Li Liang didn't have time to delve into what the hell the system had rewarded him, and after the award ceremony, the game was about to start.

In this game, Li Liang must win, he doesn't want to be like David Robinson, win the MVP, and then be beaten and overturned by the opponent sitting on the court.

The Clippers won the first game very easily, but it may have been because the Trail Blazers were too nervous to adapt to the rhythm of the semifinals.

After all, the first round of rockets is really a bit of a child's play, the process is very intense, but in essence, rookies peck each other.

In this regard, the Clippers have to thank the Mavericks.

The Mavericks finished eighth and were swept by the Clippers, but the quality of the four games was actually very high.

Carlisle was well prepared in all respects, and the only thing he was not well prepared was the underestimation of Li Liang's outburst.

It's like the Rockets and Harden next door, but when they get to the playoffs, their legs are weak and slippery, and this comes and goes, and the difference is big.

After experiencing the first game of being beaten violently, the Trail Blazers understood that they had to change their defensive strategy and strengthen their defense against Li Liang.

Li Liang himself knows that this pioneer will definitely take strict care of himself.

The new MVP, the Trailblazers must want to give Li Liang a chance to get back on the road.

After the award ceremony, Li Liang returned the trophy to the locker room, and then returned to the court to take off his sportswear, and the game was about to start.

The starting line-ups of both sides are unchanged from the previous game.

At the start of the game, Jordan Jr. still took the lead in the jump ball - the success rate of this product this season is really amazing.

Unlike the previous game, the Clippers' first main point of attack in the opening game was given to Li Liang.

In the regular season, the Clippers' first main point of attack has always been Griffin, but in the playoffs, it began to become Li Liang and Paul in turn.

The last game was Paul, this time Li Liang, Rivers hopes that the two will take turns to shoot and not give the Trail Blazers a chance to target.

Li Liang received the ball at 45 degrees on the left side, and in the face of Batum's defense, Jordan Jr. came over to block and cover.

After covering, Li Liang shot directly outside the three-point line on the left side and hit!

In the first goal of the opening game, Li Liang shot three points!

This simple combination tactic became more common in the playoffs.

In the regular season, Li Liang rarely used this kind of trick of pulling out his hand directly after covering.

Because he won't!

His strong three-point shooting level is not enough, only 40 points, and the shooting percentage is relatively low.

So for his move, the teams did not take precautions and did not study it.

Unexpectedly, after the playoffs began, Li Liang used this trick very sharply.

Li Liang made full use of his arm span, shot point height, and the opponent's interior defensive weaknesses.

In the last round against the Mavericks, the main person who came out to cover was Griffin, because the defense brought by Griffin was Nowitzki.

In this round against the Trail Blazers, the person who came out to cover was mainly Jordan Jr., and the person brought out by Jordan Jr. was Robin Lopez.

The ability of these two big men to delay the defense is relatively weak, and the speed is too slow, Li Liang has more time to shoot three-pointers.

Of course, after scoring the goal, Batum complained to the referee, thinking that Jordan Jr. moved the ball to cover, otherwise he would have squeezed it long ago and would not have given Li Liang a chance to shoot three points.

The referee shook his head and ignored it, although Jordan Jr. did have a suspicion of moving cover just now, but it was only a suspicion.

This is Stamps, and it's the first goal of the opening game, and the referee won't hold it so tightly.

Batum was angry and could only hold back temporarily, and then Batum immediately received the ball and also came to a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Lopez.

Lopez quickly cut down and received Batum's ground-hitting pass for a layup, but was fouled by Jordan Jr. and was about to go to the free throw line.

The Trail Blazers also had a change on the offensive end tonight, and perhaps they already felt it in Game 1 that free throws were the best way to score.

The Trail Blazers' three-point shooting was very bad in the last game, scoring one in the first half, and only two more in the second half when the game was out of suspense.

This made Stotz realize that it was impossible to win purely from the perimeter.

First of all, the inner line must be opened.

You must try your best to score first on the inside and create damage.

Lopez hit both free throws, and the Trail Blazers didn't go as scoreless in half a day as they did in the previous game.

Then Barnes missed a mid-range jumper, and the Trail Blazers Matthews didn't score a golden rooster independently, and in the counterattack, Li Liang received the ball and killed the basket, and hit a pull-up jump shot in the three-second zone!

The new MVP was in really good shape tonight.

Li Liang didn't dare to be in a bad state, how bad it was to strike iron as soon as he won the MVP.

However, Lillard quickly hit a three-pointer and returned to the color.

The two sides fought to a 9-9 draw in the first three minutes, and the Trail Blazers were obviously in much better shape tonight.

You went back and forth on both sides, playing back and forth, making people believe that the Trail Blazers will not be as miserable tonight as the first game.

The two sides exchanged iron for more than a minute, and Paul snatched the ball from Lillard in a defense, and on the counterattack, Paul chose a mid-range jumper, but it didn't score......

Tonight, Paul missed his opening three mid-range jumpers, and it seemed that Li Liang had sucked Paul's hand away.

But Jordan Jr. struggled to grab the frontcourt rebound on the inside and returned the ball to Paul.

Paul held the ball and went to the basket, and after a layup feint, it passed to Li Liang, who was ambushed in the bottom corner.

