The seven-point gap is actually nothing for the current Lakers, but both Van Laudwey and Lakers core player Strickart are a little worried about this point difference.

Because they know that the current Lakers team has encountered big problems.

There was no consensus on the team's change of style of play to play the Lakers, but Van Laudwe still used his position as coach to allow the team to use the run-and-bomb tactics in key games in the playoffs.

Van Lauderway had expected his surprise style of play to catch the Runners off guard, and then the team would be able to take the rest of the game in stride once they had established an advantage.

But now the situation is that the Runners took the initiative to slow down the tempo and then regained the lead with an unconventional style of play.

Van Laudway actually didn't understand the tactical ideas that Wang Lei brought to the runners at all, he only saw Wang Lei making the runners "fast", and ignored that the real strength of the runners was actually "changing".

The Runners can be fast, slow, iron-blooded, or dexterous, and these characteristics can be shown by the players of the Runners in the game, which is the team that Wang Lei hopes to establish.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, the rotation players on both sides came on the court, at this time Van Laudeway did not dare to continue to let the rotation lineup play fast, it was not easy for him to adjust the starting lineup to such a situation, and the Lakers' rotation lineup actually continued the team's traditional combination of inside and outside play.

Here, the Runners instead let the rotation lineup play a fast break.

Backup point guard Frances Leonardo himself has good passing ability, plus after coming to the Runners, he began to switch styles and play physical flow, so he is a very good player in the rotation lineups of the two teams, and the Runners also have the best sixth man in the regular season this season, Stephen Chambers, so less than three minutes into the second quarter, the difference between the two sides was stretched to 13 points.

Van Laudwey brought on veteran Loris Wilder at this point, and then the team changed tactics to strengthen the Runners' perimeter defense.

Lloris is a veteran player of the Lakers, he has been with the Lakers for more than ten years, and his seniority is older than Van Laudwe, he is extremely good defensively, but he does not play much time due to his age, but when it comes to critical moments, Van Laudwe still knows that Lloris is trustworthy.

Lloris immediately locked up young Francis Leonardo as soon as he came on the pitch.

Without the control of the point guard, the Runners' rotation was a bit of a mess, and at this point the Lakers' defense finally worked, and they played a quick counterattack after the defense was successful.

After a set of anti-counter tactics was implemented, the difference between the two teams began to narrow.

Wang Lei immediately called a timeout, and then replaced Turgun and other starters.

Seeing that the defensive and counter-attack tactics were good, Van Lauderway fortunately let the veteran Lloris play the point guard and let Charles Mobley go to the shooting guard position.

On the side of the runners, Wang Lei did not let the players slow down, although the runners were in the lead at this time, Wang Lei still believed that the team still had to play fast at this time.

Now that the Lakers' state is gaining momentum, the opponent's veterans are showing extremely good form, Wang Lei feels that he must let his players suppress the opponent's momentum, only in this way can the runners' next games be more relaxed.

Therefore, playing fast now is to consume the opponent's physical energy, and secondly, it is also conducive to the players of the runner team to adjust their mentality.

Turgun was not at all afraid or intimidated by the veteran who had performed well against his opponents, on the contrary, he showed ease and the experience of the veteran did not make much use in defending Turgon, because Turgun himself is a very special player.

Lloris did feel the pressure from Turgon, he didn't have a superstar, but he never defended a player like Turgon, the young man's projection ability is too prominent, and any move by Turgun will be a huge threat under such ability.

Lloris tried to limit Turgon's play, but the Lakers couldn't be as calm as the Runners when faced with the Runners' bombardment.

Van Lauderway didn't want to continue to learn from Wang Lei, directly using foul tactics to disrupt the running rhythm of the Runners, and then using the star's strong attack to catch up with the score, but when he asked the players to foul after the timeout, he found that the mentality of the Runners players had completely stabilized.

The Lakers' foul interrupted the Runners' running rhythm, but their own offense was met by the Runners' tight defense.

Unlike in the regular season, the Runners are much better defensively than they were in the regular season, and although the Runners don't have any height advantage on the inside, they do a very good job of defending collectively.

Through continuous training before the start of the playoffs and two rounds of playoff grinding, the Runners players have learned how to find their right position in defense, and at this time, the Runners have a very good defensive sense on the field, and he leads the Runners players to do a good job of defense.

As soon as Strickart catches the ball inside, a bag will come up to block it, and then by the time he gets the ball to the outside, the Runners' reinforcements are already in place.

The Lakers' strong offense couldn't open the situation, and the scores between the two sides began to be gradually stretched.

At the end of the second quarter, the Runners re-established a 14-point lead.

After the third quarter of the game, the Lakers began to play running and shooting again, Van Laudwe had another psychological counseling for the team at halftime, he always believed that the run-and-gun tactics would bring victory to the team, but this required the cooperation and unity of thought of the whole team, and some people in the Lakers team have always been a little resistant to the run-and-gun tactics, so Van Laudwee must deal with these things at halftime.

But fortunately, Van Laudwee has done a good job with the Lakers in recent years, and he has won the support of most people.

So the Lakers reverted to the run-and-gun tactics that the Runners were good at the start of the second half.

Wang Lei's side did not let the team slow down to deal with it, at this time the runners were in the lead, and at the same time, the players' confidence was restored, and the game was completely into the state, so Wang Lei had to fight with the Lakers in the second half to see who was better at running and shooting.