Chapter 279 He is the chosen one, and the only one.

Kevin Durant was ferocious in the last two games of the Western Conference Finals.

One game is 30 plus, and the other is 40 plus.

However, in these two games, the New York Knicks coaching staff discovered a problem: if Kevin Durant holds the ball for a long time, it is easy to become weak. They immediately studied Kevin Durant’s previous game videos and then confirmed this matter.

Su Wan was a little surprised when he learned that the coaching staff was going to focus on Kevin Durant’s physical fitness.

Mike Malone and Tyronn Lue, this historical assistant coaching duo really has something in Suwan’s opinion.

Kevin Durant’s physical problems probably became a complete weakness only after he suffered a serious injury.

However, he also had certain physical problems before his serious injury, but most media and experts did not notice this.

The main reason is that the Thunder’s “Big Three” are too talented, and the other two have also attracted considerable attention.

But if you study the Thunder’s games carefully, you will find that although Kevin Durant and Westbrook are very strong, they are not the “endurance kings”.

In the series against the Warriors before Kevin Durant made the most difficult decision, the Thunder were tied for three games in a row after leading 3-1. This was because the Thunder’s tactic of the two brothers taking turns to play singles was extremely energy-consuming. Starting from the fifth game of the series, they were a little unable to move.

Of course this is normal. Kevin Durant is so tall, but he can attack like a guard. If God didn’t give him some shortcomings, it would be too buggy!
Therefore, from the beginning of the game, all the tactics of the New York Knicks were aimed at depleting Kevin Durant’s physical strength.

When seeing Brooks let Kevin Durant participate in the defense, Mike Malone and Tyronn Lue almost couldn’t hold back their laughter.

It’s true, God helps me!

This is the first time I see an opponent jumping into a pit so consciously.

The game continued in the following time.

Brooks, who noticed something was wrong, did not adjust his defensive arrangement and still used Kevin Durant to defend Dio.

All I can say is that stubbornness is something that will happen to the head coach no matter what game it is.

For example, the classic LOL “five Galio releases”, “don’t ban Prince”, “three consecutive Luo releases”…

However, behind these seemingly stubborn operations, the head coach also has his own concerns.

The reason why Brooks did not make any adjustments was that the Thunder’s main defensive tactics during the previous five days of preparation were those that relied mainly on Kevin Durant to defend Dio.

Brooks’ idea is to increase the pressure on Dio to handle the ball through continuous pressure.

But he only considered that Kevin Durant’s long arms and legs were enough to cover Dio, but he didn’t think that Kevin Durant’s strength had no advantage when facing Dio.

Even for Kevin Durant in his prime, it was too difficult for him to defend the four or five positions. He took the route of Chris Bosh, letting him assist and interfere on the side, which was his comfort zone.

At this point, Steve Kerr’s later use of Kevin Durant was the best.

Durant’s best defensive period in his entire career was also when he was with the Warriors.

Brooks is not as smart as Steve Kerr.

This is also normal.

Originally, Brooks and Steve Kerr were not on the same level of head coaches.

Another aspect is that…

Diaw is a very smart player.

If he faced Ibaka, he would definitely not create physical contact so frequently.

Dio’s playing style is to become the fastest among the strongest four-position players; to become the strongest among the fastest four-position players; to become the heaviest among the players with both strength and speed…

Focus on one, you can’t catch it!

When the media discuss the players with the highest basketball IQ in the league, they often ignore Dio’s name. From this point of view, Dio is underestimated.

His IQ absolutely crushes 80% of the players in this league.

Seeing that Kevin Durant was still defending him, Dio did not hesitate at all. He continued to hold the ball and forcefully attack, frequently creating physical contact and consuming Kevin Durant.

He didn’t expect to push Kevin Durant away or break through him to score a layup. He knew he didn’t have the ability to do so. He was very confident about this. He just…

Pure consumption!
Look, with Kevin Durant under the basket, Dio turned around to look for his teammates and passed the ball to Paul George at the top of the arc and passed it to Suwan on the right.

As soon as Suwan took the ball and raised it, Sefolosha jumped up. Suwan leaned towards him and threw the ball with a standard hand shape in the confrontation.

“beep!”

“Shh!”

The referee blew the whistle, and Su Wan made a 3-pointer!
This is Su Wan’s most confident shot of “4 points”!
Sefolosha held his head, and Barkley felt familiar with this look. Shaquille O’Neal said: “Another victim appears!”

The last one was Leonard…

Bill Walton said: “Sefolosha is not a player who jumps easily when defending. One of the important reasons why he was easily shaken off by Suwan is that… Suwan put too much pressure on him!”

Amid the cheers of the audience, Su Wan made the free throw steadily, and this time he even gave Scarlett a high-five.

Scarlett was also a little surprised.

In her impression, Su Wan was not such a proactive man.

At least not to her.

When Kevin Durant saw this scene, his heart was like being hammered, and he turned around and asked his teammates for the ball.

Give me the ball, give me the ball!
I’m going to kill this byd!

His strong desire to attack made his intention to receive the ball very obvious. Su Wan, who was defending him, put enough pressure on him every time he tried to receive the ball.

But the strong confrontation still couldn’t stop Kevin Durant’s determination to catch the ball.

Westbrook looked at him like this and wanted to give him some advice:
Bro, calm down!

When Kevin Durant finally got the ball, his chest heaved violently.

It can be seen that just catching the ball is a huge consumption for him.

But Su Wan didn’t give him any time to relax. He continued to defend closely, forcing him to pass the ball quickly and forcing him to keep moving.

Throughout the entire offensive process, Kevin Durant felt like this:

passive!

