Almighty Athlete Chapter 15: Win on the road

Four days ago, the Thunder lost to the Lakers away. For the Thunder, losing away is not unacceptable, and playing the Lakers is not a critical battle.

But back at home, the Thunder are absolutely reluctant to lose again, especially for a team with a sword and finger championship. They just lost to the Lakers four days ago. This time the Thunder Up and down is of course holding back enough energy to prepare for revenge.

The Thunder Brooks coach also learned well. He knew that the big lineup was too bad for the Lakers, so he changed again and replaced Andrey Robertson with Perry Jones as the starter. In this way, Ibaka returned to the power forward position he was familiar with.

Andre Robertson is also a new ball player. His defense is very good, but his offense is relatively poor. He is 2.01 meters tall and played as a power forward in college. A blue-collar player playing hard. After coming to the Thunder, the coach was asked to play shooting guard and small forward.

Because he is a power forward player, Robertson has almost no shooting ability, let alone a three-pointer. He has almost no means of scoring except for layups and dunks. It's very rare this year as a shooting guard or small forward who doesn't shoot threes.

Robertson’s role on the court is mainly defense. In the last match between the two sides, Meeks' excellent play was one of the Lakers' winning weapons, and this time the Thunder let Robertson play first, mainly to limit Meeks.

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Looking at Robertson in front of him, Meeks pouted slightly.

"The first-year rookie who came out from there, dare to guard me! Let me give you a lesson!" Meeks began to dribble while thinking.

However, no matter how Micks makes fake moves, Robertson is close to Meeks.

"Damn, where is such a sticky guy, it's quite strong!" Meeks broke through and failed, he was just started and was stopped by Meeks.

"Yodi, pay attention to 24 seconds!" Wesley Johnson's voice sounded, Meeks reluctantly chose a strong shot, but fortunately, good luck, the ball turned twice on the rim, eventually Entered.

"Andre, good defense! We only had bad luck with this goal, and then we will try our best!" Durant stepped forward and patted Robertson on the shoulder.

The encouragement of the team boss boosted Robertson's morale, and then his defensive efforts.

On this matter, Meeks discovered that the rookie whom he looked down upon was so difficult to find. Whether Meeks was in a state of no request or holding a ball, Robertson stared to death.

0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 0 turnovers, 1 foul, this is the data of Andre Robertson in the first quarter. He played 8 minutes in this game. As a player, playing such a statistic in 8 minutes is really too pitiful and can be called the worst. But he successfully locked Meeks, Meeks was only 1 of 5 in the first quarter. The Thunder sacrificed an attack on the 2nd position in exchange for the misfire of Meeks.

For the inside, Ibaka, who returned to the inside, also caused a lot of trouble for Gasol. With the help of Ibaka, Adams gradually entered the state, although it will still be Gasol cheated fouls, but compared with the previous game, Gasol's offense is no longer so sharp on the court.

The benches of both sides have appeared one after another. On the bench of the Thunder, Caron Butler, Reggie Jackson, Perry Jones, Collison, "Old Fish" Fisher, Lamb, this The lineup is more in-depth than the current Lakers. Fortunately, the Lakers' Nezmore and Farmar played well, barely resisting the offensive offense of the Thunder.

60 to 46, the Lakers trailed the Thunder by 14 points in the first half.

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In the locker room, the morale of the Lakers is not very high.

Zhang Guan looked at the teammates around him, and at this moment there was a hint of enlightenment in his heart.

In the past few games, the Lakers have encountered some "hard stubble", but there are always role players who stand up, such as Meeks, such as Bezmore, such as Farmar, and even that " Kobe Bryant's "Marsh Brooks" has some good performances. They are not the core of the team, and their sudden explosion is more like an extra bonus. As long as there is a role player to play well, Zhang Guan and Gasol only need to play normally, and the Lakers can win.

But today's situation is different. The Lakers' role players all seem to have been beaten back to their original form. No matter the performance on the field or their personal statistics, there is nothing outstanding.

"Perhaps this is the reason why the team pursues big-name stars. Good role players are important, but many times, it is the team's big-name stars who decide the outcome! Now, it is my turn to score."

Zhang Guan thought about the current score. The lag of 14 points makes Zhang Guan feel a little pressure. After all, the opponent is the Thunder. It is not an easy thing to want to recover 14 points from the Thunder.

