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361. No loss

With the last five minutes left in the game, Brooks, the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, once again requested a timeout. Brooks was acceptable before this, but when the game was about to end and the Oklahoma City Thunder did not change, Brooks certainly would not be satisfied.

Because this situation continues, it is not good news for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have an extremely weak lead, as long as they continue to choose such an advantage, the game will eventually fall into their hands in five minutes.

In this way, the Oklahoma City Thunder still has to face an embarrassing situation of falling behind 1:3 after this game.

So Brooks naturally couldn't sit still and wait for death at this time. He hoped to inspire the players' fighting spirit. Although they had overcome too many difficulties in this game, Brooks hoped that they could overcome the last difficulty. That is, when there was not much time left in the away game, he would catch up with the score difference that was behind in the entire game and even overtake.

He has almost no room for adjustment in the lineup, including James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and even Serge Ibaka, who are currently the top four scorer in his team.

The only place where you can move is the No. 5 position, but firstly, there are no other excellent talents in the No. 5 position of the Oklahoma City Thunder; secondly, if Perkins is replaced, then who will resist Dwight? Howard will also become a big problem.

Although Perkins could not stop Dwight Howard, at least he could stand his position when facing Dwight Howard in the interior, while the others in the Thunder team had almost no such force to compete with.

So during the suspension period, Brooks did not adjust the lineup, but tried to use a sense of honor to awaken the players' more and more strong fighting spirit. The game has reached this time, and the Oklahoma City Thunder is still unable to catch up with the score. Naturally, it is time for them to burn their boats!

"We did a good job! There is not much time left in the game, but we are still 3 points ahead of our opponents! This is a good momentum, I have no other requirements, I just hope you can keep it!"

During the suspension period, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott did not explain too much tactics to the players, but instead tried hard to motivate them: "I know that the Oklahoma City Thunder will definitely fight back after the suspension. But I hope you can withstand all the pressure! We have played the good goals for most of the game. Now, I only have one requirement for you, that is, in the last five minutes, you will also play your performance before this!"

"Victory will eventually belong to Cleveland!" Byron Scott stretched out his palms to the players surrounding him, and then everyone stacked their hands together.

At this time of the game, the competition is not just about the strength between the two sides, but also about a series of factors such as physical fitness and fighting spirit. They may become things that affect the final trend of a game.

For the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are almost only one step away from winning this game tonight. As long as they continue to maintain such an advantage in the next five minutes, they will almost be able to win the game smoothly.

The one-minute pause time ended quickly, and both sides quickly returned to the court, and neither team made any adjustments to the lineup. If nothing unexpected happens, these ten people will have finished all the games tonight.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are the leading side at the moment. They only need to maintain their current advantages to successfully win this game tonight. Of course, they are also very clear. They cannot play too conservatively at this time.

The only way to play is to play, otherwise if you play too conservatively and unattacky, you may give your opponent a chance to fight back. Just like Chinese football, it has fallen several times in the concept of being able to qualify as soon as you have a balance sheet.

Being too conservative will only give the opponent more room to display. In this way, the opponent will be very likely to take this opportunity to play. It will be difficult to deal with after speaking.

After returning to the basketball court, the Cleveland Cavaliers did not have the ball in their hands, and the Oklahoma City Thunder took the lead in kicking off. At this time, they were three points behind, and their current goal was to score a goal first and then build on defense.

However, when the game was already in the last five minutes, although the Cleveland Cavaliers players were indeed a little exhausted, the intensity of the defense would not decrease because of this, but might be more intensive than before.

This has created some problems for the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Cavaliers are originally a team with good defensive capabilities. At this time, the increase in defensive intensity will naturally cause the Oklahoma City Thunder to encounter greater obstacles.

Kevin Durant faces Wu Dawei's defense with the ball at a high position, and the Oklahoma City Thunder feels a little difficult to deal with. Because they are a team that is good at attacking from the outside, whether it is Russell Westbrook, James Harden, or even Kevin Durant, as a forward player, and even Serge Ibaka, they are good at launching offensives from the outside.

Especially Kevin Durant, as the team's core on the offensive end, facing Wu Dawei's defense directly made him feel extremely stressed in the entire finals. This was such a critical moment, and it would be a desperate situation that would make Kevin Durant even more cautious in holding the ball at this time.

He didn't want to give Wu Dawei any opportunity to take advantage of, so he finally chose to pass the ball to Russell Westbrook, who had been waiting for a long time.

After Westbrook got the pass, he faced Billups' defense, but Kevin Durant had as many worries as he did, so he launched the attack directly.

Westbrook's breakthrough was still very impactful, and it quickly attracted the Cleveland Cavaliers to attack him, and then Westbrook chose to pass the ball. At this time, his performance was not very smart, which was definitely a great news for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The ball was passed by Westbrook to Serge Ibaka who was lying on the side. Ibaka's hook-up was recovering two points for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the score became 84:85. The Cleveland Cavaliers' lead was reduced to only 1 point left.

The situation always became precarious during the last period of the game. The Cleveland Cavaliers were unable to effectively open the gap between the two sides, giving the Oklahoma City Thunder hope.

But it's just hope. Such a script has been staged too many times tonight. Whenever the Oklahoma City Thunder closes to one point, the Cleveland Cavaliers will always try their best to widen the gap again.

This time, when Sergi Ibaka's goal helped the Thunder close the score gap again with more than four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers regained the ball. After receiving a pass from Billups at a high position, Wu Dawei directly entered the inside, and Kevin Durant was quickly pushed away by Wu Dawei, and then he immediately attracted the Oklahoma City Thunder insiders to make up for defense.

Although Perkins moved slowly, when Wu Dawei rushed into the inside from the outside, he still gave him a lot of time to react. So when Wu Dawei rushed into the paint area, Kendrick Perkins also rushed towards him from the inside!

He opened his arms and tried to double-team with Kevin Durant for Wu Dawei, but Wu Dawei threw the ball over his head. Perkins felt something bad at that moment, but his slow movements made him unable to follow the ball well.

When he turned around, he saw Dwight Howard jumping in the air to catch the basketball, and then, the next second, an air relay that made the whole audience boil was born in front of Perkins' eyes!

The Cavaliers are still as stable as Mount Tai. When the Oklahoma City Thunder scored a goal, the Cleveland Cavaliers were not to be outdone at all!

The score difference was once again widened to 3 points, so the pressure naturally returned from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Oklahoma City Thunder, which was behind.

This is the case again!

Brooks, standing on the sidelines, felt extremely depressed about this. It was not the first time such an opportunity appeared tonight, but every time the Oklahoma City Thunder appeared, the opportunity was always impossible to seize. This was something that made Brooks feel very upset.

But now he has no time to upset the team's defense, because after the Cleveland Cavaliers scored two points with Wu Dawei and Dwight Howard, the ball rights returned to the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder again.

What Brooks should worry about next is the team's offense. After all, in these last few minutes of game time, the importance of each offense is self-evident. Especially at present, the Oklahoma City Thunder is still at a disadvantage, and their next attack is naturally extremely important.

Although the previous defense was not successful, the subsequent attack was not to be lost for them. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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