Chapter 398: Targeted
The Clippers lost to the Magic in an upset, but winning and losing is a common thing, and losing is normal.
After getting through the depression after losing, Li Liang himself will sum up his experience.
Judging from the games won before, the Clippers are very fierce and very good at playing downwind.
Once you take the lead in the opening game and fight back quickly, the opponent is likely to be unable to resist the pour.
But the Clippers are a lot worse when they play upwind.
Once the pit is dug in the front, it is very hard to fill the pit in the back.
It's not at all different from last season's Lakers.
The Lakers have been small in front, and then they press you to play, and in the end, the opponent found a gap of about 10 points, and they couldn't catch up.
The Clippers were a shocker who pulled away by more than ten points, and then was countered by a XX:0, pressing, adjusting, and an offensive climax.
You come and go, it's like a turn-based game, you punch me and I punch.
If the Clippers hit the opponent first, it would be fine, but if the opponent hit first, it would be very difficult to dig a hole and fill the hole.
One big reason is that the Clippers' defense is not solid enough.
After a few games, Li Liang's offensive statistics are very good, but the defense has not found his position.
In this game of magic, the real losing point is still on the inside, and it was blown up by Vucevic.
He had 30 points and 21 rebounds in the game, beating Jordan Jr. to the point where he couldn't find it.
In this case, Li Liang didn't know whether he should help deal with Vucevic.
The Clippers' two interior lines, Jordan Jr. and Griffin, are too "inside", if Griffin doesn't stay on the inside on the defensive end and let him switch positions with Li Liang, he can't change the outside players at all.
The Lakers had a similar problem last season, and Mike Brown's solution was to simply let Gasol play off the bench, and Li Liang was on top of the power forward, and with Ci Shiping, the defense on the front line was more flexible.
Now the entire NBA team is playing fast, and the defensive alignment is not so strict, so the multi-functional forward players are so valued.
Li Liang is indeed a good fit for the Clippers and is the most needed point in the Clippers' defense.
But relying on Li Liang alone, he still struggled.
Paul is a short man on the outside, and it would be good to be able to defend himself against someone who can defend himself.
Once Paul was misplaced, it was basically a disaster.
Playing Magic, Paul was beaten by Afraro in a row, and at this point of Caron Butler, the defense is really not good.
Butler was born on the street and has a strong offense, and he used to play as one of the offensive cores of the team.
As he gets older, his defensive skills are average, and it is unrealistic for him to make up for leaks everywhere, and he can keep an eye on the person in front of him, even if he is Amitabha.
Even if Li Liang scolds, he can only make people defend seriously, but he can't make people defend better.
This is a problem with the Clippers in terms of roster deployment, and it is only a superficial phenomenon.
The real problem is that the team never has a very clear defensive system at the moment.
Rivers was followed by three former Celtics assistant coaches, Armond Hill, Eastman and Tyronn Lue, with Hill in charge of the defense.
However, his strength is that he is responsible for some defensive technical issues, and he lacks enough understanding and experience in system construction.
Because at that time, when the Celtics won the championship, the real defensive helmsman was Thibodeau.
And Thibodeau later went to the Bulls as head coach.
The Celtics' defensive strategy was a bit unsuitable for the Clippers.
After all, the staffing of the two teams is completely different, and the overall style and team building ideas are also different, so how can it be completely matched.
So the Clippers' coaching staff is also trying to break their heads, hoping to make adjustments to the defense over the course of the season.
However, the NBA is so busy that it is easy to build a proper defensive system during the season.
After losing to the Magic, the Clippers flew to their next stop, Miami, to face the Heat.
It's another tough battle.
The smoke of last season's Finals has just cleared, and you can still smell blood at the American Airlines Center in Miami.
That was the trace of the massacre left by Li Liang there.
60 points in a single game, this kind of performance that has gone down in history has made Miami fans feel incredible to this day.
Before the start of the game between the Clippers and the Heat, a reporter interviewed the Miami players and asked what they thought of Bruce Lee's return to the American Airlines Center.
