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Kobe really wanted to kill.

On his own MVP night, at Staples, he was beaten up by the Thunder, how could Kobe swallow this breath.

Although he is 34 years old, Kobe's cautious personality in basketball will not change.

So at the beginning of the game, Kobe controlled the ball by himself, and directly took Durant's jumper and hit a fadeaway jumper.

This ball is extremely difficult. Durant's long arms are really not covered, and they are extremely disturbing.

For the Thunder, because Durant defended against Kobe and Sefolosha did well against Li Liang in the last game, Brooks adopted such a matchup from the beginning.

But this is the first mistake Brooks made, misplaced the defense too early.

The Thunder's first offense missed, and Westbrook hit the iron with a pull-up jumper with the ball.

Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed the ball directly to Kobe, allowing Kobe to control the ball.

Then Kobe gave the ball to Nash after halftime, and Nash caught the ball and used Kobe's screen to get rid of Westbrook's entanglement.

Kobe went down and stuck Durant in the low post again.

Nash lobs a pass to Kobe, and Kobe turns his back instantly after receiving the ball.

Durant thought Kobe was going to shoot again, but he jumped up and was fouled by Kobe.

"Kobe played very smart, very aggressive, he caught a small mistake from Durant, drew a foul, and it looked like the Thunder were going to be in a little trouble."

"Yes, Kobe is very aggressive, but it doesn't mean he has lost his cool. On the contrary, I think he is very calm now. After all, he is 34 years old."

Van Gundy's ball showed that Kobe was very clear-headed.

He hit a jumper on the first ball, which shows that he feels very good.

So Durant will definitely go all out to defend the second ball, and Kobe will make a foul.

In this way, only one minute after the start of the game, Durant committed a foul on his back, and in the next first quarter, he would not dare to defend with all his strength.

Bryant stood at the free throw line and made two free throws. The Lakers opened 4:0.

Brooks didn't feel right and immediately called a timeout.

After the opening minute, the Thunder called a timeout because Brooks heard the dangerous hiss of the Mamba.

After a short timeout of 20 seconds, the Thunder needed to protect Durant.

Brooks returned to his normal defensive state, allowing Sefolosha to defend Kobe and Durant to deal with Metta World Peace.

Brooks made a second mistake this time. He didn't recognize that Li Liang had arrived at the small forward position.

Moreover, the effect of letting Ibaka defend Li Liang has always been bad.

But Brooks had no choice. Li Liang was also very good at fouling.

If Durant makes another foul, the Thunder will be in trouble.

Returning to the field after the timeout, the Thunder attacked.

Durant held the ball with his back at 45 degrees, and Li Liang defended one-on-one.

Li Liang didn't match up well with Durant in the last game, and tonight he will stare at Durant from the very beginning.

Compared with the regular season, Li Liang's perimeter defense has improved again, and his man-to-man awareness has been strengthened to a new level.

Durant felt the pressure and he chose to pass the ball to Perkins inside.

Perkins is stuck in a good position. He is deep under the basket and can layup with just one turn after receiving the ball.

But it was Howard who defended him, and Howard gave Pokerface a big cap.

Ci Shiping got the ball and gave it to Kobe.

Kobe is now in charge of the ball half court.

This benefit can share Nash's pressure on the ball.

When Kobe takes the ball, the Thunder's attention will definitely be on Kobe. You don't know if he will suddenly attack with the ball by himself.

In this way, the pressure on Nash will be much less.

This time Kobe didn't pass the ball to Nash after halftime, Howard came out with a pick and roll, and Kobe directly took the ball to kill the inside!

The Thunder fully contracted, and Ibaka went to cover the defense, but Kobe gave the ball to the wing in the air.

Li Liang catches the ball in the corner, and there is no one in front of him. He can adjust after receiving the ball, and then shoots a three-pointer!

"Kobe Bryant's point, corner Bruce Lee, three, Bang! 7:0, the Lakers gave the Thunder a 7:0 at the start."

Breen gave a passionate commentary at the beginning, and the Staples Center was also infected by the Lakers' passionate opening, and the decibel was adjusted to the maximum at the beginning.

When Kobe returned to the backcourt, he reached out to Li Liang to give him a high five.

Li Liang did not give Kobe a high-five, and said: "The game has just begun, we will talk about it after we win!"

Kobe glanced at Li Liang, took his hands back, and pretended to rub his hands to hide his embarrassment.

But Li Liang was right, the game had just begun.

...

The Lakers took a 7:0 lead at the beginning of the game and took the initiative on the court.

However, the Thunder's counterattack followed, and Westbrook hit a three-pointer from the outside.

The Thunder's offense is so unreasonable, it doesn't give you a chance to think and refute.

I just pulled it out and went in like this, what to do.

This point of Westbrook will undoubtedly be a problem that the Lakers must face in this round of the series.

