The Godfather of Basketball

On June 15th, US time, the fifth game of the finals continued in Oklahoma City. This was the Thunder's last home game in the series, and it was also their first match point.

The fans in Oklahoma City are crazy like never before. If everything goes well, they will be able to witness the first championship trophy in team history, and it is still at home. Thinking about that scene is enough to make people crazy.

Of course, for all this to happen, the Thunder need to win Game 5. As fans, what they can do is to create an unprecedented wave of cheering for the home team.

"We are ready!"

When entering the arena, the Thunder fans shouted excitedly, a large number of fans held up slogans and flags, and some fans even made homemade T-shirts with "Thunder Champions" printed on them, ready to welcome the championship moment at home Arrived.

The atmosphere of the opening ceremony at the scene remained the same, and Westbrook and his teammates cooperated with each other to push the atmosphere of the scene up.

After the opening ceremony was over, the atmosphere at the scene reached its climax right after the game started.

The Heat's starting lineup was the same as the previous game, with Chalmers and Wade on the outside, Ray Allen and James on the front line, Bosh on the inside, still playing a small lineup.

For the Thunder, Harden also returned to the starting lineup in this game after hitting a career high off the bench, starting with the four players plus Tucker.

Ibaka flicked the ball back into Durant's hands on a jump ball, Westbrook pushed forward with the ball, and the Thunder got the first chance to attack.

With Harden's organization in the frontcourt, Tucker put up the pick-and-roll, opened it and faced Ray Allen.

Ray Allen is the most stable shooter on the outside of the Heat. Taking him off the field will reduce the pressure on the Thunder on the defensive end a lot.

The rest of the Thunder team also opened up space at this time.

The Heat couldn't help defend, Harden directly accelerated the breakthrough and hit the basket in the confrontation.

Although Ray Allen is old and the confrontation is okay, his speed and reaction are a bit behind.

Seeing that he was pressing too much, Harden took the initiative to find a counter shot.

The interference point of Ray Allen's shot hit Harden's arm. Harden took advantage of the opportunity to make a fouled action and then threw the ball.

"boom!"

The ball bounced off the edge of the rim and missed.

But the referee's whistle didn't sound.

Harden froze for a moment after landing, and directly complained to the referee.

But at this time, the Heat's fast break had already started, and he turned and ran back.

James' fast break advance with the ball, and the Heat's three-on-two frontcourt, he connected with Wade and assisted the latter's layup.

Harden continued to argue with the referee, but the referee ignored him, so he could only shake his head.

Stevens stood up at this point, reminding Harden to stay calm.

The Thunder's offense, Durant came out to catch the ball in the front court, Harden passed the ball, but Durant missed the shot.

James received a defensive rebound.

The Thunder retreated in time and did not give the Heat another chance to play a fast break.

James advanced to the frontcourt, cooperated with Wade, and gave Wade the ball. Wade's layup caused Tucker's thug foul.

With two free throws, the Heat started 4-0.

Tang Tian dragged his chin thoughtfully at this moment.

Spoelstra did not sit still. Although the Heat's lineup has not changed, they still have adjustments.

At the beginning, the Heat were attacking James to the death. Later, they wanted other people to stand up to share the pressure, but they didn't open it. Now they have found an in-between method, using James' restraining force, to play a match, so that they can Reduce James' physical consumption and at the same time mobilize his teammates.

A very smart approach.

And it worked.

After playing for more than three minutes, the Heat started 8-2. Tang Tian stretched out his hand and called a timeout.

There was a commotion at the scene, and Tang Tian called the timeout very early.

"The cooperation between LeBron and his teammates is obviously more in this game, and this method is not suitable for the Thunder." Miller said in the commentary seat.

"Tang Tian is obviously aware of this, and I believe there will be a way to deal with his suspension, which has always been like this in the past." Breen continued.

"PJ, give LeBron a little more pressure. Everyone else, keep up with your defenders and delay their time to cooperate. If you really cooperate, everyone will shrink to the penalty area except for the people defending Ray Allen." Tang Tian said quickly while holding the tactical board.

This move by the Heat is really good, but it is not impossible to stop.

Back from the timeout, Westbrook took the ball to the frontcourt, Harden suddenly scored Durant, who dribbled away from Bosh, and directly hit a mid-range shot.

Although he didn't feel good at the beginning, he is Durant after all, and it is impossible for him to miss shots all the time.

The Heat's offense is still James' possession.

Tucker was sticking very tightly at this time, which put a lot of pressure on James.

Not only Tucker, but also other players kept getting stuck, preventing the connection between James and his teammates.

Wade used up a lot of energy to come over to pick and roll James. James held the ball and rushed to Harden. Looking back, he found that Wade had no chance when Tucker was clinging to him, and the Thunder's defense obviously began to retreat below the blue.

But he's James, and he passes the ball to Chalmers on the outside, who gets a good shot.

Chalmers made a three-pointer, but was almost unlucky, and the rebound was jumped by Ibaka.

The Thunder played a fast break in turn, Harden threw his hand to Westbrook, Westbrook accelerated to shake off everyone, rushed to the frontcourt and dunked directly to score.

After the timeout, the Thunder immediately returned a wave of 4-0, and immediately regained the disadvantage.

Tang Tian's pause was still as effective as ever.

After more than 7 minutes into the game, the Thunder became more and more adapted to the Heat's adjustments, playing a wave of 14-4 offensive and overtaking the score 16-12.

"Keep! Keep!" Stevens extended his hand to encourage the players on the sidelines.

As long as they play at this pace, the Thunder have a good chance of ending the series at home.

James didn't make a three-pointer from the outside. After the opening, he suppressed himself from making a shot. At this time, he couldn't feel it when he wanted to stand up.

Ibaka takes the defensive rebound, Harden hits a fast break, and a nice running pass past Chalmers goes upfield to Ray Allen, jumping up for the dunk.

Ray Allen was knocked down while retreating.

"beep!"

The referee's whistle sounded, indicating Harden's offensive foul.

Harden took the ball to the ground, jumped up, and kept pointing to Ray Allen's position, indicating that it was already in a reasonable collision zone, and Ray Allen moved while retreating, so there was no movement at all. stand firm.

The referee shook his head to indicate that there was no discussion, and took the ball from Harden's hand with a warning whistle.

Harden shook his head and walked back.

At this time, the photographer on the scene slowed down the ball just now. Ray Allen did not stand firmly, and his feet were in the reasonable collision zone.

This is a miscalculation.

There were boos at the scene, and Harden shook his head helplessly.

The Heat's offense, James' breakthrough was blocked by Ibaka, but the referee blew Ibaka's blocking foul.

The boos were even worse.

Tang Tian also frowned slightly. He remembered what Wharton said. Is this the referee's performance?