By GaryQfromSanJose | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-05-14 20:00:00
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第六场比赛将于美国中部夏令时周四晚上8:30在ESPN播出
在这场堪称迄今为止最精彩的季后赛半决赛系列赛的另一场精彩比赛中，丹佛队在第四节开始时9投1中，让雷霆队完全抹去了11分的劣势。在最后几分钟里，两支争夺者球队（包括球队和MVP候选人）展开了激烈的对攻，最终，俄克拉荷马城队的谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大(Shai Gilgeous-Alexander)和杰伦·威廉姆斯(Jalen Williams)的关键进球帮助雷霆队赢得了第五场比赛的胜利。
尼古拉·约基奇(Nikola Jokic)英勇地带领掘金队前进（44分，15个篮板和5次助攻），贾马尔·穆雷(Jamal Murray)（28分和4个篮板）、核心球员阿隆·戈登(Aaron Gordon)（13分和5个篮板）和克里斯蒂安·布劳恩(Christian Braun)（8分，5个篮板和2个盖帽）也提供了急需的贡献。但是约基奇几乎没有得到支援，来抵挡雷霆队在第四节的反扑。
俄克拉荷马城队的进攻由他们的“商业兄弟”——吉尔杰斯-亚历山大（31分，7次助攻，6个篮板），切特·霍姆格伦(Chet Holmgren)（14分和8个篮板）和杰伦·威廉姆斯（18分，9个篮板和4次助攻）带领。吕冈茨·多尔特(Lugentz Dort)投中了三个关键的三分球，助长了雷霆队在第四节的攻势。亚历克斯·卡鲁索(Alex Caruso)（13分和4个篮板）帮助雷霆队在第二节及以后保持在比赛中。
俄克拉荷马城队开局迅猛，迅速取得了10分的领先优势，但丹佛队通过改进传球并在半场阵地战中更有耐心，慢慢地缩小了分差。特别是布劳恩，在掘金队的进攻中命中了一些重要的三分球。杰伦·威廉姆斯在另一端造成了很大的杀伤，加强了雷霆队的进攻。第一节比赛结束时，掘金队以一分领先。
第二节比赛更加零散，两队一直保持着胶着的状态。丹佛队的穆雷和戈登帮助扩大了领先优势，但俄克拉荷马城队在卡鲁索的有效贡献下逐渐逼近。掘金队在半场结束前打出一波9-0的攻势，将领先优势扩大到10分，但在一个如此胶着的系列赛中，雷霆队在吉尔杰斯-亚历山大的带领下，以一波有力的回应结束了上半场，将比分差距缩小到2分。
第三节比赛的质量急剧提升。吉尔杰斯-亚历山大有四次上篮看起来就像是彼此的镜像。虽然杰伦·威廉姆斯的手感有所下降，但穆雷和约基奇连续命中投篮，巩固了掘金队的领先优势。卡鲁索重新上场后，追到一个松散的篮板球，找到了空切的霍姆格伦完成扣篮。在这一节的后期，丹佛队连续抢到四个进攻篮板，保持了近一分钟的球权，并且约基奇的上篮让掘金队领先11分。雷霆队在这一节的末段再次发起攻势，将比分差距缩小到86-78进入第四节。
观察
- 很抱歉“最终比分”板块的空白 - 我终于出版了我的书，这现在仅次于2014年吉诺比利第五场比赛的表现和2005年霍里第五场比赛的英雄事迹，是我一生中最快乐的时刻。
- 现在更加明白了为什么圣安东尼奥马刺队在蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan)30多岁时，用一系列实用的中锋（法布里西奥·奥贝托(Fab Oberto)，弗朗西斯科·埃尔森(Francisco Elson)，拉绍·内斯特洛维奇(Rasho Nesterovic)等）包围着他——看到约基奇在1.5轮比赛中被消耗殆尽。
- 雷霆队以杰伦和杰林·威廉姆斯(Jaylin Williams)收尾，嗯，这很难追踪。
- 除了最后两次失误外，我不认为我看到小迈克尔·波特(Michael Porter, Jr.)在第四节做了任何有意义的事情。
- 以赛亚·哈尔滕施泰因(Isaiah Hartenstein)的投篮姿势太难看了。
- 数据统计表将显示，丹佛队在第一节和第二节都以28-27领先。
- 如果亚特兰大队有最“狂野”的赛场音乐，那么俄克拉荷马城队就有最多的EDM赛场音乐。
- 比赛中的精彩瞬间#1 ：拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克(Russell Westbrook)在第二节开始时，巧妙地将球从活跃的手中挤出一个精准的口袋传球，传给空切的穆雷完成一次漂亮的上篮。
- 比赛中的精彩瞬间#2 ：约基奇在第二节中段做到了这一点 - 在运球突破时，知道他周围有两个附近的防守队员 - 以一种使他能够击败他们并轻轻地将第二次尝试放入的方式倾斜了他的第一次尝试。
- 比赛中的精彩瞬间#3 ：在第三节开始时，以赛亚·哈尔滕施泰因(Isaiah Hartenstein)完成了一次惊天动地的扣篮加罚，然后在另一端挡住了戈登的扣篮尝试。
比赛回顾