Durant had no choice but to take a step forward and then jump up, using his completely unreasonable static talent to solve the problem!

but……

Suwan’s reaction speed was beyond Kevin Durant’s expectation. When Kevin Durant jumped up, Suwan had already jumped up.
This doesn’t mean that Su Wan jumped earlier than him, it should be said that…

Su Wan’s bullet speed must be faster!

“Snapped!”

It was a direct slap. The ball was slapped away by Su Wan before it even came out of Kevin Durant’s hand.

There was another round of cheers at the scene, and the cheers were getting louder and louder!

The ball that was blocked by Kevin Durant fell into Stephen Curry’s hands. While moving, he saw Suwan rushing past him and successfully passed the ball to him.

“Bah!”

After a powerful slam dunk, Brooks had to call another timeout.

Less than 2 minutes have passed since the last pause.

There was no way around it. Suwan blew up Kevin Durant on both offense and defense during this period.

This is the first time Brooks has seen Kevin Durant in such a mess this season.

He looked at Kevin Durant standing in front of him, seeing the obvious frustration on his face, and couldn’t help but ask:
“Kevin, are you OK?”

Durant’s head was buzzing, and he felt like he was back in his rookie season. But when he saw Brooks asking the question, his subconscious reaction was to nod and say to him:

“I’m fine, Coach, I’m fine!”

This is the answer Brooks wanted to hear, but he still emphasized the screen for Kevin Durant when arranging the offensive tactics next, and let Kevin Durant catch the ball more often while running and solve the problem by catching and shooting.

Kevin Durant’s one-on-one play with the ball has been very effective this season, but judging by the results of his recent rounds against Suwan, he has not yet honed this weapon to perfection.

Still need to practice…

Then he would use his current threatening weapon to solve the problem:

His shot!

Kevin Durant has one trait that is rare for a “super scorer”:

He is not that stubborn.

Especially when the head coach asks him to adjust his playing style, he usually nods.

The game resumed amid cheers, and Westbrook broke the deadlock for the Thunder with a breakthrough layup.

Brooks looked a little relaxed, but he knew very well that if the Thunder wanted to win, Kevin Durant still had to show his extraordinary firepower…

This was another error in his understanding.

Not only him, but also Donovan!

When these two Thunder head coaches used Kevin Durant, they always thought of using him as Michael Jordan, and the Michael Jordan in the first “three consecutive championships” period.

But in fact, Kevin Durant in his prime could not play like Michael Jordan in his first “three consecutive championships” period, which was a very difficult thing for him.

He just has a strong offensive firepower and an incredible strong shooting ability given by his static talent.

He is more suitable for winning the game at critical moments.

To put it bluntly, at the power forward position, he is a version of Kyrie Irving with enhanced scoring ability!

Therefore, Stephen Kerr’s use of him is most suitable for him.

Most of the time, he is used as a part of the team to execute tactics on both offense and defense, and he is given more tactical autonomy at critical moments. In layman’s terms, this is the strongest tactic in Tyronn Lue’s mind:
Give him the ball!

This allowed the Warriors to complete back-to-back title defenses after having him.

It also allowed Kevin Durant to retain his title as the Finals MVP.

After that, Kevin Durant left the Warriors. As he got older and suffered injuries, the most important thing was that the head coaches used him as an “explosive scorer”. Let alone a championship, he never even made it to the finals.

And watched the “Green’s Formula” close its loop.

It can be said that Kevin Durant’s score has little to do with whether the team can win.

Just like in the rest of the game, Kevin Durant adjusted his playing style and, as Brooks said, used catch-and-shoot to complete his shots. His points began to rise, but the Thunder were always behind by about 11 points.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Su Wan’s continuous responses during this period.

Neutral fans finally had a great time watching the game during this period.

Most of them watched it based on the media hype and thought they would see an exciting showdown, so they stayed in front of the TV to watch it.

But in the first quarter, it was completely Su Wan who unilaterally slaughtered Kevin Durant, and Kevin Durant couldn’t fight back at all.

Every goal scored by Suwan seems to say:

“Welcome to the Finals, Kevin Durant!”

Just when they felt bored and were about to turn off the TV, Kevin Durant finally found his form.

The confrontation between the two continued until the end of the first half.

Kevin Durant scored 13 points in the second quarter and 17 points in the first half.

It looks very powerful.

But there is still some gap compared to Suwan’s 23 points in the first half.

This also shows how Kevin Durant was suppressed by Suwan in the first quarter.

“However, Kevin Durant has found his form. Now we can look forward to the two of them continuing to compete in the second half.”

Kenny Smith believes the tragedy of the “Glider” and Michael Jordan will never happen again.

Barkley had a different understanding. He looked at Kevin Durant disappearing into the away player tunnel and turned to Kenny Smith and said:

“Man, did you notice that Kevin Durant looks tired?”

Kenny Smith could no longer see Durant at this time, but when he thought about it, it seemed that the camera was giving the shot of Kevin Durant, and he was breathing heavily.

This is something that Kevin Durant rarely did in the past.

This is enough to show that Kevin Durant is very tired tonight!
“One more thing…” Shaquille O’Neal didn’t seem to think Kevin Durant could still compete with Suwan in the second half, so he said:

“Kevin has been playing without the ball for a while now, and he’s been doing it mostly by catching the ball and shooting jump shots. This is a standard way to play without the ball…”

“The New York Knicks can’t keep letting him catch the ball so easily…”

Shaquille O’Neal’s words hit home as Mike Malone was stressing the importance of defending Kevin Durant in the New York Knicks’ locker room:

“Don’t let him fall into the tactical position!”

“When you’re close together, don’t leave any gaps, don’t let him move so easily!”

“Others, pay attention to the opposing players holding the ball and make sure to cut off the connection between them!”

“In short, don’t give Kevin Durant an easy chance to catch the ball, especially at these tactical positions!”

