The only division final is 1-3! Review of 16 Lei Yong s Battle: G6 Tang Tianshen descends to earth & leads KD to Jinzhou
In the Eastern Conference Finals G4 ending today, the Pacers defeated the Knicks 130-121 at home, leading 3-1 in the total score. So far, the scores of both the division finals of this season have reached 3-1.
In the history of the league, there have been 31 total scores in the division finals, but only 1 time has completed and fell behind 1-3 (2016 Warriors)). Today, Lao Zhen will take you to review the series in the 2016 Western Conference Finals. The Warriors finished the comeback while falling behind 1-3:
The 2016 Western Conference Finals can be said to be a matchup against Mai Mang. The Thunder won 55 wins in the regular season and ranked third in the Western Conference in the regular season. In the previous round, they eliminated the Spurs, who won 67 wins in the season, which is very aggressive. The Warriors set the best record of 73 wins in the regular season, and Curry was elected as the regular season MVP with unanimous votes, setting off a revolution in the small ball era.
G1: The Thunder took the lead away from home to win the first match of G1. The Thunder showed amazing combat effectiveness at the Warriors' home court. Durant and Westbrook teamed up to see 53 points, and Durant made a fatal mid-range shot at the critical moment, helping the Thunder defeat the Warriors 108-102 away and achieved a good start to the series. Although Curry scored 26 points, the team's three-point shooting percentage was only 31%. In the second quarter of the game, Zhu Meng kicked Thunder center Adams' crotch in a defense, which caused heated discussion.
Durant's key mid-range shot
G2: The Warriors rebounded strongly at home, and the Warriors continued to sit in the home Oracle Arena, making a strong rebound; Curry led the team to win a game with 28 points and 5 three-pointers 118-91, and the Warriors laid the game 34-18 in the third quarter. It is worth mentioning that the Warriors began to use the strategy of shorting Thunder defender Robertson in this game, which also laid the groundwork for the development after the series.
G3: The Thunder slaughtered his opponent
G3 at home moved to the Thunder's home court. Durant scored 33 points in the whole game, Westbrook scored 30 points and 12 assists, and Adams grabbed 8 frontcourt rebounds in the whole game to help the Thunder dominate the inside line. Curry was troubled by fouls in this game, and only played for 30 minutes; in the end, the Thunder slaughtered the Warriors 133-105 at home, leading the opponent 2-1 in the total score.
In this game, Zhu Meng once again kicked Adams' crotch, and after the league, he also added a malicious foul to Zhu Meng.
Witers G4 three-pointer
G4: The Thunder took advantage of the victory and chased the next game and won the match point
118-94, and the G4 Thunder staged a massacre again; Westbrook scored 36 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, Curry only scored 19 points and had 6 turnovers; after the game, "We won't give up", the media also regarded it as a joke, and this 73-win Warriors had one foot on the edge of the cliff.
Curry shouted "We won't go home"
G5: The Warriors staged a Jedi counterattack
G5 switched to Golden State, and the Warriors team fought back, and in the end they won the G5 120-111; Clay scored 27 points in the game, and the Warriors team made 14 three-pointers to keep themselves alive. Curry scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in the game, and shouted "We won't go home" to the sidelines after hitting the key ball, setting off a wave of counterattacks; the Thunder Double Young Master scored 71 points in this game, but the team cut off power in the final quarter, and the team only scored 4 points in the last 5 minutes.
G6: Clay's Battle of Gods
Klay Thompson played a phenomenal performance in this game. He scored 41 points in the game, hitting 11 three-pointers to set a record in the league's historical playoffs, including scoring 19 points in the final quarter and several key goals. This game also made the "G6 Soup" myth; Curry scored 29 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists in the whole game, and the quasi-triple double-double were also dazzling. The Warriors made 21 three-pointers and shot through the Thunder's home court. 108-101, the Warriors successfully escaped from the Thunder, which is known as the "Devil's Home Stadium", after this game, the Thunder missed the best chance to end the series.
G7: The Warriors completed an epic reversal
tiebreaker battle and returned to Oakland. Curry scored 36 points and 8 assists in the whole game. The Warriors' team used a suffocating defensive intensity, which made the Thunder score only 6 points in the final quarter. Durant scored 27 points with 10 of 19 shots, Westbrook scored 19 points but made 6 turnovers. As Curry swept over Robertson at the last moment of the game, the Warriors won the tiebreak 96-88, completing an epic reversal, becoming the first team in history to complete a reversal while falling 1-3 behind in the division finals.
This round of series can be said to have completely changed the situation of the league in the next few years. After the finals, Durant announced in the offseason that he would join the Warriors, and the complete body of "Cosmic Brave" was achieved; in the following three years, the Warriors made it to the finals and won the championship twice.