The Lakers' second team didn't take advantage of it in the first quarter.

Durant's defense against Gasol turned out to be quite good, he didn't blindly defend at the top, but kept interfering with Gasol's catch with his long arms.

Moreover, even if Gasol receives the ball in the low post, Durant looks thin, but in fact he is not lightweight.

He was only 212 pounds when he first entered the league, and he has been growing in weight every year, but because he is also growing taller, and his arms have always been relatively slender, it makes people feel very light.

When he played the Grizzlies in 2011, he was able to carry Randolph.

Today, his weight has been mentioned at 237 pounds, close to 240 pounds.

And Duncan of the Spurs has dropped below 240 pounds after losing weight in the summer of '11.

Therefore, Durant is about the same as Duncan in terms of height and weight, and it is naturally not a problem to prevent Gasol.

Besides, Durant has an Ibaka behind him.

His help defense, blocking is simply ruthless, and anyone who shoots under the basket should be careful with his slaps.

As a result, the first quarter ended, and the Thunder led the Lakers by 5 points at 28:23.

The Lakers relied on Kobe's shooting, free throws and three-pointers to bite the point difference, but the team still fell into a disadvantage.

Li Liang didn't hit a three-point shot except for a rebound in the opening game.

On the offensive end, he was very uncomfortable with Sephorosa, and once the offense couldn't be opened, the defense was rushed up by the Thunder, and it was difficult to defend.

At the intermission, Li Liang wiped his sweat with a towel, and Mike Brown reminded the players that they should play "more aggressively" on the offensive end!

In the first quarter, the Lakers only Kobe Bryant made two free throws, and no one else had a free throw opportunity.

Because of the first two rounds of playing the Rockets and Clippers, the Lakers' positional offense was too smooth, and they didn't need to deliberately fight inside.

Inside singles, open cuts, open shots, and beautiful pick-and-rolls.

If you can score easily, why go to the basket and crash desperately.

But not tonight, the Thunder's defensive intensity and strategy make it difficult for the Lakers to play a smooth offense.

Mike Brown is right, the Lakers have to play aggressively.

But the Lakers, who have played two rounds of downwind ball, are very difficult to show aggression all at once.

Including Li Liang himself, he is also adapting to the Thunder's tough defense.

He recalled the man-to-man defensive points he had learned from Coach Rup in recent days and found that the Thunder did a very good job.

In the situation of one-on-one, two-on-two and three-on-three, if the pressure of the person with the ball and the person without the ball is guaranteed, how to maintain a reasonable rotation alignment without a large gap.

After fighting with the Warriors and Spurs, the Thunder's competitive state has fully come out.

And the Lakers haven't gotten to that point yet.

In the second quarter, Li Liang re-entered the court, and the Thunder defense, which had taken the lead, was a little lax, and Li Liang seized the opportunity to hit a three-pointer from the outside.

However, Brooks used his second move, using a three-guard lineup of Martin, Fisher, and Westbrook in the second quarter.

The inside line is to use Collison Gaibaka, without a small forward, so that Collison continues to pester Li Liang.

During the regular season, Ibaka's defense of Li Liang was actually not good.

This guy is good at blocking, but Li Liang is a thief, he never shoots easily, and there are many feints, and Ibaka is played around.

Collison is different, this white insider, the veteran of the Thunder, is the same as Sephorosa defensively, just a tangled word.

In the Western Conference Finals in '11, he defended Nowitzki and got Novitzki pregnant.

Brooks is picking on another flaw in the Lakers' roster — there are no offensive stable wing players other than Li Liang.

Ci Shiping's defense is okay, and the offense and projection are completely lacking.

Jamison is just giving away points because of defensive problems, and his shooting is just as inconsistent.

Therefore, Brooks dared to play such a lineup without small forwards, and then rely on guards to liven up the offense.

With the Thunder without Perkins on the court, although backcourt rebounding protection and Howard defense will have problems, their offense will not be four to five.

And the main point of attack was put on Westbrook, and he began to let Westbrook play singles in the low post continuously.

This is a special low-post single tactic of the Thunder at the No. 1 position, which is a weak defense at the Lakers' No. 1 position.

The other four Thunder have outside shooting ability, including veteran Fisher.

Last year, he was traded by the Lakers to the Rockets in exchange for Hill, but the old fish refused to report to the Rockets, and he wanted to go to the championship team.

The Rockets had no choice but to buy out Fisher, and Fisher immediately joined the Thunder.

This year, he met his old owner Lakers in the playoffs.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' offense was very sluggish, except for Li Liang's three points, and they began to rely on Howard's low-post singles.

If Howard starts playing in the low post, it means that the Lakers' offensive efficiency is really bad enough.

In the connecting period, the Thunder turned the score to 41:33, and the Lakers only scored 10 points, and the difference was stretched to 8 points.

After that, Nash and Kobe Bryant both returned to the court, and Li Liang wanted to go down to rest for a while.

Seeing this, Brooks immediately replaced him with Durant.

