Chapter 490: Elimination without suspense
Sometimes, it's just more helpless.
At the same time that the Thunder team was reversed, the Thunder team made another turnover.
It shows that Durant's pass was stealed, and then the Westbrook zombie jumped out and was blocked by Qin Yang, and the Kings took the opportunity to pull away the score.
With three minutes left in the game, the Kings took an 11-point lead.
Westbrook became the most important X-factor of this.
At the critical moment, Westbrook played a single game, not to mention 1 of 4, a hat, a mistake, and an iron, which was simply a pit for his teammates.
Durant and Harden couldn't stand it.
The Thunder team in this pit is too miserable.
But Westbrook did not have the slightest sense of this, and was still scrappy.
Impacting the inside line and scrambling for rebounds fouled, Westbrook was in a hurry, and directly angrily scolded the referee, and was almost bombarded by the referee.
Westbrook was stopped by Durant, but he still had a big temper.
Next, Westbrook hit the inside line again and again, completely desperately. But the efficiency is low.
Westbrook is doing this, and he's getting into it.
The Thunder's offense was completely disrupted by Westbrook, and Durant got very few chances, and he played poorly against Rudy Gay's all-out defense.
The Thunder played a wonderful first three quarters of this game, but in the final quarter, they played extremely poorly and were directly beaten by the Kings.
The game was won, and the Kings won 3-1.
At the end of the game, Durant drooped his face and was depressed.
This team can't take it.
James Harden was blind, didn't know why he lost, obviously played well in the first three quarters, and he didn't play to his full strength.
Westbrook was unconvinced, feeling that his teammates were dragging his feet, and he played well, but the team lost.
The three cores are like this, and the other players are even more powerless.
The momentum of the Thunder team has dissipated!
After this game, the tone of the media has changed.
TNT News:
"Obviously, the Kings are far stronger than they show, Bruce Chin's and David West's incredible combination has knocked the Thunder out of their armor, the Thunder lack championship temperament, and the veterans in the team have not played a key role."
Fox News:
"The Kings won the match point 3-1, and the Kings almost successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals, and the next opponent should be the Spurs."
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The media is always undisciplined, and before the last game, the Thunder team was praised like anything, even if they fell behind 1-2, they were still strong contenders for the championship.
But...... After this game, the Thunder became a lost dog.
That's real media.
Qin Yang kept a low profile after the game, and was silent except for an interview at a press conference.
If you win, you win, there's no need to say too much.
Stimulate the other party too much, in case the other party really bottoms out.
It's better to be on the safe side.
The Thunder team is strong this season, but the tactics are problematic, the defensive end is not strong enough, and the team is not strong enough.
The tactics of the Kings in the last game, if they were put on the Celtics, who were once at their peak, would definitely be abused like dogs.
Playing a wonderful match?
Okay, I'm going to make a direct foul and pull you down.
As long as you don't award a malicious foul, you earn.
The Thunder team obviously didn't know such a reason, and wanted to defend at a critical moment, but after being teased by Qin Yang and David West, their spirit was completely gone.
The game was lost quite smoothly.
May 21st, the fifth game.
Lily didn't go to Oklahoma to accompany Qin Yang, and in the away game, Lily didn't want to run more, and Qin Yang didn't want her to run more.
This game was the same as Qin Yang expected.
The Thunder are already panicking.
The tactics are even more chaotic than the last game, simply put, the Thunder three less singles are the mainstay, and Russell Westbrook is the focus.
As the league's rising super-point guard, Westbrook has made a name for himself.
But when it comes to singles efficiency, Westbrook is the worst of the Thunder's three, and everyone else is more efficient than him.
Westbrook messed up, and the Thunder were completely messed up.
Durant was very efficient in this game, but unfortunately it was useless. Westbrook finished with 26 points, eight assists, 10 rebounds and eight turnovers on 9-of-28 shooting and 7-of-12 free throws.
It was a mistake that really allowed the Kings to lie down and win.
The Kings were solid throughout the game, with only 11 turnovers, and Westbrook alone was worthy of the entire Kings team.
After the game, Durant and Qin Yang hugged and left alone, without the slightest idea of staying on the court.
The Thunder team is still too weak, so weak that Durant doesn't even know how to lead the team to win.
Qin Yang and James Harden also hugged each other, James Harden was very uncomfortable, but more unconvinced, James Harden made too few shots in the whole game, which was too different from what he expected.
James Harden feels that if he shoots more, the team can win.
But the Thunder clearly don't recognize that.
This offseason, some of the Thunder's uniform team has been busy.
At the post-game press conference, Qin Yang began to accumulate character again: "Durant is the best offensive player in the league, and playing with him on the court, I feel the crisis all the time, because he is a superstar who doesn't need serious defense at any time." ”
"Westbrook has caused us a lot of problems and we're tired of dealing with them."
"James Harden was really good, it's just obvious that he didn't get a lot of chances."
"The Thunder didn't do a very good job in terms of ball distribution and tactics."
Qin Yang didn't dare to say or tell the truth.
The Thunder have a lot of problems, tactical rigidity, and flaws on the defensive end, but the biggest problem is Westbrook.
No matter how well Westbrook plays this season, it is inevitably cancerous.
Chris Paul has some cancer, but many people can't see it, but Westbrook's cancer is something that many people can see.
James Harden and Kevin Durant are simply backstabbing men, wiping his ass again and again.
But to say a thousand things and ten thousand, this season for the Thunder is over.
There is no point in talking about the playoffs anymore.
After a 4-1 victory, the Kings finally had a break when they faced the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.
In the East, it was the unexpected Heat against the Celtics.
The Magic, Hawks, Knicks, Bulls, and 76ers all collapsed, but the Celtics, who were old and old, finally reached the Eastern Conference Finals.
This year's championship will be decided between the Celtics, Heat, Spurs and Kings. And the Kings and Celtics are the biggest dark horses.