Chapter 18, Counterpoint Kobe.

Today's game is played at the home of the Thunder, and the Ford Center will take on the challenge of defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.

After a season of management team operation by the Thunder, coupled with a 4-2 record in the first six games at the beginning of the season, all these factors combined to make the enthusiasm of the Russian City fans much better than last season, and the home season tickets were almost sold out.

The Thunder have begun to realize their potential this season, and Kevin Durant has proven to the Russians that the possibilities are endless.

Westbrook is also improving step by step, the breakthrough is sharper, Li Forest is becoming more mature, and the offense with the ball is becoming more and more stable.

After a frustrating summer, Thunder fans were pleasantly surprised to find that the Thunder had the power to make opponents tremble.

In particular, the Thunder's star Kevin Durant has improved significantly after the summer training, averaging 34 points per game in the first six games, ranking first in the scoring charts.

Today is the second home game of the season, and the Ford Center is packed.

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Domestic.

Because Li Forest won the best rookie last season and belongs to the core level of the team, the domestic popularity is only a little worse than Yao Ming, so CCTV has also increased the number of live broadcasts of Thunder games this year, and 28 games of the Thunder this season are broadcast live by CCTV, second only to the number of broadcasts of the Rockets and higher than the Nets.

CCTV 5 sets appeared in front of the fans are still two old face commentators, Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping.

"Lee Forest is finally back, and the Thunder have a 3-2 record during his absence, which looks good, but because the opponents who won the three games were not strong teams, and the two games they lost were to the Spurs and the Hornets, the two playoff teams, so they were also questioned by the American media."

"Yes, Durant and Westbrook are improving very quickly, Chandler and Ibaka have also exceeded the expectations of fans, and rookie James Harden also has some strength, but this lineup can only be said to be on the verge of the playoffs in the West, and it is very far from the championship slogan shouted by the Thunder before the start of the season."

"Well, let's see what changes the return of the forest brings."

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“OKC”

“OKC”

“OKC”

Not long after the game began, the Thunder crowd cheered in unison, cheering the home team's players, which was rarely seen last season.

Kevin Durant started with an individual offense and scored the Thunder's first eight points.

Mid-range, free throws, three-pointers.

Li Linlin started as soon as he returned, but he didn't resist attacking himself as soon as the fans expected, and he was still very calm and didn't steal the limelight from Durant.

At the beginning, Durant is in charge of the charge, and if there is a scoring champion, how stupid it is.

Li Forest looked up at the score.

8-8, the Lakers' first 8 points were all scored by the Twin Towers, and Gasol and Anzhu scored 4 points each.

Kobe Bryant hasn't made a shot yet, and he's only transitioning with the ball, and he's still reading the Thunder's defense.

For Kobe, Li Forest didn't dare to be careless at all.

Last season, the Thunder was swept by the Lakers, and Li Forest was blown up by Kobe Bryant, and the gap between the two was too big.

Even if the whole Thunder team has improved significantly this season, they don't have much advantage over the Lakers led by Shang Chengke.

Even if the Thunder win against the Celtics, it doesn't mean anything in front of the Lakers.

Because this year's Lakers are stronger than the Celtics!!

The Lakers brought in Artest this season, and they are stronger than the previous year.

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After the two teams played 3 waves of iron respectively.

Kobe Bryant finally couldn't help but start attacking on his own.

Fisher dribbles over the Thunder half.

In the low post on the right, Bryant got the ball in the card position with Forest-Lee.

Li Forest stared closely at the ball in Kobe's hand.

Bryant, who was holding the ball, did not rush to attack, but made a tactical gesture.

Li Forest understood the tactical position of the Lakers, and they were ready to play a triangle offense.

When the Lakers players saw Kobe's gesture, they instantly opened a distance of 15 to 20 feet.

The Lakers players spread as far apart as possible from the Thunder's defenders, pulling away the defense and emptying the basket.

Kobe Bryant vs Lee Forest.

One.

Kobe Bryant's muscles and strength are among the best among all guards in NBA history.

The current Kobe Bryant is arguably one of the few guards in the league who dares to play with his back and push up interior players.

James's physical fitness is powerful enough, and James's muscles look terrible, but Kobe Bryant is not stunned at all, and he still pushes James back and retreats, just by virtue of being able to move James, who else dares to disobey Kobe's strength.

The two are opposed, physically, there is not much difference between Li Linlin's height and arm span between Kobe Bryant, the gap between the two lies in the core strength, and the strength is just Li Linlin's shortcoming.

In terms of experience, Li Forest has the suffocation defense of "Tony Allen", and he will not have a chance to block the current Kobe.

"Li Forest defends Kobe Bryant in the low post, this is a duel between new and old scorers, Kobe Bryant used his back and pushed Li Forest to grind in, the forest couldn't carry it, Kobe came to the three-second zone, Kobe Bryant leaned back with a signature rollover, and hit."

