With 21 points in the half and 17 points in the half, Nowitzki and Durant's state made the fans of both sides addicted, and scoring seemed as easy as chopping melons and vegetables for the two. Despite Durant's excellent performance, the more efficient Mavericks managed to take the lead before halftime.

Yiyang also had 6 assists in the half, and Yiyang's many wonderful passes allowed Nowitzki to successfully create damage. Otherwise, he would definitely have more assists.

Faced with this big difference, Brooks was very serious after returning to the locker room. He's just sending a message to the young guys – I'm not happy with your performance!

"Sticking to the defense, pressing to the defense, can't give the Mavericks any space to shoot!" No sooner had the players returned to the locker room to sit down than Brooks yelled as he tapped his hands on the tactical whiteboard.

The players all raised their heads and stared at the furious manager, and they didn't dare to let out a breath. Looking at the serious eyes of the players, Brooks knew that it worked!

"Sergi, are you afraid of fouls or what? You've left enough space for the Germans to cram an O'Neill between the two of you! In the second half, I want you to stay close to him all the time and take the initiative to find a confrontation! If Sergi is delayed by the block, our change of defense must be fast! The German only needed to grab a little space to score with ease. So in the second half, we couldn't even leave him a little space! ”

Brooks finished speaking in one breath, and found himself actually out of breath. He casually threw the marker onto the table and waved his hand. "Take what I said, and now, get some rest!"

On the other hand, in the home team locker room of the American Route Center Arena, the atmosphere is much more relaxed. The players rested casually, some were changing into new jerseys, and some were wiping their sweat with towels.

Carlisle didn't say anything, just silently watched his players. Carlisle waited until everyone's business was done before he spoke.

"In the first half, we did a fantastic shot. Like I said, the Thunder are already scared! Then in the second half, they will definitely increase the intensity of the pressing defence. When the time comes, the inside line will be a big open door for us! Hit the basket more and cause damage. When their defense is habitually shrinking, we give them the final blow with a shot! Carlisle is confident, and if nothing else, it won't be too difficult for the Mavericks to win this game.

The players all nodded their heads and then chatted lightly again. Overall, the Mavericks have a better mentality than the Thunder.

And on the pitch, the fans have long been restless. The wonderful duel between the two sides in the first half made people unsatisfied. Even Kenny. Smith's commentary is now full of thoughts about what the second half of the game will look like.

"If the Mavericks keep the situation under control like this, then the Thunder will have a hard time making a difference." Barkley looked at the statistics of the first half of the game between the two sides, and the Mavericks shot 66.7% of three-pointers in the first half, and it wasn't just the Mavericks players who shot accurately. Yiyang's passing and the accurate movement of others are the main reasons why the Mavericks are able to hit a high shooting percentage.

"We all say the Mavericks are like a sophisticated instrument, but that's just a metaphor, Charles. I think in the second half of the game, the Thunder will definitely catch up. If the outcome of a game is so easy to predict, then what's the point of basketball? The Mavericks aren't machines, they're people. As long as it is human, there is a possibility of laxity and mistakes. "Kenny. Smith smiled at Barkley, uncertain, which is why he is obsessed with this game.

"Let's see, Kenny, the Thunder are out of play."

Just as the war of words between the two was hot, the players from both sides returned to the court, and the halftime break was over.

Once the game started, the situation was just as Barkley had predicted. The Mavericks' one-board and one-shot tactics allow them to always find gaps on the court and shoot the ball.

Although the Thunder team has strengthened the pressure on shooting space, it has also been frequently broken through. Nowitzki, in particular, saw that after Ibaka defended himself, the Germans frequently attacked the inside line to cause damage. Almost every round or two, the game would be interrupted and Nowitzki would be at the free-throw line again. The worst thing is that Nowitzki made special free throws today and didn't concede a single goal!

Later, Ibaka didn't know what to do. Is he going to defend Dirk's shot, or defend Dirk's breakaway. The defensive stalwart who was confident before the start of this game is now in a dilemma.

A little further away from Nowitzki, Nowitzki can hit a shot. When you get close to him, he can always make fouls.

Faced with a dilemma, Ibaka naturally collapsed in its entirety, with Nowitzki scoring like crazy on the pitch. With two and a half minutes left in the third quarter, Nowitzki drew two fouls in 30 seconds and hit all four free throws.

By this point, the Mavericks had led the Thunder by 15 points, 83-68. Nowitzki has hit 18 of 18 free throws so far, and the Thunder can't find a way to stop Nowitzki.

And just like that, the Mavericks played with a ten-point lead until the fourth quarter. Barkley teased Kenny several times during the commentary. Smith. "I said a long time ago that the Mavericks have taken control of the situation, and it is impossible for the Thunder to complete the comeback!"

Almost everyone thinks so, and everyone thinks the Thunder are going to lose their first Western Conference Finals. In the final 6 minutes and 59 seconds of the game, Barria hit a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line to stretch the margin to 15 points again. The panting Thunder players were all crossed over their waists, as if they couldn't believe that the game would go in such a direction.

