super small forward

Chapter 613 613. Anxiety
Unlike ordinary teams who can play casually, even if they are behind, they can win with a single effort. The strength of the Thunder team is definitely one of the best teams in the league.

When D'Antoni called a timeout, he adjusted the team's offensive strategy while strengthening the team's defense near the three-point line.

After the timeout, the two teams returned to the court, the Lakers ball.

This time, the Lakers came back and hit the ball directly into the hands of Whiteside under the basket, allowing Whiteside to single out Adams under the basket.

Adams' defensive ability is extremely strong, but Whiteside is stronger. Born in 1989, he is now 26 years old and almost 27 years old. He is at the peak of physical fitness, and his ability to use his body is also super strong. Although Adams has strength, The defensive impact is also very strong, but Whiteside is stronger, and Adams can't help it.

Whiteside turned away from Adams and threw a small hook for an easy hit.

The Thunder came over and passed the ball to Westbrook first. Westbrook obviously feels very good today.

Westbrook broke through from the right to the wing and made a pull-up jumper.

Westbrook made an emergency stop and made another shot. Today, Westbrook feels very good. His handball fell steadily into the Lakers' basket.

At this time, it was time for Liu Ren to make a move, and Clarkson pushed forward again.

Liu Ren swam to the bottom line first, and he ran out to catch the ball when Clarkson came up.

After getting the ball, Liu Ren and Westbrook almost reached an almost identical attack, used the cover to go around, then retreated to the side, raised their hands and threw a mid-range hit.

The Thunder immediately pushed forward, and the Lakers' defense began to become more aggressive.

Clarkson started to go around Westbrook when the Thunder served. Clarkson is indeed not as explosive as Westbrook, but his speed is not bad at all, and he is more active and stalking.

The Thunder can only let Waiters take charge of dribbling forward, and Durant's possession of the ball will most likely be snatched by Liu Ren.

Waiters advanced to the scene and wanted to pass to Durant or Westbrook, but Kobe blocked Waiters' passing route tightly, and Waiters finally passed the ball to Durant who was responding hands.

Durant took the ball and faced Liu Ren in the middle. Liu Ren took a step forward to defend and wanted to steal Durant. Durant's biggest problem on the offensive end is that he can't hold the ball well. Even if Westbrook is injured A huge improvement in one year, but it is still easy to be stolen. The Spurs play them so well because Durant is always directly intercepted by Leonard's death entanglement.

However, the Thunder also knew Durant's weakness, and asked Ibaka to block Liu Ren, and this is the Thunder's home court. Ibaka directly grabbed Liu Ren's jersey and stuck it together. The referee didn't blow it. Durant Take the opportunity to stride forward and get to the basket.

At the basket, Durant turned around twice in a row, made two fake moves, and Whiteside, who was swaying to defend, was unnecessary. After all, Whiteside was a center forward, and Durant was so tall. He couldn't keep up with the speed and had to jump up. , Durant avoided Whiteside's right-handed throw and sent the ball to the Lakers' basket.

At this time, the score of the two teams was 13 to 6, and the Thunder continued to suppress the Lakers with their home court advantage!

The Lakers called again.

Clarkson took the ball and waited on the right sideline first, Liu Renyou went to the bottom line and ran out to the right mid-range to catch the ball.

Liu Ren and Clarkson turned all their attention to the right. At this time, Kobe on the left took advantage of Green's cover and ran outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left. The moment Liu Ren received the ball, he kept making a long pass. In the hands of Kobe on the other side, Kobe caught the ball and hit a three-pointer.

Kobe's off the ball is really strong!The efficiency after playing off the ball is so high that it explodes!Better than last season and 2012-2013, his two most efficient seasons!
The Thunder came back again, and the Lakers continued their oppressive defense.

The Lakers came up early to defend, forcing the Thunder to be unable to pass the ball to Westbrook and could only pass the ball to Durant.

Ibaka wanted to come out for the pick-and-roll this time, but Green stuck to him. Durant couldn't find the pick-and-roll and had to force a mid-range throw against Liu Ren's defense.

Durant's mid-range hit the rim and missed!

The Thunder finally missed the ball!

Whiteside grabbed the rebound and the Lakers counterattacked!
Liu Ren and Clarkson went down quickly, Liu Ren received the ball, but was double-teamed by Waiters and Durant who were chasing back by the Thunder, Liu Ren passed it to Clarkson, Clarkson took the ball and made a mid-range shot from inside the three-point line!
The Lakers are really strong today, and Clarkson didn't make a mid-range shot that he is very good at.

