Bad second round!

For the Thunder, who swept the Spurs to advance, their second-round opponent is unusually strong, and it is the Los Angeles Lakers, who are the most likely to win the championship this year.

Purple and Gold Legion!

They have only one goal, and that is to reach the top and win the championship!

The aging Spurs are just an appetizer for a foreplay, and the real test is always after victory!

When you cross a peak, you will find that there is a higher peak waiting for you.

The lineup is more terrifying, the offensive and defensive ends are more balanced, and superstar Kobe Bryant is in charge, this Los Angeles Lakers team has a lot of stars and strong fighting ability.

Not to mention, the sister-in-law has won Kobe's absolute trust, and the tacit understanding between the two has made this Purple and Gold Army even more tricky.

"Lin, are we going to be eliminated?"

That night, after a long day of practice, Durant was in a somewhat low mood and sat on the floor of the arena.

For the second round of strong opponents, not only the players, but also the coaching staff felt despair.

Compare them to level 30 monsters, and on the other side is a level 30 boss!

The difference in attributes is so great, it is not something that can be reversed by willpower.

In the past two days, Scott's black hair has turned a lot whiter, and he is trying to do everything he can to help the Thunder go further in the second round.

"Are you afraid? Against a dominant team, against the Los Angeles Lakers?! ”

Lin Mu asked rhetorically.

"Of course! Of course I'm afraid! ”

Durant is very honest, he is not lying, he is really afraid of the opponent in the second round.

"That's the Los Angeles Lakers, the strongest team in the NBA, they have a long history, and they're one of the most championship-winning teams in the league."

"O'Neill, the Magician, West.... Their names resounded all over the world. ”

The voice gets quieter and quieter, and Durant, a sophomore, despite his ambitions, often performs unsatisfactorily when facing an invincible opponent.

Just like the choice he made after being defeated by the warriors in his previous life, although he was famous, it is not difficult to conclude from his future remarks that it was not the process he wanted.

"At the moment of going to the Warriors, my soul was already dead."

Durant wanted to achieve something, but he was always unable to defeat the strong opponent in front of him, and he failed again and again, allowing the strongest attacker in history to choose the safest path.

"We're still young, and there will always be people who will say things like that, and after we fail, these are like laws of necessity that will linger in our ears."

"Being young means possible, it can be infinite, no one knows what might happen, but we're still young, and that's enough!"

"Of course, you think I'm going to tell you this?"

Lin Mu paused and looked at Durant beside him.

"Or else?"

"I think you're right!"

In the face of fear, people will always subconsciously find some excuses for themselves to fail, the excuses are very right, but they always change the established facts.

"Young man, shouldn't you be fearless?"

"Young people, shouldn't they be young and vigorous?"

"Young people, shouldn't they do everything they can to seize every opportunity?"

"The Los Angeles Lakers, they are very strong, they are ten times stronger than the Spurs, they are ten times stronger, a hundred times stronger, that is an opponent that we can't beat, I deeply understand that it is completely impossible for the Thunder to beat the Lakers at this stage."

"But, so what?"

"Those teams that cross us, I will clench my fists fiercely, even if it is a lake of flesh and blood, I will not hesitate to continue to punch."

"As long as I don't fall, my fists will keep waving!"

Lin Mu's voice was not loud, but in Durant's ears, he was so weighty and courageous.

"I envy you, no matter when, you are working hard."

"Blanch! Isn't it the Los Angeles Lakers, Lao Tzu is out of the way, fuck him! ”

"As long as I, Durant, don't fall, I won't let my opponent feel better!"

......

May 1, the day destined to be remembered, the newborn Oklahoma City Thunder, with despair, flew to a place of future and hope.

Los Angeles, an international metropolis with drunken gold fans, the Purple and Gold Army has long been waiting for them, their iron hooves will not stop, and a series that is destined to be unpopular is about to kick off in the midst of all the disturbances!

On the plane, Lin Mu was thinking about a trivial way to win.

In the previous life, why were the remnant Rockets able to fight the Lakers for seven games, putting the mighty Purple and Gold Army into the final crisis?

There are many opinions, and there is no one accurate answer.

Some people even speculate that the alliance deliberately did this, just to increase the heat and earn more benefits.

Business League, Lin Mu can understand such an approach, but for the players of the two teams, it is completely unnecessary.

