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The Mavericks' oppressive defense combined with the smooth offense brought by Yiyang and Kidd brought the Thunder to the bottom. For the rest of the second quarter, Yiyang and Kidd completely controlled the rhythm, even though Nowitzki only took three shots in the second quarter and only hit one goal. But the Mavericks still maintain a big lead, and the young Thunder sees no hope at all.

The entire Chesapeake Energy Arena was quiet, and the team owner Bennett in the luxurious box stood by the French window with a wine glass in his hand, but did not move for a long time.

Behind him, Bennett's assistant didn't even dare to speak. The Thunder played so badly tonight. Bennett, who had high expectations for this game, must be furious.

In the last two minutes of the second quarter, Kidd, Yiyang and Marion were replaced by the three "lower version" of the Big Three. The Thunder finally recovered and played a wave of 7 under the leadership of Westbrook. The offense is smaller than the one.

Just because of the huge gap, this 7 to 1 is really insignificant. At the end of the game, the Thunder allowed the Mavericks to take 52 points when they scored only 36 points.

The 16-point difference was firmly pressed on the shoulders of these young people. At this moment, Yiyang was like a tyrant with a whip, oppressing the people who built the pyramid for him. After the pyramid is cast, Yiyang is bound to become the guy standing on top.

During the intermission, Brooks tried to rekindle the players' fighting spirit. But the young people who were hit hard had their eyes dull, their heads lowered, and they didn't listen to Brooks seriously. As you can see, the efforts Brooks made during the intermission didn't have any effect at all.

In the second half of the game, Nowitzki's state continued to fall. He took seven shots and still only hit one goal. The star of a team is not in good condition, and it stands to reason that the Thunder should have already approached the score.

However, it did not. At the beginning of the third quarter, the Mavericks started with a 6-0 start. Yiyang successfully broke through Sefolosa and made Perkins a foul, scoring three points. After that, he assisted Kidd and fired from outside the three-point line.

If the first two games, the Mavericks most shining is the duo of Yiyang and Nowitzki. So today, only Yiyang is the most shining.

On the commentary stage, Kenny Smith and Barkley exclaimed endlessly. Watching Yiyang, this thin guy hit the basket time and time again, confronting Ibaka and Perkins with two muscle sticks. Falling down again and again, but getting up again and again. The two really wanted to cut Yiyang's chest to see what was supporting all of this in his heart.

The Mavericks continued to maintain the lead, and the Thunder were unable to close the score anyway. They can defend one or two rounds occasionally, but they always lose the chain on the offensive end. When they opened up on the offensive end, the defensive end was played by the Mavericks.

The Thunder fell into the abyss. Defensively, they can't do offensively. Good offense, bad defense. In the case of Nowitzki's continued sluggish state, the Thunder failed to seize the opportunity.

The third quarter ended, 52 to 70. People who didn't know thought it was the Mavericks who scored too high at halftime. In fact, the Thunder scored too low after three quarters.

Despair, the Chesapeake Energy Arena, which was originally enthusiastic, is now full of despair. This despair fills the air in every corner of the arena and is reflected in everyone's eyes.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, people discovered that there were sporadic gaps in the stands. Some Thunder fans have given up on the game and left early. This situation is actually the most detrimental to player morale.

The young Thunder is the easiest to be influenced by emotions.

They were not playing smoothly, but now they are undoubtedly salted on the wounds by the fans. However, there is another bad news-Nowitzki, the sleeping lion, woke up during the fourth quarter.

As soon as the game opened, Nowitzki received a pass from Yiyang and threw a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line. In this regard, the Thunder players still disagree. Nowitzki, no matter how bad the state is, it is normal to score one or two goals.

But in the next round, the German scored consecutive goals.

This time, Marion and Nowitzki played a ball-free pick and roll. As everyone knows, this time the pick and roll turned out to be a misplaced defense. Ibaka pounced on Marion, and Nowitzki's opponent became Durant.

Misplacement, is there anything to hesitate? Although Durant is tall and has long arms, he doesn't look shorter than Nowitzki. But inside defense is not just enough for height.

Yiyang hung the ball steadily to Dirk. Dirk was no longer humble and sat back suddenly!

Sure enough, Durant, who played in the third position, was forced to take a step back in the face of this sudden huge impact. Taking advantage of this moment when Durant's center of gravity was unstable, Nowitzki turned to make a jumper. He couldn't help but his posture was graceful, and his accurate head was found.

Durant tried his best to block it, but to no avail. Nowitzki feels it, even if you slap his face with your palm, he can shoot the ball into the basket.

I don't know if it was because of Nowitzki's goal that stimulated self-esteem, after that, Durant finally opened the scoring mode. The Thunder fans were overjoyed. There may be a scene in this game!

The Thunder really played the best offense of the game under Durant's leadership. In the last three minutes of the game, the Thunder even narrowed the point difference to 13 points. It seems that going ahead is not impossible.

Don't mention how happy Brooks is on the bench. The playoffs are really a perfect place for players to evolve. Durant, this young fellow, finally had some leadership qualities.

