NBA bench saves national team

The first quarter is over.

24: 31.

The overall strength of the Thunder is still a bit worse, being led by the Lakers by 7 points.

秦风在这一节仅仅6投4中，三分球3投2中，罚球1罚0中，砍下10分5篮板5助攻2抢断的数据。

科比则是4投3中，三分球3投1中，罚球3罚3中，同样砍下10分2篮板3助攻1抢断的数据。

The performance of the two headed stars can be described as comparable.

The game entered the second quarter.

Both sides are a mixed lineup of substitutes and main players.

But it is obvious that the Lakers' bench strength and playoff experience are better. They forced the Thunder to make mistakes continuously and played a wave of 5:0 offensive climax.

Seeing this, Brooks called a timeout, rearranged his tactics, and replaced Qin Feng.

Since there is a gap in the strength of the rest of the players, the gap can only be made up by increasing Qin Feng's playing time.

Just after his debut, Qin Feng hit two three-pointers in a row and quickly stopped the bleeding for the team.

The Lakers decisively started the double-team tactic, as long as Qin Feng got the ball, he would start a double-team attack.

Possessing the [Magic Johnson Magic Pass] passing ability at the perfect level, Qin Feng is naturally not afraid of the opponent's double-teaming.

With a flick of his wrist, he passed the basketball to Batum.

The latter made a three-pointer with an open jumper.

Swish!

Basketball hollow into the net.

The Thunder's current lineup on the court is Jeff Green, Batum, Redick, Lowry, and Qin Feng.

Totally small lineup.

At the same time, all five people on the court have the ability to shoot three-pointers, which greatly opens up the space on the court.

Brooks made such a lineup arrangement in order to prevent the Lakers from double-teaming Qin Feng.

After playing a few more rounds, all members of the Thunder team frantically shot three-pointers from the outside.

Although the hit rate is not high, but throwing in a record can help the Thunder quickly increase the score.

In less than 4 minutes, the Thunder chased the point difference to only 3 points.

Phil called a timeout in time, and replaced Kobe, Gasol and other main lineups.

Although the Thunder played a small lineup, the Lakers still insisted on using a big lineup, with Gasol and Bynum present at the same time to enhance their advantage in the penalty area and protect rebounds.

However, Qin Feng broke out suddenly, ran to the penalty area to grab rebounds in a row, played a quick offensive and defensive transition, assisted his teammates to hit two consecutive three-pointers again, and directly overtook the point difference.

Phil Jackson on the sidelines couldn't help frowning when he saw this.

In several matches in the regular season, Qin Feng has not shown such a strong ability to grab rebounds, so the Lakers can easily control rebounds in the twin tower lineup.

This makes it difficult for the Thunder's five small lineups to fight back and take advantage of their speed.

But now the existence of Qin Feng, a rebounding monster, actually limits the performance of the twin towers and activates the Thunder's five small lineups.

The Lakers have also practiced five small lineups before, but the Lakers don't have so many three-point shooters, and there is no way to open up space.

So the five small lineups were discarded by Phil.

How to limit the Thunder's five small lineups now?

Phil was lost in thought.

In the end, he used the strongest lineup of the Lakers, with Gasol as the center, and the substitute Odom mentioned the power forward position, and then matched with Ariza, Kobe, and Fisher.

Although Gasol's speed is slightly slower in this lineup, it can definitely play a huge role in the offensive end and the defensive end of positional warfare.

soon.

This lineup contained the Thunder's five small lineups and began to counterattack and score.

Brooks saw his tricks and replaced them with Chandler, a center, to share the ability to grab rebounds.

The two sides fell into anxiety again.

Halftime is over.

54: 59.

The Thunder are still 5 points behind.

"Although there were no superstar individual performances in the first half of the game, Kobe and Qin Feng still contributed great data and played the role of leading stars."

"The most exciting thing is the mutual contest between the two coaches. I didn't expect Brooks to be able to match Phil's performance in tactical arrangements. This surprised me."

Live commentator Mike Breen shook his head and said, a look of shock flashed in his eyes.

"It's not surprising. After all, the Thunder team has Qin Feng, a tactical wizard, which is equivalent to Brooks having a super military adviser."

"You must know that tactics and play styles such as the five small lineups and the elevator door were all created by Qin Feng."

Barkley said, also with an unbelievable tone.

"Although Kobe and Qin Feng restrained their performance, the two teams still contributed to us a wonderful game of high-intensity confrontation. I thought that in the second half of the game, Kobe and Qin Feng would try to take over the game."

Mike Breen said, with some anticipation.

"Yes, in the first game of the Western Conference Finals, it seems that the two superstars are testing each other and adapting to each other in this series."

"Now that we have fully figured out the opponent's ways, that should increase our personal offense."

Barkley also said that the expectations for this game were put in the second half.

soon.

The second half of the game begins.

The Lakers took the lead in attacking.

After Kobe dribbled the ball for halftime, he changed direction continuously, broke through from the right and then made an emergency stop and made a fallback jumper.

This is one of his signature stunts.

No one in the league can guard that.

It is also difficult for Qin Feng to limit Kobe's fadeaway jumper of this magnitude.

The basketball arced high.

Swish!

Hollow into the net.

The Thunder attack.

After holding the ball for halftime, Qin Feng used three offensive threats, broke through one step, retreated beyond the three-point line, and raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer.

Swish.

Also hollow into the net.

Lakers offense.

Kobe dribbled the ball to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, and before all his teammates were in position, he confidently shot a chasing three-pointer.

Swish.

Keep hitting.

There were bursts of exclamations at the scene.

Seeing Kobe's fierce offensive, all fans know that this is about to enter the "Kobe moment".

Qin Feng did not show any weakness, and used the [Iverson breakthrough and change of direction] skill again. Although he did not completely throw off Kobe's defense, it was enough to open up the shooting space.

Pull-up mid-range jumper.

Swish!

Hit steadily.

After landing, Qin Feng and Kobe glanced at each other, and they both saw a strong desire to attack from each other's eyes.

"Oh? Just at the beginning of the second half, Kobe and Qin Feng started to compete with each other?"

"It seems that the offensive desire that the two suppressed in the first half was finally completely released in the third quarter."

Barkley said with some excitement that this is what he wants to see in this series.

"Among the active players in the NBA, the two players with the strongest offensive ability are soaring points against each other. It's simply not too exciting."

"Kobe's scoring ability needless to say, 81 points in a single game is the best proof."

"Qin Feng, as a rookie this year, also showed unparalleled offensive talent. He scored 50 points, 60 points, and even 70 points in a row throughout the season! His ability to score points consistently is even better than Kobe. .”

Mike Breen said, thrilled.

on the field.

Qin Feng and Kobe were completely in the confrontation mode.

The fans who watched all kinds of wonderful goals and soaring points were so hooked that they couldn't keep their eyes open, and they didn't even dare to blink, for fear of missing some wonderful shots.

The fierce soaring points continued until the second half of the third quarter.

In the end, Kobe took the lead in declining physical strength and began to miss consecutive shots.

But Qin Feng is still full of energy, without the slightest sign of fatigue.

In this case, the Thunder quickly overtook the score.

Kobe also woke up in time, did not continue to obsessed with personal offense, but began to pass the ball, handing the ball to Odom, Gasol and others to attack.

This barely stopped the team's defeat.

The third quarter is over.

The Thunder overtook the point difference by 6 points.

秦风单节14投10中，三分球8投5中，罚球3罚1中，砍下26分5篮板2助攻2抢断的数据。

So far, Qin Feng once again reached a triple-double data.

And Kobe's data in the third quarter is not too much!