120:118, the visiting team is in the front, the home team is in the back.
Although he missed a free throw, James's attack helped the Lakers expand their lead, which is not a complete failure. At the very least, their determination did not give the thunder a chance to fight back directly. What's more, one point difference is not an advantage. The thunder only need a two-point goal to solve the game.
Of course, the difference of 2 points is not so difficult for the game with 14 seconds left. However, it is not a simple thing for the thunder to level the score or directly surpass in the next attack.
The most irritating thing is that thunder has no chance to pause. This means that Donovan, the coach, can't help at the crucial moment of the game.
In fact, it's not that helpful at all. When Adams went to the baseline, Donovan stretched his neck to Westbrook, who was ready to catch the ball, and quickly reminded the other side how to play next.
Westbrook nodded to Donovan, then walked coldly towards Adams, ready to catch the ball.
The Lakers began to press, Bradley close to Westbrook, McKee also big open arms interference with Adams serve. Instead of covering Westbrook's advance with the ball, enrol went straight to the front court to find a chance to catch it.
However, Denny Green won't give him that chance. Like Bradley, he's always close to Angelo. In addition, LeBron James on the third position also stood at the top of the arc. He's looking at Gallinari, who's back in number three, and he's looking at Angelo. Davis's position is also close to the three-point line, it can be seen that the Lakers are determined not to let the thunder have a chance to kill the ball.
Time is running out. The Lakers are in the lead, but they look more anxious than the thunder.
Westbrook took the ball out of the three-point line and stopped. Of course, he wasn't ready to shoot, and Bradley wouldn't give him that chance.
Westbrook looked around at the positions of the rest of the thunder's players, then hoisted the ball over Bradley to Adams, who was squeezed into the basket.
Although the main focus of the Lakers was on the three-point attack, Adams didn't have a chance. Howard's performance in this game is not very good, but his defense has won the trust of Vogel. As a result, Howard was on the pitch for the last two minutes.
Howard has some difficulties in defending the big players who can shoot, run and like to float to the outside line, but he can still play the eight point strength of Warcraft when facing the traditional center like Adams.
I can't play. I have to pass the ball quickly. After all, time is running out and he doesn't want the ball in his hand.
So, basketball is back in Westbrook's hands. In fact, in the current thunder lineup, Anluo is the most suitable to throw the winner. But everyone knows about it, and Donovan knows about it. So, in the last two minutes, the Lakers didn't give ANLO a chance.
After Westbrook got married to basketball, he started with the idea of looking for Angelo. However, the Lakers are determined not to let the latter have a chance to catch the ball shot. Bradley and Denny green were always stuck between enrol and Westbrook, and the passing route was blocked to death.
As time went by, Westbrook had to come by himself. Although Bradley got stuck in his pass route, the defense was not tight. Westbrook's three-point goal is always bad, this season is even worse, the hit rate has dropped to below 30%. As a result, the defense of the Lakers against him is not much better than that of the thunder against Rondo.
At the end of the day, the Lakers focused on Angelo and Gallinari. For Westbrook, it was much more relaxed. This is an oversight of Vogel! You know, whether it's the third or the second year, Westbrook is the person that thunder can stand up and kill the game at the critical moment. It's just that Westbrook has kept a low profile in the past two years, so that people's impression of him has changed. He released the ball and left a lot of things to Paul George and Angelo. In the long run, people have forgotten that Megatron!
Westbrook is in a much better position because the Lakers are basically focused on Angelo and Gallinari.
After making up his mind, Westbrook took action immediately. He stepped back a few steps to distance himself from Bradley, then took a big step forward to the right and collapsed. Adams was very excited about Westbrook's breakthrough. Such a moment in Chesapeake energy arena is not great, but for him, it is really great. He is always a hardworking person, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't want to hear other people's cheers, let alone that he doesn't want to be the focus of a game. But before that, the cheers were mostly for Westbrook and Angelo.
"Well done! Steven
"You saved us, man! You are the hero of Oklahoma……
Westbrook and enrol rush to Adams to share the joy and glory of this moment with him. Of course, they simply expressed their joy and praise. After all, the game is not over.
Adams didn't finish the last few seconds. When he equalized, he left the Lakers less than two seconds. In theory, they still have a chance to win. In the history of the Lakers, there has been a shorter time than this.