Mike Malone then tapped the blackboard to remind everyone to pay attention to the points he mentioned.

Su Wan looked at the positions that Mike Malone emphasized on the drawing board, as if he wanted to use an engraving knife to memorize all these points in his mind.

He reviewed the game and found that most of the points pointed out by Mike Malone were Durant’s activity hotspots.

This means that when Kevin Durant moves in these areas, he needs to “hold on” tightly!
Su Wan’s expression was serious.

Even though the New York Knicks are leading by more than 10 points now…

But in this round of finals, Su Wan not only wants to win the final victory, he also wants to… defeat Kevin Durant!

Otherwise, others would think Kevin Durant is already on the same level as him, but his teammates are not good enough…

Moreover, the original Thunder team also made it to the finals, but eventually lost to the Miami Heat 1-4 and was “gentleman swept”.

This shows that this Thunder team is not too difficult to deal with.

Just like the Cavaliers team that made it to the finals in 07, can you say that Cavaliers team was strong?
Therefore, winning the championship is not Su Wan’s only goal in this round of finals.

Since a bunch of media have exaggerated Kevin Durant’s challenge to him, then he has to let the outside world see the gap between Kevin Durant and him…

The second half of the game started quickly.

Kevin Durant looked much more confident as he exploded in the second quarter.

Returning to the sidelines and glancing at Scarlett, Kevin Durant was even more motivated:
You can’t defend me, you can’t defend me!
Suwan can’t defend me, and the New York Knicks can’t defend me either!
All I have to do is keep this pace!

Kevin Durant is full of fighting spirit.

At the beginning of the third quarter, he successfully attacked the basket.

Watching the ball fly out of his hands and into the basket as if it had eyes, Kevin Durant’s confidence exploded.

He excitedly defended against Su Wan, but was hit by an elbow and then watched Su Wan rush into the basket and complete a slam dunk.

Honestly…

He gestured to his teammates:

My mine!

Then start moving actively on the offensive end, preparing to catch the ball and shoot, using points to make up for your mistakes on the defensive end.

He believed he could do it.

Just because he scored 13 points in the second quarter of the first half!
Scorers at Kevin Durant’s level all have the same confidence, which is that when they find their form, they believe that no matter if they or their teammates make a mistake on the defensive end, they can make up for it on the scoring end.

Even winning the game by offense.

But in this round, Kevin Durant wanted to get rid of Suwan by changing direction with continuous “fake moves”, just like before, but Suwan seemed to have anticipated him doing so and made physical contact in advance, forcing him to stop directly.

Kevin Durant originally wanted to push Suwan away and run back to get rid of him.

But at the moment when his hand was on Su Wan’s shoulder, Su Wan took advantage of the referee’s blind spot and pulled him, resulting in him being unable to run out of space in this round.

He’s pulling me, he’s pulling me, referee!

The referee glanced at him:
Are you alright?

Westbrook waited for three seconds, but seeing that he couldn’t create any open space at all, he lost his patience and went straight to the basket with the ball.

Tyson Chandler blocked the shot in time and Westbrook passed the ball to Perkins again.

Perkins had just been blocked, so naturally he didn’t dare to shoot.

But his passing ability was very poor, which resulted in the Thunder’s passing coming to a standstill after Perkins got the ball.

In the last 24 seconds of the 3-second offensive time, the ball finally came out of Perkins’ hands.

Sefolosha made a “bomb defusing” move.

There was a loud bang…

Missed!

Kevin Durant had a look of remorse on his face.

In his opinion, this round is still his fault!

If he hadn’t missed the ball in this round, the Thunder’s offense wouldn’t have been so bad.

If Su Wan knew what he was thinking, he would definitely say:
“Don’t blame yourself, Kevin, trust me, you’ll get used to it soon!”

The New York Knicks seized the opportunity to counterattack, and the moment Stephen Curry ran to the frontcourt, the ball flew in front of him.

Just pick it up and cast!

The ball hit the frame.

Stephen Curry couldn’t even stand firmly on the ground and jumped several times on the spot.

A face full of boasting.

To be honest, Curry is not only the strongest shooter from beyond the three-point line, he is also the most proud of scoring goals.

Just look at the way the ball looked after it was thrown in, it was as if he wanted to do a samba right away.

This is naturally the best stimulant for the New York fans at the scene.

The cheers drowned out the entire audience.

Westbrook couldn’t stand this, so he asked for the ball from the backcourt and rushed straight to the frontcourt like a mad bull that couldn’t be stopped.

The main reason was that Stephen Curry’s three-pointer was like a kick in the ass, embarrassing him, so he naturally wanted to get back at him.

then……

There’s no after that!

Westbrook rushed to the end and missed the layup. The ball was grabbed by Suwan who followed up and quickly launched a counterattack.

The Thunder players who had just followed Westbrook to the frontcourt quickly ran back, but before they could gain a foothold, Suwan broke through in one step, turned 180 degrees under the basket, and completed a slam dunk.

“Hurry up and press, hurry up and press!”

Seeing Suwan making another fast break, Tyrone Luby on the sidelines excited the fans and shouted at the New York Knicks players to enter full-court pressing mode.

This fast pace of offense and defense is what the New York Knicks like best.

And from this we can see that the Thunder, as a young team, are rough when retreating, which is also something the New York Knicks can take advantage of.

Kevin Durant is really a little anxious.

He was more focused than ever, but Su Wan seemed to have X-rayed his brain and knew his actions clearly.

No matter how he moves, Suwan can make the most accurate judgment, especially when he wants to catch the ball, he can always form very high-quality delays or interferences.

Kevin Durant had no chance to catch the ball and shoot directly.

In this round, the ball still did not reach Kevin Durant’s hands.

