rpbooks Chapter 271 We've Already Used up the Budget for 1 Game!
Chapter 271 We've Already Used up the Budget for 1 Game!
Chapter 271 We've Already Used Up Our Budget!
In the last quarter, under Ye Hao's consecutive scoring, the Thunder team approached the score.
But whenever they tried to overtake, the Trail Blazers always had someone who could stand up and fight back.
Either Roy, or Aldridge, or Oden, or Batum, or Fernandez sitting on the bench...
In this game, the Trail Blazers blossomed a lot. Both the players and the substitute players played at the standard and made contributions.
On the other hand, the Thunder team, except for Ye Hao who can guarantee to score, everyone else feels cold.
In the end, this cold feeling even infected Ye Hao, and he continued to strike the iron.
In the end, the Thunder lost Game 96 of the series with a 105-9, [-]-point deficit.
After the first game, many media reporters and pundits who were originally optimistic about the Thunder changed their tunes and turned to look down on the Thunder.
They say that the Thunder is a regular season team, and the records achieved in the regular season are achieved by super-level performance.
At the end of the day, they're nothing more than an immature team made up mostly of second-year players and first-year rookies.
It is not denied that they have great potential, but it will take a long way to realize this potential immediately.
On the other hand, the Trail Blazers, although this is also a young team, but Roy and Aldridge, who lead the team, both have 3 years of playing experience, and their performance on the court is obviously more stable.
As for Oden, although it is his first season in the NBA after returning from injury this season, he has always been marked by maturity and composure.
Therefore, the Trail Blazers led by such a trio are obviously better than the Thunder in the playoffs.
The playoffs pay more attention to stability and the key performance of stars on the court.
Judging from the first game, the Trail Blazers did better.
In addition, when the media commented on the performance of their respective players, they also pointed out that the head coach of the Thunder, Carlesimo, had insufficient on-the-spot response, and his command ability was not as good as that of the Trail Blazers' head coach, Nate McMillan.
Carlesimo didn't seek stability first in the playoffs. He gave up the starting lineup most commonly used by the Thunder in the regular season in the first game. This was the most criticized of his command in the first game.
Afterwards, when the Thunder were overtaken and fell behind for a long time, Carlesimo's substitutions were also problematic.
Although Varejao's strength is not as good as Oden's, he has rich experience in playing on the court, is active in defense, and has a good mid-range shot in offense.
But Carlesimo removed Varejao and put Jordan on the court to face Oden head-on.
When Jordan was blown away by Oden, Carlesimo did not replace Jordan.
In short, experts and reporters can always find various reasons to explain the loss of the game.
Even Ye Hao, the Thunder's best player, was said by some reporters that his performance was not as good as Roy's, and he failed to carry the team forward at critical moments.
可是首场比赛，叶昊可是砍下了31分3个篮板8次助攻1个盖帽和1次抢断的全面数据了。
Although in the first game, his shooting percentage dropped by a few percentage points compared with the regular season, but when the whole team felt cold, when the Trail Blazers focused almost all of their defensive attention on him, he was still able to play against heavy opponents. During the siege, scoring the highest score in the game is not easy.
But this time, he was indeed unable to turn the tide, play a superhuman performance, and save the team.
In the end, the Thunder swallowed their first loss in the playoffs.
The big score is 0 to 1 behind the opponent.
While experts and reporters outside were making comments and reports, the inside of the Thunder team seemed calm.
After the game, the Thunder held a closed-door meeting.
Ye Hao said at the meeting, smiling lightly at his teammates, "What? After the first game, are you just so stupid? Have no energy at all?"
No one said anything, but everyone lowered their heads even more.
Ye Hao continued: "There are seven games in the series, and you have to win four games to advance.
In other words, we can lose three games.
Now we've used up our budget for one game.
There are still two budgets left.
So, what are we worried about now?
Last season, we were not worried at all.
That's because we entered the playoffs in seventh place at that time. We were barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, so we just finished.
This season, our record ranks second in the Western Conference and second in the league.
People have high expectations of us, and we have high expectations of ourselves.
So, have we become afraid to lose?
Are you afraid to lose?
If you dare not lose, how can you dare to win?
What are our goals for this season?
