Although the Thunder scored 28 points in the first quarter, Coach Brooks was not satisfied with the game in the second half of the game, and the tactics were too rigid, of course, this is also because Li Ze was limited by Kobe's defense.

In fact, the number of core tactics of each team in the NBA is not too much, and the Thunder coaching staff has designed 5 sets of core tactics for the team after more than 20 games of adjustment and experimentation.

To be precise, it is to design tactics for Li Ze and Durant.

After Turtle joined the team last season, Coach Brooks wanted Turtle to play the role of tactical initiator and ball control in the offense, but after playing for one season, the effect was very poor.

After continuous trial and trial this season, the coaching staff determined the tactic for the turtle turtle is to block the elbow area alone in the high post, break through the ball, and switch the offense.

At the beginning of the first quarter, it was to play Fisher, and the turtles continued to attack, and after the Lakers made substitutions, the offensive starting point became Li Ze and Durant.

One of the most frequently used tactics is Li Ze to open up space in the bottom corner on the left, Durant first gives Jeff Green a cover in the restricted area, and Jeff Green quickly runs to the bottom corner.

At the same time, Kostic made a no-ball cover for Durant's outside at the free throw line, and after the tactics were played, the turtle could easily pass the ball to Durant who came out of the screen.

Although Durant's ability to dominate the ball is a little worse, there is absolutely nothing to say about his finishing ability.

Whether it's a split-second breakthrough after receiving the ball, or a stop-and-go jump shot on the move, you can easily score points, but if you can't do it, you can still cause damage.

Artest was beaten by Durant in this way, but after a few rounds, the Lakers also reacted, and Bynum strengthened the retraction defense, trying not to give the basket, and let Durant make a pull-up jumper.

This trick did work, at this time the tactics should have changed, and Li Ze was replaced with the ball to initiate, but the embarrassment was that in the face of Kobe's strict defense, there was a problem with covering and receiving the ball.

Kobe Bryant's defense is too aggressive, there are a lot of small movements, and he is particularly agile in squeezing and covering, which leads to Li Ze's inability to easily receive the ball with the cover of his teammates, and the breakthrough after each catch is extremely difficult.

There was a problem with the offensive initiation point, and there were more singles in the second half of the first quarter, but fortunately, at the beginning of the game, everyone's shooting rate was relatively high.

Every time he faced a playoff team, Brooks head coach cut the rotation short, and this game was no exception, keeping Li Ze and Jeff Green in the starting lineup and replacing them with Livingston, Sofrosa and Ibaka.

At the same time, he took out the tactical board and kept telling his teammates:

"Kayce, play more double screens, you have to control it yourself when you get on the court, we're going to clear the paint area, Green, Ibaka, pay attention to the quality of the cover, everyone has to open up the offensive space."

Coach Brooks doesn't mention defense at all, this set of 5 small lineups, which is offense, will definitely not be able to prevent the Lakers' low-post strong attack, but as long as he can score goals and respond, this game will have to be played.

The last time they met, the small lineup collapsed, but this time Coach Brooks still didn't give up, and the five small ones continued to play.

In the CCTV studio, the hosts Yu Jia and Director Zhang couldn't help but be stunned when they saw that the Thunder team sent another five small lineups.

"The Thunder's lineup in the second quarter didn't have a center, Collison didn't play, and went straight to rookie Ibaka, so it was difficult for them to prevent the Lakers' low-post offense."

Host Yu Jia is not very optimistic about the Thunder's lineup adjustment.

"It's true that the Lakers have always maintained a high level on the court, with Bynum and Odom on the court, Vujacic and Shannon Brown on the outside, and Artest also going straight up, so it's up to the Thunder to attack."

"The last time we met, I remember that the Thunder were also five small men, and they were beaten by the Lakers in the low post, and they couldn't shoot on the offensive end, so let's see how it works this time."

This kind of pure small lineup is not common, and Director Zhang is curious about how the Thunder's offense should play.