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Wei Shao stared directly at Zhang Guan. In the first half of the game, he almost gave up his offense and assists and went all out to mark Zhang Guan. At present, it seems that the effect is quite good. Zhang Guan is on the top Halftime did not play very well.

"The 14-point lead, as long as it can continue to limit Zhang Guan, this victory will definitely belong to us!" Wei Shaozheng was thinking, but Zhang Guan suddenly stopped.

One step outside the three-point line, Zhang Guan jumped up and made a shot!

"Zhang Guan, a long 3-pointer! Go!"

Wei Shaoxin frowned frowningly. This kind of long-range three-pointer is indeed somewhat unsolvable.

Durant broke the foul and made two free throws. When the Lakers attacked, Zhang Guan did indeed follow the calabash. It also used the breakthrough method to cause the Thunder's inside foul, and then hit two free throws.

Wei Shao was even more upset, and unconsciously increased his defense.

Zhang Guan once again took the ball and forced a breakthrough. Wei Shao did not flinch and greeted him with his body.

"Zhang Guan, beat Westbrook, oops, how did you use it, this ball fouled!" In the sigh of the commentator, Wei Shao's hand movement was a bit unfavorable, an obvious foul was caught by the referee live.

"This ball defense is too urgent, Russell is a little calm!" Durant also felt it, Wei Shao was too anxious.

However, Wei Shao is like a irritated calf, and continues to confront Zhang Guan.

Wei Shao's defense is still too dependent on his body. Only three minutes later, Wei Shao took another foul. Coach Brooks had to request a timeout to calm Wei Shao.

Wei Shao is not without defensive skills, on the contrary, his defensive skills are still very good, but Wei Shao's physical quality is even better, at least in the usual game, Wei Shao does not need to use any defensive skills, simply use The body can defend the opponent, so gradually, Wei Shao's defense has become relying on the body and consciousness. He is not used to defending with skills.

The timeout came back and the Lakers unexpectedly replaced Thackeray.

Although Takray is a sophomore, he is really not as good as Adams in first grade in personal ability. Except for air cut, Taklay has little means to score. Inaccurate shooting, poor rebounds, lack of assist defense speed, sending such a player to the field, so that the Thunder coach Brooks did not understand.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded, and the Thunder center Adams stood there innocently.

Durant threw basketball to the ground with some disappointment. He had already figured out how to organize the attack on this ball. He just wanted to launch it but was interrupted by this whistle.

"Saclay fouled Adams! It was a foul as soon as he played. This Takray was really useless except for being tall. He was more appropriate to stand on the bench and wave his towel." Ibaka pouted. Muttered to himself.

Now Adams does not take on the offensive task at all in the Thunder. He is more like a rebounder. There is not much time for the ball to reach him, let alone a singles opportunity, so this is his For the first time in this game, the free throw line is standing.

Adams took the free throw line. Adams in the rookie season was as anxious as Jordan Jr. in free throws, and afterwards, his serve rate was relatively normal, and Popovich also sacrificed many times. Adams tactics.

Sure enough, Adams lost all two free throws. Zhang Guan rushed up and grabbed a rebound. He turned and ran away, playing a fast break.

"Zhang Guan, fast break!" Ibaka has just reacted and Zhang Guan has quickly rushed to the midfield position.

Wei Shao and Robertson pounced at the same time, and Zhang Guan obviously bullied Robertson as a newcomer, specializing in Robertson's side.

"Foul, stop him!" Wei Shao shouted, Robertson agreed, and immediately reached out.

"Wait! Don't foul!" Wei Shao changed his caliber again because he found that Zhang Guan was about to prepare for a layup. At this time, the foul was equivalent to sending Zhang Guan to the free throw line.

But Robertson has already started, he grabbed the arm of Zhang Guan, but failed to affect the start of Zhang Guan, only to see Zhang Guan jumped high, and then tossed the ball like a blue frame.

"The goal is scored, and the penalty is added! Robertson was still inadequate. He was deceived by Zhang Guan for this foul!" the commentator said.

Wei Shao approached Robertson and said, "The next time a foul is committed, the reporter will be more aggressive and will never give Zhang Guan two plus one opportunities!"

Robertson nodded, but he felt innocent in his heart. He did get a bad hand for the foul just now, but he didn’t hold Zhang Guan. But as a younger brother, the lesson of second-hand, Robertson did not dare to refute.

The Thunder again attacked with the ball, but the whistle sounded again.

"Another foul on Sackley? Adams made a free throw... Wait a minute, I see, this is chopping Adams!" Coach Brooks has reacted even if he is dull.

