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Chapter 125 I Have Never Seen This Scene

Timeout, Thunder bench.

Su Yang looked up at the timer and found that there was 1 minute and 47 seconds left in the first quarter, and the Lakers only requested a short timeout of 20 seconds. After a little thought, he said to Durant and the others: "According to Phil Jackson's style, the Lakers lineup It won't change, they'll put more emphasis on getting the ball in, preventing us from pushing us too fast, they're slow, they're distracted..."

From Su Yang's point of view, the Lakers' style of play is fine, they just missed the mark, especially not even Kobe.

The real problem for the Lakers is that the retreat was too slow and chaotic, and they greatly underestimated the viciousness of the young Thunder.

"Tyson, you come on to replace DeAndre, focus on interfering with Pau Gasol receiving and passing the ball..."

"Wesley, you are in charge of defending Kobe. The others pay attention to the defense, cut off the passing route, and try to force him to shoot. Even if he makes a shot, it doesn't matter. Our goal is to control the rhythm of the game and let them seek to break the game..."

After a few words, the whistle sounded at the end of the short timeout, and the players of the two teams returned to the field.

The Lakers lineup has not changed as Su Yang predicted, but for the Thunder, Chandler is replaced by Jordan, and Matthews is replaced by Westbrook.

Su Yang deliberately dispatched the Thunder's strongest offensive lineup, intending to expand their lead and make the Lakers scramble.

Beep!The referee blew the whistle and the Lakers kicked off from the bottom line in the backcourt.

"LetsGo LA!" shouted from the Staples Center, and the Lakers fans on the scene had already discovered that things were not simple. It seemed that the Thunder, the young army, seemed to be able to pose a threat to the championship Lakers, and even beat the Lakers.

Amidst the shouts, Brown dribbled the ball across the center line, passed it to Odom on the left, and then ran to the right.

Odom received the ball with both hands raised high, his eyes staring straight at the left waist, making it clear that he was going to pass Kobe.

Seeing this, Matthews went around and raised his hand to interfere, Kobe suddenly turned around and rushed to the basket, giving up his back to seek a sneak attack.

Odom immediately passed the hang to the paint area, the speed was fast, and the position was accurate, which invisibly reflected why he was called a left-handed magician.

Bryant catches the pass easily and is about to drive for a layup when Chandler shrinks the rim.

In a hurry, Kobe stood up to face Chandler, held up the basketball and smashed it towards the basket, like a god of war.

Chandler also jumped up, didn't try to block the shot, but put his arms side by side, trying to block the space.

when!The basketball hit the rim and bounced upside down.

Matthews, who was following Kobe, took off to grab the ball, landed and scanned the half court, and raised his hand to make a long pass to the center line.

The basketball roared and flew over Odom's head. Green caught the ball from the center line and turned around, heading straight for the front basket.

On the Lakers side, only Brown was chasing at the same time alone, and rushed towards Green with a look of death.

Seeing that situation, Su Yang recalled the brutal scene of Brown catching impersonating Mario West, and subconsciously reminded him.

As soon as the words fell, Green made an emergency stop in the paint area, hit the ball to the left sideline, and Harden received the ball wide open.

Boos broke out in the Staples Center in an instant, and Harden calmly merged with the ball and raised his hand for a three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball went into the net hollow, 43 to 26.

"Very good, keep it up." Su Yang clapped his hands and waved his hands to remind Harden and Green to retreat.

The cheering cheers of the Lakers sounded again in the arena, and the Lakers fans have fully realized how fierce the Thunder are.

Brown dribbled the ball across the center line and handed it to Odom as usual. The goal was still to pass to Kobe on the left waist.

Matthews did not move forward, but actively changed his defensive strategy according to Su Yang's arrangement, making it difficult for Kobe to adapt quickly.

All attack-defense masters have to do that, and the fixed routine will be cracked soon, and it may also be used in reverse.

Amidst the shouts, Kobe bent his knees to catch the ball, turned around to face the frame, swung his arms sharply, and swept low.

That's a small forward's style of play. Any left or right footsteps may cause it to be too late to adjust the center of gravity. Matthews chose to retreat.

Bryant immediately pulled up a fallback jumper, but Matthews jumped almost at the same time and interfered, and his right hand went straight to the basketball.

Maybe it's a knee injury, or maybe it's because he's getting older and his explosive power is not as good as before. Kobe didn't seem to expect Matthews to pounce so quickly, so he had to temporarily adjust the shooting position in a hurry. The basketball flew high and the angle was slightly off.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Chandler jumped, grabbed the rebound firmly, landed and turned around to pass Harden, and the Thunder launched a counterattack.

