NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 202 G2 kicks off, the Lakers change formation
Xiaoxue was still very excited: "Hey! You won't understand."

As she spoke, she quickly replied to Lin Tian's message.

Xiaoxue: Mmmmm!I believe you will be able to defeat the Thunder, come on!

Lin Tian replied the message in less than two seconds.

Lin Tian: Thank you.

Lan Lan moved her head closer, and when she saw the content of the chat between the two, she showed strange eyes: "Win Thunder? Lin Tian doesn't even have confidence."

"Don't you know nothing about football?"

"No matter how much you don't know about football, you've been paying attention to the NBA recently because of what you've heard and seen. Fans say that the Thunder and the Lakers are not the same level of team."

"Who said that! The Thunder has twin stars, and the Lakers also have the Big Three!" Xiaoxue put her hands on her hips and glared at Lan Lan angrily.

"Puchi! Who sealed the Big Three? Did you seal them?"

"It's not me! It's the majority of netizens."

……

Two days passed in a flash.

On April 4, at 16:19, at the Pisacek Energy Center, the game between the Thunder and the Lakers kicked off in G2.

The starting lineup of the home team Thunder has not changed: Westbrook, Robertson, Durant, Ibaka and Adams.

The starting lineup of the away game Lakers has been adjusted to: Nick Young, Kobe, Lin Tian, ​​Tucker and Howard.

The difference from the last game is that this time Lin Tian was placed in the fourth position by Scott, directly facing Ibaka.

The results of the G1 game have shown that Tucker is not good at defending Ibaka, and his height is too disadvantageous. Lin Tian can make up for the gap in height.

And the Lakers lost too many rebounds in G1, which is not at the same level as the Thunder.

Such a big adjustment in just one game is relatively rare.

After the game started, Lin Tian, ​​who played the fourth position, frequently used his footsteps to single Ibaka successfully.

In terms of defense, Ibaka is definitely the Thunder's strongest defensive player.

He was selected to the first team of the All-Defensive Team three times and won the league's blocked shots twice.

But such a defensive master has nothing to do with Lin Tian.

After playing in the NBA for a period of time, everyone believed that Lin Tian's strongest was his breakthrough and pull-up jumper.

No one would have imagined that Lin Tian's low-post singles skills are also unbelievably skilled.

Facing Ibaka's defense, Lin Tian can always pass the opponent with his extremely fast footsteps, and at the same time, he can easily catch the turnaround jumper after the back hit.

When it was the Thunder's turn to attack, Ibaka asked for the ball from Westbrook several times.

But when he was going to single Lin Tian, ​​Lin Tian was always able to perfectly cut off the ball in his hand.

Ibaka can use his height to easily score against Tucker.

Fighting Lin Tian, ​​his height advantage is not big, and the flexibility of the two sides is even worse by more than one level.

Lin Tian's defense allowed Ibaka's relatively rough singles skills to be seen at a glance.

And Lin Tian's terrifying defensive ability in the interior also made Westbrook and Durant ashamed.

But tonight the Thunder's outside touch is more accurate.

After the first half, the Lakers barely led the Thunder by 5 points.

Los Angeles, Xiaoxue's home.

At this time, Xiaoxue and her best friend Lan Lan are watching the live broadcast of the Lakers game through their laptops.

Recently, Lan Lan has also been frantically supplementing her basketball knowledge.

Seeing that the Lakers had a five-point lead after the first half, Xiaoxue, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, waved her pink fist: "Yeah!"

Lan Lan next to him also pushed his glasses: "Lin Tian is really strong! Facing such a tall black man, he can always throw the ball in."

"Of course!" Xiaoxue raised her head proudly, "Please! He's Lin Tian! If nothing else happens, he's locked in the MVP of this season!"

"Come on! What's the name of that No. 0 player on the Lakers? He's pretty good at playing, but he doesn't seem to like passing the ball."

"His name is Nick Young, don't you recognize him?" Xiaoxue said while taking out her notebook to write and draw. She was already thinking about the post-game article for the Lakers.

"I didn't watch the NBA before, how could I know him?"

"The black question mark expression pack that you often send me on WeChat is him."

"Ah? What?" Lan Lan immediately covered his mouth in disbelief. At the same time, he took out his mobile phone and opened WeChat, and found Nick Young's emoji, "This emoji is him?"

Xiaoxue glanced at Lan Lan's cell phone and said calmly, "That's right, it's him."

"Ahh! So it's him! What did you say his name was? Nick Young? Good! I'll be his fan from now on!"

Xiaoxue was suddenly struck by lightning: "Are you so frivolous? You became a fan of Nick Young just because of an emoji?

……

After the start of the second half, the Thunder began to confront the Lakers.

Westbrook and Durant also began to exert their strength.

On the Lakers side, except for Lin Tian, ​​the offensive efficiency of other players has plummeted.

Especially Nick Young, he is still obsessed with singles, but he hits the iron frequently.

The score was quickly tied by the Thunder, and then began to overtake.

Lin Tian and Howard guard the inside, making the Lakers' inside defense full of deterrence.

Even if Howard was taken out, Lin Tian stood in the penalty area to defend the basket.

But today's Durant shot was outrageously accurate, and a Tucker couldn't prevent Durant at all.

When Tucker played the fourth position, it was very difficult to defend Ibaka.

He thinks that defending Durant today, he can use the advantage of speed to limit the superstar.

But after Durant really exerted his strength, Tucker realized that he was thinking too much!
It doesn't matter that Durant's speed is not slower than him, the change of direction and breakthrough is simply a guard level, even better than many guards.

There is actually a big gap in height between the two!When Durant shot, Tucker was completely unable to interfere with Durant.

Westbrook and Durant played well on the outside. Because they were afraid of Lin Tian's defense, they rarely hit the inside. They just shot three-pointers from the outside, or made an emergency stop.

The Lakers put too little pressure on them from the outside.

Scott saw that the situation was not good, and after calling a timeout, he quickly asked Lin Tian to defend Durant.

Such disadvantages are obvious. The Lakers then suffered a big loss in rebounding, just because the inside height is not enough.

Westbrook always gives the ball to Durant after the pick-and-roll with Durant, letting Durant single-play Nick Young, which is simply sending Durant to score.

After playing this tactic several times for the Thunder, Lin Tian always chose to follow Durant closely, even if he was blocked, he would go around to defend.

Such a defensive choice made Durant's offensive efficiency slightly lower.

But after the third quarter, the Lakers were still 10 points behind.

As soon as the final quarter started, Scott did not dare to let Lin Tian rest.

Lin Tian led Clarkson, Nick Young, Nance Jr. and Channing Frye to play.

While Westbrook and Durant are still resting, they must recover the point difference.

But the Thunder still "take good care of" Lin Tian, ​​as long as Lin Tian holds the ball, double-teaming will come.

(End of this chapter)