NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Vogel frowned tightly. He didn't understand why the head coach of the Nuggets took Jokic down to try this small lineup.

But as a head coach, Vogel always has to make adjustments.

"Hey guys, just fight normally, fight them!"

Vogel shouted orders from the sidelines.

Westbrook nodded, expressing his understanding.

Afterwards, in the Lakers offensive round, Gary Clark sent a baseline ball, and Westbrook held the ball and pushed forward.

The Lakers put up a 5-out offensive lineup, and the Nuggets were afraid of the Lakers' three-pointers and put up a man-to-man defensive strategy.

This gave Westbrook a chance to break through. Without hesitation, Westbrook passed the Nuggets' vacancy and headed inside.

After attracting the Nuggets center to defend, Westbrook flicked his wrist and threw it to Deckard on the outside.

Deckard catches and shoots the ball and hits a 3-pointer steadily!
Back to the Nuggets offensive round!
The size and athleticism of the Nuggets' small lineup is much worse than that of the Lakers. Under the strict defense of the Lakers' man-to-man defense, the Nuggets struggled.

After Rivers Jr. tried several breakthroughs to no avail, he could only shoot a three-pointer against Westbrook.

The ball had a high arc and hit the front iron of the basket and bounced high and was caught by Gary Clark at the free throw line.

At this time, Westbrook was rushing to the Nuggets basket, taking the lead, throwing away Rivers Jr. by two full positions behind him.

"Hey, long pass!!"

Westbrook ran and shouted, and the voice reached Gary Clark's ears.

Gary Clark understood, grabbed the ball with one hand, swung it round and then threw it forward.

The pass was very comfortable. After getting the ball, Westbrook dunked in three steps and easily scored 2 points!
Then, in the Nuggets' offensive round, the player passed the ball after a simple run, and Chick-Nagy had an open three-pointer.

Chick-Nagy didn't hesitate, just raised his hand and shot.

Seeing this, Dyke rushed out to defend. Although he didn't get the ball, it also interfered with Chick-Nagy's shot.

After Westbrook picked up the rebound and pushed it to the frontcourt with the ball, Westbrook directly put scissors into gear and accelerated to the inside.

Westbrook easily squeezed past Rivers Jr. and faced Chick Nagy's defense for a tough layup!
Although the goal was not scored, it also caused a defensive foul by Chick-Nagy. Westbrook went to the free throw line, made two free throws and scored 1 point.

After only a few rounds, the Lakers have already caught up with 4 points. The small lineup of the Nuggets is really rubbish.

The head coach of the Nuggets also noticed this, and quickly took Chick-Nagy and Rivers Jr. down, and replaced Jokic and Jeff Green on the court.

"Hey guys, continue with the offensive strategy we said earlier!"

Seeing Jokic re-entering the court, Vogel quickly ordered Westbrook and others to implement the previous strategy.

Westbrook understood and nodded quickly to express his understanding.

In the subsequent games, Westbrook led a small lineup to continuously attack Jokic on the offensive end, frantically confronting Jokic physically.

On the defensive end, Dyke stared at Jokic's defense and let Jokic fight alone!

But the Nuggets also deserve the name of a playoff team, and they played well!

As soon as Jokic, the core of the team, returned to the court, the Nuggets' offense immediately became much smoother. His offensive threat was great and attracted the attention of many Lakers players. Other Nuggets players also played much more comfortably. .

The scene on the court gradually evolved into a mutual explosion on the offensive end of the two teams!

During this period, Vogel let Horton Tucker, Rivers Jr. and other players in the team play for a while.

This stalemate was not broken until the second half of the third quarter!
The Nuggets head coach called a timeout after Horton Tucker hit a strong [-]-pointer.

At this time, Jokic was already sweating profusely, and his footsteps were a little slow. The head coach of the Nuggets also saw this. His timeout was to replace Jokic.

Vogel also judged this, and he quickly removed the small lineup and replaced it with a large lineup of James, Monk, Gua, Howard, and Johnson!
The timeout ended, and as Vogel expected, the Nuggets really took Jokic off the court!
"Oh, it looks like the Nuggets took Jokic off the court and put Chick-Nagy in!"

Buck, who was in front of the technical stage, used his loud voice to explain the situation on the field.

O'Neill grinned, and took over the words: "It should be changed, Jokic is too tired, I can already see his sluggish footsteps!"

"You are right, O'Neal, but Jokic has performed well enough. According to statistics, he has now scored 36 points!"

"OMG! 36 points! That was indeed a crazy performance. His crazy performance kept the Nuggets leading by 6 points. Now let's see if Jokic's teammates can get enough for Jokic It's time to rest!"

Barkley and O'Neal said it well. Now Jokic has scored 36 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists. You know, the third quarter is not over yet. Such data is really explosive!
The Nuggets fans feasted their eyes and cheered Jokic as the MVP when he was off the court!
Listening to the cheers of the Nuggets home fans, Lin Fei who was sitting in the box just smiled.

In his opinion, the momentum of this game is already on the side of the Lakers. Although Jokic scored a lot of points and rebounds, the data of only 4 assists also shows that the Lakers' defensive strategy is very successful. !
Now that Jokic's physical strength is exhausted, other Nuggets players rarely have a chance to make shots before, and their touch has not been raised. Without Jokic, they are bound to struggle!
And now the Lakers have deployed James to hold the ball. In Lin Fei's view, the time to reap the game has come!
And the fact is just as Lin Fei thought, after the game restarted, James led a large lineup to completely destroy the Nuggets inside.

Chicknaghi, who is thin, can't resist the attacks of James, Howard and others!

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers overtook the score!

At this time, the Nuggets had their last breath and were about to be broken up. The head coach of the Nuggets also realized this, and immediately took Jokic to the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

And the Lakers' James, Westbrook and others attacked the Nuggets repeatedly in the fourth quarter, and Jokic, who had not fully recovered his physical strength, couldn't stand it at all!

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the point difference has been widened to about 15 points!
The head coach of the Nuggets knew that he was invincible, so he quickly replaced Jokic and other starters to rest to prevent injuries!

Seeing this, Vogel understood that the Nuggets had given up the game, so he also replaced the starting lineup, leaving Westbrook with Horton Tucker, Bazemore and others to continue the game.

The strength of the Nuggets' bench is not very strong, and there are no surprise players in this game, and the double-digit point difference has been maintained until the end of the game!
Although Jokic scored 42 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in this game, the Lakers finally accepted the game!
Such a result stunned the assistant coach of the Lakers who denied Lin Fei's defensive strategy before the game!

They would never have imagined that this general manager knew more about football than they did!