but the basketball was not handed to him.
Westbrook borrowed Ibaka''s cover and killed the forbidden area directly. Durant''s heart was half cold when he saw this scene.
Sure enough, in Duncan''s blocking, Westbrook chose to stop the jump shot. Then, like previous shots, Westbrook''s "zombie jump shot" went straight to the front of the basket, and the basketball didn''t have any curvature at all.
"Damn it!" Durant scolded in his heart. He didn''t know when Westbrook could throw the ball!
Today''s game to now, the number of shots Westbrook and Durant are similar. But the hit rate has dropped below 35%!
On the surface, Westbrook scored a lot. But in fact, his score is more from foul free throws. Efficiency in sports warfare, Westbrook is extremely low!
Today, the Spurs'' performance finally fluctuated. The Spurs shot 36.8% in the first half, and 42 points in the half was the lowest in the series.
In addition, they made eight mistakes. What''s worse is that the Spurs'' first three-point shot failed to make a three-point shot in the first quarter, which improved in the second quarter, but the three-point shot was only 4-for-18 in the first half.
Facing the Spurs like this, thunder had the opportunity to seize the flaw and win the game in one fell swoop. But Westbrook, Leng is hard to pull down the thunder hit rate.
After the second half of the game, the Spurs are getting better. The thunder is still missing opportunities because of Westbrook''s fever. Durant finds that he can''t bear these behaviors more and more.
Durant rushed back to defense, he decided to take the initiative in the next round!
This time, Tony Parker''s mid shot was distracted by Westbrook and missed. While Durant was secretly happy, Leonard suddenly passed by him!
Durant was surprised, and then quickly followed! He''s regretting that he didn''t resist Leonard for the first time!
Last season, Leonard''s defense against Durant made him famous, but he was still regarded as a role player.
But this year, Leonard''s progress on the offensive side is obvious. This season''s regular season, "facial paralysis man" field can blow down 12.8 points. To the playoffs, is able to get 14.3 points.
This guy, now can''t miss any chance to score.
In Durant''s despairing eyes, Leonard stretched out his long arm to catch up with all the others and pointed the basketball back into the frame.
Durant chagrined to cover his head, after the ball, the Spurs regained a 9-point lead!
The downfall of thunder is not just the responsibility of Westbrook alone.
Durant took a look at Leonard, who had just finished his brilliant make-up. However, Leonard was just defending himself. He didn''t celebrate at all and didn''t even have an expression on his face.
Compared with the goal after the powerful link, Leonard''s reaction makes Durant feel more terrible.
In the fierce competition in the west, there is another monster.
After the game, Westbrook still did not find the offensive feeling. Durant''s side in Leonard''s "death entanglement", the state is also ups and downs, unable to steadily score goals.
Finally, the Spurs in the first half of the poor performance, relying on the second half of the adjustment, smoothly won the game.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Durant, sitting on the bench and watching the Spurs celebrate wantonly, couldn''t help but blush.
Since 2012, he has had a chance to win the championship. But until now, Durant didn''t know what it was like to be a champion.
The first year, immature they were tormented to death by the heat. Last year, I thought everything was ready, but I was blocked by Grizzlies ahead of time. What about this year? Thunder can''t even play the Western Conference finals!
Since 2012, thunder''s record will be one round worse than last year. Judging from the record, the thunder team seems to be gradually weakening.But Durant knew that they were not getting weaker. On the contrary, they are getting stronger.
However, their opponents have also become stronger...
Durant thought he was the only one in the league who could compete with link. He had been preparing for the series against Grizzlies all season.
In the end, however, he was not even qualified to play against link.
Four days ago, the Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Clippers 4-0 in Los Angeles, making it to the Western Conference finals. But this time, Durant broke the appointment.
"Kevin..." Westbrook stood in front of Durant, apologetic.
Today, Westbrook shot 23 crazy shots, but only hit 8 goals, the shooting rate was only 34.8%.
Last season to play Grizzlies, Westbrook more than once because of the iron out of the box shot, and drag down the thunder.
Durant looked at Westbrook and said nothing more. Red eyed, he put his forehead on Westbrook''s head. It seems that this pair of young people who comfort each other have deep feelings.
But Durant''s real thoughts are known only by himself.
After the game, in a crowd of revelry Spurs players, reporters found Greg Popovich.
Before the start of the season, no one would have thought that the Spurs would win 60 + games. It''s impossible for anyone to believe that the aging spurs actually toppled the young thunder and advanced to the Western Conference finals!
The Spurs, by their own efforts, broke the peak match between link and Durant, stirring up the dream of many fans and TV stations.
And the reason why the Spurs are amazing is that the old man standing in front of the camera at this time.
"Tell me, this is the first time the Spurs have reached the Western Conference finals since 2008! For this moment, you have been waiting for 6 years! What''s your mood now, Greg The reporter''s question is simple. When the Spurs lost to the Lakers in the Western Conference finals in 2008, no one thought the Spurs could return to the top of the Western Conference with this old core lineup.
But now, six years later, they have done it miraculously.
"Thunder is a great opponent and it''s not easy for us to win. But I''m glad we got back last season. But to be honest, I''m not excited right now. When we beat the Grizzlies and make it to the finals, you can ask me that again. At that time, I should have the answer. "
There was no smile on Popovich''s face as he spoke.
The old man''s desire is much more than that!
Thunder is one of the Spurs'' enemies. The Grizzlies, however, have eliminated the Spurs from the playoffs for two consecutive years!
Popovich can still remember these, he believed that his small lineup, will certainly be able to play the double tower lineup grizzly bear also neatly!
San Antonio''s iron hooves are moving towards Tennessee.
As rink worried, history did not deviate in the end. The San Antonio Spurs beat Oklahoma thunder with six games, and the Grizzlies'' Western Conference finals opponent changed into a team.
Although this entire season, the league has been hyping the thunder and Grizzlies two times. For a whole year, people were looking forward to a king of the west between link and Durant.
But the Spurs, who have been lacking in attention and reticent, are more dangerous than thunder.
A dog that doesn''t bark bites. It''s a perfect sentence to use on Spurs.
The day after the Western Conference semifinals, link got up and the world was talking about the Grizzlies and the Spurs.
Thunder, which had been hot all year before, immediately cooled down.
No way. This is competitive sports. No matter how brilliant you used to be, as long as you lose once, you will be forgotten by the whole world.
The Spurs quickly replaced thunder as the most popular team in the west, except for the Lakers and Grizzlies!
After all, the history and market of the Lakers are there. Even if the record of the Lakers is rotten, they are still popular.
But the Spurs and Grizzlies can win super high popularity, can rely on pure strength.
Link watched the news and got out of bed. The Western Conference finals are coming, and link doesn''t want to take it lightly.
As always, link watched the sports news and cooked breakfast for himself.
Just then, ESPN released a survey of the support rate of the Western Conference finals in the news.
Link looked up and almost didn''t spray the milk he had just drunk.
Among the 50 states in the United States, 49 of them supported the Spurs to win...
link turned his lips, which is the legendary public enemy of the people.
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