0188 A young heart is a firm belief
Hearing the joke, Durant and the other two were nervous and relaxed, but they still stood silently.
Seeing that no one was supporting the role, Su Yang continued: "The good news is that after the first game, the Lakers completely realized how much we wanted to win, so they showed all the cards at the beginning of the game. After the series, the Lakers will not have other strategies..."
After the Lakers started, taking Ate as an example, it can be seen that he took the ball on the offensive end and was very decisive. He refused to give the Thunder the opportunity to adjust his defensive formation. He was bold and careful on the defensive end and tried to steal Durant at the risk of fouls.
In addition to Fisher's long pass without warning, Kobe's determination to fight back and forth on the back of the fast break, and the Lakers' team's resolute double-team and rotation, the Lakers' offensive and defensive strategy is to concentrate their efforts on major tasks, intending to stab the Thunder at the weaknesses.
Ibaka's long shot is difficult to prevent, so he is not aware of it. Sefrosa gets an open position and loses points and gets a score back.
But if you don’t lose points, you will fight back and grab points. Even if you don’t win, you won’t lose money. If you win, you will make a big profit.
Anyway, the playoffs require conspiracy and gambling.
"So, the bad news is that everyone needs to be prepared for every goal and adjust their mentality. We will encounter high-intensity defense, may shoot continuously, may make mistakes many times, may encounter malicious fouls, or even fall behind in the match point...
In the past, those players who have achieved great careers, such as Michael Jordan, not only have superb skills, but also have a tough personality. You already have superb skills. As long as you persist, you can win. Please believe in yourself."
After the words came, the Thunder generals nodded one after another, and Su Yang did not adjust his tactics, but only raised his right hand to signal.
The whole team immediately pressed their hands and shouted 123 in unison Lets Go OKC!
The fans on the sidelines echoed, and the entire Ford Center gradually cheered and the game followed.
The Thunder kicked off the left sideline, and conducted a large-scale transfer. Durant received the ball from the bottom corner on the right, broke through Ate with a fake break and dribbled the ball to the basket with big strides, facing Bynum who made up for defense, jumped in the air.
The basketball slammed the basket into the net, and the referee blew the whistle and blew the foul, giving an additional chance to get a penalty.
Amid the cheers of the whole audience, Durant made a steadily shot on the free throw line, helping the Thunder chase to 3-10.
The Lakers attacked by the change of sides. Gasol pulled down the left wing to support the joint defense. He found that there was no chance to pass the ball, and then passed the ball to the top of the arc. Fisher tacitly transferred to the right wing, but Arte had no chance to pass the ball. The basketball returned to the top of the arc. Fisher then cooperated with Gasol and finally made a big move to the paint area, unexpectedly assisting Bynum to score an all-over basket.
Seeing this, Su Yang took a deep breath and knew that compared to the first game between the two teams, the Lakers had already achieved this game that they could patiently conduct and pull the defensive formation and seize opportunities decisively. It was a good choice, orderly choice, and almost invincible.
But he firmly believes that he can lead the team to win in the end, but it will be difficult at the beginning and needs to stabilize the situation.
While thinking, Durant fought against Ateh one-on-one, and after changing hands under his crotch, he forced a rush to make a profit due to his height advantage.
The basketball slammed and Gasol rushed to the bottom corner to grab the basketball. The Lakers launched a counterattack, and Kobe scored a three-pointer.
The score gap widened again, and Su Yang hurriedly got up and walked to the flank position, waved his hand and arranged a RIP tactic.
Durant then started from the left wing, with the ghost cover around the top of the arc, then turned around and cut inside and rushed into the right 45 degrees. With the help of Sefrosa and Chandler's cover, he walked through the paint area and quickly circled back to the bottom corner on the left, successfully attracting Kobe to switch defense.
Sefrosa took the opportunity to withdraw from the three-point line, raised her hand to take over Westbrook's pass, ignored Arte and turned around to switch defense, and scored three-pointers.
The basketball went into the net in a hollow, and the Thunder struggled to narrow the score difference, and cheers in the Ford Center rose again.
Su Yang let out a long sigh. The RIP (suddenly separated) tactics can be achieved, but it is simply to use the Lakers to underestimate Sefrosa's ability to open three-pointers, but it also takes great risks, because if Sefrosa scores a three-pointer, the situation will become more and more anxious.
With emotion, Westbrook successfully pushed Fisher to the bottom corner, while the others of the Thunder grabbed the pass route.
Fisher had no choice but to make a strong shot, and the basketball hit the iron. Unfortunately, Durant grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break and failed to score. Chandler also failed to score. Fortunately, he grabbed the offensive rebound and finally caused Fisher to foul.
The entire Ford Center was boosted, but the second free throw was smashed and the Lakers got a defensive rebound to launch a counterattack.