"Back to defense, back to defense..." Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw was also anxious, shouting at Brown and others.

Players from the two teams rushed forward, the Lakers were the first to complete the positioning, and the Thunder's fast break was blocked and changed to a formation.

Su Yang sounded a reminder to continue to fight around Green, and called the Trade Screen (exchange cover) tactic. That tactic was specially designed for the combination of Harden + Green. Originally, Jordan was in charge of cooperating, and Chandler would only be better.

Durant and Matthews hurriedly moved to the right wing and right bottom corner, leaving space and establishing a three-point threat.

Harden took the ball to the position of the team logo, and Green, who had already landed at the top of the arc, directly tried to cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

Odom moved hurriedly to prepare for the delay, but Green turned and ran to the left, crossing screens with Chandler without the ball.

In the blink of an eye, Chandler rushed to the top of the arc, and Brown didn't expect it at all, and another screen came after the screen was withdrawn.

The Lakers will remind them loudly, but before Brown can react, Chandler has already set up the wall.

Harden took the opportunity to start and rushed, Brown couldn't squeeze through the screen to chase, and Artest didn't dare to let Durant go to help defend.

Gasol moved laterally in advance to try to intercept, but unfortunately the position of the team logo was too far from the basket, and he was thrown away in two steps.

Amidst the boos, Odom shrank and intercepted from the short corner on the left, posing a great threat to Harden.

But Harden didn't even look at the basket, raised his hand and threw the ball to the unguarded Green, and several fans on the sidelines shouted anxiously.

Odom rushed forward desperately, forgetting about the low center of gravity of defense and broken footsteps.

But just like that, there was still no time to stop Green from shooting a three-pointer, but the basketball was pounding.

Cheers of joy broke out in the arena. Who would have thought that Chandler ran and took off, and made a dunk with both hands.

The basketball blasted into the net, and the Thunder led 45 to 26. The cheers stopped abruptly, and Gasol stood there blankly.

Kobe was so angry that his nostrils enlarged, he gritted his teeth and shook his head, pointing at Artest and yelling to serve quickly, the Lakers immediately launched a fast break.

Matthews didn't dare to relax at all, and ran to the left wing of the frontcourt all the way, facing Kobe, sitting sideways and retreating one after another.

In just one second, the two landed on the left waist, and Kobe suddenly joined the ball and turned around, making a super-difficult fallback mid-range shot.

bang bang bang!The basketball hit the hoop and rebounded twice, and then it came out of the basket, and the Staples Center resounded with sighs.

Chandler caught the rebound, landed the protection and handed it to Harden, and the Thunder launched a counterattack again.

The Lakers fans yelled for defense in unison, and Su Yang signaled that they could play and exchange screen tactics again, just as Gasol was not in good condition.

Harden slowly led the ball to the team logo, Green went up to the wall as a cover as usual, and Odom immediately grabbed the double-team.

The double-team came suddenly, and Harden was in the position of the team logo, so it was difficult to pull the ball back to avoid it.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yang shouted a reminder to the field, and Matthews quickly retreated to the center line to respond.

Kobe chased after him, without any scruples, and Matthews quickly passed Durant who was raised from the bottom corner.

Artest also had no scruples to press down, and the referee didn't call for consecutive fouls, but Durant put the ball straight to the basket.

I saw Green sneaking to the basket, easily catching the ball and jumping to score, while Odom just started to catch up from the sideline.

47 to 26, the Thunder played a 22 to 1 attack wave, playing the Lakers like a CBA team.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Van Gundy chuckled and shook his head: "I imagined many possibilities, but I didn't expect the Thunder to lead by 21 points in the first quarter..."

Jackson nodded slightly: "I once thought that the Lakers would slowly equalize or even overtake the score..."

Brin smiled: "In NBA history, the championship team lost the most on the night of the ring..."

The live broadcast was shown on the benches of the two teams. Phil Jackson on the Lakers side became a little indifferent, as if accepting the result in front of him. On the Thunder side, Su Yang sat down for the first time after the opening and took a sip of mineral water.

The first quarter of the game was over in a blink of an eye. With Kobe's aggressive breakthrough and dunks, the Lakers were only 19 points away from catching up.

But after the start of the second quarter, the two teams competed on the bench for several rounds, and the Thunder expanded their lead again.

The two teams came and went, and the Thunder finally defeated the Lakers 120 to 106 and won their first victory of the season.

In the whole game, six players from the Thunder team scored in double figures, while Kobe scored 40 points in vain.

Many media have reported the game with the theme of "accident", but the famous Lakers Magic Johnson said in an interview: The Thunder will be the strongest opponent of the Lakers in the West, especially like the SHOWTIME Lakers back then.

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