I just play ball

Chapter 261 Almost Invincible
In less than 2 minutes, the Lakers hit two three-pointers and completed a layup, with two additional penalties, and directly played a 10-0 super attack wave. Not to mention the Thunder, even the Lakers themselves felt a little Meng, why is it like this?

"We must not be careless. Westbrook just feels poor during this period, and he will definitely make adjustments in the future." D'Antoni said with a straight face, "After the timeout is over, Kobe will play the 1st position, mainly responsible for Defense and organization, Iguodala and Gobert, you two replace Nash and Gasol, try to stop the Thunder from accelerating..."

The Lakers nodded to express their understanding, the whistle sounded immediately, and a short pause of 20 seconds was completed.

The fans cheered, Durant raised his hand and patted Westbrook on the shoulder, and the two walked into the court side by side.

Obviously, Durant didn't mean to blame Westbrook. Even if Westbrook made some improper choices and caused the team to fall behind, after all, that is why Westbrook is so good. If he is not so determined and confident, Westbrook will not be able to play those explosive shots. Performance.

Thunder rookie Adams came on the stage to replace the aging Perkins as the center. The central big screen gave him and Gobert a real-time comparison of various statistics since entering the NBA. The former led in rebounds, while the latter dominated in blocks.

The referee whistled, and Westbrook caught the ball from the bottom line in the backcourt, took it to the right wing of the frontcourt, and passed the ball to the top of the arc.

Adams received the ball with both hands raised high, and Robertson held up Iguodala on the left wing, striding forward and raising his left hand to make a request.Although he knew that Robertson's offensive ability with the ball was almost zero, Iguodala still resisted hard and did not catch the ball easily.Adams hesitated for a while, passed the ball to the left waist, and Durant slipped over with the help of a screen to catch the ball.

The situation once again changed to Durant singles against Li Yue. The audience cheered and followed the DJ to shout MVP. Iguodala double-teamed without hesitation. Durant turned around in a hurry and took off without volleyball.

Li Yue jumped up to block the shot and almost stretched his hands straight, but he still couldn't stop the basketball from flying to the basket.

Swish!Hollow into the net.

Durant's attack was completed in one go, and the Chesapeake Energy players immediately burst into applause.

Li Yue turned around and ran to the frontcourt. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Kobe rushing with the ball, and subconsciously increased his speed.

As he expected, Kobe had just rushed two steps, and suddenly raised his hand for a long pass. The basketball was positioned and flew in the air like a missile, but the GPS positioning system was missing, and the landing point was obviously farther forward.

Li Yue picked up the position and speeded up again, rushed to the left wing of the frontcourt, got the ball in his hands against Robertson's interference, and pushed forward.

Robertson chased after him as if equipped with a tracking system. Li Yue rushed to the basket and took off with the ball, hanging on the basket with both hands and scoring a dunk.

21 to 11, the Lakers still lead by 10 points.

Li Yue turned around and shook his head and waved his hands at Kobe, suggesting that it is better not to pass the ball like this again, because this is close to the Thunder's offensive and defensive rhythm.

Kobe grinned, pulled up his jersey and wiped the sweat from his chin, nodded slightly to express his understanding, and then walked straight to Westbrook, making it clear that he would lead the defense from the backcourt and limit the Thunder to speed up their offensive rhythm in advance.

Seeing this situation, coach Brooks waved his hand, and Durant ran to the backcourt, receiving Ibaka's pass and advancing.The audience shouted OKC in unison, as if they would not feel thirsty, their voices became brighter.

Considering that Durant has a large stride, it is easy to change direction easily. Li Yue chose to distance himself and slowly retreat to the frontcourt. Durant did not make fast breaks, and slowly brought the ball to the left wing, Throw to the top of the arc.

Ibaka, who was already in position, received the ball and turned to the right. Westbrook bowed and rushed over, took over and passed the ball, and used the screen to shake off Kobe, and went straight to the free throw line on the left.

Kobe squeezed through the screen and chased after him, and Landry knelt and squatted in a pincer position.Unexpectedly, Westbrook made an emergency stop and scored the ball to the right. Ibaka took it apart and received it.

Gobert immediately jumped up and reached out to block the block, but Ibaka stayed where he was. When he fell, Ibaka jumped up and deliberately raised his release point to avoid a second begging block. The basketball hit the top of the backboard, rebounded and fell through. over the Nets.

"Brooks has something!" Li Yue sighed in his heart. The Thunder came back from a timeout, and the whole team's temperament changed drastically. Durant was more decisive, Westbrook was more calm, Ibaka was more witty, and the teamwork was improved by at least one level.

After sighing, Li Yue happened to run to the top of the frontcourt. Seeing Kobe running towards him, he immediately set up a wall to delay Westbrook who was catching up.Kobe took the opportunity to shift to the left, and Li Yue himself disassembled and slipped down to the short corner on the left.

