The second half started quickly, the Thunder's starting lineup remained unchanged, and the Lakers' starting number one position became Nick Young.

Although Nick Young can't guard Westbrook, his effectiveness against Westbrook alone is better than Clarkson's, and he dares to play and shoot.

You know, in the entire first half, Clarkson missed all five of his shots, so much so that he didn't dare to shoot when he was open.

The possession of the first ball belonged to the Lakers. After halftime, Lin Tian raised his hand and hit a three-pointer from a distance.

Durant didn't save it in time, the ball was scored by Lin Tian, ​​and the score was reduced to 25 points.

Westbrook held the ball and suddenly broke through after halftime, and Nick Young rarely kept up with him.

There was no good opportunity to take a shot. When he rushed outside the penalty area, Westbrook took off and passed the ball to Durant.

He had expected it and made a prompt decision, rushed out in advance and intercepted the pass in front of Durant.

Then he dribbled the ball faster and rushed towards his own half at an extremely fast speed.

Durant failed to keep up with Lin Tian, ​​and in the end he could only watch as Lin Tian dunked! The score was reduced to 23 points.

Lin Tian has watched too many Westbrook game videos, and he is quite fond of Westbrook.

Although Westbrook's assists have increased sharply this season, his passing options are not as good as expected.

He also often passes the ball out when he jumps up and finds a bad shot.

Such passes increase a lot of risks, which has also led to Westbrook's average turnovers reaching 4.3 per game this season, ranking second in the league.

He scored five points in a row at the beginning of the second half. This was Lin Tian's counterattack against the Thunder.

But the Thunder were not a vegetarian. Under Donovan's loud signal from the sidelines, the Thunder slowed down their offensive pace and began to look for loopholes in the Lakers' defense.

The calm and rational Westbrook is definitely the Thunder's biggest killer move.

He is always able to pass the ball out at just the right time, either to Durant or to Yin Baka.

Durant faced Lin Tian today and took advantage of his long wingspan. He often made mid-range shots with an astonishing hit rate.

It can be said that Durant today is one of the most accurate players in the league!

And Yin Baka also has a great height advantage when playing alone against Tucker.

As a 2.08-meter power forward, Yin Baka even has a certain three-point shooting ability!

Coupled with his strong defense, Tucker, who played in the playoffs for the first time, suffered a big loss in front of him.

Lin Tian hit the inside again and again, and his scoring efficiency finally improved.

But when facing double teams, Lin Tian still has to distribute the ball outside the three-point line.

Today, both Kobe and Tucker felt cold and couldn't find the three-point touch at all.

Lin Tian couldn't always play in singles by himself. His teammates had poor outside touch, so he gave the ball to Howard.

Howard's height does not take him to advantage compared to Adams, his low post singles skills are quite rough, and his scoring efficiency is not high.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers were still trailing by 28 points.

Scott was still full of passion. He kept applauding to encourage the players and quickly arranged the lineup for the last quarter.

After the final quarter started, the Lakers sent out a lineup of Marcelo Huertas, Nick Young, Tucker, Channing Fletcher and Howard.

Such a lineup is almost equivalent to giving up chasing points.

There is no way, the Lakers' best player is Lin Tian, ​​but Lin Tian also needs to rest, especially after experiencing a large number of shots in the third quarter.

Of course, there is a more important reason, the point difference is too far behind! There is no need to go to Lin Tian in the first game of the fourth quarter.

If a player is so careless, there will be hidden dangers of injury.

As Lin Tian expected, the effect of the Lakers' lineup was very average.

The players seemed to be working hard, but the results were very poor. They couldn't beat the Thunder's bench lineup at all.

Lin Tian and Kobe Bryant, who were sitting on the bench, had expressionless faces, and the entire bench also looked lifeless.

The Thunder's Yin Baka hadn't even played yet, but just one Yin Baka destroyed the Lakers' inside line.

With the game like this, if it were in the regular season, Lin Tian and Kobe wouldn't even have to come on the court in the final quarter, they could just surrender.

But this was the playoffs. After a timeout, Scott replaced Lin Tian and Kobe back on the court.

Donovan did not dare to underestimate the enemy at all, and immediately changed their finishing lineup.

As soon as the Thunder Twins stepped onto the court, the fans cheered in the arena.

In this last quarter, Kobe's touch finally came back!

Howard on the inside also regained his form and succeeded in consecutive singles against Adams.

Lin Tian, ​​the most stable, even intercepted two passes from Westbrook, single-handedly causing Westbrook to make two mistakes.

But their status finally came a little too late!

At this time of play, the Thunder, which has always been good at fast breaks, has set its rhythm to the slowest!

Every time in their offensive round, Westbrook almost ran out of time before handling the ball, and the Lakers had nothing to do about it.

Unfortunately, Westbrook and Durant still maintained a good touch in the fourth quarter.

Time passed quickly. When there were more than 2 minutes left in the game, the Lakers were still 17 points behind.

Scott was the first to call a timeout and took Lin Tian, ​​Howard and Kobe off the court at the same time, which was tantamount to surrender.

At this time, Lin Tian was extremely tired. Sweat was dripping from his face to the wooden floor, but his eyes looked extremely unwilling.

Lin Tian originally wanted to continue playing, but after looking at the time, he gritted his teeth and stopped worrying.

The next time was garbage time, and Lin Tian was restless while sitting on the bench.

Kobe also lowered his head in deep thought, not knowing what he was thinking.

Howard also picked his nails at this time and shook his head from time to time.

The next few minutes of garbage time were a bit torturous for Lin Tian and the others.

The game did not go smoothly during garbage time. Players often committed fouls and stood on the free throw line to waste time, which made people even more upset.

In contrast, the Thunder bench looked much happier.

Westbrook, who had already taken a break, was smiling all over his face. He drank water and said to Durant: "It seems that we had a high opinion of the Lakers before."

Durant was also in a good mood: "Their outside defense is too bad! They can't guard Serge on the inside either."

Yin Baka next to him also burst out laughing: "Scott is so generous! Send a power forward less than two meters tall to guard me! I won't be polite!"

Buzz…

Finally, the game is over!

The Lakers lost to Lin Tian 100:118! The score between the two sides came to 1:0.

Although Lin Tian was in a low mood, at the end of the game, he and Kobe walked onto the court to high-five their teammates.
Chapter completed!