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Before the start of the game between the Thunder and the Lakers, the MVP award ceremony was held at the Staples Center.

On MVP night, Bryant took over the Maurice Podorov Trophy from David Stern to the cheers of the fans.

This trophy is named in honor of the first president in NBA history.

Kobe held the trophy high, then took the microphone and delivered a simple speech.

This is the second time Kobe has won the MVP. His mood is undoubtedly excited, but he is also much calmer than before.

"This is my personal honor, as well as the honor of the Lakers and Los Angeles. I will bring you even greater glory."

After Kobe finished speaking, there was thunderous applause at the Staples Center. The Lakers have only one goal this year, which is the championship!

Everyone in the audience was applauding, and the only ones who didn't applaud were the Thunder players sitting on the sidelines watching.

Durant sat on the bench, watching Kobe get the player's highest personal honor, not knowing what he was thinking.

Just finished the fierce battle with the Spurs, Durant's performance in the last series is definitely MVP level.

In the summer, the Thunder lost Harden, a 12-year Spurs weapon, and Durant's pressure on the offensive end became even greater.

In the critical fifth game, Durant repeatedly hit key shots from mid-range and scored 35 points.

In the sixth game, he scored 40 points and sent the Spurs home again.

The Spurs are afraid of players with strong shooting ability, and there is still no way to solve it.

Their defensive strategy and lineup characteristics have always been destined to suffer when they encounter unsolvable mid-range shooters.

After the brief awards ceremony, the players from both sides took off their jackets and went to the field to start the match.

The divisional finals for the qualification for the finals began.

Li Liang still started the game, he didn't feel nervous at all, and even felt a little bored.

Although from a rational point of view, I am more used to playing thunder, and my chances of winning are a little bit better.

But if you can play the Spurs, it will definitely be more interesting.

He can touch each other's heads with Duncan, compete with Leonard to laugh first, and fight Popovich with wits.

Playing against the Thunder is a bit more boring. Before the game, Mike Brown made an arrangement. Li Liang's main task was to defend Durant with Ci Shiping.

At the beginning, Ci Shiping stared at the scene for a while, and then Li Liang stared at it.

Anyway, his mission is very clear, to defend the arrows and hit three-pointers.

The Thunder's team doesn't have many tactics, relying on talent, head-to-head.

How can you not be bored playing with such a team?

But it doesn't matter, the key is to win.

If you play the Spurs, I don't know what kind of damage Popovich will come up with against himself.

Now they were strangled to death by the talented Wang Zha, which undoubtedly helped Li Liang get rid of an obstacle.

Of course, Kobe definitely doesn't think so, playing the Spurs is simply his repertoire.

It's hard to say against the Thunder. The Thunder are young outside, with outstanding wingspan and strong inside athletic ability.

When the two teams met in the playoffs last year, Kobe's shooting percentage in the first three games did not exceed 40 percent.

The status was found in the last two games, but it was too late.

This year's Western Conference finals meet the Thunder again, this is Kobe's revenge battle.

The game is about to start, and Mike Brown is giving his final instructions before the game.

In terms of nervousness, Mike Brown was actually much more nervous than Li Liang.

He died at the hands of Lei Ting last year, so he was really powerless to fight back.

Although the Lakers won easily in the first two rounds of this year, the Thunder knocked down the Spurs in the semifinals. Durant's god-like performance undoubtedly made people even more impressive.

Based on Mike Brown's experience, playing the previous games too easily is not necessarily a good thing.

The Thunder played very hard in the two rounds, but the players have been tempered and sublimated, and they have a challenger mentality in Staples.

This will allow the Thunder to focus more on the game.

Needless to say, the Lakers, after five days of rest, are likely to rest again.

The only Lakers player who hasn't rested may be Li Liang.

Li Liang trains with the team during the day and trains with Rupp in the system at night. He is in good physical and mental condition.

And today's game is scheduled for 3:30 in the afternoon, because we have to take care of the TV audience in the East.

This time is not the game time that the players are used to. Usually at this point, the players are resting and preparing for the evening game.

Therefore, it makes sense for Mike Brown to be nervous, and the first game is very important.

The game started on time, with Howard and Ibaka jumping the ball.

Ibaka took the lead to touch the ball, but his fingers were too hard, and the ball flew out of bounds, and the Lakers had the ball.

Li Liang sent the ball out of bounds to Nash, and as soon as Nash got the ball, Westbrook rushed up to defend Nash.

Li Liang hurried over to cover, but Westbrook followed very fiercely, wrapping his hands around Nash, almost surrounding him.

Obviously, the Thunder's style is different from that of the Clippers.

The Clippers started off with an offensive rush, while the Thunder were on the defensive side.

In addition to the talents of Durant and Westbrook, the Thunder's rise in recent years also relies on their tough defense.

The Thunder players have strong single-defense abilities, and they are very strong. Once the opponent is unable to resist, the Thunder will use a thunderstorm-like counterattack to destroy the opponent.

Nash is very experienced. Facing Westbrook's high-intensity defense at the beginning, he changed directions continuously and stabilized the situation with the help of Li Liang's cover.

Then he went in from the middle, the Thunder's defense shrunk, and Nash hit the ground and passed the ball to Li Liang.

The Thunder contracted again, and Li Liang gave the ball to Ci Shiping on the flank.

