roccoschili Chapter 199 The big score is 1:0 behind
Chapter 199 The big score is 1:0 behind
Chapter 199
The second half started quickly, the Thunder's starting lineup remained unchanged, and the Lakers' starting No. [-] became Nick Young.
Although Nick Young can't guard Westbrook, his singles performance against Westbrook is better than Clarkson's, and he dares to fight and shoot.
You know, throughout the first half, Clarkson missed all five shots, so that he didn't dare to shoot when he was open.
The possession of the first ball was on the Lakers side. After halftime, Lin Tian raised his hand and scored a three-pointer from a distance.
Durant didn't catch the ball in time, the ball was scored by Lin Tian, and the score was reduced to 25 points.
Westbrook held the ball and broke through suddenly after halftime. Nick Young rarely followed his footsteps.
Without a good shot, when he rushed outside the penalty area, Westbrook forced a jump and passed the ball to Durant.
I had expected to make a decisive decision, rushed out ahead of time, and intercepted the pass in front of Durant.
Then he dribbles up to speed and rushes toward his own half at breakneck speed.
Durant didn't keep up with Lin Tian, and in the end he could only watch Lin Tian make a dunk!The score narrowed to 23 points.
Lin Tian has watched too many game videos of Westbrook, so he is quite comparable to Westbrook.
Although Westbrook's assists have increased linearly this season, his passing choices are not as good as expected.
He also often passes the ball when he jumps up and finds that it is not a good shot.
Such a pass increases a lot of risk, which also led to Westbrook's average turnovers per game this season reaching 4.3, ranking second in the league.
He scored five points in a row at the start of the second half. This was Lin Tian's counterattack against the Thunder.
But the Thunder are not vegetarians either. Under Donovan's loud signal from the sidelines, the Thunder slowed down their offensive rhythm and began to look for the Lakers' defensive loopholes.
The calm and rational Westbrook is definitely the biggest killer move of the Thunder.
He's always been able to get the ball out at just the right moment, either to Durant or to Ibaka.
Facing Lin Tian today, Durant took advantage of his long wingspan and often made mid-range shots with an astonishing percentage.
It can be said that Durant is now one of the most accurate players in the league!
And Ibaka singles Tucker also has a great height advantage.
As a 2.08-meter power forward, Ibaka even has a certain three-pointer 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 a double-team, Lin Tian still has to distribute the ball outside the three-point line.
Today, whether it is Kobe or Tucker, both feel cold, and there is no three-pointer feeling at all.
It is impossible for Lin Tian to always play singles by himself. His teammates have a bad outside touch, so he gave the ball to Howard again.
Howard's height does not take advantage of Adams, his low singles skills are quite rough, and his scoring efficiency is not high.
After the third quarter, the Lakers were still 28 points behind.
Scott was still full of passion, applauding non-stop to motivate the players, and at the same time quickly arranged the lineup for the last quarter.
After the final quarter, the Lakers sent Marcelo Huertas, Nick Young, Tucker, Channing Frye and Howard.
Such a lineup is almost equivalent to giving up chasing points.
There is no way, the best player of the Lakers is Lin Tian, but Lin Tian also needs to rest, especially after 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 hit Lin Tian in the fourth quarter.
Such a dead grass player will have potential injuries.
As Lin Tian expected, the effect of the Lakers lineup is very average.
The players looked very hard, but the effect was poor, and they couldn't beat the Thunder's bench lineup at all.
Lin Tian and Kobe, who were sitting on the bench, were expressionless, and the entire bench looked lifeless.
The Thunder's Ibaka hasn't played yet, just one Ibaka blows up the Lakers' inside line.
Played like this, if it is in the regular season, Lin Tian and Kobe don't even need to appear in the final quarter, just surrender.
But this was the playoffs, and after a timeout, Scott brought Lin Tian and Kobe back on the court.
Donovan didn't dare to underestimate the enemy at all, and immediately replaced their finishing lineup.
As soon as the Thunder Twins stepped onto the court, the fans cheered in the arena.
Hitting this last quarter, Kobe's touch finally came back!
Howard on the inside also recovered his form and succeeded in consecutive singles against Adams.
The most stable Lin Tian even cut off two of Westbrook's passes, allowing Westbrook to make two turnovers on his own.
But their status came a little too late after all!
At this time, the Thunder, which has always been good at playing fast breaks, put the tempo at the slowest!
Every time it comes to their offensive round, Westbrook almost runs out of time before handling the ball, and the Lakers have nothing to do about it.
Helplessly, Westbrook and Durant still maintained a good touch in the fourth quarter.
Time passed quickly, and the Lakers trailed by 2 points with just over 17 minutes left in the game.
Scott took the lead in calling a timeout, and replaced Lin Tian, Howard and Kobe at the same time, which was tantamount to surrendering.
At this time, Lin Tian was already unbelievably tired, sweat dripped from his face onto the wooden floor, but his eyes looked extremely unwilling.
Lin Tian originally wanted to continue playing, but after looking at the time, he finally gritted his teeth and stopped struggling.
The next time is garbage time, and Lin Tian, who is sitting on the bench, is fidgeting.
Kobe also bowed his head in contemplation, not knowing what was going on in his mind.
Howard also picked his nails at this time, shaking his head from time to time.
The next few minutes of garbage time will be a bit of a torment for Lin Tian and the others.
The garbage time game was not played smoothly. Players often fouled and stood on the free throw line to delay time, which made people even more upset.
In contrast, the Thunder's bench looks much happier.
Westbrook, who had already rested, was smiling all over his face. While drinking water, he said to Durant: "It seems that we had a high opinion of the Lakers before."
Durant is also in a good mood: "Their perimeter defense is terrible! They can't guard Sergi inside."
Ibaka next to him also laughed: "Scott is really giving me face! Send a power forward less than two meters to defend me! Then I will not be polite!"
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Finally, the game is over!
The Lakers lost to Lin Tian 100:118!The big 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 his teammates.
This seemingly disparate game also gave the Lakers and Lin Tian a slap in the face.
(End of this chapter)