While Durant and Westbrook walked to the technical stage and waited to play, McGrady continued his performance.

He received a pass from Curry outside the three-point line, assumed a triple threat posture, and then used two consecutive test steps, which scared Sefolosha and took half a step back.

One move succeeded, McGrady decisively pulled out on the spot...

"Shua~"

Hit again!

44:43, the Rockets are only one point behind!

Thunder coach Brooks was distraught when he saw this.

He couldn't wait for the "dead ball" to let the two Deweys play again, so he immediately called a timeout.

After the timeout, Durant, Westbrook and Bacca appeared together.

The Rockets used Griffin to replace Tucker, who had played a lot of time.

The game restarts.

Thunder offense.

As soon as Westbrook came up, he went full throttle and reached the Rockets penalty area.

Yao Ming and Griffin shrank from the basket at the same time, preparing to protect the basket.

In a flash of lightning, Westbrook flicked his wrist and passed the ball to Cook on the outside.

The latter made a decisive three-pointer after receiving the ball...

The basketball drew a wonderful arc and went straight into the net!

47:43.

The Thunder stubbornly held on to their lead!

Offense and defense transition.

Yao Ming began to show his dominance in the low post.

While receiving the pass, he turned around and successfully got rid of Perkins' defense.

Dayao then used his signature, slightly faded mid-range shot to steadily send the ball into the basket.

During the whole process, Yao Ming did not have any physical contact with Perkins, which can be said to be a huge surprise!

47:45.

In the next round, Yao Ming repeated his old trick.

Same position, same action, but this time Yao didn't take action immediately, but used a fake action to hit Perkins.

Then Yao took a step forward and dunked easily.

47:47.

The two teams are back on the same starting line!

"Beautiful! Yao Ming's dreamy steps are so silky!"

Su Qun couldn't help but sigh.

"The Thunder are in trouble... After the Rockets' starting lineup returns, can they still withstand the offense? I think it's quite embarrassing!"

Yang Jian commented.

At this time, Harden, who was recovering his strength on the bench, frowned.

He tried his best to fulfill his promise and led the team to maintain the lead.

I thought that after Westbrook and Durant returned, the initiative would be firmly in the hands of the Thunder, but seeing the menacing appearance of the Rockets' main players, Harden was unsure.

For the next few minutes, the two sides reached a deadlock.

Until the last two minutes of the second quarter, the score difference between the two teams remained within one round.

At this time, Harden, who had rested for a few minutes, returned to battle.

All three Thunder players are on the field!

The Rockets replaced McGrady and Roy with George and Jeremy Lin.

............

Thunder offense.

Harden used the screen to break into the basket and succeeded in a European step layup.

57:55.

But the Thunder players didn't have time to be happy, as the Rockets quickly launched a baseline kick and launched a counterattack.

Jeremy Lin received Curry's pass and strode towards the Thunder's hinterland.

Behind him, Westbrook was also trying his best to catch up.

But after chasing after him, Thunder No. 0 realized that something was wrong.

[How come I can't seem to catch up with him?!]

Westbrook was extremely surprised.

But the fact is right in front of him, the yellow-skinned man in front of him runs faster than him!

Jeremy Lin made an outstanding performance and dunked easily.

57:57.

The two sides draw again!

In the next two rounds, both teams' attacks ended in failure.

In the last 20 seconds, Curry held the ball and launched the final attack of this quarter.

Facing Westbrook's defense, Meng Shen dribbled the ball like a butterfly through flowers and successfully mobilized the turtle's center of gravity.

After being out of position, Westbrook was eager to make amends, so he stepped forward and reached out with his right hand, trying to break the basketball from Curry's hand.

Who knows, that was a flaw intentionally exposed by Curry.

Just before Westbrook was about to touch the basketball, Curry easily dribbled the ball behind his back and then shot a three-pointer!

The basketball left his fingertips and spun at high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shua~"

Hollow into the net!

The ball goes in and the light comes on.

57:60!

After a long absence, the Rockets once again became the leading team and returned to the locker room with a 3-point advantage.

............

During the intermission, Shen Fei welcomed a guest in the box—David Stern.

The NBA president, who has so many things to do, didn't arrive at the Toyota Center until the end of the two quarters.

"This is the first time in many years that I have seen this arena full."

After taking his seat, Stern looked around the arena and said with emotion.

"This situation has been going on for a long time."

"The Rockets have an MVP like Tracy McGrady and supernovas like Curry, George, and Griffin. How can they not be a hit at the box office?"

Shen Fei said confidently.

"Speaking of MVP, how about it? I did pretty well, right?"

Stern said with a smile.

His smile was half sly and half ingratiating.

As the saying goes, the older a person gets, the less courageous he becomes.

Stern was actually afraid of Shen Fei.

He had been blackmailed by Nike for so long because of dirty information, but Shen Fei said he would help him solve it, and he actually solved the problem within a few days...

This made Stern have to admire Shen Fei's methods, but at the same time he was afraid of him.

"You made a fair judgement."

Shen Fei answered the question inappropriately.

Whether it is from the team record or personal performance, it is natural for McGrady to become the mvp!

Stern said this as if McGrady won the award because of his care.

Of course, Shen Fei also understood that the other party just wanted to take credit and had no other intentions.
To be continued...