Live broadcast in the United States, a strong dialogue in the West, Thunder vs. Lakers! The Thunder are the leaders in the West, but the opponent is the Lakers, and they are back-to-back, so they are not optimistic that they can win. The Lakers are the nemesis of the Thunder, playing this kind of weak team inside, with an advantage in height, it is too comfortable, Davis is invincible, plus James's ability to control the court, he can take these young people to death.
52-43！The Lakers led the Thunder by nine points in the first half. The Lakers started unfavorably, entered the game slowly, and made a lot of mistakes, but their adjustment was timely, and through strong defense and absolute advantage on the inside, they quickly caught up with the score. In the second quarter, Zhan Mei was puzzled, dominating the game, other role players played well, the defense was too good, and through counterattack conversion, the lead was once to double digits. The thunder came up with three axes, and there was no more after the fight. In the face of the Lakers, their shooting percentage is very low, they can't hit the inside, and they don't have the crosshairs on the outside. The Thunder beating the Lakers is equivalent to the Lakers beating the Nuggets, but it is very uncomfortable, the advantages cannot be played, and the disadvantages are infinitely magnified.
After adjusting in the second half, it was still difficult for the Thunder to score inside, but fortunately, Dort felt hot and bit the score. The Lakers are in control of the situation, they can play casually on the inside, and they can also shoot on the outside, and they are so restrained. Jalenway's three-pointer finally opened, Prince helped James come out and sent a technical foul, Chet continued to make a three-pointer, and the Thunder came to a wave of 9-0 to narrow the difference. Russell's three-pointer came, Keady answered the ball, Reeves came back with a three-pointer, Alexander missed again, and Hachimura sent it back.
Alexander still didn't have it in the middle distance, Davis dunked under the basket, James scored three points, and Zhan Mei once again exerted his power and pulled the score away again. The Thunder's rotation lineup can't stand it, it's similar to the situation in the first quarter, and it really can't be beaten. Isaiah Joe made three points or no three, and Davis countered with a dunk for a 12-0 shockwave.
In this game, the Thunder went far, the star play gap was large, and Alexander's performance in this game was very bad, unable to attack, unable to prevent, and made many mistakes. On the other hand, James and Davis, the former is strategic, the latter is a good defender, and the offense is too strong. The Lakers like to play shorter balls than themselves, and this is the case with the Thunder and Clippers, so the Lakers are very eager to run into them in the playoffs and try to avoid the Nuggets and Timberwolves.