Donovan in Westbrook and Anluo ran to Adams, they began to remind these guys to hurry back to defense. As the head coach of the team, Donovan is always the one with the clearest mind.
By Donovan such a reminder, the players on the field will focus on the game again. It's not the time to celebrate, they're just equalizing, and to win the game, this time the defense has to be successful.
In this case, the thunder players move very quickly. No one wants to see such a difficult fight back situation destroyed in the last two seconds. In that case, it's better to lose the game before.
There's no time out for the Lakers either! Rondo, who has been on the bench for a long time, is in charge of serving the baseline this time. The Lakers need James and Davis to catch the ball and then fight for the winner. In this case, Rondo is the one who is most confident of getting the ball straight into their hands.
Unfortunately, the thunder players did not show any flaws. Especially for James and Davis, who are the two most likely to score the goal, they are more defensive. Although in the end, James got rid of entanglement with his own experience and received Rondo's cross half pass, the thunder's supplementary defense was in place in time, which made him have no chance to adjust his position to shoot. In the end, James could only force a shot against Robertson outside the three-point line.
Of course, this goal was not able to be put in. James's key ball ability is not bad, but it does not mean that he can kill the game with one shot. As a result, in the cheers of Chesapeake energy arena, the game entered overtime.
Both Vogel and Donovan are satisfied with the result. The Lakers didn't stop the thunder from scoring, but at least they didn't get three points. This is already a very good result! After all, there is no shortage of three-point shooters. It's a pity that the thunder didn't throw the goal, but they managed to drag the game into extra time. It's not easy! After all, the defense of the Lakers tonight, no one is sure to score.
Five minutes of extra time, for the main players of both sides, is not a small burden. Although I had a rest of more than 6 minutes in the last quarter of the regular time, my accumulated physical strength was almost consumed.
The players on both sides are back on the bench, looking tired one by one. Angelo is a little better. Westbrook, Adams and Gallinari all sit in their seats without saying a word, quietly recovering their strength.
After entering extra time, thunder's tactics became more radical. This is somewhat unexpected. After all, it's been forty-eight minutes. Although it's not at the end of its tether, there's not much left. In this case, slowing down the pace, steady, more in line with the majority of people's understanding. But tonight, Donovan chose the opposite.
In fact, when you think about it, it's no problem. In fact, thunder is good at that kind of tactics. In addition, players are generally younger and can run and jump in the game. Besides, the thunder players are tired, and the Laker players are even more tired. After all, there are a lot of veterans in their 30s in the Laker lineup! Thunder's fast pace, easier to grasp the initiative of the game.
The Lakers are the opposite of the thunder. They continue to use the previous big man lineup, slow down the speed, drag the game to positional warfare, and the thunder played a white-edged battle.
Two completely different basketball concepts of "one move, one block, one slow" collided fiercely in the five minutes of extra time.
Of course, when the game comes to this point, it's basically the competition between the core stars of both sides. It's also the gap between stars and players. Maybe those ordinary players are not much worse than the stars in physical quality and technical ability, and even some players are better than the stars, but the ability at the critical moment is that the stars are more trustworthy.
James began to rush, thunder's defense has no way. Davis can do anything at both ends. Under the leadership of these two guys, the Lakers took the lead in extra time and hit the thunder 6-0.
The thunder were a little bit too aggressive in the first few rounds. They are so eager to get the advantage as soon as possible that they have wasted several chances. However, after a pause by Donovan, the players found the rhythm of the game.
It seems that the extra time is no different from the previous games. The thunder soon tied the score, the Lakers went back and the thunder tied Three fifths of the time passed quickly.
It seems that these five minutes will be another close call. But no one wants to play the second overtime! The Lakers don't want to, not to mention the thunder.Davis scored the first three-point shot outside the playoff line. Before that, they scored within the three-point line.
But this one didn't score!
Not only didn't score, Westbrook grabbed the rebound and accurately threw the ball into the hands of Anluo who ran all the way through the half court. The latter two steps to the three-point line, direct three-point shot.
"Shua!"
With the basketball into the net, thunder fans cheered. After all, their team finally took the lead again.
In the following more than a minute, both sides once again fell into a state of anxiety. Everyone wanted to play enough advantage to decide the outcome of the game, but they all failed.
However, the thunder won the game with Anluo's three-point goal.
135:138
when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, all the thunder people felt relieved. It was a tough game, but the victory was gratifying.
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