At seven o'clock in the evening on May 25, the trilogy match between the Los Angeles Lakers and Thunder kicked off at the Ford Center Arena in Russian City.

Tonight's Ford Sports Center was a sea of blue, and the Thunder handed out a blue T-shirt to every fan in the city.

It's good to be a Thunder fan, you don't have to worry about T-shirts all year round, and the team often distributes them.

In a small city like this, the fans tend to be very crazy.

Residents of the Thunder, Jazz, Nuggets, Midwest don't have much other entertainment, and watching sports is one of life's greatest pleasures.

So, they will do everything they can to support the team.

Unlike big cities like New York, people don't come to Madison to watch the Knicks win, but to socialize it.

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, the important thing is that you went to Madison tonight.

So no matter whether New York has good or bad grades, it never worries about selling tickets.

Even if they haven't won a championship in 40 years.

It's a different story at the Ford Center, where everyone is your enemy for Lakers players, except your teammates.

The opening ceremony is over and the game is about to begin.

The Lakers starters took off their sports coats and got ready to take the stage.

Mike Brown made his final instructions, and when it came to the playoffs, he was verbose like an old mother.

Brown stepped forward and patted Li Liang and said, "Young man, I feel that you are in good spirits, come on." ”

Today, Li Liang feels energetic all day long, and he is full of energy in training.

Mike Brown thought it was a little incredible, thinking that being young is good, and he remembered the years when he was young.

Li Liang is indeed full of energy, he is now full of fighting spirit, and he just wants to finish the game early and go back to the hotel.

Zhu Shu didn't come to watch the game tonight, because she couldn't buy a ticket, she must have watched the live broadcast in the hotel.

Howard and Perkins stood in the center circle, both sides jumped the ball, and the game began.

Howard was the first to dial the ball, and the Lakers began their first offense.

After the first two fights, Mike Brown and Brooks went from seeing the moves to going into head-to-head mode.

Both sides have summarized the situation according to the situation of the previous two games, and there are definitely new arrangements and adjustments.

The Thunder will certainly step up their protection of Durant.

In the last game, Durant was plagued by fouls, and the game was played on and off.

Even so, Durant scored 25 points, which is evident in his scoring ability.

After the start of this game, Brooks did not dare to let him defend Kobe Bryant anymore and continued to maintain a normal defensive position.

On the Lakers' side, the main control has become Nash again, but the main offense in the opening game has become Howard.

In the last game, Howard's role on the interior was undoubtedly revealed, and his finishing ability, as well as his secondary offensive ability, caused huge problems for the Thunder.

Brown has to take advantage of Howard's point.

Howard was largely dormant on the offensive end in the second half of the regular season, with very few offensive tactics surrounding him.

In the playoffs, as the game progresses, Howard's point needs to be developed.

Howard asked for the ball in the low post on the left, and Perkins was of course the top defender.

Nash handed the ball to Tzu Shiping, who lobed the ball to Howard at 45 degrees.

This was Howard's most comfortable receiving spot, and Howard immediately turned to the basket after receiving the ball.

He knew that he couldn't stand up to Perkins with his back, and he needed speed and explosiveness to deal with Perkins.

Howard dribbled sideways to the middle, threw his shoulders inside, and then shot right on the basket with a hook!

But Perkins defended the ball very well, and Howard had a hard time shouldering Perkins, he didn't have enough weight and didn't have enough strength in his lower back.

The ball hook was not scored at all, it didn't touch the basket, and it bounced off the rebound and fell down.

But the rebound was grabbed by Li Liang.

The moment Howard made a move, Li Liang got under the basket, and the ball fell directly into his hand.

This kid picks up frontcourt rebounds is a must, it's too thief.

After picking up the rebound, Li Liang faked to shake off Ibaka behind him.

He knew that Ibaka blocked well, and then leaned back, causing Ibaka's foul.

Ibaka sighed helplessly and shook her hand, why couldn't she control her legs?

In this ball, Ibaka wanted to give Li Liang a big hat to kill his sharpness.

Who knew that he was fooled again.

Li Liang knows that in the face of a cap maniac like Ibaka with strong bouncing ability, he must not be afraid or hide.

The more you dodge, the easier it is to be covered, and even if you don't get covered, you won't be able to hit in the end.

On the contrary, you must take the initiative to find confrontation, take the initiative to get together, suppress him on the one hand, and make fouls on the other.

The first shot of the Lakers' opening game, Li Liang stood on the free throw line.

The entire Ford Center was booed.

Because Li Liang's "appearance" after the game still made Russian fans very angry.

Although everyone thinks what he said makes sense, as a Thunder fan, he should have expressed something.

Li Liang also thought that if he went to the Ford Center to play tonight, there should be a lot of anger points.

As a result, there was a lot of boos, and the anger was worth three or three, not much at all.

It seems that Thunder fans also think that Durant is indeed "a little handsome", which has dragged down the team's appearance.

You fans, you really don't care about your idols at all.

If you do this, you will lose your idols.

No matter how loud the boos were, Li Liang made two free throws to help the Lakers open the scoring.

And the offense on the Thunder's side is still very simple, Westbrook dribbles to the frontcourt, and after a block and a pick-and-roll cover, he pulls out his hand outside the three-point line.

Hit!

Pointers!

Westbrook started the game well.

Then, the Lakers counterattacked, Kobe Bryant took the ball from the outside, and three Thunder players surrounded him in an instant.

Kobe Bryant took a step forward with the pass and wanted to pass the ball to Ci Shiping on the wing, but was stealed by the Thunder!

The Thunder's defensive strategy tonight is to encircle Kobe!

From the beginning, it adopted a situation of encirclement, not wrapping up, but blocking Kobe's breakthrough line and passing line.

This is one of the more common defensive methods used against Kobe, cutting him off from his teammates.

Although sometimes you don't have to cut it, he will cut off contact himself.

But in the last game, Kobe Bryant was in good contact and knocked the Thunder down.

Brooks didn't dare to be careless, and focused on defending Kobe Bryant at the beginning.

After the steal, Ibaka threw the ball forward and Westbrook had already crossed the halfcourt.

Then the ball didn't get to Westbrook, and Ibaka was touched by Li Liang as he tossed the ball.

The ball changed its flight path and flew into Nash's hands, who took the ball back.

At this time, Nash was flat in front of him, and he dribbled through the middle of the road.

Serge Ibaka came over to make up for it, and Westbrook was still rushing back.

Nash's no-look pass was given to Li Liang on the wing.

Li Liang received the ball and hit a three-point shot.

In the opening game, Li Liang scored 5 points in a row, rebounded in the front court, made foul free throws, interrupted the Thunder steal, and hit a three-point shot.

In the previous games, whether it was the first or second round, or the first two games of the Western Finals, Li Liang played a great role.

But judging from the scene, they are all inconspicuous, silently defending, covering, and shooting three-pointers.

The team's brilliance is mainly given to the two elders of Xuan Ming and even Howard, after all, his dunks are very powerful and his blocks are very eye-catching.

After the game, if you look at the data, whether it is ordinary data or high-level data, you will find that Li Liang is the extremely important one.

But tonight, Li Hao seems to be a little eager to steal the show.