In the NBA regular season, the Thunder defeated the Lakers 121-92 at home.

After the game, freelance writer Zhang Jiawei posted an article commenting on the game. The original text is as follows:

The Thunder defeated the Lakers easily - a bit too lightly.

It was originally a big show between Alexander and Luka. The Lakers have 4 wins and 1 loss when Luka + Reeves are on the same court. Redick also encouraged Reeves by saying that he is an All-Star and believes that the team's depth and options have improved.

Of course, the Lakers are still missing LeBron, but the Thunder are also missing Jerwei. The Thunder are serious today: back-to-back, Chet and Caruso, who usually take turns, are out. Coach Madai did not say Chet was a star before the game, but "it takes a lot of time to learn defense, space, and anticipation. He worked hard to do it."

Results:

Luka + Reeves made 11 of 32 shots, 32 points, 10 assists, and 9 turnovers; Alexander finished with 30 points, 9 assists, and 1 turnover in 29 minutes: In 13 games this season, he did not play in the fourth quarter for the seventh time.

But the key is what coach Ma Dai calls Chet's "defense, space, and anticipation."

The Thunder opened the game. Harten went up to the line to flank Luka. Luka passed to Ayton, but Chet blocked it.

Chet came on line to respond to Luka's breakthrough. Luka gave it to Reeves. Alexander made a perfect rotation. Reeves gave it to Hachimura, but was blocked by Chet.

Luka hit a switch three-pointer against Cut, but the Thunder still persevered and used Cut's switch to deal with Luka and cut the Lakers' ball.

Then in the first quarter, Luka was switched by Chet and thrown to the weak side. Alexander made a perfect rotation and Laravia made a pass error.

This is the tone of the Thunder today: Chet only had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, but his defense locked down the Lakers' opening.

Then Caruso came on the court in the second quarter and directly defeated the Lakers. A key round: Reeves counterattacked and was intercepted by Caruso. Caruso responded with a long shot. The Thunder 43-23: The score ratio after the mistake at that time: 11-0.

The 20-point difference was basically a result of the Thunder switching from defense to offense.

Today, the Lakers only missed the Thunder by one three-pointer, and had 5 more free throws than the Thunder. They also won the rebounds, but made 20 to 11 turnovers.

The Thunder have the best defense in the world.

Old topic: Dortmund entered the league's first defense last season, and Jerwei was the Thunder's most comprehensive defense and the league's second defense.

But they are not even the top three in Thunder defense: Chet and Caruso are the Thunder's most critical defenders.

Back to Alexander:

Today he scored his 423rd point in the 440th minute of the season.

The 20th one-on-one three-pointer of the season - seems to have surpassed Mitchell again, ranking first in the league.

During the warm-up for the finals last season, I noticed the details:

When others were shooting, Chet would specifically practice catching the ball, sinking his knees, and getting up, but not shooting; such a complete warm-up - I remember Danny Granger also practiced this way back then.

During Alexander's training, mid-range shots and long-range shots were separated: mid-range shots meant staying in the air and falling back, while long-range shots meant retreating and pushing forward quickly.

When Paul Westphal was the coach of the Kings, he described that Kobe could "shoot with different postures according to different ranges." (He himself could actually play basketball back then.) Alexander practiced based on this idea: stay in the air for mid-range shots, and retreat and push quickly for long shots.

Of course, there is also a small project that played with Hachimura today.

By the way, in today's 475th game of the Thunder, Alexander scored 30 points in the 189th game of the Thunder's career, second in team history.

Previously, Durant had 30 points in 246 of 641 games. Westbrook had 30 points in 189 of 821 games.

Today is the seventh time Alexander has played in three quarters in 13 games this season - of these seven games, he scored 30 points in six games: the only exception was 28 points in three quarters yesterday.