lakers championship

Chapter 371 Two Westbrooks

Xiao Fan asserted that the Thunder would collapse in three quarters, which sounded a little exaggerated, but Breen and Mark didn't object, because after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed such a thing, and Donovan obviously couldn't find a solution.

Donovan is the kind of 70-point coach. After entering the NBA, he did not make adjustments based on the actual situation. He still maintained the coaching style of his college days and used the point guard as the core of his tactics. But he miscalculated one thing. It's just that Westbrook is not a traditional point guard.

So the previous arrangement for George to actively mention the tactic of finding the ball from the outside only took effect once, but it failed because of Westbrook's blind play, which caused the Thunder to be in a very embarrassing situation.

On the court, Tianyang made an additional free throw and the Lakers led 21-9.

Westbrook received the pass from Adams and dribbled the ball forward with anger in his eyes, like a Saiyan about to go berserk. This momentum infected the fans at the scene, and cheers burst into the Ford Center.

Westbrook crossed the center line and started sprinting faster and faster. Tianyang stepped back and beckoned to shrink his defense.

Westbrook rushed to the free throw line, received the ball and started a three-step layup. Tianyang decisively stepped out of the way and let Randall and Lopez fight.But Westbrook is also strong enough, and he threw the ball against the interference of Lopez and Randall. He didn't score but got a foul.

Amid the shouts of MVP from all the fans, Westbrook stepped to the free throw line and made the first free throw.

Kobe walked to Tianyang's side and whispered, "You don't have much experience playing against him, so you can't let him layup. He's the kind of player who's like 'every block, every block, every block', and fouls must be suppressed."

Tianyang might have doubts about changing to someone else, but when Kobe said so, he immediately nodded in agreement.

Westbrook also hit the second free throw, Lopez retreated to the bottom line to serve, and the Lakers attacked.

Tianyang passed the ball from the top of the arc, Kobe caught the ball in the elbow area and hit back, sat back on his buttocks, easily pushed away Ferguson, made a chic turnaround jumper, and scored 2 points steadily, as easy as playing a training game.

The Lakers scored 2 points as easily as eating soup, and the Thunder scored 2 points as hard as eating iron. Comparing the two, it seems that there is no hope of winning at all, but Westbrook still looks like a Saiyan after receiving the pass from Adams Rush forward.

Tianyang also retreated and defended, and when Westbrook entered the free throw line, he immediately got close to him.

Westbrook had a particularly strong impact, and Tianyang stepped back slightly, but because he was shorter than Tianyang, it was really not easy to hit the ball, so he simply took a step back and threw a throw.

Slap, Ingram flew over the cap from the side, and the basketball rolled to the three-point line.

Kobe picked up the rebound and brought it forward. The Thunder returned to the defense quickly enough, and the two teams fell into position to attack and defend.

After a few passes and moves, Bryant caught the ball at the right elbow and singled Ferguson again.

Or sit back on your butt, easily push away Ferguson, and then take a turnaround jumper.

The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers led 25 to 11. Donovan couldn't bear it and called a timeout.

Obviously, Ferguson was beaten by Tianyang in speed and Kobe in strength. It was impossible to defend the two. This was a very failed substitution.

In the live broadcast room, Xiao Fan shook his head and said, "Thunder is dead, don't wait until the third quarter, it will collapse in the second quarter."

Soon, the timeout ended, and Robertson returned to the field, but from the position, it seemed that he had changed to a small forward.

The Thunder attacked, Westbrook seemed to calm down and chose to give the ball to George.

But George was raw, and the Thunder didn't have much tactical cooperation. After breaking through Kobe with difficulty, they hit the iron with a mid-range shot.

When the Lakers were on the other side of the offense, Tianyang dribbled the ball to the right wing. Seeing that George changed his defense against Kobe, he decisively directed the whole team to play mobile offense.

Randall mentioned the top of the arc, received a pass from Tianyang, dribbled two steps to the left, and handed over the ball.

Ingram received the ball, used Randall's cover to get rid of Robertson, and found that Anthony had not stepped back to intercept in advance as before. He immediately made a big stride to the free throw line, made an emergency stop and shot, and scored two more points.

The Lakers hit consecutively, the Thunder continued to fight, and the point difference was getting bigger and bigger. Some Thunder fans couldn't stand it and left the game early.

The Thunder fans who watched the live broadcast even complained wildly.

"I miss Durant, at least it won't be so embarrassing with him."

"What are you thinking? Donovan said he doesn't know Durant well."

"Let Donovan get out of class! There are Big Three in the team but they don't cooperate. What's the use of him?"

"You wronged Donovan. The Thunder have tactics. First, Westbrook and Adams play a pick-and-roll. Second, Westbrook and Anthony play a pick-and-roll. Third, Westbrook and George play a pick-and-roll. Fourth, Westbrook breaks through and points the ball. Give the two insiders with a higher three-point shooting rate, that is, Abrines and Grant. And the fifth, Westbrook singles, but the fifth tactic played more tonight and the effect is not very good."

While the fans complained, the game entered the second quarter.

The Thunder reduced the use of the fifth set of tactics and began to frequently use the first, second, and third sets of tactics. George shot three times in a row. The effect was particularly good and he scored a lot of points. Narrow the gap.

By the second official timeout of the second quarter, the Lakers led 53 to 41.

On the Lakers bench, Walton looked at Tianyang with a data sheet in his hand: "You currently have 23 points and 9 assists, and Westbrook has 14 points and 5 assists. Are you sure you can get double the data at halftime?"

Kobe joked: "I even thought about the headline of the news. It's called 'MVP battle, Tianyang's halftime contribution is equal to two Westbrooks', and the communication effect is absolutely explosive."

Tianyang took the towel from the staff and wiped his sweat: "It is not difficult for me to score 3 points and 7 assist in 1 minutes, but it is a bit difficult to limit Westbrook's data from continuing to rise."

Walton nodded: "It's simple, first double-team Westbrook, then double-team the first person who receives his pass, and it doesn't matter after that."

After hearing the words, all the generals of the Lakers expressed that it was feasible, and Tianyang nodded: "Okay."

In the past, he would not agree, but tonight's crucial battle, his teammates are also willing, and he has no reason to refuse.

Soon the timeout ended, the game continued, and the Lakers replaced the five rookie lineup.

Tianyang dribbled the ball on the right wing, handed it to Kuzma at the top of the arc, and took advantage of the situation to set a screen for Ingram.

At the same time, Randall, who switched to center, led Adams outside. He had a shot, and Adams had to follow.

Seeing that the basket was empty, Tianyang ran back and slipped over, received a pass from Kuzma, and scored an easy layup.

Easy to attack the Thunder, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and cooperated with Adams in the pick-and-roll.

Randall switched defenses, Tianyang went up to double-team together, and Westbrook passed the ball to Adams.

Adams took the ball from the three-point line, George hurried forward to meet it, Tatum caught up, but deliberately took half a step.

George naturally chose to shoot, and with a bang, the shot hit the iron.

The basketball rebounded to the outside line, Tatum picked up the rebound and passed it to Tianyang.

Tianyang quickly took it to the right wing, passed it to Kuzma at the top of the arc, pretended to run down to cover, but suddenly retreated back to the three-point line, and cooperated with Kuzma at 45 degrees to get the ball and stride Dash inside.

Adams moved laterally to defend, Tianyang hit the ground sideways and passed the ball, assisting Randall to take off and dunk in place!

With 10 assists, only 5 points are needed to achieve the two Westbrook effects.

(End of this chapter)