In the second quarter, the Thunder took the lead in attacking, and Livingston just dribbled past halftime, and Li Ze immediately played an offensive gesture to his teammates, and he ran to the bottom right corner outside the three-point line first.

At the same time, Sofrosa also ran to the bottom left corner, and Livingston was 45 degrees from the left outside the three-point line at this time pretending to play a pick-and-roll strategy, Ibaka went up first, and then Jeff Green followed up to the line.

At this time, Li Ze also began to move, running towards the top of the three-point arc, Jeff Green first helped Li Ze block Artest, and then Ibaka's second cover successfully allowed Li Ze to easily catch the ball at the top of the arc.

Livingston passed the ball very comfortably, and after receiving the ball, Li Ze did not hesitate to jump directly outside the three-point line.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

After the goal, Li Ze immediately applauded and celebrated, and at the same time gave his teammates a thumbs up, this time the quality of the double cover was very good.

"Three-pointers! The Thunder team's tactics ran beautifully, and at first I thought I was going to play blocking and dismantling again, but I didn't expect to give Li Ze a double cover. ”

The host Yu Jia praised the offensive tactics of the Thunder team.

"It's kind of interesting, the Lakers' Bynum's defense didn't go up too much at all, and no one defended Li Ze after two covers."

After seeing Li Ze shoot a three-pointer, Director Zhang briefly analyzed the reasons for the success of the Thunder team's tactics.

The Lakers' offense was a little simple and rude, the outside line was tightly guarded by the Thunder, and immediately gave the ball to Bynum in the low post, faced Ibaka's top defense, approached the basket by hitting twice, and turned around to hook his hand to score.

As a player aspiring to be an All-Star center in the West, Bynum still has some low-post skills.

In these years, if you want to be an All-Star insider, you can't just eat cakes, which is why Warcraft Howard is obsessed with low-post offense.

Seeing the Lakers scoring in the low post, several people on the Thunder court didn't have any mental fluctuations, and the defense looked at the sky, this is already everyone's consensus...

The Thunder attacked, and several people on the outside made a few simple passes, and Li Ze noticed that Bynum's defense was still wandering back and forth around the three-second zone, first gave Jeff Green a look, and then made a tactical gesture to Livingston.

Ibaka was still near the free-throw line when Jeff Green suddenly ran inside from beyond the three-point line, and Li Ze immediately popped out after hanging up a cover for Jeff Green in the three-second area under the basket.

Ibaka's cover at the free throw line made Artest's pursuit half a beat slower, so when Li Ze broke through after receiving the ball, Artest was already stuck half a body and could only defend on his side.

Bynum saw that Li Ze had hit the restricted area and immediately shrank to the basket, but Li Ze kept observing the Lakers' defense, saw the opponent move, and hit the ground with his left hand behind the ground to find Ibaka.

After receiving the ball, the latter made a mid-range jumper from the free throw line.

The two-pointer hit the ball steadily.

With the same tactic, Durant comes to play, and this ball is likely to be a pull-up jump shot or a layup to make a kill, after all, Durant has to pay attention to protecting the ball, and Artest's defense is also very oppressive.

But Li Ze doesn't have this trouble, the balanced left and right hands plus the badge bonus of the [Ball Protector] make his dominance ball easy, as long as the quality of the front cover comes up, the tactics can be easily played.

In the next 3 minutes or so, the Thunder's offense was completely driven by Li Ze, and Ibaka's offensive end did not go to the basket at all, covering near the free throw line, and the Thunder completely emptied the paint area.

Li Ze did not attack continuously, but through his own attraction, he created more opportunities for his teammates, came out to receive the ball after covering, and as long as he observed the Lakers' defense coming to help defense, he immediately shared the ball directly.

Soflosa and Jeff Green both had their cake easy, the Thunder's strategy worked, and the Lakers did a good job of blocking and pick-and-roll, after all, they are the defending champions, and the basic defense is on the line.

But once the big man is pulled out, there will be some problems with the anti-continuous cover.

At 8 minutes and 25 seconds in the second quarter, head coach Phil Jackson asked for a timeout, and the Thunder came up to play a wave of 9-4, and the Lakers were obviously a little impatient, and the offensive rhythm was wrong.

