Chapter 40

Westbrook held the ball beyond the three-point line at the top of the arc. At this time, Dragic and Jeff Green stood at the bottom corners on both sides, Jordan stood in the penalty area under the basket, and Durant stood at 45 degrees to the left.

The space is too open!Facing Jordan Farmar's single defense, Westbrook ignored it at all and overtook easily on the left!

Go into the penalty area to the basket, attract Josh Powell to help defend, and immediately throw the ball high!

Chris Mihm jumps to intercept!Little Jordan behind him jumped up!
Get the ball and smash it into the basket with both hands!Buckle up Chris Mim!
Wow!There were bursts of roars from the scene, proudly announcing that this is their Oklahoma City team.

Chris Mim, who was dunked, shook his head, feeling helpless. He picked up the ball and sent it to Jordan Farmar, who slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Calling a screen, Mihm stepped forward, and Falma used the screen to try to get rid of Westbrook, but at this time the Thunder switched defenses!
After switching defenses to Jordan, Farmer faced Jordan with the ball, big and small!

After continuous crotch dribbles, find the rhythm!Accelerate suddenly!
to the basket!Layup!

Snapped!Before the ball reached the frame, it was slapped out of bounds by the flying Jordan!And he also suffered a little resistance and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Presti laughed heartily. Jordan is a very good center who can survive in the small ball era. Now that Jordan has not gained weight, it is not too easy to defend against a small backup point guard.

At this time, Farmar's heart was broken, and the defender couldn't play the center alone!What kind of monster is this, a center forward can move faster than him!

Serve from the bottom line to Odom, Odom faced Durant's defense after receiving the ball, and pressed the paint with his back!
At this time, Durant's strength was still unable to compete with Odom, so Durant was pushed all the way to the paint by Odom, and then played low singles.

Odom suddenly turned and threw!The goal was a surefire goal, but I didn't want Jordan to quickly help defend it again, and it was another slap!

The ball flew out of the baseline again!
Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!The applause at the scene was endless, and the Thunder fans at this time were really excited!This little Jordan is simply the gate of the basket!This is definitely a dream center!
Jordan also felt the fans' love for him from the applause, so he raised his hands up to give the fans a response!

With only 3 seconds left in the attack time, Falma sent Odom from the bottom line again!Odom catches the ball and wants to make a mid-range shot!
Snapped!Covered again!Odom faced Durant's long arm at such a close range to select a mid-range shot!It can only be said that it was not wronged.

Durant, who got the ball, made a long pass to Westbrook who was about to get off, and Westbrook who received the ball easily took off and dunked!

Beep!The Lakers finally couldn't help but called a timeout again!

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!The applause of the audience rang out again!

This Thunder team really gave the fans countless expectations.

Soon, the timeout ended, the Lakers replaced the starting lineup again, and the Thunder lineup remained unchanged. At this time, the score was 24:20
After Fisher took the ball to the middle, he immediately handed it to Kobe. Kobe turned a blind eye to Dragic's defense and directly forced it!

bang!Strike the iron!
At this time, the Lakers' insiders began to play their role!Bynum is directly behind the card owner Jordan!Jeff Green was also weak in the face of Gasol's body, and the ball was easily set aside by Gasol!

Kobe holds the ball!
Kobe pressed his hand, indicating that he was playing singles, and then took the ball to the left 45-degree three-point line and took a step inward!
Back to Dragic!

Signature back hit!After Kobe leaned in, he turned over and shot a jumper!
The ball fell into the net with a graceful arc!
24:22
Presti got up and yelled foul!
Durant, who just got the ball, understood it. He faced Odom with the ball to find a rhythm breakthrough, and suddenly stopped to shoot!
Odom was shaken up, and Durant took advantage of the opportunity to make a shot!
Beep!Odom shot foul, Durant made two free throws!
Presti waved his hand to signal Westbrook. Dragic came to his side. Presti said slowly: "Dragic, you play point guard instead of Russell, and Russell, you play point guard to defend Kobe. Remember that when he wants the ball, you have to go around to consume him frequently. Once he gets the ball and hits back, you have to support his waist and stick to him tightly, just like you defend Durant during training."

Westbrook and Dragic nodded. In fact, the way Presti told Westbrook to defend Kobe is also the way Tony Allen defended Kobe the best in his previous life.

Durant makes two free throws with 28:22 to go
Fisher continued to dribble the ball to the front court and wanted to give it to Kobe, but at this time Westbrook would not agree to go all the way around the front card owner Kobe. The old fish held the ball and looked at Westbrook in front of Kobe.
But Kobe has been doing it all the time, and he didn't have the courage to give it to others, so he wasted like this!Finally, 10 seconds later, Kobe finally got the ball.

Still choose to play back!According to the coach's request, Westbrook clung to Kobe tightly and held his waist. Kobe was very uncomfortable holding the ball at this time, lean on!Westbrook only took a small step back.

Westbrook is not Dragic, both in strength and weight are higher than him, so Kobe basically does not have the usual rhythm, so the result of the fallback jumper!

Clang! Strike the iron!
Jordan got stuck this time and got the rebound!to Dragic
Dragic holds the ball and easily overtakes Fisher. Breaking through the penalty area also attracts help defenses. Durant immediately points to the outside line!

Durant catches and shoots!Bang!Also hit the iron!

But long rebounds!Durant takes the lead again, continue to throw!
Entered 30:22
The Lakers' offense is still Kobe's singles!

This time!
In this way, the first half ended slowly, and the score came to 45:35. The Thunder actually led the Lakers by 10 points, which surprised many people.
During the halftime break, Presti did not accept any interviews, but went to the locker room to describe the tactics of the second half in detail!
Soon, the intermission ended and the second half of the game officially began.

In terms of lineup, the Lakers won Bynum and Kobe, while the Thunder replaced the starting lineup, and Raheem's position continued to be replaced by Mbah a Moute.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Lakers showed their adjusted tactics in the second half. Gasol stood in the paint and Odom stood in the left corner.

Gasol holds the ball inside as the main starting point of the attack. He singles Mbah a Moute without double-teaming.

The Thunder's defense on the outside is OK, but the inside is really weak. Fortunately, Presti is shameless and plays each ball for 24 seconds. Otherwise, it is very likely that there will be a small collapse in the third quarter.

Finally, near the end of the third quarter, the Thunder called a timeout!Score 60:68
It's time to close the game, Presti said confidently, and then once again took the lineup of 4 small and 1 large, this time he wanted to play as fast as possible and switch defenses wirelessly.

And the Lakers once again took the starting lineup up. Everyone is ready to fight desperately in the final game. No one wants to lose in the first game of the regular season.

(End of this chapter)

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