In the locker room, the Thunder players lowered their heads silently, and the atmosphere was a little dull.

Originally, they wanted to take advantage of the momentum of their second victory to win the third game at the 76ers' home court.

Of course, they also expected that the 76ers would be tenacious and difficult to win easily, and the game might be very anxious.

But they didn't expect that at the end of the first half, they fell behind by as much as 14 points.

Throughout the first half, they have been suppressed by the 76ers, have always been at a disadvantage, and have not been ahead for even a second.

The 76ers played so well today!

"Hey..." Coach Brooks sighed secretly, a little depressed. It's hard to say such things as state. From the overall state of a team, to the state of a certain player, and then to the state of a certain game. , Are all things that change.

The lineups of the two sides can be measured, the players of the two sides can be compared, and even each other's tactics can be guessed and inferred...

But the game state alone is beyond anyone's control.

Today, the 76ers not only recovered the feel of Butler, but every player of the 76ers played very well. This is beyond the control of Coach Brooks. It is also the key to the Thunder's 14 points behind in the first half. .

"Huh." Coach Brooks exhaled and clapped his hands. When the players looked over, he said loudly: "Get your energy up, it's only the first half. I know that we have been behind in the first half and the opponent played. Very good, but I don’t believe they will be in this state in the second half. The second half is when we counterattack."

"right."

"The coach is right, it is impossible for the opponent to maintain this state for the entire game."

The players' eyes lit up.

After some encouragement, Coach Brooks unfolded his tactical board and made a new arrangement.

......

Soon, the second half began.

Both sides are starting lineups, the Thunder made adjustments on the defensive end, no longer targeting Leonard, but Durant single defense, instead focusing more energy on Butler.

Because Brooks has studied, among the Big Three of the 76ers, the most unstable is actually Butler, sometimes it is good, sometimes it will pull his hips.

During the intermission, coach Brooks also went through some introspection and understood that there was a problem with his strategy in the first half and misjudged the 76ers' Big Three.

Therefore, he adjusted his strategy in the second half.

Of course, on the offensive end, we mainly rely on Durant and Westbrook. Fortunately, Durant and Westbrook are in good condition today, which is a small comfort.

"Did you switch to a key defense against Jimmy?"

Seeing that the opponent focused on limiting Butler, Qin Hao smiled faintly, and exchanged glances with Butler. Butler nodded, ran back to get the ball, and then singled. After a trial step, he accelerated to break through and attacked the inside, forcing the Thunder to shrink the defense. The ball goes out.

At the same time, Qin Hao ran quickly, got rid of Westbrook's defense, came to the left three-point line, received Butler's pass and immediately made a three-pointer.

Huh!

The ball is scored.

A moment later, Butler cut the ball and received Iguodala's pass, but instead of going on it himself, he scored the ball again and gave it to Kaka.

Huh!

Kaka's hand up and down, also hit a three-pointer.

In the next few minutes, Butler's scoring decreased, but Qin Hao and Xiaoka kept scoring points, especially three-pointers. Both of them could shoot three-pointers and both could play off the ball. Since the opponent focuses on defending Butler, let Butler hold the ball and attract the defense. Qin Hao and Xiaoka can always find shots by running without the ball.

In fact, if the organization is included, Qin Hao's lethality without the ball is even stronger than with the ball.

It's like Clay of the Warriors.

He also plays off the ball, but he can score 20 minutes or even 30 points in a single quarter, because it is pure, efficient, and many three-pointers are scored. The scoring efficiency will be very terrible.

Moreover, Butler only reduced his scoring, not that he was unable to score. It is impossible for the Thunder to restrict him completely.

"Huh!"

With another soft noise, Butler hit a three-pointer.

Coach Brooks really couldn't stretch it anymore, and immediately called a timeout, his face became extremely gloomy.

His strategy still failed. Switching to focus on defense against Butler did not have the desired effect. Butler was still able to score, and Qin Hao and Xiaoka broke out even more. The 76ers rained three-pointers. Make it hard for them to fight.

Although the Thunder also had Dewey's second minor, the 76ers made a lot of three-pointers. Although Dewey's second minor can also score, the scoring efficiency is not as good as that of the 76ers.

So within a few minutes, the score difference did not shrink, but expanded further.

"Damn it." Coach Brooks cursed secretly, greeted the players, and made a new arrangement while changing players.

After this timeout was over, both sides carried out personnel rotations. In the last few minutes of the third quarter, the Thunder had the upper hand, but the impact was not significant.

When the third quarter ended, the 76ers still led by 15 points.

It seems that the point difference only increased by 1 point compared with the first half, but the key point is that the game time is less.

There was halftime left before, but now there is only one.

In halftime, 24 minutes, the Thunder have enough time to tie the 14-point difference and even overtake the score.

But there is only one time left, 12 minutes, if you want to tie the 15-point difference and complete the go-ahead, the difficulty is not the same level.

The Thunder didn't give up in the last quarter. Coach Brooks replaced Westbrook and Durant early and planned to make the last fight.

Coach Luke on the 76ers also replaced Qin Hao, Butler and Xiaoka.

At this time, the 76ers are leading by more than ten points, and it is not even necessary for Qin Hao to play too well. It only needs to be able to stand up and score a few goals when the opponent counterattacks, to contain the opponent's counterattack, and to prevent the opponent from continuously scoring. enough.

This is not difficult for Qin Hao and the three of them.

What's more, the situation is completely on the 76ers' side at this time. With a dozen points behind, the morale of the Thunder has been affected.

In a blink of an eye, there was only more than one minute left in the fourth quarter, and at this time the 76ers were still leading by 9 points. Although the point difference became single digits, it was enough.

"There is only more than a minute left, and it's basically stable."

"Nothing will change, will it?"

"Relax, with Qin here, I won't give the other party any hope of a comeback."

In the audience, the home fans were relieved.

The fact is indeed the case. There is no good way for Qin Hao, the Thunder team. In the last minute or so, Qin Hao scored another goal.

One ball is enough.

"drop......"

When the game ended and the score was 118:111, the 76ers defeated the Thunder by 7 points and won the third game of the finals, rewriting the big score to 2:1.