Coach Brooks secretly clenched his fists, that's it, this is the offense he wants to see, and his eyes are more and more satisfied when he looks at Li Ze.

Don't look at Durant throwing towels on the sidelines, jumping and smiling, but the sense of crisis in his heart emerged again:

"I couldn't have played better with the same tactics, and even in many rounds, I couldn't pass the ball like Kayce, and the tactical position was going to catch up with me..."

Coach Brooks doesn't know Durant's thoughts, and at this time he just wants to chase after the win:

"Guys, keep our offense going, Kayce, when Kobe Bryant comes on the court, you're going to play some cross-cuts, use the cover of Green and Ibaka, go from the strong side to the weak side, Kevin, you're going to play in the two corners more."

"Russell, when Kayce gets rid of the defense, pay attention to the defensive position of the Lakers players and move the ball quickly!"

"We're going to tear down the Lakers' twin towers, remember, keep the offensive space, shoot the three-pointers out of the box, Kayce, get the rhythm of the offense!"

Li Ze immediately nodded to show that he understood, and Durant felt uncomfortable when he heard it, because in this set of tactics, Li Ze became the core of the tactics and dominated the ball more.

After the timeout, the Lakers took all the main forces, the Thunder retained Ibaka, the turtle and Durant reappeared, and whether they could lead at halftime depends on the remaining eight minutes.

The Lakers came back from a timeout and immediately played a high-low post combination, Gasol came to the low post, received a pass from Bynum, and hit an easy hook shot with his back to the basket.

Jeff Green serves from the baseline, and the turtle slowly dribbles through the halfcourt, and that's when the Thunder's offense is interesting, clearing one side.

Durant is in the right bottom corner outside the three-point line, Li Ze is 45 degrees on the right side outside the three-point line, Ibaka is in the right elbow area of the free throw line, and after Jeff Green comes to the left elbow area of the free throw line to stand, Li Ze pushes away Kobe Bryant on the defensive end and starts instantly.

Moving from the right side of the three-point line to the left side, two screens in the elbow area helped him easily get rid of Kobe's entanglement, and came to the left side 45 degrees outside the three-point line, and the turtle's pass also arrived.

After receiving the ball, Li Ze did not adjust, and made a quick shot outside the three-point line.

"Huh..."The three-pointer hit steadily.

"The Thunder team's tactics are interesting, in the second quarter, most of the arrangements for Li Ze are double covers, just to get rid of the defense, as long as you can easily catch the ball, the rest depends on Li Ze, and it will lead the offense all of a sudden."

Director Zhang was happy to see it, but he didn't expect the Thunder team to indeed play some new tactics.

"The core idea of several tactics is to play misplaced, as long as the two big men of the Lakers follow the delay, Li Ze can play in a misplaced position, and can also create opportunities for his teammates."

The host Yu Jia praised Li Ze's ability to handle the ball again.

Coach Brooks was excited to watch from the side, he had to play like this, the twin towers were useless, Li Ze could rush, shoot, and pass the ball from the outside, and punish the opponent's big man if he misplaced.

In the first quarter, Durant almost dominated the ball, otherwise the offense would have been smoother, and after changing the core, the effect was immediate.

Phil Jackson didn't lean back at this time, and after getting up, he immediately signaled to his big man to delay immediately, and he couldn't let the Thunder's offense play so easily.

The Lakers' offense had no problem, Kobe Bryant and Gasol's blocking and dismantling easily penetrated the Thunder's defense, and Gasol's mid-range jumper from the free throw line, Jeff Green really couldn't prevent it.

But Gasol turned around and was punished by Li Ze on the defensive end.

It was still a cross-cut after the double screen, and this time Gasol was fast, and immediately the defense rotated in front of Li Ze, putting Li Ze half a step smaller, and at the same time raising his left hand high to interfere with the jump shot.

Li Ze received the ball, pretended to break through on the left side after three threats, quickly released the ball, and immediately changed direction under his crotch, which forced Gasol's defensive focus to change.

