The Way of the Center

Bynum is very focused. Even though he has just won the offensive ball on An Jie, this is the first time he has won basketball on An Jie, but Bynum is not at all proud. The Zen master is right, even if this group of guys performed very badly in the last game, they still cannot be taken lightly.

When everyone is in bad shape, the Lakers have played a lot of games. But this does not mean that a team will never recover. The team that can reach the Western Conference semifinals is definitely the kind of team that can adjust.

The Lakers' first offense ended with Artest's mid-range shot. Durant defended the ball very well, but Artest almost completed the shot against Durant's defense.

As soon as the goal was scored, the Staples Center fans were even more excited and confident. Only the Lakers players breathed out, but fortunately, God was on their side just now! They are more fortunate than happy.

After the Thunder's offensive round, Angel's position was not very active, which greatly exceeded Bynum's expectations. For two consecutive games, Anjie was the absolute core of the Thunder team. But today, looking at the current situation, it seems that the Thunder's tactics have changed again.

Although Anjie did not take an active role, his pick-and-rolls were very active. As soon as Westbrook had the ball to the top of the arc of the three-point line, Anjie's wall had been "built".

Fischer is no matter how experienced he is. When encountering An Jie's high-quality pick-and-roll, his defense will still be delayed. And this slight delay is enough for Westbrook, the fastest guy on the Thunder team, to find a gap.

In the last game, Westbrook will definitely take off and layup carelessly, and then give Gasol a block.

But today, Westbrook's spirit is completely different. Take the breakthrough as an example. After seeing the opportunity, Westbrook kicked the ground forcefully with his calf, like a loaded bullet, "shot" into the Lakers restricted area.

Gasol wanted to come over to stop him, but Westbrook's speed was too fast, and after the two had physical contact, he actually found that Westbrook hadn't fallen behind at all.

In the regular season, Westbrook has dunked the opposing center more than once. Now relying on Gasol's layup, even more so.

Westbrook's layup put on a high arc high toss board, and thus dodged the Spaniard's long arms. The basketball knocked down the backboard and refracted into the net.

Although it was only the first goal of the Thunder in the opening game, the players of the Lakers could clearly feel that this Thunder is very different from the Thunder in the previous game!

The more so, the greater the psychological pressure on the Lakers. Fans hope that the Purple and Gold can get the match point in this game, but this has become an invisible psychological pressure for the Lakers at home.

For the Lakers' second offense, when Kobe held the ball, Staples cheered as always. However, Sefrossa's tenacious entanglement made top scorers like Kobe feel strenuous, and everyone admired Sefrossa's defense, including the picky Charles Barkley.

"I don't remember this is the first time I praised the Thunder players. Really, they are really amazing. Before joining the Thunder, the Swiss must not have much impression on everyone. But now, he He has become a player that everyone knows!" Barkley rarely saw someone who could guard Kobe so embarrassedly, even if it was just one round, but Sefrossa was already great enough.

Sefrosa's active and defense surprised Kobe. Several times he thought he had already cleaned Sefrosa. Who knew that this braided European outside line was in front of him again.

In the past, European defenders felt like they were technically good, but their defense and body were unsightly. But Sefrossa is totally out of the ordinary. He can survive in the NBA by his crazy defense.

Sefrossa's defense seems crazy, but his mind is extremely calm. He can always judge the opponent's breakthrough route and clearly capture any moment of his opponent's slack.

"Damn!" Kobe yelled, and had to force a shot before the 24 second offensive time was over. Yes, Sefrosa is such a guy, he is a guy who makes Kobe scolded by defense!

Sefrossa followed the defense and dragged Staples' God into the water. As long as Kobe couldn't make a shot, Sefrossa could move forward with peace of mind. Because he knows that with Anjie and Morris, they rarely lose backboard rebounds.

Playing a series with the Lakers was already the worst rebounding time for the Thunder. But even so, the Lakers still have very few offensive rebounds per game.

Sure enough, An Jie and Morris's concerted position gave the Lakers no chance. An Jie saw the time and just made a light leap to protect the rebound.

An Jie has never relied on bounce for rebounding. If that were the case, it would be impossible to kill An Jie to rank second in the rebounding list. Because in the NBA, An Jie's bounce is too insignificant. But he relied on Divac's special training skills to become a rebound guarantee for the Thunder.

After learning from the first defensive failure, the Lakers contracted their formation slightly this time. Artest continued to pester Durant, this beast has been doing a good job defensively in the Western Conference semifinals, making the youngest scorer's scoring plummet, but these things are not visible on the scene.

