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Chapter 181



Chapter 181
The short timeout was only 60 seconds. Su Yang first praised the team's excellent defense, and specifically named Sefolosha, and then speculated that the Lakers would increase the proportion of breakthroughs, reminding Ibaka and others to boldly shrink and make up defenses, and miss a few. Three points doesn't matter.

Westbrook smiled and asked, "Coach, why are you so sure?"

Su Yang said: "Facing our zone defense, Pau Gasol's high position support, and the transfer of strong and weak sides are not effective. The Lakers are not a team with a high three-point shooting rate. In addition, they have a breakthrough player as strong as Kobe, and Andrew As Bynum is such a good screener, and they are in urgent need of scoring, more use of breakthrough balls to break the zone defense is definitely their best choice."

The whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the announcer announced loudly that the Lakers replaced Gasol with Odom.

With such a change, Su Yang is more convinced that the Lakers will increase the proportion of breakthroughs, and the proportion of sneaking the bottom line to attack the basket will also increase. Before the game restarts, Su Yang once again reminded the Thunder to pay attention to shrinking defenses. die.

Beep!The referee Joe Crawford whistled to remind the kick-off.

Fisher immediately took the ball across the center line, and Odom followed up and took the ball to the right wing, pretending to play a triangle.

The Thunder's defensive attention shifted to the right, but Odom raised his hand and passed the ball back to the top of the arc, and then ran to the bottom corner

Fisher received the ball and turned to the left elbow, made a strong pass to Artest, and started to run down the wall as a screen.

Artest took the opportunity to get rid of Durant, went up the line and shifted to the right, getting an emergency stop and jump shot.At the same time, Kobe started from the right corner, with the double screen of Odom and Bynum, successfully transferred to the right elbow area, and could receive the ball.

In an instant, the Lakers had two potential scoring opportunities, and Bynum subconsciously bent his knees and got ready to grab the rebound.

In the same instant, Westbrook switched defenses without hesitation. Together with Sefoloza, who was chasing after him, he boldly contracted and double-teamed Kobe in accordance with Su Yang's previous arrangement. One controlled the overhead pass route, and the other interfered with the ground pass. ball space.

As for Artest's sudden stop to take off and shoot, let Durant take advantage of his height, arm length and bullet speed to do whatever he wants.

After all, Artest's emergency stop shot hit rate, and the three-pointer he made in the opening game, probably used up all his good luck.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Artest stopped at the free throw line and turned around, and hurriedly threw the ball to the left 45-degree three-point line.

Fisher received the ball and faced Durant in a misplaced position, taking advantage of the small play, but immediately bent sideways.

The movement of preparing to hit the ground pass was too obvious. Durant decisively bent his knees and lowered his center of gravity. He also bent sideways and spread his long, long arms, almost locking up all the space for hitting the ground pass, which made Kobe Forced to run to the left sideline.

Who would have thought that the arrogance of Fisher ignored Kobe's request for the ball, turned around and released the ball, and strode towards the top of the arc.

Durant stopped and started to catch up, but he was a bit disadvantaged because of his height and big steps, and it was a waste of time to adjust his center of gravity.

But the Thunder's two-three defensive formation took effect, and Westbrook let go of Artest, who was wide open, and moved laterally to intercept Fisher's breakthrough.

Fisher hurriedly stopped, ignoring Artest, who was stretching out his hand to ask for it, and forced to turn around and pass the ball to Kobe on the left wing.

Kobe took the ball and shrugged his shoulders and raised his hands to pretend to shoot. He slightly moved Sefolosha's body center of gravity, and he couldn't wait to kill and release the ball to cross and rush. Dele stopped abruptly and struck the board.

The basketball hit the board with a bang and bounced, hit the hoop with a bang, bounced and hit the basket again, and jumped out mischievously.

Bynum took off on the spot to catch it, and Ibaka, who jumped faster, touched the ball almost at the same time, and neither of them succeeded.

Chandler then returned to the basket, jumped high to catch the rebound, and hugged him tightly for protection.