Suwan watched Ibaka miss a mid-range jumper, and Tyson Chandler grabbed the rebound. He said to Kevin Durant, “Kevin, did anyone tell you that you can beat me with just shooting?”

“Or……”

Su Wan glanced at Scarlett on the sidelines, then looked at Kevin Durant: “Or did someone promise you that if you played a fake game, you would be given bath water to drink?”

Fuck you!
Kevin Durant was furious. The moment Suwan forced his way into the ball, he rushed up regardless of anything and physically confronted him.

Facing the violent Kevin Durant, Su Wan firmly held him with his shoulders.

But this guy’s hands are really long.

Even though Suwan’s non-ball-handling hand was always protecting in front of his ball.

But Kevin Durant’s long arms are like Luffy’s rubber hands, which can bypass his hands and pose a threat to the ball.

It’s really fucking long.

Su Wan sensed Kevin Durant’s enthusiasm and continued to make various tentative fake moves. Kevin Durant was fooled.

He directly caught a “black carp” and was shaken aside by Su Wan.

Suwan looked at the open space “automatically” given up by Kevin Durant, made a steady shot, and scored easily.

The score difference reached 15 points at this time.

The Thunder were also on the verge of collapse.

Kevin Durant became more anxious and finally couldn’t help but catch the ball.

Brooks didn’t say anything because he had already seen that the opponent had been targeting Kevin Durant’s catch-and-shoot jump shots in the second half.

And from his perspective, we can see it more comprehensively:
The entire New York Knicks were fully cooperating with Suwan on the defensive end.

As long as Kevin Durant shows signs of catching the ball, while Suwan is interfering, the New York Knicks players defending the ball holder will also strengthen their defense, forming a more powerful interference, and using a “blocking from both ends” method to disrupt Kevin Durant’s catching the ball.

Since the opponent doesn’t want Kevin Durant to catch the ball and shoot directly.

So……

It’s time to test Kevin Durant’s ball-handling ability again.

Brooks was also a little speechless. To be honest, when does Kevin Durant’s ball-handling ability need to be tested when facing other teams?
This is simply a powerful weapon for attacking cities and capturing strongholds.

But when facing the New York Knicks, they even had to rely on catching the ball and shooting to solve the problem…

Barkley suddenly realized at this time: “Is it possible that Suwan is not only the best outside scorer in the NBA, but also the best outside defender in the NBA?”

Shaquille O’Neal said: “Charles is right!”

Kenny Smith instinctively wanted to refute, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn’t think of any outside player who was stronger than Suwan in either offense or defense!

Su Wan, so terrifying!
It makes people want to take a breath.

“Dangdang!”

Kevin Durant forced the ball and faced Suwan.

He knew that he should use his static talent to deal with Su Wan, which was his strength.

but……

You can use it if you want.

Kevin Durant is real…

It can’t be used!
Su Wan took advantage of his lack of core strength and kept creating confrontations.

Kevin Durant has to build up his strength in advance if he wants to get rid of him.

However, after accumulating strength in advance, he cannot guarantee to make subsequent continuous movements… During this period, Su Wan can successfully get in front of him and continue to defend closely.

In fifteen seconds, Kevin Durant finally found a relatively good chance to shoot. The moment the ball bounced out of the basket, Kevin Durant’s expression was as ugly as it could be.

He knew the game was over…

One thing everyone knows:
When the core members of the team have such thoughts, it means they surrender!
As expected, in the following period, the Thunder had almost no ability to fight back, and the score gap widened further.

At the end of the game, the New York Knicks defeated the Thunder by 20 points and won their first game in the finals.

When the buzzer sounded, Su Wan, who had already left the game, stood up from the bench.

There were bursts of cheers at the scene.

New Yorkers are very excited.

The excitement in their hearts is not only because the team won tonight, but more importantly because of the process and the score.

They believe that the letter “N” has been engraved on this season’s championship trophy.

When Su Wan left, he went to say hello to Scarlett.

Scarlett was not at all reserved. After high-fiving, she took the initiative to hug Su Wan and whispered in his ear:
“Are you happy using me?”

Su Wan didn’t feel guilty at all.

In his opinion, Scarlett and he were using each other.

Scarlett also proved her charm in this public opinion.

In the way American women love best.

But he replied: “Not bad!”

The two men committed another foul in front of Kevin Durant.

But at this moment, Kevin Durant felt completely calm.

Or……

The blow he suffered tonight made his heart like a stagnant pool of water.

Kevin Durant didn’t think he had a sure win tonight.

The opponent is Su Wan, who has reached the finals 6 times and has never lost.

Even though the Thunder had a chance to defeat the New York Knicks in many media and his mind, he never thought they would definitely win the first game of the finals.

According to Kevin Durant’s script, the first game of the finals was a testing game.

Through this game, they found the weaknesses of the New York Knicks, and then defeated New York in the later games of the finals.

So, he was prepared to lose.

It’s just that the way he lost was very different from what he imagined…

His most confident scoring methods, from one-on-one plays with the ball to catch-and-shoot jump shots without the ball, were all restricted by Suwan and the New York Knicks. This was the biggest blow to him.

Scoring is his most confident weapon.

And when he can’t score…

Kevin Durant really doesn’t know how else he can help the team.

So much so that, at this moment, he forgot about Scarlett’s “bath water”.

This is Kevin Durant, a man who is easily injured but extremely pure!

The next morning, the game also caused heated discussions on the Internet.

One of the reasons was that the Thunder was slaughtered by 20 points.

But what surprised the outside world even more was Kevin Durant’s performance in this game.

Barkley is not the only one who feels that the momentum of Suwan and Kevin Durant in the outside world’s public opinion this year is a bit like that of Drexler and Michael Jordan back then.

Many media people also feel this way.

Therefore, they are also looking forward to what kind of sparks will come out of this collision between Kevin Durant and Su Wan. They have the same mental journey as Kevin Durant last night.