Brooks deliberately staggered Durant and Li Liang.

Sure enough, as soon as Durant came on the court, he won consecutive singles.

Whether it is Kobe Bryant defense or Cishi Ping defense, there is no way to effectively contain Durant.

Durant's hand was hot, and tonight he sat on the sidelines and saw Kobe Bryant win the MVP, and his heart was stirred.

This is the highest honor that any basketball player can receive individually, the most valuable player of a season.

Durant thought, since I can't win the regular season MVP this season, why don't I just beat the MVP?

With this belief, Durant played better and better, and he scored 10 consecutive points in the second half of the second quarter, which suddenly stretched the gap between the two sides by 12 points.

For the first time this season, the Lakers have fallen behind so much in the playoffs.

There was silence at Stamps, and the hustle and bustle of Kobe Bryant's MVP trophy was gone.

Mike Brown immediately called a timeout, and Li Liang had to play.

During the pause, Li Liang looked at Kobe Bryant, his face was not good, and his heart was not good.

Lao Ke looks like this, it doesn't mean that he wants to come by himself again, right?

In the first two rounds, because the team's strength was a cut above the opponent, Kobe Bryant played very reasonably, not like Kobe at all.

But the nature of the country is easy to change, Lao Ke has been playing self-centered basketball since he was a child, and when he encounters adversity, he will definitely have his own way to play.

Sure enough, after the timeout, Kobe Bryant came on the court, and he first scored three points under the strong basket.

Then the defensive end defended Durant, forced him to pass the ball, and after Li Liang broke the ball, Kobe Bryant received the ball and counterattacked and dunked!

The Lakers went on an 8-2 spurt at the end of the second quarter to narrow the gap to six points.

In the third quarter, Bryant continued his maneuver.

But this time it's not a normal operation, it's a reverse operation.

Strike iron!

In the first half, Bryant scored 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting and 6-of-6 free throws.

In the third quarter, the Thunder returned to normal defense, allowing Sefrosa and Durant to wrap Kobe.

At this time, Li Liang decisively took a three-point shooting rate improvement sticker, ready to turn the situation around with a wave of three points.

As a result, you don't pass the ball!

Lao Tzu's side is as empty as the sea, don't you pass it on?

Kobe Bryant really didn't pass it on, he did three in a row, and one didn't enter.

The Thunder angrily brushed three counterattacks, Li Liang had no choice but to foul, fouled again, and sent Durant to the free throw line twice.

"Kobe, do you have long eyes and buttocks? I have such a big vacancy, you don't pass it! The people who are defending against you have put together a table of mahjong, 3 is missing 1, you have to come over! “

Li Liang is on fire, he hasn't scolded for a long time, and this time he sprayed directly at Kobe.

"I have my own way of playing, I'm the MVP, who are you?"

Li Liang went straight to the groan, Lao Tzu turned on the hair dryer, do you dare to talk back?

It seems that Kobe Bryant is more magical, and props may not work for him.

The two argued, but Nash came over to persuade them to focus on the game, so they didn't continue to quarrel.

After all, Kobe Bryant has played in this way for more than ten years, especially in the past few years, and no one has dared to say anything.

This time in the playoffs, Kobe won the MVP, but the home situation was not good, and Kobe was of course anxious.

So when I'm in a hurry, it's not big or small.

Li Liang was also angry, it turns out that you are such a Kobe, you really can't change the iron!

This wave of counterattacks, as well as the quarrel between Li Liang and Kobe, hurt the Lakers very much.

The point difference was stretched to more than 10 points again, and the Thunder began to return to normal play, no longer taking risks with strange tricks.

Brooks had achieved his goal, narrowly scarring the advantage, and then holding on to the lead until the end of the game.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant continued to play his own, and his shooting was still very threatening.

But at critical moments, he was always a breath off, and he was always crushed by the Thunder's attack.

The Lakers suddenly lost the feeling and form of the game, the efficient positional offense was gone, and the defense became weak.

Even so, Li Liang did not give up, and he hit two three-pointers in a row at the end of the fourth quarter.

He also steals Westbrook and assists Ci Shiping for a layup, chasing eight points in a row, narrowing the gap to 5 points.

Frightened, Brooks immediately called a timeout to rearrange his tactics and defense.

Durant showed his killer instinct and hit a mid-range jumper to help the Thunder stabilize the situation.

In the end, Li Liang missed a three-point shot from the outside, and Westbrook got a backcourt rebound and made a fast-break layup.

The difference is back to 9 points, and there is not enough time.

The Thunder beat the Lakers by a surprising 9-point advantage at 109-100 on the road.

At the end of the game, the Thunder team hugged and celebrated as they not only defeated the Lakers, but also this year's MVP!

The Lakers players left the court with their heads drooping back to the locker room.

Li Liang almost couldn't hold back smashing the wall in the players' tunnel, but finally took a deep breath and calmed down.

Forget it, don't get along with the wall, what if you break your hand.

Wouldn't it be okay to go back to the locker room and hammer the old man to death later?