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Rose feels average today. After the serious injury, his condition and strength are no longer as good as Westbrook's now.
Westbrook's explosive power is fully reflected in the second team!
Continuous breakthroughs caused chaos inside the Lakers.
Neither Zhao Chen nor Scott could have imagined that Booker and Rose were so lost today and failed to score in consecutive shots.
The Thunder gave the Lakers an 8-0 run in less than two minutes at the start of the second quarter.
Scott hastily requested a timeout.
Zhao Chen was forced to play early, and the Thunder also brought Durant up. Robertson did not come up immediately. His efficiency in defending Zhao Chen in the first quarter was not good.
Lakers offense.
The Lakers fans at the scene pinned their hopes of chasing points on Zhao Chen.
If Zhao Chen does not continue to score for the Lakers, the Lakers will face the first challenge of entering the playoffs.
The Lakers attack and Rose dribbles forward.
Rose was not easy to play today. The Thunder's ability to protect the inside frame was not bad. Both Ibaka and Adams were tall enough. His explosive power was not enough to support his unscrupulous flying and escaping as before. He tried two midfielders. Couldn't hit the distance.
Rose dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Westbrook kept trying to intercept Rose's ball. Rose gave the ball to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen waved to open up the space.
The defense Zhao Chen faced was Waiters.
As soon as the space opened up, Zhao Chen immediately dribbled to the right.
Waiters followed closely, and Zhao Chen pulled back and retreated.
Zhao Chen used a continuous step back this time. The step back was very large, which directly opened up the space between the two of them.
A step-back jump shot was made, but Waiters' interference was unsuccessful.
"Uh-huh!"
48 to 43.
After scoring the goal, Zhao Chen pointed to the sky with one hand.
The fans at Staples Center were cheering.
Zhao Chen's goal gave Lakers fans a sense of stability. No matter how unstable other players were, Zhao Chen always remained efficient.
Waiters gritted his teeth bitterly, unable to do anything with one hand. Zhao Chen's retreat was really too wide. As long as he was shaken, there would be no way to stop his series of combos from behind.
"Zhao Chen's appearance helped the Lakers solve their short-term trouble. The Lakers are rarely in such a passive situation. Now let's see how Zhao Chen will bring the Lakers to reverse the situation." Zhang Weiping shouted.
On the court, Zhao Chen did not let his teammates relax anymore. Instead, he set an example and started to press the defensive players, and then shouted at the same time: "Intensify, press the whole court!"
Under Zhao Chen's call, the Lakers' defensive tactics changed instantly.
Waiters dribbled the ball to the frontcourt with difficulty. Instead of giving it to Durant, he faced Zhao Chen and wanted a singles.
Waiters is a very arrogant player and has always wanted to be one of the core players of the team.
Has a similar temper to Reggie Jackson.
It's just that in terms of ability, it's not that interesting.
Facing Zhao Chen's continuous changes of direction, Waiters chose to retreat and make a three-pointer.
"frame!"
The ball hit the back frame and was taken down by Harrell.
Harrell gave the ball to Rose, and Rose dribbled forward quickly.
Rose went to the frontcourt to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen and Harrell's pick-and-roll cooperation.
Zhao Chen broke away from Waiters and reached the free throw line.
The Thunder's help defense was not in place in time, Zhao Chen collected the ball and dropped the tempo, and made a jump shot.
Looking back is picturesque!
"Uh-huh!"
An arrow to the heart!
48 to 45.
Score 5 points in a row.
The pressure on Zhao Chen's consecutive scoring champion Donovan finally increased again.
Just like in the first quarter, the Thunder still couldn't guard Zhao Chen. Donovan quickly shouted to the players on the court: "Plank Zhao, don't relax your defense."
Donovan was paralyzed by Zhao Chen's defense. He had never seen such a powerful attacker. His offensive success rate was extremely high whether with the ball or without the ball.
Thunder offense.
Waiters brought the ball across half court to Durant.
Durant continued to play Zhao Chen in isolation. After continuous dribbling changes, Durant rushed to the free throw line and made a signature mid-range jumper.
Durant's move is his unique skill. Under normal circumstances, no one can easily block the shot.
But Zhao Chen was too familiar with Durant's style of play. Zhao Chen jumped hard and stretched out his arms!
"Crack!"
Zhao Chen touched the basketball with his fingertips, causing the ball's trajectory to change.
The ball didn't even touch the frame and was taken by Harrell.
Harrell passed to Zhao Chen, and Zhao Chen dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.
Just after halftime, before the Thunder's double attack came up, Zhao Chen stepped on the LOGO and shot a long three-pointer.
The basketball hits the basket as accurately as a guided missile.
"Uh-huh!"
48 to 48.
After scoring the goal, Zhao Chen shook his three fingers and pointed at the sky.
The fans at Staples Center cheered loudly.
"Damn it, Zhao Chen is so tough. He responded 8 to 0 right after he came up."
"Thunderbolt still really can't do anything to Zhao Chen."
"Zhao Chen is awesome, come on!"
"MVP!"
"MVP!"
The fans were very pleased with Zhao Chen's response.
Westbrook and Durant both looked at each other and felt tremendous pressure.
Amid Zhao Chen's power, the Thunder players struggled a bit. This was an away game, but they were still unable to open up the score, and kept letting the Lakers hold on tight.
This kind of pressure is passed on to every Thunder player, making it difficult for them to make moves.
When Westbrook passed the ball to Durant, Zhao Chen flew over and intercepted it.
After Zhao Chen stole the ball, he passed Westbrook and Waiters in succession and scored easily with a flying layup.
48 to 50.
The Lakers took the lead.
No one in Lei Lei expected that Zhao Chen would become unstoppable.
Zhao Chen's offensive power increased dramatically in the second quarter.
Donovan called a stop to the game.
"Great job!" Kobe came over and patted Zhao Chen's butt.
"What a great shot, boss." Jokic came over and high-fived Zhao Chen to celebrate.
Scott was also smiling happily on the sidelines. He was grateful for his timely substitution.
After returning from the timeout, both teams had their full starting lineups again.
As soon as he came back, Durant used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Zhao Chen's defense and hit a three-pointer from the right side at a 45-degree angle.
Durant's three-point shot is very stable, which is one of his scoring tools.
Lakers offense.
Rose used a super-fast change of direction to pass Westbrook, and the Thunder's defensive focus was on Zhao Chen, who scored 10 points in a row.
Rose didn't have much defensive pressure and put the ball in against Adams' flying layup.
51 to 52.
The scores of the two teams increased alternately, but after entering the second half of the second quarter, other Lakers players began to feel better, and the Lakers gradually took the advantage in the score.
Rose frequently broke into the paint to score, and Booker and Kobe also succeeded from close and mid-range.
There were 1 minute and 52 seconds left in the second quarter.
Facing the double attack from Durant and Westbrook, Zhao Chen dodges past them with a dexterous dribble.
Stopped suddenly outside the three-point line to collect the ball, and made a decisive drift shot!
Ibaka's defense, the basketball passed through Ibaka's fingertips and hit the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
60 to 70.
This three-pointer stretched the Lakers' advantage to double digits!
The Thunder were still weaker than the Lakers in this high-intensity confrontation.
