Artest had 5 fouls, and the knock-on effect was that Kobe Bryant needed to play at the No. 3 position.

Coach Phil Jackson looked around the bench, Vujacic was too iron, Jordan Famar was too short, and he could only wave his hand in desperation, Shannon Brown, and it was decided that it was you.

It's still a big and four small lineup, and Phil Jackson stepped forward to tell Shannon Brown.

"Brown, your job on the court is to guard Lee, pay attention to his off-ball running, and be sure to echo his teammates on the defensive end when you come on the court."

Xiangnon-Brown had an ominous premonition, feeling that he couldn't guard against Li Ze, but at this time, he could only nod his head and signal that he was fine.

The skirmish between Durant and Artest brought the benefit to the Thunder team that everyone could take a breath, and the rhythm of the game in the third quarter was pulled quickly by the Thunder, and everyone in the Thunder consumed a lot of physical energy.

"Kostic, you take a break, Ibaka, watch the rebound when you get on the court, keep up this offensive rhythm, we're just over a quarter away from winning, hold on, guys!"

Coach Brooks took the opportunity to give the players another beating, and Li Ze's physical condition is still very good, after all, he spent most of the third quarter in the bottom corner, and the turtle is an individual monster, only Durant began to gasp for air.

When the two teams returned to the court, Kobe Bryant took advantage of Gasol's block and hit an easy two-point shot from the right elbow of the free throw line to help the Lakers stabilize the situation.

When the Thunder team attacked, Li Ze found that his defense had become Shannon Brown, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and just after halftime, he immediately made offensive gestures to his teammates.

When the turtle held the ball at 45 degrees on the left side outside the three-point line, Durant was at the top of the arc, Jeff Green mentioned 45 degrees on the right side outside the three-point line, Li Ze cut horizontally along the baseline in the bottom right corner, and after making a cross cover with Ibaka under the basket, he opened his hand in the low post to ask for the ball.

Li Ze's card position may not be aggressive enough for Kobe, but Shannon Brown, with the advantage of height and weight, easily stuck near the paint area of the baseline and received a pass from the turtle.

After receiving the ball, take a step to the line, pull back with his right hand, quickly close the ball, and throw a backward jumper.

The two-pointer was easily scored.

After scoring the goal, Li Ze didn't look at Shannon Brown, and spread his hands at Kobe Bryant with a smile, saying that I am also very good at backward jumpers.

This action made the hearts of Shannon Brown and Kobe Bryant fire at the same time.

"The Thunder team just crossed the bottom line and let Li Ze attack in the low post, under normal circumstances, most of these tactics are used for the center to play in the low post, but don't say it, the effect is good!"

Director Zhang was happy to see it, Li Ze was getting better and better, and he felt very comfortable.

The 13-point difference made the Lakers begin to increase their outside shots, but there were two chances, Odom Bangbang hit the iron, and the Thunder played a conversion offense, so he had no choice but to foul in advance and send the turtle to the free throw line.

Coach Phil Jackson watched helplessly from the sidelines, Fisher made 2 of 3 three-pointers in the third quarter, and the offensive end really contributed his firepower, but the defensive end really couldn't keep up.

By the end of the third quarter, 91-76, the Thunder had a 15-point lead.

At the intermission, Kobe Bryant sat on the bench and was a little depressed, the Lakers could still score offensively, but the defensive end was on the verge of collapse, and the Thunder shot too accurately, and the response ball could always be scored.

Shannon Brown glanced at Kobe Bryant cautiously, silently bowed his head and wiped his sweat, after he came on the court, Li Ze was active again, and walked to the free throw line in the last few minutes, he really couldn't prevent it...

Coach Brooks was still very cautious in the fourth quarter, except to take the physically poor Durant and replace him with Soflosa, and the rest of the main players were still all on the court.

The Lakers are also the main players, and a few more minutes of fighting in the end can be regarded as an explanation to the fans at home.

When the Thunder attacked in the fourth quarter, Li Ze began to chase Artest, and finally received a satisfactory return.

After receiving the ball at 45 degrees on the left side outside the three-point line, facing Artest who had changed his defense, he dribbled back with his left hand, changed his right hand to the crotch and turned backwards, leaning on Artest to accelerate the breakthrough.