Su Yang spoke out to remind him to retreat, and Thunder barely saved him from being beaten to fight back, and the second and third joint defense was followed.
Gasol then made a shot, Durant grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break, which also ended with the shot.
Seeing that Durant had poor handling of offensive and defensive conversions for two consecutive times, assistant coach Brian reminded Su Yang to give a little advice.
Su Yang shook his head and refused. At this moment, Durant should be encouraged to dare to think and fight. Persuasion will only cause confusion.
With that idea, he continued to observe the situation on the field and frequently reminded him on the offensive end how to fight.
In the first quarter, the game was 4 minutes and 57 seconds left, and the Thunder was still 11 points behind. He still requested a timeout and insisted on following the usual rotation arrangements to allow Harden and Green to play, but the Lakers did not change, even though Gasol was obviously a little tired.
Discovering Gasol's physical strength problems, Su Yang temporarily commanded Harden and Green to play pick-and-roll. He quickly took advantage of Gasol's shortcomings in time to rotate in time and launched a 7-2 offensive, which scared the Lakers so much that they asked for a timeout and then replaced Gasol with Odom.
After Odom came on the court, the situation returned to a state of anxiety. After the first quarter, the Thunder fell behind 22-29.
In the second quarter, Kobe appeared early, with Gasol and Odom, taking Shannon Brown and Famar overdoing it. Brown and Famar's main task is to lead the three-point line, then run to the bottom corner to pull the space, or act as a pass transfer station. But that's true, the Lakers did not have the funny scene of "the defender does not pass the ball to the inside" in the first game.
The Lakers played like this, which invisibly offset the 8 points Harden scored for consecutive fouls to hit the basket, and took the lead.
Assistant coach Brian took advantage of the free throw and reminded him to send the main force as soon as possible, after all, the Lakers were determined to fight bloody.
Su Yang refused to propose because Harden played well, especially when he successfully caused Kobe to foul the two times.
It was only after halfway through the second quarter that Su Yang sent Durant and Westbrook again as usual, but Kobe and Gasol did not leave the court for the Lakers. They also played for 12 minutes and successfully maintained the situation of the Lakers, but they could not expand.
After the half-time game, the Thunder fell behind 43 to 50, and Durant and Westbrook made 7 of 20 shots together.
After returning to the locker room during the intermission, Su Yang sincerely imitated Rivers to deliver a chicken soup speech, praising the Thunder generals for doing very well, and the victory progress has reached 50%. As long as he persists and is as strong as he will be able to find a counterattack opportunity.
Perhaps thanks to the regular season record 3-1 and the first big win, the Thunder nodded excitedly.
The third quarter started, with Durant and Westbrook still making a slap in the iron, and Ibaka also missed three consecutive shots and two points. Sefrosa hit two three-pointers to help the Thunder narrow the gap between the first half of the quarter.
Su Yang then arranged for Harden and Green to play, and fought hard until the end of the third quarter, and finally fell behind by only 1 point.
Half a minute after the fourth quarter started, Phil Jackson replaced Brown with Arte and set up five main lineups in advance.
Su Yang thought for a moment and chose to follow up, directly using the five small lineup of Ibaka playing against the center, and attacked with all his strength.
The two teams fought for several minutes, and the Thunder finally led the Lakers for the first time with Durant's mid-range shot.
Durant seemed to finally find the touch and scored one after another, leading the Thunder to a 10-2 offensive.
Just as Su Yang relaxed a little, Fisher and Kobe scored three-pointers in a row, biting the situation tightly.
In the last two minutes of the game, Su Yang found that Kobe had no initiative to break through, so he temporarily arranged Durant to defend, and only used his long arms to cover Kobe with his shot. The defense behind him was confident and boldly handed over to Ibaka and Green, and soon received a miraculous effect.
Kobe's shooting was limited, and he was worried about breaking through because of too many fouls. In addition, other Lakers players were exhausted and made consecutive misses to hit the blacksmith in open spaces, and even made low-level mistakes in passing the ball to the referee. Phil Jackson had no choice but to start the penalty tactic.
Su Yang counterattacked the moves and commanded his brainless command to Durant every time he served, and Durant lived up to expectations and made 5 free throws of 6 free throws.
After the game, the Thunder narrowly defeated the Lakers 102-98, and led 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals.
Amid cheers, Durant was interviewed by reporters after the game.
Speaking of why he could reverse the narrow victory, he replied with a smile: "In the two years of coaching, we have experienced nine consecutive losses at the beginning of the game, 34 points behind the Cavaliers at halftime, six injuries in the team were unable to play, and experienced a sharp lead and a tragic turnaround. There are still many difficult things, but he led us all to survive and reach a new height.
Chapter completed!