If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 362 Too Difficult To Deal With
The Thunder's lineup has an advantage, which is not to say, even if they still have an All-Star who can't play.

The Thunder's salary next season will also become one of the problems, but now they are still the most comfortable strong team to eat rookie benefits.

Only a team like theirs that picked up a big baby in the reconstruction can achieve this level.

A wealthy family like the Lakers can only be envious and jealous.

Yi Jian also said after winning the game: "I have great confidence in my teammates, even those who didn't play the game."

"They train hard every day, which puts them in a game-ready situation, and as soon as their name is called, they can go out there and wreak havoc. We like to use nine or 9 men now. The rotation lineup. The Lakers are a threat team, so we have to use a lot of players to compete with them in rotation."

Of course, the Thunder players are very confident about going to the away game. Los Angeles is also one of the most familiar away games for the league teams, especially for the Western Conference teams.

After all, there are two opponents whose home courts are on which side, and the more you go, the more you will get used to it.

After the Lakers returned home, they also reflected.

Just relying on defense, they seem unable to beat the Thunder.

The Thunder's defense is too strong. To beat the Thunder, they still need to attack.

It's just that the Lakers' offense is not as good as their opponents, so they can only rely on home court advantage to find a way to bring the offense up.

And they believe that as long as they win the home game, they will be able to improve the team's feeling in all aspects.

At that time, one will ebb and flow, and they will have hope for this series.

As long as they can beat the Thunder, the Lakers will definitely have the hope of winning the championship.

Imagination is beautiful, but they must first face reality.

Returning to the home court only adjusted for one day, which was the third game of the series.

The starting lineups of the two teams are stable, but the Lakers have fewer rotations.

At the beginning of the game, the defense of both sides was still very tight.

But this time it was the Lakers who broke the game first, and Kobe felt better when he returned to the home court.

But the key is actually the scale of whistleblowing. Some actions that were considered good defense before were whistled.

Kobe was in Los Angeles and got the treatment of a body whistle.

The Thunder reacted quickly and called a timeout after two mistakes.

Yi Jian also reminded his teammates that referees in Los Angeles have different whistleblowing standards, and their game strategies must be adjusted in time.

This situation was already in Thunderclap's plan.

After all, it is not uncommon to whistle a superstar.

Now Kobe's athletic ability is not as good as when he was young, he needs this kind of whistle.

And this whistleblowing can actually be used by Yi Jian and Durant.

They may not be treated as well as Kobe, but as superstars, they will not be ignored by referees.

It was precisely because of the preparation that the Thunder realized something was wrong shortly after the start, and then made changes.

If the team is not well prepared, it may have to wait until after the loss before angrily scolding the referee, and then reflect and change.

As for the Thunder, it was just a matter of changing a strategy.

After all, the Thunder not only have defense, but their offense is even stronger.

In the away game, Durant's touch still needs to be adjusted, so the Thunder's timeout did not solve the problem immediately.

But the Lakers can already feel that the Thunder have made some changes.

The coaching staff of the Lakers on the sidelines also felt unbelievable, the Thunder's reaction was too fast.

Is the head coach on the opposite side really that strong?
Brooks is okay, but not particularly strong either.

It can only be said that Yi Jian often communicates with the coaching staff. The coaches and players have reached an agreement in many aspects, which is very helpful to the team.

The Thunder can quickly discover the situation and make adjustments, and the links between players and coaches are indispensable.

After the Thunder noticed the situation, their defense became more cautious.

But they blew the counterattack horn during the rotation period. The Thunder's bench players are much better than the Lakers'. There is no doubt about this.

The advantage of the rotation lineup will be reflected in physical strength in the end, but in the eyes of the fans, the most intuitive manifestation is that the substitute players come up to score.

When the Lakers rotated, they were obviously a little bit powerless.

Kobe played too much time before and couldn't hold it at the last moment, and the Lakers dare not continue to use it like this now.

On the surface, Kobe insisted that he had no problem, and could play the whole game, but he also knew in his heart that his physical strength was not as good as when he was young, and he did not refuse the coach's arrangement.

The Lakers took the lead at the start, but were caught up by the Thunder during the rotation period.

In the second quarter, Kobe played again and started the scoring mode again.

It's just that Kobe is a little different from before in that the current scoring model relies too much on free throws.

Without free throws, it would be difficult for Kobe to score half of his points.

This is just the missed shots, excluding the reason why the Thunder's defense is not so tight because of the scale change.

That's why Yi Jian sighed. He had seen Kobe's decline with his own eyes.

Think about when he first entered the league, it would be impossible for the team not to flank Kobe.

The Lakers have home court advantage, and it is indeed a lot harder to play.

All the Thunder have to do is accept and find a way to win the game.

After all, if you lose and cry, you will be looked down upon by others, and it is meaningless.

Moreover, the Thunder has been criticized very quickly in this regard, and there are also situations where the Thunder has double penalties, especially Durant, the golden wheel penalty king.

After Yi Jian acquired the master skill of dealing cards, he didn't draw so many fouls, but Durant became more and more proficient.

Now that the Lakers rely on free throws, it's hard for the Thunder to say anything.

However, even with free throws, it is too difficult for the Lakers to suppress the Thunder.

The scoring efficiency of Yi Jian and Durant is also improving, the whistleblowing at the Staples Center is generally much tighter, and the Lakers can no longer defend like the second game.

Lowry has also performed, he must be much better than Sessions and Blake.

In addition to Kobe, Bynum also made some free throws for the Lakers, but Gasol basically couldn't do it.

This has something to do with his playing style, and it has something to do with Yi Jian's opponent.

Yi Jian is not so tight, and it is difficult for Gasol to have a chance.

As a result, the Lakers made a wave of free throws, but after playing for a while, they found that they still had no advantage.

Moreover, the Thunder has plenty of people on the defensive end, and they are not afraid of any style problems. Their mentality is still stable.

If it continues, I am afraid that the Lakers' mentality will go wrong.

The home field advantage has been used, and if you still can't win, then you can only go home to wash and sleep.

At the last moment of the first half, Yi Jian blocked the opponent and quickly attacked to help the team score.

Then Durant completed the steal again, causing the Lakers to foul and stand on the free throw line to score.

If Kobe hadn't hit the buzzer at the end, the Thunder might have taken the lead into the second half.

But this also made the Lakers players sweat all over. As long as they don't pay attention, the Thunder can explode, which is really too difficult to deal with.

(End of this chapter)