After Li Liang came on the court, the Lakers' defense immediately changed.

Kobe Bryant is very good at playing against a fast-impact point guard like Xiao Mo, and once he gets entangled when defending, anyone has a headache.

For Hayward, Li Liang is a predictive defense, pinching his position and predicting his actions in advance.

This is what he learned from Fraser, to judge in advance, and wait for the opponent to act too late.

The Jazz were obviously a little uncomfortable, and the two outside ball points were suddenly choked, and the Lakers defended the Jazz for 24 seconds!

"Well done!" After the defense was successful, Li Liang yelled.

Playing away from home, you have to be more passionate than the fans away from home to overwhelm your opponent in momentum.

And the difference of 6 points, what is it, two three-point problems.

In the offense, Li Liang received a pass from Kobe Bryant on the outside and shot directly at 45 degrees!

“bang！” Striking iron, missing.

This ball is a little rushed, and the feel is not good, all blame Kobe, who transmitted the feel to me through the ball.

Kobe Bryant wanted to know what Li Liang thought, and it was strange if he didn't go up and kill him.

You can't throw it and blame me for passing the ball to you?

Looking back, the Lakers were hit by the Jazz again.

The Jazz interior line has been swapped from Millsap to Favors.

As soon as he appeared on the court, he received the ball on the inside, turned around with his foot, and dunked with one hand under the basket!

This is the second such ball in the game, Howard is on the inside and Gasol, and there are always problems with defensive communication.

Li Liang can't help this ball, he can't get out of the gap inside, he flies in to make up for it, right?

The gap came to 8 points, and Kobe Bryant finally got a little angry.

What are you fighting? What to prevent?

Although it is normal for players to fluctuate in form during the season, but the last game was a big win, and this one has a faint sign of a big defeat.

Kobe Bryant immediately made a layup on the offensive end with a powerful protruding inside high layup to stop the bleeding for the Lakers.

On the Jazz side, seeing the communication problem of the Lakers' interior defense, they immediately suspended and replaced Jefferson with the Turkish boy Kanter.

Mike Brown took Gasol, who was in average form tonight, and replaced him with Jordan Hill.

The two sides began to enter the rotation lineup, but Brown did not dare to take Kobe Bryant down, otherwise he might not be able to hold it in the first quarter.

The Jazz used Favors to force Jordan Hill to hit him, causing Hill to foul and go to the free throw line.

Two free throws were hit, 19:11, and the Jazz still lead.

Li Liang only hated that he hadn't practiced well in the interior defense, and there was no way to help the inside top defense.

It's okay, let's go back on the offensive end.

Three-point shooting is Li Liang's only reliable offensive means at present, but he can not only score three points, he will also run empty-handed!

Coach Bob Knight's course is not just about a hair dryer, but also about 15 hours of empty-handed running skills.

When Kobe Bryant is on the court, the Lakers always have a lot of open opportunities.

Kobe Bryant held the ball and killed the inside, the Jazz team was sandwiched by three people, Kobe Bryant was forced to the bottom, a difficult bottom horizontal pass!

Li Liang was in that position, he caught the ball and shook off the players who pounced on the defense, took a step forward, and hit a two-point shot in the bottom corner.

The Lakers' outside line can finally hit the shot, which is critical, otherwise the Jazz will keep shrinking.

At this time, Kobe Bryant had already put the 20-point bet behind him, and Li Liang could score a goal, so he passed the ball to him.

Immediately, Li Liang made another contribution on the defensive end, and he made an offensive foul on Hayward.

The task of making an offensive foul per game is complete!

Li Liang got up from the ground and applauded Hayward, and the fans at the scene booed.

Hayward's performance in the first half of the first quarter was wonderful, with 2 steals and 1 block, 4 points and 1 assist, and he was outstanding on both offensive and defensive ends.

But as soon as Li Liang, a stinky boy, came on the field, he began to target him, who made you threaten my handsomeness?

This is not over, Kobe Bryant continued to attack with the ball, Jazz was still shrinking, and the three people were sandwiched, and Kobe Bryant jumped up again with a difficult pass.

Or to Li Liang on the outside!

Li Liang jumped up to catch the ball, damn, you can't pass one well!

It's still Nash's pass that is comfortable.

After landing on the ground, Li Liang made a slight adjustment, his eyes aimed at the basket, and he shot three-point!

“bang！” If you don't hit, the ball is not well adjusted.

But the ball collapsed directly, collapsed far away, and flew back into Li Liang's hands.

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didn't shoot, the first half felt bad, watching the opponent make up for the defense, Li Liang suddenly made an accurate ground pass and sent the ball into the three-second zone.

Howard catches the ball, walks the baseline to the top of Kante, and misses the layup!