The rhythm changes during the march, the left hand slaps the ball on the spot, suddenly changes direction under the crotch, and the right hand quickly makes a feint to pull the ball back, and then twists the body, quickly closes the ball, and pretends to shoot.

Artest was directly shaken, Li Ze quickly leaned up with his body, threw the ball out casually, and shouted at the same time:

"My bowl!"

"Squeak..."

Although he shot too hard and almost hit the timer in embarrassment, the referee still blew a foul on the thug, and Artest left the court with 6 fouls.

Durant was happy on the sidelines, waving at Artest while throwing the towel wildly, and still chanting words in his mouth:

"See you on Twitter in the evening, barking puppy!"

Fortunately, there was boos in the Staples arena, and Artest didn't hear Durant's shouts, otherwise the two would have tore together again...

Li Ze stood on the free throw line with a relaxed face, adjusted his breathing, and made two free throws steadily.

17 points, the iron-blooded 2-pointer is not enough, after all, the Thunder can always score response shots, and after Durant came on the court to brush the score to 30+, with 4 minutes and 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Phil Jackson asked for a timeout, and Ming Jin withdrew.

Then Coach Brooks also replaced all the main players, and the game went into garbage time, and the final time was over, 115-100, and the Thunder defeated the Los Angeles Lakers on the road and regained the first place in the West again.

After the game, Kobe Bryant looked serious, and after a simple hug and greeting with the players of the Thunder team, he walked directly to the players' tunnel, and it can be seen that he was very dissatisfied with the result of this game.

shot 14-of-26, 12-of-14 free throws, 40 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and although there were 3 turnovers, Kobe Bryant still played very well in this game.

Li Ze 26 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Westbrook 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Durant 30 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and the Thunder scored a total of 78 points, this offensive firepower is terrible! Congratulations to the Thunder for returning to No. 1 in the West. ”

Yu Jia, the host in the CCTV studio, said in a brisk tone.

"Young people are amazing! The outside opportunity can really be thrown, Li Ze made 5 of 8 three-pointers, and the Thunder directly threw the Lakers twin towers. ”

"It's a bit like the Suns, and they're going to Phoenix tomorrow, so it's going to be a good game."

Director Zhang also smiled and briefly summarized the game, he felt a little pity in his heart, tomorrow is Thursday, CCTV has no broadcast plan.

"The next time we broadcast a game for the Thunder, we will have to wait until the 29th, and I will give you a preview in advance, the 29th is the Nets' game against the Thunder at home, and it is also the long-awaited Celestial Derby."

"Thank you all for watching, and finally our lottery session, we will give away two genuine jerseys, I will shout to start, and Zhang will guide you to shout stop."

"Stop..."

“……”

After the game, in the Thunder locker room, everyone looked happy, and finally took revenge.

After winning the game, Coach Brooks was also secretly refreshed, but it was not time to relax, after all, there were still back-to-back games to play.

"Okay, boys, very good play, I said, we're already a strong team, it's not time to relax, keep up the form, have a good rest tonight, we're going to go back to Russia with two wins in a row away from home!"

"Oh yes! Yes! ”

Li Ze also happily followed everyone and screamed, winning the defending champion, this feeling is really cool!

At this time, on the Celestial Tiger Fight Forum on the other side of the ocean, many Kemi also broke the defense a little, and the first position in the west was gone, so there was a classic reply after the game.

"Volute did his best, teammate CBA, Bynum is brainless, Gasol is too soft, the old fish shouldn't be on it!"

"The Lakers lost, Volute didn't, 40+8+6, Volute X!"

"The Lakers should have deliberately put it on purpose, because they have to prepare for the Christmas game with all their might, and it's normal to lose."

"Hehe, deliberately losing, can you figure this out? Is it hard to admit that the Thunder played well? Li Zeniu X, the Thunder three young people abuse the Lakers, comfortable! ”

"It's so cool! The Symes continued to blow, hugging their thighs and not winning the game, and they were still scoring there in the fourth quarter, looking at Li Ze, who kept passing the ball to his teammates for the next few minutes. ”

"The Christmas game is waiting for me Zhan to abuse the Lakers, the twin towers are useless, if I Zhan plays in the Finals before, I will definitely kill Kobe."

"You're all there, this is the Thunder's post-game news post, Jamie get out of here."

"The Thunder are so good, I'm already looking forward to the derby game after that, and the UAE has been in good form recently, so I hope to get more points then."

