614. The advantages are clear
Thunder head coach Billy Donovan hurriedly replaced Westbrook and Durant back on the court.
Westbrook took the ball and the Thunder stabilized.
Westbrook took a sharp step forward in the face of Clarkson's defensive succession of changes.
Clarkson hurriedly stepped back, and Westbrook suddenly stepped back to shoot a mid-range jumper.
Westbrook easily sent the ball to the Lakers' basket.
On the Lakers' side, because they didn't change the main force because of the lead, they continued to play on the bench lineup, and encountered some problems, facing a lineup with two superstars, Clarkson on the outside looked difficult to support in the face of Westbrook, and Clarkson was still just a sophomore player! Clarkson, who was still a little thin, was bullied by Westbrook with his body and stealed directly from the front!
The Thunder counterattacked.
Westbrook took the ball and quickly moved forward, McCollum chased Westbrook from behind at this time, Westbrook reached the three-point line and a rhythm pause McCollum was directly frightened to stop, McCollum thought that Westbrook was going to chase three points, but Westbrook stopped urgently, and his explosive physical fitness made him continue to run wildly without slowing down, and McCollum was not good, and then accelerating was far less fast than Westbrook, Westbrook completely threw McCollum off and hit an easy layup.
The Lakers' guard line was completely abused by Westbrook today!
Clarkson said that he was very unhappy, he almost became the best rookie, although the starting point of the draft is not high, but the road to the rookie year is paved very smoothly, in the 2014 draft year are all top one young players! If he only signed a one-year contract in his rookie year, a bunch of teams would definitely give away tens of millions of annual salaries in the past summer, and even a bolder team could throw 15 million a year.
Clarkson is a player under Monica, Monica is more honest, and directly told Clarkson about Clarkson's value, causing him to have a loss at the beginning of the season, but after Kobe Bryant made a statement, he also knew that he was not the time to swell.
But Clarkson also has a temper, and he will certainly be upset when he is ravaged by Westbrook repeatedly.
However, Clarkson was soon taught to be a man, and was once again forced by Westbrook with a body that had reached its peak after seven or eight years, and another frontal steal......
D'Antoni on the sidelines held his breath and his face began to turn red again.
Clarkson usually gives him a long face! The second-round pick almost won the Rookie of the Year team, and the All-Rookie Team guard received the first vote, and he played with a steady style and played calmly...... Many, many advantages, the most amazing thing for the Lakers last season was Clarkson, which further confirmed D'Antoni's reputation for being good at digging talents, so that many unambitious players want to play under him, and many teams are ready to throw an olive branch to him, but this Clarkson is not calm at all every time he meets Westbrook as his latest model.
However, D'Antoni didn't say anything, just prepared to call a timeout.
Fortunately, Clarkson was quickly defended after being stolen, which interfered with Westbrook's counterattack speed, and the Lakers successfully returned to the defense in place.
Westbrook pushed forward and forced a break.
Antetokounmpo and Clarkson came up to wrap up, Westbrook split the ball with Anthony Morrow, Anthony Morrow took the ball completely empty mid-range shot, and the ball went in!
The Lakers called a timeout, and D'Antoni replaced Monroe first.
Antetokounmpo is very versatile, Monroe can play low post and mid-range, this combination is great.
The Lakers attacked, everyone pulled away, Antetokounmpo hoisted the ball to Monroe, and Monroe took the ball to resist Ibaka and easily cut down two points.
Not to mention, the Lakers' interior advantage is too great, but Monroe Thunder are difficult to deal with.
Thunder offense.
Westbrook dribbled to the frontcourt to block and use Durant to cover and get inside.
Monroe hurriedly came out to make up for the defense, Westbrook changed direction and moved to the left, when Monroe followed and moved to the right, Westbrook continued to change direction, and scored a basket from the right side of Monroe for a layup, Monroe subconsciously pulled Westbrook, okay, 2+1!
Westbrook walks to the free-throw line.
Still unable to prevent it, D'Antoni decided to replace Liu Ren with a combination of Westbrook and Durant...... It's really unguardable, so what D'Antoni has to strengthen is to attack, and replacing Liu Ren is to attack.
Westbrook misses free throw! Liu Ren grabbed a defensive rebound.
After Liu Ren dribbled to the front court, he broke through directly to the basket.
The Thunder's defense was completely attracted by Liu Ren, and at this time Liu Ren threw the ball behind him.
Liu Ren passed the ball completely to his back this time, and Monroe happened to appear in this position behind Liu Ren.
After Monroe got the ball, he got up and made a mid-range shot.
"Huh!"
Monroe's mid-range shot is stable and steady, since it can't be prevented, and Monroe's defense is really average, mainly because he is a traditional center D'Antoni really can't use it, but fortunately, Monroe's shooting range is large, and D'Antoni uses it in regular time, and it is quite easy to use.
Westbrook pushed in.
All the Thunder players pulled away, and Westbrook singled to attract the defense and passed the ball to Ibaka at the top of the arc again.
Ibaka can't play inside now, so the offensive end is mainly about shooting threes.
When Ibaka took the ball and wanted to make a shot, Liu Ren pounced all of a sudden.
Ibaka was going to shoot before, but as soon as he saw Liu Ren pounce, he immediately put away the idea of shooting and shot in front of Liu Ren...... Let's find the hat! He chose to cut in.
Liu Ren reacted quickly and blocked Ibaka's cut path, and the two collided together.
Judging from the size, it stands to reason that Liu Ren can't stop Ibaka, but instead, Ibaka was hit and stumbled, and the ball was unstable.
When Liu Ren played, the Lakers were immediately different, the offense could hit, and the defense could be stabilized.
The Lakers came over again, and Liu Ren helped Clarkson block and run along the three-point line towards the baseline.
Clarkson directly hoisted the ball and threw it towards Liu Ren, who jumped high and pointed the ball in the air towards Antetokounmpo, who was moving towards the basket at this time.
It's so beautiful to pass the ball, Liu Ren didn't take the ball, and directly slapped the ball to the basket in the air, guiding Antetokounmpo to receive the ball and dribble to the basket and hit a backhand layup.
Liu Ren is playing a little bit of a game!
Thunder offense.
Westbrook rushed over and immediately asked for a 45-degree screen, and Westbrook took advantage of the moment when Clarkson and Antetokounmpo exchanged defenses and exploded into the basket.
As a surprise to Westbrook, Liu Ren quickly made up for the defense and blocked Westbrook.
Liu Ren gave Westbrook a lot of interference, Westbrook took the ball and turned around and threw the ball to Durant outside, Durant stepped back and scored three points directly!
The two teams were evenly matched for a while, and D'Antoni was not in a hurry, because the Lakers didn't even send the strongest lineup, but the Thunder didn't.