Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 315 The Thunder is a strange team

To be honest, even Kobe didn't expect to make the playoffs this year, because apart from the draft, the Lakers' reinforcements in the summer were simply terrible.

The only tens of millions of contracts they offered was for Hibbert, and so many good and cheap people were missed in vain.

Now just thinking about Roy Hibbert, Kobe and coach Scott both have headaches. I heard that his attendance rate is not high when he arrives at the new team.

Fortunately, in the middle of the season, I got rid of that guy in time and replaced the big shooter Channing Frye. Now not only made the playoffs, but also tied with the Thunder, which far exceeded expectations.

The feeling of winning is back, which has the 38-year-old Bryant excited.

Yuan Qingshan spent a lot of time with Scarlett these two days, so Kobe, the oldest, became the most diligent person in the team.

After the shooting training, it was a group confrontation. Yuan Qingshan, Towns, Whiteside and Kobe, Nick Young, and Frye each led a team, and Yuan Qingshan directly faced Kobe.

Scott is the kind of person who does things meticulously, so the Lakers' training has always been very planned, and this kind of intra-team competition is a necessary subject every week.

In previous confrontations, he tried to arrange Yuan Qingshan and Kobe in a group so that they could get acquainted as soon as possible.

It's different now. After a season of running-in, the players have a tacit understanding, especially Yuan Qingshan and Kobe, who have a very high golf quotient, have long been able to adapt to each other.

So today Scott arranged Yuan Qingshan and Kobe to match up to help them further adapt to the opponent's high-intensity defensive oppression.

The defensive combination of Westbrook and Robertson should not be underestimated. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the NBA's first perimeter gate.

Losing in the first game and playing so tired in the second game had nothing to do with being locked out from outside.

Donovan sent "Dugard" to provide special services for Towns. It is obviously unrealistic to expect Towns to turn around, so the hope of breakthrough can only be on Yuan Qingshan or Kobe.

It stands to reason that Yuan Qingshan is also taken care of by another Gundam, and his performance should not be too extravagant, but he is younger than Kobe. Scott always has a feeling that Yuan Qingshan will definitely bring him surprises.

At the end of the confrontation, the three young Lakers won the victory. The two sides were not ambiguous at all. They were so tired that Whiteside simply lay on the floor.

Yuan Qingshan intentionally increased his shots. Facing Kobe's defense, he made 11 of 5 shots and a 45% shooting rate, which was barely passable.

Kobe was much better. He made 16 of 8 shots, exactly 50%.

Judging from the experience of the previous two games, if you want to deal with Robertson, you should still play in the high post.

The hardware of Yuan Qingshan and Robertson is not much different, so Kobe simulated him as Robertson, which is considered a success.

The game was played the next day, and after a morning of training, Scott gave the players another day off, and agreed to gather the next morning and fly to Oklahoma for an away game.

Kobe invited everyone to a steak restaurant on the west side of the city for a big meal, and then rushed home to be with Vanessa and the daughters.

Yuan Qingshan and the others returned to Zijin Villa, and Whiteside shut himself in the room with a bang and fell asleep.

Downs lay at the door and listened for a while, then asked Yuan Qingshan, "Isn't Hassan sick?"

Of course Whiteside is not sick, he is just depressed. It was the first time in his career that he stood on the stage of the playoffs.

Yuan Qingshan waved to him: Don't bother Hassan.

Well, well, Downs also ran back to his room and said he was going to take a nap.

Yuan Qingshan knew without asking, this guy must have hidden himself and called Taylor.

Take a nap?Are you kidding me, they talked on the phone until midnight.

Yuan Qingshan pushed open the door, still looking messy when he went out in the morning, Rachel didn't come back, she should follow the knight to Atlanta now.

Yuan Qingshan lay down, picked up his phone and sent Rachel a message: Is work going well?
Rachel didn't reply immediately, probably because she was busy.

Yuan Qingshan closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep in a daze when the phone vibrated suddenly.

Rachel: It's going well, but I'm very busy. The editor-in-chief wants me to follow it until the Eastern Conference finals, and even the finals.

Yuan Qingshan read the words on the screen silently in his heart, and said to himself that it would be great if 2K sent Rachel to follow up and interview the Lakers.

The second message followed: how are you, are you tired, do you miss me?

Yuan Qingshan automatically ignored the first question, and replied: I want to die.

Rachel: Hypocrisy, the Cavaliers' internal training is over, I'm going to interview and talk on the phone at night.

Yuan Qingshan closed the phone, his mind was in a mess, and he fell asleep after a while.

The next day the Lakers set off early in the morning and went straight to the hotel after arriving in Oklahoma City. The team did not arrange any activities, and the players were gathered in a conference room in the hotel to watch the video.

Scott watched and talked, and wanted to analyze some of the Thunder's tactics in the first two games, but he couldn't continue talking later. He didn't have any tactics, especially the second game, which was completely played by Westbrook.

Yuan Qingshan knew better than anyone else that in the last game, the Thunder and Thunder had competed with him, and they didn't listen to their coach's instructions at all.

If the second young master is still so irrational in the third game, the Lakers still have a chance to win.

And if the two young masters can get rid of distracting thoughts and really calm down, the Lakers will be in bad luck.

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5月6日，常规赛西部第2名和第4名的次轮第3场较量将要开始。

The Thunder play their home games at Chesapeake Energy Stadium in downtown Oklahoma City, also known as the Old Ford Center.

The arena covers an area of ​​5 square meters and has 1 seats, which are scattered on four floors. The arena is brick red as a whole, and looks like a big hamburger from a distance.

The bus drove to the back door, and the security guards led the players and staff to the visiting team's locker room.

"To be honest, I was angry as soon as I came here. The Thunder are too stingy. I dare say this dressing room is not as big as my bedroom." Towns began to complain as soon as he entered the door.

Scott: "You don't pick these useless, I tell you that I changed clothes in the hallway when I was playing."

Towns: "Coach, why do you still mention what happened 100 years ago?"

The others laughed.

Simply breezy, Scott led the players out.

Unlike the Staples Center, at the Thunder's home court, the corridor outside the locker room was very quiet. There were no fans or reporters. The Lakers walked towards the player tunnel and could hear their own crackling footsteps.

Towns followed behind Yuan Qingshan: "Strange, let me say that the Thunder team is weird."

Yuan Qingshan raised his elbow and gave him a slap in the back: "Shut up, you!"

(End of this chapter)