But it caused a foul on N'Golo Kante.

It's a pity that this ball, if it's a peak monster, you can dunk Kanter at once.

Now he can only make one foul.

What about going to the free throw line, you don't miss the free throw!

Another two free throws and one hit, 19:14, finally recovered a point.

The Jazz's defense is indeed brave, far from being comparable to the half-dead giving up treatment of the Pistons in the last game.

Coupled with the high decibel bonus of the fans on the spot, the morale and hardness of the defense will automatically increase by 20%, and the opponent will be soft by 20%.

Even Li Liang, who has always been hard-handed, missed two three-pointers tonight.

But he knew that he would always go in, but he would only be infected temporarily, and he would be fine after a while.

Just as the first quarter was about to end, the Lakers made the last attack, and Kobe Bryant dribbled to the frontcourt and was surrounded by three people.

Throw the pot into Li Liang's hands, Li Liang stood more than two meters away from the three-point line, no matter, throw it!

Can you not throw the pot thrown by the boss?

As a result, the ball went in!

Li Liang finally hit the first three-pointer and chased the score to 17:20, trailing by 3 points.

By the way, he gave Kobe Bryant an assist.

In the first quarter, Kobe Bryant played full, and the whole team scored 17 points, and the shooting percentage was terrible.

Fortunately, after Li Liang came on the court, he not only contributed 5 points, but stopped the bleeding on the defensive end.

But the Lakers' interior problems still haven't been solved, Gasol and Howard's twin towers on the court, and the defensive communication problem is huge.

In the past, the Lakers' powerful three highs, Gasol, Bynum and Odom, when it came to the critical moment, Gasol and Odom were all present.

Because in this era when the perimeter is getting stronger and the three-point line is getting sharper, there will be a lot of problems on the defensive end of the Twin Towers.

If you want to play a double tower, you either have a versatile small forward to fill in the gaps, or you have to explode back on the offensive end.

Li Liang can only be regarded as half qualified, because he has not practiced his interior defense, and he can't help many times.

As for the offense, in the past, Bynum Gagasu could penetrate the opponent's inside.

Now, Howard's low-post offensive efficiency this season is not necessarily better than Bynum's, and Gasol is really declining.

In the second quarter, the Jazz still adhered to the strategy of the first quarter.

In the first four games, Jazz head coach Dillon Corbyn analyzed the Lakers video and believed that the Lakers' interior line seemed to be strong, but it actually had holes.

And the Lakers' outside line seems to be aging, but because of the No. 28 Bruce Lee, it is unexpectedly very rigid.

Both the Trail Blazers and the Clippers lost to the negligence of No. 28 Bruce Lee, and if they insist on hitting the Lakers' interior line, it may have a miraculous effect.

Sure enough, tonight, Howard and Gasol were caught by the Jazz on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the coordination was a disaster.

In the second quarter, Gasol and Jamison played inside, and were beaten by Kante and Favors.

N'Golo Kante, the big-eyed Turk, catches the ball under the basket and then gets stronger, while Favors keeps rushing for frontcourt rebounds.

This style of play made Gasol and Jamison extremely uncomfortable, and Mike Brown had to replace Howard early.

But Howard didn't use it either, he first hit Kante on the offensive end, and just when he was complaining about the foul to the referee, Kanter was already on the verge of going down.

He took a small jump after receiving the ball under the basket, used the time difference to dodge Ci Shiping who pounced, and then won the one-handed dunk under the basket!

The ball blew up the energy plan players, and the Lakers' basket became a backyard for what they wanted.

Li Liang was furious, he stepped forward and said directly to Howard: "Why don't you go back?" What's the use of you complaining about fouls? Back to defense! ”

Howard was already smiling, pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

He played too unhappily tonight, and the offensive end was either blocked or broken, and he didn't make free throws.

Mike Brown called a timeout and played three minutes in the second quarter as the Lakers trailed the Jazz by seven points at 21:30.

In the second quarter, they only scored 4 points, Kobe Bryant sat and rested off the court, and the Lakers, who had no main offensive point on the court, became more and more weak in offense.

The impact of Nash's absence is starting to come to the fore, and with Nash there, at least there will be no problems with the offensive organization.

In this game, Li Liang's empty three-point opportunities are also few, one is the Jazz's strict defense, and the other is that there is no Nash, and the style of play is targeted, which is uncomfortable.

"Defend! We still have to start with defense, we have to protect the rebounds on the inside, we give them too many opportunities to attack, too many opportunities to slip into the three-second zone, too much. Protect our baskets, this is our life zone! ”

Brown yelled on the bench with a loud voice, the scene was really too noisy and needed to be silenced.

Kobe Bryant only rested for five minutes and re-entered the court, and the Lakers' offense was still indispensable for him.

