Donovan and Mike Brown's concerns about the rotation are not unfounded.

In the second half of the game, the two sides returned to the court, and the situation on the court soon became somewhat similar to that in the first quarter.

The touch of Durant and Westbrook has not been able to fully adjust.

The problem of the Thunder's inside defense still exists.

In the opening game, Leonard went to the basket and caused a foul by Collison.

Leonard scored 13 points in the first quarter and only scored 2 points in the second quarter, which was properly suppressed by Li Liang.

Now he can only take advantage of Li Liang's absence and quickly score more points.

Once Li Liang appears on the stage, life will probably be difficult.

Leonard made two free throws.

Then, Westbrook missed a pull-up jumper on offense.

The Thunder played very simply.

Hibbert got a backcourt rebound, and Kobe slowly advanced with the ball.

The Lakers are not in a hurry, and they are more defensive.

The Lakers' positional offense consists of Kobe Love's pick-and-roll, Leonard's singles, Clarkson's impact, and Hibbert's offensive rebounds.

In general, just like the teams that Scott once coached, each position has a clear division of labor and seamless cooperation, which is a typical representative of traditional basketball thinking.

Kobe and Love's pick-and-roll was launched as an offense. Love's own defensive appeal is not very strong, and the pick-and-roll is just a starter.

The main thing is to use Kobe's passing and attacking abilities to disturb the opponent's defensive formation.

Anyway, Kidd's offensive ability was flourishing under Scott, let alone Kobe?

Kobe continued to use his crotch dribble to get rid of Westbrook's defense, and then suddenly made a high-throw pass to the inside without looking at people.

Hibbert turned around, leaped high, caught the ball, and dunked with both hands!

The Lakers were only 1 point behind.

Durant stood up, and after crossover from the outside line, he made an emergency stop jump shot and hit two points.

The two sides began to enter into a tug of war evenly matched.

The Lakers played slowly and skillfully, while the Thunder played fast and chaotically.

The scores on both sides rose alternately, and Kobe got a good chance from the outside and hit a three-pointer!

At 66:66, the two sides tied at 4 minutes and 49 seconds into the third quarter!

The Lakers fully demonstrated their tenacity in Staples.

Kobe also showed people a unique side, a unique style of play.

Of course, the better Kobe played, the more sad many fans felt.

Obviously still playing so well, obviously there is still a lot of fuel in the fuel tank, why should he retire?

Li Liang knew that it was time to play.

Judging from the process of the two games with the Lakers, if the two sides meet in the playoffs, there may be a fight.

The integration of the Big Three of the Lakers is better than expected.

Love lacks defense, Leonard lacks offense, and Kobe is old. All three have obvious flaws.

But Scott hid the shortcomings of the three people, and made the best use of the advantages of the three people.

As the best coach ever, a witness of 58 miracles, Scott still has two brushes.

Donovan didn't say much about tactics during the timeout. He only mentioned one thing, "Intensity! We need to increase the intensity. We can't be like this anymore. Slowly, are you playing golf?"

Li Liang pushed Durant and said, "What about you, you are walking on the court again."

Sometimes when Durant is playing, he often walks on the court, or rests with his hips on his hips.

At this time, Westbrook usually takes the ball. He knows that it is useless to run actively. Anyway, the ball may not reach his hands, so why not take a rest?

Li Liang will definitely be different after playing.

Li Liang's competitions have always been known for their high intensity. You have to keep up with his rhythm, or you will be scolded.

In this regard, Li Liang is a bit like Magic Johnson. Johnson was like this when he was in the Lakers. As his teammate, if you can’t keep up with his running position or catch his pass, you will be hit directly by Johnson with the ball. On the head, he will be scolded severely.

The Thunder played a bit softly tonight, as if they were several years old like the Lakers.

"Everyone cheer up, we agreed to revenge, I don't want to have a bad mood Christmas!"

It was rare for Li Liang to turn on the hair dryer and blow it on to everyone.

The timeout ends and the game restarts.

Midway through the third quarter, the Thunder put in their ultimate lineup.

