Chapter 41 Kobe's midfield lecture!
West's forced breakthrough this time failed to get rid of Lu Wei who was guarding him, and he could only take a hasty shot near the free throw line.
This is a very difficult mid-range shot.
"Cang Dang" strikes the iron!
Nance Jr. picked off the rebound, and Lin Tian took the initiative to approach Nance Jr., took the ball from his hands and dribbled it across half court.
Facing Lin Tian, Durant lifted his trousers, his eyes firm.
This time, Nance Jr. followed the tactics and ran to the top of the arc to cover Lin Tian.
Lin Tian used Nance Jr.'s body to get rid of Durant. The Thunder team quickly changed defense and turned into Adams to defend Lin Tian.
The big man was Lin Tian's favorite to face. He didn't waste time to change direction, but went straight to the inside.
Adams couldn't catch up with Lin Tian, but he felt that Lin Tian was rushing in from him like a gust of wind.
With no one inside, Lin Tian jumped up with the ball and dunked!
The Lakers actually took the lead directly!
In the next few minutes, both sides chased each other, and the score actually took the lead alternately.
Many players on the Thunder bench, including Westbrook, looked ugly.
This was originally a game with a huge disparity in strength, but now the score is extremely tight.
Head coach Donovan also scratched his head and seemed to have a headache.
After a dead ball, Donovan couldn't wait to replace Westbrook on the court.
The Lakers also replaced Kobe on the court.
Basically every ball in the front was organized by Lin Tianlai. Even if he is an iron man, he will be tired.
Kobe rested for several minutes and his physical strength should have recovered a lot.
Sure enough, after Kobe came on the court, he made a picturesque mid-range shot.
Lin Tian temporarily focused his energy on defense.
He tried his best to keep Durant from catching the ball, and he did.
Not only that, he also intercepted a pass from Westbrook to Durant.
If possible, Lin Tian would even want to guard against Westbrook.
Because in his opinion, guarding Westbrook must be easier than guarding Durant.
But if they guard Westbrook themselves, who will they send to guard Durant?
Durant is obviously a more difficult weapon to guard against than Westbrook!
At the end of the second quarter, the audience was surprised to find that the score so far was 51:51.
The Lakers actually clung to the score!
Lin Tian's personal data is 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Kobe's statistics are 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
Durant's statistics for the Thunder are 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
Westbrook scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
Throughout the first half, Westbrook played the smoothest game because neither Russell nor Lou Williams could guard him.
Sometimes Kobe took the initiative to guard him, but with little success.
When we returned to the locker room to rest, everyone was in a pretty good mood.
They were very satisfied that the Thunder could play like this at halftime.
Only Kobe could not see a smile on his face. Sometimes even if the team wins a game, Kobe may not be very happy.
Lin Tian smiled and patted Kobe on the shoulder: "Hey! Kobe! We have a great chance of winning today."
Kobe looked back, still without a smile on his face: "Everyone's defense was too lax in the first half! We could have taken the lead!"
Being accustomed to Kobe's paranoia, Lin Tian didn't say anything.
Nick Young, Russell and others looked at each other.
"After the second half begins, I hope everyone can cheer up! Keep an eye on the players you are defending! Don't always let others wipe your butt."
When Kobe was speaking, his eyes swept across a group of young players on the Lakers.
Russell, Randall and others either lowered their heads or looked elsewhere, not daring to look at Kobe.
Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Kobe continued: "Don't think that we will lose if we play the Thunder! As long as we show our strongest strength, we can win any of the other 29 teams! Don't look down on yourselves.
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Kobe Bryant's halftime speech in the away locker room did play a big role.
At the beginning of the third quarter, several of the Lakers' starting players seemed to be on fire, causing Westbrook to make several mistakes.
After gaining the ball, they did not let up on the opponent's mistakes and scored the ball repeatedly.
Most of those goals were scored by Lin Tian with the ball.
Now he is basically the Lakers' first choice by default.
Of course, Kobe's behavior of delegating power is also very obvious.
The Thunder have also adjusted their tactics. As long as Lin Tian catches the ball, he may face double teams.
Even so, Lin Tian still had a way to deal with it.
When the offense opens up, their defense will work even harder!
In the last three minutes of the third quarter, Lin Tian came off the court to rest again. At this time, he had scored 30 points under Durant's defense.
So much so that when the Thunder players saw Lin Tian taking a break, they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
This young player of the Lakers almost destroyed their defense with Lin Tian.
Lin Tian sat back on the bench, took the energy drink and towel from the staff, wiped his sweat and looked up at the score.
Their score now actually surpassed the Thunder by 6 points!
Throughout the third quarter, their effort was indeed greater than that of the Thunder, and they caught the Thunder off guard.
Several fouls by Westbrook also played a role in this.
During a rare few minutes of rest, Lin Tian watched the players running on the court.
At this time, the Thunder also changed their main players, and Lu Wei led the team to continue to work hard.
It may not be reliable to let him defend him, but if they want to score, Lu Wei did not let them down.
At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers maintained a 6-point lead.
So much so that Thunder fans couldn't help but boo their players.
A team that is almost at the bottom of the Western Conference is playing like this. The Lakers are still back-to-back. No wonder Thunder fans are dissatisfied.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Lin Tian sat on the bench with Kobe as usual.
The Lakers, led by Lou Williams, were still very tight on offense at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Power forward Randall also rarely showed a strong desire to score.
This group of young Lakers players, including Nance Jr. and Randle, are actually extremely physically gifted.
This can be seen from their usual bounce.
Seeing Randall forcefully take off under the basket and score a 2+1 against Ibaka, Kobe also showed a rare smile: "These bastards! They are obviously very talented and can work harder! But they are completely
He looks like he hasn't woken up yet."
Chapter completed!