Wang Lei knew that the Lakers showed a completely different style of play after entering the playoffs from the regular season, of course, he was very familiar with this style of play, but Wang Lei really didn't expect that the Lakers would use the Runners' style of play to confront the Runners as soon as they came up in the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

Van Lauderway's ability to make such a major breakthrough and change in just one season is enough to show that he is indeed Wang Lei's strongest opponent.

At this time, the runners have lost the opportunity, the players are in passivity, their emotions cannot be vented, and at the same time, due to the game is not going well, the players' nervous state is not only not eased but more intense.

"We've got to slow down, we've got to control the tempo, and we can't be led by the Lakers."

"Little bunny, you have a lot of work to do, I need you to control the pace of the team, we can't play fast and outside at this time, now we need to put every ball into the opponent's basket and find our own sense of the game."

For Turgon, Wang Lei naturally has great trust, he knows that even in a nervous state, Turgun can still maintain a more sober mind, after all, it is a player trained by Wang Lei, and Turgun is still more useful than others.

"Blair, go to the low post, I need you to make problems for the opponent in the low post, play as strong as you can, preferably be able to draw all the attention of the opponent's defense."

"Salehi, now you're going to have to focus on the run, mess up their defense, and get their small forward running."

"Also, defense, yes, it's defense, I know everybody is a little surprised by that, but now we have to start with defense, you should know how scary our run-and-gun play is if we really run up and shoot, so we have to avoid that, you have to start defending, don't worry about fouls, because if we don't foul, then maybe there will be no foul chance after that, remember to find a foul for Sterry, his free throws are not so consistent."

Wang Lei laid out detailed tactics for the team during the pause.

In the regular season, Wang Lei never does this, he always lets the players experience their tactical spirit, and then finds a way to do what Wang Lei hopes to do in the game.

However, after entering the playoffs, Wang Lei must make changes, and now there is not so much time for the players of the Runners to choose how to play, so Wang Lei can only arrange it, and then the players will implement it.

After the timeout, the Runners who returned to the field began to slow down.

The home fans of Sa City are a little puzzled by this, their own team is the fastest team in the whole league, and it is also the most attacking team, but now the Runners are starting to focus on defense and positional battles, and the previous losers are playing a wonderful run.

The Runners who took the initiative to slow down did not have a very good game effect at the beginning, the Lakers' momentum has risen, their offense is very smooth, and the interior core Stelle Carter dares to play a supporting role, opening up space for the rest of the team, and he also has a good mid-range shot, which makes the Lakers' running and bombardment very level.

However, the tempo of the game began to slow down as Turgun used a three-pointer to help the Runners open up the game on offense.

Stelle Carter started to walk to the free-throw line frequently, which made him a little depressed, and although his free-throw shooting percentage was much better than before, it was still not very consistent.

The Runners used frequent fouls to completely disrupt the Lakers' offensive rhythm, and then their own offense gradually got into shape.

Because of the super firepower of Turgun on the outside, the Lakers did not dare to shrink too much in defense, which led to Blair having plenty of room to move in the low post.

After Blair receives the ball in the low post, if the Lakers are a single defender, then he will not hesitate to attack directly, and if the Lakers have a slight wrap-up move, Turgun always has a suitable opportunity to receive the ball on the outside.

Salish gave up his chance to hold the ball and frequently covered for Turgon, although his body is thin but he has enough height and movement speed, coupled with the tacit cooperation between him and Turgon, which makes the Lakers very difficult to defend.

Attacking poorly and defending against it, Van Laudeway came to realise that his opponent should have a better understanding of running and shooting than he did.

The score was tied at 19 at the end of the first quarter at seven minutes, with the Lakers scoring 15 points in the first five minutes, but scoring four points from the free throw line in the next two minutes.

The Runners scored just eight points in the first four minutes, but they went on an 11-4 run after the timeout.

Although the scene did not look so smooth, the fans of Sacheng were still very happy with the team's equalizer, and at this time, those fans who had judged whether Wang Lei had special means according to Ma Dongmei's expression finally put their minds at ease, and they felt that they should let their coach's athlete's wife come to the stadium to watch the game in the future.

In the box, Francis picked up the red wine glass at this time, after a period of tension, Francis finally found his own large group company president bearing, he is very satisfied with Wang Lei's decisiveness and adaptability, and at the same time the team's current style of play is also happy, although not a professional, but Francis knows that only a well-prepared team will go to the end.

The game continued on the court, during which Van Laudway called a timeout, but the situation on the court began to turn more and more against the Lakers.

After the fast-break rhythm was interrupted, the biggest flaw of the run-and-gun tactics was exposed, and the consequence of the lack of offensive strength was that the Lakers were slowly being pulled away.

Van Lauderway originally wanted Stelle Carter to play inside, and then the team simply returned to his previous style of play, but he somewhat overestimated the adaptability of his players and underestimated the adaptability of Wang Lei's team.

Although the Lakers learned very good run-and-gun tactics from the Runners, the Lakers players are not Runners players after all, and they certainly enjoy the comfortable game feeling brought by the run-and-gun tactics, but they can't adapt to the changes of the opponent as soon as the team falls behind.

Change and adaptation to change, this is the core idea of the runner team formed by Wang Lei.

By the end of the first quarter, the Lakers were seven points behind the Runners.