It is the championship, and only the championship, is our ultimate goal.
The road to the championship will never be smooth, there will definitely be ups and downs.
As long as we can step over, step over, jump over, or even climb over,
We will eventually reach success.
So, if you only lose one game, what are you afraid of?
It's not like we can't win back.
So, if you only lose one home game, what are you afraid of?
It's not like we can't win away games.
So, what are you afraid of losing one of the three budget games?
Our last two budgets are not going to be used! "
Ye Hao's words can be said to be sonorous and powerful, with a strong voice.
The players of the Thunder raised their heads one after another, and the eyes that were disappointed because of the loss of the game regained their color.
"That's right! The boss is right! Fuck it! I'll fuck them to death in the next game." Little Jordan stood up from his seat, waving his arms and shouting loudly.
"Yes, it's just the first game. We want to win them four games in a row! Send them back home in one fell swoop!" Jeff Green continued.
"That's right, send them back to their hometown, let them go home early to go fishing, summer vacation is the best gift we can give them!" Dragic said.
"Win! Follow the boss, don't be shy!" Ibaka said loudly.
Durant gave Ye Hao two thumbs up, "Ye, you are awesome! Listen to you, we must win the next game."
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After the game, many people who cared about Ye Hao called him, such as Kobe, Wu Chunlan, Su Xue, etc. They wanted to encourage Ye Hao on the phone, but they found that Ye Hao didn't need encouragement at all.
His mood was very calm, he didn't care about winning or losing a game.
It's not that he doesn't care about winning or losing, of course he cares about winning or losing.
But the series is not a game to decide whether to win or lose, you need to win four games.
The outcome of that game was almost the same as the temporary lead and lag in the game.
Until the end of the game, winning or losing cannot be judged based on a temporary lead or lag.
Kobe praised Ye Hao and said: "Haha, little guy, you have a good mentality!"
Because he understands that every superstar has to endure such a process.
Only by crossing the past can one be reborn from Nirvana and become a real phoenix.
Like Jordan, before winning the championship, he was stopped by the Pistons many times,
When he finally stepped on the Pistons to reach the top, no one in the league could stop him.
Like Kobe, when he first debuted, he sat on the bench and gradually became the starter step by step, became the main force of the team, and became the ace of the team.
Judging from his experience of winning the championship, the early stage seemed to go smoothly, and he got the championship ring soon.
But at that time, people said that he got the ring because of O'Neal's thigh.
After O'Neal left, the Lakers' performance plummeted.
He also suffered a scandal, really hit rock bottom.
But he gritted his teeth and climbed up from the bottom of the valley. Last season, he achieved the season MVP grand slam, and his personal honor reached its peak.
So he gave Ye Hao a compliment without hesitation.
He became more and more optimistic about Ye Hao's future development.
Players who are not proud of victory and not discouraged by defeat are truly terrible.
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On the first day of the playoffs, except for the Thunder's home loss to the Trail Blazers, the other three games,
The Bulls narrowly beat the Celtics by 105 to 103 on the road.
The Cavaliers held home and beat the Pistons 102-84.
The Rockets showed off Yao Mai and defeated the Spurs 105-97 in the away game.
In other words, on the first day of the game, except for the Cavaliers, the other three home games suffered losses.
Barkley commented on the program that this day seems to be an upset day in the NBA. What makes him most sad is that the Thunder lost, but he is still optimistic that the Thunder will win the Trail Blazers in the next game. team and advance to the second round.
James, the young emperor of the East, learned that the Thunder lost to the Trail Blazers after their game against the Pistons. He said that for an opponent like Ye Hao, one or two wins is far from enough. Don't take it lightly.
Two days later, the second game between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers was still played at the home court of the Thunder.
Before the game, Ye Hao only said briefly to his teammates, "Come on, let's go to the field to win the game!"
He really doesn't have much to say, what he should say has been said before and after the first game.
This short sentence condensed all his determination.
At the beginning of the game, under the leadership of Ye Hao, the Thunder played a 7-0 opening shock wave.
The fans at the scene were crazily cheering for the team.
After that, Roy and Aldridge scored respectively, helping the Trail Blazers to narrow the point difference.
