super heavy artillery

Chapter 455 Western Finals, Here We Come!
In the second half, the Pelicans launched the last wave of counterattack.

Rondo and Davis took over the Pelicans' offense, and the two channels used pick-and-roll cooperation to hit the Thunder's penalty area.Davis' hook, mid-range, Rondo's emergency stop jumper, and breakthrough layup have become rare and eye-catching pictures of the Pelicans during this period of time.Unfortunately, the general situation is gone!The Thunder didn't give the Pelicans any more chances.They simply gave up their defense and started to fight against the Pelicans.After all, defense takes more effort.

The pick-and-roll cooperation between Westbrook and Adams is still as efficient as ever, and An Luo and Paul George also began to attack from the outside.The Pelicans scored together, and the Thunder immediately scored back.Under such circumstances, the game became exciting.

At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder did not continue to widen the gap.However, the situation has not changed.The Pelicans don't have the momentum they had back in New Orleans.The reason why they were able to draw with the Thunder in the third quarter was not because they played well, but because the Thunder relaxed.The opponent is accumulating strength and preparing to take away the game in a wave.But even so, with the game like this, no one thinks that the Pelicans have a chance to reverse it.

In the last quarter of the game, the Thunder did exactly what everyone expected.Westbrook, An Luo, and Paul George fired one after another.The Thunder's fierce offense completely overwhelmed the already low-spirited Pelicans.Seeing that the situation was over, Davis directly fouled Adams in defense.Before that, Davis had committed five offenses!

After Davis was sent off, he sat next to Cousins, looking very depressed.Once again, he discovered that he couldn't carry a team.He never doubted his abilities, but there was always a flaw somewhere.But it took him a long time to figure it out.

In the next few minutes, Thunder continued to maintain a very strong output firepower.With An Luo hitting a three-pointer, the Thunder have already led by as much as 30 points.Subsequently, Donovan withdrew the main players such as Westbrook and An Luo.Only Paul George was left on the court with a bunch of substitute players to run out the clock.

In the end, the Thunder beat the Pelicans 117:99 away.While winning this game, he also won the entire series.Since then, the first team to enter the division finals this season was born!The Oklahoma City Thunder beat their opponents very strongly in the Western Conference semifinals after sweeping the Minnesota Timberwolves.After a lapse of two years, they once again made it to the Western Conference Finals.And their opponents, the Warriors and the Rockets are playing hard.

When the final whistle sounded, Westbrook and An Luo rushed into the court quickly.They huddled together in the middle circle, laughing loudly.Donovan also clapped his hands very excitedly, and then hugged his main coach.Last time in the Western Conference Finals, he was reversed by the Warriors and missed the chance to compete for the championship.But now, this opportunity came to him again.This time, he didn't want to miss it again!

Of course, that's another story.Now, enjoy the victory first!

"Unbelievable! Really unbelievable!" After the game, An Luo accepted a live interview from domestic reporters.He looked very excited.It may be influenced by Westbrook and others, he will appear a little exaggerated when expressing his emotions.But he was in a really good mood right now.He shook his head exaggeratedly, and then said: "I know we can win! This series is not the end of our year. But I didn't expect it to be this way. They are very strong, they swept the fourth place team. But we did it! It's not a miracle."

"In this game, you didn't attack and score as crazy as the last game. Is it the effect of the Pelicans' defense, or is it caused by your offensive adjustment?"

"It's all! Everyone knows that their defense is very good. Especially the perimeter defense. Including Lillard fell on their perimeter defense. This caused a lot of trouble for my scoring. But I don’t have to score, I can give full play to my containment ability to create opportunities for Russell and Paul.”

When An Luo was interviewed by domestic reporters, Westbrook was also interviewed by on-site reporters.At this moment, he could finally speak out what he had suppressed for a long time.When the reporter asked about his views on this series, Westbrook was very straightforward.He told reporters with a proud face: "I believe we can easily solve the opponent! The Pelicans performed very strongly in the first round, but our strength is better than the Trail Blazers. Their defense can only limit us to one of the three, or Two. But there's always someone who can step up and score. And they didn't have a good way to deal with our defense."

"Then, what kind of preparations will you make for the next round of competition?"

"Maybe we can rest for two days. After all, they have only played three games. I guess they will play at least the sixth game. Even a tie-break is not impossible. Both the Warriors and the Rockets are very strong teams. Except Home field advantage, what we have more advantage than them is that now we have enough time to prepare. We will study their games, find their strengths and weaknesses, and then combine our lineup to make targeted adjustments and arrangements .Of course, that’s what Billy and the others do. For me, it’s about being ready and doing everything I can in the game.”

Compared with the joy of the Thunder, the Pelicans are indeed a little frustrated.This season has experienced too many twists and turns.But they can get this far, enough to be proud of this alliance.After reimbursing a core player, he was able to advance to the second round by sweeping his opponents.No team dares to say that it has done better than the Pelicans!

"They performed better in the game! Whether it is the lineup, tactics or the state of the players, they are the better side. Congratulations to them, I believe they can go further this year!"

Gentry praised the Thunder in his postgame press conference.It seems that he was convincingly defeated.But what was in his heart, no one knew.Maybe he is also thinking, if Cousins ​​is not reimbursed for the season, can he compete with the Thunder!

When everything was over, the Thunder players collectively returned to the hotel where they stayed.They will return to Oklahoma City the next morning.After all, after a game, one is very tired.

However, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

(End of this chapter)