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Chapter 184 A Young Heart Has Firm Faith
Hearing such jokes, Durant and the five relaxed their nervous expressions a little, but they still stood silently.

Seeing that no one was cheering him on, Su Yang went on to say: "The good news is that after the first game, the Lakers fully realized how much we want to win, so they showed all their cards at the beginning of the game. After the series, the Lakers will not have any other opponents." Strategy…"

After the Lakers started, taking Artest as an example, it can be seen that he is very decisive in handling the ball on the offensive end, and he is determined not to give the Thunder the opportunity to adjust the defensive formation. Steal Durant.

Coupled with Fisher's long pass without warning, Kobe's determination to single-up on the fast break, and the resolute double-teaming and rotation of the Lakers team, the Lakers' offensive and defensive strategy is to concentrate on doing big things and intend to face the Thunder. Weakness stabs the knife.

If Ibaka's long shot is difficult to defend, he will not defend. Sefolosha will get the open space, and he will be fine if he loses points.

But if you don't lose points, then fight back to grab points, even if you don't win, you won't lose, and if you win, you will make a lot of money.

Anyway, the playoffs require intrigue and gambling.

"So, the bad news is that everyone needs to be prepared for every ball and adjust their mentality. We will encounter high-intensity defense, may shoot consecutively, may make multiple turnovers, may encounter malicious fouls, and even fall behind on match point...

Those players who achieved great careers in the past, such as Michael Jordan, not only possessed superb skills, but also had a tough character, and you already have superb skills, as long as you persist, you can win, please believe in yourself. "

As soon as the words fell, all the Thunder generals nodded one after another. Su Yang didn't adjust his tactics, but just raised his right hand to signal.

The whole team immediately raised their hands and yelled 123 Lets Go OKC in unison!

The fans on the sidelines echoed and cheered, and the entire Ford Center gradually resounded with cheers, and the game followed closely.

The Thunder kicked off the ball from the left sideline, and continued to conduct a wide range of transfers. Durant received the ball from the right corner. Bynum took off with the ball and pulled the bar in the air.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the referee blew his whistle at the same time to call for a foul, and gave him an extra chance for an additional penalty.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Durant stood on the free throw line and made a steady hit, helping the Thunder catch up to 3-10.

The Lakers changed sides to attack, Gasol pulled down the left wing to break the zone defense, found no chance to lob the ball, and then passed the ball to the top of the arc, and Fisher moved to the right wing tacitly, but Artest had no chance to lob the ball, basketball Returning to the top of the arc, Fisher and Gasol hand-in-hand, and finally strode to the paint area, and somewhat unexpectedly assisted Bynum for an alley-oop layup.

Seeing this, Su Yang took a deep breath, knowing that compared to the first game between the two teams, the Lakers have managed to patiently guide and pull the defensive formation, and decisively seize opportunities. .

But he firmly believes that he will be able to lead the team to victory in the end, but it will be more difficult at the beginning, and the situation needs to be stabilized.

While thinking about it, Durant singled out Artest, and after shaking his crotch, he used his height advantage to force a shot.

The basketball clanged, Gasol rushed to the bottom corner to grab the basketball, the Lakers launched a counterattack, and Kobe hit a three-pointer.

The point difference widened again, Su Yang hurriedly got up and walked to the flank position, waving his hands and gesticulating to deploy a RIP tactic.

Durant immediately started running from the left wing, the ghost covered the top of the arc, and then turned and cut in to the right 45 degrees. With the help of Sefoloza and Chandler, he crossed the paint area on the bottom line and quickly circled back to the left The bottom corner successfully attracted Kobe to switch defenses.

Sefolosha took the opportunity to withdraw from the three-point line, raised his hand to catch the pass from Westbrook, ignored Artest and turned around to switch defenses, and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.

The basketball slammed into the net, the Thunder struggled to narrow the point difference, and the Ford Center cheered again.

Su Yang breathed a sigh of relief, the RIP (sudden separation) tactic can be achieved, it is nothing more than taking advantage of the Lakers' underestimation of Sefolosha's ability to open three-pointers, but it also takes great risks, because if Sefolosha hits the iron with three-pointers, the situation will be worse. will become increasingly anxious.

Between emotions, Westbrook successfully pushed Fisher to the bottom corner, while the rest of the Thunder pinched the passing route.

Fisher had no choice but to make a strong shot, and the basketball sounded like iron. Unfortunately, Durant grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break and failed to score. Chandler also failed to score the offensive rebound. Fortunately, he grabbed the offensive rebound consecutively. Finally caused Fisher foul.

The momentum of the entire Ford Center was lifted, but the second free throw hit the basket and hit the iron. The Lakers got a defensive rebound and launched a counterattack.

Su Yang raised his voice to remind him to retreat, and the Thunder managed to keep from being counterattacked, and the second and third defenses were put up accordingly.