What's more, the Lakers' goal is to win the championship, wouldn't it be better to end the fight early?

Get more time to rest and relax, and there's no need to get tired at all.

If it weren't for the Lakers' deliberate release of water, it must have been the Rockets who played even better.

Among them, there are two statements that Lin Mu quite agrees.

First, they have the strongest starters in the league, and they are lightly defeated!

He was first in the West, while the Rockets were fifth in the West, and the Lakers swept the Rockets 4-0 in the regular season.

First of all, self-confidence is the most important thing, but the Lakers are too arrogant and arrogant to lose, which is why they have played the weaker Houston Rockets for seven games.

Second, after breaking through the curse of the first round, the generals of the Rockets seem to have no pressure, they play very relaxed, there is no tension, only to play every game seriously, which is the team's best belief.

Especially after Yao Ming was seriously injured and said goodbye to this season, all the players of the Rockets were full of firepower, each of which was an offensive point, which was also the key point for the Rockets to achieve 3:3.

So, you have to let the opponent despise them, plus the teammates are powerful, and they play extraordinarily?

It's too hard!

First of all, the Thunder have the strength to sweep the Spurs, and the Lakers will not have any contempt at all.

Lin Mu knows Kobe, if this thing can meet him on the stage of the playoffs, then he can't be beaten to death?

On weekdays, Lin Mu's care for Kobe Bryant is quite in place!

Secondly, the Thunder players are young, and they can have the strength to fight in the face of the senior group, and the biggest physical advantage is also gone in the face of young adults who are full of mental strength and physical strength.

Don't look at Kobe Bryant is in his thirties, but he is a well-known physical monster in the league, the more critical the key moment, the more determined he is, the more physical strength he has, not to mention defensive giants like Odom and Fisher.

In total, the Thunder is really not dominant at all against the Lakers in various positions.

As the saying goes, the poor rely on mutation, and the weak team must rely on explosive seeds!

May 2nd, evening, live broadcast across the United States!

The first game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Thunder will officially start in an hour!

In the Staples Center, today's stars are even brighter, countless celebrities are coming, the spotlight can't be gathered, there are really too many celebrities!

There are stunning actresses in every shot, and their bewitching appearance makes the audience in front of the TV addicted.

Watching basketball and having a beauty show at the same time, is there a more lucrative business than this?

However!

Everything on the scene has nothing to do with the two teams that are about to start.

The Los Angeles Lakers who are playing at home, they don't want well-known people, but those home fans who will go crazy and shout for them!

How many of these celebrities who bought tickets to enter the game actually came to watch the game?

"This scene is terrifying!"

How has Durant ever seen such a scene, good guy, all the people sitting on the sidelines are warblers and Yanyan, this can't be dazzling?

"Lin, Lin! Look, it's Gasley Johnson, it's Gasley Johnson! ”

Durant has climaxed, good guys, isn't this the actress I saw on the screen some time ago, and here it again today?

Looking in the direction of Durant's finger, Lin Mu almost fell on his head.

“Waht？”

Why are several of my friends sitting together?

The most important thing is that they still talk and laugh?

"Can't look at it, can't look at it, don't look at it, and don't have a direct accident?"

Lin Mu instantly turned his gaze, because he vaguely felt that those powerful breaths were approaching!

"Lin, don't think I'm going to let you tonight."

Bryant was smiling and confident.

"Don't think you're stable!"

"This battle has just begun!"

Lin Mu said viciously, Kobe shrugged his shoulders, and said that he would watch you perform later.

Huaxia TV, Director Zhang and Teacher Yu Jia were already ready, and when the picture came, hundreds of millions of players in Huaxia saw Lin Mu's firm figure.

"Today's Thunder will face a huge challenge, away, Lakers, Kobe, strong! Every word is not enough to describe the difficulty of this game, but it is clear that our Lin Mu did not give up, and his firm gaze makes people inexplicably trust, Oklahoma City Thunder, in the face of the powerful West No. 1, they have never had any timidity! ”

Before the game started, Director Zhang had already blown it on his side.

Anyway, no matter what the result is, if the Thunder want to win the Lakers in this round of the series, the probability is only 10%, as long as Lin Mu plays a wonderful performance, Director Zhang will blow to death, regardless of winning or losing, Lao Tzu has contributed to the court, and if he has contribution, he has to blow!

