082. Ask the other party's psychological shadow area
After the shot, Westbrook's eyes at Ye Zheng became different.
"Did you see it? It's that simple to break into the inside line. This is just the beginning."
Offensive and defensive conversion!
Lonzo Ball held the ball, and Schroeder of the Thunder kept pestering him. After crossing the center line, he immediately passed the basketball to Ye Zheng.
At this time, Anthony came up to defend Ye Zheng.
After Ye Zheng changed hands and dribbling continuously, he accelerated to use a snake-shaped breakthrough to break through Anthony's defense. After all, Anthony is a famous colander and has many defensive flaws.
At this time, Ye Zheng cut into the inside. Seeing this scene, Westbrook quickly took a step to make up for defense. He didn't want Ye Zheng to score a layup in the Thunder's penalty area.
Facing Westbrook's defense, he didn't care at all. After a sudden stop, he used a backward jump shot.
Westbrook jumped up immediately, stretching out his right hand desperately to block the ball.
"Swish!"
Ye Zheng's backward jump shot has already pulled out the space, and there is no suspense in the slightest shot.
Ye Zheng did not use any words to fight back, and went directly to the basket and scored a back jump shot. This was much more powerful than Westbrook's counterattack.
The commentators on the scene were excited: "That's great, this is a naked slap in the face! Ye Zheng directly rushed back and jumped back to hit Westbrook's breakthrough layup. This counterattack was really awesome."
No matter how much I say, no goal has actually been scored. Facing Ye Zheng’s counterattack, will Westbrook return it too?"
In the next round, Westbrook held the ball and continued to break into the Lakers' inside. This time, the Lakers' inside further stepped up their defense, which prevented Westbrook from finding a good opportunity to make a phone call and could not pass it to Anthony on the outside.
After getting the ball, Anthony drove it twice. At this time, the Lakers' inside line was already a little empty, after all, this goal had already attracted the Lakers' defense to the outside.
When Westbrook saw that he had the chance, he immediately reached out to ask Anthony for the ball, but Anthony seemed to have not seen it, standing at the 45-degree angle of the three-point line, he directly shot the basketball.
Basketball has hit!
There is no way. Anthony did not get much ball rights during this period, nor did he shoot many basketballs, and it was normal for him to feel stiff.
The rebound allowed the Lakers' Roll Deng to get it and passed it to Lonzo Ball!
Westbrook, who didn't get the rebound, was a little angry. When he returned to defense, he was roaring with Anthony: "I already had an open space for the ball just now. As long as you pass the basketball over, I can shoot it. You play like shit."
Anthony was too lazy to pay attention to him.
"Why don't you talk anymore?"
"I haven't seen you open again." Anthony said this to fight back for several rounds. Anthony ran out of the open position, but the opponent still did not pass the ball, and he made a blacksmith on the offensive end.
"you……"
The commentator saw this scene and said, "It seems that Westbrook is communicating with Anthony that three-pointer just now. I don't know what the two are talking about, but they both look very unpleasant.
The Lakers are still pushing forward quickly.
Lonzo Ball held the ball and broke through the Thunder Adams defense and continued to break into the penalty area. When he encountered a tenacious defense, he could not pass the basketball.
Roll Deng, who received the ball, had not reacted yet, and Westbrook appeared in front of him.
Westbrook is very angry now. His performance at the beginning is not very good. So far, he has made 2 of 9 shots and has only scored 6 points with two free throws.
On the other hand, Ye Zheng didn't make many shots at the beginning, he only made five shots in total, and he scored 2 three-pointers and 2 two-pointers, and had already scored 10 points
Just about five minutes into the game, Westbrook discovered that it was him who was beaten.
Rawl Deng did not choose to shoot, but passed the basketball out, which was transmitted three times from the outside.
At this time, Ye Zheng seized the opportunity, ran without the ball, and immediately cut into the basket.
Although Anthony also saw Ye Zheng's movements, he was still one step slower and could only follow behind, allowing Ye Zheng to receive a pass from Lonzo Ball.
Ye Zheng dunked directly, and before Thunder center Adams was in place, he dunked the basketball into the basket.
This made the commentator exclaim. Such powerful spikes into the frame are usually Westbrook's signature moves. I didn't expect to see them on Ye Zheng, the Lakers.
Because it is the home court of the Thunder and there are all Thunder fans here, no one has gotten up to cheer.
However, this goal also hit the hearts of Thunder fans, causing them to tremble.
This made Westbrook's face even more ugly.
At this time, the Thunder replaced Westbrook with a timeout, which made him even more angry. He looked at Ye Zheng's back and gritted his teeth in anger.
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After all, it took five minutes to start the game, Westbrook's poor performance, which also affected the team's operation on the court, giving the head coach a headache.
After half a quarter, the Lakers have already led by 7 points!
19:12!
At this time, Westbrook was still resting off the court. He found that the Thunder had some tactical changes due to Westbrook's fate.
After halftime, Anthony held the ball and passed the ball, he did not make a breakthrough in the face of Ye Zheng's defense, but directly transmitted it from the outside. He used the pass to tear the Lakers' defense.
Lakers players run back and forth on the outside to defend, which involves a lot of energy.
When Lonzo Ball replaced Anthony's defense, he saw a high lob pass to Stephen Adams, who was inside. After getting the ball, Adams forced the inside defender Ivica Zubac, and a small hook shot the basketball. It also caused Ivica Zubac to foul and free throw.
With Westbrook's end, the Thunder gradually caught up with the score. Although Ye Zheng also scored two three-pointers in a row, he still failed to stop the Thunder from gradually narrowing the gap.
The main reason for this is the change in the Thunder's tactics. Anthony from the outside organized the offense, and Adams from the inside began to play the Lakers' inside.
The Lakers' inside line has always been a single board, after all, there are no strong defensive players in the inside line, which makes Adams rampant in the Lakers' inside line. Facing the weak Ivica Zubac's defense, he played three times in just four or five rounds.
Sitting on the sidelines, watching Westbrook, who was hitting the Lakers' inside, was bleeding in his heart. He often entered the inside, but he needed to break through the outside defense, which gave the Lakers' inside time and tightened the inside's defensive space.
Adams is different. He came in through a lob ball from the outside and directly crossed the outside defense. If the outside players want to hit Adams, he will pass the basketball out as soon as possible.
When the Thunder's basketball appeared in Adams' hands again, Lonzo Ball of the Lakers immediately ran up and double-teamed defense, trying to steal the ball from Ivica Zubac and Lonzo Ball.
At this time, Adams discovered that Schroeder, who had an open space on the outside, immediately passed the basketball to the opponent's hands.
Chapter completed!