Gasol then made a shot, and Durant grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break, which also ended with a shot.

Seeing Durant's poor handling of offensive and defensive transitions twice in a row, assistant coach Brian reminded Su Yang that he should give some persuasion.

Su Yang shook his head and refused. At this moment, Durant should be encouraged to dare to think and fight. Persuasion will only lead to confusion.

With that idea in mind, he continued to observe the situation on the field and frequently reminded him on the offensive end how to play.

With 4 minutes and 57 seconds left in the first quarter, the Thunder were still 11 points behind. He still requested a timeout and insisted on following the usual rotation arrangement, letting Harden and Green play on the field, but the Lakers did not change, even though Gasol obviously a bit tired.

Discovering Gasol's physical problems, Su Yang temporarily directed Harden and Green to focus on the pick-and-roll, and quickly took advantage of Gasol's lack of timely rotation to play a wave of 7-2 offensive, scaring the Lakers to request a timeout in a hurry, and then used Odom Replaced Gasol.

After Odom came on the court, the situation returned to an anxious state. After the first quarter, the Thunder trailed 22 to 29.

In the second quarter of the game, Kobe came on the field early, and together with Gasol and Odom, led Shannon Brown and Farmar over, while Brown and Farmar's main task was to take the three-point line, and then ran to the bottom corner to stretch the space , or act as a pass transfer station, but that's exactly what happened, the Lakers did not have the funny scene of 'the guard does not pass the ball inside' in the first game.

The Lakers played like that, virtually offsetting Harden's 8 points from hitting the basket and making fouls, and took the lead.

Assistant coach Brian took advantage of the free throw gap to remind him to send the main force early, after all, the Lakers wanted a bloody battle.

Su Yang refused to propose, because Harden played very well, especially the two successful fouls caused by Kobe.

It was not until halfway through the second quarter that Su Yang re-appointed Durant and Westbrook as usual, but on the Lakers side, Kobe and Gasol also played for 12 minutes and successfully maintained the Lakers' situation, but they still couldn't. expand.

After halftime, the Thunder trailed 43 to 50. Durant and Westbrook combined for 20 of 7 shots.

Returning to the locker room during the halftime break, Su Yang sincerely imitated Rivers to give a chicken soup speech, praising the generals of the Thunder for doing a very good job. The victory progress has reached 50%. As long as you persevere and fight to the end, you will definitely be able to find counterattack opportunities.

Perhaps thanks to the 3-1 record in the regular season and the first big win, the Thunder nodded excitedly.

In the third quarter, the game started immediately. Durant and Westbrook were still fighting non-stop. Ibaka also missed three consecutive two-pointers, but Sefolosha hit two three-pointers to help the Thunder. Close the gap between games in the first half.

Su Yang then arranged for Harden and Green to appear on the stage. After a hard fight until the end of the third quarter, they were only 1 point behind.

Half a minute into the fourth quarter, Phil Jackson replaced Brown with Artest, setting up five main lineups in advance.

Su Yang thought about it for a moment and chose to follow up. He directly resorted to the five small lineups with Ibaka as the center and rushed to attack with all his strength.

The two teams fought for several minutes, and the Thunder finally scored with Durant's mid-range shot, leading the Lakers for the first time in the game.

And Durant seems to have finally found his hand, scoring one after another, leading the Thunder to a 10-2 offensive.

Just when Su Yang relaxed a little, Fisher and Kobe scored three-pointers in a row, clinging to the situation tightly.

In the last 2 minutes of the game, Su Yang found that Kobe was not actively breaking through, so he temporarily arranged for Durant to defend, just cover Kobe with his long arms to interfere with the shot, and hand over the defense behind him to Ibaka and Green, and quickly closed To miraculous effect.

Kobe's shot was limited, and he was concerned about breaking through too many fouls. In addition, the other Lakers players were exhausted, hitting the iron with wide open positions one after another, and even made a low-level error in passing the ball to the referee. Phil Jackson had no choice but to initiate a penalty kick.

Seeing the trick, Su Yang thoughtlessly instructed Durant to serve every serve, and Durant lived up to expectations and made 6 of 5 free throws.

After the whole game, the Thunder narrowly beat the Lakers 102 to 98, leading Oita 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals.

Amidst the cheers, Durant was interviewed by reporters after the game.

Talking about why he was able to reverse the narrow victory, he replied with a smile: "During Coach Su Yang's two years of coaching, we have experienced nine consecutive losses at the start of the game, we have experienced 34 points behind the Cavaliers at halftime, and we have experienced six members of the team who were unable to play due to injuries. We have experienced a big lead and a tragic comeback, and there are still many, many difficult things, but he led us all to survive and reach new heights.

So, now that we are young, we have an extremely firm belief that we want to win the championship. "

(End of this chapter)