Both teams missed shots, and the offense began to decline inexplicably.

In the middle of the first quarter, the feel of the two teams began to decline, and the score began to rise slowly. At the end of the first quarter, the two teams scored 20-17. The Thunder led by three points and entered an official timeout.

After the official timeout ended, the two teams replaced some substitutes. The Thunder replaced Westbrook with Benno Udrih. Westbrook is useless without the ball in his hands, and the defense is not good. In this case, it is not as useful as Udrih's desperate style of play. At the same time, he also replaced Andre Robertson, a defensive champion, and put Durant at the power forward position. The second tallest, he has no problem playing power forward on the offensive end, and he is still the Thunder's best rebounder...

The Lakers replaced Antetokounmpo and Blake, two defensive champions, to help share Liu Ren's defensive pressure. Whiteside's defense is good, but Durant broke in. He really couldn't do anything, and his footsteps couldn't keep up. On the other hand, it would be easy to switch to Black, and Antetokounmpo and Liu Ren's forward line can also make up defense at any time.

After a timeout, the Thunder got the ball back, Udry advanced and gave it to Durant, and then went to the bottom corner to wait.

Durant was made very uncomfortable by Liu Ren's ubiquitous small moves, and Antetokounmpo who went directly to the free throw line to help defend at any time also made Durant feel threatened. He could only pass the ball to the low post In the hands of Adams, Adams basically has no offense, but the pass is good. He immediately gave the ball to Udrih in the bottom corner.

Udrih is very hardworking, but there is also a problem. On the offensive end, there is only a shooting button, and he directly hits a three-pointer with the ball.

The most worrying thing happened after Coach Donovan replaced Udry. Udry's defense is more impactful, but the offensive end is too confident, and it is not allowed!This open shot was scary, and the ball was grabbed by Antetokounmpo.

Fortunately, the Thunder returned to defense quickly.

The Lakers pushed forward, and now the Lakers lineup is lighter, but the inside height advantage is gone, so it has become mainly cut and high shots.

Clarkson and Antetokounmpo had a high pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, Clarkson saw Black who was cutting in and got rid of Adams. Clarkson saw a chance to get an assist and immediately passed it on. Just get ready, jump over and snatch the ball all at once.

Andre Robertson got the ball and gave it to Udri who ran over. Apart from defense, Andre Robertson is really bad in other aspects. The only thing on the offensive end is fixed-point three-pointers, and he has a very The strange thing is that the free throw percentage is not as high as the three-point percentage...

Udrih almost couldn't suppress his urge to shoot when he went to the frontcourt. Fortunately, Coach Donovan stood on the edge of the court to support him, and he quickly passed it to Durant with a shiver.

Durant took the ball in the top corner of the left free throw line, and the other four players on the team all stretched to the right. Liu Ren defended Durant from outside the three-point line, and it was Antetokounmpo's turn to defend near the three-second zone.

Antetokounmpo chose to defend at the top, with Black behind him to help defend, Antetokounmpo was not afraid of being passed by Durant at all.

Deep in the defense of two people, Durant finally turned his body and passed the ball to Waiters outside. Waiters was really helpless by Liu Ren's defense, so he could only pass back to Durant again. .

Here comes the embarrassment of the Thunder. Like many teams with superstars, role players are really not good. This is why team play is becoming more and more popular now. Five quasi-first-class players are better than a superstar with four average players. Second-tier players have better results and more styles of play!
Durant continued to take the ball, Antetokounmpo and Black double-teamed up.

Durant was caught between the two, and he was about to make a mistake. Fortunately, although Udri was alone, he had a good mind. Seeing that the Lakers were empty inside, he threw off Clarkson and cut in. Derry caught the ball and made a layup.

Durant is Durant after all, and his ability to attract defense is too good.

The Lakers stabilized their mentality, did not rush, and continued to play according to tactics.

I can't give Clarkson the main control. Clarkson doesn't feel good today, so he can't attract the defense during the pick-and-roll. After all, he is still a second-year player. Want to pass to Black is the reason.

Antetokounmpo holds the ball and advances to the frontcourt. Durant is really greedy when he sees Antetokounmpo's dribbling. Everyone says Durant is tall, but in fact he looks like [-] to [-] meters. , and Antetokounmpo is really a proper seven-foot point forward!Dribbling is still so good, people are more popular than people.

