Uh-huh.
A three-pointer fell firmly into the basket.
Zhao Feiyang's key shot was successfully scored.
There were wailings at the scene, and cheers from the Timberwolves' team bench.
111 to 108.
Still 3 points away.
There are 30 seconds left.
Golden State Warriors serve.
This time, Stephen Curry did not rush to attack after getting the ball, but kept delaying time in the half court. Of course Zhao Feiyang would not give him time, pressing forward and constantly reaching out to interfere with Curry's dribbling.
Snapped.
Curry didn't force himself, and passed it to Klay Thompson on the side. After receiving the ball, Thompson kept dribbling on the court and waited until 8 seconds before dribbling the ball across the half court.
After arriving at halftime, Thompson glanced at Curry's position. At this time, Curry was blocked by Zhao Feiyang and was unable to catch the ball for a while.
Thompson no longer hesitated and gave a signal to Green inside. Green reacted quickly and moved from the basket to the high post to cover Thompson.
Green immediately blocked Andrew Wiggins, and Thompson took advantage of the situation and rushed towards the basket from the left side. Dwight Howard inside saw this and immediately covered Thompson. However, as soon as he stepped up, Green, who was on the pick-and-roll over there, immediately ran towards the basket.
Thompson hit the ground pass between Howard and Wiggins, and bang, the basketball flew into Green's hands.
After getting the basketball, Green jumped up and dunked with both hands.
boom.
The ball went in.
There were cheers outside the court, and the Warriors fans were excited, shouting and screaming for this last-minute goal.
113 to 108.
There are only the last 10 seconds left.
The Timberwolves seem to have little chance of coming back from defeat.
Zhao Feiyang still refused to give up and ran to the basket to catch the ball immediately. This time, Thompson and Curry directly double-teamed, and Thompson even let Wiggins go directly for this.
Gorgi Diang, who was standing under the basket and serving the ball, was helpless and could only transfer the ball to Wiggins in this situation.
"quick!"
Zhao Feiyang shouted to Wiggins.
Wiggins didn't dare to hesitate when he got the ball, and directly dribbled the ball across the half court alone. This time his counterattack was extremely smooth, and several Warriors players even caught up with him.
After reaching the Warriors' basket, Wiggins also raised the basketball high and dunked the ball in.
boom.
The ball went in.
Although he sprinted as fast as he could, there were only 3.1 seconds left in the race.
The ball is in the Warriors' hands.
The Timberwolves still guarded the whole court. Curry and Thompson simply did not catch the ball. The two deliberately ran outside to create opportunities for others.
As a result, the ball finally fell into the hands of Iguodala. After getting the basketball, Iguodala took two steps directly with the ball, and then threw the basketball high to the ceiling at the buzzer of the end of the game.
Beep.
The game is over.
113 to 110.
The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Golden State Warriors by 3 points.
Their performance in the fourth quarter was actually not bad. Zhao Feiyang even scored 19 points by himself and also made a very important three-pointer.
However, the third quarter was stretched too far, and there was no way to save the day until the last moment!
The fans in Oracle Arena cheered, cheering for the home team and cheering for the home team. The Warriors players also happily high-fived together in celebration.
Of course, they did not shy away from their kindness.
Curry took the initiative to walk up to Zhao Feiyang, high-five him, and give Zhao Feiyang a hug, "Man! I didn't expect you guys to be so strong now! See you in the next game!"
Thompson also walked to Zhao Feiyang, "Zhao, you really scared me to death just now... It seems that you are not easy to deal with. I am looking forward to the next game with you..."
Andre Iguodala has a good relationship with Zhao Feiyang, so he naturally comforted Zhao Feiyang a few words.
Soon, the Timberwolves players walked towards the tunnel one after another.
Of course it was uncomfortable to lose the first game, but what was even more uncomfortable was that the team ended up losing by just 3 points.
The outcome of these 3 points is completely changeable.
As long as the Timberwolves don't pull their hips so hard in the third quarter, they may not be able to change the final result.
Unfortunately, it's too late!
The results of the first game of the Western Conference Finals were quickly reported, and the evening news of China Central Television Sports also specially broadcast the results of this game.
Many fans also felt very sorry for the Timberwolves' narrow defeat.
"You can't blame Zhao Feiyang, his performance is already good enough! If he hadn't led the team to chase points in the last quarter, the Timberwolves probably wouldn't even have a 3-point gap..."
"In this game, Zhao Feiyang scored 36 points and Curry scored 23 points. When comparing the statistics of the two, Zhao Feiyang has the advantage. He has no problem defending Curry. Sometimes he even limits Curry's performance. But... my teammates are really not good enough..."
"Rubio's organizational skills are okay, but playing against Curry is almost uninteresting...In the end, LaVine and Martin still need to come back...I don't know when these two brothers can return......."
"If I think this game is not a close defeat, I should say that there is indeed a gap between the Timberwolves and the Warriors. If they didn't play well in the last quarter, I'm afraid the difference between the two sides would be more than 3 points..."
Fans are buzzing.
For the Timberwolves, the victory or defeat in the first game cannot be changed. What they have to do is to gather strength to reverse the situation in the second game.
After the Western Conference played the first game of the series, the Eastern Conference followed suit.
The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat have quite a lot of grievances. Although it is mainly a problem between LeBron and the Heat fans, as former teammates, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are not happy about LeBron leaving. If there is no complaint about this matter, it is probably impossible.
Therefore, the duel between the two sides is obviously particularly interesting.
But in fact, the gap between the two sides is huge.
The Heat were able to compete with the Cavaliers in the first quarter, but after the second quarter, the situation became one-sided.
The Heat can't stop Kyrie Irving's offense at all. Once he is allowed to play, as long as it is one-on-one defense, Irving will basically abuse him.
As for LeBron, he is even more unstoppable. He is familiar with the Heat's lineup and style, and also knows Wade and Bosh very well, all of which allow him to perform in a better state during the game.
So, in the first game, LeBron scored 30 points alone, and the team's core guard Irving also scored 26 points.
On the other hand, for the Heat, Wade's performance was mediocre and he only scored 20 points. Bosh failed to beat Kevin Love in the paint and only scored a mediocre performance of 14 points.
The two sides finally ended the battle 109 to 90. The 19-point gap also greatly disappointed Heat fans who had been full of confidence before.