Adams is just a first-year rookie. Although the 12th pick is also in the lottery, there will never be someone who will arrange tactics against him. But today, the Lakers just came to hack Adams, which suddenly made Adams flattered.

The earliest hacking tactics were directed against the "big shark" O'Neal, so they are also called shark hacking tactics; later in order to deal with Howard, some teams used the "hack hawking tactics". But both O'Neal and Howard are the top centers in the league. O'Neill's dominance does not need to be introduced. Howard is also known as the league's first center. Now, this tactic is actually used by a first-year freshman, no matter who it is.

Adams went to the free throw line inexplicably again. This time Adams made two free throws and the Lakers used the next attack to score two more points.

In two rounds, the Thunder were chased back by the Lakers for four points. From this result, the hacking strategy was very successful this time.

"It's the Thunder's turn to attack again. Should the Lakers still cut?"

However, this time, the Lakers did not cut people. When Wei Shao passed the ball, he was careless and was stolen by Zhang Guan.

"Zhang Guan fast break, this ball has no chance, Durant and Ibaka are back. Direct three-pointers and scored!" The commentator took a deep breath and then said: "This ball Playing beautifully, Zhang Guan used the Thunder team's defensive breakthrough to hit a time difference and grab a three-pointer. The current score is 82 to 81, and the Lakers even overtake the score!"

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The score was overtaken, and Wei Shao began to appear irritable. In the face of Zhang Guan, he really wanted to win.

I saw Wei Shao holding the ball and broke through with Ibaka after pick-and-roll. However, Durant who just ran out of the space was ignored by Wei Shao. Wei Shao greeted the defensive player and scored the goal.

This is completely a manifestation of personal ability. In terms of individual singles, Wei Shao is indeed more suitable than Durant. However, this kind of attack based on personal ability is not good news for the Thunder.

And Zhang Guan's long-range three-pointer is also continuing to open.

"Zhang Guan, three-pointer, and then hit. At present, Zhang Guan's three-pointer is 6-for-12 from the field with a 50% shooting rate!"

"Zhang Guan made 7 of 13 3-pointers!"

"Zhang Guan made 8 of 15 3-pointers! He has already scored 38 points!"

"Zhang Guan, 3-pointer! Enter again!"

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"Is Zhang Guan or Curry in front of me? Curry averaged 8 three-pointers in a game, Zhang Guan has already made 16 three-pointers in this game! 17! Fortunately, I did not enter!"

Wei Shao was frightened by this three-pointer. The score was 122 to 120. The Lakers still lead, and the game time is less than 40 seconds. If the Zhang Guan enters again, the Thunder can basically surrender. Too.

However, the Thunder didn't protect this rebound~ IndoMTL.com~ Gasol was really **** the key ball. Ibaka didn't even grab Gasol. After Gasol grabbed an offensive rebound, he made a small step and scored the goal.

124 to 120, the Lakers lead by four points.

The Thunder chose a strong attack. They planned to score a two-pointer first, and then try to defend the next goal as much as possible, but the Lakers returned to defense very quickly, and Zhang Guan also focused on the ball. .

At the same time, Bezmore even rushed up to contain Wei Shao. Originally Zhang Guan alone made Wei Shao feel more difficult, and now with a tougher Bezmore, Wei Shao suddenly increased pressure.

"Oops, this ball is going to be lost for Russell!" Durant noticed that the situation was not good and immediately rushed to respond. However, Durant was still one step behind and Wei Shao's ball was still lost.

The referee’s whistle sounded and a penalty was awarded. This penalty actually helped the Thunder, but who made the home team! Moreover, at this time the leader is still the Lakers, or a 4-point lead, a penalty is not enough to decide the final victory.

Wei Shao and Zhang Guan compete for the ball, the result can be imagined. Although Wei Shao's bouncing is very good, compared with the long jump world champion Zhang Guan, the difference is really not a grade.

In this fight, Wei Shao lost, the Lakers controlled the ball, the Thunder could only foul, but after the Lakers made two free throws, the point difference widened to six points.

The Thunder missed a 3-pointer and missed the foul again. The Lakers made two free throws with a 7-point lead. The Thunder still missed the 3-pointer and gave up the game.

The score was 127 to 120, and the Lakers defeated the Thunder away.

For the next two games, the Lakers still have to play the same team in a row. This is an opponent that is just as terrible as the Thunder, but has more details than the Thunder: San Antonio Spurs!