NBA: Come off the bench, save the national team

The Thunder attack.

After Westbrook dribbled the ball for halftime, he easily got rid of Fisher's defense with two consecutive cross-step changes.

Although Fisher has a solid defensive foundation, after all, he is old and it is difficult to keep up with Westbrook's pace, and it is also difficult to withstand the impact of the young and strong Westbrook.

Because the first line of defense was easily broken through, the Lakers could only send Gasol, the second line of defense in the penalty area, to save ahead of time to stop Westbrook's offense.

Westbrook has quick eyes and quick hands, seeing Gasol being saved out of the penalty area, he threw the basketball into the sky.

Ibaka jumped high, caught the ball in the air, and completed a violent alley-oop dunk.

There were warm cheers at the scene.

This is the benefit of the home court advantage, and every time you score, you can get a response from the audience.

"Man, you need to step up your defense."

Gasol spread his hands and said.

If it wasn't for Fisher's defense being too weak, it wouldn't have allowed the Thunder to score so easily.

Fisher nodded and patted his chest again, indicating that it was his problem just now.

After he dribbled for half court, he handed the basketball into Kobe's hands again.

After Kobe and Gasol completed the pick-and-roll, they passed the basketball back to Gasol who followed up, and then threw the basketball out.

Just when everyone thought that the basketball must go into the basket, a big hand suddenly stretched out from the side and directly slapped the basketball out.

It was Qin Feng who came to defend him.

Facts have proved that Qin Feng's playing center not only has top-level offense, but also top-level defense.

In particular, his defense awareness in the penalty area and his mobility are conditions that a top defensive center must possess.

Gasol's pupils shrank slightly, as if he didn't expect that all of this would be blocked, it was simply unbelievable.

Too late to be too surprised.

Westbrook grabbed the basketball and was already running towards the frontcourt.

The aging Fisher couldn't keep up with Westbrook's speed at all.

In fact, there are only a handful of point guards in this league who can catch up with Westbrook.

Although Fisher couldn't catch up, the vicious Kobe had already rushed to the frontcourt, closely following Westbrook, ready to block shots at any time.

Westbrook looked back and saw that it was Kobe who was chasing him, and he felt a little apprehensive.

Westbrook, who has lived in Los Angeles since he was a child, can be said to have grown up watching Kobe's games, so Kobe has a special meaning for him.

Not only afraid of Kobe's strength, but also regard Kobe as an idol.

After hesitating for a while, Westbrook gave up the attack, flicked his wrist, and threw the basket backwards.

Qin Feng, who was running at a high speed, received the basketball, stopped outside the three-point line, and directly shot a three-pointer.

The basketball arced high.

Swish.

Hollow into the net.

2: 7.

The Thunder took the lead at the start.

And all three core players have played, very balanced.

On the other hand, on the Lakers side, except for Kobe who scored 2 points, the rest of the players haven't played much, and both Gasol and Fisher made mistakes.

"Obviously, the Thunder have made great progress in the past three years. They are no longer the team that can only rely on Qin Feng's performance to reach the Western Conference Finals."

"The Lakers have maintained a stable strength in the past three years, but in this highly competitive NBA, if they don't advance, they will retreat."

"And Kobe and Gasol are one year older. Although they are still at their peak, it is obvious that they are unable to do what they want on the court in many cases."

The on-site commentator Barkley said that he was worried for the Lakers.

In the Western Conference Finals last season, he was eliminated by the Thunder with a big score of 4:1.

What about this season?

on the field.

With Qin Feng hitting a three-pointer again, the Thunder have extended their lead to 8 points.

The Lakers only scored 2 points in more than two minutes.

beep.

Phil got up and called a timeout.

Obviously, the Lakers now have problems on both ends of the offense and defense.

If no adjustments are made, the score will be stretched even further, and it will be very difficult to catch up when the time comes.

Phil made adjustments, replaced Bynum and replaced Odom, further improving the team's movement speed.

It was because Bynum was moving too slowly just now that Qin Feng easily made two consecutive three-pointers.

Therefore, if you want to restrain Qin Feng's suppression of traditional centers in terms of movement speed, you must replace him with a player who can match Qin Feng in terms of movement speed.

And Odom just can adapt to this role.

So Phil put Odom at center and Gasol at power forward.

Pause ends.

The game continues.

Lakers offense.

Bryant showed a fierce look, and with Gasol's cover, he took a step sideways and shot directly outside the three-point line.

The basketball arced high.

Swish.

Hollow into the net.

Seeing that his teammates were suppressed by the Thunder and unable to perform, Kobe could only use his super offensive ability to drive the team's offense.

Resist this period of time first.

next few minutes.

Kobe fully turned on his own offensive performance and entered "kobetime".

As for the Thunder team, it's time for Qin Feng to perform.

The two started a wonderful soaring score battle, and the audience who watched them exclaimed and applauded, just two words "exciting".

The first quarter is over.

29: 32.

The Thunder ended the quarter with a 3-point lead.

秦风单节8投6中，三分球5投3中，罚球3罚2中，狂揽下17分5篮板4助攻2抢断的漂亮数据。

而科比也是爆发10投7中，三分球5投2中，罚球2罚2中，砍下18分2篮板1助攻1抢断的数据。

Go to the second section.

Both sides played as substitutes and starters.

The Lakers are led by Bynum and Artest to fight off the bench.

On the Thunder side, Dewey's second young master led Tucker, Batum and other substitute players on the court.

The two teams played completely two styles during this time.

The Lakers mainly play positional warfare and attack from the restricted area. The players are mainly concentrated in the hands of Bynum and Artest.

Even if Artest is attacking with the ball, he is also playing low post.

This is what Phil especially emphasized. Since the ability of outside long-range shooting is not as good as that of the Thunder, it must not be compared with the Thunder in things that he is not good at, but because he uses the way he is good at to attack the opponent's weaknesses.

Clearly the Thunder's paint remains their biggest weakness.

The Thunder play fast, emphasizing fast movement and quick transitions between offense and defense, and the offensive area is concentrated in the mid-to-long range, especially the three-pointer, which is even more crazy.

Durant, Redick, even Westbrook are shooting [-]-pointers non-stop.

And the hit rate of several people is not low.

Under this wave of three-point rain, the Thunder quickly opened up the gap, and in less than a few minutes, the point difference was opened to 14 points.

Seeing that the point difference is getting bigger and bigger.

Phil called a timeout again and replaced all the main players.

Kobe turned on the offensive mode again, but the touch was not very good, and he missed several consecutive shots.

Reluctantly, he began to pass the ball and concentrated more on the attack in the hands of Gasol and Odom.

Thunder here.

Qin Feng turned on the violent scoring mode and scored two consecutive three-pointers, directly extending the lead to more than 20 points.