Being dunked by Li Hao did have a great impact on Sabonis. Three minutes after the dunk, Sabonis was replaced by the Thunder head coach, and then he never played again in the entire first half.
On the court, after seeing Li Hao complete a shocking dunk, Westbrook didn't seem to lose to his junior, so in the next few waves of offense, Westbrook frequently beat Li Hao in singles.
Facing Li Hao's defense, Westbrook tried to use his good first step to break through Li Hao's defense, but unfortunately, Westbrook did not succeed.
In terms of body and speed, Westbrook really can't compare to Li Hao. Westbrook's physical fitness is indeed outstanding, but standing in front of Westbrook at this moment is the player with the best physical fitness in NBA history.
Westbrook's playing style is the same as his personality. He is very straightforward, and can even be said to be a bit reckless. However, this method is Li Hao's favorite. Li Hao is not afraid of his opponents being reckless, but is afraid that his opponents are not reckless enough.
Westbrook is not only reckless, but he is also an easy player. In the next few waves of offense, although Li Hao did not completely lock Westbrook, he greatly restricted Westbrook's performance.
Taking up almost 90% of the team's shots, Westbrook frequently hit Li Hao's defense, and the more he hit, the more he hit. In contrast, Li Hao was very calm.
When Westbrook fell into a crazy cycle, Li Hao not only shot inside and outside, but also sent many high-quality passes to his teammates. That is to say, other Thunder players did not go as high as Westbrook, and they also did a good job defensively. Not bad, otherwise the Lakers would have taken a big lead at the end of the first quarter.
On the sidelines, Thunder coach Donovan was just shaking his head. If he hadn't been familiar with his disciple and the young guard of his opponent, he would have thought that the time they entered the league was reversed.
In this case, Donovan had to call a timeout.
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"You cunning boy" Westbrook has calmed down when he returned to the court.
"Am I being cunning?" Li Hao was a little confused.
"Hmph~~~I won't be fooled again." With that, Westbrook called Adams over to play the pick-and-roll.
To be honest, the quality of Neptune's pick-and-roll is quite good. It's no wonder that he will become Westbrook's best partner in the next few years.
For a player like Westbrook, it doesn't take much, as long as he can block it a little, he can seize the opportunity. As for Yi Jianlian under the basket, he really can't stop Westbrook's impact.
However, the pick-and-roll between Westbrook and Neptune is not successful every time. Li Hao's reaction and speed are not in vain. Besides, Li Hao does not fight alone.
At the end of the first quarter, Westbrook and Adams both scored 6 points, but Westbrook scored 6 points and also sent 5 assists.
For the Lakers, Li Hao and Randall each scored the highest 10 points in the Lakers team. Sabonis' mentality completely collapsed after being dunked by Li Hao. Then the Lakers created opportunities for Randall one after another, and Randall also Seized the opportunity.
Wade scored 6 points in the first quarter, while Yi Jianlian only scored 2 points. Together with Ingram's 4 points, the Lakers' main team scored 32 points in the first quarter. Counting 8 points from the substitutes, the Lakers scored a total of 40 points in the first quarter. point.
40:30.
While the mentality of Westbrook and Sabonis exploded, the Lakers took the opportunity to open the point difference to 10 points. However, after the Thunder coach called a timeout to let Westbrook calm down, the Lakers were unable to continue to expand their advantage.
Two minutes later, the game restarted, and the substitutes of both teams came on. This time, the Lakers substitutes failed to continue their previous performance. This group of Lakers substitutes all have insane physiques, and the most serious among them is undoubtedly Nick Young.
But today's substitute group, Nick Young is the most stable one. Russell and Williams were both misfired at the same time. Nance Jr. and Zubac focused on defense. Thanks to Nick Young's 6 points in a row, the Lakers were able to score points when the main force returned. The difference remains at 8 points.
With the return of the main players of both sides, Li Hao and Wade connected again. This time Li Hao used a Crow Six-style back-hand jump step to attract defensive double-teams and then sent the basketball from the heads of the two opponents into the edge of the basket. The latter He was met with another alley-oop dunk.
That is to say, Wade is no longer at his peak, and Howard is still recovering from back surgery. Otherwise, the Lakers can also take over the Clippers' alley-oop.
"City" title.
After sending an assist to Wade, Li Hao completed a cooperation with Randall. The latter came out to cover Li Hao, and then retreated outside the three-point line. Li Hao rushed inside, thus Li Hao once again attracted double teams, and Randall, who retreated to the three-point line, was empty.
Li Hao directly sent a pass without looking at anyone, pulled back with his right hand, and then flicked it back. I have to say that Li Hao's pass was very exciting.
But, no matter how wonderful the pass is, the person who receives the ball must complete the score, and the three-pointer is not very stable, but Randall failed to live up to Li Hao's wonderful pass.
"Julius wasted this wonderful pass from Lee," Kenny Smith said with a sigh.
"This~~~Li Hao might as well do it himself." Director Zhang said that Randall was not worthy of letting Li Hao pass the ball.
In fact, Li Hao is indeed preparing to do it himself. In the entire first quarter, Li Hao made two three-pointers, one of two, and now Li Hao will make his third three-pointer of the game.
This time, under the cover of his teammates, Yi Jianlian pulled out to cover Li Hao. Li Hao made a horizontal pull and shot directly.
Brush - the basketball draws a wonderful parabola and passes through the net accurately.
The point difference not only returned to double digits, but also expanded by 1 point than before.
Thirty-four seconds later, Westbrook returned one to Li Hao, which was also a screen. After slightly getting rid of Li Hao, Westbrook also shot directly from outside the three-point line.
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The score difference returned to 8 points again.
Shoot a three-pointer? Li Hao was not afraid. In the next wave of the Lakers' attack, Li Hao directly sniped from a distance two steps away from the three-point line.
Oladipo was desperate. It was very difficult for him to guard Li Hao. His height and body were at a disadvantage, let alone a long-range sniper like Li Hao.
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Another three-pointer. After scoring, Li Hao still looked at Westbrook provocatively.
Before, Westbrook's boss had nothing to do with Li Hao. It was all a matter of Westbrook's own mentality. But this time, Li Hao obviously wanted to anger Westbrook deliberately and wanted his boss to act recklessly with him.
As we all know, Westbrook's career three-point shooting percentage has only reached 30%. In the past eight seasons, the season with the highest three-point shooting percentage was only 33%, and this 33% still averaged only 1.4 per game. In the case of the first shot.
Starting from the 11-12 season, Westbrook has taken more three-pointers, but they are only about 4 times, and his shooting percentage is still only about 30%, and even the three-point shooting percentage will not improve in the distant future.
To put it bluntly, Westbrook is also an outside shooter without a three-pointer.
But this time Li Hao's wishful thinking didn't work. Westbrook, who felt that he had been fooled once, kept reminding himself to calm down.
