With Harden making both free throws and Hill scored a tip-in, the Lakers led 38-26 after the first quarter.

Kobe and the other five returned to the bench and, together with Gasol and others who had come off the court early, surrounded Su Yang and waited for the arrangement.

"From the scout report and my personal long-term understanding..." Su Yang smiled, "When the game starts again, the Thunder will arrange for Durant to rest. At that time, they will only be left to lead the team, and their offense and defense strength is the weakest lineup.

What we have to do is to take advantage of that time to build more leads and prevent the Thunder from arranging Durant and Westbrook from playing all the next time. We are not afraid of them playing like that, but just seeking to improve efficiency."

The Lakers nodded to show that they understood that during the six days of preparation before the main series, Su Yang and the coach analyzed and explained a large number of Thunder team game videos. The most impressive thing was Thunder head coach Scott Brooks took the table and rotated.

"We have just executed Princeton tactics five times in a row, and they will definitely be prepared for it..." Su Yang continued, "so we take the initiative to seek change, focusing on the horn elbow series of tactics that test defense cooperation, mainly..."

In a few simple sentences, Su Yang set up a few horns and a few commonly used tactical options in the elbow series, and mentioned several fast attack tactics of five-for-one formations. After all, with Dior on the stage, he can support him in a sports state, and the tactical selectivity is greatly improved.

In addition to offense, Su Yang also mentioned how to defend Harden, who holds the ball and attacks the main strategy, and his main strategy is to force Harden to shoot in the middle.

If Harden wants to make a foul, then leave some space for Harden, but he must also force him to shoot more wings and top three points.

The Lakers nodded again to express their understanding that the most distinctive counterintuition of Princeton's tactics is achieved through routines such as refusing to cover and disassembly in advance. If the defensive players are focused enough, it is not suitable for long-term use. Therefore, since the peak Kings of 202, few teams in the entire league have used Princeton's tactics at high frequency, and they only play occasionally.

"Bryant is off the court, Jeremy Lin, Dior, and Gasol are on the field to replace..." Su Yang arranged the personnel rotation.

The sound of whistle that ended the inter-chamber pause followed closely, and the two teams' match continued, and the large screen showed the match between the players.

On the Thunder, the five players are Fisher, Harden, Dae Quinn Cook, Collison, and center Nazel.

According to the result of the jump start, the Lakers first attacked, Dior kicked off at the bottom line in the backcourt, and Jeremy Lin received the ball and slowly advanced.

Cheers rang out in the stadium, and Gasol and four others quickly completed the horn formation. Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and directly used Gasol's pick-and-roll to break through on the right. Thunder center Nazel helped delay, and Fisher quickly caught up.

After Gasol made the pick-and-roll, he turned and moved sideways, setting up a wall to block Corrison, and Dior took the opportunity to go around the top of the arc to respond. At the same time, Jeremy Lin saw that he could not make a breakthrough, so he stopped suddenly and turned around and threw the ball towards the top of the arc, and a chance to shoot at the big open position appeared.

Collison hurriedly put aside Gasol's rush to make up for defense, but Dior, who could make three-pointers, did not rush to make a move, but instead passed the ball straight into the paint area. At the same time, Gasol, who turned around and cut inside, received the basketball and started to attack the basket. Thunder center Nazel looked up and tried to intercept.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Gasol raised his head high and hit the basket with a powerful dunk, and the basketball slammed into the net.

"The very simple continuous horn continuous cover tactic is very suitable for the five players on the Lakers' current court..." In the TNT commentator's seat, Barkley said seriously: "This is the most powerful thing about Su Yang, and he can always design efficient tactics for players."

"If Bynum is still there, if Dior has not been signed..." Kenny continued, "The tactic just now was that Gasol used the cover to get the ball at the top of the arc, and then passed it straight to the basket, and Bynum played singles, which would be less efficient."

"BALL    SHIT!" O'Neal said angrily, "I don't like Bynum, but if Bynum is still there, Su Yang will definitely design more efficient tactics and will not let the weight be big, as you guessed, Bynum runs and covers continuously at high positions..."

While talking, Harden was the last one to run across the center line, raised his hand to take Fisher's pass, and took advantage of the cover of Collison and strode to the left wing position. Seeing Barnes choose to squeeze through the cover to catch up, Dior intercepted the front and stopped and jumped and scored three-pointers.

The basketball slammed the iron, Sessions picked up the rebounding rebound, turned around and quickly crossed the center line, and then handed it to Dior.

The Lakers team's five-for-one formation was placed, Dior took the ball to the top of the arc and moved to the right, while Jeremy Lin also used Gasol's cover to circumvent the right bottom corner. The two ran towards each other, handing the ball to cooperate, and easily hit the weak side Chicago tactics.

