Xiaoxue was still very excited: "Hey! You won't understand."

With that said, she quickly replied to Lin Tian's message.

Xiaoxue: Yeah! I believe you will be able to defeat the Thunder. Come on!

Lin Tian replied in less than two seconds.

Lin Tian:Thank you.

Lan Lan leaned her head over and saw the content of the two chatting, with a strange look in her eyes: "Beat Thunder? Lin Tian himself doesn't have confidence."

"Don't you understand football?"

"No matter how ignorant you are about football, I have been paying attention to the NBA recently because of you. Fans say that the Thunder and Lakers are not teams of the same level."

"Who said that! The Thunder have twin stars, and we, the Lakers, also have the Big Three!" Xiaoxue put her hands on her hips and glared at Lan Lan angrily.

"Puch! Who banned the Big Three? Did you ban them?"

"It's not me! It's the majority of netizens."

…

Two days flew by.

On April 16, at 19:00 sharp, the G2 game between the Thunder and the Lakers started at the Pisacek Energy Center.

The starting lineup of the home team Thunder has not changed: Westbrook, Robertson, Durant, Yin Baka and Adams.

The Lakers' starting lineup for the away game has been adjusted to: Nick Young, Kobe Bryant, Lin Tian, ​​Tucker and Howard.

The difference from the previous game is that this time Lin Tian was assigned to the fourth position by Scott, facing directly against Yin Baka.

The results of the G1 game have shown that Tucker is not easy to guard against Yin Baka because his height is too disadvantageous. Lin Tian can make up for the height gap.

Moreover, the Lakers lost too many rebounds in G1, which is not on the same level as the Thunder.

It is relatively rare for such a big adjustment to occur in just one game.

After the game started, Lin Tian, ​​who played the fourth position, frequently used his footwork to beat Yin Baka in singles.

In terms of defense, Yin Baka is definitely the Thunder's strongest defensive player.

He has been selected to the All-Defensive First Team three times and has led the league in blocks twice.

But for such a defensive master, there was nothing he could do against Lin Tian.

After playing in the NBA for a while, everyone thinks Lin Tian's strongest points are his breakthroughs and pull-up jumpers.

No one could have imagined that Lin Tian's low-post singles skills were also incredibly proficient.

Facing Yin Baka's defense, Lin Tian could always get past his opponent with his extremely fast steps, and he could also easily catch his turnaround jump shot after a back-up shot.

When it was the Thunder's turn to attack, Yin Baka got the ball from Westbrook several times.

But when he was about to play Lin Tian alone, Lin Tian was always able to perfectly cut off the ball in his hand.

Yin Baka can use his height to score easily when playing Tucker.

Against Lin Tian, ​​his height advantage is not big, and the agility of both sides is even worse by more than one level.

Lin Tian's defense allowed Yin Baka's rougher singles skills to be seen at a glance.

Lin Tian's terrifying defensive ability in the paint also puts Westbrook and Durant to shame.

However, the Thunder's outside touch was more accurate tonight.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers barely led the Thunder by 5 points.

Los Angeles, Xiaoxue's home.

At this time, Xiaoxue and her best friend Lanlan were watching the live broadcast of the Lakers game on their laptop.

During this period of time, Lan Lan has also been crazily cramming in basketball knowledge.

Seeing that the Lakers were still leading by five points after the first half, Xiaoxue, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, waved her pink fist: "Yeah!"

Lan Lan, who was next to him, also pushed up his glasses: "Lin Tian is really strong! Facing such a tall black man, he can always shoot the ball."

"Of course!" Xiaoxue raised her head arrogantly, "Come on! He is Lin Tian! If nothing else, he has locked up the MVP for this season!"

"Come on, come on! What's the name of the Lakers' No. 0 player? He's very handsome, but he doesn't seem to like passing the ball."

"His name is Nick Young, don't you recognize him?" Xiaoxue said as she took out her notebook to write and draw. She was already imagining a post-game article about the Lakers.

"I didn't watch NBA before, how could I possibly know him?"

"That black question mark emoticon you often send me on WeChat is him."

"Ah? What?" Lan Lan immediately covered her mouth in disbelief. At the same time, she took out her phone and opened WeChat and found Nick Young's emoticon, "Is this emoticon his?"

Xiaoxue glanced at Lanlan's mobile phone and said calmly: "Yes, it's him."

"Ahhh! It turns out to be him! What was his name you just said? Nick Young? Okay! I will be his fan from now on!"

Xiaoxue's whole body was suddenly struck by lightning: "Are you so frivolous? Just because of an emoticon, you became a fan of Nick Young?

…

After the second half started, the Thunder began to challenge the Lakers.

Westbrook and Durant also began to exert their strength.

As for the Lakers, except for Lin Tian, ​​the offensive efficiency of other players has plummeted.

Especially Nick Young, he is still addicted to singles, but he plays hard.

The score was quickly tied by the Thunder, and then began to overtake.

Lin Tian and Howard guard the inside, making the Lakers' inside defense full of deterrents.

Even if Howard is taken out, Lin Tian is still standing in the penalty area to defend the basket.

But today, Durant's shots were ridiculously accurate. Tucker couldn't guard Durant at all.

When Tucker plays the fourth position, it is very difficult to defend Yin Baka.

He thought that he could defend Durant today and use his speed advantage to restrict the superstar.

But after Durant really exerted his strength, Tucker realized that he had thought too much!

Even if Durant's speed is not slower than him, his change of direction and breakthrough are simply at the level of a defender, even better than many defenders.

There is actually a big gap in height between the two! When Durant shoots, Tucker is completely unable to interfere with Durant.

Westbrook and Durant are very comfortable playing on the outside. Because they are afraid of Lin Tian's help, they rarely attack the inside. They just float around and shoot three-pointers from the outside, or make pull-up mid-range shots.

The Lakers put too little pressure on them from the outside.

Scott saw that the situation was not good, and after calling a timeout, he quickly asked Lin Tian to guard Durant.

The disadvantages of this are obvious. The Lakers then suffered a big loss in rebounding, just because the inside line was not high enough.

Westbrook always gives the ball to Durant after picking and rolling with Durant, allowing Durant to play Nick Young alone. This is simply giving Durant points.

After playing this tactic several times for the Thunder, Lin Tian always chose to follow Durant closely and move forward to defend even if he was blocked.

This kind of defensive choice caused Durant's offensive efficiency to drop slightly.

But after the third quarter, the Lakers were still 10 points behind.

As soon as the final quarter started, Scott didn't dare to let Lin Tian rest.

Lin Tian will play with Clarkson, Nick Young, Nance Jr. and Chan Ning Fu.

While Westbrook and Durant are still resting, they must recover the points difference.
Chapter completed!