Chapter 164: Old Ball Picoby

The Lakers hit 10 three-pointers in the half, setting a franchise record for three-pointers in a half.

The Thunder obviously didn't expect that the Lakers, who had been unsatisfactory in the first few games, would explode this three-pointer.

In addition to Li Liang's point before, the Lakers' outside Kobe Bryant and Nash were very cautious in their shots, and they shot very little.

Ci Shiping is not cautious, but he wants to vote.

The others, Morris, Dujon, Meeks, Jamison and others all had a moment.

The opponent is basically in a semi-abandonment state, you vote, I am unlucky to enter.

Tonight is different, first of all, Li Liang continues to make a steady contribution, and Brooks has not seriously studied whether to let Ibaka or Durant defend Li Liang.

The second is Nash's point, which led the offense from the first quarter and hit consecutive shots.

Although he couldn't defend against Westbrook, he was able to score with Westbrook.

When the three-pointer hit, Brooks knew he had to take a timeout.

The team had a big problem in defensive alignment, and I thought that relying on inertia, it would not be enough to play at home.

I didn't expect the Lakers to play so targeted tonight, I really underestimated Mike Brown.

Mike Brown sat on the bench and thought to himself, the team is playing well, and tonight is in good shape, haha.

It's a pause, so let's take a good rest, veterans.

Every coach has a different style of time-out, and some coaches like to drag out the time and croaking with a tactical board.

It's like a school teacher dragging out a class.

Some coaches look at the situation, talk about it when they need it, and let the players rest and calm down and make phased adjustments if they don't need to talk about it.

Mike Brown leans towards the latter, with timeouts being used more as moderators than small lessons.

Besides, except for the tactics arranged at critical moments, he didn't listen much to him when he was suspended during the regular time.

It's better to listen to Li Liang, this guy has a croak mouth, and the head of what he says is the Tao.

Mike Brown wanted to sit next to him and listen to him for a while.

No way, after all, I was trained by Coach John Wooden and Bob Knight to get some real legacy.

The overall state of the Lakers tonight is very good, and Li Liang is also very excited.

If an older, experienced team like this can get excited, all that's left is to beat the opponent with experience and skill.

The timeout ended, and both sides returned to the court.

The Thunder's top priority is to solve the problem on the defensive end, how to pinch the Lakers' three-point shot?

The method given by Thunder is also simple, that is, to increase the intensity!

First of all, there was a change in position, with Sefrosha going to guard Nash, Durant staring at Kobe, and Westbrook going to play against Ci Shiping.

This choice is correct, Kobe Bryant doesn't care who defends, in fact, the effect is almost the same.

It was meant to rely on collective defense to deal with him.

Durant still has long arms and is more disruptive defensively.

Westbrook, on the other hand, has been significantly lax in his defense against Nash because of his heavy focus on the offensive end.

After switching to Sefrosa, one-on-one close defense is much better.

After all, he is 38 years old, and he is not the son of the wind who can shoot basketballs lying down.

As for Ci Shiping...... Let him be.

After the Thunder came back, they successfully defended the Lakers for 24 seconds, and then served quickly in the backcourt, and Westbrook held the ball quickly and rushed to the basket!

Caused a defensive foul on Howard and went to the free throw line.

Turning around, Nash passed the ball to Howard, who hadn't taken the ball for a long time.

Is Perkins that good to play?

The back is squeezed in, a left-handed hook hand, missed!

Li Liang grabbed the rebound in the front court and made a layup that caused Ibaka's foul.

Damn, where did this kid come from?

Li Liang is really a human good.

He's playing power forward now, but when he attacks, if he doesn't handle the ball at the top of the arc, he's crouching in the bottom corner.

Then he waited for an opportunity to sneak from the baseline to the inside to grab the rebound.

And instead of slipping from inside the court, he ran into the court from outside the court to steal rebounds.

You can block people inside, but you can't get stuck outside the court, right?

Before playing the Spurs, he used this trick to steal two frontcourt rebounds.

In this way, Li Liang earned a frontcourt rebound and went to the free throw line.

This season, Li Liang has not missed a shot at the free throw line.

Although it was mainly because of the small number of free throws, he did make solid free throws.

This is the area where Lao Tzu used to eat, can it be unstable?

Both free throws were hit, and the difference was still 10 points.

