Li Liang was indeed different from usual in the first quarter, he played extremely aggressively.

He almost dedicated his few stunts to help the Lakers keep the Thunder suppressed on the court.

This is an away game, and if the Lakers are pressed by the Thunder from the beginning, the situation will be very difficult.

So the Lakers have to take the lead and have to control the situation on the court.

It's just that Mike Brown didn't expect them to rely on Li Liang, not Howard in the expected setting.

After all, Howard is an interior lineman, lacking explosiveness on the offensive end, unlike Li Liang, who has more freedom as an outside lineman.

And he was not afraid to face Durant tonight, the two fought back and forth, and Li Liang even had a slight advantage.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Thunder by 5 points at 30:25.

When Li Liang got out of the break, Mike Brown handed Li Liang a bottle of water and said, "Playing well Bruce, very aggressive tonight." ”

Li Liangdao: "I'm just doing what I have to do and let the game finish quickly." ”

Mike Brown didn't quite understand the meaning of Li Liang's words, let the game finish quickly?

Li Liang took a sip of water to calm himself down.

He did play well in the first quarter, scoring 13 points, grabbing five rebounds, including three frontcourt rebounds, diching out two assists, and one block and one steal.

This is just data, looking at the process of the game, you know that Li Liang's play completely disrupted the deployment of the Thunder.

The Thunder's opening defense was aimed at Kobe, and they were ready to use the method of "shepherd dogs to drive sheep" to create a defensive trap and trap Kobe.

Once Kobe's strongest point is contained, it will be very difficult for the Lakers to win the Thunder away again.

Who knows that Li Liang punched all the way and messed up the Thunder's defense.

In the first five minutes, the Thunder's defensive trap against Kobe Bryant was ineffective, and they turned to deal with Li Liang.

can deal with Li Liang, this thing doesn't hold the ball, stealing chickens and dogs, and it is impossible to prevent it.

But Li Liang knows that this style of play cannot last the whole court, and the Thunder will not let him steal chickens like this all the time.

Later, the Thunder will definitely attach great importance to the protection of backcourt rebounds.

Li Liang predicts that after the second quarter, the Thunder will strengthen backcourt rebounding protection.

Thunder players, including Westbrook, will be involved in the rebounding process.

The good news for the Lakers is that the Thunder's fast break will be compromised as a result.

Westbrook's windy quick counterattacks in the first quarter will certainly be reduced, and the Thunder will slow down.

After all, in addition to Li Liang in the first quarter, Howard also grabbed two frontcourt rebounds.

Gasol will appear later, and the Lakers will always guarantee a long man inside, and the Thunder will have to defend against it.

Li Liang thought about it carefully and believed that the key to the second quarter would be defense.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers had to use defense to consolidate the advantage and wear off the Thunder at the beginning of the second quarter.

Wear off the sharpness of the Thunder's offensive end and grind it to the second half, if the Lakers continue to lead, they will be able to grind the game down with deep positional combat experience.

If you don't hold up defensively in the second quarter and are beaten back by the Thunder, it's hard to say later.

Li Liang's mind turned quickly, and in two minutes, he figured out what he wanted to do in the second quarter.

To be honest, many players in the NBA don't play with a lot of brains, they just play by feeling.

It feels like it's playing well, and it's bad when it's gone, especially some of the black players.

And there are players who think hard, come up with a strategy, and then put it into action, like a commander like Nash.

When the first and second games didn't go well, Nash made a change in the third.

He reduced the amount of time he spent on the ball and allowed himself to act as a pivot point and a finisher.

This style of play is somewhat similar to that of Kidd in the late period, except that Nash's projection ability is still more reliable than Kidd.

Of course, there are also players who will think seriously and come up with a strategy, and then Bang will still vote for himself.

That's the old Koh.

Now Lao Ke and Nash are sitting off the court, and the commander on the field is Li Liang.

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The second quarter began with Howard and Gasol on the floor at the same time.

Mike Brown patted Li Liang, "Do you know how to do it?" ”

Li Liang nodded, "I know, don't worry." ”

Mike Brown put his mind at ease, anyway, he can't make a name for himself with a two-minute break between the intervals, so he might as well trust Li Liang, this kid.

Tonight's Li Liang is really different, with the demeanor of a general.