从比赛一开始，丹佛队就选择了大量令人不安的远距离跳投（三分球6投0中），而他们在2分钟多的时间里唯一的进球来自约基奇的进攻篮板和上篮。杰伦·威廉姆斯(Jalen Williams)的底角三分球和以赛亚·哈尔滕施泰因(Isaiah Hartenstein)的扣篮让俄克拉荷马城队以12-2领先。戈登用一次近距离扣篮和一次强硬的上篮缩小了差距。丹佛队在此之后稳定下来，并将雷霆队限制在外线一段时间。布劳恩的底角三分球让丹佛队取得了领先。布劳恩随后从左侧底角命中（让人想起2014年第六场圣安东尼奥对俄克拉荷马城使用的“美丽比赛”战术）。尽管开局艰难，丹佛队还是以28-27领先结束了第一节。
穆雷和戈登为丹佛队的半场进攻执行得很好，将领先优势扩大到6分。然而，凯森·华莱士(Cason Wallace)和切特·霍姆格伦(Chet Holmgren)完成了一次艰难的加罚，使比分差距保持在两次进攻之内。佩顿·沃特森(Peyton Watson)用他的积极性保持了掘金队的几次进攻机会，而朱利安·斯特劳瑟(Julian Strawther)的直臂三分球让丹佛队领先5分。约基奇的两次精彩进球让雷霆队不敢轻举妄动，而穆雷的罚球让掘金队领先10分。吉尔杰斯-亚历山大用一次抛投和一次加罚将比分差距缩小到2分进入中场休息。
MVP候选人在第三节开始时适当地互换进球。哈尔滕施泰因完成了一次示范性的扣篮加罚，而穆雷也在稍后用一次螺旋式的加罚进行了回应。约基奇和穆雷从弧顶的完全相同的位置命中了三分球。丹佛队无法阻止吉尔杰斯-亚历山大富有成效的突破。穆雷从先前的位置命中了三分球，随后从右侧肘区转身投篮让丹佛队领先9分。霍姆格伦的扣篮将丹佛队的优势缩小到7分。拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克(Russell Westbrook)投出了一记三不沾和一记空气球，而吉尔杰斯-亚历山大的急停跳投让俄克拉荷马城队落后6分。在那些滑稽的失误之后，威斯布鲁克(Russell Westbrook)的抛投让丹佛队在第三节结束后领先8分。
点击查看原文：Thunder close out game 5 against Nuggets with an 8-0 run, take 3-2 series lead
Thunder close out game 5 against Nuggets with an 8-0 run, take 3-2 series lead
Game 6 is Thursday at 8:30 PM CDT on ESPN
In another excellent game befitting the best conference semifinals series by far, Denver started the fourth quarter 1-for-9 allowing the Thunder to erase an 11-point deficit completely, and after the two contenders (the teams AND the MVP candidates) exchanged titanic punches over the final minutes, Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams landed the two largest blows to will the Thunder to the game five victory.
The Nuggets were led valiantly by Nikola Jokic (44 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists) with much-needed contributions from Jamal Murray (28 points and 4 rebounds), lynchpin Aaron Gordon (13 points and 5 rebounds), and Christian Braun (8 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 blocks). But there was little backup for Jokic to fend off the Thunder’s fourth quarter comeback.
Oklahoma City was paced by their commercial bros - Gilgeous-Alexander (31 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds), Chet Holmgren (14 points and 8 rebounds), and Jalen Williams (18 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 assists). Lugentz Dort hit three crucial threes to foment the Thunder’s fourth quarter push. Alex Caruso (13 points and 4 rebounds) helped the Thunder stay in the game in the second quarter and beyond.
