Chapter 263: 4:2 Eliminate Thunder
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Wang Feng scored 51 points in the first game of the playoffs, and his super performance shocked the whole league.
In the opening game of the first round of the playoffs, it was not that there were no players who played well, like the G1 game between the Rockets and the Timberwolves, Harden got 44 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, but no matter what, 44+4+8 is inferior to 51+8+3 in terms of intuitive experience.
On the Thunder's side, George scored a team-high 31 points, shooting 12 of 20, and the shooting percentage was not as good as Wang Feng's.
But as long as fans who have watched the game process know, although George is ostensibly opposite Wang Feng, almost all the offense is to avoid Wang Feng, although this way of scoring is not wrong, and it is even correct, after all, it is very stupid to stare at the opponent's strongest point in the game, are you here to fight or to win the game?
But on the other hand, Wang Feng, under the strict defense of George and Brewer, can cut higher scores with higher efficiency, and the gap between the two is clear at a glance.
As the core of the Thunder team, Westbrook's performance in this game can only be described as bad.
He finished with 19 points on 7-of-19 shooting, shooting 36.8 percent from the field, and while nine rebounds and 13 assists came close to a triple-double, what's the point?
In this game, Westbrook was completely exposed under the Lakers' targeted defense.
Even if he shoots three points in the whole process, it is difficult for him to ensure a normal shooting rate, and in the face of the shrinking Lakers defense, he can only force a breakthrough to impact the basket and gamble on luck with a difficult layup, and then the result is less than 40% shooting.
As for Cameron, the last of the Big Three. Anthony...... He doesn't have any presence now.
He shot 5-of-13 from the field in the whole game, shooting more than Westbrook, and his severely degraded body made it difficult for him to ensure offensive efficiency even against juniors like Randle and Kuzma, scoring only 15 points.
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After winning the first game, the Lakers took advantage of the victory to chase after it, and successfully won G2 on April 18, and the series score became 2:0.
In this game, Wang Feng scored 34 points and 11 rebounds, while Kuzma exploded a little, scoring 27 points against the old-timer Anthony to help the Lakers win the game.
With two consecutive wins at home, the Lakers went to the home court of the Thunder with great momentum.
Then, they were educated.
As it turns out, this Lakers team is still too young.
There was no obvious feeling at the Lakers' home court, but with the Thunder's home court, in the face of the overwhelming boos of the away fans, the huge pressure has changed the mentality and state of the young players.
In the G3 game, Wang Feng played 35 minutes and scored 38 points on 13-of-22 shooting, but in addition to him, the Lakers all pulled their hips, Ingram, Kuzma, Randle and others all had a shooting rate of less than 40%, the offensive end was inefficient, and the defensive end was full of holes.
Westbrook, whose shooting percentage was suppressed below 40% in two consecutive games, finally rose to prominence at home, hitting 17 of 39 shots in the whole game, even the worst three-point shot was 5 of 9, cutting 45 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the Thunder to win the game 107-99.
The unfavorable first away game affected the Lakers' mentality, followed by a second away game in G4.
Westbrook completely played with confidence, and this game became even more intense, with the number of shots increasing instead of decreasing, shooting 18 of 43, 7 of 19 three-pointers, and another 46 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.
On the contrary, George pulled his hips to the extreme in this game, only 2 of 16 shots, and only scored 5 points in the whole game.
The Lakers' worst fear still happened, Westbrook's desperate shooting gave Adams a chance to play, and the latter directly turned into a rebounding maniac, scoring 19 points and 16 rebounds in the game, including 8 offensive rebounds, which made the Lakers a little suspicious of life.
Wang Feng, who scored 41 points, felt helpless.
"No, next season we have to strengthen our defensive rebounding to 90, and then we have to get the team to sign a heavy center who can protect the rim! It's too passive. ”
The Lakers lost the G4 game 91-96, and the total score of the two sides was tied at 2-2 and they returned to the same running line.
This fully proves that the overall strength of the Lakers is still lacking, and if the first round of the playoffs is against the Jazz or the Trail Blazers instead of the Thunder, I am afraid that they are now on the verge of elimination.
The G5 series, the all-important battle of Tianwang Mountain, will return to the Staples Center, the home of the Lakers, which also makes the Lakers breathe a sigh of relief.
At home, the Lakers' young players are finally finding some form, playing well in the game, or bottoming out.
Lang Zuo. Ball finally played against Westbrook, chipped in 19 points and 12 assists.
Ingram had God's help and scored 31 points.
Players such as Kuzma, Randle, Clarkson and Nance also scored in double figures.
Wang Feng had a rare easy game, playing 30 minutes and scoring 24 points, the Lakers easily won the G5 Tianwang Mountain 127:119, rewriting the total score to 3:2 and taking the lead in getting the match point.
In the G6 game, the Thunder returned to their home court again, but this time, the home game was not good.
It's not that the Lakers' young players are strong, in fact, in the G6 game, except for Randle and Clarkson's performance, the other players are pulling their hips.
In the last game, Ingram, who was possessed by Durant, came directly to shoot 5-of-14 from the field, shooting 35.7%.
Ball had six turnovers throughout the game, the same as the number of assists in the game.
As for Kuzma, because he was too excited, he made an early 6 mistake and sat on the sidelines to watch the excitement.
However, the Lakers still won the G6 game, because it was not a game of who was better, but who was more hip-pulling.
Westbrook shot 7-of-18 from the field, a 38.9 percent percentage.
Anthony shot 5-of-18 from the field and shot 27.8 percent.
As for George, although slightly better than the other two giants, he only had a 42% shooting percentage.
The Big Three scored 18, 11 and 26 points respectively, for a total of 55 points.
On the Lakers' side, Wang Feng alone scored 42 points and maintained a shooting rate of more than 45%.
In the case of the two teams pulling their hips collectively, only Wang Feng was out of place and not social at all.
But because of this, the Lakers defeated the Thunder in a "difficult" victory in the G6 game, eliminated the Thunder with a score of 4:2, and successfully entered the second round of the playoffs.
Eliminating the Thunder with this result is also expected by Wang Feng, after all, it is Westbrook's Thunder, and pulling the crotch in the playoffs is a traditional art.