They thought the Thunder would lose, but they really didn’t expect that in this game Kevin Durant, one of the only two men to have won the “scoring champion” in the past four years, would be restricted on the offensive end.

And not only is the ball possession restricted, but also the off-ball performance is restricted.

At the end of the game, Kevin Durant’s statistics were:
26 of 11 shots, 6 of 3 three-pointers, 7 of 5 free throws, a total of 28 points. A shooting percentage of 42% looks good, but if you remove his 13 points in the second quarter, it’s really…

Didn’t see it!
In sharp contrast to him are Su Wan’s data:

全场27投15中，三分球7投4中，罚球6罚6中，一共砍下了40分。

Shooting percentage is 55.5%, three-point shooting percentage is 57%, and free throw shooting percentage is 100%!

Just looking at the score, he is already a level higher than Kevin Durant. If you take all the shooting percentages into account, the difference is even greater!
“All media that put Kevin Durant on the same level as Suwan should apologize to Suwan. This is a pure insult!” Barkley said directly after the game.

Shaquille O’Neal also said: “Kevin Durant is a better scorer among the new generation, but he is still not on the same level as Suwan.”

Driven by the two of them, many media outlets have expressed similar views, but there are still many media outlets that say: “This is only the first game of the finals. Kevin Durant needs to adapt, Russell needs to adapt, and James also needs to adapt, so we should not judge them one game at a time, but should give them enough opportunities. They will prove themselves, and so will Kevin Durant!”

When Su Wan saw these reports, he knew very well that this was David Stern’s stubbornness!

He didn’t want the finals to lose suspense from the first game…

What Suwan has to do is very simple, that is to keep playing and eliminate all of David Stern’s reasons.

The second game of the finals is here.

It is also the home of the New York Knicks.

Kevin Durant’s eyes were determined when he walked out of the arena.

The determined look suddenly made Barkley feel familiar, as if he had seen such a look not long ago.

Often when a player shows such an expression, it means that he will try his best in this game.

Of course……

If we still can’t win after trying our best this time.

That might really be a complete mental breakdown.

It can be said that Kevin Durant’s perseverance tonight, like the media opinions instigated by David Stern before the game, was the last stubbornness.

Come to think of it, if tonight was like the last game, where they were beaten to pieces and ended the game 20 points behind, and Kevin Durant’s performance was just as bad as the last game.

Then there is really no reason to continue.

Go down and settle down!
The Thunder is ultimately a “young team,” a team in which, except for Perkins, all the other players are “experienced babies” making it to the finals for the first time.

The continuous defeats are really unbearable.

This is the second time that the New York Knicks have made it to the finals. When they saw the determined eyes of the opponents, they immediately knew that the “final battle” had arrived ahead of schedule.

As long as they win this game tonight, it will really only be a matter of time before the New York Knicks win the championship.

Mike Malone once again emphasized the defense of Kevin Durant before the game.

Then with a “beep” sound, the second game of the finals officially began.

Amidst cheers from the crowd, the Thunder team took the initiative to attack this time.

As soon as Kevin Durant got the ball, he knew he was going to suffer again tonight. Look at Su Wan’s eyes, and then look at the eyes of the people behind Su Wan.

But in this situation, what else can he do?
Carrying the Thunder on his shoulders is what he should do as the “Thor”.

“Snapped!”

In the first round, Kevin Durant rushed into the basket amid constant close confrontation with Suwan, but was blocked by Tyson Chandler.

Kevin Durant was blocked right after he came on the court, and he subconsciously glanced toward the audience. — Fortunately, Scarlett was not on the sidelines tonight.

Brooks gritted his teeth secretly.

This scene made him somewhat uneasy.

Good ones don’t work, bad ones work.

In the rest of the game, Kevin Durant seemed to have his lifeline seized, and every shot on the offensive end was very difficult.

This reluctance is comprehensive:
It’s hard to catch the ball, it’s hard to hold the ball, it’s hard to break through, it’s hard to shoot…

Since the New York Knicks discovered that Kevin Durant’s strength and physical fitness could be targeted, they targeted these two aspects more thoroughly in this game.

Almost all the targeting on the defensive end is aimed at these two aspects.

But I have to say, the effect is really good.

Even Brooks had to admit that Kevin Durant struggled more tonight.

At the end of the first half, the New York Knicks successfully opened up a 15-point lead.

The audience became lively again.

It’s time for the “opening champagne in advance” session that New Yorkers love to see.

Speaking of which, before the game tonight, they were worried when they saw Kevin Durant’s look.

It’s all pretend!
Kevin Durant made 14 of 4 shots in the first half, clearly limiting the New York Knicks.

The Thunder reporter looked at the 15-point difference with confusion in his eyes.

Losing by 20 points in the last game was a big blow to them.

However, seeing some media colleagues saying that the Thunder made it to the finals for the first time, lacked experience, and did not play well in the first game, we can also blame “Sister Li”.

They will definitely bounce back in the second game.

Seeing that what they said was so reasonable and well-founded, the Oklahoma media believed it at the time and were really looking forward to the game.

However, after halftime of the game, their expectations were shattered…

In the current situation, the Thunder’s loss of 20 points in the last game is obviously not their limit.

After all, they had already lost by 15 points at halftime.

According to the current situation, they will lose by 30 points at the end of the game!
There is nothing we can do. You said Kevin Durant was targeted and restricted, and his poor performance was beyond everyone’s expectations. Before this series, most media believed that Kevin Durant was a player of Suwan’s level, so his poor performance surprised the outside world. Suwan has never been depressed in the finals… But considering that the New York Knicks’ targeted defense is indeed something, Suwan plus Tyson Chandler, as well as various targeted physical confrontations, Kevin Durant has been struggling, and there is nothing we can do if he doesn’t play well.