"Still blowing the Alliana, next year I see that he will have to come back to play CBA, come back as soon as possible, don't be embarrassed outside!"

"Your own people are also black? has been reported, the two devils hurriedly got out of the tiger pounce. ”

Every time the Thunder and Lakers play each other, the fans on both sides of the post-game news post will always be in a ball, of course, most of the time Cormi has blown up the Thunder fans, and the number is not a level...

Li Ze didn't have the heart to watch the tearing battle between the fans, he had to rest early tonight, although there were B+ grade energy drinks to help him recover his physical fitness, but going to bed early and getting up early was conducive to him maintaining his good hand, and at the same time, he also wanted to see the gain of tonight's game badge experience.

Although the big bed in the hotel is not as comfortable as that in the city, Li Ze simply washed up, and after lying on the bed for a short time, he slowly fell asleep, and tonight's game actually consumed him a lot.

In the dream training space, after Li Ze exhaled out of the control panel, he saw two new prompts on the achievement room, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"The Lakers experience package really lives up to its name!"

Once you've entered the achievement, take a brief look at the experience of each achievement badge, then look at the two newly produced badges of the same color, and tap your finger to see their attributes:

Achievement Badge [Leaning King]: 4/50

Improves the ability to make back-to-back jumpers.

Achievement Badge [Perpetual Motion Defender]: 6/50

Reduces the loss of stamina from struggling to defend.

After seeing the attributes of the two new badges, Li Ze suddenly grinned, attacking and defending, and the effect was simple and rude.

"Haha, if I can, I really want to play with the Lakers all the time, if I play 82 Lakers, I will take off directly in one season!"

......

The Phoenix Suns had a 46-36 record last season, and finally unfortunately ranked 9th in the West and missed the playoffs.

With O'Neal's departure, the Suns have returned to their old ways of playing this season, and the 35-year-old Steve Nash is still in good form, and the Suns are 18-10 ahead of this game and sit in sixth place in the West.

Head coach Alvin Gentry was a little worried before the game, just lost to the Cavaliers in the last game, and then ushered in the more athletic Thunder team, and then thought of the Thunder's back line, Coach Kinteri became more and more depressed.

"I hope the opponent doesn't feel good back-to-back, and the game is not good..."

After getting off the plane, everyone on the Thunder team, except for Jeff Green and Durant who have not fully recovered, everyone else is full of energy, and the last game can be played to go home for Christmas, and everyone is in a very good state of mind.

After lunch, the afternoon training session was still focused on recovery, and Coach Brooks didn't explain too much tactical arrangement, because he felt that the Thunder were also very good at playing fast-paced games, and they could play normally.

"Shet! Why is their fitness not affected? We all played the same game! ”

Durant saw Li Ze and Turtle Turtle playing fiercely one-on-one on the side, and asked out loud with a depressed face.

"Kevin, everyone's talent is different, Kayce and Russell are physical monsters, back-to-back is trivial for them."

Jeff Green moved his sore muscles and answered Durant's questions next to him in an envious tone.

What you said makes sense, Durant was speechless, although he has won 30+ in a row in the last few games, he found that many media not only praised him, but also sang praises to Li Ze.

Especially ESPN, what kind of historical rookie, Jordan's successor, the face of the league in the next ten years, directly blew Li Ze into the sky, and Durant is crazy and lemon, obviously he is the core of the Thunder team...

"I have to work on my fitness in the offseason, and the media company has to speed up my pace, and no one can take my position as the boss!"

"Shet! The ball control also needs to be strengthened, and it feels like Kayce's breakthrough ability has improved again. ”

Durant saw Li Ze easily shake the turtle and turtle, and made a layup lightly, and after secretly feeling lemons in his heart, he arranged a bunch of training projects for himself, it is not easy to be the boss of the Thunder team...

The US Airways Center Arena was full tonight, and aside from the results, the Suns were definitely among the best in terms of the spectacle of playing, with gorgeous fast breaks and explosive dunks, all of which deeply attracted local Phoenix fans to buy tickets to watch the game.

Before the game, in the Thunder locker room, head coach Brooks briefly told his players:

"Guys, this game may be fast-paced, but we're going to be careful to reduce our turnovers and at the same time, control the long rebounds, Russell, and pay attention to Nash's pick-and-roll offense."