Immediately after that, it was a cross-step dribble back, and Gasol wanted to save again, but it was too late, so he could only watch Li Ze step back and shoot a three-point jumper.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"Shhhhh

After the goal was scored, the Staples Arena, which was originally a little silent, immediately sent a huge boo for Li Ze, Lakers fans don't want to see Li Ze show off like this on his home court...

"Three-pointers again! Li Ze's ability to control the luck is too powerful, and with two simple shakes, Gasol was shaken away! ”

The host Yu Jia excitedly raised the volume of his commentary.

"The main thing is the rhythm and the range of action, Gasol is worried that he will be passed by one step, and the defense will have to put Li Ze some distance, but the result is still shaky, Li Ze dribbles with a lot of amplitude, the rhythm is good, and the young man plays really well!"

Director Zhang saw Li Ze play well, and his heart was also happy, no matter whether he won or lost, it was enjoyable to watch.

In the remaining minutes of the second quarter, the two sides went back and forth, although the Thunder team was constantly rushing to grab the frontcourt rebounds by the opponent, resulting in the conversion offense has not been able to play, but the positional battle still maintained a 5-point lead by relying on Li Ze's continuous tandem.

Durant was in a tangled mood at this time, although he became the second choice of offense, he found that he scored more easily, whether it was the off-ball control cut or Li Ze's breakthrough point, it always made him easy to eat.

With just over two minutes left in the second quarter, head coach Phil Jackson replaced Bynum and took Odom to sharpen the rotation of the defense.

After that, the two teams began to play iron frequently, their physical energy continued to be consumed, and the shooting rate naturally began to decline slowly, and in the last few rounds, the Thunder changed their offensive routine.

Li Ze dribbled the ball across the half court, Turtle and Jeff Green sank to the two bottom corners, Ibaka came over at the free throw line elbow area to give Li Ze a pick-and-roll screen, and Durant pretended to cut inside at the free throw line.

When Li Ze broke through with his left hand, at this time, Ibaka went over to make a cover for Durant, let Durant bounce outside to catch the ball, and when the ball arrived, Durant received Li Ze's pass, and without hesitation, he jumped outside the three-point line.

"Bang...", he was angry.

"Fack! This doesn't go in either! ”

Durant scolded in annoyance, this opportunity is too good, no one is defending, and it is iron.

The long rebound was protected by Odom, pushed up the conversion offense, and found Kobe Bryant with a pass, who received the ball and accelerated directly, leaned on Li Ze's defense, killed the basket, and faked the real pass to Artest in the bottom corner.

After the latter received the ball, he shot dashing from outside the three-point line.

"Bang...", too.

Artest was raising his hand in celebration, but at this time he could only wave his fist awkwardly to express his chagrin.

After the long rebound was accepted by Jeff Ge Lin, he immediately found the turtle with a pass, who received the ball, accelerated in a straight line, rushed to the opponent's restricted area, ignored Gasol under the basket, rushed up in three steps, dodged in the air, and picked up the basket with his left hand.

"Ahh

After the goal, the turtle slapped his chest angrily, this was the first time the Thunder team's conversion offense, and he held back most of the half...

Bryant's face was slightly gloomy, the ball was his problem, he should attack the basket directly, and passing the ball was a wrong choice.

With 38 seconds left in the second quarter and one final offense, the Lakers pressed the offense to about 10 seconds and put the ball in the hands of Bryant in the low post.

In the face of Li Ze's defense, after three threats, the right hand quickly released the ball, the crotch changed backwards, and the ball in his left hand dribbled two steps in the direction of the bottom line, pretending to break through the bottom line, and suddenly his body twisted, and he took another step to the line with the ball in his right hand.

Seeing that Kobe Bryant was on the edge of the paint area on the bottom line again, Li Ze suddenly felt bad, and then he saw Kobe Bryant pull his right hand back, quickly close the ball, and throw a backward jumper.

The two-pointer was easily scored.