But Westbrook and James Harden did not encounter too much targeting, and their performance was very poor, which made them speechless.

Especially James Harden!

The entire Oklahoma City team expected him to grow into a competent third player, but he won the “Best Sixth Man” award this season and averaged 16.8 points per game, but he only scored 9 points in the first game of the finals. In the first half of this game, he only made 5 of 2 shots. It was obvious that he “could not be relied upon.”

In comparison, Westbrook scored 18 points in the first game and 8 points in the first half of the second game, making him the more normal one among the three.

what?
I’d like to hear Westbrook’s shooting percentages in these two games so far…

That goes without saying!

Because the hit rates of these three brothers are not high!

With low efficiency, James Harden can’t even keep up with the production, so…

Brooks felt that he was the key to breaking the game, so he had a special talk with him at the end of the first half.

James Harden hesitated and finally did not tell the reason in his heart:

Ever since that elbow, he felt a little dizzy whenever he saw Artest, which made him afraid to play too hard.

Without solving this problem, James Harden will not be able to devote himself to the game.

However, Brooks also thought that “he would beat the child on a rainy day and had nothing to do anyway” and “he would try his best to save the situation” and did not have much hope.

He knew very well that if Kevin Durant couldn’t “bounce back”, it would be difficult for the Thunder to win the game.

The second half started quickly.

The cheers from the audience lasted throughout the halftime.

New Yorkers seemed to have endless energy; they cheered and applauded to their heart’s content.

Kevin Durant looked frustrated from the inside out.

This is also normal.

When a person is determined to accomplish something, if he fails to do it, he will become depressed.

Especially a guy like Kevin Durant who is extremely sensitive.

Kevin Durant blames himself for not being able to save the team.

But what can be done?

He really tried very hard, but the New York Knicks didn’t give him the chance to adjust the rhythm with the ball. Every shot Kevin Durant took so far was a shot in a confrontation.

This was not the rhythm he was used to.

Well, now that the league is in transition, even a guy like Kobe has to give up some of his energy on the defensive end to ensure efficiency on the offensive end.

As for Tony Allen, who had impressed Kevin Durant, the Thunder did not meet him in the playoffs this time.

In other words, Kevin Durant didn’t experience the league’s toughest perimeter defense until the finals, when he was defended by Suwan.

That’s not all. Behind Suwan stands Tyson Chandler, one of the league’s top inside defenders.

Kevin Durant has it even harder.

So it’s normal for him to not perform well, but if he performs well…

That’s abnormal.

If you have to say it, this round of finals can be regarded as Kevin Durant’s “transformation game”.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Kevin Durant did not give up immediately, constantly switching between the off-ball and on-ball offensive modes, looking for offensive opportunities. It was just a pity that Su Wan’s attention was very focused.

And whenever he has the ball, Suwan becomes more focused.

Originally, Kevin Durant thought that he was the best in the league on the offensive end. The reason why the “scoring champion” this season belongs to Suwan is because Westbrook, who can’t tell the big king from the small king, is standing next to him.

If Stephen Curry is given to him and Suwan brings Westbrook, he believes that this year’s “scoring champion” will be his.

He really didn’t expect that his current comprehensive offensive skills could still be restricted.

And it’s not someone else…

It was precisely Su Wan who restricted him!

I must build up my strength this summer!

In another confrontation, after stumbling due to lack of strength, Kevin Durant silently swore in his heart.

Unfortunately, even if I successfully built up enough strength this summer.

We can only take revenge in the new season.

He is now…

After falling into disadvantageous confrontations again and again, he can only choose to shoot reluctantly or pass the ball.

In the end, Kevin Durant, known as “the strongest offensive machine after Michael Jordan”, made 25 of 8 shots, 6 of 2 three-pointers, and 5 of 4 free throws, scoring 22 points.

But his shooting percentage is only 32% of that of the Harbinger!

Looking at Su Wan, he also took 25 shots, made 12 of them, made 5 of 3 three-pointers, and made 5 of 4 free throws, scoring 31 points.

The shooting percentage was not as exaggerated as in the previous game.

But if we really consider efficiency.

In this game, Suwan suppressed Kevin Durant even more severely!
48% shooting percentage is 32% more than 16%!

In the first game, Suwan “only” scored 13.5% more than Kevin Durant…

This kind of positional suppression allowed Suwan to beat Kevin Durant for the second consecutive game.

It also allowed the New York Knicks to slaughter the Thunder once again.

And this time, they won by 30 points!
“There is no chance. The Thunder has absolutely no chance of winning this series!” Bill Walton has always been cautious when making judgments, which means that when he makes such a prediction, the team that he thinks has no chance is really in trouble!
Kevin Durant lowered his head even lower when he left the court.

Su Wan looked at him and knew clearly that this guy was blaming himself to the extreme.

This is Kevin Durant!
Although Durant later did something even crazier than LeBron:
Not only did they form a peak group, they also joined forces to defeat their enemies, and it was a crazy move that they just lost in May and joined in July.

But the biggest difference between Kevin Durant and LeBron is.

If the team loses, he will first question himself.

Especially when you don’t perform well, you will feel extremely guilty.

LeBron is different.

If he doesn’t perform well… well, at least judging from the statistics, he rarely has bad statistics.

This made him even more certain that losing was never his fault, it was all his teammates’ fault!

And if we lose, it means our teammates are not strong enough!

Westbrook and James Harden also looked frustrated.

This year, the Thunder has been ranked second in the Western Conference and even made it to the finals. Therefore, during this year, most media mentioned the “Thunder Three” with praise.

Therefore, this season not only Kevin Durant, but also Westbrook and James Harden are in high spirits.

They couldn’t help but feel frustrated after suffering such a defeat.

