The Warriors gave up their game against the Thunder early. The Lakers may not be able to stop the defending champions. If they want to be upset, they need to do two things?

Nowadays, the gap in the strength of NBA teams seems to be very small. Except for a few flat and bad teams, most of them are in the middle group and win or lose each other. However, the Thunder in the Western Conference have continued their strong performance in the past two seasons, leading the league with 11 wins and 1 loss so far.

Now that the Warriors are playing against the Thunder, it can be said to have given up early. Even though the Thunder have to play the Lakers at home in the second game of a back-to-back game, there is basically no physical exertion in the first game, and there is no need for long-distance travel and travel. Therefore, the Lakers basically have no physical advantage. In this case, it may be difficult to stop the defending champion. Especially according to ESPN's prediction before the game, the Lakers' winning rate is only 24.3%, which is directly underestimated.

It is true that the Thunder are terrible. This season at their home court, they are simply in a state of complete victory. The key is that the Thunder have many backup options. In fact, in the opening stage, the Thunder also faced injury problems. People like Jaylen Williams, Topic and rookie Sauber have been exempted from the game for a long time. In the home game against the Warriors, two powerful players Dort and Caruso were also absent. Even so, the Thunder are still unstoppable. It seems that as long as Alexander is there, the role of other players can make up for it. Basically, 10 players start in rotation every game, and the players can also play a role. This fault tolerance rate is too high.

Of course, anything can happen before the game officially ends. If the Lakers want to achieve an upset, they need to do two things. First of all, Alexander is very powerful. It will be very difficult to limit his personal scoring. However, if the connection between Alexander and his teammates is cut off, the threat of him scoring by himself will be much smaller. In the game against the Warriors, Alexander scored 28 points and 11 assists, and his teammates were also activated by him. The Thunder made 16 of 36 shots from beyond the three-point line. It was really difficult to lose this game.

On the other hand, there is competition for rebounds. The Thunder have double towers Holmgren and Hartenstein. They grabbed 18 rebounds in total against the Warriors. Even third center Jaylin Williams actually did a very good job in protecting rebounds. Therefore, several Lakers insiders, such as Ayton, Rui Hachimura and Hayes, will bear huge pressure in this regard. Otherwise, even if Doncic, including Reeves, once again performs superbly on the offensive end, even if you score very high, it will be difficult to win the game on your own against an opponent like the Thunder on the road.