In the final minutes of the second quarter, Bryant showed their old side.

The Thunder are indeed fast in chasing points, and Durant's offense is very efficient.

As long as he gets the ball and plays one-on-one, there will be a chance to come out.

Li Liang's defense is also not in a rut, your 70-point outside defense ability, if you want to get the scoring champion, it is impossible.

But Durant chased the points, and the Lakers were also scoring.

There is a problem after the Thunder's defensive intensity goes up, that is, the action is easy to foul.

Bryant made two consecutive shooting fouls on Durant and went to the free throw line.

When you are old, you can't help it, and you have to use some opportunistic methods.

Besides, don't you have a lot of fun with Durant?

This kind of foul free throw, first, to hurt the opponent's morale, second, to break the opponent's rhythm, three... You can take a break.

The more the Thunder played, the more impatient they became, and there were some small arguments between Durant and Westbrook on the court.

In a coordination on the outside, Durant asked for a half-day ball, but Westbrook hesitated not to give it.

In the end, he gave it, but Li Liang rushed up and hugged him and wanted to fight for the ball.

Seeing this, Li Liang was still making peace, and said: "Don't quarrel, what is the good quarrel, how good it is to fight." ”

Durant and Westbrook both glared at Li Liang, this person is so annoying!

[Rage +25 from Westbrook]

Damn, I'm getting the wrath from Westbrook.

This is a good thing for Li Liang.

Proper anger can boost a player's morale, but too much anger can affect a player's judgment.

When the situation is not going well, the core defender should still remain calm and slowly lead the team to turn the situation around.

Li Liang and Durant jumped the ball, and the ball was still in the hands of the Thunder.

Westbrook receives the ball outside, regardless of three, seven, twenty-one, Lao Tzu pulls out a pressure first!

But he no longer had the touch of three three-pointers in the first quarter, and the ball smashed out of the basket.

Li Liang firmly stuck Ibaka, and Kobe Bryant received a backcourt rebound.

The Lakers' side is not in a hurry...... Oops, Kobe Bryant sudden......

What about the success rate of not being in a hurry?

Kobe Bryant took advantage of the Thunder's unstable foothold and directly held the ball into the interior, causing a foul on Sefrosa.

The Thunder's defense was just standing, and the referee's whistle was a bit diligent.

Bryant hit both free throws to bring the margin to 12 points.

Westbrook didn't believe in evil, and after dribbling past half court, he and Ibaka blocked and screened.

Then the top of the arc directly pulls out a three-point shot!

Ci Shiping leaned forward a little and touched Westbrook's body.

The referee estimated that the thunder was blown too strictly, so the whistle sounded and gave Ci Shiping a foul.

At the same time, the ball hit!

Score four!

Westbrook flipped on the ground, and Durant stepped up to the two yelling in celebration.

Is there any tactic for this? No, it's personal ability, it's strong.

Hit a free throw, 8 points short.

The ball was a huge morale boost for the Thunder.

This kind of moment is another moment when Kobe Bryant stabbed the away fans.

His continuous dribbling operations on the outside, using the cover of Howard and Li Liang, wiped into the inside line, and faced Ibaka's block, a high-hitting board layup was successful.

Kobe Bryant flew straight out of the baseline, and the referee didn't blow for a foul.

62:52, the 10-point difference was like a hurdle in front of the Thunder players, and the entire first half was never overcome.

Kobe Bryant scored 8 points in a row, and the knife was fatal.

Westbrook played superbly in the first half, hitting four three-pointers and scoring 21 points.

Durant was extremely efficient, scoring 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line.

But they still trailed by 10 points because the Lakers played better.

Kobe, Li Liang, Nash, the three Zhuge Liang played at a high level.

It allowed the Lakers to end the first half with a lead.

The Lakers players high-fived each other and encouraged each other, and Kobe Bryant stepped forward and said to Li Liang: "Play well, there is still half a court, hold on." ”

Li Liang nodded, and then a line of subtitles appeared in front of his eyes:

[Mission, "Scoring King Killer", mission requirements: Curb Kevin Durant's shooting percentage to no more than 50.] Rewards: a number of runes, a rune slot, a number of rune upgrade fragments, and a special item. 】

After several games in a row, this system finally remembered to assign a task to Li Liang.

But this task is really a bit difficult.