Originally, the game between Durant and Westbrook felt very good, but under the fierce defense of the Lakers players, the two began to become a little irritable, and their feelings began to cool down gradually.

The Lakers took the opportunity to catch up with the score, and midway through the first quarter, the two sides returned to the same running line.

The Thunder's advantage at the start of the game was gone, and the atmosphere at Ford Center was a little different. The fans' cries began to look impatient, and whenever it was the Lakers' turn to attack, they let out manic boos.

However, the Lakers are gaining momentum, and under the expansion of confidence, how can they be influenced by the away fans.

In the subsequent game, the Lakers still adhered to Chu Xuan's tactical arrangement on the court. That is to let go of the others and defend against Dewey.

What made Chu Xuan feel satisfied was that the Lakers' offensive success rate had become very high, and coupled with the limited offense of the Thunder, the Lakers had taken the lead.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 30-26, and the Lakers led by four points.

This kind of game result is extremely unhappy with the Thunder supporters, you know, the Thunder are one of the strongest in the West. Last season, they reached the finals. Therefore, in the bones, the players and fans of the Thunder are a little expensive.

Although both the Lakers and the Thunder have a 13-8 record this season, not many people feel that the Lakers can be a match for the Thunder.

Therefore, after trailing by 11 points at the beginning, the Lakers instead overtook the score by 4 points at the end of the first quarter, which is extremely surprising and feels incredible.

"The changes in the Lakers this season have been a bit unexpected, really, I thought this team was going to hit a slump. However, it now seems that it is not willing to sink. ”

Barkley sighed.

Reggie Miller couldn't help but laugh: "It's probably related to the coach, you know, when did this good change start?" Therefore, Chu Xuan is likely to be the Michael Jordan of coaching, and he has unparalleled talent. ”

Barkley was a little stunned, "Reggie, this is too high, don't you think this is a player who has found the right way to play?" Giving all the credit to a young man is, at least not yet acceptable. If he wants to convince me, he needs to show some results. Like today's game, he should have won it. ”

Miller smiled: "Charles, since you can support the Lakers and even stand on Kobe's side, why can't you recognize Chu Xuan?" Could it be that you have some preconceptions about him? ”

Barkley immediately shook his head in denial: "I'm just talking about things, not for some people." ”

"Oh? In this case, I think we have to see what means Chu Xuan can come up with next. ”

******

'We played really well in the first quarter and they definitely felt the pressure and that will be our advantage.'

On the side of the court, Chu Xuan stood in the group of players and spoke.

"Although we took the lead, it was still a long time before we won. The opponent will definitely make changes and we can't afford to sit still. In the future, there is still no need to change offensively, and as for defense, I ask you to let go of Westbrook and Durant and prevent the others from dying. Be careful, though, don't let the two of them form a bond, and let them fight separately as much as possible. Chu Xuan's expression was calm and he talked eloquently.

Regarding Chu Xuan's arrangement, the Lakers players did not have any objections, but were somewhat convinced.

You must know that the Lakers were originally lagging behind, but after Chu Xuan changed their defensive strategy, they took the lead. Therefore, it can be said that Chu Xuan led the Lakers to a good game trend.

After a simple arrangement, the players began to rest on the bench and wait for the game to start.

Chu Xuan glanced at the Lakers bench and thought about who would play in the second quarter.

After a while, Chu Xuan spoke: "Noor, Hassan, Green, Wesley, Lin." Wait a minute, the five of you will come out. ”

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Chu Xuan's lineup is very young, which made Thunder coach Brooks a little surprised.

However, the Thunder did not take it lightly, after all, there are three starters in this lineup. Moreover, Knoll and the others are very young and definitely have an advantage in terms of vitality. In addition, young people play together and have a deep tacit understanding with each other.

In Chu Xuan's heart, this lineup is the one he is most satisfied with at present, except for the starting lineup.

Noll, Green, and Whiteside are a trio of players who have shown great potential and are now considered the future of the Lakers.

As for Wesley, under Chu Xuan's targeted tuning, his grasp of shooting timing has improved significantly. Moreover, his style of play is starting to stabilize in one direction. He's more likely to shoot open three-pointers or cut-in, as well as fast-break counterattacks. At this point, Chu Xuan's plan is to prepare to train him to be an Iguodala with a deviation in passing ability.

And Jeremy Lin's presence in this lineup may be a little small. However, his ability to score from the outside can contain some of the opponent's defense, creating space for the inside.

In this lineup, because of the absence of Gasol, Green's passing strategy is a very important link. For now, though, Green's passing is nowhere near his ceiling, and he'll have a long time to go.

However, the biggest advantage of this lineup is the interior trio. Green, Noll and Whiteside bring rebounding protection and defense at a level that opponents struggle to achieve.

And sure enough, this was exactly the case with the game.

The three of them sit on the inside, and the Thunder rely on one Ibaka alone, without any destructive power at all. As for Durant, he won't fight a bunch of interior players at all. So, most of the time, the Lakers always play a three-on-one scene, as the so-called two fists are hard to beat four hands, and the Thunder's interior line was completely blown up by the Lakers.

According to Chu Xuan's tactical arrangement, the Lakers players will let Durant and Westbrook go alone, but because the two were defended by death in the first quarter of the game, the offense felt a little bad, and they couldn't find their form for a while.

In such a situation, the Lakers, with a group of young people, completely suppressed the Thunder and continued to expand the point difference.

Faced with such a situation, Brooks will definitely call a timeout and rearrange his tactics. However, when the game returned, he found that the Lakers' tactics were once again a little restrained in his arrangement.

In this way, at the end of the half, the Lakers extended the advantage to 11 points, which was the lead created by the Thunder at the beginning of the first quarter.