Cheers erupted at the Ford Center, and Su Yang happily applauded and cheered. The Thunder defended very successfully this time, but the Lakers were a little confused, especially Fisher. It was a wrong decision to break through, and it was also a wrong decision to pass the ball to Kobe.

After thinking about it, Durant received the ball from the left waist and singled Artest. Odom let go of Ibaka and went to help intercept the baseline ahead of time. Kobe stepped into the paint area. Fisher stood at the free throw line and simultaneously intercepted the pass. route, and Artest put pressure on.

Facing the key care of the four, Durant dribbled to the left 45-degree three-point line, but Artest chased after him.

With only 10 seconds left in the attacking time, Durant got a little restless with the ball around the top, preparing to pass it to Ibaka who slipped to the short corner.

At that time, Artest took off and raised his hand to aim at the basketball and shoot it vigorously, and the basketball flew directly out of the sideline.

There were boos in the arena, Artest jumped off the court again, grabbed the ball with his left hand and threw it back from his crotch.

The basketball flew back to the court, and Durant subconsciously reached out to grab it, but unfortunately he only caught a handful of air.

Fisher, at the top of the arc, took the opportunity to grab the basketball, took advantage of the momentum, started to accelerate and ran wildly, and played two against Kobe in the frontcourt against Westbrook.

The two rushed to the basket in a blink of an eye, and Fisher threw the ball above the basket at will, making it clear that he was going to give Kobe a lob assist.

Kobe jumped up and raised his hand tacitly, but Westbrook also jumped up and fought for it at the same time, and he just pushed the ball away from the original trajectory.

Kobe still received the basketball, but lost the chance to catch the ball, and the four of Ibaka followed closely to the paint area.

Facing the siege of the Thunder generals, Kobe didn't hesitate at all, turned over and kicked the ground to take off, and forced the basket.

when!The basketball hit the rim and rebounded, Westbrook stood up and grabbed the board with both hands, Kobe was so angry that he clapped his hands and shouted vigorously.

Westbrook rushed all the way to the right elbow of the frontcourt, facing Bynum and Odom who were standing still, he stopped and jumped out of the hand to shoot.

The basketball went into the net with a bang, and the entire attack took 4 seconds in total, and the Thunder led 16-5.

Cheers erupted in the arena, and assistant coach Brian said with a smile: "As long as there is still the moon tonight, we will win the game."

Assistant coaches Snyder and Brooks also laughed, and Su Yang silently nodded in agreement. The Lakers did not expect the Thunder's defensive strength to be so strong. The key point was that the Lakers played a fast break just now, and only Kobe and Fisher were there. The other three watched from the backcourt. play.

In terms of 2v1 in the frontcourt, how sure is it, but the Thunder are chasing with five players. Comparing the two, the fighting spirit and momentum are completely victorious.

After thinking about it, the Lakers started with a regular triangle offensive tactic, trying to pass the ball to Bynum at the waist.

Chandler interfered around the front as usual, Durant also shrank and squeezed the receiving space, and Artest turned the ball back to the top of the arc.

Odom catches the ball and holds it high, and quickly passes it to the basket, trying to help Bynum break the defense around the front.

But the passing position was a bit poor, and Bynum managed to break through and go forward, but he had to run to the basket to catch the ball.

I saw Bynum catching the ball and sitting down, ignoring Durant's shrinking double-team, stepping away from Chandler, and jumping back to wipe the board.

boom!Ibaka pegboard cap.

The basketball rebounded and flew upside down. Durant reached out to catch the ball, bowed and charged hard, and made a long pass from the center line to the right wing of the frontcourt.

Westbrook received the ball and strode into the paint area, dribbled the ball around the top to avoid Odom who was trying to make a foul, and twisted his body to throw with his left hand.

boom!The basketball hit the board and rebounded, and Durant, who followed up, grabbed the offensive rebound and also took off and put in the basket through Odom.

boom!The basketball rebounded again, and Odom raised his hand to grab the rebound, turned around and hit the ground with a long pass to the sideline.