"Oh, I feel, it's unreal, I went to the finals and I feel like I'm dreaming until now. Really, I didn't leave early, I made it to the end because I felt like at the end of the game, I'd wake up and somebody told me you just fell asleep. But no, that's what happened...... Anyway, I'm going to support the Heat as always......"
Yes, unreal, a sense of unreality has always hung over Miamins.
Hanging over the head of the Miami Heat.
Throughout the summer, there hasn't been any big news coming out of the Heat.
James, Wade, and Bosh, the protagonists of the past summer's traffic, seemed a little silent in 13 years.
No way, the sixth game of the finals is really powerless.
For the Heat's Big Three, losing Game 6 in June in that way was even more hurtful than losing to the Mavericks and Nowitzki in '11.
What was thought to be a winnable series turned out to be pushed to the edge of a cliff.
Suddenly a hand stretched out on the cliff and pulled it, thinking that it could be climbed.
Then a 60-ton rock suddenly fell from the sky and smashed him down.
Who can stand this?
Li Liang's performance is simply a flying stone out of the sky, and it makes no sense.
The Heat, James, and Spo realized that Li Liang would be a threat, but they didn't realize that the threat would be so big and so fierce.
Miscalculation, miscalculation.
The entire Heat team was soaked in this confusing and unreal loss all summer.
At the beginning of the new season, the Heat are in good spirits, and they still have the strength to fight.
As long as James is here and Wade is there, the Heat will always be one of the strongest teams in the league.
And Riley believes that Li Liang left the Lakers for the Clippers, and the Clippers are not as threatening as the Lakers.
Although Paul and Griffin are younger, they are still not at the level of Howard and Kobe, especially in the playoffs.
Of course, Li Liang seems to have made progress again.
Therefore, the Clippers are already the number one target of the Heat in the new season.
The Heat made extremely thorough preparations before the game, and Spo targeted and arranged Li Liang very closely.
It's no longer just a certain player to keep an eye on, but the whole team is working together to use the high-speed rotation system to strictly defend Li Liang in an all-round way.
This game was meant to be back-to-back, back-to-back on the road.
The game was brought into a slow pace by the Heat at the beginning.
In terms of control of the pace of the game, LeBron James is no worse than Paul, and because of the difference in physical fitness, James may have stronger control of the court.
And after the Clippers lost a game, they also held their breath, and this time they had to compete with the Heat.
The Clippers are also a championship contender for the Heat.
When Li Liang was tightly defended by the Heat, he adopted a similar strategy as in the Finals, frequently assisting the interior and constantly feeding Griffin.
And the Heat unswervingly pinched Li Liang, you feed Griffin, you can feed it, it doesn't matter!
The game was quite intense, and Wade was a point that the Clippers defense could not solve.
Whether it's Butler or Willie Green, they were casually beaten by Wade.
James spent most of his energy on organization and one-on-one with Li Liang.
In the past, James was always targeted by others, but this time he very rarely regarded himself as a "dog" to bite others.
can have such treatment, it seems that only Li Liang is currently the only one.
And Li Liang did not coerce, and resisted James one-on-one, and then fell behind......
This is normal, in terms of comprehensive strength, Li Liang is not James's opponent.
In the finals, Li Liang relied on the power of Kobe and Howard, borrowed his strength, and finally relied on system props to defeat James.
So Li Liang is a coincidental victory.
And when it came to the Clippers, Li Liang did not reach the level of James.
Even so, the two sides fought until the last moment.
With 5 points behind, Li Liang hit a key three-pointer, and made a steal for James, and a fast-break counterattack layup helped the Clippers equalize the score!
But in the last 10 seconds, Wade broke through to the basket and hit a throw!
Your uncle is still your uncle, my horse is still my horse.
Wade kills the Clippers! Send them two in a row.
This ball made Li Liang depressed.
But he still hugged and shook hands with James and Wade very gracefully.
"See you in the finals, I'll still win."
Li Liang and James said, then touched his head and left the court.
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