"Kayce, get our attacking rhythm in your hands, come on, boys, win this game and end our Christmas schedule perfectly!"

"Yay! 10,000, spitting, crushing, and logging tired! ”

The atmosphere at the Suns' home court was very hot, and the crowd booed the Thunder trio as the DJ roared to introduce the visitors.

On the other side of the ocean, today is Thursday, and Sina Sports has obtained the broadcast rights of this game.

While the players on both sides were in the final warm-up, the host Ke Xiaofan began to introduce the starting lineups of the two sides:

"The Suns, who are playing at home, are still in the regular rotation today, with Steve Nash and Jason Richardson starting in the backcourt, Grant Hill and Amare Stoudemire in the front, and Channing Frye in the center."

"On the Thunder's side, Russell Westbrook and Li Ze are in the backcourt, with Kevin Durant and Jeff Green at the front and Nenad Kostic at center."

"Two consecutive away games, Coach Ma, do you think the Thunder's fitness will be affected in this game?"

Due to patronizing and chatting about Li Ze's performance before the game, the host Ke Xiaofan quickly brought the topic back to the two teams.

"The back-to-back away games, of course, will have some physical impact, but I'm more worried about the players' feel, and after getting off the plane, they will have to play with simple adjustments, which is also a test for the Thunder."

Ma Jian, as always, gave the fans a preventive shot first.

"As Coach Ma said, the regular season goes on and on, and the further back you go, the harder it gets back-to-back games, and the game starts right away, and we turn the screen forward!"

After the players on both sides exchanged greetings, Kostic and Stoudemire came to the centre circle to prepare for the jump.

At the beginning of the game, Stoudemire jumped to the ball for the Suns, Nash came up and played a high block with Channing Frye first, and Frye shot directly outside the three-point line and scored! The Suns were the first to attack too fast. ”

After the host Ke Xiaofan finished talking about the Suns' offense in one breath, he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

Before Kostic could come up, the opponent had already shot, Nash's ground-hitting pass was just right, and Channing Frye had a very smooth rhythm from receiving the ball to shooting.

The first attack of the Thunder is still the turtle's high-position blocking and dismantling tactics, if Nash's offense is S-level, then the defense is B+, not to mention that now Nash is 35 years old, and the turtle likes to play against veterans.

Kostic stepped up to block and his teammates opened up space for the turtle to attack, and after the pick-and-roll, he easily shook off Nash's defense, and after holding the ball in his left hand, he dribbled two big steps before making a pull-up jump shot in the left elbow area of the free throw line.

The two-pointer was easily scored.

The Suns quickly served the baseline ball, Nash received the ball and dribbled quickly across the halfcourt, the Suns all pulled away from the outside, and Stoudemire blocked and dismantled high.

After Nash broke through on the left side, he leaned on the turtle with his body, and in the middle of the march, he flicked his left wrist and made a hidden pass to find Stoudemire.

After the latter received the ball, he dribbled with his right hand, turned around, shook off Jeff Green, who was defending in front of him, and smashed the basket with one arm with his left hand!

"Bang..."Stoudemire's signature basket turned and dunked.

“Too easy！”

Stoudemire, who won the dunk, shouted provocatively at the Thunder while returning to the defense.

"Ahh

The US Airways Center Arena suddenly erupted in huge cheers, and the fast and gorgeous attack made Phoenix fans never get tired of watching it!

The Thunder also served the baseline ball quickly, and after the turtle dribbled through the half, the simple Spanish block and the back cover of Kostic allowed Li Ze to easily bounce out to catch the ball.

Jason Richardson chased half a beat slower, and after Li Ze's realistic shooting feint, the opponent was directly flown away, shaking off the defense, Li Ze held the ball in his left hand and strode towards the opponent's penalty area.

Ignoring Channing Fry's block under the basket, after both feet are fully jumped, the body tenses, the left arm pulls back, and a powerful one-handed heavy buckle!

The ball was smashed into the basket.

Channing-Frye was knocked away by Li Ze after a confrontation in the air, but fortunately, Kostic behind him hugged him...

“Too easy！”

After the dunk was successful, Li Ze shouted provocatively at everyone on the Suns with a relaxed expression despite the boos of the audience, and at the same time secretly complained in his heart:

"Pretend to be X, I'm very familiar with this job..."