Chapter 99 Mentality
The Lakers snatched the opponent's home court, and the Thunder snatched the opponent's home court, that's how it was.
Kobe scored a game-high 38 points, but Westbrook scored 37 points and Durant scored 31 points. The Lakers won the half, but in the end they failed to resist the impact of the two young men.
The Thunder scored in the last moment. In fact, this situation was not the first time, but they resisted it last time, and this time it was a little worse.
The game was reversed, Kobe was angry, "The rest of our players should be more aggressive and more integrated into the game."
Regarding this game, Brooks concluded: "Our boys did a good job in the fight tonight and did not give up playing basketball that could win. In the first half, our defense was a bit slow, and we challenged each other during the break and played better in the second half."
"Kevin offered to defend Kobe. I had three choices. With 3 and a half points left, I made the decision. I think it was the right decision that was made at that time. Kobe shot the ball like he had been doing, but I think Kevin was doing a great job of using his arm length and body length to bother him."
"Russell scored a lot of important goals for us tonight. When we can't play a good offensive, Russell came forward and shot an important goal. His mid-range shot has been very good this year."
Every time the winner is talkative, the team that loses is more silent, and Mike Brown just says that the team will do better next.
There are regrets when losing, but Xiang Chu has no time to be sad. The Thunder is very strong and he must do better.
Unlike when facing the Nuggets, even if the two teams are very close to Xiang Chu, they can feel that the Thunder is the real top-level team, and he must make all kinds of preparations.
The Lakers and the Thunder tied 2:2, and the 76ers also reversed the Celtics in the second half, and their series scores also tied.
There are also the Heat, the team is behind, James and Wade are both angry. James scored 40189, Wade scored 3096, and defeated the Pacers strongly.
All three groups were tied at 2:2, neutral fans were so happy, the playoffs were so good.
The Spurs are still not sociable and quickly adjust to win the match point when the start is not smooth.
The Clippers were defended to only score 8 points in the third quarter. It is really hard to imagine with their lineup depth. You should know that the Spurs are not particularly strong in defense now.
The team only had one day off when they went away. They fought very hard in the previous game. Now they have reduced the training intensity and have just practiced the tactics a little.
But the players were not allowed to move freely. Mike Brown personally stared at everyone watching the game video, pointed out some previous problems, and repeatedly explained them to the players.
Not everyone has the patience and understanding ability, and the coaching staff must play a role at this time.
Xiang Chu's simulation competition in the system space can be said to be an enhanced video analysis, and he remembers the situation of the matchup clearly.
However, it is also good to listen to the analysis of the coaching staff. Sometimes a person’s thoughts are paranoid. Listening to opinions from other majors can sometimes make himself suddenly enlightened.
But you can't be led by others, everyone has their own style.
The rest days passed quickly, and the distance to the away game was not close, but thinking about the opponent in the game, Xiang Chu didn't feel anything about the bumps on the road.
"Actually, there is nothing to think about. I just do it on the court, but it's much more useful than any video recording, and there's nothing to do away games. Whoever the fans in the stands support should not be used."
Artest saw Xiang Chu silent and thought he was a little nervous by the atmosphere in the team, so he planned to teach the rookie a life lesson.
Xiang Chu showed his white teeth, "Actually, I was thinking about what to eat at night. The away food was always not that good."
"That's right, why don't we order fast food?" Artest said carelessly.
Xiang Chu gave a hehe expression. He didn't eat fast food. Isn't that just a hamburger?
He also gave up on the idea of eating a good steak. Uh, he just talked casually, why did he really think about the problem of eating? It would be better to wait until the playoffs before enjoying the food. That was an easy thing, not suitable for thinking about the game in his heart, and he couldn't let go of the game for a second now.
Xiang Chu has adapted to the noisy Chesapeake Energy Stadium. For him, the stadium only has the difference between lively and not lively, but has little impact.
The Lakers' tactics have not changed much compared to the previous games. There will be no surprise victory at this time when you defeat them. It can only be seen that team can implement the tactics better.
However, Kobe's patience is obviously getting less and less. Kobe has also experienced many playoff failures, but this season may be the first time he feels that his body is not keeping up, and with his personality, he is definitely unwilling to accept it.
Even by his will, he has to overcome all difficulties and crush all the thunder juniors.
Kobe did not keep it in the first quarter and broke out directly, scoring 15 points in a single quarter, with good efficiency.
However, the Thunder's defensive tactics still pay more attention to defensive inside, which is just a waste of money for Kobe.
Kobe played well by himself but was not as good as Westbrook, Durant and Harden.
Bynum did not score but made two fouls, and Xiang Chu got the chance to play early.
Now the Thunder are also targeted at his defense, and Xiang Chu has not received the ball in the right position for a long time.
On the one hand, the Lakers don't have the patience to send him shells specifically.
After three minutes on the court, Xiang Chu scored with a frontcourt rebound.
What's scary is that he is the only player on the bench to score.
The Thunder are playing better and better now, their team is younger and their players are more resilient.
But Kobe will not admit defeat, he believes that he can defeat any enemy.
Embarrassingly, Kobe went down to rest for a few minutes and played better, scoring a 14:6 climax to overtake the score.
But after Kobe came up, the Thunder took the lead.
It's not just the reason why Kobe played hard, but Durant also played when Kobe came back, but Kobe didn't have enough patience to cooperate with the inside to play tactics is also one of the reasons.
When Kobe was on the court, the Thunder's defense was very targeted.
Only if Kobe is unparalleled, the Lakers will be at a disadvantage.
The Lakers lost only 3 points at the end of the first half, which was nothing, but Kobe was still a little angry.
"We should play better, we need to grasp those shots, and our rebounds, we can't let Ibaka rush in and take any rebounds."
Chapter completed!