"Oh! Yes!! ”

In the Staples Arena, the audience immediately cheered enthusiastically for Kobe's step-back jumper, and Los Angeles fans just like to watch Kobe's singles, which is so picturesque!

Taking advantage of the serve, Li Ze caught up with Kobe Bryant, who was returning to defense, and said in a low voice:

"It's definitely your shooting hotspot near the paint zone on the baseline, every time you catch the ball in the low post, you always like to get close to the paint zone near the baseline, and I'll guard you in the second half."

"yes, you found out, but you can't stop me, I'll still be there in the second half to shoot the basketball, your card position is not aggressive, come on, rookie!"

Kobe generously admitted it, and by the way, he calmly pretended to be an X.

The last attack of the Thunder team, Li Ze was entangled by Kobe Bryant and did not catch the ball well, the turtle saw that there was not much time left, and after Ibaka's high block, he took three points and shot a quick stop.

"Whew...", the whistle hit, and the long two points scored.

At halftime, 61-54, the Thunder went into the second half with a seven-point lead on the road.

At halftime, Coach Brooks drew directly on the tactical board and began to explain the tactical arrangements for the second half to the players:

"The Lakers may have a two-tower lineup again in the third quarter, and if Bynum and Gasol are there, pay attention, guys, we're going to keep clearing the paint and cover up."

"Of course, if Phil Jackson makes a change, he will send a big four lineup, and then we have to speed up the attack, the opponent's shooting percentage has started to drop, and we have to take advantage of the transition attack."

"Kayce, if the opponent is a big and four small lineup, you have to stand in two more corners and pull Kobe out, Russell, then you have to play more pick-and-roll at the No. 5 position."

"Kevin, you have to play smarter, Kostic is there, you have to make good use of his off-ball coverage, get better space for yourself, be decisive."

"That's all on the offensive end, on the defensive end, in the low post, the defenders on the line can add some interference or wrapping up appropriately, you have to communicate on the court, don't be afraid of fouls, we controlled the number of fouls very well in the first half."

"We have a seven-point lead, in the third quarter, we play a little tougher, and we will win this game."

Coach Brooks was already a little upset at this time, and the tactics of pressing the bottom of the box were also taken out, and the thick chicken soup was bowled one after another.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Coach Phil Jackson immediately changed the lineup, Odom started and replaced Bynum, while Fisher still started in the second half, and the Lakers still needed the old fish's three-point shot.

Taking advantage of the serve, Li Ze made a gesture to the turtle and turtle, blocking and dismantling, and after half the court, Li Ze immediately smoked in the bottom corner to open up space for his teammates.

Li Ze left bottom corner, Durant right bottom corner, at this time Jeff Green and Durant moved at the same time, Kostic also rose to block the turtle turtle, Durant's side is fake, the turtle turtle is real here.

After blocking and dismantling, he broke through on the left side, immediately accelerated in a straight line, rushed to the basket, and stood against Gasol, who was returning to the defense, and after the aerial confrontation, he scored the ball.

"Roar!"

Upon landing, the turtle immediately showed off his biceps to the Staples Arena audience.

The Lakers attacked, and when Gasol fell to the low post to receive the ball and hit it strongly, Durant on the line began to symbolically interfere, coupled with Kostic's desperate top defense with his big body, Gasol's turn hook shot and slid out of the basket.

After Jeff Green protected the rebound, he found Durant with a pass, who didn't stop the ball and immediately passed to the turtle who had accelerated, and Fisher also wanted to pull it to delay the speed of the transition offense.

But it's a pity that the turtle that rushed up was like a small tank, accelerating faster and faster in a straight line, kicking up two or three steps, and throwing Fisher away, striding towards the basket, and after jumping with both feet, the round windmill was violently buckled.

"Bang..."

"Shhhhh

Staples Arena erupted in loud boos as excited turtles bounced back and raised their hands to signal louder boos.

"It's amazing! Westbrook's athletic talent is really lightning speed, and as soon as the Thunder's transition offense starts, the Lakers can't stop it, and they still have to replace the old fish, and the defense is too bad. ”

Director Zhang sighed at the physical talent of the turtle, and at the same time gave the Lakers a trick.