It's just that Ye Hao made two consecutive three-pointers, and the Blazers, which had just started, were hit to a timeout.
McMillan called a timeout, emphasizing that the team should defend.
Now they can't attack, and they can't defend.
This is very troublesome.
Only after the timeout came back, they began to double-team Ye Hao.
Roy is the main defense against Ye Hao, and Blake and others are ready to attack at any time.
But Ye Hao was still unstoppable.
His breakthrough was incomparably sharp, and he started the breakthrough after a simple feint.
But it was very effective. Even though Roy had tried his best to defend, he still couldn't stop him.
Ye Hao broke into the basket and scored a layup with the pull bar.
After Ye Hao broke in, he succeeded with a drifting mid-range jumper,
After breaking through, Ye Hao dunked with one hand and completed the dunk on Oden's head.
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"Ye Hao! Ye Hao! Ye Hao!..."
"MVP! MVP! MVP!..."
The Thunder fans had a great time, they were shouting at the loudest decibels.
Barkley said: "Ye Hao, who is omnipotent on the court and unstoppable in scoring, is back."
"The Trail Blazers are going to be in trouble," Kenny Smith said.
Indeed, the Blazers are in trouble.
Ye Hao scored 21 points in the first quarter. The rhythm of scoring is almost not like playing in the playoffs.
Under Ye Hao's crazy scoring, the Thunder led the Trail Blazers by 34 points 26-8 in the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, Roy made a three-pointer from the outside.
Try to help the team chase points.
But Ye Hao made a wonderful pass, assisted Sean Battier to hit an outside shot, and responded.
The point difference was stalemate until the second quarter. Aldridge made a mid-range jumper and scored 7 points with penalties, helping the Trail Blazers to close the point difference to only 4 points.
After that, Durant made a golden rooster independent shot to help the Thunder stabilize the situation.
And Ye Hao made another three-pointer from the outside.
The difference between the two sides was widened again.
By the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers failed to close the point difference, but fell behind by 11 points.
Compared with the first game, this one seems to be reversed.
The Thunder dominated the Blazers from the start.
The Trail Blazers couldn't even hit a decent counterattack.
During the intermission, Roy emphasized to the Trail Blazers players that everyone should do a good job of defense and play a good offense.
Oden also said that he hopes to bring the game back to Portland. His first trip to the playoffs is not aimed at failure.
The Trail Blazers players encouraged each other's morale.
But in reality, sometimes it is not possible to reverse it with morale.
Coming back in the second half, Ye Hao made another three-pointer.
His consecutive three-pointers are going to crush the confidence of the Trail Blazers.
The three-pointer is really a super weapon for killing people.
Of course, the premise is to be able to vote accurately.
If the shot is not accurate, it is simply to prepare for the opponent's counter-kill.
But Ye Hao's three-pointer was very accurate.
By halfway through the fourth quarter, he had thrown eleven three-pointers.
The three-pointers he made alone have exceeded the number of three-pointers made by the Trail Blazers team.
So the Trail Blazers players are really a little desperate today.
Whenever they wanted to get closer to the point difference, they were immediately hit by Ye Hao's three-pointer.
It's just like a rocket missile, with precise strikes, the damage area is still very large.
It's not that the Trail Blazers didn't want to defend, they also sent heavy troops to defend Ye Hao.
But Ye Hao really had a blast in this game, making all kinds of difficult shots, and all kinds of quick shots in double teams.
The Trail Blazers just couldn't defend, and Ye Hao gave them the feeling that this guy could make any shot.
So it's no surprise that the Trail Blazers lost Game [-].
The final score was fixed at 113 to 92, and the Thunder beat the Trail Blazers by 21 points.
叶昊全场投进11个三分球，砍下48分4个篮板4次助攻外加1个盖帽1次抢断。
His teammate Durant also scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
开拓者队这边，罗伊得到23分6次助攻1次抢断，阿尔德里奇得到21分11个篮板。
For the Trail Blazers, if it weren't for the big defeat in this game, it would be acceptable to achieve one win and one loss in the two away games. After all, they have grabbed the home court advantage.
It's just that the result of this disastrous defeat somewhat affected the morale of the team.
(End of this chapter)