Kevin Durant knew that he had to seize this opportunity.

To be precise, it is to seize the only hope of surviving.

On May 16, 2014, the NBA Western Conference semi-finals, the Thunder vs. The Spurs in Game 6.

Durant prepared to catch the ball on the right, and he knew that this was the best opportunity to kill the Spurs. They had never had such a good opportunity in the entire series!

At this time, the total score of the series has become 3-2, and the Spurs are the first to win the match point.

In other words, as long as the Spurs win another game today, the Thunder and Durant's dream of winning will be completely shattered.

Durant cannot accept the failure in the Western Conference semi-finals. His goal this year is to defeat Link and then take revenge on James. He has never considered the Spurs at all, because the Spurs were eliminated by the Thunder in the Western Conference semi-finals last season.

Durant has always believed that he would not lose to his former defeated opponents.

However, the Spurs are just like the Grizzlies. They have both lost to the Thunder, but they have also undergone drastic changes.

Durant waited for a while, but the basketball was not handed over to him.

Westbrook took advantage of Ibaka's cover and killed the penalty area. Seeing this scene, Durant's heart was half-cold.

Sure enough, under Duncan's blockade, Westbrook chose to make a quick stop and jump shot. Then, like the previous few shots, Westbrook's "zombie jump shot" hit the front of the basket straight and the basketball had no curvature at all.

"Damn it!" Durant cursed in his heart. He didn't know when Westbrook would throw the ball in!

Today's game has reached the moment, Westbrook's shooting numbers are similar to Durant's, but his shooting percentage has fallen below 35%!

On the surface, Westbrook scored a lot of points. But in fact, his score was more due to foul-making free throws. Westbrook was extremely low in efficiency in sports battles!

Today, the Spurs' performance finally fluctuated. The Spurs' shooting percentage in the first half was only 36.8%, and 42 points in the half was the lowest in this round of the series.

In addition, they made 8 mistakes. What's worse is the Spurs' No. 3-point shooting in the first quarter, which failed to hit a three-pointer in the first quarter, and improved in the second quarter, but the three-pointers in the whole first half were just 4 of 18 shots.

Faced with such a Spurs, the Thunder had the opportunity to seize the flaw and win the game in one fell swoop. But Westbrook forced the Thunder's shooting percentage down.

After the second half of the game began, the Spurs gradually got better. The Thunder were still missing opportunities because Westbrook's mind was hot, and Durant found that he was increasingly unable to tolerate Westbrook's behavior.

Durant hurried back to defense, and he decided to take the initiative to ask for the ball in the next round!

This time, Tony Parker's mid-range shot was interfered by Westbrook and failed to hit. Just when Durant was secretly happy, Leonard suddenly passed by him!

Durant was startled first, and then quickly followed! He regretted why he didn't hold back Leonard at the first time!

Last season, Leonard's defense against Durant made him famous, but he is still considered just a role player.

But this year, Leonard's progress on the offensive end is obvious to all. This season, the "faced paralyzed man" averaged 12.8 points per game. In the playoffs, he even scored 14.3 points.

This guy won't miss any chance to score now.

In Durant's desperate eyes, Leonard stretched out his long arms and, before everyone, clicked the basketball that was knocking out of the frame back into the frame.

Durant covered his head in annoyance. After this goal, the Spurs regained a 9-point lead!

The Thunder's defeat is not just Westbrook's responsibility.

Durant glanced at Leonard who had just completed a wonderful tip-in, but Leonard just returned to defend himself, without celebrating at all, and there was no expression on his face.

Compared to Link who showed off his strength after scoring the goal, Leonard's reaction made Durant feel even more terrible.

In the fiercely competitive West, there is another monster.

In the subsequent games, Westbrook still did not find any offensive feeling. Durant's condition was also ups and downs under Leonard's "death entanglement", and he could not score a steadily goal.

In the end, the Spurs performed poorly in the first half and relied on the adjustments in the second half to successfully win the game.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Durant, who was sitting on the bench watching the Spurs players celebrated freely, couldn't help but rosy his eyes.

Since 2012, he has had the chance to win the championship. But until now, Durant doesn't know how the championship feels.