The Thunder's second lineup is led by Durant, along with Fisher, Martin, Collison and Ibaka.

Brooks didn't dare to let Durant rest off the court for too long, and the interior didn't dare to let Ibaka sit on the bench.

Although this second team suffered a little loss in the second game, it was mainly in Howard.

But Brooks weighed that if they put Perkins on the court for Howard, their offense would be too difficult.

They have to chase the points now, and they have to smooth out the difference as soon as possible, the sooner the better.

As a result, they made a mistake on the first offense at the beginning of the second quarter.

Li Liang and Meeks on the outside surrounded Durant, and Durant was pressed, dribbling with his left hand to his feet and out of the sideline.

For Fisher, this point cannot be put at a critical moment, and it can be put away at regular time.

On the offensive end, Li Liang instructed Meeks to slow down.

Meeks belongs to the game and doesn't use his brains much, anyway, Li Liang tells him to do whatever he wants.

As long as he listened to Li Liang's command, he found that the point guard position was not so difficult to play.

The Lakers opted for the easiest way to attack, letting Howard chisel inside.

In the playoffs, Howard is still powerful in the low post, not to mention that he is Collison on defense.

Howard caused a defensive foul on Collison and went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws.

31:25。

Although it was only 1 point, it caused a kill and sent a message to the Thunder: We're going to slow down.

At this time, there was no Westbrook on the Thunder court, and it was not easy to rush if you wanted to.

Do you let the old fish rush? The old fish can still rush off the field, but not on the field.

Then, the Thunder made a turnover.

Collison responded with the ball in the high post, Durant cut inside, and Collison hit the ground with an inside pass, and the pass was big.

Out of bounds, Lakers ball possession.

Li Liang stuck to the ball too tightly, and Collison had to calculate a little more in advance.

But Durant was a little slower and didn't have time.

He was dragged down by Li Liang, and Li Liang was confronting Durant.

Then, Meeks relied on Li Liang's defense to get inside, and then distributed the ball to Gasol, who was withdrawn.

Gasol shoots a jumper from 12 feet in the bottom corner of the right and hits the block against Ibaka!

At 33:25, the Lakers further widened the difference.

The Thunder is a little anxious, Durant doesn't care, he wants to take the ball and play it himself.

He used the cover to run and catch the ball, and broke through the middle to the basket.

Laker Li Liang followed closely, and then yelled "help defense"!

The Lakers went all out to shrink and defend Durant's breakout in the middle.

Durant is Durant after all, he is not James.

The reason why James's breakthrough is so powerful is not only because of his physical strength and speed, but also because his passing vision is too good.

The opponent almost didn't dare to wrap around him, and if he was not careful, it would be a big vacancy.

Durant lacks the vision and talent of James in his strategy, and he is a natural scorer.

So he didn't care about Fisher and Martin on the left and right wings, and went straight to the basket himself.

As a result, it was interfered with by Howard's block and missed the layup.

But after Durant landed, he immediately jumped and threw himself to grab it, and as a result, he grabbed it with Li Liang.

The ball flew off the baseline and the referee blew for the scrum.

Scrum again.

Li Liang thought to himself, Lao Tzu has never lost the ball.

Standing in the free throw circle, Li Liang looked at Durant and said, "I don't jump, but the ball is ours." ”

Durant glanced at Li Liang with small eyes and did not speak.

But he knows that Li Liang is famous for not jumping the ball, but the ball is always the Lakers.

Durant hesitated for a moment, and he felt that he had to be careful not to push himself too hard and fly the ball like Ibaka did.

Durant was thinking about controlling it, but the referee threw the ball into the air, and Li Liang jumped up with a "whoosh"!

Then he was the first to touch the ball in the air and flicked it to Gasol.

Gasol was firmly in control of the ball, and the Lakers had the ball.

And Durant hesitated for 0.1 seconds, and it turned out to be too late.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't jump?" After landing on the ground, Durant couldn't help but say angrily.

"I said you believed it? Don't you think? What about your brain, eaten by zombies? Li Liang was stunned, and Durant had nothing to say.

Durant's face was almost as stretchy as his arm.

Tell me, everybody plays in one league and one unit, Bruce Lee, are you still an individual?