Li Liang came to the fourth position.

The sideline ball was served in the frontcourt, and Durant gave the ball directly to Li Liang who came out of the pocket.

Li Liang received the ball from outside the three-point line, turned around, held the ball, and Leonard, who was defending him, hesitated a little, just one step.

Li Liang just pulled up and shot a three-pointer!

He is two steps away from the three-point line.

But here is his range.

"Shua!"

Hit, three points!

This kind of scene is all too familiar to Lakers fans.

When Li Liang still hits this kind of three-pointer, it means that he has started to take action.

The situation on the court feels suddenly tense.

Li Liang seemed to have pulled the trigger of the first shot of the war.

Subsequently, Kobe was double-teamed in the attack.

The ball was given to Leonard quickly, and the Thunder double-teamed again.

The Thunder's double-teaming speed is extremely fast, and the arms of several of their main players are too long.

On the outside, they seem to have built a big net, so that the Lakers players have nowhere to escape.

In the end, the ball was in Hibbert's hands and he had to play low singles.

Hibbert was unprepared, turned around and threw it casually, but missed.

Adams got the backcourt rebound and passed to Westbrook.

Westbrook accelerated past Kobe, rushed to the basket, turned around and passed the ball to Li Liang who was keeping up.

Li Liang received the ball and passed it to Robertson who was open in the left corner.

Robertson received the ball without any hesitation, made a three-pointer, and hit it again!

Thunder's strength is based on defense and counterattack.

Before Li Liang came, this was already the foundation of their foothold.

After Li Liang came, he carried forward this foundation even more.

The Lakers were unable to adapt to the defensive intensity of the Thunder for a moment.

The Thunder further increased their strength, and began to double-team the frontcourt.

Westbrook and Robertson flanked Kobe, and Kobe couldn't stand the exhaustion. His physical reaction speed and confrontation ability were not as good as when he was young.

Kobe made a mistake!

The ball was cut off by Robertson, and Robertson gave it to Durant.

Durant caught the ball and paused outside, faked a shot to attract the main defensive force, and then immediately gave it to Adams who followed up at the basket.

Adams didn't even dribble the ball, and succeeded in a one-armed dunk!

A wave of 7:0 counterattacks climaxed the Lakers to a timeout.

Only 2 minutes passed.

The Thunder showed people what playoff intensity is.

Li Liang said bluntly, "This is called playing basketball. Whoever plays golf will drink EJ's bath water."

As soon as these words came out, the hairs of all Thunderbolts stood on end.

Bathwater for the magician's son?

It's scary to think about it.

Durant rubbed his nose, not knowing what strange expression was on his face.

Do you really want to drink?

The Lakers' timeout obviously didn't have much effect.

The strength and momentum of the Thunder has picked up.

In the second half of the third quarter, under the strong defense of the Thunder, the Lakers' offensive success rate plummeted.

At this time, the fans really felt Kobe's old state. Under the continuous double-teaming of the Thunder, he made several mistakes.

Under the ordinary intensity of the regular season, Kobe can still do a job with ease.

Once it rises to the intensity of the playoffs, Kobe, who once hit seven, will make mistakes again and again.

Once, in order to save a lost ball, he rushed out of the sideline desperately, but it was all in vain, and the ball still went out of the sideline.

Kobe fell to the ground and didn't stand up for a long time.

Li Liang tried to help Kobe up in the past, but Kobe pushed Li Liang's hand away and refused to accept the opponent's aid.

Seeing this, Li Liang understood Kobe very well, and then took the opportunity to pat Kobe's head and performed [Tim Duncan's head touch kill].

To be honest, with Li Liang's unremitting efforts in the past two years, the hair loss of league players has become more and more serious.

Including Li Liang himself.

Fortunately, Li Liang once received a prize of hair tonic.

He has already decided that if anyone comes to hug his thigh in the future, he will use this hair tonic for him.

At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder opened the gap to 16 points at 91:75.

The Lakers, who originally wanted to win another game, saw the gap with this super team.

Sure enough, in the face of absolute strength, any routines and skills are futile.

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