Vol 3 Chapter 16: Lakers

() After a day of rest, the Thunder will play against the Los Angeles Lakers at home.
If it is changed before two or three seasons, it will undoubtedly be another focus battle. However, today's Huren has long lost his former glory. Moreover, with Kobe's retirement, the owner of Los Angeles officially embarked on the road of reconstruction.
They have won very top picks for several years in a row, and they have also selected many talented young people. Julius Randall, No. 7 pick in 14 years, and Jordan Clarkson of the same year, second pick D'Angelo Russell in 15 years, Larry Nance, second pick in 2016, Brandon Ingram, second pick in 2016 and many more.
Unfortunately, the progress of these young people is really very slow. Of course, this can't be said that these guys are parallel imports. If there are too many young people in a team, it is really difficult to play. After all, everyone needs opportunities. But a game is so much time, divided among everyone's head, not much!
In this game, everyone is paying attention to Westbrook's performance as always. After all, the current Lakers want to take away the victory at the Chesapeake Energy Stadium, it is still somewhat difficult. Although they beat Houston upset in the opener of the season. But no one is optimistic about them.
In addition to the outcome of the game, the rookies of the two teams are also a very big highlight of this game. Every year's rookies, it is inevitable to compare them with each other. Each team has played a few games this season, but the entire 16th rookies seem to have not adapted to the new environment of b.
Fortunately, Anluo performed very well, adding a little bit to this rookie. Therefore, Anluo has now become the benchmark of this rookie class! All rookies will be compared with him.
In the first game against the 76ers, Simmons was unable to play due to injury, but it was not comparable. In the second game, Dragan Bender's performance is really a bit of a face to the sun's decision-making level. They picked two lottery shows, but left a parallel import. Cameron Payne in exchange for a good performance, but far behind An Luo. Of course, if it wasn't for the Thunder's deal, they would definitely not choose An Luo. But now no one cares about the reasons.
This time, it was finally Ingram's turn. As the No. 2 pick, his life is not easy! The same started from the bench, but Ingram clearly hasn't adapted to the intensity of the b game. He was struggling.
At the beginning of the game, Westbrook's offense was not too strong. In fact, in the first two games, he did not have the strength to participate in the direct attack at the beginning. In this game, he was constantly looking for teammates from the beginning to provide them with a chance to end the offense. As a point guard, this is something he pays more attention to on the court.
Fortunately, other people are very efficient, turning Westbrook's assists into points. After a wave of 80, the Lakers began to counterattack. Randall scored 5 points with a penalty, and Russell made a shot from beyond the three-point line. The Lakers also hit a wave of 80 for the Thunder to tie the score.
Donovan called a timeout. Although the score did not fall behind, the Thunder's defense tonight was a bit poor.
"You must stay focused!"
This is a point Donovan has repeatedly emphasized. During this period of time, the Thunder's defense is indeed very lax. The Lakers made two open three-pointers in a row, which shouldn't be.
Back from the timeout, Oladipo shoots an arrow outside the three-point line and returns with color. Later, after Westbrook's oppressive defense caused Russell to make a dribble error, he counterattacked with the ball and then hit a long three-pointer. The Thunder began to open the score.
On the other hand, the Lakers, after the Thunder players focused and strengthened their defense, their offensive efficiency decreased a lot. Fortunately, under the tenacious resistance of Russell and Randall, the score difference was not widened by the Thunder.
Anlow played almost at the same time as Ingram. But An Luo appeared on the number one. Oladipo played very well, so Donovan simply left him on the court for the last four minutes.
It's not the first time An Luo has played the number one position, but he has never tried to be a real organizer. He actually likes scoring more than passing and defending. Do Luowan understood this, but he wanted to cultivate An Luo's ability in this area. A defender with the ability to pass the ball will bring greater help to the team.
But this is not something that can be changed all at once. Just like this game, after An Luo got the ball, he immediately launched an offense. With his more colorful dribble shooting ability, he played very smoothly. Russell's defense
Ingram can't do it. Especially when facing Robertson, it was very uncomfortable. As soon as he came up, he was very active, singled out the opponent with the ball, but he couldn't move, he was still too thin. In the end, he could only rely on his height and arm length to make a strong three-pointer.
The ball was naturally missed, hit the front frame and bounced high. Kanter got the rebound and handed it to An Luo, who quickly pushed to the frontcourt, then accelerated and rushed into the interior. Talek Black came over and blocked Anro's layup, but he missed Sabonis at the basket. An Luo threw the ball in front of the basket, Sabonis leaped high and dunked the ball!
Dump dunks!
The fans at the scene yelled with excitement. All the Thunder on the bench also stood up, all surprised. Especially Westbrook, the towel in his hand waved roundly. As the team leader, waving the towel and cheering for teammates are the best things.
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Sabonis jumped up and down with excitement. An Luo is also very happy. He doesn't like passing, but it's different if he can help score such goals.
Soon, the first quarter of the game ended. The Thunder led the Lakers with 30:24.
Although Westbrook only played for more than 7 minutes, he is still the best performance of the Thunder. 6 points, 5 assists, 2 boards and 1 cap! Tonight, I am afraid it will be another triple-double night.
The Lakers belonged to Randall's best performance. In the 12 minutes of the first quarter, he scored 10 points and 2 assists. He was the only player on both sides to score in double figures.
Several rookies have appeared. Anluo performed the most brilliantly. He scored 5 points on two of three shots and had two assists. Sabonis of the same team scored 2 points, and Ingram of the Lakers was slightly embarrassed. Only 1 rebound was recorded in 4 minutes, and the rest of the data was zero.
Although the rookie has watched for three years, it is the most impatient for a giant team like Los Angeles. Therefore, there are really few players they have selected and cultivated over the years!