By the end of the second quarter, the Lakers had unconsciously led the opponent by 7 points, although the score was not further expanded, but you must know that in the last two minutes or so, the Lakers did not let Gasol play, which means that this is not the absolute main lineup of the Lakers, on the contrary, on the Warriors' side, Durant, who was not playing well, was replaced for a rest, but the other big three were still there, It's a pity that they didn't be able to seize the opportunity of Gasol's absence to overtake or overtake, but because the defensive center of gravity was constantly pulled by Clarkson and Ye Xuan, so the pressure on the defensive end was too great, and the performance on the offensive end was very average.

At halftime, Ye Xuan praised Clarkson fiercely in the locker room, after all, Clarkson stood up from the bench today and helped Ye Xuan relieve a lot of pressure, and after the first half, Ye Xuan's energy was not consumed too much, compared to the first two games, Ye Xuan in this game can only trust his feelings in the first half with ease, on the offensive end, Ye Xuan passed the ball after the half, allowing his teammates to attack, Ye Xuan only shot 11 times in the first half, Although it is still the highest in the team, but compared horizontally, Ye Xuan made 32 shots in the last game, including 17 shots in the first half, this is the gap, the number of shots is reduced, which means that Ye Xuan's number of singles with the ball has decreased, that is to say, Ye Xuan's physical exertion has also decreased, which allows him to have enough physical strength to attack aggressively in the second half.

On the other hand, on the Warriors' side, the entire locker room is lifeless, especially Durant and Green, after the last game, Green's mother publicly mocked Durant on social platforms, saying that Durant's arrival affected the chemistry of the Warriors, resulting in a decline in his son's tactical status in the team, and the Warriors' performance has declined because of this, and said that Durant came to hug his thigh in the hope of winning a championship, but it was precisely because of his arrival, So there's a good chance the Warriors will miss out on the Finals for the first time in nearly three years. This made the atmosphere in the Warriors' locker room very awkward.

And this is not the first time that Green and Durant have had a dispute, at the beginning of the season, Green has several times loudly accused Durant in the game, but this small friction has been eliminated invisibly under their win after game, but this time the situation is a little special, because they were reversed by the opponent in an almost winnable game, which has a great impact on their mentality and other aspects, In addition, the nature of this game itself also determines that he is very important, and the battle of Tianwang Mountain in the Western Finals was buried at the last moment, which made the Warriors' mentality a little explosive.

And this is not the most critical, in fact, the outside world's attitude towards Durant joining the Warriors has not been very good, which makes Durant shoulder endless pressure, and now in the game where the opponent has got the match point, they are 7 points behind at halftime, and the opponent's core Ye Xuan has not really made his strength, which makes Durant begin to doubt his life, there is no doubt that if he can't win the championship this year, his plan to escape from Oklahoma this time can only be described as a failure. And the contract with the Warriors, there will also be some problems, it is originally a one-plus-one contract, if he can't win the championship this year, then where will Durant himself go? Curry will be liberated from the child labor contract in the summer, and when the time comes, as the soul of the Warriors, his contract will definitely not be less than 30 million or even more than 35 million, so if the Warriors want to keep Green and Klay Thompson, they can only choose to give up Durant, and if Durant wants to stay and continue to pursue the championship, then he can only continue to take a salary cut, but as a regular season MVP, is he really willing to continue to take a salary cut? When the time comes, take a salary of 20 million and do 40 million work?

So these problems make the Warriors more and more discordant, not only between Green and Durant, but also between Durant and Curry, the competition for the ball between the two is not visible when the game is won, but once it comes to losing, the problem is highlighted, Durant can make 25+ shots per game, which not only makes Green average 5 shots per game compared to last season, but also makes Curry also shoot about 3 times less than last season, This is also the reason why Curry's average points per game this season have dropped by nearly 7 points all of a sudden, of course, the sacrifice is greater than the benches, and the number of shots of the main players cannot be all reduced, so the bench can only have fewer and fewer opportunities, which is even more obvious in the playoffs, the Warriors were originally a team with very strong bench strength, and last year they were sitting on Valejo, Iguodala, Speight, Azeli, Livingston, Even the likes of Barbossa and Brandon Rush have the ability to help the team score when needed.

But what about this year? They are left with the scum who came to hug their thighs - Pachulia and David West are relatively good, McGee twitches his brain from time to time, and he is not very able to take on heavy responsibilities, and Clark has grown up, but his performance is too immature, all because they want to free up salary space to get Durant, so they traded these players half buy and half give, and even their championship hero Bogut was half bought and half given away to the Mavericks, Barnes, a potential small forward, was also not able to spend money to stay, and on the whole, although he got Durant, a rare scorer in history, he also sacrificed a lot of things, so once the Warriors failed to play his due role in the stalemate phase, the Warriors were easily defeated by the opponent. That's why the Warriors went from 73 wins last year to just 65 wins this year.

Not to mention what is discordant in the Warriors team, the mentality between the two teams is completely different anyway, time flies, the second half of the game is about to start, the lineup sent by the Lakers is exactly the same as today's starting lineup, and it still gives Hibbert a chance to play, but the players on the Warriors' side are a little different, scum Pachulia did not appear on the court, instead of Iguodala, Kerr also didn't want to do any intrigues, Directly sent the death five, hoping to chase back the difference through a fast-paced attack.