In the first year, they were immature and were tortured to death by the Heat. Last year, they thought everything was ready, but they were helplessly stopped outside the finals by the Grizzlies in advance. What about this year? The Thunder couldn't even play in the Western Conference Finals!

Since 2012, every year, the Thunder's record will be one round worse than last year. Judging from the record alone, the Thunder seems to be gradually weakening.

But Durant knew that they did not become weaker. On the contrary, they became stronger.

However, their opponents have become stronger...

Durant thought he was the only person in the league who could compete with Link, and he had been preparing for the entire season for the series against the Grizzlies.

However, he was not even qualified to fight Link in the end.

Four days ago, the Grizzlies had eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers 4-0 in Los Angeles and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals. But this time, Durant lost the appointment.

"Kevin..." Westbrook stood in front of Durant with apologetic expression.

Today, Westbrook made 23 crazy shots in the whole game, but only hit 8 goals, with a shooting percentage of only 34.8%.

Last season, Westbrook dragged down the Thunder because of his unreasonable shooting.

Durant looked at Westbrook and said nothing. With red eyes, he pushed his forehead on Westbrook's head. It seemed that the young men who comforted each other had such a deep relationship.

But only he knows what Durant really thinks.

After the game, among the carnival Spurs players, the reporter found Greg **Vic.

Before the start of the season, no one could have thought that the Spurs could win 60+ games. It is even more impossible for someone to believe that the elderly Spurs actually defeated the young Thunder and advanced to the Western Conference Finals!

The Spurs broke the peak showdown between Link and Durant with their own strength, and ruined the dreams of countless fans and TV stations.

A large part of the reason why the Spurs are magical is because of the old man standing in front of the camera at this time.

"Tell me, this is the first time the Spurs have reached the Western Conference Finals since 2008! For this moment, you have been waiting for 6 years! What are you feeling at this time, Greg!" The reporter's question is very simple. When the Spurs lost to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals in 2008, no one thought that the Spurs could still return to the top of the West with this old core lineup.

But now 6 years later, they have done it miraculously.

"The Thunder are great opponents, and it's not easy for us to win. But I'm glad we can avenge last season's revenge. But to be honest, I'm not excited now. After we knock down the Grizzlies and then enter the finals, you can ask me this question again. At that time, I should have the answer."

**Wich didn't have any smile on his face when he spoke.

This old man's ** is much more than that!

The Thunder are one of the enemies of the Spurs. But the Grizzlies have eliminated the Spurs from the playoffs for two consecutive years!

**Vic still remembers these things. He believes that his small lineup will definitely make the Grizzlies who are playing in the double tower lineup obediently!

The iron hooves of the San Antonio people began to move towards Tennessee.

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As Link worried, history did not deviate in the end. The San Antonio Spurs used 6 games to eliminate the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Grizzlies' Western Conference Finals opponent instantly changed their team.

Although this whole season, the league has been hyping up the second match between the Thunder and the Grizzlies. For a whole year, people are looking forward to a decision between Link and Durant.

But the Spurs, which have always lacked attention and are taciturn, are more dangerous than the Thunder.

Only dogs that don’t bark can bite people. This sentence is perfect for using it on the Spurs.

The day after the Western Conference semi-finals ended, after Link got up, the whole world was discussing the Grizzlies and the Spurs.

Thunder, who had been very popular all year before, immediately became cold.

There is no way, this is competitive sports. No matter how brilliant you were before, as long as you lose once, you will be forgotten by the whole world.

The Spurs quickly replaced the Thunder and became the most popular team in the West, besides the Lakers and the Grizzlies!

After all, the Lakers' historical heritage and market are there. Even if the Lakers' record is so bad, their popularity remains unabated.

But the Spurs and the Grizzlies can win super high popularity because of their pure strength.

Link looked at the news and got up. The Western Conference Finals were coming soon, and Link didn't want to take it lightly.

As always, Link was watching sports news while making breakfast for himself.

Just then, espn released a survey on the support rate of the Western Conference Finals in the news.

Link looked up and almost spit out the milk he had just drunk.

Among the 50 states in the United States, 49 of which support the Spurs to win...
Chapter completed!