Gordon beat Jokic 42+22, but the Thunder played it themselves

The Thunder were so close to winning at one point that they kept the Nuggets at bay for almost the entire game, and they were successful in limiting Jokic in the first half, and their scramble in the low post caused Jokic a lot of problems. The Thunder is all about letting Jokic play alone, draining your physical energy and energy and even emotions.

Porter Jr., who played extremely badly today, made a mistake, and Jokic yelled at him. Jokic also had to act as a coach and morale-boosting Nuggets during the timeout, and he yelled at his teammates to match the Thunder's intensity sooner, and he did.

With the exception of Porter Jr., who sleepwalked the whole game, the rest of his teammates woke up in time for the second half. The Thunder insisted on letting Jokic attack on his own and cut him off from his teammates, so Jokic finished with 42 points, 22 rebounds and 6 assists on 15-of-29 shooting and 2-of-6 three-pointers. Jokic had seven turnovers today, one more than assists, and in such a situation, it would be difficult for the Nuggets to win.

Even with Jokic's data, the Thunder still led by three points in the final 12 seconds and had two timeouts in hand, and the chances of winning were still very large.

Coming three points behind to opt for a penalty, the Thunder's idea was that there was nothing wrong with it, but the problem was that they fouled too much. As soon as Jokic got the ball, Caruso went up to foul, Jokic hit both free throws, and the Thunder took the initiative to call the first timeout

In the next round, the Thunder's serve directly allowed Alexander to dunk and score, and the Nuggets did not get a chance to foul, and the difference was still three points. At this time, Jokic was still off the court, and the Thunder's serve tactics were very successful, not only scoring directly, but also not allowing Jokic to get a chance to come up.

But then they made another mistake, Gordon received the ball in the backcourt, and there was no chance to shoot at all, and the Thunder impatiently fouled Gordon and did not let the time continue to be consumed, at this time there were 10.7 seconds left. The Thunder acted as if they were the ones who needed time.

Gordon hit both free throws, the Nuggets made solid free throws at key moments, and the Thunder called a second timeout again. After Jokic and Gordon made free throws, the Thunder called both timeouts respectively, which is what I can't understand about why they called a timeout so easily. The timeout even gave the Nuggets a chance to set up a serve.

As a result, the Nuggets' defense serve was very successful, Caruso served on the sideline, Jokic, a big white fat man, was jumping wildly in front of him to obstruct his vision, and everyone else followed closely, only Chet came out to get a chance. At this time, the Thunder had no timeout, and there was no chance to call another timeout and rearrange.

Chet's playoff free-throw shooting percentage is as high as 80 percent, which is logically not bad. But a free throw like this is a challenge for anyone, and Chet is just a 23-year-old.

So Chet missed both free throws, and the Nuggets still had plenty of time to attack from the backcourt after two rounds of being executed by the Thunder's penalty play, and Westbrook moved to his most familiar counter-attacking position, where he calmly looked for Gordon, who was open on the wing, who shot his second shot of the playoffs.

It was a stunner, but in fact Gordon made a three-pointer with 2.8 seconds left on the game. At this time, the Thunder were the ones who needed time and a timeout, and as a result, they had no timeout, so they could only serve hastily and lose the game.

This ball Thunder played well, playing the first game intensity in the league, Alexander 33+10+8, Caruso is simply crazy. But it's all kinds of details in the last moments, it's too bad, it's okay to play penalties, but you have to consider that the Nuggets are a championship team, and you've seen all kinds of scenes, and just finished a round of tie-breaks.

The Thunder, on the other hand, have had a lot of rest and have far less playoff experience than the Nuggets. The last two timeouts were wasted, and the hurried foul without wasting time was the cause of the Thunder's defeat. As for Chet's two misses, it's just the price of growth.

The Thunder will continue to grow in such a game, they have already paid tuition once last year, and today it is also the process of paying tuition, but the price of paying tuition every time is too great.