And at the beginning of the third quarter, they did succeed in playing some effects, in just one and a half minutes, they took advantage of the weakness of Hibbert's slow movement speed, and constantly used the small and big after the block and the air cut after the change of defense to attack, and finally scored 7 points in the three offenses, and because of the speed of their lineup rotation change, the Lakers' offense was not very smooth, and the first two offenses were all failed. If Ye Xuan hadn't stepped up in time and hit a three-pointer, the Lakers would have been tied by the opponent by now.

However, after the opponent once again used the reverse run to enter the interior and easily scored two points, Wharton Jr. still chose to call a timeout very smartly, even though the second half of the game has just passed a minute and a half, but this timeout is still very critical for the Lakers, he directly replaced Hibbert, and then replaced Clarkson, who performed very well in the first half.

After the substitution ended, the Lakers immediately sounded the horn of counterattack, and after Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, he immediately commanded Gasol to ask for the ball on the inside, and then passed the ball over. Gasol received Ye Xuan's pass, and did not hesitate, he directly sank down to hit Green, Green looked strong, but it was still a little difficult to face Gasol, who was a head taller than him, although he was able to resist Gasol's back singles head-on, but he was not able to see through Gasol's feints, and after being shaken away by the feints, he could only watch Gasol easily hit the ball with a small hook.

But the Warriors immediately made a comeback, and it was also Green who controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, but this time, Green did not choose to pass the ball to Curry, but asked Durant to come over and make a block for himself, and then immediately started to break through, Gasol was able to single Green on the offensive end, but Green turned around and wanted to play Gasol It was not without a chance, seizing the opportunity that Gasol had not yet settled on the defense, Green accelerated past Gasol, and then immediately went to the Pacers inside, Prepare to end the offense with a layup.

Who knew that Ye Xuan in the back had given up the pursuit of Curry, and began to rush to his interior line the moment Green passed Gasol, under the blessing of 'Sun Dasheng's chasing big hat talent', Ye Xuan's speed was two points faster than before, and Curry on the side had not had time to remind Green, Ye Xuan had already rushed to the position, and then jumped high, pressing Green's layup directly on the rebound with both hands, quite a bit of volleyball two-handed netting feeling. The atmosphere at the scene also cooled down quickly under the interception of Ye Xuan's hands.

After putting this cap down, Ye Xuan also lost his center of gravity a little, but the backcourt rebound was still protected by Gasol who chased back, Ye Xuan re-stabilized his center of gravity, and then took Gasol's pass and slowly brought the ball to the front court. This round, Ye Xuan is still ready to repeat the old trick, still letting Gasol ask for the ball on the inside, but this time the Warriors have learned smart, as soon as Gasol catches the ball, Iguodala or Thompson shrinks to the inside, ready to wrap at any time, so that Gasol can't concentrate on singles, fortunately, West is in a good state today, although he didn't single Green with his back, but after receiving the ball, he directly came to a back-to-back jumper, and the basketball still hit directly.

This back and forth, the Lakers suddenly found a breakthrough in the interior line that has always been more inclined to help teammates open up space, which made the Lakers, who were already more dominant in this game, instantly find a chance to defeat the opponent, and in the next two and a half minutes, the opponent was forced to pack Gasol, which instantly liberated Ye Xuan, when you need to pack the No. 3 person of a team, then when you play against this team, it is impossible to have an advantage on the defensive end, Although the Warriors played well on the offensive end, they were dizzy on the defensive end.

In two and a half minutes, the Lakers directly returned a wave of 11:6 Xiao Gaochao, directly expanding the difference between the two teams to 9 points, and although Gasol is said to be a veteran, but once the hand feels out, it is also very terrifying to explode, and the middle of the game is rising, and he actually shot a three-point shot on the outside, but maybe because he was too happy, so the power in his hand was not controlled, and finally the iron ended, and the Warriors felt that this time the backcourt rebound was an opportunity to counterattack, But he didn't expect Durant to make a mistake, maybe because his mentality was completely unbalanced, maybe because this game had lost his confidence, so Ye Xuan was just a tentative grab in the fast break, which directly made Durant mess up, and finally made a mistake in the pass and was cut off by Clarkson.

As a result, the Warriors' fast break opportunity instantly turned into a quick counterattack opportunity for the Lakers, and Gasol's side turned around and started to attack before he could run back, and finally received a pass from Clarkson and easily put the ball in the basket. After the ball hit, the Warriors were also forced to call a timeout, it turned out that their plan to die five little outlaws failed, Kerr could only try to make up for it at this time, but he couldn't replace Iguodala who defended Ye Xuan, and he couldn't replace Green, a master of supplemental defense, so he could only replace Durant head-on, after all, Durant has not played particularly well today, including the mistake just now, which is the reason to replace him.

At the end of the timeout, there were some substitutions on both sides, the Warriors pressed Durant to the bench and replaced David West, so that at least the pressure on the interior was not very great, the Warriors finally barely stabilized their position, and then the two teams could only start a short stalemate, you go in, I go in, you play an iron, I play an iron. Until the third quarter of the game TV paused, the two teams still maintained a difference of about 10 points, in fact, the Lakers are not in a hurry now, after all, we just need to stabilize the existing advantage in this game, and the Warriors are completely different, they need to look for opportunities to recover the difference, otherwise they will lose not only this game, but also the efforts of the whole season.