Oklahoma City stormed out of the games to grab an early 10 point lead, but Denver slowly but surely whittled away at their deficit behind improved passing and being more patient in their halfcourt sets. Braun, in particular, his some important threes during the Nuggets’ run. Jalen Williams did a lot of damage at the other end to bolster the Thunder attack. A well-played first quarter concluded with the Nuggets up one.
The second period was a more ragged affair with the teams staying neck-and-neck. Denver’s Murray and Gordon helped push their advantage out, but Oklahoma City drew closer with Alex Caruso making a meaningful impact. The Nuggets pieced together a 9-0 run late in the half to go up ten, but in a tight series, OKC, led by Gilgeous-Alexander, answered with a powerful closing response to make it a two point game at the half.
The quality of play ratched up precipitiously in the third quarter. Gilgeous-Alexander had four driving lay-ups that looked like mirror images of each other. While Jalen Williams cooled off, Murray and Jokic hit shot-after-shot to firm up the Nuggets’ lead. After Caruso re-entered the game, he chased down a loose carom and found a cutting Holmgren for a dunk. During one sequence late in the stanza, Denver came down with four consecutive offensive rebounds to hold possession for nearly a minute AND a Jokic lay-up put the Nuggets up 11. The Thunder made another late run to make it 86-78 heading to the fourth.
Observations
- Sorry for the gap in Final Scores - I finally published my book, which now ranks just behind the 2014 Game 5 Ginobili run and the 2005 Horry Game 5 heroics as the happiest moments of my life.
- It makes way more sense now why San Antonio surrounded Tim Duncan with an array of serviceable centers in his 30s (Fab Oberto, Francisco Elson, Rasho Nesterovic, etc.)- seeing Jokic worn down through 1.5 rounds.
- OKC closed with Jalen and Jaylin Williams, and well, that was hard to track.
- Other than the two late misses, I don’t think I saw Michael Porter, Jr. do anything of consequence in that fourth quarter.
- That Hartenstein shooting form is gross.
- The box score will reveal that Denver outscored 28-27 in BOTH the first and second quarters.
- If Atlanta has the most ‘crunk’ in-game music, OKC has the most EDM in-game music.
- Sequence of the Game #1: Russell Westbrook squeezed a deft pocket pass through active hands into the hands of a cutting Murray for a nice lay-up to start the second quarter.
- Sequence of the Game #2: Jokic did this midway through the second - knowing that there were two nearby defenders around him on a dribble drive - angled his first attempt in a way that allowed him to beat them both to the carom, and laid the second attempt in softly.
- Sequence of the Game #3: At the start of the third, Isaiah Hartenstein threw down a monstrous dunk and and-1 and then turned away Gordon’s dunk attempt at the other end.
Game Rundown
From the tip, Denver settled for a unnerving amount of long jumpers (0-6 from three) and their only basket over 2+ minutes came on an offensive rebound and layup from Jokic. Jalen Williams’ corner three and Isaiah Hartenstein’s dunk put OKC up 12-2. Gordon paired a point-blank dunk and a physical lay-up to slice into that lead. Denver settled down after this, and kept the Thunder on the perimeter for a while. Braun’s corner three put Denver into the lead. Braun later connected from the left corner (on an action reminiscent of the Beautiful Game sequence San Antonio did to OKC in 2014 Game 6). Despite the rough start, Denver ended the first up 28-27.
Murray and Gordon executed well for the Denver halfcourt offense to nudge the lead out to six. However, Cason Wallace and Chet Holmgren converted difficult and-1’s to keep it a two-possession game. Peyton Watson kept several Nugget possessions alive with his hustle, and Julian Strawther’s straightaway three put Denver up five. A pair of impressive buckets from Jokic kept the Thunder at bay, while Murray’s freebies put the Nuggets up ten. Gilgeous-Alexander paired a floater and an and-1 to trim the deficit to two going into the break.
The MVP candidates appropriately traded baskets to start the third period. Hartenstein had a demonstrative and-1 dunk sequence that was matched by a corkscrew and-1 by Murray moments later. Jokic and Murray hit threes from the exact same spot from above the break. Denver had no answer for Gilgeous-Alexander’s fruitful drives. Murray’s three from the previous spot followed by a turnaround from the right elbow put Denver up nine. A Holmgren dunk reduced the Denver advantage to seven. Russell Westbrook chucked up a brick and an airball, and Gilgeous-Alexander’s pull-up brought OKC within six. After those comical misses, Westbrook’s floater put Denver up eight after the third.
By GaryQfromSanJose, via Pounding The Rock