10 to 8.

Zhang Weiping is a secret and Li Chui, but at this time, no one praises it, and honestly explains the live game.

"Li, you'll call back later."

Westbrook came over and patted Lee Forest on the back.

"Hmm."

Li Linlin looked at Kobe Bryant, who was slowly running back to his half, and was not discouraged.

Although Li Forest knew that he might be beaten by Kobe, he never thought of surrendering, although Kobe was not at his peak at this time, he was definitely the most mature, confident, and reasonable Kobe, and he could learn a lot from his offensive and defensive alignment.

As soon as Westbrook finished talking to Lee Forest, he picked up the ball and advanced.

It's half-time.

Li Forest used his footsteps to get stuck in the same position and was in front of Kobe.

Kobe Bryant disdained to go around the front to defend Li Forest, but he still pushed Li Forest with his strength and didn't let him go in easily.

Li Forest was pushed to the right side of the free throw line by Kobe, with his back to Kobe, Wei Shao gave the ball over, and Li Forest took a small jump forward to receive the ball.

Thunder everyone pulled away.

"Haha, Lee, I heard that your template is mine, come on, try it, I can see your offensive ability."

Bryant put his hands on Lee's waist and squirted next to Lee's ear.

Li Forest did not answer, he was observing the position of the Lakers at the moment, and the Lakers' players trusted Kobe's single defense very much and did not come forward to wrap up.

"Oh, Lee, hit Kobe Bryant."

“OKC”

“OKC”

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Fans saw the two face each other again.

The cheers of the audience also rose, and Li Linlin's popularity in the Russian city is now no less than Durant's, and the audience is very fond of this "tough" Chinese star.

Li Linlin's style of play is becoming more and more similar to Kobe, especially in the offensive ability of the low post, and the step-back jumper is also picturesque.

At this time.

Anpig Bynum stood in the three-second zone inside, and Gasol moved around high on the other side, and Ariza was in the bottom corner with Fisher.

Li Forest has many options to attack in the low post, he can turn around, he can push hard, he can cut in, and he can step back.

But the defending champion's overall defensive position is not a big hole, and Li Forest doesn't have much choice to single Kobe's offensive chances.

Due to the strength of Li Linlin's back that could not withstand Kobe, Li Linlin directly chose a loop to pull back, the face frame.

Li Linlin watched Kobe's footsteps, constantly trying to step back and forth, and did not rush to dribble.

Kobe Bryant didn't move at all, he had watched the video of Li Forest last season countless times before the game, and he felt that Li Forest's low-post offensive skills were no weaker than his own.

Li Forest saw that Kobe's center of gravity had shifted a little in the continuous tentative steps, and immediately started the first step, with a small broken step on the right.

But Kobe Bryant followed quickly.

Li Linlin stepped down and pulled the ball back, took a step back, barely shook out of the space, and shot with a gesture.

"Not good."

Kobe Bryant stepped back as soon as he saw Li Forest's movements, and immediately accelerated on the spot to rush over, Li Forest's step-back jump shot was very accurate, and Kobe Bryant didn't dare to be careless.

Looking at Kobe Bryant who rushed over, Li Forest did not choose to shoot, but worshiped Buddha, dodged Kobe Bryant again, accelerated on the right side, and threw it away.

After Kobe Bryant, Li Forest saw Bynum guarding the basket, and Li Forest instantly understood why Kobe was so bold to pounce.

Because Kobe Bryant knew that it was impossible for Li Forest to impact the basket, if the acceleration was not sufficient, he would definitely not be able to score when he encountered An Zhu. is also a jump shot, Kobe Bryant's pounce may also disrupt Li Forest's rhythm and affect his shooting rhythm.

But Bryant still underestimated Lee's ability to adjust physically.

Li Forest's potential at the level of "Kobe + James" is fully displayed at this moment.

Li Forest made an emergency stop, stopped the car alive, forcibly leaned back, ...... picturesque, leaned his body in the air and threw the ball out.

The ball arcs in a wonderful arc.

"Huh."

The nets flipped up and hollowed into the net.

10 to 10.

Kobe Bryant looked at Li Forest in surprise, he didn't expect Li Forest to speed up and stop and lean back, and then completely maintain his body balance and throw the ball in? He learned it when he was younger.

"Whoa, whoa."

"Lee Lee Lee Lee ...... Forest!! ”

The DJ frantically shouted Li Linlin's Chinese name.

Li Forest was a little satisfied after hearing the DJ shout the English words of Forest last time, but went directly to teach the home DJ the pronunciation of his Chinese name, and there is no need to use English if there is a Chinese name.

Not to mention that making his name a kind of symbol would be a little more tricky, and one of Li Linlin's goals is to make fans around the world call his Chinese name.

It's just like "YAO MING"!!

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