Kobe made a pass from the left wing and strode back to open up space.

Li Yue received the ball from the basket and posed a three-threat posture with his left foot as the axis. Seeing that Robertson bent his knees and lowered himself, he kicked on the ground in an instant and exerted force.

Robertson twisted his hips sideways to chase, and his whole body hit him like a wall. Li Yue staggered and threw the ball towards the hoop at will.

The basketball hit the rim and bounced off the net, the referee blew his whistle and whistled for Robertson to stop the foul, and the arena was filled with boos.

Before the cries of 'garbage referee' could be heard, Robertson raised his hand to claim the foul, and he also reached out to lift Li Yue who was lying on the floor, and said softly, "Sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Li Yue smiled and nodded, knowing that Robertson was an instinctive reaction as an excellent defensive player just now, but he gave priority to grabbing the position, otherwise he would dribble the ball into someone and foul, everything happened in seconds.

Boos overflowed the scene as usual, Li Yue stood at the free throw line, received the referee's pass and easily made an extra penalty.

24 to 13, the Lakers lead expanded.

The Thunder attacked, Westbrook dribbled the ball to the right wing, handed it to Durant, and ran straight to the bottom corner.

Durant held the ball sideways to observe, Adams saw it and raised it to cover, Gobert stayed in the three-second zone and did not follow.

But Durant didn't make a shot, but pushed with both hands, vigorously crossing the basketball.

Robertson received the ball at 45 degrees on the left, and there was no defense two meters in front of him. The audience raised their hands and prepared to cheer.

I once thought that Robertson seemed to have zero points for three-pointers. Not only did he not shoot immediately, but he dribbled forward staggeringly. Iguodala stepped forward to press and almost completed the steal.

The atmosphere in the arena became awkward. Durant hurried forward to respond. Robertson eagerly passed the ball back as if holding a bomb that would explode in a second. Ibaka followed and ran up to set a positioning screen.

Li Yue chose to bypass the screen to intercept. Durant rushed to the three-point line first, pulled the ball in front of his left hand and switched to his right hand. cast.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, and the audience was finally able to cheer louder than before.

"Awesome!" Li Yue gave a thumbs up to show his praise, Durant shrugged arrogantly: "It's such an easy shot, I can hit a thousand with my eyes closed, you have to strengthen your defense."

Li Yue curled his lips slightly to show disdain, and slowly ran to the bottom corner on the right side of the frontcourt.

Kobe took the ball to the right wing and raised his hand to call for a play.

Seeing this, Li Yue started running, and rushed to the top of the arc with the help of Gobert's cover. After receiving the pass, he passed the ball to Landry on the left elbow, and then moved to the free throw line. At the same time, Iguodala ran to the left 45 degrees three point line.

Landry raised the hand to hand over the ball, then turned around and made an air cut in the middle, passing through the gate formed by Li Yue and Gobert. Ibaka had no time to catch up, and Robertson and Adams did not dare to chase. The Thunder team watched Iguodala tosses the ball up in the air.

Boom!Alley dunk.

26 to 15, the Lakers firmly grasped the 11-point lead, but the team immediately retreated.

Westbrook caught the ball and rushed to the top of the arc in just three seconds, then threw it to Ibaka who followed up from the left. , The basketball is hollowed into the net.

Too fast, even faster than the sun running and bombing back then.

Li Yue ran to the right wing and moved to the top of the arc as usual. He saw that Kobe was stuck in the position but did not reach out to ask for it. He passed the ball back without thinking. The Lakers needed high hits to suppress the Thunder and speed up. It is the best choice. After all, the advantages of height and weight are there, and it is not so wasteful to fight occasionally.

I saw Kobe slapping the ball and shaking his shoulders left and right. Westbrook adjusted his footsteps to follow. Both of them were extremely patient, but the five-second turn-back time was up in a blink of an eye.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Gobert jumped up with a roar, grabbed the offensive rebound domineeringly over Adams' head, landed and turned around to pass out.

Li Yue received the ball, stomped his shoulders to the left and broke through to the left, took two strides to shake off Robertson, and stopped abruptly.

when!The basketball hit the rim and bounced upside down.

Westbrook jumped up high to catch the rebound, changed hands behind the landing to avoid Kobe, ran like a hundred thousand gold in front of him, and forced to throw Kobe away with his good health, rushed to the free throw line in the frontcourt, gliding and dunking with one hand .

bang!Basketball hoop.

The Thunder chased to 19 to 26.

Kobe picked up the basketball and walked out of bounds. Li Yue ran to catch the ball and pass it back. The two walked side by side to the top of the arc.Li Yue took advantage of the situation to set up a human wall as a cover, Kobe took the opportunity to dribble to the right, Robertson took a step across the delay, and Westbrook squeezed through the screen to catch up.