Kobe received the ball and rushed to the right wing of the frontcourt. Seeing that the Thunder was defending well, he slowed down and stopped to find another opportunity.

"It's called the playoff experience gap..."

Su Yang chuckled, just now Westbrook was too hasty to deal with the situation that the Lakers' defense was already in place, and made a quick break for the sake of a quick break.

As soon as the words fell, Kobe turned over and shot a jumper against Sefolosha, and the basketball rebounded with a bang.

Ibaka immediately took off to grab it, but unfortunately he made a misjudgment, the basketball rebounded again, and Odom then took off and easily made a tip-up.

Seeing this, Su Yang turned his head to Brian and said, "Serge can't use his bullet speed freely for the time being, let him watch more Marion videos later, learn how to judge rebound placement and timing, and improve defensive anticipation by the way." Sentence..."

Before the words fell, Westbrook made an emergency stop and hit the iron with two points.

The basketball rebounded and flew upside down. Fisher held it in his hand, slowly brought it across the center line and stopped on the left wing, watching for a while to pass the ball to the top of the arc.

Kobe received the ball and passed it to Bynum in the right elbow area, then rushed up, took over and passed back to cover the pass, waiting for the opportunity to initiate a breakthrough.

The Thunder double-teamed the generals, Kobe still forced the ball to take off and throw, and Ibaka leapt and slapped the basketball with one hand.

boom!The basketball hits the backboard and bounces upside down.

Westbrook grabbed the ball and turned around and rushed all the way to the left elbow of the frontcourt, when Odom stood still and waited.Seeing this, Su Yang reminded him to split the ball. Westbrook quickly passed the ball to Ibaka in the right elbow, and Ibaka caught the ball and took off across Fisher.

Boom!The basketball hit the circle and bounced into the net, 18 to 7.

Su Yang clapped his hands for encouragement. This fast break was still a bit rough, but he chose the right direction. The Lakers were playing Phil Jackson's little trick again, trying to reverse the situation by hitting the iron with two points and quickly counterattacking. The Thunder had to play more inside.

Scoring is considered to complete the basic task, and it is best to cause the Lakers to foul inside and disintegrate the Lakers' defensive foundation.

Offensive and defensive transition, Fisher ran across the center line with the ball, Odom used Kobe's cover, went up to the top of the arc to catch the ball, and then made a ghost screen with Fisher to stretch the high space.At the same time, Bryant moved from around the baseline to the right wing with a screen.

Odom was about to pass the ball, but found that Sefolosha was tightly entwined with Kobe. The risk was a bit high, and the effect was a bit small.

Odom turned the ball to the left 45 degrees, and then started running to the right elbow, setting a set screen for Kobe.

Fisher catches the ball and passes it to the left waist, Bynum catches the ball and turns to face the frame, raising his hands to observe.At the same time, Kobe used Odom's cover to rush to the basket, while Artest quietly slipped the bottom line to the basket, and the Lakers had two more scoring opportunities.

But the Thunder quartet shrank and clogged the paint so tacitly that Bynum had to throw the ball to his right elbow.

Odom catches the ball and rushes for a shot, and Ibaka pulls back to the defense with lightning speed, and swoops with his left hand high to block the shot.

Snapped!The basketball fell under the force, and Odom turned around indiscriminately to catch it, and accidentally pushed the ball to the top of the arc.

Westbrook bent over to grab the basketball, got up and ran forward, Fisher instinctively started to catch up, and was thrown away in an instant.

Cheers erupted at the Ford Center, and the audience watched Westbrook score with a one-handed dunk, giving the Thunder a 20-7 lead.

The central large screen reminded that in the past 2 minutes, Ibaka sent three blocked shots, which made a great contribution to defense.

And the replay video shows the process of blocking shots three times in slow motion. Ibaka's wingspan is really long.

Fisher hurriedly dribbled the ball across the center line, the referee blew his whistle, and the Lakers requested a timeout again in a short time.

Su Yang got up to greet the Thunder generals, thinking that although he could not relax yet, he would win the game in all likelihood.

The key is that the Thunder rely on defense to build an advantage.

(End of this chapter)


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