super heavy artillery

Chapter 186 Lakers
After a day off, the Thunder will host the Los Angeles Lakers.

If it was changed two or three seasons ago, it would undoubtedly be another focus battle.But today's barbarians have already lost their past splendor.Moreover, with Kobe's retirement, the owner of Los Angeles officially embarked on the road of reconstruction.

They've gotten very high picks for several years in a row, and they've picked a lot of talented youngsters. Julius Randle, the No. 14 pick in 7, and Jordan Clarkson in the same class, De'Angelo Russell, the second pick in 15, and Larry Nance in the same class, Bran, the second pick in 16 Don Ingram and more.

It's a pity that these young people's progress is really very slow.Of course, this does not mean that these guys are parallel imports. If there are too many young people in a team, it is really difficult to play.After all, we all need opportunities.But there's only so much time in a game, and it's not much if it's divided among everyone!
In this game, everyone paid attention to Westbrook's performance as always.After all, it is still somewhat difficult for the current Lakers to take away the victory at Chesapeake Energy Stadium.Although they beat Houston in an upset in the season opener.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 attraction in this game.Every year's rookies are inevitably compared with each other.Each team has played a few games this season, but the rookies in the entire 16th class seem to have not yet adapted to the new environment of the NBA.

Fortunately, An Luo performed very well, somewhat adding a little points to this year's rookies.Therefore, An Luo has now become the benchmark for this year's rookies!All rookies will be compared to him.

In the first game against the 76ers, Simmons was unable to play due to injury, but there is no comparison.In the second game, Dragan Bender's performance really slapped the decision-makers of the Suns in the face.They picked two lottery picks, but kept one smuggler.The exchanged Cameron Payne performed well, but far inferior to An Luo.Of course, if it weren't for Thunder's deal, they would definitely not have chosen An Luo.But now no one cares about the reasons.

This time, it was finally Ingram's turn.As the No. [-] pick, his life is not easy!It also started off the bench, but Ingram obviously hasn't adapted to the intensity of the NBA game.He acted like he was struggling.

At the beginning of the game, Westbrook's desire to attack was not too strong.In fact, in the first two games, he did not fully participate in the direct attack at the beginning.In this game, he was constantly looking for his teammates from the beginning to provide them with opportunities to end the offense.As a point guard, this is something he is more concerned about on the court.

Fortunately, the others were very efficient, converting Westbrook's assists into points.After a wave of 8:0, the Lakers began to counterattack.Randall returned 5 points with a penalty shot, and Russell followed up with a shot from outside the three-point line.The Lakers also beat the Thunder 8:0 to tie the score.

Donovan called a timeout. Although the score was not behind, the Thunder's defense tonight was a bit poor.

"Must stay focused!"

This is a point that Donovan has repeatedly emphasized.During this period of time, the Thunder has indeed been very lax in defense.The Lakers made two open three-pointers in a row, which should not have happened.

After a timeout, Oladipo shot an arrow from outside the three-point line and returned the favor.Later, after Russell made a dribble error due to Westbrook's oppressive defense, he counterattacked with the ball and hit a super long three-pointer.Thunder began to open the score.

On the other hand, the Lakers, after the Thunder players focused and strengthened their defense, their offensive efficiency dropped a lot.Fortunately, under the tenacious resistance of Russell and Randall, the Thunder did not widen the gap too much.

An Luo played almost at the same time as Ingram.But An Luo appeared in the number one position.Oladipo played so well that Donovan simply left him on the court for the final four-plus minutes.

It's not the first time An Luo has played the No. [-] position, but he has never tried to be a real organizer.Compared with passing and defending, he actually prefers scoring.Dorovan also understands this, but he wants to cultivate An Luo's ability in this area.A defender with passing ability will bring greater help to the team.

But this is not something that can be changed overnight.Just like this game, after An Luo got the ball, he immediately launched an offense. Relying on his better dribbling and shooting ability, he played very smoothly. Russell's defense

Not for Ingram.Especially when facing Robertson, it was very uncomfortable.He was very active when he came up, singled out the opponent with the ball, but he couldn't push it at all, and he was still too thin.In the end, he could only rely on his height and arm length to forcefully shoot three-pointers.

Naturally, the ball was missed. It 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 inside.Talek Black came over to defend and blocked An Luo's way to the layup, but missed Sabonis under the basket.An Luo took advantage of the situation and threw the ball in front of the basket. Sabonis jumped high and dunked the ball in!
Dunk dunks!

The fans at the scene roared with excitement.Everyone in Thunderclap on the bench also stood up, all of them extremely surprised.Especially Westbrook, the towel in his hand is waving round.As the leader of the team, waving the towel and cheering on teammates are the best things.

It comes from the cooperation between two rookies this year, one with the [-]th pick and the other with the [-]th pick.

Sabonis, who succeeded in dunking, was so excited that he jumped up and down.An Luo is also very happy. He doesn't like passing the ball, but it's different if he can help make such a goal.

Soon, the first quarter ended.The Thunder lead the Lakers 30:24.

威斯布鲁克虽然只打了7分多钟比赛，但是他依旧是雷霆表现的最优秀的那一个。6分5个助攻2板1帽！今天晚上，恐怕又是一个三双之夜。

The Lakers' Randall's performance is the best.In the 12 minutes of the first quarter, he scored 10 points and 2 assists, and he was the only player from both sides to score in double figures.

Several rookies have appeared.An Luo performed the most. He scored 5 points on 2 of 4 shots and 1 assists.The same team's Sabonis scored [-] points, and the Lakers' Ingram was a little embarrassed. Only [-] rebound was recorded in [-] minutes, and the rest of the data were all zero.

Although it is said that a rookie will wait for three years, it is the most impatient for a giant team like Los Angeles.So there are really very few players they have selected and trained themselves over the years!
(End of this chapter)