Li Yue had a large space in front of him, twisted his hips decisively, turned around, and went straight to the hoop after receiving Kobe's ground pass. Seeing that Adams shrunk and intercepted, he immediately distributed the ball to Gobert, who was temporarily unguarded, and at the same time reminded him to shoot.

As soon as the words fell, Gobert hooked sideways, the basketball crashed into the net, and the Lakers led 28 to 19.

Adams picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, and wanted to play a fast break. Gobert stepped forward to interfere spiritually. The Thunder slowed down. The other four Lakers quickly retreated across the half court and arranged their defensive formation in advance.

Westbrook received the ball, pushed forward helplessly, and walked to the left wing to command the whole team to land.

Durant used the cover to catch the ball. After observing for a while, he found that the chance was slim. He turned to the left and passed back with his hand and made a screen.Westbrook slumped his shoulders and accelerated straight to the free throw line. Iguodala moved laterally to intercept and teamed up with Li Yue to double-team.

Westbrook jumped up and twisted his body to pass the ball to the right wing.

When Robertson received it, he was still wide open, still didn't make a shot, and still stumbled towards the top of the arc.

Iguodala calmly completed the defense, and there was not much time left in the attack at this moment. Westbrook was under the basket, Durant was far away on the left wing, Adams ran to the bottom corner for some reason, and Ibaka hurriedly went up to the wall to cover .

Robertson took the opportunity to speed up his breakthrough, and Ibaka immediately disassembled and went down. However, ball control under high-intensity confrontation seems to be a bit difficult for a player like Robertson who spends all his skill points on defense.

He dribbles almost straight, and the basketball is far away from his body, without any protection at all!
Landry, who was about to switch defenses, swooped forward, snatched the basketball, and sprinted forward.

Li Yue followed up from the left, and Iguodala followed up from the right. The two of them didn't want the ball, so they escorted them all the way to the basket. Landry, relying on his height advantage, put his back against Robertson to let him exert his strength and hit the board easily. Score.

30 to 19, the Lakers led by another 11 points.

The Thunder finally narrowed the point difference to single digits, but they returned it before they were warmed up. If the Lakers scored difficultly, they could bear it, but they were extremely easy twice, which was a great blow to morale.

Durant moved forward with the ball. For the first time, there were no shouts in the arena. The DJ quickly guided the three words "OKC" to sound from all around, but it didn't last long, and quickly dissipated like a fireworks explosion.

Durant passed the ball from the center line, Ibaka caught it, turned around and distributed it to Westbrook on the left wing, and ran up to cover.Kobe bypassed the screen to intercept and successfully blocked Westbrook at the top of the arc. Westbrook was forced to pull the ball and change direction.

Ibaka turned sideways to the wall again, and D'Antoni hurriedly yelled at the referee, "mobile screen violation". The referee just raised the whistle and put it to his mouth.

The basketball smashed into the basket, Gobert and Adams took off at the same time to fight for it, the basketball was forced to jump up again, Ibaka rushed to grab it in his hand, jumped almost instantly after landing, and the bullet speed exploded!
But in the face of absolute wingspan and height, no matter how fast the bullet speed is, it is useless. Gobert stretched out his hand on the spot, nailed the cap with a 'bang', and the basketball rebounded and flew to the free throw line. Kobe caught it in his hand and pushed forward.

The Lakers went down the third line quickly, and Li Yue rushed to the bottom corner on the left. Seeing that Kobe made an emergency stop and took off for a two-stage shot, he immediately raised his hands in celebration. Robertson also relaxed his vigilance and turned his head to see if the basketball was hit.

Li Yue took the opportunity to cut to the basket, received Kobe's extreme lob pass, flew towards Durant, and passed the ball to the right in the air.

Iguodala received the ball from the right elbow, bent over to avoid Westbrook flying over his head, stepped back to the three-point line, and calmly shot a wide-open three-pointer. The basketball hit the circle and entered the net. The Lakers led 33 to 19. Chesapeake Energy Arena was silent.

The Thunder requested a 100-second timeout.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Breen said: "Can you summarize the reasons why the Thunder lag behind for the audience friends?"

"Of course." Van Gundy nodded with a smile, "First of all, the Lakers lineup is too strong. The three outsiders are all masters in organization and scoring, and the three are also very strong in defense. They can gain an advantage against most teams;
Secondly, the Thunder's lineup has obvious shortcomings on the offensive end. When Robertson is the shooting guard, the Lakers can completely let him go, but neither of these points is the root cause of the Thunder's lag. And too many moves, the terrifying scoring ability of Westbrook and Durant has not been fully released.

They are still a team that relies on talent to win. "

"What about the Lakers?"

"The Lakers have both talent and tactics, and are almost invincible."

(End of this chapter)