In the opening Three-Pointer, two dunks were scored.
Westbrook's ferocious offensive directly hit Lakers's home court, and there was complete silence.
Luka·Walton, standing on the sidelines, frowning and shouted out Timeout.
The opening of Thunder is unbelievably fierce.
He needs to press down.
Walton's mood at the moment is not wonderful.
Not only because of the Thunder in front of me, but also because of Lakers's record this season.
The current Lakers, Regular season, has 22 wins and 16 losses in 38 games, which can hold the sixth position of Western Conference.
This is definitely not a good result for a team with LeBron·James and Carmelo·Anthony.
Two superstars belong to a team, one of which is "Active League First Person". As a result, it can only be ranked sixth in the division. Then a problem arises.
Who will be the first person to take the blame?
Oops, it's so hard to guess~~
Of course, Western Conference's sixth place result is not bad from a team perspective alone. After all, last season's Lakers was still at a level that neither Western Conference nor Playoffs could reach.
But there is no way... the traffic is too big...
Lakers's Fanss, when they saw the combination of James and Anthony, all they could think about was NBA Championship, let alone those extreme Zhanmi~~
As we all know, 99% of the teams that can win the championship in history are among the top three in the division. The fourth place is only once, Celtics in ancient times, and the sixth place is only once, Rockets in the last century.
Simply speaking from a probability perspective, Western Conference's sixth grade would probably be a problem for Second Round.
Timeout It ended quickly and both sides returned to the field.
The game continues.
Lakers's attack.
James holds the ball at Top of the Key Pick-and-Roll, waits for Zubac's cover, then accelerates to break through, breaks into Paint, faces McGee's defense, shoots an arrow on horseback, and throws the ball.
Basketball bounced on the frame twice and fell into the net.
10 to 6, stabilizing the situation.
Offensive and defensive transition.
Westbrook, Top of the Key holds the ball.
Chen Xi and Grant are lifted up to provide double coverage on both sides.
Then Westbrook quickly broke through, Chen Xi Pop Out went around, and Grant took advantage of the situation to cover Chen Xi.
At a position of 45 degrees outside the Three-Pointer line, after Chen Xi received the pass from Westbrook, Three-Point Shot.
Basketball Swished Through the Net again.
Hit all three shots before the start!
On the Lakers side, the Defensive strategy deployment made during the Timeout period seems to have had no effect.
Generally speaking, this kind of abnormal efficiency is difficult to maintain.
However, Chen Xi also has the badge of [Green Machine]!
Then, relying on Teammates's continuous ball play and screens, they continued to hit outside shots from behind.
Chen Xi went crazy in the first quarter, playing 8 and a half minutes in a single quarter, making 11 of 12 shots, and scored 27 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
27 points in a single quarter!
It directly broke the record to third place in history.
The top two scoring records in the first quarter in NBA history are Love's 34 points against Trail Blazers in 2016, and McCollum's 28 points against Bulls in 2018. (Harden scored 27 points in a single quarter in March 2019, the timeline has not yet arrived)
Of course, if the restriction of the first quarter is removed, the highest score would still be Klay's 37 points in a single quarter~~
Regardless of the record, Chen Xi directly used his own power to blow up Lakers's outside line.
In the end, Lakers was forced to start an unlimited flanking attack, and his shots were barely limited.
Thanks to Chen Xi, Thunder led Lakers 45 to 28 in the first quarter by 17 points in a single quarter.
The violent firepower directly exploded and Staples Center was silent for a long time.
Chen Xi finally came off the court, and Thunder's firepower dropped slightly. Anthony·Davis once again showed his super dominance at the basket.
Continuous low-post attacks, no matter whether the defender is Zubac, Anthony, or James, they will all be taken.
So Lakers could only watch as the score difference that had just closed to two points widened again.
What's worse is that after the first quarter, in the second quarter, it was Rotation's lineup led by Chen Xi.
In order to cope with the firepower of Chen Xi, Walton modified Rotation, and at the beginning of the second quarter, Anthony was added.
Melo made 3 of 5 shots tonight, and Three-Pointer made 1 of 3 shots, scoring 7 points. The efficiency is not bad.
After getting the ball back in the second quarter, he also showed off his offensive skills that have dominated League for many years.
Continuous outside Isolation and Three-Pointer jump shots tried to help the team recover the score.
But unfortunately, although Chen Xi's Touch has declined slightly, it has still maintained at a normal level, and can always stand up and stabilize the situation when the team falls into a difficult period of scoring.
And when the main rotations of both sides returned to the court again, Anthony turned back into the invisible melon that was slightly sleepwalking in the first quarter.
James took over the offensive burden.
Fortunately, Lakers's original talent is really good. Relying on the attacks of Ingram, Kuzma and others, Lakers can also maintain his own Offensive Efficiency.
The competition in the second quarter was quite satisfactory.
At the end of the half, Thunder still led Lakers by 16 points, 73 to 57.
"It's unbelievable. It's hard to imagine that this team has James and Anthony. They all played and played for a long time, but they actually lost so much. Thunder is really scary."
"Rather, Chen Xi is really scary. He scored 27 points in a single quarter and 39 points in the half. He is going to break the record again tonight."
"Indeed, facing Lakers, a team with huge fans, in the famous arena Staples Center, facing LeBron·James, Carmelo·Anthony, such an active superstar, scored a new career high here, especially when there is also a famous Lakers, a historical scorer, sitting on the sidelines. I don't think any player will refuse this kind of thing."
"There is still half-time. Unless Lakers gives up the game and sends in a substitute, with Chen Xi's ability, breaking 50 points may be as easy as drinking water."
"However, the Lakers Fans players at home should have gotten used to it in the past few years. Since Kobe retired, this team has completely fallen to the bottom of the League. Players selected in consecutive years have grown at a relatively slow pace."
"That's what I said, but if it was last year, maybe they wouldn't care. But this year, I'm afraid it's a little hard to accept. After all, in Off-season, Lakers, who caught two big fish in a row, is aiming directly at NBA Championship."
"As a result, the defending champion was beaten so badly..."
"It's mainly because of Touch, Chen Xi exploded tonight."
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