Fisher was unable to catch up because he was delayed by two big men, Gasol and Dior, so he had to switch defense.

But Corrison's height, weight and agility could not keep up with the first step, Jeremy Lin, who exploded very quickly, was thrown away in the blink of an eye.

Harden in the bottom corner of the left side could make up for defense, but stood without action, watching Jeremy Lin easily score a layup with his left hand.

Cheers suddenly rang out from the center of Staples, the Lakers led the Thunder 42-26, and the game situation was very good.

In the field, Harden dribbled the ball and ran across the center line, raised his hand to open up the space, and then went to the top of the arc to break through with the help of a cover. Facing Barnes squeezed through the cover to block his right hand, facing Barnes, strongly facing the impact of Gasol, and Europe made a layup to cause a foul and received two free throws.

Seeing Harden heading towards the free throw line, Su Yang shook his head slightly and sighed in his heart: "Serious, fighting spirit Harden can also cause damage when facing double defense, but he just doesn't know why he wants to lose his soul in the critical game, and he will destroy one..."

Anyway, since the NCAA knockout round, Harden has been struggling with many key games. In his early years, he may have been addicted to nightclubs. Later, he often practiced after the game, mainly because he couldn't get through the psychological level and was addicted to the comfort zone. He refused to shoot in the middle like a crazy person.

In Su Yang's view, the root of Harden's problem is that he dare not move towards greatness, which will make him hesitate in key games.

Because admitting that he wants to be great is a difficult thing, Harden must have thought about it, but he dared not take any step.

Harden is not like Kobe. Seeing Iverson scored points in the starting lineup, he could only substitute himself. He was so angry that he smashed the tables and chairs, and then practiced wildly to prove to the coach that he was worthy of the start. He was not like LeBron. He dared to tattoo himself "the chosen one" before the draft.

That is a common quality of the super giant.

Harden wants to have it, but he dares not.

While thinking, Harden made a first free throw and hit the iron in the second free throw, helping the Thunder to catch up to 27-42, only 15 points behind.

The two teams changed offensively, and the Lakers once again formed a horn formation. Sessions dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and used Gasol's cover to break through on the right direction. But this time, Fisher squeezed through the screen and intercepted the screen in advance, while Nazel was waiting in the waist position.

Seeing that, Dior quickly retreated outside the three-point line to leave space on the left, while Gasol tacitly set up a wall to cover it again.

Sessions immediately pulled the ball back and diverted to the left to break through. It was difficult for Thunder Fisher and Nazel to re-intercept.

In a flash, Harden, who had been indifferent to Jeremy Lin's breakthrough, took the initiative to shrink and block the breakthrough at the basket.

Sessions stopped quickly without hesitation and raised his hand to pass the ball to the left bottom corner, while Jeremy Lin decisively threw a three-pointer after receiving the ball.

Swish! Three-point hollow into the net.

45 to 27, the Lakers led by 18 points, cheers exploded in the center of Staples, and the Thunder requested a timeout.

On the TNT commentator's seat, Barkley pointed to the camera and said confidently: "I promise, the Lakers will win this game!"

O'Neal and others responded with laughter, and then criticized Barkley's previous games with wrong predictions and ridiculed them wildly.

The on-court timeout soon ended. Thunder coach Brooks did not dare to take the table and rotate again, but sent Westbrook in advance.

Unfortunately, Westbrook failed to solve the problem of the Thunder's difficulty in scoring, and Su Yang also arranged Curry to play. The Lakers' lead expanded again, causing Thunder head coach Brooks to grit his teeth and send Durant in advance, who had only had less than four minutes of rest after a break during the inter-quarters timeout.

The game turned back to the first half of the first quarter. The Thunder relied on strong talents to score, while the Lakers relied on exquisite tactics to score.

In the blink of an eye, Durant, who played continuously, lost his physical strength and his scoring efficiency could be seen to the naked eye. Westbrook showed no signs of fatigue, but often made a strong attack on his head and caused mistakes, while Harden was powerless and could not provide too much help.

The Lakers firmly controlled the lead for about ten points. When the whistle sounded in the end, they defeated the Thunder 113-102.

After the game, Lakers' legendary Magic Johnson tweeted: "On this night, Su Yang and the entire coaching staff used the most exquisite tactics and the most appropriate rotation to help the Lakers get a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals series. He deserves everyone's praise, especially those coaches who have not succeeded. He fully demonstrated how much impact the tactics have on the results of the game.

If any player thinks tactics are useless in the future, he can repeatedly play this Lakers vs. Thunder game to him. I think it is difficult for any player to confidently think that their personal abilities will be stronger than Durant, Westbrook and Harden…”
Chapter completed!