lakers championship

Chapter 368 I'm Careless
For Westbrook, as long as he leads the Thunder to defeat the Lakers, it can help him gain an advantage in the MVP battle with Tianyang. After all, he is currently hopeful to average a triple-double for two consecutive seasons; The ideal, low morale situation, the sixth ranking in the West, and the identity of the Big Three are really ugly.

In short, this game is very beneficial to Westbrook, both public and private, and he will definitely go all out.

For Tianyang, the only goal is to win the MVP competition, but it is not easy to do.First of all, it is necessary to lead the team to victory, and second, it is necessary to not lose in personal data. Judging from the comparison between him and Westbrook, he must be more independent than before, and he must control the ball more and reduce off-the-ball movements.

But if he plays like this, other teammates will inevitably change their style of play temporarily.

……

At 6 p.m., the Lakers team arrived at the Ford Center.

Tianyang was the first to walk out of the player tunnel. There were already many Thunder fans present. Seeing him coming out, these people booed him in unison, and pointed the middle finger directly if they were rude.

Tianyang just smiled, walked to the basket and started warming up, hitting 10 three-pointers in a row.

Half an hour later, Tianyang finished warming up and walked slowly to the sidelines.

According to prior arrangements, Tianyang will be interviewed by Fox reporter Leslie McCaslin.

John Black had warned him that Leslie's questions could be pointed, but it helped win over journalists who were biased against him, in other words, to collect MVP pieces.

"Hi, Tianyang, hello." Leslie spoke pure Mandarin, showed a big smile, and offered his right hand, "How is it? My Chinese is ok?"

Tianyang was a little surprised, but still stretched out his hand calmly, "Your Chinese is more standard than many Chinese."

It's not polite, it's clear and smooth.

"Then I will interview you in Chinese next?" Leslie asked with a smile on her lips.

"Okay." Tianyang was in a good mood, and this special interview was interesting.

"Tonight against the Thunder, do the Lakers have special arrangements for offensive tactics?" Leslie asked, smiling again, "We fans of Fox TV, hope to hear your most honest answer."

That is to say, don't speak clichés and official language, and it's not very sharp, so it's completely fine.

Tianyang said: "We will focus on the front three-pointer. Last month, we had an interesting gamble internally. I, Kobe, and Carter helped Hart, Kuzma, and Tatum improve their three-pointers. , Kobe lost the game, and the whole team was invited to have a New Year's dinner, now is a good time for us to further test the results."

"Then do you have any special tactics on the defensive end?" Leslie asked again with a smile.

Tianyang replied after recalling a little: "Thunder has three players with strong individual ability. Once they get a chance, it is very easy to score through their individual abilities, so we will slow down the passing speed of the Thunder."

"Very good, thank you for accepting the interview." Leslie suddenly changed from Chinese to English, his smile disappeared, and he quickly turned around and left, heading straight to the sidelines.

Really not polite at all, Tianyang turned and walked to the locker room, Kobe followed and grabbed his shoulder.

"You looked very happy just now, what are you talking about with people?"

When Kobe asked a question, Tianyang briefly explained the content of the interview.

"Most likely you were deceived by her. She deliberately spoke Chinese to make you relax your vigilance. Now, you have revealed all the important points of offense and defense. This game is difficult to win. Besides, why are you telling the outside world that I bet You've made me lose face." Kobe shook his head, his expression full of worry.

"Is it that serious?" Tianyang questioned a little, "She might just want to ask some dry things, so that she can make news, and she may not necessarily disclose it to Lei Ting. Even if it is revealed, Lei Ting does not have the strength to make quick adjustments. Even in the worst case At the point where the Thunder can make adjustments, we also have a great chance of winning, so you don’t need to worry.”

When Kobe heard this, he immediately tilted his head, pretending to be displeased, "You kid made a mistake, and you turned your head to teach me a lesson?"

Tianyang smiled and didn't answer.

Kobe went on to say: "Anyway, you were deceived, and if you get caught, you have to take care of it."

Tianyang was curious, "Why?"

Kobe curled his lips, "Score 60 points to guarantee victory, super triple-double is also fine."

When Tianyang heard this, Mao Sai suddenly realized that Kobe was giving him a reason to brush up his statistics.

The two returned to the locker room, and Kobe really brought up the matter and continued to talk about it. Rondo and others all agreed and asked him to be responsible for the team's victory, preferably scoring 82 points.

While the players were laughing, Wharton walked into the locker room with an IPAD in hand, and sat down next to Tianyang.

"Look, Anthony, George, Adams, and Robertson all expressed their desire to help Westbrook win this game. I am afraid that this tone will allow rebounds and shots. Should we also arrange it for you?"

After the words fell, all the players laughed, Tianyang also smiled and said: "They have arranged me clearly."

……

At 7 o'clock sharp, the Lakers and the Thunder officially kicked off, and ESPN was responsible for the commentary.

In the live broadcast room, Mike Breen spoke first: "In tonight's game, the two teams will have a fierce battle. This game is very likely to become one of the top ten classics of the season. What do you two guess the Lakers will play? "

Mark Jackson rushed to say: "According to Leslie's interview, the Lakers will grab three points and delay the line. This is a common strategy for strong confrontation, and it can indeed bring a lot of trouble to the Thunder."

Little Van Gundy spread his hands: "That's just Tianyang's statement, the Lakers may make changes."

Mark shrugged: "Forget it, it's not that you don't know that Tianyang has the absolute right to speak in the Lakers. Even Kobe and Walton depend on his face. Only Jim Buss can discuss with him on an equal footing. What did he say? If you fight, you must fight like that."

Xiao Fan still wanted to refute, but Brin said: "The starting players of the two teams have entered the field, let's take a look..."

On the court, the Lakers sent Tianyang, Kobe, Ingram, Randall, and Lopez as the starting lineup, and the Thunder sent Westbrook, Robertson, George, Anthony, and Adams as the starting lineup.

In the jump ball session, Adams touched the ball first and gave it to Westbrook, and the Thunder went first.

Seeing Westbrook take the ball, Tianyang hastily ordered his teammates to go online to delay, but the Thunder players changed their usual habit of taking a slow first attack and ran forward like lightning.

Westbrook swung his arm and made a long pass. Anthony caught the ball in the low post on the right and hit Randall with his back.

With a simple roll turn, Anthony scored 2 points with a fadeaway shot.

The fans applauded fiercely, as happy as if they had won $500 million.

You want to ask why?It's very simple, Anthony is in a good state today, not to mention contributing 25 points, at least it won't be too bad.

When the Lakers were on the other side of the offense, Tianyang dribbled the ball to the right wing, handed it to Randall at the top of the arc, and immediately set a screen for Kobe.

At the same time, Ingram started from the left wing, received a hand-off from Randle at the top of the arc, and strode to the right.

Anthony was at a disadvantage in speed, but he seemed to be reassured. He didn't retreat in advance to block Ingram's breakthrough route to the basket.

The moment the shot hit the iron, Tianyang came to his senses and said in his heart: "Made, you are careless. Let that reporter speak Mandarin to fool you. Thunder's adjustment speed is really a bit fast."

(End of this chapter)