But in the same way, Durant's off-ball running also made Artest very embarrassed. Today, coupled with Anjie's off-the-ball pick and roll, it is very difficult for Artest to keep up with Durant's footsteps.

Especially after the Lakers shrink the defensive lineup, fewer people can help Artest defend. As long as Durant gets a little space, he can make a fatal blow!

Durant has ran several routes, but still failed to get rid of Artest.

"It's **** difficult!" Sefrosa is a top perimeter defender. Isn't Artest? However, Van Gundy drew more than one or two tactics for Durant. Finally, after slipping the bottom line and cooperating with Anjie and Morris's double pick and roll, Durant got a fleeting chance to get out of the phone!

For a scoring champion level player, this momentary opportunity is enough! As soon as Durant's ball was shot, Artest sealed it up. In this case, Artest has achieved the best he can do, but Durant's shot this time is still very calm.

"Swipe!" The crisp tumbling sound of the Nets sounded in everyone's ears, Durant hit a three-pointer, Artest and Durant started offensive and defensive for the first time, and was defeated.

Obviously, Artest needs to help defend, he needs the help of his teammates to be able to limit Durant. But if you do that, Westbrook's breakthrough will work again.

Phil Jackson gestured from the sidelines to signal the Lakers' defensive strategy to continue to change. Limiting Durant and Westbrook at the same time, it's not difficult!

For the third time, Westbrook unhurriedly took possession of the ball towards the Lakers at halftime. Even the defending champions are standing up, and they have never successfully defended the game until now!

Westbrook wanted to break through, but found that the defender had become Kobe Bryant.

As a Los Angeles native, Westbrook naturally knows how good Kobe's defense is. This is just being concealed by Black Mamba's more perverted offense. Westbrook tried to rely on Anjie's pick and roll to get past Kobe, but failed to try the power twice.

You can't hang on a tree. Westbrook also understands this old Chinese saying. Since you can't make times on Kobe, then help others to score!

He insisted on Kobe's defensive breakthrough, which would make it difficult for the offensive team to get a chance, but there are still passing gaps.

With Westbrook's breakthrough, the Lakers' lineup shrank again. But the Lakers are not afraid, they have made enough preparations!

Sure enough, Westbrook had just stepped into the three-second zone and then suddenly scored the ball. Westbrook's pass goal is unbiased, and it happens to be Durant!

Durant opened his long arms and big hands to firmly control the basketball under his own hands. At the same time, Artest and Gasol both moved to Durant's side.

When Durant saw this, he made a decision immediately. He raised the ball and took off less than a second after he received the ball.

"You are wrong kid!" Artest immediately blocked it, and Gasol jumped from the side behind him. Surrounded by the two, Durant looked no chance.

But when Durant hadn't jumped to the highest point, the Thunder's No. 35 shot. But looking at the trajectory of basketball, this seems not to be a shot, but a pass!

Morris received the basketball, Gasol went to the outside to block Durant, Morris was missed.

Although this guy is not good at shooting, it is impossible for him to put a big open at close range for him to shoot.

Upon seeing this, Bynum had to abandon Anjie and raised his hands to make up for Morris.

Morris just made a fake shot and used a ground pass to give Anjie the final chance to end the offense.

"Old Fish" Fischer judged Morris' intentions, and he planned to intercept the ball midway. Unexpectedly, his footsteps can no longer keep up with this passing speed. Fischer seems to have touched the basketball with his fingertips, but he still failed to prevent the ball from falling into Anjie's hands.

When Anjie received the ball ~www.NovelMTL.com~ he faced an undefended basket. This distance is a little far away for dunks, which will give Bynum a chance to make up defenses, and the shots are a little too close and it's hard to master the intensity. So An Jie simply jumped gently and scored the ball with a toss!

"Oh oh, beautiful offense! What can I say, the Thunder's offense went through the hands of four people, and everyone received the ball smoothly and beautifully. In the end, An Jie's throw was also perfect. To be honest. Yes, is there anything else that fellow Ann can't do? The center should be able to do it, he will!"

After Anjie scored, the Zen master suddenly stood up from the bench. Indeed, Durant and Westbrook are showing off, and the Lakers still have a plan to deal with, but when all the three Thunder can play a role...

Phil Jackson swallowed, I hope the performance of these three boys is only a flash in the pan. If defenders, forwards, and centers break out across the board, even the defending champions will be very tricky.

This is Staples in Los Angeles. The Zen master can only hope that nothing bad will happen here...

After Anjie scored a goal, his expression remained calm. This was just the beginning of the next series of fierce attacks!