Super Small Forward

On May 3, 2014, the first round of the second round of the Lakers playoffs was played at the Staples Center, the Lakers home stadium.

As soon as Liu Ren walked into the stadium, he found that the atmosphere was very different as usual!

If there are mostly Lakers fans in the first round of the Clippers, the atmosphere will be very pleasant? You can probably use the word "comfortable" to describe the atmosphere of the scene. If there are mostly Clippers fans, then the scene is an atmosphere of hatred. It is quite rare for fans of a team to hate their team, but not much like the Lakers. Relationship, they only need to check in and get off work.

But today, Lakers fans rarely put on the team jerseys uniformly. Most of them are Kobe's No. 8 and No. 24, and Liu Ren's No. 1 is also quite a lot. There are also some of O'Neal's No. 34 and Odom. The jerseys, it seems that they are not worn very often, and I found them out temporarily today.

The fans are rarely very serious. Liu Ren, who stepped into the stadium, saw the fans take the game very seriously. He stayed for a while. He did not expect the fans to take the Thunder opponent so seriously!

The attitude of the fans affected the mentality of the Lakers fans, and everyone got serious.

Kobe clapped his hands and gathered everyone on the bench: "Well, you don’t have to be too nervous. We lost to Oklahoma City two years ago. The fans felt that loss was a shame, and what we have to do now is to take this shame away. Wash it off! Because you are here, I am very confident about it, do you have any?"

"Yes!" everyone shouted.

Kobe's words were an understatement, but they sounded enthusiastic to others!

The young people never expected Kobe to trust them so much!

"Of course! The uncle is ready to overthrow them!" Thackeray said passionately.

"Let them see how good Uncle Nick is!" Nick Young is an'old boy' second only to Thackeray in blood.

Although the others didn't talk much, the war intent in their eyes could be seen at a glance.

Kobe nodded in satisfaction.

D'Antoni silently watched Kobe mobilize his teammates, with no expression on his face.

"Mike, this group of players don't take us too far, they completely put us aside." D'Antoni's brother, Lakers chief assistant Dan D'Antoni, looked angry.

D'Antoni looked at his brother and didn't say anything. If it wasn't for this guy to be his brother, and he couldn't get rid of the face of his mother at home, he himself would not want this brother to be his assistant coach. Even the team having a veteran like Kobe would be a wealth Do not know at all.

After the warm-up, the game started soon.

The Lakers' starting lineup and the first round did not change. Nash, Kobe, Liu Ren, Gasol, and Green played together.

The Thunder has become the most familiar starter in Liu Ren's memory, Westbrook, Saifrosa, Durant, Ibaka and Perkins.

Ibaka is actually still fighting!

Liu Ren is full of respect for Ibaka’s professionalism. From his future memory, he knows that Ibaka’s injury is not good, but because the Warriors inside the two big whites are too strong, he has to force the line of fire to come back to the rescue, otherwise It is possible to be eliminated in the first round, but in this way Ibaka's injury will become irreversible, and from the beginning of this playoffs into a major decline! Since then, it will never be possible to recover the strength of the best defensive player before having the opportunity to impact!

The referee's whistle sounded, jump the ball!

When it comes to the playoffs, both sides will use the player who has the strongest jump ball in the starter to jump the ball. For example, the Heat used Battier jump ball, but Ibaka has a knee injury. They still let Perkins jump the ball, and Gasol relied on his wingspan advantage to win the jump ball over Perkins' head!

The Lakers first strike.

No one would expect D'Antoni’s defense, but his offense is best at catching the opponent’s weaknesses, especially since he spent a week thoroughly researching the Warriors and the Thunder and watching the games between the two teams. Studying the two teams together, he now knows the Thunder well, and can't direct him on the spot, but if you prepare in advance, few coaches in the league can be better than him!

D'Antoni also appreciates Ibaka's professional attitude, but the game is so cruel. A very important part of his tactics is to target Ibaka!

Gasol got rid of the title of soft egg and forced the ball from the inside at the beginning!

As the player with the highest defensive efficiency among power forwards in the past two years, Ibaka, few teams will take the initiative to find him to play, such as the Warriors David Lee, which was basically abandoned in the first round.

But D'Antoni is looking for him to fight!

D'Antoni knows well that if the Thunder is able to run from the first to the fourth position, if they are bombarded, they may follow the opponent's wishes. Ibaka has a knee injury~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but it will not affect Running, the biggest problem with his injury is that he can't fly around in the three-second zone like before. If he wasn't injured, this year's shot-blocking king would really not fall on Anthony Davis!

Gasol usually looks soft, but when he really wants to be tough, he can still be tough, hitting Ibaka high and putting the ball into the basket.

If it is normal, although Ibaka may not be able to directly cap off the front, at least he will not let Gasol force the score on his head, which can definitely play a big interference role.

On the offensive end, the Lakers implement D'Antoni's tactics. This is the consensus of everyone. D'Antoni's offense is really powerful!

But on the defensive end, it's up to Kobe and other veterans to negotiate a good method before the game.

D'Antoni analyzed the Thunder for a long time the day before, but most of them are analyzing the current defensive loopholes of the Thunder, and there is no arrangement for defensive farts. He just said a few words that Durant is very powerful, so that everyone should not relax.

What is really useful is what Kobe said in the afternoon training!

During training yesterday afternoon, Kobe called the players together and said: "Our next series focuses on defense is Durant, he is very strong, he is a super shooter, but also his shortcomings are more, he this year The offense with the ball has improved, but it is still very poor. He seems to be efficient with the ball because he is too threatening to shoot."

Hearing this, Liu Ren felt that his task was coming, and interrupted: "Kobe, you mean to cut off the connection between Durant and his teammates, just like our defense of the Heat, let Durant play singles like James? Don't worry. , I will do it!"

Who knows that Liu Ren was scolded by Kobe: "Idiot, Durant and James have completely different offenses. If you want to defend Durant like James, then wait to die!"

"What we have to do is double-teaming!"