The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 286
101:99, the Kings created the impossible!
They completed a big comeback with a maximum of 16 points behind and successfully dragged the series into the tiebreaker.

In this game, although Li Pu scored the Kings' team-high 30 points and 14 rebounds, Butler was recognized as the best performer.

Tonight's Butler scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. It seems that the statistics are mediocre and the shooting percentage is mediocre, but among the 25 points, 16 points were scored in the fourth quarter.

It can be said that it was Butler's offensive and defensive performance in the fourth quarter that made the Kings finally reverse the game.

In the post-match interview, Lip even directly told the reporters: "Tonight, Butler is Michael Butler, he plays like Jordan!"

Of course, such an evaluation is naturally overrated in the eyes of the reporters.

But considering that Li Pu was praising his teammates, they didn't care, and let Li Pu say whatever he wanted!
In short, with the end of this game, the two teams will compete in the seventh game of the series on May 5.

Prior to this, the other three semi-finals had already been decided one after another.

East: After all, the Wizards failed to win the first game. After winning the first game, they were pulled by the Pacers for three consecutive games, and finally lost 2:4 to the Pacers.

The Heat seemed much more relaxed, with a 4-1 relaxed gentleman sweeping the Nets, Pierce and Garnett were still old after all.

In this way, the Pacers, No. [-] in the East and the Heat, No. [-] in the East, met in the Eastern Conference Finals.

As for the West, the Spurs easily defeated the Rockets 4:1. The combination of GDP+ Leonard turned the combination of Harden and Howard into a toy.

As a result, the Spurs had already sat on the floor of the Western Conference Finals drinking red wine, waiting for their opponents to appear.

In this way, the game officially started at 7:30 pm at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.

As the league's well-known Devil's home stadium, the noise from the audience almost drowned out Li Pu and other Kings players.

However, they did not have the slightest timidity.

After narrowly escaping the sixth game, the young kings have completed their transformation, and now they have become real fighters, no longer rookies in the playoffs.

"Some people say that you have done well enough, even if you lose, it is an honor to lose! But I want to say, if you lose, you lose, and if you lose, you are disgraceful. How can there be any honor? I am a person who refuses to admit defeat. , especially since we are only one step away from the Western Conference finals, if we fall here, we are destined to regret it for life!
So, those who want to follow me to win, follow me! "

After Li Pu finished his final mobilization, the youngsters of the Kings screamed excitedly, like hungry wolves, eager to tear up the prey in front of them!

Like the Kings, the Thunder's momentum is equally high.

However, compared to the passionate players of the Kings, the Thunder players are much more restrained.

After all, they have a wealth of experience in the playoffs. What big scenes haven't they seen?I have already achieved the state of not being happy with things and not being sad with myself.

In this way, as the referee threw the ball high into the air, Li Pu and Cousins ​​jumped up at the same time, and the game officially started.

Different from the momentum before the match, after the start of the match, both sides hit an iron first to respect each other.

Then it was a few irons in a row.

More than 3 minutes after the opening, the score was still 0:0.

It wasn't until Li Pu fouled Ibaka on the inside that he relied on free throws to break the deadlock.

Then Westbrook also made a breakthrough, causing Patterson's foul.

Well, after the strike, it turned into a penalty shootout.

The real sports game goal, the first goal was not scored until nearly 5 minutes after the opening, a slam dunk by Li Pu.

Then the scores of the two teams plummeted like a diabetes collapse.

Both sides seemed to have opened up the second line of Ren and Du, and suddenly began to score consecutively again.

After Li Pu and Butler picked and rolled, the Thunder switched defenses, and then Butler pulled away and gave the ball to Li Pu, allowing him to back Sefolosha.

If it was before, Ibaka would definitely go over and flank Li Pu after switching defenses.

But after Butler's superb performance in the last game, the Thunder dare not let Butler go easily now.

Li Pu singled out Sefolosha, so naturally he had a solid grip on it. Although Sefolosha tried his best to hit the top, Li Pu got into the inside line with just two hits.

Then, before the other Thunder players arrived to help defend, he turned around and made a throw.

Now Li Pu's skills and confrontation have gradually reached the peak, coupled with the soft touch, Li Pu now has a very high half-block shooting rate.

Since the other players of the Kings were performing better and better, the Thunder players had to think about it if they wanted to come to help defend Li Pu.

Just thinking about the effort put in like this, if the defense is a little slower, it is enough for Li Pu to score the ball.

With this goal scored, at 20:20, the Kings tied the score again.

At this time, there were still 18 seconds before the end of the first quarter. Westbrook took the ball to the frontcourt unhurriedly, and then began to waste time. It was not until 8 seconds left that Ibaka was promoted to Westbrook's pick and roll. Start with less.

After the pick-and-roll, facing Giannis, Westbrook kept going inside. After coming to the penalty area to attract double-teams, he passed the ball back to Ibaka on the outside.

Ibaka made a three-pointer after receiving the ball. Who would have thought that Ibaka, who has not shot many three-pointers this season, and most of them are still in the two bottom corners, actually made this top three-pointer!
This ball made the whole arena boil!
At 20:23, the Thunder won the first quarter by 3 points.

In the first quarter of the game, although they played hard in the first half, the main players of both sides played their best in the second half, playing back and forth.

Li Pu also scored 6 points and 2 rebounds in this quarter.

Although the score is not high, it also shows that the other players of the Kings performed well, so that Li Pu will not be fully fired in the first quarter.

As soon as the second quarter started, Li Pu rested off the court as usual.

Thomas Jr. and Butler led the mixed lineup of the Kings, playing back and forth with the Thunder, until Durant suddenly broke out and scored two three-pointers in a row, widening the point difference to almost 10 points in one fell swoop.

Seeing this, Coach Brown quickly changed Li Pu back.

Li Pu, who only rested for 3 minutes, went into battle again like this. It is very likely that this will be the only 3 minutes he can rest tonight.

Back on the court, Li Pu successfully helped the Kings stabilize the situation with a hook.

But Durant showed in this game that your elder brother is still your elder brother's strength, no matter how you shoot.

Facing Butler's defense, Durant just pulled up and shot, and made the shot!

Let Butler, the Kings' best perimeter defense, lose his temper.

In the following games, the two teams would come and go, and the point difference would fluctuate around 7 or 8 points.

In the end, with Westbrook's zombie jumper, the Thunder entered the second half 49:42 ahead of the Kings by 7 points.

(End of this chapter)