The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 121
The second match between the two teams is scheduled for May 5.

Since he was unable to play, Westbrook rarely wore his exotic clothes, but changed into a dark blue suit and sat at the end of the bench. (Westbrook: You are the one who wears strange clothes, and your whole family is dressed in strange clothes!)
"I think fashion is all about going with the flow, expressing yourself, what you wear is the external expression of your inner self!"

"But don't you think that if the color is too bright, it will be a bit dazzling?"

"This is mainly a question of color matching. As long as you match it properly, not only will it not be dazzling, but on the contrary, it will also enhance your overall temperament."

Westbrook, who was sitting on the sidelines, was having a heated chat with An Jiali at this time.

"Hey, honey, what are you talking about? So happy?" Li Pu, who had just finished warming up, came to An Jiali's side.

"Talking about fashion with Russell, I have to say that Russell's fashion taste is really unique!" When An Jiali spoke, her face was full of admiration.

"What? Unique?" Li Pu's eyes widened, filled with puzzlement.

Well, as far as his hot-eyed outfit is concerned, it's very unique!
"Don't discuss fashion with Prince, he doesn't understand anything!" Westbrook complained to An Jiali with a look of disgust.

"Who doesn't understand?" Hearing this, Li Pu immediately became unhappy.

"When you came here today, the suit you wore was a light blue double-breasted two-piece suit with white buttons. The color matches well. The shape is also British hard shoulder pads, but the shoulder pads are obviously bigger, and the hips are stretched. Brown leather shoes and messy socks make your upper body look out of shape! It’s really a garbage look 1”

Hearing that Li Pu questioned his own aesthetics, Westbrook immediately complained about Li Pu's outfits in the arena today, belittling them for nothing.

Li Pu didn't refute Westbrook's complaints, and he couldn't refute them. He didn't even know what Westbrook was complaining about?
On the contrary, An Jiali looked suspiciously at Li Pu, then at Westbrook, wondering: Why is Westbrook so confident in seeing his boyfriend, even looking at what the socks look like so carefully?

Fortunately, An Jiali was sensible. Although she was puzzled in her heart, she didn't express her doubts.

Unlike the tense situation in the first game, this game was undoubtedly much more relaxed for the Thunder. The players couldn't help talking and laughing, and even the audience didn't feel the tension of the first game.

Not only that, even TNT's studio was full of laughter.

"In the last game, Prince scored 30+20 in less than 10 minutes, and he got it against the powerful inside of the Lakers. Do you still think he is not strong enough?"

Sitting in the studio, Kenny Smith faced Barkley with a bright smile.

"What's the air? It's like you hit me?" Barkley didn't answer directly, but attacked Smith personally.

"At least Li helped me prove that your vision is bad, but it's a pity that you didn't bet with me, otherwise I could let you kiss the donkey's ass again!" Smith said regretfully.

"Don't mention the donkey's ass!" Buckley's old face flushed, and his voice raised eight decibels.

Amidst the quarrel between Barkley and Smith, the game officially began.

Gasol made a mid-range shot.

Li Pu grabbed the defensive rebound, fouled the frontcourt, and the ball was converted.

Kobe Bryant's mid-range shot hits the iron.

Ibaka grabbed a defensive rebound and came to the frontcourt. Harden hit a three-pointer.

Gasol protects the rebound, Artest hits the iron...

In this way, there were 3 minutes in the opening, and the two sides played 6 back and forth, but the score was still 0:0.

If the Lakers are because of the Thunder's defense, then the Thunder are purely because of a bad touch.

Today, due to Westbrook's suspension, Harden was mentioned as the starting point guard.

To be honest, Harden's performance is still good, although Harden is not as impactful as Westbrook in terms of switching offenses.

But in terms of positional warfare, Harden's ability to create opportunities is no worse than Westbrook, and because of Harden's existence, the space on the court is better than when Westbrook was there.

But tonight's basket seemed to be covered, covering both teams.

The accident occurred 3 minutes and 24 seconds after the start.

Sefolosha missed a three-pointer, and Lip grabbed an offensive rebound in the crowd and hit a layup.

Successfully broke the deadlock on the court.

Due to Bynum's suspension, the Lakers sent Odom to play the fourth position, and Gasol topped the fifth position.

In terms of athletic ability, frame protection ability and rebounding ability, the lineup of Odom and Gasol is not as effective as when Bynum is on the court. In addition, the inside combination of the Thunder is Ibaka and Li Pu, which is completely talented. Crushed the Lakers.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before losing offensive rebounds.

After the score was rewritten to 2:0 by Li Pu, the Lakers were obviously in a hurry.

In the next round alone, Kobe forced a kill on the inside, causing a foul by Ibaka and getting two free throws.

With two free throws, the score became 2:2.

But in the subsequent games, the shooting percentage of the two teams was always not high, and they were almost either hitting the iron or on the way to the iron.

Compared with the previous offensive battle, today's style of painting is completely different, the sound of iron strikes and even the audience on the sidelines began to doze off.

Just like that, when there were 2 minutes and 13 seconds left before the end of the first quarter, the score on the court was even only 10:10. Yes, it was almost a quarter, and the combined scores of the two teams on the court had just arrived. 20 points.

It is conceivable how much iron the two teams played in this quarter?

At this time, because Fisher passed the ball out of bounds and entered, the ball was finally dead on the field, and the Lakers and Thunder made substitutions at the same time.

The Lakers have fewer players in their rotation, and now Bynum is unable to play. At this time, they can only use Theo Ratliff, who is out of the eight-man rotation, to replace the Lakers' inside line.

As for the outside line, it was just replacing Fisher with Steve Blake.

As for the Thunder, Brooks was very bold. After replacing Harden and Ibaka, he actually replaced Lin Shuhao and Green.

This is definitely a bold substitution.

You must know that Lin Shuhao played only a handful of minutes throughout the season, and most of the time he only played during garbage time.

And Brooks actually put Lin Shuhao on the court at such a critical moment in today's critical game, which can be called daring.

Of course, Brooks is not a whim. Generally speaking, he is also a relatively rigid coach.

The reason why Lin Shuhao was allowed to play instead of Maynor was because Lin Shuhao’s breakthrough was very good. The performance in the last moments of the last game was very good.

On the other hand, it was because Lin Shuhao and Li Pu cooperated quite well in the usual training matches, and their performance was affirmed by Brooks. Therefore, he made up his mind to take Lin Shu How to play.

(End of this chapter)