Wang Feng scored 51 points in the first game of the playoffs, and his super performance shocked the entire league.
In the opening game of the first round of the playoffs, it is not that there were no outstanding players. For example, in the G1 game between the Rockets and the Timberwolves, Harden scored 44 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, but no matter what, 44+4+8 and 51+8
Compared with +3, the intuitive experience is inferior.
For the Thunder, George scored a team-high 31 points and made 12 of 20 shots. His shooting percentage was not far behind that of Wang Feng.
But fans who have watched the game will know that although George faced off against Wang Feng on the surface, he almost avoided Wang Feng and scored in the entire attack. Although this scoring method is not wrong, it is even more correct. After all, in
It is stupid to have to focus on the opponent's strongest point during the game. Are you here to fight or to win the game?
But looking back at Wang Feng, under the strict defense of George and Brewer, he was able to score higher scores with higher efficiency. The gap between the two is clear at a glance.
As the core of the Thunder, Westbrook's performance in this game can only be described as terrible.
He made 7 of 19 shots from the field and scored 19 points with a shooting percentage of 36.8%. Although he almost reached a triple-double with 9 rebounds and 13 assists, what's the point?
In this game, Westbrook's technical flaws were completely exposed under the Lakers' targeted defense.
Even if he defends against three-pointers throughout the whole process, it is difficult for him to guarantee a normal shooting percentage. Facing the shrinking Lakers defense, he can only force a breakthrough and attack the basket, gambling on his luck with difficult layups, and the result is less than 40%.
Hit rate.
As for Carmelo Anthony, the last member of the Big Three... he has no sense of existence now.
He made 5 of 13 shots in the entire game, a much better shooting percentage than Westbrook. His severely degraded body made it difficult for him to guarantee offensive efficiency even against juniors like Randle and Kuzma, and he only scored 15 points.
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After successfully winning the first game, the Lakers pursued the victory and successfully won G2 on April 18. The series score became 2:0.
In this game, Wang Feng scored 34 points and 11 rebounds. At the same time, Kuzma had a small burst and scored 27 points against the veteran Anthony, thus helping the Lakers win the game.
With two consecutive home wins, the Lakers headed to the Thunder's home court with great momentum.
Then, they are educated.
Facts have proved that this Lakers team is still too young.
There was no obvious feeling when we were at the Lakers' home court, but when we arrived at the Thunder's home court, facing the overwhelming boos from away fans, the huge pressure caused the young players' mentality and state to change.
In the G3 game, Wang Feng played 35 minutes and scored 38 points on 13 of 22 shots. However, except for him, all members of the Lakers team, including Ingram, Kuzma, Randall, etc., all shot below 40%.
, the offensive end is inefficient, and the defensive end is full of loopholes.
Westbrook, whose shooting percentage had been suppressed below 40% in two consecutive games, finally thrived at home. He took 39 crazy shots and hit 17 goals in the entire game. He even made 5 of 9 three-pointers, which he is least good at.
Scored 45 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the Thunder to win the game 107:99.
The first away game started poorly, which affected the Lakers' mentality, and then they lost the second away game in G4.
Westbrook has completely gained confidence, and in this game he intensified his efforts. The number of shots increased instead of decreasing, making 18 of 43 shots, 7 of 19 three-pointers, and scored 46 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.
On the contrary, George stretched his hips extremely in this game, making only 2 of 16 shots and scoring only 5 points in the game.
The thing the Lakers feared most happened. Westbrook's desperate shooting gave Adams a chance to play. The latter directly turned into a rebounding maniac, scoring 19 points and 16 rebounds, including 8 offensive rebounds, and grabbed the Lakers.
All the insiders are a little doubtful about life.
Wang Feng, who scored 41 points, felt helpless.
"No, we must first strengthen the defensive rebounding to 90 next season, and then we must let the team sign a heavy-duty center who can protect the frame! This is too passive."
The Lakers lost the G4 game 91:96. The total score between the two sides was tied at 2:2, and they were back on the same starting line.
This fully proves that the current overall strength of the Lakers is still lacking. If they had faced the Jazz or Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs instead of the Thunder, which has obvious shortcomings, I am afraid they would be on the verge of being eliminated by now.
The G5 series, the crucial battle at Tianwang Mountain, will be played back at the Staples Center, the home of the Lakers. This also makes the Lakers breathe a sigh of relief.
Playing at home, the Lakers' young players finally found some form and performed well in the game, or bottomed out.
Ronzo Ball finally showed his performance against Westbrook, scoring 19 points and 12 assists.
Ingram, with divine help, scored 31 points.
Players such as Kuzma, Randle, Clarkson and Nance also scored in double figures.
Wang Feng rarely relaxed in this game. He played 30 minutes and scored 24 points. The Lakers easily won G5 Tianwangshan 127:119, rewriting the total score to 3:2 and taking the lead in winning the match point.
In the G6 game, the Thunder returned to their home court again, but this time, playing at home did not work.
It's not that the Lakers' young players are on the rise. In fact, in the G6 game, except for Randall and Clarkson's performance, which was quite satisfactory, the other players all stretched their hips.
In the last game, Ingram, possessed by Durant, made 5 of 14 shots, with a shooting percentage of 35.7%.
Ball made 6 turnovers in the game, which was the same as the number of assists in the entire game.
As for Kuzma, because he was too excited, he committed six fouls and went off the field early, sitting down and watching the excitement.
However, even so, the Lakers still won the G6 game, because this was not a competition about who was better, but a competition about who was better.
Westbrook made 7 of 18 shots, shooting 38.9%.
Anthony made 5 of 18 shots, a shooting percentage of 27.8%.
As for George, although he is slightly better than the other two giants, his shooting rate is only 42%.
The Big Three scored 18 points, 11 points and 26 points respectively, for a total of 55 points.
For the Lakers, Wang Feng alone scored 42 points, and his shooting percentage remained above 45%.
When the two teams collectively stretched their hips, Wang Feng was the only one who felt out of place and did not fit in at all.
But because of this, the Lakers defeated the Thunder with difficulty in the G6 game, eliminated the Thunder with a big score of 4:2, and successfully entered the second round of the playoffs.
Wang Feng expected Wang Feng to eliminate the Thunder with this result. After all, this is Westbrook's Thunder, and hip stretching in the playoffs is a traditional performance.