Because no one on the team can match him up.

Theoretically, Kobe is possible, but Kobe is old and has to bear a lot of responsibility on the offensive end. It is obviously unrealistic to let him attack and defend like he did when he was young.

Not to mention Nash, I can only hope that Nash can get back a little on the offensive end.

In the first quarter, Kobe made 4 of 5 shots, scored 10 points and had 3 assists.

The Lakers led the Thunder by 5 points at 30:25.

The Thunder's best player here is Westbrook.

In the middle of the first quarter, Durant was fouled by Ci Shiping and left the game early to rest.

The burden of the Thunder's offense was picked up by Westbrook.

His impact is really unparalleled, and he hit consecutive jump shots with zombies in the counterattack.

Whether Westbrook can score or not basically depends on himself.

The difference between whether you defend or not is not too big, because the Lakers' defenders can't keep up.

In the second quarter, Mike Brown made adjustments.

In the middle of the first quarter, he replaced Howard with O'Neal and let Howard rest first.

Then at the beginning of the second quarter, let Howard and Gasol play together, and play the Twin Towers on the offensive end.

Outside Nash and Kobe came down to rest together, and the offensive focus was completely shifted to the inside.

Of course, the outside line still needs to keep Li Liang as the turret, with Meeks and Blake.

The defense still couldn't guard against Westbrook anyway, and his touch in the first half was so good that it exploded.

But on the offensive end, Howard began to dig inside.

In order to face the upper position, the Thunder let Perkins go down to rest early, and replaced Perkins in the second quarter.

In the playoffs, Howard really worked hard.

Even if Perkins could carry and defend, Howard, who was out of breath, still dunked two consecutively on Perkins' head!

After Sigma stepped in front of the basket, he dunked forcibly inside!

Let people see the peak of Warcraft, unstoppable under the basket!

The Staples Center was completely detonated.

The Lakers also opened the point difference to 10 points.

But at the end of the second quarter, Westbrook stepped forward again, with a three-pointer and a fast break layup, chasing the point difference to 5 points.

To a certain extent, Westbrook's scoring explosiveness is stronger than Durant's.

It's just that his stability is much worse than Durant's.

When Durant was troubled by fouls and was choked by Li Liang, Westbrook helped the Thunder hold that breath.

At the end of the half, the Lakers led the Thunder by 5 points at 60:55.

Bryant made 7 of 10 shots in the half and scored 18 points.

Li Liang scored 2 three-pointers and 1 steal. He defended Durant very successfully.

And Westbrook scored 25 points in the half, contracting nearly half of the Thunder's points alone.

During the intermission, Mike Brown was still worried that the team had played very well.

But still only leading by 5 points, how should Westbrook solve this point?

Mike Brown looked at Li Liang, Li Liang reacted, and said, "Why, do you want me to defend again? I know how to do doubles, defending Durant and defending Westbrook? Can you give me two copies?" Salary?"

Mike Brown said: "I believe you have this ability, and I don't want you to be the main defense..."

Mike Brown arranged a pass and decided to let Ci Shiping defend Durant one-on-one in the second half.

While Li Liang was facing Ibaka, he devoted some of his energy to helping defend Westbrook and Durant.

Upon hearing this, Li Liang said, "Mike, you really treat me like three people, I'm..."

Brown hurriedly said: "Not only you, Dwight will also come out to help defend. We had too many single defenses in the first two rounds, we should increase our rotation."

In the first two rounds, the Lakers played too smoothly on the offensive end, so the defensive end has always been one-on-one defense, basically not using too many strategies.

Playing Thunder is obviously not enough. If you continue to stick to this simple one-on-one, even if the offensive end goes smoothly, if you don’t guarantee that the Thunder King will feel explosive, you can kill you with a swing.

Wasn't that how the Spurs were strangled to death in the last round?

Mike Brown must learn a lesson, increase the three-dimensionality of the defense, and hide the weaknesses of the point guard.

After a pass was arranged, the halftime break ended, and the two sides returned to the court.

Li Liang saw Westbrook, whose performance in the first half was even more eye-catching than Kobe.

Li Liang was a little worried, would Kobe lose his head again in the third quarter and mess around on his own?

I don't know, I hope it doesn't.

At this time, Li Liang suddenly called out the ball blindness detector. He wanted to see what kind of ball blindness Westbrook was:

[Ball blindness index, 29%, an evolving sewer ball blindness, there is a mathematical guess about his future. When he hits 9 assists, his desire to pass the ball will be at its peak and he will ignore the open space in front of him; when he has 9 rebounds, his teammates will give up rebounding; When the score reaches 9 points, he will definitely attack by himself. This is the famous 'Russell Westbrook' conjecture that the ball blind community is currently waiting to prove. 】

Li Liang saw that this was a mess, and it didn't help his defense at all.

Forget it, let's defend and attack well.