But Fisher can really play a role on the offensive end, using the containment of Kobe and Gasol in the low post, and Fisher can hit a three-pointer from the outside.

Coach Phil Jackson is also very entangled at this time, replacing Fisher may be stronger defensively, but on the offensive end, Fisher's three-point shot can really be thrown, and Vujacic is too iron after coming on the court, and the space can't be opened.

But halfway through the game in the third quarter, the situation on the court changed dramatically, and the Thunder team's offense was still the turtle's high-position blocking and dismantling tactics, but this time, Fisher's blocking and dismantling was very timely, and Gasol contracted faster.

Seeing that there was no chance to make a move, the turtle gave the ball to Kostic in the high position, and at this time, Li Ze ran over from the bottom corner to play a hand-to-hand with Kostic.

After receiving the ball, there were 10 seconds left in the offensive time, Li Ze held the ball in his right hand, feigned a breakthrough, and noticed that Kobe Bryant was adjusting the center of gravity of the defense, and suddenly made a large turn.

Dribbled with his left hand, used Kostic's big body to block Kobe, shook off the defense, and made a quick shot from beyond the three-point line.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"Li Ze's three-point shot, score! Wonderful passing action, the score difference came to 10 points! ”

Host Yu Jia didn't expect the Thunder to withstand it in the third quarter, and also widened the difference to double digits.

Kobe didn't expect Li Ze to take it out and throw it outside the three-point line, and the rookie rookie shot a three-pointer in front of him, and he had to respond to one.

After halftime, Gartel immediately stepped up to block and dismantle, Kobe Bryant broke through on the left side, and at the top of the arc, he made a three-point jumper.

"Bang...", he was angry.

Artest and Odom immediately rushed to grab the rebound, scrambled under the basket, and finally Jeff Green struggled to protect the rebound.

"Kevin, Double!!"

Before halftime, Li Ze immediately shouted at Durant, and at the same time made a tactical gesture to his teammates.

After dribbling past the half, Li Ze immediately came to the bottom left corner outside the three-point line to open up the space, and it was still a high-post blocking and dismantling tactic, but this time Kostic gave the turtle a fake cover.

And Durant, in the bottom corner, through the double cover of Jeff Green and Kostic, received a pass from outside the three-point line, got rid of the defense, and made a jumper.

"Huh...", the three-pointer went in again.

This goal was scored, so that Artest, who defended Durant, broke the defense a little, he was not smooth on the offensive end of this game, and he always had to squeeze the cover on the defensive end, and he was fouled 4 times by Durant, and he was holding back a fire in his heart, and he couldn't help it anymore at the moment:

"You're a soft guy who can only shoot and shoot free throws, and you're nothing without a whistle!"

"Falk squid! Go beg Kobe Bryant and let him take you to win the game back, look at you, really like a poor puppy! Just scream, go to your master. ”

Durant, as a matchmaker, is also full of firepower at the moment, and he is spraying wildly at Artest.

Li Ze saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly went up to grab Artest, and at the same time, the turtle also rushed up and pushed Odom away to prevent the other party from sneaking up.

Artest, who was pulled, did not rush up, and at this time the referee also came over and quickly separated the two sides.

The audience at the Staples Arena watched the excitement without much fun, and they all watched happily, and many people followed suit, and the atmosphere of the scene suddenly became noisy again.

Li Ze saw that Artest was still chattering, and said to Durant beside him:

"Well done, Kevin, that guy must have committed 5 crimes, and he can't play in the third quarter!"

Durant was very proud, and after high-fived Li Ze to celebrate, he said with a smile:

"That guy's trash talk is long outdated, he should look at Twitter more, no one can beat me in the trash talk field!"

Li Ze's face was strange, and the famous trash talk suddenly appeared in his mind: "Before you come...", quickly put this boring thought behind him, and thought excitedly in his heart:

"Artest was knocked down technically, and the Lakers don't want to chase it back in this game!"