Chapter 96
"Lakes Championship!" Fans at Staples Center held up the support card.
Of course, there will be no lack of "overlord power", but Xiang Chu's fans will not be absent from every home court.
Xiang Chu is highly focused in the playoffs and has no dissatisfaction with the away game in the regular season, but when he returns to home, he still feels full of strength.
Neither starting lineup has changed, and in fact, there will be no change in substitutes.
The playoffs' change is only about details, while others are more about stability.
The Lakers really have experience in defense against the Thunder. Their restrictions on Westbrook and Durant were very good at the beginning of the third game between the two sides.
Faced with the cheers all over the court, Kobe was also quite excited. He missed the first shot and made another shot, and then gave an assist to help the team take the lead.
Sessions also had a good offense in this game. When the Lakers were accurate on the outside, they were a real strong team and quickly gained a double-digit lead.
Thunder quickly changed, that was to replace Harden.
Harden is really a top substitute, it is useful to come up, steal and cause damage, and the Thunder immediately stops the bleeding.
The Thunder returned the score to single digits, and the Lakers also chose to substitute.
The Lakers' offense on the outside is sometimes good, and their defense may be good sometimes. The restriction of Westbrook is more about helping the inside. Westbrook is not that strong in the middle and long distances, so this trick is not easy to deal with Harden.
After Xiang Chu came on the court, Thunder still played first, first, first, fourth, and planned to recover the score in one go.
In the second game, they had completely confirmed that they would definitely not be able to compete with the Lakers in the inside, so they also planned to make some attempts, but Xiang Chu came up with the rebound and saw immediate results.
The main ones are those rebounding that bounce far away. The Lakers are inside and the inside, Xiang Chu makes various attacks, and there are also frontcourt rebounds. Moreover, he has a high scoring rate at the basket. Although there are some problems in defending against one, one, four, and four, he can still take advantage of it overall.
In other words, it takes a lot of risk to use a small lineup to beat the Lakers. Once the outside line cannot hit continuously, it may be knocked out by the Lakers' inside line, no matter which inside line the Lakers are on.
The Thunder's pursuit of points was blocked again, and they honestly replaced two inside players.
However, when Westbrook and Harden joined forces to attack the Lakers' outside in the second quarter, they could not support themselves by relying on their inside advantage.
High-quality defense cannot be maintained every moment, and there is no way to do it, and the Thunder's outside line is really too strong.
Westbrook and Harden both made a successful steal, and Harden hit another three-pointer.
The Thunder immediately asked Durant to go up and strike while the iron was hot, and Durant also made a three-pointer. The Lakers' advantage was disintegrated in an instant, and the Thunder's strong point scoring ability exploded.
The Lakers also replaced the main force, and Kobe continued to cause damage.
At home, the referee's standards are still very caring for superstars, and Kobe also plays very firmly.
The other outsiders all turned into pitchers and lie outside the three-point line to open up space for Kobe and the inside.
Blake hit a three-pointer and Artest hit a three-pointer at the last moment. Only in this way did the Lakers resist the crazy counterattack of the Thunder Third Young Master and lead the way into the midfield with a three-point lead.
The third young master of Thunder scored 28 points in the next quarter, and the Lakers were also sweating.
This game is more of an offensive end, while the inside mainly guarantees rebounds.
Such a duel should be satisfied, and they are also satisfied with the Lakers being able to score from the outside.
The second half of the game will be the defensive end and success rate. The playoffs are fierce, and both sides are angry. Artest clashed with Westbrook again in the second quarter and each received a technical foul.
Artest is an old fry, he doesn't care about the skilled culprit at all. He will still be tough if he should be tough.
Some provocations are too normal in the playoffs. If someone is irrationally sent off, it will only hurt the strong team.
But if Artest and the opponent Duizi were in fact taking advantage of it, the Lakers were so confident.
The team will not promote this, but Mike Brown will not say about him.
Toughness and aggressiveness will be more obvious in the playoffs. The head coach will keep reminding you that as for what toughness and aggressiveness are, everyone actually has different understandings.
The third quarter was a critical moment, and neither team relaxed.
The Thunder attacked hard at the beginning of the second half, especially Durant, which was very unsolvable.
Every All-Star has its own tricks. Durant's moves can make many defenses helpless just by shooting high points. Artest is right to increase the opponent's defense, but the effect is not so obvious when the opponent has sufficient physical strength and adjusts the feel.
So the Lakers chose the easiest solution, that is, Kobe and the opponent compete.
When Kobe feels good, he can use this trick when facing any opponent.
But he was facing the young Durant after all, and in terms of hit rate, the opponent was stronger.
Kobe's advantage is that he can hold the ball and find more opportunities to play. Durant has no offensive opportunities to receive the ball, so he basically has to pass it out. Kobe can create scoring opportunities by himself.
The Lakers' defense also tried to let Durant pass the ball, while the Thunder's defense tried to make Kobe take action without such comfort.
Another thing is teammates. When you need help from teammates, Bynum does feel a little bad. His offensive skills have increased a lot this season, but his ability to confrontation has not improved significantly.
Thunder just looked at this and kept fighting with Perkins.
Westbrook actually felt bad in this game, but even if his strength was not good, it could help the team. The Thunder quickly overtook the score.
Not only do they overtake, they also have a tendency to open up the score.
The Lakers quickly stopped changing Xiang Chu. In terms of ability to confront, Xiang Chu was actually worse than Bynum, but his attack was very hard. If the Thunder did not have an offensive inside line, his ability to confront is almost nothing at all. He doesn't rely on this to make a living.
When Xiang Chu comes on stage, the effect will be immediate.
When Kobe feels good, it is enough to have a blue-collar inside player. Xiang Chu is the most suitable person who can grab rebounds, and he has no attack power. It is not easy for him to get the ball at the basket. It is not easy for the Thunder to defend him.
Especially since he doesn't need to face the Thunder's main inside, he is not alone in the hands-on battle.
Xiang Chu grabbed the frontcourt rebounds twice in a row to help the Lakers score, and the team's scores caught up again.
Although I got a away game, the Thunder's strength was unquestionable. If the score gap continued to widen just now, the game would probably be gone.
Mike Brown smiled on the sidelines. He was very pleased that Xiang Chu had such a stable performance. This would give the double towers more rest time. Bynum is still easy to use when he is physically energetic.
"Good job, work harder."
Chapter completed!