2016 was a pivotal year in the NBA, in which the Warriors finished with a 73-9 record and Curry was unanimously voted MVP. At the same time, Kobe Bryant also announced his retirement, and the NBA has reached the period of replacing the old and the new, and the Warriors' Curry seems to be about to take over Kobe's scepter and become the new king of the league, but Durant in the West is not convinced, this year, Durant led the Thunder to the third place in the West, and he can get it per gameThe performance is not inferior to Curry, and the two of them are bound to have a tough battle in the playoffs.
Sure enough, the Thunder and the Warriors successfully met in the Western Conference in this year's playoffs, and the Thunder made the history-making Warriors suffer enough in the first four games, and after four games, the Thunder led the Warriors 3-1, and the Warriors were about to become a joke in history, but fortunately, they chased three games in a row, reversed the Thunder 4-3, and successfully advanced to the Finals. In this round of the series, Durant averaged 30 points and 8 rebounds per game, and it was difficult to lead the Thunder back to the Finals, so what about the performance of the team's second-in-command at that time?Let's take a look back at this exciting series!
In the first four games, Dewey played well and led 3-1.
Because the Warriors' regular season record is leading, so the first game was played at the home court of the Warriors, the first game was expected to be easily won by the Warriors at home, but Wei Shao let their wishful thinking fail, the whole game, Wei Shao crazy defense, contributed 7 steals, and got 27 points, 12 assists and 6 rebounds, Durant is 26 points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals of data, in the first game, Dewey Ershao's performance was very good, especially Wei Shao, affecting the game at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, 7 steals are enough to see Wei Shao's positive attitude。
However, the Warriors obviously don't want to lose consecutive games at home, so the Splash Brothers broke out in the second game, and the Warriors ushered in a big victory, Durant scored 23 points in the first half, but suddenly lost fire in the second half, only scored 6 points, Wei Shao played abnormally in this game, felt cold, 5 of 14, and only scored 16 points.
The first two games are over, the two sides are tied 1-1, and the third and fourth games will come to the home of the Thunder, the home of the Thunder is known as the home of the devil, so the Thunder everyone intends to close these two games steadily. The result was as they expected, in the third game, the Thunder team scored 130 points, setting a team record, beating the Warriors by 28 points at home, Durant got 33+8+3 data, and Wei Shao contributed 30 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds of quasi-triple-double data.
At this time, the Thunder has a 2-1 lead over the Warriors, and in the fourth game, the Warriors are bound to equalize, but the Thunder disappointed the Warriors, Wei Shao cut a triple-double of 36+11+11 in the whole game, and the performance was very comprehensive, and Durant also scored 33 points. The Thunder gave the Warriors, who have never experienced a losing streak this season, a taste of it, and it was really uncomfortable.
After the first four games, the result of the game was unexpected, the Thunder led 3-1, but the Warriors, who were more favored by the world before the game, fell behind, and the Thunder was only one step away from returning to the Finals. However, they won the last three games, and their previous efforts were all in ashes.
In the last three games, Klay had no solution to the projection, and the Thunder were hard to win.
At this time, the Warriors have completely stood on the edge of the cliff, and if they lose one more game, they will face elimination, and in the fourth game, the Splash Brothers stood up and scored 72 points, although Wei Shao played 31+8+8+5 data, but he was powerless. Game 6 was arguably the best game of the series, Klay played the best playoff game of his career, hitting 11 three-pointers to score 41 points in a single game, leading the Warriors to a comeback from behind, and Dewey lost the game by 57 points. The score was rewritten to a 3-3 draw.
The game came to the most critical tie-break, all the previous scores are not important, on this one, who wins and who advances, both sides are extremely nervous, after all, no one wants to be eliminated, but the Warriors have a psychological advantage, have a home advantage and they are the side that wants to turn the tables, so they have a great psychological advantage.
And after the first six games, the Warriors have understood that the Thunder only Durant and Wei Shao can play, and the others basically have no ability to play alone, so the Warriors have a tactical target for the Thunder, after tactical arrangement, the Thunder can only rely on the play of Durant and Wei Shao, and other role players have no way to handle the ball, and finally Durant scored 27 points, Wei Shao scored 19 points and 13 assists, and in this way, the Thunder lost the Western Finals.
In this series, Durant averaged 30 points and 8 rebounds per game, while Willis averaged 26 per game7 points 11With 3 assists and 7 rebounds, although the statistics of the two are acceptable, they are suffering from the lack of other players who can stand up. After this round of the Western Finals was overturned, Durant completely lost the confidence to win the championship, his career has spent 9 seasons, or missed the championship, Durant retired, it is worth mentioning that the Warriors also led 3-1 in the finals and was overturned, which also paved the way for Durant to join the Warriors.