In the last 4 minutes of the game, the Spurs did not score in the sports battle, and only relied on the last-minute Thunder foul to get 4 free throws, 3 of which were freed, and only ended the scoring drought! Originally, when the game was played at 8:11, the score was 111-97 (Spurs were in front), however, the Spurs' offense suddenly lost power, and Murray's breakthrough layup became the last sports game of the game to score, after that, Johnson missed, Murray did not hit, Walker did not hit, Vasell did not hit, Johnson did not hit... These guys can not only make a wave of flow in the second quarter, pull the score in one fell swoop, so that the game will be clear from then on, but also dare to play with the fans at the last moment of the fourth quarter, let the opponent play a wave of streams, work together, and smash the basketball frame of the Chesapeake Energy Stadium.
Poor me Peltel, just desperately grabbed the rebound on the court, kept throwing it to these guys, and then watched them beat the iron one by one. If the game time is extended a little longer, such as two minutes, the Spurs are likely to give up the victory in hand, because the Thunder hammered and hammered, and chased the score to 106 before the final game. But no, there is no danger, the game is finally won, or worth celebrating, from Popovich's total win to occupy the first position in NBA history, there are three more wins, within 2 months, this record can definitely be achieved, everyone here has no opinion, right? The Thunder side, including Alexander, Dort, Earl and other 6 people did not play, the strength was greatly affected, after the opening, the Spurs launched an attack on the Thunder's interior line, after all, the opposite center is only 2.03 meters, do not rush you to rush anyone.
So, you can see that Johnson, who is less than 2 meters tall, is constantly hissing in the Thunder's interior line, breaking through to score, struggling to grab the front court board and then scoring, in just a few minutes, Johnson played O'Neal's feeling, which can be described as giving and taking. The most brilliant player in this quarter was Walker, who shot 3-of-5, including a three-pointer, and scored 4 free throws through breakthrough damage, 3 of which were free throws, and scored 10 of the team's 34 points. I would say that if Walker could play like this in every game, every game, in the first quarter of today, the guarantee management would send a contract extension within a week, rather than always being cast with a suspicious look and making people love it.
Back in the second quarter, the Thunder suddenly opened up, playing and even overtaking the score, at most 4 points! However, this is the Biggest lead point difference for the Thunder this game, because the humble combination of Murray + Walker + Johnson + Vassell immediately played a wave of offensive climax. Vassell used a 3+1 to blow the offensive horn, played an 8-0, stopped the game, and came back from a timeout when the Thunder organized resistance, but the Spurs guy had already opened, and with Walker winning two consecutive layups, the point difference reached 11 points, and the Thunder called a timeout to stop the bleeding. However, the new arrival Richardson also joined the ranks, raising his hand from outside the three-point line to a three-pointer, and the lad was still quite stable. Before the game, Murray made another three-pointer to make it 73-58, and the Spurs led by 15 points.
After changing the venue, the Spurs guys seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and after 1 and a half minutes, the lads began to play a little crotch, and the offensive momentum was not as fierce as the first two quarters, especially Johnson and Walker, and this section was unexpectedly grainy! The others, Knife Brother 6 points, Pelter 4 points, Murray, Vassell and Diop each scored 2 points. The whole third quarter, on these points, 16 points, are not enough for half of the first two quarters, if it were not for the Thunder themselves did not take many points, maybe the third quarter would catch up with the score again. But as the saying goes, the feng shui took turns, and the Thunder also fell into the crotch pulling time shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, so the Spurs seized the opportunity to expand the score, relying on the excellent performances of Peltel and Johnson, and the biggest point difference of the whole game was 16 points.
In this quarter, Peltel and Johnson each fired 8 and 7 points to control the situation, otherwise, the Thunder's last-minute wave was very dangerous, and it was likely to overturn the advantage that the Spurs had painstakingly established. With Johnson hitting two free throws, 114-106, the game was over. After scoring 30+ in two consecutive games, Murray scored less than 20 in two consecutive games, and his performance was a bit unsatisfactory, especially today, the entire second half only scored 4 points, and in the fourth quarter, the Thunder did not stand up to fight back when they set off an offensive climax, but he still gave 8 assists. It is not clear whether this is the coaching staff's intention, deliberately to cultivate other people to learn to organize the opportunity to organize the game, after all, the only people who can organize after Xiaobai leaves the team are Murray and Jones, and today Jones is injured and cannot play, and all the organizational burden falls on Murray.
So in this game we saw Primo start more dribbling organization play, although still immature, but who has not yet experienced, you big brother Mo was able to give people a defense against half-time, so cherish these hard-won exercise opportunities, grow well. Thanks to the Thunder's lineup today, Peltel and Johnson played quite well! Both men seized the opportunity to constantly kill on the inside, and Pollle was basically misaligned no matter which inside line he was on, shooting 10 of 14, scoring 20 points, and grabbing a game-high 17 rebounds, firmly guarding the Spurs' interior line.
And Johnson, in the second half of Murray's desire to shoot is not strong, let go of the play, although the third quarter hung eggs, but did not prevent his return in the fourth quarter, the fourth quarter he continued to impact, won 5 free throws, all steady. He scored 22 points and seven rebounds. Vassell and Walker were decent, scoring 15 and 17 points respectively, and Walker failed to continue the playing style and state of the first half in the second half. Vassell, on the other hand, played quite toughly, and according to this development trend, he is sitting firmly in the starting position.
The new arrival Richardson has done well in a short playing time, and when he is familiar with the team's tactics, it will be a good instant combat, Walker, do you feel threatened? In addition, there were a few off-field serve violations today, and it seems that serving is indeed a world-class problem, and we think of it too simply.