After the game, those media who were optimistic about the Thunder before the game were completely silent.

This means…

David Stern also gave up.

Well, even in this situation, if you continue to encourage the Thunder to win, you are just kidding fools.

In fact, even the Oklahoma media was a little desperate after this game.

There’s nothing I can do, it was such an ugly loss.

Any hope would be self-deception for the Oklahoma media, who are experiencing their first Finals.

But the result is that no matter from which angle they look at the two games that have been played, they only have one feeling:
The gap is so fucking huge!

They couldn’t find any reason to persuade themselves and the fans of this city to remain optimistic.

Oh fine!

If I really want to say it, there are reasons, such as…

The Thunder have only lost two games and are now 0-2 behind. In the history of the NBA Finals, teams that were 0-2 behind have not failed to make a comeback.

Of course, the situation where a team lost the first two games by a total of 45 points but was able to reverse the situation and win the championship has never happened in NBA history.

However, even though the outside world has overwhelmingly supported the New York Knicks, Thunder fans still packed the Energy Cube for the third game of the finals.

After all, this is the city’s first trip to the finals. Even if the whole world is no longer optimistic about them, they have to support their team until the last moment.

The fighting spirit of the “youth army” is truly endless.

Even though they were extremely frustrated when they left the New York Knicks in the last game, they regained their fighting spirits as they returned to their home court.

Ibaka once again took the initiative for the team.

Westbrook took the ball and rushed forward, very determined.

Before the game started, the “Divine Turtle” had already made up his mind that he must attack with all his might and carry the entire team on his shoulders.

This was originally the responsibility given to Kevin Durant by the city.

Westbrook didn’t even think about taking his place.

But now Kevin Durant has performed poorly for two consecutive games and is obviously unable to stand out. What else is there to say?

It’s his turn to stand up!

Stephen Curry was pushed aside.

His strength is actually not weak, but his tonnage is far behind.

If he was in a confrontation with his power, he could even beat LeBron James. But without power, his lack of tonnage was exposed.

For example, defending Westbrook in this round…

A goal was scored at the start of the game and there was an immediate cheer from the audience.

The whole stadium exploded at once.

It’s no wonder that Thunder fans still support this team under such circumstances.

As a talented “youth army”, this team is full of dunk maniacs and plays extremely vigorously.

Especially Westbrook, the “Energy Boy” is even more…

“Energy detonator”!
Even Suwan has to admit that watching Westbrook play is a pleasure.

However, seeing Westbrook in such good shape, Su Wan was not worried at all.

He wasn’t worried, but Brooks was a little worried…

“Shh!”

Then the next round perfectly illustrates why Suwan was not worried, but Brooks was a little worried.

On the New York Knicks side, Dio passed the ball to Tyson Chandler under the basket for a dunk. When it was the Thunder’s turn to attack, Westbrook once again passed the ball to Tyson Chandler under the basket for a dunk.

Stephen Curry took the lead this time, Westbrook was intercepted, and when Suwan rushed past, he passed the ball in time and then passed it to Dio.

“…”

Brooks wordlessly reached out his hand, wanting to cover his face but stopped himself.

Su Wan smiled, “As expected.”

This is Westbrook!
A man whose upper and lower limits gap can be said to be close to infinity!
He can complete an amazing move that makes his opponents shake their heads in one second, and then make an outrageous mistake that leaves his teammates speechless in the next second.

So even if Westbrook is in good enough condition at the beginning, there is no need to worry, he is the kind of guy who is extremely unstable.

Dio grabbed the ball and yelled “Run!”

Then all the New York Knicks players quickly ran to the frontcourt according to his shouts, and then the ball came into Suwan’s hands, and he passed it to Paul George, who was more suitable to shoot.

George hesitated for a moment and did not shoot a three-pointer. Instead, he chose to break through the basket and complete a dunk.

At this time, the Thunder’s defensive formation had been completely broken up.

To be honest, Paul George’s choice is more likely.

But D’Antoni on the sidelines pointed at the three-point line in dissatisfaction, meaning:

If you don’t take such a good three-point opportunity, what’s the use of you!
The Thunder fought back.

Westbrook is going to “open the blind box” again.

Brooks asked him to pass the ball to Kevin Durant. His heart needed to slow down, and he believed that the hearts of the fans at the scene also needed to slow down.

“Xiao Shuai” touched the ball for the first time in this game.

The moment Su Wan got the ball, just like in the previous two games, he quickly got close to him and didn’t give him space to shoot.

You can clearly feel…

Kevin Durant has now adapted to Suwan’s close defense to a certain extent. This time, when Suwan was close to him, Kevin Durant was not in a hurry to pass the ball. Instead, he first used his back to support himself, stood firmly, then turned around quickly and moved a big step sideways to the outside.

This kind of escape was used for the first time by Kevin Durant.

The effect is good, and shooting space immediately appears.

Kevin Durant also shot quickly.

The ball fell into the net!
Cheers rang out again.

Although this city has just had an NBA team, the basketball atmosphere here is really good. Almost every beautiful goal scored by the Thunder players will be responded to with huge cheers from the audience.

This may also be the reason why the Thunder owner is confident in bringing the NBA team back to this small town.

It may not be as big as Seattle.

But the basketball atmosphere here is better than Seattle!
Kevin Durant’s face showed a little more confidence.

However, Su Wan’s mentality did not change at all.

This is Kevin Durant!

Just talking about his offensive sense and scoring methods, he was definitely the strongest in the 10s.

In the past 10 years, if the head coaches in the league were asked to choose the executor of the final attack, Kevin Durant would definitely be in the top two.

In order to have such a strong solution capability, one thing that must be possessed is the ability to adapt to the input end.