The fans in the stands screamed frantically, while still cursing the guys who left early. If the Thunder really make a comeback today, those who left early will definitely regret it for a lifetime!

Just as the Thunder were about to catch up, Westbrook, who was beaten in the fourth quarter of the last game, discredited himself again.

He first made a three-pointer against Yiyang’s defense from outside the three-point line. There is no doubt that under Yiyang’s tight sealing, the ball almost turned into a three-pointer, let alone a hit. Dip.

Westbrook's shooting choice made Brooks a surprise! After grabbing the rebound, Yiyang advanced with the ball. He played a hand-to-hand match with Nowitzki from the outside, and when he broke into the three-second zone, he calmly distributed the ball to Marion. The latter made a steady hit in the CIC, and the point difference was widened!

Brooks really wants Westbrook and Yiyang to switch, although Yiyang's physical fitness is not that abnormal, but at least they can remain calm at critical moments.

The more critical the moment, the easier it is for Westbrook to "go crazy." Seeing that he was killed by Yiyang just now, he decided to do it again, and he was bound to defeat Yiyang's defense in one fell swoop.

Yiyang ran up as soon as Westbrook passed halftime. But this time, Yiyang did not open his arms to defend, but instead covered his crotch with both hands, just blocking Westbrook's breakthrough route.

Westbrook didn't care about that much, hit Yiyang directly to the ground, and then drove into the restricted area!

But in this scene, the referee can't sit idly by. In the previous game, because the guy Yiyang was too honest and would not lie to fouls, many of Westbrook's offensive fouls actually escaped punishment. But now, with such an obvious dribbling and hitting a person, the referee can't turn one eye and close one because of the smoothness of the game.

The hurried whistle sounded, Westbrook thought the referee blew Yiyang to block. However, when he saw his teammates all running back, this number 0 was dumbfounded.

"Thunder No. 0 offensive foul, swap the ball!"

Yiyang stood up silently, walked to the sideline, ready to receive the serve from his teammate. Westbrook was standing next to Yiyang. At that moment, his heart was full of frustration!

Westbrook's two critical moments made mistakes that left the Thunder completely frustrated.

In the last game, Westbrook didn't play much in the last quarter, so the Thunder took away the victory. At today's critical moment, seeing the team is about to rise, the result is that Westbrook pushed the Thunder into the fire pit.

The Thunder can't lack Westbrook, but sometimes, it doesn't seem to need Westbrook. I believe that after this game, the controversy about this No. 0 guard will intensify.

With one minute left in the game, Carlisle made five ups and downs to let all the main players rest, and even sent Cardinal to experience the feeling of the game. At that moment, Brooks put down the tactical board in his hand and looked helplessly at the score on the big screen.

103 to 87, everything is over. The Mavericks to seal the victory!

The score was finally maintained until the end of the game, Brooks walked to the middle of the technical stage, ready to shake hands with Carlisle.

Carlisle did not hide his joy in the slightest, his smile on his face contrasted sharply with the gloomy faces of the Thunder players.

"I said that we will win back. You let me lose a home game. Now I also let you lose a home game. We are even." Carlisle had a feeling of revenge, and there was nothing in his mouth. Be merciful.

"Congratulations, your players did a great job today. But the series is not over yet, don't be too happy, Mr. Carlisle." Brooks responded unwillingly, obviously he is still full of confidence in the Thunder.

The two coaches in suits and leather shoes were smiling, but they smelled like gunpowder. Otherwise, how do you say that the coaches are all actors? Obviously he didn't like the other person very much, but he still wanted to look like a gentleman.

Compared to Carlisle and Brooks, the players on the court are much more natural.

The Mavericks players celebrated freely on the court, just like the Thunder did at the US Airways Center Arena the day before yesterday.

The Thunder players walked into the player aisle with their heads hung down one by one, not wanting to be exposed to the public's eyes for a second.

The way the players vent their emotions is more direct than the coach wearing a "skin" ~www.novelmtl.com~. If he wins, he laughs recklessly, and he makes no secret of his anger if he loses. Don't cover up, don't care about etiquette.

"24 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, and 0 turnovers. Dirk made only 7 of 21 shots and most of the goals came from the fourth quarter. Also, he successfully carried the Mavericks. A rare away victory in Oklahoma! In addition, Marion’s 18 points and Kidd’s 13 points are equally important to the game. But if not, I think these two veterans also It is difficult to perform such an outstanding performance. Let us dedicate our applause to the number one in Dallas. I believe that there is no other rookie in his class who can do better than him!"

Barkley gave Yiyang a high evaluation. He is now discussing not a super rookie, but has already regarded Yiyang as a superstar in the future!

As for Westbrook, who scored 30 points with 14 free throws and 22 shots but made 7 turnovers and messed up the game at a critical moment, Barkley only had his hands folded. Good luck.

Maybe in the future Westbrook and Yiyang will fight hard, but at least now, the gap between the two is bigger than the height gap between Yiyang and Yao Ming.