As soon as he got on the court, he hit a three-pointer from the outside, the first three-pointer of the game.

Then, Li Liang and Kobe Bryant surrounded Hayward from the outside, and Kobe Bryant quickly counterattacked with the ball and made a light pick.

scored 5 points in a row, and the scene finally quieted down.

But the Jazz immediately returned the color from the outside, Randy Foye hit a three-pointer, and the Jazz opened more and more.

Their interior rush was too strong, and the Lakers players had to adduct inside, giving the Jazz a chance to the outside.

On the defensive end, the Jazz began to pinch Kobe, and after Li Liang and Kobe blocked and dismantled, they clamped Kobe Bryant, directly pushed him out of the bottom line, and fouled.

In Salt Lake City, Li Liang finally experienced what it means to be a high-intensity, brutal basketball confrontation.

But the more this is the case, the more calm Li Liang's brain becomes, 26:33, a gap of 7 points.

Kobe Bryant sent the sideline ball, Li Liang came to answer, he took the ball outside the three-point line, and gave Kobe a cover by the way.

Kobe Bryant walked inside, the attention of the Jazz players was attracted by Kobe, Li Liang stood two steps away from the three-point line, and there was no one in front of him.

I'm good and look down on me?

Li Liang went directly outside the three-point line, and sent you a three-point shot with a knife in his hand!

A cannonball-like goal, brushed into the basket, without a dipping basket.

The sound of the scene was lowered by 10 decibels at once, and Li Liang's feeling finally came back slowly.

The Jazz players also realized that the rookie three-pointer was really a bit scary.

At 29:33, it was 4 minutes.

The Jazz missed on the offensive end, the Lakers counterattacked, and Li Liang took the ball at the top of the arc again.

This time, the opponent did not dare to let go, and the opponent was Marvin Williams.

Li Liang didn't have the ability to attack with the ball, so he passed the ball to Howard in the low post.

Howard beat Kanter to score two points with ease, and after the space was stretched, Howard was finally able to play singles with peace of mind.

Howard was also adjusting his mentality, and he had just been scolded by Li Liang twice, and he felt a little clearer.

The situation was stabilized at once.

But the momentum of the game was still on the Jazz's side, and Randy Foye drew a foul on Kobe Bryant on offense, making both free throws.

So far, the Lakers have never been able to solve the problem of cutting inside.

The Jazz are a team that is very good at playing cut-in, better than the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers.

Li Liang's sharp supplementary defense and assistance defense were partially restrained by Hayward, and then the Jazz's fierce physical confrontation on the inside, constantly opening the way for the outside, made Li Liang very unaccustomed.

In the second quarter, the Jazz's bench led by 10 points at 18:8 in scoring, and all 8 points from the Lakers' bench came from Li Liang!

Jamison and Jordan Hill didn't contribute a single point.

At halftime, 47:42, the two sides played a very low score, and the Lakers trailed by 5 points.

In the case of sparse opening state, relying on Kobe's offensive play, as well as Li Liang's two three-pointers, and Ci Shiping's singles, the Lakers survived.

They didn't lose themselves in the frantic noise of Salt Lake City.

When he left the field at halftime, in the players' tunnel, Li Liang did not forget to exchange feelings with the fans on both sides of the tunnel.

In the first half, his performance was actually good, and as a second-round rookie, he was super level, but he himself was not satisfied.

The team is obviously in trouble, but how can he help more as a substitute?

In the first four games, he helped the team with three points and defense, which was his forte.

But this time, the problem is on the inside, the Lakers are washed to death on the inside, and what he can do is limited.

Mike Brown also looked sad, and in the locker room he emphasized the defensive focus.

The team is required to increase the protection of backcourt rebounds, but this will inevitably lead to a relaxation of the perimeter defense and the loss of quick counterattacks.

Anyway, the Lakers can't fight back quickly, so if you lose it, you lose it.

Li Liang sat there thinking about it, thinking back to the tasks he had done in the system that night, learning from Blue LinkedIn.

What would he have done if it had been Debusschel, he thought? How will they help the team?

At that time, the situation of the Lakers was very similar to now, the super center was a little depressed, and the outside star was transforming.

The Knicks used tough defense to disrupt the Lakers' offensive system and put the game in chaos, and the Jazz also used this routine.

Li Liang recalled his performance during the game and slowly had a clue.

It is still necessary to start from defense, and at the same time, the offensive end can no longer only shoot three-pointers, and must help Kobe, Gasol and Howard to connect the team's offense.

One or two subtle ground passes are not enough, you have to really get involved in organising and moving the ball and bringing the attack to life.

But Li Liang is a rookie, and he has only played four games, can he do it if he is handsome?