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Chapter 143 Knowing each other and knowing ourselves

As head coach, Nelson specifically emphasized to his players during the next day's training that he needed to study the game between the Thunder and the Lakers.

Many people are a little strange about Nelson's approach, because for a coach like Nelson, he often emphasizes that the opponent follows his own footsteps. No matter what kind of opponent, the Warriors can win as long as they play the strongest attack, that is, the realm of Dugu Nine Swords. As long as their offense is powerful enough, why bother to worry about how to defend? But in this game, Nelson actually asked his players to take a look. Perhaps Nelson attached too much importance to this game.

In fact, many players think that Nelson is becoming more and more confused now. He is talking less and less. When the game is at its most critical point, a competent coach will make his own tactical arrangements. Although Nelson did not have much specific arrangements in the past, he would say less, but now Nelson doesn't even speak very much.

The fifth game between the Lakers and the Thunder was the Lakers' home court. It was also three days after Game 4. The Warriors watched the game just by watching the live broadcast. They could not run to the scene, and there was no need for them.

The Thunder stood on the edge of the cliff. Durant's pressure was also extremely large. Many of these pressures were even related to Lin Fei. When selecting the top ten tragic figures under Lin Fei, Durant ranked first. At the same time, the original Thunder's momentum was amazed by everyone, and Durant's performance also made everyone's eyes focus on this young super scorer, a continuous scoring champion, and always able to enter the MVP competition, and once led the team to the Western Conference semi-finals, but Lin Fei's arrival ruined everything. He took away Durant's title of scoring champion,

And it was the fourth quarter of the last game. In front of Durant, he completed a today's reversal in front of Durant, and at the same time, he directly eliminated the Thunder team led by Durant in the first round of the playoffs, which shocked everyone. In the following season, Durant had no chance to play in the scoring champion. Even though his right record had greatly improved, compared with the Warriors' unnatural performance, people could not see the slightest light of the Thunder. Now the Thunder has finally passed the first round of the playoffs. Since facing the Lakers in the second round, he directly made the Lakers score a 3:1, it has once again disappointed everyone.

On the other hand, the Lakers may have let go. Even though Kobe is so competitive and wants to tie Jordan's ring count, Kobe has also begun to realize his age and begin to know how to enjoy the court. Moreover, he knows that it is difficult for him to surpass the opponent he has to face - the Warriors. So relatively speaking, he is relatively relaxed. At the same time, the game against the Thunder is now 3:1, and the victory is in hand, which is a small step.

The game was very fierce. Although Kobe watched calmly, he was always fighting for every goal once he came on the court. He tried very hard. He scored 28 points, plus 7 rebounds and 5 assists. The Lakers' proud inside double towers worked together to score 40 points and 22 rebounds. Durant obviously showed a leader, scoring 17 free throws, scoring 40 points in the game, and Westbrook also scored 22 points and 8 assists. In the end, the Thunder won the game.

The Warriors began to discuss which opponent they would like to meet.

"Compared to defending Durant, I still think Kobe is a little easier." Keynes said first, "Durant's shooting point is too high, and Aix and I can't defend at all. And he is the best free throw machine in the league today. You don't know how to defend. Kobe's shooting speed is far faster than his peak moments. Even if his shooting is difficult to block, it is easy to interfere with the defensive players." Obviously, Keynes' choice for these words is to rather encounter the Lakers.

"I have absolute certainty for Fisher! But I am only 70% sure about Westbrook. I don't know when this guy will get angry when facing me. His way of playing is so exciting. The only thing we are glad that his shooting is not good." Lin Fei said that he would rather meet the Thunder.

"It is very difficult to defend the Lakers' inside line. The Thunder's inside defense relies on Ibaka, which is not bad, but the offensive ability is really limited. We are a team that shoots outside and attacks from a distance, so it is difficult for players like Ibaka to use their defensive skills. And their external defense strength is not very strong, so I think the Thunder will have trouble facing us. However, the Lakers' inside line is relatively balanced. We seem to have no way by Bynum's ability to control rebounds, and both offense and defense are also relatively good.

Balanced, this guy, we have to stand up to help defend, and Gasol was originally a guy who made an inside shot, but because the Lakers' outside organizational ability has weakened, this guy can often post to high positions now. This is good news and bad news for us. We may be able to better impact their inside, but their outside defense has been enhanced." Jobs' words were relatively long. Obviously, he was a little worried about the Warriors' inside. This statement was also agreed by Claudeson and Aix.

"Actually, your opponent is far from as strong as you see." Just as everyone was discussing positive, Nelson began to speak. "The old Chinese saying is: Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. I think it makes sense, so I asked you to watch the game. Originally, I believed in another sentence from China, let it blow the wind and rain, and I will not move. But I thought about it, we can't reach such a state, that is, our offense will definitely not reach absolute perfection, so I still think it is better to understand the opponent. But I hope you understand one thing, when you need to face a difficult situation
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