If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 363 Don't Give the Lakers a Way to Live
"Today the referee is too stealthy, that's really bragging."

"Hehe, it's rare to see more strange, the Staples Center is normal."

"The Lakers can't suppress the Thunder like this. Doesn't it mean that their strength is really hopeless?"

"Indeed, the current Lakers are too far behind the Thunder. Kobe can't score without relying on referees."

"Obviously they didn't give whistles in the away game before, but Kobe is still the same Kobe, and the Thunder rely on home court advantage."

"Hehe, let's take a look back. Everyone has eyes on who relies on home court advantage. I'm afraid that they will lose if they have home court advantage."

"The Lakers still have a high probability of losing. Yi Jian and Durant's offensive power is too strong, and Durant can lock Gasol. The Lakers have no room to win."

"Kill the Lakers to death in the second half, Emperor Yi is invincible!"

"Absolutely kill the Lakers. The Lakers just made a sneak attack at the beginning. They couldn't stand it in the second half. The Thunder are now three grades better than the Lakers."

"Thunder Dynasty, unstoppable..."

During the intermission, the Lakers were not in high spirits.

"Our offense is more aggressive," head coach Mike Brown said.

The referee's whistleblowing was relatively tight this time, and they had to attack the Thunder's inside line more in the second half.

Kobe has to do it, so do the Twin Towers, and even role players can't be coaxed.

If Yi Jian can encounter foul problems, then the Lakers will really be more stable.

In the second quarter of the first half, Kobe accepted a little bit, but the results proved not to be good.

So in the second half, Kobe must strengthen his offense.

Now the Lakers don't talk about teamwork. Kobe and the home court advantage will win the game first.

Only by winning the game can they stabilize and have a better chance of confronting the Thunder.

Being able to win, whether it is mentality or other aspects, will be different. The time has come for the Lakers to win.

So in fact, there is no need to pour too much chicken soup, and the players understand it.

If they don't win this game, they will have no chance.

The atmosphere in the Lakers team is not so good now, but everyone is still willing to fight.

In the Thunder locker room, some players were a little bit aggrieved, thinking that the Lakers shouldn't have sounded some whistles.

Yi Jian belongs to the most calm group, probably because he has the strength so he won't worry too much.

"We also need to use our brains when playing on the court, but we can't just use our brains. We need to know the referee's scale, but during the game, we can communicate and not have unnecessary emotions."

"What we want to think about is how to win the game, not complain. We have to temporarily block things that are useless to the outcome of the game."

"Don't worry, brothers, I will lead you to win the game."

"In the second half, work harder, we are not away bugs. Whether at home or away, we are the strongest team."

"Yes! Fuck them!"

Coach Brooks is very relieved, with Yi Jian around, his work is much easier.

He and the Thunder have also renewed their contract and got a good salary.

His status in the league has also improved substantially. Even if he is not in the Thunder in the future, there will be teams willing to give him a chance.

I have to admit that everyone around Yi Jian has benefited because of him.

Therefore, trust Yi Jian, there is nothing wrong with following him.

In the third quarter, the defensive intensity of the two teams increased and there were more fouls.

Fouls can sometimes be avoided without paying attention.

But pay attention, don't panic if you have a strategy. The Thunder are not afraid to give the Lakers a few more free throws now.

However, players like Yi Jian and Durant, who are the main attackers, deliberately controlled fouls.

Facing the Lakers, this is not difficult. After all, they don't need to face the opponent's fiercest player, just pay a little attention when helping to defend.

On the Lakers side, not everyone is more on the free throw line, but Kobe is the main one.

Even if the referee scale helps, not everyone can use it.

Not everyone can make a foul, and any method cannot be too simple.

Kobe was able to get fouls because he had experience, skills, daring to fight, and his status in the world.

Even if other players are All-Stars, like Gasol, because of the style of play, it is much more difficult to make free throws.

The Thunder are not at home, so they didn't deliberately foul.

For Yi Jian and Durant, the offense is still based on shooting. Of course, Yi Jian also combined the attack inside.

Yi Jian is still passing the ball, and the Lakers still have no good way to guard against him.

The Lakers didn't always use this flanking attack. The so-called increased intensity in the second half is compared with the first half. Neither side has reached the level of hand-to-hand combat in the second game.

Although it was an away game, the shooting percentages of Yi Jian and Durant were even stronger.

In this case, Kobe can't stand it alone.

But for the rest of the Lakers, the scoring efficiency is really not good.

Even if the Lakers have arranged their tactics during the halftime break, they hope to make more use of their home court advantage.

But it's really difficult to implement. The Thunder have a lot of people playing, and they won't shrink back because of calling fouls.

Yi Jian and Durant can maintain output, but only Kobe can do it for the Lakers.

It doesn't matter if Kobe scores more at home, the Thunder have two superstars.

The scoring situation of others is similar to that of the Lakers. If these two aspects are offset, the Thunder still win by relying on two stars to do more than one star.

So, in the third quarter, the Thunder overtook the score.

This is a big blow to the Lakers players, not just about the score, but more about confidence.

If they still can't win at home, it means that the series is really hopeless.

By this time, the other Lakers players still hadn't scored.

Whether it's a shot from outside the three-point line or a hand-to-hand fight at the basket, no one can score.

In other words, the more entangled it is, the more unreliable the role players are.

The feeling given by the Lakers players is that they gave everything to Kobe, and now Kobe can't cover him, and they can't top him.

"Persevere, they are almost finished." Yi Jian encouraged his teammates.

Although it is an away game, the Thunder players are getting more and more courageous.

With enough substitutes, they can maintain the intensity all the time.

At the end of the quarter, apart from Kobe, Artest was the toughest player for the Lakers.

Artest is still a ruthless character, but it is a pity that his skills are far worse than the peak.

He is not very old, and he may not have put all his energy on basketball, and he has degraded too quickly.

He fought hard and hit two, but it didn't help the Lakers much.

Because the Thunder launched the final onslaught, Yi Jian crushed his opponent in points, assists, and rebounds.

He grabbed offensive rebounds in a row and broke out with Durant.

The Lakers were still very far behind and felt hopeful.

They scored 3 points in almost two or three minutes, and the Lakers were desperate.

It just feels like the score gap has widened all of a sudden, it really doesn't give people a way to survive.

Thunder is powerful and invulnerable.

(End of this chapter)