super small forward

Chapter 83 83. Overtake
Fisher is really an old man. When he was in the Lakers, he was very good at using the offensive containment power of Kobe, Gasol, Bynum, and Odom to create good singles and even open opportunities for himself. in this way.

In the face of the Lakers' poor team defense, Fisher's overall view quickly helped the Thunder stabilize the situation, so that Durant no longer hit blindly, but fell into the most suitable position to shoot, and was quite performance-oriented by Kaman " push down".

From the slow-motion playback, Kaman just turned around to block the Thunder's backup center Nick Collison, but when Kaman turned around, Fisher happened to appear next to Kaman, and was swung backward by Kaman's arm "Push down", Bo got a foul.

Fisher's exaggerated fall, all the fans know, Fisher flopped again, the referee probably knew it too, but who told you that Kaman swung his elbow?The referee respected the "objective facts" and gave Kaman a foul.

Then Fisher started his own high-profile performance. Facing the poor team defense of the Lakers, his team command ability was enough. He mobilized the Thunder's super talent and played a wave of 7-2 at the end of the first quarter. 40 led by 31 points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers were plagued by too many fouls and didn't even have a chance to make a phone call. After Fisher came on the court, the Thunder's offensive and defensive styles changed, and they all worked hard to draw fouls.

Fisher, an old man, knows that the Lakers are short of manpower. Whether it is shooting or defense, they can stick to the Lakers. If the Lakers move a bit more, they will fall. 3 fouls in 6 minutes, Kaman He committed 3 fouls without scoring a single rebound in the game. After not playing for a long time, he ran a few back and forth on the court, and was put on the bench in the second quarter.

After the start of the second quarter, the Thunder replaced Westbrook and Fisher in the backcourt, and Andre Robertson, rebounder Reggie Evans, and Collison partnered in the frontcourt.

Liu Ren is still on the court for the Lakers, Marshall and Nick Young partnered in the backcourt, and Antetokounmpo and Whiteside also returned to the court.

The Thunder took the lead in the second quarter.

According to Fisher's expected plot, it is to use Westbrook's restraining force to slowly grind with the Lakers, strive for early fouls, and beat the Lakers until no one is there, so that they dare not make too much action, and even hit them. Breaking through to the inside, the Lakers didn't dare to reach out to defend, and finally won the victory easily.

Westbrook dribbled the ball through halftime without doing anything in the first quarter, which made him choked up. Seeing Durant scoring 23 points in the first quarter, he envied and hated him. Come by yourself, he believes he can do better than Durant!

Without Durant on the court, the task of defending Westbrook naturally fell to Liu Ren.

Liu Ren focused on observing the opponent's offense. Ibaka came over to give Westbrook a pick-and-roll. Liu Ren was ready to bypass Ibaka at any time to prevent Westbrook from breaking through the pick-and-roll.

But Liu Ren later discovered that Westbrook didn't mean to use the pick-and-roll!He seems to want to play singles?
Westbrook is not as aloof as Lillard. Instead of pushing Ibaka away, he made a gesture of 1 with his fingers. This gesture was done when Durant wanted to play singles in the first quarter. Liu Ren knew it was for singles. gesture.

Liu Ren was startled, do you want one-on-one?he likes!
Liu Ren with Durant's stature has nothing to do with his style of play, but Westbrook's type likes to defend the most.

That's right, Westbrook wants to single Liu Ren, and wants to prove that he is no worse than Durant.

Then, Westbrook was a little skeptical about his life. How could this guy who was half a head taller than him be faster than him!

Westbrook, like Rose, is a player who breaks through the first offensive method, but unlike Rose who likes to use a large change of direction that destroys his knees, Westbrook's breakthrough is the type that uses speed to go straight, and does not affect the knee too much. Burden, this is also the reason why he has not been injured due to a breakthrough after playing for five or six years. If it wasn't for the torn meniscus caused by Beverly, he has always been a famous iron man in the NBA, and he is still the same after he recovers from the injury.

But Westbrook is fast, and Liu Ren is even faster. At the middle distance, he didn't dare to make an emergency stop for a jump shot, forcing him to rush straight to the bottom line on the right, parallel to the backboard.

Westbrook made a layup against Liu Ren's defense!
"Snapped"

Whiteside, who had been prepared for a long time, stretched out his long arms from behind Liu Ren, and the volleyball cap slapped Westbrook's shot away!

Nick Young, who defended Fisher in the right corner, picked up the ball and threw it to Marshall in the top arc, and the Lakers counterattacked.

Antetokounmpo took the lead to run to the frontcourt, Marshall passed the ball, and Antetokounmpo flew and dunked with both hands to get two points.

The way Liu Ren and Whiteside dealt with Westbrook is exactly the same as the way James of the Heat dealt with Rose and Westbrook. Using James' super physical fitness, which is superior in height, weight and even speed, to crush each other, the effect is quite good.

The more Westbrook couldn't score, the more he wanted to play. The Thunder's offensive and defensive routines that had been smooth at the end of the last quarter were suddenly destroyed by Westbrook.

For several minutes in a row, the Thunder's offense was carried out by Westbrook alone, hitting the iron continuously and making 8 of 1 shots.

The Lakers counterattacked continuously and successfully overtook the score in 5 minutes of the second quarter, 48 to 46. The Lakers led by two points and played a wave of 17 to 6!

Seeing that the Lakers are on the verge of collapsing, Westbrook helps the Lakers stabilize the situation and even lead the way!
The Thunder called a timeout!
Brooks is a headache for Westbrook. It is a good thing to be confident, but Westbrook is too confident!He kept telling Westbrook to be calm and not to make the same mistake in the finals two years ago, when he was teased by James in that finals.

Westbrook was very dissatisfied, and the thought in his heart was: "Why can Durant single him like that?"

Westbrook is the same as Kobe, the coach doesn't let him do something, and he just wants to do it.

After returning from the timeout, the Thunder replaced Durant, Perkins, and Ibaka, and Fisher and Westbrook partnered in the backcourt.

The Lakers are still the same here, Marshall, Nick Young, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, Whiteside.

Whiteside's dominance on the inside is far superior to the Thunder's two insiders. Liu Ren is on the outside, Westbrook on the Thunder's side is still reckless, and the Lakers have the initiative.

However, under the guidance of the experienced flopping male Lao Yu, the Thunder began to flop all kinds of flops when they couldn't beat the inside line. Whiteside and Antetokounmpo were tricked into fouls consecutively and fell into a foul crisis!
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