Soon, both sides appeared on the big screen for the first time.

Los Angeles Lakers: Derrick Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Trevor Ariza, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum

From the perspective of the lineup, the Lakers starters are completely worthy of the Thunder starters, they are all talented with long arms and legs, plus two guards with strong defensive strength, the Lakers' starters are extremely strong!

Not only that, but look at which players are sitting on their bench.

Known as the league's second-best all-around man, Odom can only be the best sixth man?

It's like Ginobili of the Spurs, with All-Star level strength, doing the best bench work, and it is not difficult to see from the side how deep the Lakers' bench lineup is.

Sasha Vujasic, Luke Wharton, Famar....

Familiar faces come into view, and they may not be able to play much in the competitive playoffs, but as long as they sit on the sidelines, there is a certain threat.

Because it's hard to know if a Raider of the Lost Ark will pop up out of nowhere, like Dragic on the Thunder bench.

They have such strength, and their presence is also impossible to ignore!

Thunder starters: Lowry, Sephorosa, Lin Mu, Durant and Jordan Jr.!

Today, 28 cards are on the bench to form the Thunder Bench Twins with Jeff Green, and they will need to be ready to face the problems that may arise.

Among them, what worries Scott the most is not Kobe Bryant's outburst, because the Thunder are fully defensive online, and Kobe Bryant wants to rely on his personal ability to break through the defense, which may be very difficult.

What he is afraid of is that Gasol's play on the inside line will become the most critical factor in this game!

Kobe Bryant's scoring cannot be limited, but under the Thunder's strong defensive system, it is difficult for him to explode every game and play exceptionally good statistics.

On the contrary, it may be difficult for the Thunder interior to limit the opponent's play when facing the Lakers' powerful interior twin towers.

Pau Gasol, the most consistent scoring point of the Los Angeles Lakers except for Kobe Bryant, if you count the number of shots and the basketball shooting percentage, Gasol is the Lakers' well-deserved efficiency king!

Of course, this doesn't mean anything, Kobe Bryant's defensive pressure on the outside is very different from Gasol's, and Scott is more cautious about Kobe's marking, which is also a concern for the Thunder head coach.

Will too much focus on Kobe Bryant cause an imbalance in the head and tail and a hole in the defensive system?

Of course!

There is something to give, there is something to gain, it is impossible for Scott to give up the strict supervision of Kobe, so that Durant, who is opposite Gasol, will have an extremely heavy task!

Fortunately, the Thunder No. 4 position is full of talent, so if it can't be replaced, it will be replaced with 28 cards, isn't there still a first-round No. 5 pick, Jeff Green.

If Green knew what was going on in Scott's heart, he would have scolded, "Thank you so much!" ”

The whistle blows, and the battle begins!

Jordan Jr. was a step ahead and beat Bynum to help the Thunder get their first offensive opportunity.

Lowry advanced with the ball, and with the four experiences of the first round, Xiao Gangcang stabilized his mind and did not squint, so he was not attracted by the big white steamed buns on the sidelines.

The Lakers' opening strategy, the Zen master obviously wanted to test the water, Fisher and Lowry kept a considerable distance, after half time Fisher defended closely, but did not put enough pressure, Lowry easily passed the basketball to Sephorosa on the other side.

Sephorosa, the defensive striker in the No. 2 position, has nothing to show on the offensive end compared to his superb defensive skills.

Kobe Bryant took a step away, but Sephorosa still chose to pass the ball to Lin Mu near the bottom corner.

Lin Mu is a little helpless, there has always been a problem with the second position of the Thunder, Sefrosa has more than enough defense, the offense is not good, and there is no decent candidate for the second position on the bench, and sometimes, Lin Mu also needs to play the role of scoring guard by himself.

The 2009 NBA Draft, why hasn't it come yet?!

In front of Lin Mu, standing was Ariza, a veteran of the Rockets in his previous life, a No. 3 player who can attack and defend, excellent static talent, and excellent athleticism, which once became the focus of the team's support.

But the player's own strength is limited after all, and Ariza only became a top 3D in the end.

Crushed by weight, Lin Mu sat and beat Ariza!

Simply shaking, after clicking on Ariza, he made a low-handed layup, dodging Bynum's block, and Lin Mu helped the Thunder score the first point after the opening!