Suwan’s defensive strategies and methods against Kevin Durant were similar in two consecutive games. If Kevin Durant still couldn’t respond, he would wonder if Kevin Durant of this era was not improving as fast as his peers.

Now everything has been proven, Kevin Durant is Kevin Durant, and he successfully found a new way to shoot under Suwan’s defense.

The head coach of the New York Knicks also did not respond.

It’s only one round, and they have great confidence in Su Wan’s abilities. He can solve problems smoothly both on the defensive and offensive ends.

the most important is……

“Shh!”

The New York Knicks are still scoring!
In this attack, Dio held the ball and found Paul George who was cutting to the basket, assisting him to complete the attack.

Watching Paul George score again, Brooks scratched his head.

To be honest, when he was arranging the defensive tactics tonight, he deliberately ignored Paul George and focused on defending other players of the New York Knicks, but now Paul George has completed two consecutive attacks and scored 2 points in less than 3 minutes.

This kind of “I bet this kid wouldn’t explode, but he exploded anyway” scenario is the most headache for the head coach!
Fortunately, Kevin Durant seems to have regained his form tonight…bullshit!

Durant received the ball under Brooks’ expectant eyes, hoping that he could score another goal against Suwan to stabilize the morale of the team. In fact, this was also Durant’s own idea. As long as he could score another goal, he would be more confident. But in this round, when he turned around and moved sideways to the three-point line again, Suwan quickly stuck in front of Kevin Durant, and his shooting space in the previous round disappeared.

Durant’s reaction was quick enough. He immediately changed direction with the ball and then broke through directly.

But just as the ball left his hands, Su Wan slapped the ball away, and Stephen Curry next to him quickly grabbed the ball and launched a counterattack.

Seeing that Kevin Durant’s attack was directly intercepted by Suwan in this round, Brooks shook his head slightly.

I’m still thinking too much.

Mike Malone and Tyronn Lue looked at each other and saw the same idea in each other’s eyes:

This is Su Wan!

After this round, the New York Knicks’ momentum soared, while the Thunder became less and less motivated. At the end of the game, the score was 110 to 95, a difference of 15 points, and the New York Knicks won the third victory in the series.

Now the Thunder have no hope at all.

However, the Thunder fans at the scene once again showed their loyalty. Even though the team eventually lost, they still stayed until the last moment of the game.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Thunder players fought hard enough tonight.

Even though Kevin Durant is still struggling on the offensive end, and even though Westbrook is still operating with his magic hands…

But everyone’s face showed a look of not giving up and not abandoning.

Including James Harden, who was “afraid of Artest” in the first two games, this game was much more active than the previous two games.

only……

“The Thunder tried hard enough, but they still lost. The reason is very simple. The ceiling of this team has not reached the championship level!” Barkley recognized the fighting spirit of the Thunder tonight.

But some things cannot be achieved by hard work alone.

Especially in the industry of competitive sports, strength always speaks.

After the game, Brooks also said: “I am proud of the momentum of the Thunder guys tonight! We fought until the last minute!”

However, reporters found that after the game, Brooks did not say anything about the next game.

Obviously when the score came to 0-3, everyone knew what would happen in the next game.

The fourth game of the series arrived as scheduled two days later.

David Stern appeared at the Thunder’s home court and was booed by the fans.

The city’s first trip to the finals ended in a beating, and the Thunder fans were furious. Now seeing David Stern, they wanted to drown him out with boos.

David Stern laughed in his heart when he heard the boos.

They are still angry!

I contacted so many media outlets to hype up the showdown between Kevin Durant and Suwan.

But in the end, after two games, the gimmick collapsed.

The ratings for the third game of the finals also collapsed, reaching only 2689 million, a number that was already very high compared to before 07.

But in recent years, the ratings have been over 3100 million, so David Stern was very unhappy about the sudden drop to this number.

Knew it!
This thing that can’t be lifted up can’t be lifted up.

The game began as he was full of resentment and complaining.

Just like the previous game, the Thunder were still full of fighting spirit in this game.

But sometimes, when you are too motivated, you may end up going too far…

Just watch this game and you’ll know!

The Thunder were very aggressive from the beginning.

But often we are too positive and end up making mistakes one after another.

In the first quarter, the Thunder had 7 turnovers in total. Before the New York Knicks could even start, they took advantage of the Thunder’s mistakes to score consecutive goals and took a 10-point lead.

Then the New York Knicks took advantage of this 10-point lead to suppress the Thunder all the way until the final moments of the game.

With less than three minutes left in the game, when Kevin Durant missed a three-point shot, Suwan grabbed the rebound, quickly threw it to the frontcourt and scored, widening the gap to 3 points and the Thunder’s home court fell silent.

Although we have long known that the Thunder will be the runner-up this year.

But when this moment really came, Thunder fans couldn’t help but cry.

Kevin Durant, Westbrook and others on the court also couldn’t control their expressions.

They wanted to wait for the results calmly, but…

“beep!”

In the last two minutes, the “Thunder Big Three” didn’t know what they were doing on the court. Until the buzzer sounded, they could no longer control their emotions.

Kevin Durant squatted on the ground, and Westbrook pulled his collar in anger, as if he wanted to tear it open, but gave up.

James Harden looked at the ceiling, then turned his head to look at the scoreboard.

He was avoiding the camera so that the cameras on the sidelines would not record the tears in his eyes.

The score was frozen at this moment.

109 is better than 93!

This season’s championship was also determined at this moment!
“Let us congratulate the New York Knicks for defending their title, and let us congratulate Suwan for winning his seventh championship in his career. After this championship, Suwan’s number of championships will officially surpass Michael Jordan!”

“We all know that LeBron James is called ‘The Chosen One’!”

“But now it seems that Su Wan is the real chosen one of the NBA league and the only one in this league!”

(End of this chapter)