The Lakers focused on Gasol, and the results were great. He looked at ease against Serge Ibaka, suppressing the Spanish national team-mate in many ways.

The Thunder's rebounding protection ability was not particularly good, and now in the face of a rebounding powerhouse like the Lakers, against a few big men with first-class defense and rebounding, Ibaka has no advantage at all.

The Thunder's interior line was exploded, and the most impatient was Durant, who was entangled by Green and Wesley. Seeing that the point difference was getting wider and wider, Durant finally couldn't maintain a calm mentality, he began to reluctantly shoot, and every time he didn't score, he showed a little irritability and frustration.

Durant's reaction made the fans feel bad, because the game is often a time to fight for mentality at this time, and the opponent Lakers can force Durant to this role, does it mean that the Lakers have enough strength to beat the Thunder?

Durant's performance is getting worse and worse, while Westbrook's form is remarkable. As a result, the Thunder's tactics began to lean more toward Westbrook.

This situation is in line with Chu Xuan's wishes. You must know that his whole game idea is to defend Durant. Although his Jordan's rule tactics cover Dewey and two less, its roots still revolve around Durant.

After all, Westbrook is a point guard, and the ball is in his hands, and the price Chu Xuan has to pay to limit him is far higher than to prevent Durant.

Therefore, what Chu Xuan created was just an illusion, his fundamental goal was Durant, after all, Durant's height was too tall, and he couldn't attack with the ball under the strict defense of the bag.

Of course, Durant will not sit still, he has been trying to attack a lot of times, and although there are shocking and incredible goals, he has made a lot of mistakes.

Too many mistakes can reduce offensive efficiency. In addition, the Thunder's defense is like a plate of loose sand, which cannot be effective against the Lakers' offense.

In this case, the Lakers are getting more and more excited, and the advantage is slowly increasing over time.

In the middle of the third quarter, Bryant once again stepped up and scored consecutive points, scoring 10 points in a row to bring the Lakers' lead to 20 points.

Westbrook then began to explode and catch up with the score, but his performance alone did not change the team's decline.

Soon, the third quarter was over, and the Lakers led the Thunder by 16 points at 91:75.

At this time, Brooks finally sensed Chu Xuan's intentions. He couldn't help but recall Chu Xuan's tactical arrangement in the third quarter, from beginning to end, it was completely around Durant.

When he saw Durant's whopping six turnovers and just 19 individual points after three quarters of the game, Brooks was shocked.

However, at this point in the game, it is obviously impossible for the Thunder to play an overall feeling. Moreover, Durant's form is so bad. Westbrook had no sense of organization. This gave Brooks a headache.

However, he had to calm down and think about what he could do to make the game happen.

After some deliberation, Brooks finally made an arrangement.

"Everybody makes blocks for Kevin and Russell, and I'm going to get them in areas where they can attack."

Brooks' intention is already extremely obvious, which is to let Durant and Westbrook attack at all costs.

Obviously, this was a back-and-forth effort, and he really had no choice.

After all, the game has reached the crucial fourth quarter, and the Thunder are not only 15 points behind, but also completely inferior in terms of mentality and momentum. But if Durant can find the feeling of killing all sides, then there is still hope for a win.

"Defend harder, you can't let them score easily. If necessary, it's better to send them to the free-throw line. ”

After thinking about it, Brooks made some more defensive changes. Because if you want to chase points, defending your opponent is the most fundamental. Otherwise, if you want to rely on the confrontation attack, the 15-point difference is definitely difficult to make up.

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On the Lakers bench, Chu Xuan was making arrangements for the fourth quarter of the game.

'The opponent will definitely start from the defensive side and they will definitely make adjustments in order to chase the points. Therefore, we also need to make some necessary changes. ”

"The first few minutes of the final quarter were crucial and we had to withstand the opponent's comeback and widen the gap again. At that time, the opponent's last momentum will be suppressed, and winning will become a matter of course. ”

"The opposition team has not been able to play well, and in the next games, they will definitely try to get the stars to score. And my plan is to change the defensive tactics to regular defense. One-on-one man-to-man defense. Draymond goes to defend Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant you go to defend Russell. ”

"As for offense, Paul, Jordan, Lin, the three of you have to keep the desire to attack as much as possible. In the first few minutes, the team's attack will revolve around you. ”

Chu Xuan continued to make arrangements, and in terms of offense, the reason why he arranged Kobe to defend Westbrook was also because of Kobe's defensive experience.

And because he had to take on the main defensive task, Chu Xuan decided not to let Kobe and Green take on the offense. This arrangement is also in consideration of the defense arranged by the Thunder's side. After all, Kobe Bryant is the Lakers' core scorer, and Brooks will certainly not let up his defense against him.

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Chu Xuan's arrangement ended, and the players took a simple rest.

Soon, the final battle will begin.

The lineup sent by the Thunder is Reggie Jackson, Russell Westbrook, Jerry Milan, Kevin Durant and Ibaka.

Chu Xuan couldn't help but jump when he saw the lineup put forward by Thunder. The Thunder's lineup is definitely very attacking, and the opponent's intention to chase points is already very obvious.

In the first round between the two sides, Durant and Jeremy Lin each tried three-point shots.

Durant's form continued the poor first three quarters, so he couldn't shoot the ball.

It was Jeremy Lin, who, under Green's cover, simply hit a three-pointer.

It was one of the few athletic goals in the game, and it was undoubtedly very exciting and positive to be able to happen at such a critical time.

According to Brooks' arrangement, the Thunder need Durant to score. And he will naturally try to adjust his form as much as possible.

I have to say that the ability of the super scorer is shown. After only three shots, Durant found his touch and played a "3+1".

However, turning back, on the Lakers' side, Gasol magically hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner, which dealt a blow to the momentum that the Thunder originally wanted to rise.