Kobe Bryant really wanted to go on a killing spree.

On his MVP night, in Stamps, he was beaten to the ground by the Thunder, how did Kobe swallow this breath.

Although he is 34 years old, Kobe's cautious personality in basketball will not change.

So at the beginning, Kobe Bryant controlled the ball by himself, and directly ate Durant's jumper with his back and hit a backward jumper.

This ball is extremely difficult, and Durant's long arms are really not covered, and they are extremely interfering.

On the Thunder's side, because Durant defended Kobe Bryant in the last game, and Sefrosa defended Li Liang well, so Brooks used this kind of counterpoint at the beginning.

But that was Brooks' first mistake, and the misalignment of the defense was too early.

The Thunder's first offense missed, and Westbrook hit a jumper with the ball.

Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound, handed the ball directly to Kobe, and let Kobe control the ball.

Then after Bryant passed half court, he gave the ball to Nash, who received the ball and used Kobe's cover to get rid of Westbrook's entanglement.

Kobe Bryant went down and stuck Durant again in the low post.

Nash hung the pass to Kobe, and Kobe Bryant turned his back the moment he received the ball.

Durant thought that Kobe Bryant was going to shoot again, but he jumped and was fouled by Kobe.

"Bryant played very smart, very aggressive, he caught a small mistake from Durant, caused a foul, and it looked like the Thunder were going to get in a little bit of trouble."

"Yes, Kobe Bryant is aggressive, but it doesn't mean he's losing his cool, on the contrary, I think he's very calm now. After all, he is 34 years old. ”

Van Gundy's goal shows that Kobe Bryant is very clear-headed.

He hit a jumper on the first shot, which showed that he felt very good.

So in the second ball, Durant will definitely go all out to defend, and Kobe Bryant will count the fouls.

In this way, only one minute into the game, Durant was fouled on his back, and he would not dare to defend with all his strength in the first quarter.

Bryant stood on the free throw line and hit both free throws, and the Lakers opened 4-0.

Brooks didn't feel quite right and immediately called a timeout.

In the opening minute, the Thunder called a timeout because Brooks heard Mamba's dangerous hiss.

With a 20-second timeout, the Thunder needed to protect Durant.

Brooks returned to his normal defensive state, letting Sefrosha defend Kobe Bryant and Durant to deal with Ci Shiping.

Brooks made a second mistake this time, and he didn't recognize that Li Liang had already moved to the small forward position.

Moreover, it has always been bad for Ibaka to defend Li Liang.

But Brooks can't help it, and Li Liang is also very good at making fouls.

If Durant is allowed to make another foul, the Thunder will be in trouble.

The timeout ended and returned to the court, and the Thunder attacked.

Durant holds the ball with his back at 45 degrees, and Li Liang defends one-on-one.

Li Liang didn't play well with Durant in the last game, and tonight he will be staring at Durant from the beginning.

Compared with the regular season, Li Liang's outside defense has improved again, and his man-to-man awareness has been strengthened to a new level.

Durant felt the pressure, and he chose to pass the ball to Perkins on the inside.

Perkins is well positioned, deep under the basket, and can go to the basket with a turn.

But it was Howard who defended him, and Howard gave a big hat to Poker Face.

Ci Shiping got the ball and still gave the ball to Kobe.

Bryant is now in charge of possession of the ball over half court.

Such benefits can share the pressure of Nash's ball-handling.

Kobe Bryant gets the ball, and the Thunder's attention will definitely be on Kobe, and you don't know if he will suddenly attack with the ball himself.

That way, Nash will be under a lot less pressure.

This time, after Kobe Bryant passed half time, he didn't give the ball to Nash, Howard came out with a block, and Kobe Bryant directly held the ball to kill the inside!

The Thunder fully contracted, Ibaka went to make up for the defense, and as a result, Bryant split the ball in the air to the wing.

Li Liang received the ball in the bottom corner, there was no one in front of him, he could still adjust it when he received the ball, and then made a three-point shot!

"Kobe Bryant's Split Shot, Bottom Corner Bruce Lee, Three Points, Bang! At 7:0, the Lakers opened the game and gave the Thunder a 7:0. “

Brin gave a passionate commentary at the beginning, and the Staples Center was also infected by the Lakers' passionate opening and turned the decibels to the maximum at the beginning.

When Kobe Bryant returned to the backcourt, he stretched out his hand to Li Liang and wanted to high-five him.

Li Liang didn't high-five Kobe Bryant, and said, "The game has just begun, let's talk about winning it!" ”

Kobe Bryant glanced at Li Liang, took his hand back, and pretended to rub his hands to hide his embarrassment.

But Li Liang is right, the game has just begun.

……

The Lakers took a 7-0 lead at the beginning and took the initiative on the court.

However, the Thunder's counterattack followed, and Westbrook hit a three-pointer from the outside.

The Thunder's offense is so unreasonable, it doesn't give you a chance to think and refute.

I just pulled it out, and I just got in, what's the matter?

