"Haha, finally, Zhao reminded everyone that he is the league's regular season MVP, and he is the three-point king this season."
"After coming to the away game, Zhao seemed to be hesitant. It was only now that he found himself."
"I can't help it. This is the Thunder's home court after all. It's hard to get used to being booed here."
"Hit 5 three-pointers in a row. Zhao Chen told everyone that the fun of this game has just begun."
Barkley and Smith were discussing the situation on the court.
The Lakers took the lead, which also meant that the Lakers regained the initiative.
Coach Donovan on the sidelines looked helpless at Zhao Chen's back.
Not long after the final quarter started, the advantage the Thunder had worked so hard to gain in the third quarter was gone.
It's obvious that I can't hold it anymore, how can I guard against it next?
Westbrook and Robertson didn't have much problem with Zhao Chen's double attack, but Zhao Chen could just throw the ball in. It was obvious that he was going to take over the game.
At this time, the defense can't do much for him, and the head coach can do very little. Donovan can only pray that Zhao Chen's madness will pass quickly.
Otherwise, it would be really disappointing to continue fighting like this.
Fortunately, the players on the Thunder field are very experienced.
Durant and Westbrook are no longer the junior brothers who just played in the playoffs. They have been in the league for many years and know that the most important thing at this time is to score and be able to catch them in time.
"I'll attack later." Westbrook said to Durant.
Durant faces too much defensive pressure.
"Okay, you need to break through, not shoot from the outside." Durant replied.
"No problem." Westbrook nodded.
Master Wei also knows that his shooting is extremely unreliable.
Thunder offense.
Westbrook and Durant's double pick-and-roll.
The Lakers' defensive attention was all on Durant's side, and Westbrook rushed past Rose's right side with an explosive dive.
Westbrook's impact was fierce, and Jokic kept retreating.
Collecting the ball and stepping hard, Westbrook burst directly across Jokic, and Jokic chose to get out of the way!
There is no way to prevent it.
"frame!!"
87 to 86
Westbrook used a highly entertaining tomahawk dunk to help the Thunder cling to the score.
After the goal was scored, the score between the two sides was tight again.
There were also gaps in Zhao Chen's burst, and his touch wasn't always that good.
The two sides took the lead alternately, and the game gradually became fierce.
Under the control of Zhao Chen, Jokic and Rose also opened up, and the Lakers continued to resist the impact from Westbrook on the road.
Thunder's strength is very strong, so powerful that it cannot be contained by Zhao Chen in a small burst.
Of course, the Lakers are equally strong. Durant and Westbrook were both explosive today, but they just couldn't win the game and the game turned into a war of attrition.
The Thunder have two superstars. As long as they play crazy, even if Zhao Chen wants to close the game, it will not be so easy.
The same goes for the Thunder. Zhao Chen is carrying the Lakers. No matter how much Westbrook and Durant want to have a small climax, they just can't pull away.
The score was tight until the end! !
As a result, there was no winner between the two sides in regular time, and the game entered overtime.
In overtime, the two teams were still in this alternating situation. Until there were 28 seconds left, the two teams were still tied at 125-125.
The ball was still in the hands of the Thunder, and Donovan requested a timeout.
"After watching the first half of the game, I thought the score in this game would be very small. Unexpectedly, I was still naive. The two teams really scored like crazy in the second half."
"The scoring ability is really explosive."
"It's so intense. I haven't watched the Lakers' overtime game in a long time."
"Durant scored 52 points, Westbrook scored 45 points, and Zhao Chen scored 65 points. This game is really crazy!!"
"The Thunder are absolutely powerful. No wonder it didn't seem difficult to win the championship two years ago. With these three giants together, it would be difficult to lose."
"Zhao Chen got his first Finals MVP from Durant, haha."
Domestically, student fans stood up in various canteens to watch the game. The two teams played from 9 o'clock until almost dinner time at 12 o'clock. At this time, the canteens were crowded.
The students all stood up to watch the game.
Fans at Chesapeake Energy Arena also stood up to watch the game.
It is really difficult for the Thunder to get this ball advantage.
"Give KD, give KD, pick and roll, two big men come up to pick and roll."
"Suppress the tempo and control the time well. Even if they can't score, don't let them have too much time to attack."
Donovan drew an offensive strategy for Durant.
After Zhao Chen left, Durant was the Thunder's choice at critical moments.
Neither Durant nor Westbrook had any objections to the tactics and chose to execute them.
After returning from timeout.
Westbrook dribbled to the frontcourt, controlled the rhythm, and began to press time.
Westbrook is observing the defense, Rose is guarding him, and Zhao Chen is targeting Durant.
Westbrook gave the ball to Durant with 14 seconds left on the shot clock.
Durant took the ball and directly called for double coverage.
Ibaka and Adams were brought up at the same time.
Zhao Chen had expected this move a long time ago. He took a big step in advance and directly avoided the pick and roll.
There were too many people. Durant stretched out his hand to let his teammates open up space. He wanted to play alone.
Adams and Ibaka left, leaving Durant and Zhao Chen behind.
Zhao Chen opened his hands and made defensive movements, with a serious look in his eyes.
Durant didn't dare to slack off at all. Even though he was confident in his offense, at this moment, he was very nervous inside.
"boom!"
"boom!"
Facing Zhao Chen's defense, Durant began to change direction.
Zhao Chen was not thrown away by the change of direction, but kept following Durant's rhythm.
left!
right!
Not only did Durant fail to get rid of Zhao Chen, but he almost succeeded in intercepting the ball.
There was not much time to attack, so Durant chose to take a sideways step, and he was ready to take off forcefully against Zhao Chen.
Durant's step back was too large, causing his take-off height to be somewhat insufficient.
Durant is used to playing like this because he feels that Zhao Chen can't interfere.
But in Zhao Chen's opinion, Durant's pace was a bit slow.
The moment Durant collected the ball to his waist.
Zhao Chen started to cut the ball!
"Snapped!!"
Zhao Chen accurately cut the basketball in Durant's hand.
Durant dropped the ball.
Zhao Chen pounced forward and controlled the ball.
In order to save the ball, Zhao Chen lost his balance a little, but Zhao Chen quickly stood up.
There are still 5 seconds left.
When everyone thought Zhao Chen or Donovan would call a timeout to arrange tactics.
There was no whistle on the field.
Everyone in the Thunder became nervous, and they all realized what Zhao Chen was going to do.
He's not going to take a timeout!