This is Li Liang's point, in the bottom corner of the left side, the shooting rate is as high as more than 60%, and he shoots when he catches the ball and hits three points!

The Staples Center was thundering, and the Trail Blazers were starting to feel the pressure.

The strategy of the Blazers has not changed, and they are playing inside.

However, Lopez missed a difficult hook with his left hand under the basket, grabbed the rebound and missed the second attack.

Li Liang got the backcourt rebound and held the ball for half of the court, and after continuously dribbling the ball and using his speed to pass Batum, Li Liang hit the basket and burst into a one-handed dunk!

Staples exploded all at once, and Stotts, seeing that the form was not good, called a timeout, called a timeout.

In more than five minutes, Li Liang made four shots, including two three-pointers, and scored 10 points.

This guy is really fast at scoring points, and in a team like the Clippers, which focuses on fast offense, it is difficult to score low points.

Reggie Miller, who was commentating on the sidelines, said, "I thought Bruce Lee was going to be the yellow-skinned Scott Pippen, but I didn't expect him to be an incredibly clever super scorer." ”

Reggie Miller uses the word astuteness, which is apt to describe Li Liang.

Because many of Li Liang's scores are not from strong attacks, and even he has almost no strong attacks.

The points he scored, I feel that it seems that it is okay to change someone, but if you change someone, you just can't seize so many opportunities.

Miller's wording is both a compliment but also an implicit criticism.

Because in the playoffs, there are not always so many opportunities for you to catch, and a lot of times you have to create them yourself.

Some players don't look particularly high in points per game, but no one questions their attacking power and importance in attack.

For example, Tim Duncan, there are some opportunities that should be given up to him, because the scoring effect of changing someone is the same; And some opportunities are useless to others, thinking that there is no chance at all, and he has to create them by himself.

Miller believes that Li Liang's current ability is still very lacking, "If they continue to move forward, the Clippers will inevitably run into some trouble." ”

Miller's vision is still very accurate, but the inaccuracy is that he still underestimates Li Liang's energy.

Of course, now facing the Trailblazers, the current Li Liang is enough to give Stotts a headache.

After the timeout, it was time for Griffin to rest, and Li Liang came to the position of power forward.

As soon as he got on the court, Lillard chose to forcibly break through the basket, but Li Liang's blocking was bad under the basket, and the whole person flew out of the baseline without fouling, and the ball was out of bounds, and it was still the ball of the Trail Blazers.

Once Li Liang joined the interior defense, the Clippers' interior defense level improved a notch.

His defensive coordination with Jordan Jr. is really good.

The Trail Blazers should actually make a change at this time and should no longer force the interior.

Sure enough, the baseline serves, and this time Batum goes around 45 degrees to the left.

Matthews, who was in the high post, received the ball and gave it to Batum, who received the ball and made a three-point shot and hit!

In the last game, Batum scored 4 points in the whole game under the influence of Li Liang, and also stole 4 points when there was no suspense about the outcome in the back.

This game finally eased up, hit a three-pointer, and didn't miss another three-pointer.

Crawford then missed a jumper and the Trail Blazers fought back.

After a series of combinations, in the end, it was Robin Lopez who pulled out and threw a mid-range shot, and it went in!

The Trail Blazers equalized midway through the first quarter.

Rivers immediately called a timeout as well, and he felt the team needed to make some adjustments.

Rivers doesn't want this game to go into a dogfight, and the Clippers should still be quick at home to gain the advantage as soon as possible.

Once it gets to the crunch time, to be honest, a fast-attacking team like the Clippers doesn't necessarily have an absolute advantage.

And the Trail Blazers' ability to counterattack in the final moments of the first round is impressive.

Since you're good at fighting back at the last minute, don't let you have another chance to fight back.

After the pause, the two sides were locked in a chaotic battle for more than two minutes.

Paul's shot still missed, and Paul's hand was so bad today that it exploded.

And the Trail Blazers still wanted to hit Lopez, but they were blocked by Li Liang again - Li Liang had two blocks in the first quarter.

Then on the counterattack, Crawford missed a layup, and the Trail Blazers made an offensive pass error, giving Batum's ball a bridge and out of bounds.

Both sides wanted to play with more energy in the attack, but the energy seemed to be a little overdone and seemed impatient.

This situation did not change until the end of the first quarter, when the second lineups of both sides came on.

However, the Clippers' offense tonight is obviously not as sharp as the last game, Li Liang scored a lot, but no one else opened.

Paul, in particular, scored two points on 1-of-6 shooting and added three assists to the end of the first quarter.

Like Barnes and Jordan Jr., they scored zero, and Li Liang was scoring alone.

This kind of clipper is not the strongest clipper.

On the Trail Blazers' side, it's piecemeal, you score one goal, I score one goal, and the highest scorer is Robin Lopez, which is also abnormal.

Neither Ade nor Lillard opened, but the Trail Blazers were happy to see it.

Stotts believes, or Stotts, like many commentators and coaches, that Li Liang alone cannot beat a team.

This prejudice has not changed with Li Liang winning the MVP, after all, he is still a sophomore rookie.

Fear is something that is difficult to implant deep in your heart if you don't experience something special.