The Lakers are going to play simpler here, Liu Ren is in the low position!After Antetokounmpo was transported, he was hoisted to Liu Ren, and Liu Ren leaned on Andre Robertson, ready to fight!

Liu Ren showed off his O'Neal-style back-up from time to time this season, and he has already made a name for himself.

Thanks to O'Neal's big mouth, everyone knows that Liu Renxia didn't ask Kobe or Olajuwon for advice, but instead asked O'Neal, who claims to be a great mentor...

The fans are very worried whether Liu Ren will become fatter and fatter like O'Neal, and the low-post offensive style really makes people feel like a play...

Before Liu Ren crashed into the three-second zone from the low post, Adams and Durant defended him, because they knew that as long as Liu Ren crashed into the three-second zone, the straight-arm hook that jumped up would be unstoppable. The height is not shorter than O'Neal, if only one person double-teams, Liu Ren can directly turn around and hit the board from the other side, so Durant and Adams double-team from two directions.

Unknowingly, Liu Ren's low position has become a great tactical play, and his progress every year is seen in the eyes of fans, which is why his fans are getting more and more every year.

Liu Ren attracted the double-team and threw the ball on the backboard from behind his head. Black leaped high and grabbed the ball with both hands, pressing the ball into the Thunder's basket.

Just like Durant's incomprehensible way of attracting double-teaming teammates and then making an air-cut pass, Liu Ren's attack with the ball on the Lakers' side is also very incomprehensible for the Thunder.

The current situation is not so comfortable for both the Lakers and the Thunder.

Without Whiteside, the Lakers' defense at the basket will be relatively empty, but with Whiteside, there will be no center so fast to help defend and double-team Durant.

On the Thunder's side, Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo, two guys who don't follow the usual style of play, are uncomfortable no matter how they defend.

The Thunder called a timeout, replaced Westbrook again, and replaced Waiters, who hadn't even played an egg role. Coach Donovan didn't care about physical strength anymore. The Lakers are not in a hurry in this anxious state. But he is in a hurry!When more and more players are rotated, the Thunder's substitute will definitely be overwhelmed by the Lakers. In this case, Coach Donovan can only use Westbrook and Durant to death.

It's the Thunder's offense again.

Westbrook controlled the ball, Westbrook controlled the ball much faster, and ran over quickly. Durant and Adams immediately set up a double screen at a 45-degree angle on the right to cover Westbrook to break through the sideline.

Under the protection of the double screen, Westbrook broke through quickly, so that the Lakers' defense was attracted by Westbrook.

Westbrook passed the ball. Although the latter had poor offensive ability, he still had a good open shot. Clarkson immediately made up for it, and Andre Robertson immediately passed it to Udry who ran to the top of the arc.

Udrih quickly shot a three-pointer. This time Udrih's wave shot was finally accurate and fell into the Lakers' basket.

Durant can rely on his mid-range shooting ability to play out his teammates in the air, and Westbrook has liberated the team's outside shooters. The two are as strong as they were at the beginning of the game in the Thunder.

The Lakers stabilized their mentality and attacked.

Liu Ren took a step past Andre Robertson with the ball from the outside and broke into the inside from the right. Adams hurried over to help defend. Liu Ren waited for Adams to defend and passed the ball to Black behind Adams.

Black faced an empty basket and dunked with the ball!Durant couldn't help it, he was bumped into by Blake, a guy with muscles all over his body at first glance... It is estimated that his thin bamboo pole will fall apart.

Black made consecutive dunks, the Thunder made consecutive outside shots and air cuts, and the game suddenly entered a fierce stage.

The Thunder still didn't have an advantage, and the Thunder felt very sad. Now they are almost their strongest lineup. In the end, they couldn't take advantage of the rotation lineup of the Lakers.

The Thunder continued to attack.

Durant once again leaned a little outside the three-second zone, Westbrook passed in, Durant turned over and hit Antetokounmpo by surprise with a jumper.

Antetokounmpo's attention was all on Durant's pass after attracting the defense. Unexpectedly, Durant shot directly. This position was not disturbed. Durant hit a high percentage and went straight to the basket.

Although the Thunder couldn't keep the score today, they actually played perfectly in the first quarter!It's just that the Lakers are too strong.

It can only be said that the two super teams, the Lakers and the Warriors, really have no solution.

The Lakers attack, if the Thunder do not score, the Lakers will fast-break, and the Thunder will score, the Lakers will lower the tempo, Liu Ren once again lowered his back and stuck Andre Robertson for the ball.