Westbrook will undoubtedly be a problem that the Lakers will have to face in this series.

Because there is no one in the team to play against him.

Theoretically, Kobe Bryant is okay, but Kobe Bryant is old, and he has to bear a lot of responsibility on the offensive end, and it is obviously unrealistic to let him grasp the offense and defense like he did when he was young.

Not to mention Nash, who can only be counted on to get a little back on the offensive end.

In the first quarter, Bryant scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting and had three assists.

The Lakers led the Thunder by five points at 30:25.

The best player on the Thunder's side is Westbrook.

Durant was fouled by Ci Shiping in the middle of the first quarter and went off the court early.

The burden of the Thunder's offense was picked up by Westbrook.

His impact is truly unmatched, and he hits back-to-back zombie pull-up jumpers in the middle of the counterattack.

Whether Westbrook's goal goes in or not is basically up to him.

The difference between you and you don't defend is not too big, because the defenders on the Lakers' side can't keep up.

In the second quarter, Mike Brown made adjustments.

In the middle of the first quarter, he replaced Howard with O'Neal Jr. and let Howard rest first.

Then at the beginning of the second quarter, let Howard and Gasol play together and play the twin towers on the offensive end.

The outside Nash and Kobe Bryant came down to rest together, and the offensive focus completely shifted to the inside.

Of course, the outside line still has to leave Li Liang as a fort, with Meeks and Blake.

The defense still couldn't stop Westbrook anyway, and his hand in the first half was so good that it exploded.

But on the offensive end, Howard began to chisel the inside.

In order to play the upper position, the Thunder let Perkins also go down to rest early, and replaced Perkins on the court in the second quarter.

When it came to the playoffs, Howard really fought hard.

Even if Perkins can carry and defend, Howard, who was holding his breath, still buckled two in a row on Perkins' head!

It's all after Sigma steps to the basket, and the person who rushes the inside line is violently buckled!

Let people see the pinnacle of the monster, and there is no one under the basket to stop!

The Staples Center was completely detonated.

The Lakers also stretched the margin to 10 points.

But at the end of the second quarter, it was Westbrook who stepped up again, a three-pointer, and a fast-break layup to chase the difference to five points.

To a certain extent, Westbrook's scoring explosion is even stronger than Durant's.

It's just that his stability is a lot worse than Durant's.

With Durant plagued by fouls and choked by Li Liang, Westbrook helped the Thunder hang that breath.

At halftime, the Lakers were 60-55 ahead of the Thunder by five points.

Bryant scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting in the half.

Li Liang made two three-pointers and one steal, and he was successful in defending Durant.

Westbrook scored 25 points in the half, and the Thunder alone contracted nearly half of the points.

At halftime, Mike Brown was still worried that the team was already playing well.

But it's still only 5 points ahead, how can Westbrook solve this point?

Mike Brown looked at Li Liang, Li Liang reacted, and said, "Why do you want Lao Tzu to defend again?" I'm going to do a doppelganger, defend against Durant and guard against Westbrook? Can you give me two salaries? ”

Mike Brown said: "I believe you have the ability, and it's not for you to defend ......"

Mike Brown laid out a pass and decided to let Ci Shiping defend Durant one-on-one in the second half.

While Li Liang played against Ibaka, he divided part of his energy to help defend Westbrook and Durant.

When Li Liang heard this, he said, "Mike, you really use me as a three-person person, I TM......"

Brown hurriedly said: "It's not just you, Dwight will also come out to help defend." We had too many single defenses in the first two rounds, and we should increase our rotation. ”

In the first two rounds, the Lakers played too smoothly on offense, so the defensive end has always been one-on-one defense, and basically did not use too many strategies.

It's obviously not good to play Thunder, if you continue to insist on this simple one-on-one, even if the offensive end is smooth, you can be killed if you can't keep the Thunder King's blow up.

Didn't the Spurs get killed like this in the last round?

Mike Brown must learn his lesson, increase the three-dimensionality of his defense, and hide his weaknesses at point guard.

After the first set-up, the half-time break ended, and the two sides returned to the court.

Li Liang saw Westbrook, this guy's performance in the first half was even more eye-catching than Kobe.

Li Liang was a little worried, would Kobe Bryant be dizzy again in the third quarter?

I don't know, I hope not.

At this time, Li Liang suddenly called up the ball blind detector, and he wanted to see what kind of ball blind this guy Westbrook was:

[Ball blindness index, 29%, an evolving sewer ball blindness, there is a mathematical conjecture about his future.] When his assists reach 9, his passing desire will be at its peak and he will ignore the open space in front of him; When he reaches 9 rebounds, his teammates will give up the scramble for rebounds; When he reaches 9 points, he will definitely attack on his own. This is what the ball blind world has yet to prove, the famous 'Russell-Westbrook' conjecture. 】

Li Liang saw that this was a mess, and it didn't help his defense at all.

Forget it, let's defend and attack well.