Chapter 1950: Half a Greeting, Half a Farewell

When the game ended with 18 seconds left, Durant had already taken advantage of his teammates' free throws to come to the sidelines to celebrate with his mother. He knew he was ready for his first conference finals.

With 34 points and 14 rebounds, and leading the team to complete a comeback from a huge deficit, Durant has sounded the bell for a change of dynasty, and he will start his own story in the Finals.

At the beginning of this series, the Thunder, who were trailing 0:2, were almost sentenced to death. They held a 6% reversal probability and faced a veteran team that had not lost in the playoffs. Not many people believed that they could win in the end, but just Just like what happened in the second half yesterday, the aging Spurs were not paying attention and Durant and the others had already cut to the basket, dunked and roared. All the youthful ways of venting were filled with them. The power of youth dominated the second half. Also dominated the entire Western Conference semifinals.

When the 18,000 Thunder home crowd cheered for the team to advance to the conference finals for the first time since moving to Oklahoma City, the young guard also created a legend. They became the first team to win four of seven games in NBA history. The 15th team to finally win after falling behind 0:2.

"Although we were 18 points behind at the beginning, I never thought about returning to the Spurs to play the next game," said Durant, the regular season scoring leader in the past three seasons. "I know that we are only one step away from our dream. remote."

"Now, it's time to challenge that team again." Durant said at the end.

For three consecutive years, the Lakers and Thunder will join the playoffs!

From the first round of the playoffs, the second round, and today's Western Conference Finals, the Thunder have completed the triple jump in three years. This time, what kind of story will they dedicate to the Lakers.

"It's the Thunder again. When the Thunder were eliminated by the Lakers in the second round of the playoffs last season, I predicted that the story would not end there. Just one year later, my prediction came true. Durant and Ji Feng, In 2007, the two heroes met like fate for three consecutive years. The Lakers and Ji Feng won the first two games cleanly. They went 8-0 in the two years. It was difficult for the Thunder and Durant to win against the Lakers in the playoffs. "

"But this time, the 4-2 comeback from the veteran powerhouse Spurs proved that today's Thunder are no longer Wu Xia Amon. They have the strength and courage to compete with the Lakers at the top of the Western Conference. This seems to be Durant's initiative to reach the top of 2007. The best impact!" Su Qun said on his Weibo after the game.

Yes, the rematch between the Lakers and the Thunder, this group of old and new forces, will undoubtedly be another peak showdown, and Ji Feng and Durant will meet again in the playoffs.

Part greeting, part farewell.

When the Lakers and Thunder met again in the playoffs, behind it was the lonely Spurs. This time, they failed to meet the Lakers, their old rival, again.

Veterans never die, they will only wither slowly. Amidst the blue stripes flying in the sky, Duncan stood blankly.

After being hacked last year, everyone said that the Spurs were dead, but Duncan quietly completed the weight loss, Ginobili returned from injury, Parker became more experienced, and this classic car that had been running for 10 years was once again at high speed. hurricane.

Captain Jackson lamented, "Looking at them, it's like our Westbrook and Harden in 2003 are exactly the same as Parker and Ginobili when they first debuted."

In front of their former self, the Spurs ultimately ran out of time.

After the loss, facing reporters, Duncan was as calm as ever: "I thought we would win the championship again. We had an extraordinary season, but the season is over."

But everyone can hear the unwillingness in his words.

Duncan is 36 years old. This summer, he will also return to free agency. After 16 seasons in the NBA, Duncan still wants to continue playing, but he did not give any guarantees.

Even Spurs head coach Popovich admitted that the Spurs in the Duncan era had lost their last chance to win a championship.

"We were beaten fair and square by the Thunder. The Spurs went to the extreme."

"The future? I don't know, I just want to spend this summer."

Popovich said.

He would have said this in previous years, but most people would have smiled and said: Look, Bobo has started to poison his milk again.

But this time, it all seemed real.

This year's Spurs seem to be playing smoothly, unlike previous years when they were constantly troubled. In 2009, Ginobili missed the last six regular season and playoff games due to injury; in 2011, Ginobili injured his elbow in the last game of the regular season and made a hasty comeback. The team was defeated by the Grizzlies in the first round. "Black Seven"; In 2010, Parker was very busy because of the divorce case.

However, things in the NBA are never certain. No matter how high the winning rate is, there are no injuries, and there are no troubles off the court, there is still no guarantee of a championship. The Spurs led the Thunder 2:0 and then lost 4:0 as proof.

So for a while, the Internet was full of fans who liked Ye Qingjie.

Only Love Duncan: "Dada is 36 years old, and it's really our last chance."

Me, Epcot: "Although I knew that GDP would one day withdraw from this league and that the league would always be dominated by young people, when all this happened in front of me, I realized that it was still so hard to accept."

Long live the Holy City: "The Spurs bid farewell to this season in the most un-Spurs way. They have done everything. They have superior tactics and are very united. They rest to ensure that there are no injuries and everyone is healthy. They have led all 6 games at the end of the first half. , leading 4 times into the fourth quarter, but they still lost. They were reversed by 18 points. It was not the Thunder that defeated them, it was just time.”

Manu is the best B: "Every year I make fun of the Spurs as they are old and can no longer run, but I know that even though I say so, I don't think so in my heart. However, this time, to end the season in this way, I feel , all this is true, the Spurs era has really passed."

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"Hey, hey, hey, these fans really don't have confidence. Do you think the Spurs are going to die?" During his free time during training, Ji Feng looked at various comments on the Internet and clicked his tongue. The Thunder's comeback against the Spurs was really big news. This seems to just confirm the alternation between old and new that the media has been exaggerating in the past two years, and the words are all about saying goodbye to the Spurs.

But Ji Feng knows very well that regardless of what Duncan and his gang say, they are definitely holding back a lot of energy in their hearts, and Popovich is not the kind of guy who would admit defeat, so let's wait and see.

Of course, Ji Feng must put the Spurs aside at this time and prepare for the Thunder with all his strength. He also saw Durant's rebuttal. To be honest, he is also very much looking forward to the Thunder today.

So when facing reporters, Ji Feng said calmly: "It's still too early to say some things now. After all, we have only reached the conference finals now."

"However, the fans can prepare for applause and cheers. We have defeated them twice, and this time will be no exception. Wouldn't it be nice to win three consecutive decisive games?"