Yiyang sat on the bench and watched the game quietly. Today's game seems to be a little too smooth, is the Thunder who have made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals only have this strength?

"Six minutes left, let's keep chasing!" Seeing that Westbrook seemed a little lost, Durant walked up and patted Westbrook on the shoulder.

Westbrook nodded silently, but who knows if he still has the confidence to win.

At this time, Nowitzki and Yiyang were resting on the bench. But with a 15-point lead, Carlisle wasn't worried about the firepower on the court at all.

After that, the Thunder attacked, Durant held the ball and singled Peja, and finally scored a layup with a breakaway. Durant's goal today will no longer make people feel happy. This guy has already scored a lot of points in this game, and if it weren't for him, the Thunder might not be just trailing by 15 points right now.

People didn't care about the goal and thought it was just the Thunder's death throes. But ten seconds later, Durant made another block on the defensive end!

Kidd used a good sense of rhythm and the tacit understanding of his teammates to block and break into the interior to prepare for a layup, and everything seemed to be going very well, but at the moment when Kidd shot the basketball, a black shadow suddenly appeared, covering the veteran.

Kidd only felt that there was no light under the basket, and the next second, the rebound made a loud noise! Durant, who was chasing from behind, directly pressed the basketball shot by Kidd on the rebound! A chase made a burst of exclamation in the arena of the American route center.

After the block was successful, Durant swiped his long arm and made a long pass directly to the backcourt, quickly sending the ball to Westbrook, who had already started.

None of the Mavericks' players on the floor right now can catch up with the No. 0 guard. Westbrook unloaded the basketball in the air, dribbled two steps into the box, and then jumped straight to dunk.

This dunk made Westbrook vent his frustration for the whole game. Yiyang, Yiyang, Yiyang...... The one who always stopped his name on the road to success upset Westbrook. But at this moment, this buckle seems to be able to break all the unsmoothness!

"Boom!" The basket "groaned" in pain, highlighting the terrifying power of the dunk just now. The basketball hoop swayed up and down, and God knows how hard Westbrook had pulled the basket just now.

"Wonderful dunks, every slam dunk from Westbrook is like a comet hitting the earth! Great, the Thunder don't plan to give up the game yet! "Kenny. Smith jumped from his seat excitedly, and Barkley next to him had black lines on his face. You can't be so unlucky, right? Every time Ross Barkley predicts a game or a player's performance, the reality tends to go in the opposite direction of what he thinks.

He had previously said that the Thunder were finished, but now, the Young Guards were catching up.

Since then, the Thunder have become more and more active, while the Mavericks, who have already had some distractions, have experienced an embarrassing situation of three minutes without scoring.

In those three minutes, the Thunder played a wave of 10-0 offensive climax and successfully narrowed the gap to only 5 points. Carlisle angrily called out the game, he thought that the old guys on the court could stabilize themselves, but in the end, he could not stop the youth storm caused by the thunder.

"What do I say? Charles. The game is bound to be in suspense, and with three minutes to go, the Thunder are only five points behind. It's no surprise what happens in the next three minutes! Chances are, the Thunder will be the winner! "Now, that Kenny. Smith showed off.

Barkley could only shake his head helplessly in addition to enduring, how could the group of veterans of the Mavericks say that if the chain is dropped, the chain will be dropped? Maybe it's the big lead that has always made their nerves too relaxed. This may also be the reason why the Mavericks have always failed to perform well in the playoffs in the past.

"Dirk, you're back on the scene! Marion, for Peja. Stevenson, you replace Jeter! Listen, I've given you only one mission, to win this damn game! Carlisle had to make a big substitution, and with a five-point margin looming, the academy coach didn't want to be the backdrop for the opponent to complete the comeback.

He switched to Yiyang and Nowitzki to attack, while the others strengthened their defense. At a time like this, it's dangerous to give up either end.

At the end of the timeout, when the fans saw Yiyang and Nowitzki playing at the same time, they stretched out their arms as if they had seen a savior.

Off the court, Cuban, who was sitting behind the Mavericks' bench, ran behind Kidd and pressed the historic point guard on the shoulder. "Don't worry, Jason, you can leave the rest to that young man!"

Confidence, Yiyang and Nowitzki bring confidence to Mavericks fans and owners. The flawless cooperation between these two guys today once plunged the Thunder into the abyss. In the same way, their collaboration will allow the Mavericks to rise from the abyss.

Yiyang looked at the big screen at the scene, 99 to 104. Durant had 34 points and Westbrook had 18. This group of guys seems to have the momentum of making a comeback again.

"Focus, boy!" Nowitzki stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Yiyang, Yiyang withdrew his gaze, and on the other end, Westbrook, who was full of disbelief, had already controlled the ball.

Yiyang moved his body for a moment, then leaned down and slapped the wooden floor with both hands. After that, he opened his arms, and his eyes were completely different from what he had just been!

In the last three minutes, the game was completely ended! Your chance to make a comeback, from now on, is no—there is—gone!