Start coaching the Thunder, starting with Westbrook

Chapter 239 No Suspense
As a beach city, Miami is very popular in tourism, and this time is also the peak tourist season, so there are a lot of tourists from all over the world.

And this year, because Li Sheng led the Thunder to the finals, many domestic fans even formed a tour group to come to Miami directly to watch the finals while enjoying the holiday.

On June 6, local time in the United States, G10 of the finals was held at the Aviation Center Arena in Miami.

As Li Sheng had predicted before the game, the referee intervened in the first quarter of this game. The Thunder started with two two-offenders. Within 2 minutes of the game, Li Sheng had to put up a combination of Perkins and Antetokounmpo. This is also for consideration of the subsequent rotation.

The better point is that this situation also happened during the pre-match simulation, so Li Sheng was mentally prepared and brought Alton and Thabeet with him today.

Because the Heat's outside shooting is not good, and the defensive end can't keep up with the Thunder's conversion, so they want to win the game only by hitting the inside to attack, so as to improve efficiency.

The combination of Ibaka and Gobert did have a lot of restrictions on James in the first two games. Regardless of the good statistics he played in the second game, it made Bosh and Lewis both pull to the outside and took them both out.

And the result of this is that once his personal efficiency drops, no one inside can grab rebounds and make a second offense.

At the same time, when Bosh and Lewis catch and shoot from the outside, the efficiency is certainly not comparable to that of the inside offense, so it seems to be successful from a tactical point of view, but it is counterproductive strategically.

But today, after the Thunder's starting lineup was eliminated, the old Perkins and Antetokounmpo, although Li Sheng has also practiced this kind of combination, let them practice together in the training game, and there is a certain tacit understanding, but the effect is definitely not as good as the starting lineup.

In particular, Perkins now has more side effects on the defensive end. As long as he leaves the penalty area for a while, it will be the same as not having this person, and he may even have to pay for a foul.

Fortunately, Antetokounmpo is more mobile than Ibaka. Although he is not as good in experience and defensive awareness, his enthusiasm can be slightly compensated. Coupled with the cooperation of teammates such as Durant and Robertson, the effect is not satisfactory.

The referee helped people to the end this time, not only in the first quarter, but also in the following three quarters, they continued to create troubles for the Thunder's inside line. At the same time, they also began to blow hard on Westbrook's breakthrough. In the second quarter, they called two offensive fouls and dribbled the ball.

Being treated unfairly, the players are human but not gods, so they will naturally feel dissatisfied. Li Sheng had to appease them several times to calm them down.

This is actually a warning to the referees. If you go too far, then I will replace the starters and let the role players play against the superstars on the opposite side. This kind of game is not good for the league.

At least on the bright side, they have to maintain a so-called fair appearance, even if everyone can see it.

If it was another coach, the referees would naturally not think they would do that, but this guy, Li Sheng, has actually done this kind of thing in the regular season, and they are now leading by a big score.

At that time, if there is pressure from public opinion, if the alliance wants to calm down, they might throw them out and blame them, and they can't afford it.

So although the second half was still off the whistle, it is already within the normal and acceptable range.

At halftime, the Thunder trailed by 7 points. This is the most that the Thunder has fallen behind in three games.

However, the Heat's offensive state gradually improved in the second half, and I don't know if it was because of the confidence in the first half or the touch was cultivated.

But the Thunder did not give up much, and even made consecutive shots from outside the three-point line. In the third quarter, they shot 13 of 9 three-pointers, almost breaking the Heat all at once.

Durant also played his best offensive efficiency in three games this time. He only missed 1 goal in the three quarters and scored 34 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

It was also due to Durant's performance in the first half that the Thunder were able to hold on to the score and not let it go too far.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Heat's spirits seemed to slow down, and their offensive efficiency also dropped a bit. The most fatal thing was the low-level mistakes. Naturally, the Thunder would not miss the opportunity.

In the end, the game was 109:103, the smallest point difference in this round of the series, and the Thunder still had the last laugh.

In this game, all 5 starters of the Thunder made more than 4 fouls. Gobert was sent off for 6 fouls in the first half of the fourth quarter, and it was Alton who ended up in the penalty area.

This fringe role in the regular season, he was ordered in this game and played a good performance. He scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 6 blocks in 2 minutes of playing.

In fact, Alton's body shape and personal characteristics are a bit similar to Perkins, and he is Perkins a few years ago, but he still lacks ability, but it is no problem to stand up a little, because he is big enough and has a stable heart.

The Heat scored 35 free throws in the game, compared with only 17 for the Thunder, a gap of nearly 20. This is something that fake fans can see as long as they watch the game.

毕竟威少这边也没少杀篮下，结果却只是13投4中，罚球4中3拿到12分。

But he is not useless, at least it also greatly consumed Bosh and Lewis' physical strength in the front, making them feel weak after the direct fatigue in the fourth quarter.

而杜兰特全场19投16中，罚球6中6拿到了42分10篮板7助攻的亮眼表现，在威少发挥不佳、伊巴卡和戈贝尔受到犯规困扰的情况下，几乎可以说是一己之力CARRY比赛了。

In fact, compared to the explosive performance in the regular season, after coming to the playoffs, because the Thunder team is strong enough to crush the opponent's strength-especially in each round of several games against the same opponent, and can repeat targeted tactics, Li Sheng sometimes allows specific players to play better.

For example, Westbrook, who played against the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, if there is a Western Conference Finals MVP at this time, the probability of Westbrook may be higher than Durant.

This may also be why, after the playoffs, the voice of supporting Durant felt much smaller. Before the start of the finals, many people always felt that he was not as good as James.

But after this game, it is estimated that no one will say that.

Although the overall strength of the Thunder team is indeed stronger, especially for James on the defensive end, he is obviously under more defensive pressure than Durant, but most people will not look at the process, only look at the result.

When there is no "surrender to the enemy", Durant's reputation is still very good, so there is no situation where someone will obliterate his performance because of the reputation.

In this game, James only scored 21 points, which is dwarfed by 8 turnovers. Although the two are not completely matched on offense and defense, it is not a problem to say that they were blown up.

The voices of James fans on domestic forums have become much quieter after these three games. You can also say that James has tried his best.

This time Wade scored 27 points efficiently, and it is really impossible to say that he is alone.

"The only suspense in the finals now is, will the Heat be swept away?"

Then another day later, the game on the 12th gave everyone the answer.

"4:0!!!"

(End of this chapter)