The era of point forwards in the NBA

Chapter 263

After the third quarter, the Thunder overtook the score to 76 to 71, and recovered the headwind situation in just two quarters.

In this quarter, Tony Parker lost his previous touch. He made 2 shots from 0 shots, only 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in a single quarter. The plus/minus value was -11. After being taken care of by the Thunder, Parker's efficiency began to decline.

It's not just him, the Spurs, who scored only 13 in a single quarter, were collectively inaccurate.

理查德杰弗森3中1，单节2分0篮板0助攻，除了得分和犯规其余数据均挂蛋。

德胡安布莱尔3中1、基斯博甘斯4中0、罗杰梅森3中1、吉诺比利2中0，集体如此差的表现，气得波波维奇脸色涨红，首节领先17分的情况下能打成这样。

In fact, the Thunder's defense is not strong. In order to prevent Parker from continuing to score, they poured a lot of defense. They can only interfere with other people's offense with supplementary defense, but the Spurs players can't break through this low-strength defense.

Except for George Hill, who is 2 for 2, the rest seem to be cursed.

The Thunder fans at the scene rejoiced. As a slow-starting team, they often lag behind their opponents by a few points in the first quarter, and then overtake them in one fell swoop after entering the game state, but this time they lag behind by more points.

Barkley and Kenny Smith also called it incredible. This is the Spurs led by Popovich, and this kind of reversal rarely happens to them.

Of course, the Spurs are also the old background board. McGrady scored 35 points in 13 seconds and scored on the Spurs.

Compared with the Spurs' poor performance in the third quarter, the Thunder's 26 points in a single quarter are much brighter.

Even without Curry, the Thunder's offensive firepower will not be bad. During Curry's absence during this period, Jeff Green became the team's top shooter on the outside, averaging 2.3 three-pointers per game and shooting 43%. Relying on his performance, the Thunder's system can continue to operate.

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At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Popovich has been expressing dissatisfaction with the team's offense during the rest period. There are too many things they can improve. It cannot be said that the team's offense will not recover if Duncan is not on the court.

The Yaodao, which has always been stable, has not scored a single sports game so far, and it feels like it has been frozen.

Prosperity Sports Car, Desperation Demon Sword, this is neither prosperity nor adversity, as long as they play steadily, the Thunder still have great hope of winning at home.

In another four to five games, Curry is about to return, and the Thunder will re-launch the top four in the Western Conference.

The Spurs, who are aiming to win the championship this season, regrouped and re-launched the offense because the current three quarters did not exist.

George Hill continued to play, and Ginobili was also sent. In this game, George Hill's playing time was greatly increased. Popovich still appreciates this player who plays with his brain.

For the Thunder, Lin Yue and Durant, who had played the entire third quarter, sat on the bench. They had rested for about 5 minutes until now. Brooks also realized that the first half of the fourth quarter needed to be supported by other players.

Fortunately, they are still ahead, they can afford to wait.

The Spurs launched a fierce attack as soon as they came up. Ginobili, who was 8 for 0, began to pass the ball to his teammates. After continuous passing, the ball came to the inside Antonio McDyess.

After a few minutes, the Spurs recovered the score and the two sides took the lead alternately.

With Hill's outside three-pointer, the Spurs rewritten the score to 80 to 81. Brooks watched the eager Durant and Lin Yue called a timeout, ready to replace them.

"In the next period of time, the Spurs will definitely focus on defending KD. The Thunder are currently attacking only him. Lin still can't break through the Spurs' defense. If the Spurs strengthen their defense and fall into a positional battle, the Thunder will be at a disadvantage." Kenny Smith analyzed during the timeout.

Comparing the three-point situations of the two teams, the Spurs made 16 of 5 three-pointers in this game. Except for Parker, who made 5 of 3, the rest of them had a dismal shooting rate. Their scoring concentrated on mid-range shots.

Except for Sefrosa, Jeff Green, and Lin Yue who took more than three shots on the Thunder team, only Durant made one three-pointer. The number of shots was low and the efficiency was high.

Coach Brooks' arrangement is more reasonable, but difficult to execute.

Durant has taken 23 shots in this game, hit 10 goals, made 4 of 4 free throws, scored 24 points and 5 rebounds, and is still the most reliable offensive point for the Thunder.

Back on the court, Lin Yue dribbled the ball forward, George Hill went off to rest, and now it was Ginobili who was defending Lin Yue.

Durant mentioned the position at the top of the arc to cooperate with Lin Yue in the pick-and-roll. Ginobili let Lin Yue shoot a three-pointer again. Even though Lin Yue relied on this opportunity to hit a goal before, Ginobili still insisted on his own judgment.

When the game came to a critical moment, Lin Yue still chose to pass the ball to Durant, who was the safest.

The latter forced Jefferson, and under the interference of the opponent, he missed the layup.

Durant spread his hands and asked why the referee didn't blow the whistle. The ball was suspected of fouling.

The referee ignored it, and the Spurs took the opportunity to launch a fast break.

Ginobili dribbled the ball forward, but he just didn't believe in evil. After discovering that his teammates' running positions were blocked, fortunately he made a shot himself.

The large amount of bad luck after the change of direction made Lin Yue lose from the first step, the familiar Ginobili-style European step, this is the first time Lin Yue has defended the ball in actual combat.

With ghostly steps, weird shooting posture, and extremely unbalanced body, it is outrageous to be able to shoot.

It's a pity that Ginobili's luck tonight is really back home. Seeing that he was about to score a goal, he could still come out after spinning around the basket.

The Thunder fans at the scene looked very happy.

Lin Yue got the defensive rebound and drove forward with the ball. Ginobili behind him was constantly chasing. Seeing that Lin Yue ran to the basket and was in danger of being blocked, he did not choose to lay up against the defense under the basket, but threw it into the air.

He knew that Durant was running behind him, and the latter jumped high, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand and smashed it towards the hoop.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the ball was dunked into the net.

The audience at the scene was boiling, 83 to 80, and Curry was dancing in front of the TV. He also wanted to cooperate with Lin like this. The fact is that after several years of fighting, he was the only one who answered Lin Yue, not Lin Yue.

Ginobili was very depressed, he couldn't open the offense, he couldn't defend the defense, and he has today?
Fortunately, Antonio McDyess dunked a goal under the basket, which avoided being pulled away from the score, which can be described as dangerous.

The Thunder fans at the scene felt like they were on a roller coaster, and their life expectancy would be shortened if they watched too much of this kind of game.

But this back and forth process is more exciting.

Of course, it would be better for the Thunder to win.

(End of this chapter)