Ci Shiping missed a three-pointer from the corner of the catch.

On the first attack in the opening game, Li Liang noticed the Thunder's defensive strategy.

Intensity, double-teaming, contraction, consume the physical energy of the Lakers players, so that the Lakers players finally shot from the outside.

Because of the consumption of physical energy, it will inevitably lead to inaccurate outside shots, and then it will fall into a vicious circle.

The Thunder counterattacked with the ball, but instead of rushing, they held the ball and played positional warfare.

It seems that Brooks should have learned the lesson of the last round of the Clippers, blindly rushing, not only will not be able to rush down, but will also be played to death by the Lakers.

Durant held the ball and organized an offense on the outside. He found Westbrook, and Westbrook had an open shot at 45 degrees.

It's a pity that he missed a three-pointer.

The Lakers' defensive strategy at the beginning of the game was to host Durant, and always ensure that there are two players near Durant.

Let other players shoot if they can, so Westbrook is given a chance to shoot a three-pointer.

And Westbrook lived up to expectations and struck out angrily.

The Lakers counterattacked, Ci Shiping single-handedly rushed to the basket with the ball, squeezed away the defender and changed hands for a layup.

It's a pity that it came close and missed.

But Li Liang came out from the bottom line, with a light touch, and made a tip-up.

Li Liang scored the first point in the Western Conference Finals.

The Thunder immediately fought back. Durant held the ball in a low position and faced Ci Shiping with his back.

He turned back and cut a step in, then stepped back and shot a close-range fadeaway jumper from the baseline.

This distance is too short, Durant's first step is very deep, and with a backward lean, Ci Shiping has nothing to do.

hit.

Li Liang wanted to pinch the ball, but after Durant observed it, he chose to go to the bottom line.

So Li Liang had no choice but to pinch.

Both sides are making tentative attacks at the beginning.

Li Liang counterattacked in the middle and passed the ball to Howard for a dunk.

Subsequently, Perkins grabbed an offensive rebound, causing Howard to foul and made two free throws.

Nash made continuous breakthroughs around the stakes and hit a light throw with his left hand.

Westbrook played Li Liang in a one-on-one misplaced single, and the zombie hit a jumper.

The offense of both sides played very smoothly, and both sides kept scoring goals.

At 8 minutes into the first quarter, Kobe played Folosha in singles and hit a fadeaway jumper.

The MVP of the regular season scored the first point of the game, and the audience cheered.

At the first official timeout, the two sides fought to a 12:12 tie.

After some testing, no one took advantage.

And this first timeout will be when the two sides start to change their moves.

Brown and Brooks are not known for their abundance of moves, but in the Western Conference Finals, each coach must have several sets of tactics and rotation plans.

Mike Brown's thinking remains unchanged and adapts to all changes. After all, the Lakers are playing at home, and the front is playing smoothly, so there is no need to change.

As for Brooks and the Thunder, they started to make moves.

After returning from the timeout, the Thunder's first change was on the defensive end.

The Lakers replaced Gasol, Metta Shiping, Meeks replaced Nash.

Kobe is still on the court.

The Thunder's lineup has not changed, but their matchup has changed.

Brooks chose to use Durant to match Kobe and Sefolosha to defend Li Liang.

This transposition seemed simple, but it captured the strength of the Lakers' second team at once.

Before playing against the Rockets and the Clippers, the Lakers' second lineup surpassed the starting lineup in terms of efficiency and winning points, which is the key to pulling points.

When Gasol hits the power forward and Li Liang returns to the small forward, the opponents are often very uncomfortable.

Originally, the defense against the starting lineup felt good, and the lineup rotation wanted to relax, but the Lakers used a configuration with stronger offensive firepower. Who can stand it?

After Gasol switched to playing as a substitute, he played less time, less defensive pressure, and his offensive state is getting better and better.

This rotation of the second team has become a killer feature of Brown.

As a result, Brooks saw this and switched defenses.

After the timeout ended, after the Lakers passed the ball continuously from the outside, Kobe broke through the bottom line and gave the ball to Gasol in the middle.

Gasol was about to get the ball for a layup, but was intercepted by Durant.

Durant dribbled the ball straight to the basket and started at the free throw line, causing a foul by Meeks.

In the end, he made a mid-range throw, the ball bounced a few times on the rim, and it went in!

Hit a three-pointer and succeed!

Durant made an extra free throw.

Then, Li Liang was closely guarded by Sefolosha on the offensive end.

Sefolosha's defense strategy against Li Liang is very simple, that is, he just doesn't listen and grabs the ball.

You want to hold high and play whatever you want, I know you can't dribble well, so I will mess with your rhythm.

During the regular season, Li Liang was very afraid of close defense, and later practiced a jump shot with a one-step dribble.

But the playoffs are different. The intensity of the playoffs has risen to another level. Li Liang made an emergency stop after trying a breakthrough, and Ibaka immediately defended him.

He missed a shot, and the Thunder got another counterattack with a backcourt rebound.

This time it was Westbrook, holding the ball and killing the basket, the Lakers' back line couldn't stop it at all.

He was like a blue lightning, he went to the basket and dunked!

The Lakers or Kobe stood up, broke through with the ball and caused a foul by Perkins, and went to the free throw line.

But this is not the way the Lakers like to attack.

There is no doubt that the Lakers are going to be in some trouble.