Chapter 1761 42 Points Sweep

Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals of the playoffs.

Thunder coach Brooks, who was full of expectations, suffered a blow in the first half. It was completely different from the stalemate in the previous game. This time, the Thunder was beaten by the Lakers as soon as they came up.

The tragic 40-20 game in the first quarter was the epitome of the entire game on the court. The Thunder were completely unable to parry, and it almost took only one quarter to declare the final outcome of the game.

In the second quarter, the unwilling Thunder tried to adjust their tactics. Their head coach Brooks obviously didn't want to just surrender. He knew that the outside world had high expectations for the Thunder before this game, especially Westbrook in the last game. If Losing like this will definitely greatly damage the players' enthusiasm and self-confidence.

However, Brooks obviously failed to do so.

In the second quarter, they did recover from some decline. Durant took over the ball again, and in the last few minutes, taking advantage of Ji Feng's exit, he continued to beat Barnes in isolation, narrowing the point difference to about 15 points.

However, in the crucial third quarter, the Lakers once again played crazy. The two teams were not on the same level tonight in terms of state and tactics.

All the Thunder's tactics were clearly understood by the Lakers. From the beginning, the Lakers guessed that they would let Westbrook continue to play in isolation. The Lakers not only let Fisher use his body to harass Westbrook's breakthrough, but also constantly used double teams. Forcing Westbrook to choose to use shooting to solve the problem.

Westbrook was fooled, and the constant hammering made the Lakers more determined, while the Thunder's confidence faded away amid the constant hammering.

In addition, the Lakers today are extremely accurate. Ji Feng hit 9 three-pointers in the three quarters, Kobe had 6, Fisher had 3, Farmar and Artest both had 2, and even Gasol had one. , this is also the first three-pointer in his playoff career.

Under such firepower, the Thunder were beaten 40-21 again in the third quarter...

After three quarters, Barkley directly used four words to describe the Thunder tonight: 68 points in the three quarters are fair, a bit low but not unacceptable. However, the Lakers scored 110 points in the third quarter. This is simply Committing a crime!

Smith also complained: "The Thunder may have forgotten how to defend. Do they only think about offense? But their offense was just as poor tonight. Except for Durant who scored 16 points in three quarters, everyone else was sleepwalking, especially Westbrook only scored 9 points in the third quarter and made 8 turnovers. Maybe what they need to do is find a way to save their face in the last 12 minutes.”

Tonight’s thunder is broken thunder…

After the start of the fourth quarter, Durant and Harden teamed up for the last 2 minutes of tonight's efforts!

When Durant came up, he tried his best to beat Artest with his back, and he succeeded and created Artest as a beater. The score was 3 points. Although 3 points was nothing for such a terrifying point difference, it boosted the morale of the Thunder. !

Then Harden finally played his role, waiting at the weak-side three-point line for two consecutive rounds, and caught the ball and hit a three-pointer. He scored 6 points in a row to help the Thunder further narrow the point difference, which also made Jackson call a timeout.

The Thunder commentator almost cried out, tears of excitement, because this was the first timeout the Zen Master had called so far this evening...

But Harden didn't celebrate. He must be a fool to roar after being behind by more than 30 points...

However, if this feeling can be maintained, the Thunder may not lose too badly. However, after the timeout, Ji Feng immediately put on another amazing performance.

With 7 minutes and 54 seconds left in the last quarter, Ji Feng and Bynum broke into the paint after a pick-and-roll. Facing Ibaka's defense, Ji Feng did not give up. Instead, he jumped high. However, just when everyone thought When Ji Feng wanted Ba Wang to press his bow, Ji Feng, who was at the highest point, suddenly took the ball down!

"Pull the lever~!!!" the commentator exclaimed.

Ji Feng folded strongly in the air, got past Ibaka, and then pulled the ball back under the basket, wiping the board with his right hand!

Score in!

This goal completely lowered the Thunder's atmosphere to freezing point!

"This goal reminds me of Michael's goal back then. Ibaka was completely fooled and had no brute force. He must feel very humiliated now," Barkley said.

Yes, Ibaka was about to explode with anger, but even if he was a man's dream 28-year-old, he really didn't dare to compete with Ji Feng.

And there is no need. After this goal, the Thunder have almost no thoughts of chasing points. This is also a common problem among young people. When encountering huge setbacks, it is easy to fall into their own emotions. This is why teams competing for the championship like to hoard a lot of money. Because of the two veterans, Perkins is okay, but he is new to the game and is a little criticized. Moreover, with this huge gap of nearly 45 points, he does not think that he needs to chase points.

Brooks thought so too. One minute later, he called a timeout. After the timeout, Durant was replaced and the game entered garbage time.

Accompanied by Yang Yi's classic remarks, "Some rubbish players in rubbish time," the game went down to the last few minutes.

"142-100, the Thunder need to thank the Lakers for letting them attack at the last moment, otherwise they will tragically not score more than 100 points."

"But even so, the Thunder still suffered a 42-point defeat on the road. This was the biggest defeat in their playoff history. At the same time, the 42-point difference was also the Lakers' biggest winning margin in two years." Kenny Smith said after the game.

"Of course, Thunder fans don't need to be too sad. The 42-point difference is not even high on the list of points difference in a single game in the history of the playoffs." Barkley said seriously.

Smith looked at Barkley with squinting eyes and a look of disgust. Can this thing be called comfort? Would you be happier if you lost by 42 points than if someone else lost by 58 points...

It turns out, no!

After this game, the poor performance of the Thunder players quickly became a hot topic. People discussed what made the Thunder, who performed well in the first game, completely lost in the second game.

The conclusion is of course - Westbrook!

"Russell played like the best sixth man in this game, but on the opposite side." said a die-hard Thunder fan who did not want to be named.

Indeed, judging from the data, Durant scored the Thunder's highest score of 27 points. Although he took 18 shots and his shooting rate was less than 45%, he was facing the three big forwards Ji Feng, Artest and Barnes after all. Taking turns to defend, it is not easy to play like this, not to mention scoring 7 rebounds, his performance is really good.

Although Harden's 18 points were average, they were much better than those in the first game. The most important thing is that Harden hit half of the Thunder's three-pointers. He also showed that he was a first-class player with 3 of 5 three-pointers. Six people's worth.

Others such as Ibaka and Perkins also played well. Although not amazing, they were in line with expectations.

The only X was Westbrook. He was lost in the game. He made 4 goals in 15 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and 0 of 6 three-pointers. He scored 12 points in the game and made 10 turnovers. Such an embarrassing alternative. The double-double is worthy of the name of undercover in this game. The most important thing is that when he is on the court, the win-loss value is an embarrassing -45.

There is no doubt that Westbrook has been studied thoroughly.