Antetokounmpo immediately sent the ball to Liu Ren.

Liu Ren took the ball from the baseline and hit directly. This time the Thunder team and the Lakers were equally entangled in defense. Should they double-team or not?Adams hesitated at the thought of Black's brutal physicality.

Just when Adams was hesitating, Liu Ren slammed Andre Robertson into the inside and dunked and scored two points.

The Thunder still have some Lakers fans at home. They saw Liu Ren's back-up in this way, and then thought of the fact that O'Neill said that he was Liu Ren's training teacher, and they felt bad.

In the past, Liu Ren used his back to punch the opponent's outside line. Fans didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but they felt very domineering.

But now, people feel that Liu Ren seems to be led astray by O'Neill.

If you can't defend, you can only rely on offense.

Westbrook dribbled forward, but as soon as he dribbled to the frontcourt, the Lakers rushed out. Clarkson rushed out to press the defense and blocked Westbrook on the center line.

Clarkson was too insignificant today, he didn't make any contribution, and D'Antoni didn't replace him, which made him feel moved and blamed himself, so he thought about it, and directly blocked him with a desperate defense.

Westbrook saw Clarkson's eyes, and the psychological shadow came out again in an instant. He thought of Beverly... Westbrook immediately passed the ball to Udrih who came over to respond.

Youdri scored a goal just now, and now his self-confidence is exploding, rushing beyond the three-point line, ignoring his opponent and rushing directly...

Liu Ren had a hunch when he saw Udry rushing over, but he didn't think that someone would be so ignorant, but Liu Ren jumped up subconsciously.

Just when Liu Ren yelled that it was not good, thinking that Udry would use this to make a breakthrough, he saw that Udry also jumped up and shot directly...

Liu Ren snatched the ball from the air...

Liu Ren even covered and robbed!He himself felt really surprised!This guy wasn't so stunned when he was in the Grizzlies!Come to Thunder to liberate nature?

Udri quickly made a foul to stop Liu Ren's fast break. He wanted to use his own foul to prevent the Lakers from counterattacking, but it was better to let Liu Ren counterattack. The Thunder had fouled more than 4 times in a single quarter. Udri's foul has arrived. It was time for a free throw, and Liu Ren walked to the free throw line, and the Thunder was hit again and called a timeout.

With more than a minute left in the first quarter, Billy Donovan sighed and replaced Westbrook, Durant and Adams in one breath. It is indeed time to replace the bench, otherwise the three The first quarter is full, and it is impossible to have too long a rest in the second quarter. At that time, there is really no way to deal with the Lakers.

In the second quarter, both teams began to completely change their rotations, and Liu Ren also went down on the Lakers side.

The Thunder's lineup has become Udri, Anthony Morrow, Kyle Singler, Andre Robertson, and Kanter.

The shooting ability of the Thunder lineup is really not bad, much better than the Lakers, and Udri is a master of chaos, Anthony Morrow can shoot, Kyle Singler is in charge of coaching and shooting, and Andre Robertson has three points With the ball, Kanter's inside singles are also very good.

However, this lineup basically has no defense. The only defensive strength is Andre Roberson, but he goes to play power forward... basically no defense.

But who calls the Thunder's lineup disabled? There are a full six small forwards, and the Clippers are almost envied to death.

Inside Kanter defends the black hole, and with a small forward Andre Robertson playing power forward, the inside defense is impossible to talk about.

Don't mention the defense of Anthony Morrow, Kyle Singler, and Udrih on the outside. They are either old, short, or they don't know if they are based on the py trade.

Compared with the Thunder, the Lakers' defense is still guaranteed. With Gasol and Blake sitting inside, they can completely block most attacks at the basket.

McCollum's defense on the outside is above the average level. Although LaVine is at a disadvantage here because of his thin body, he has good physical fitness and good confrontation. Antetokounmpo plays a small forward like a fish in water, and plays the same role as Liu Ren's outside defense. The role of the gate.

This is also the biggest advantage of the Lakers over the Thunder, that is, most of the stars are not paid well, and then there are many high-quality role players.

Coach Donovan's sad time has come. From the end of the first quarter to the first half of the second quarter, the control of the situation on the field belongs to the Lakers.

Originally had a five-point lead, but after entering the rotation time, the Lakers started to put the Thunder on the ground. The game reached the third minute of the second quarter. The Lakers went ahead and took a 3-40 lead. Nine points for the Thunder.

(End of this chapter)