In fact, Li Liang has always played very well, and it can even be said that it is quite amazing.

It's just that the media and fans evaluate a player, often with a very subjective will.

When Li Liang first entered the NBA, as a Chinese player, he was able to score key goals in the game and score 15 points in a game, and the fans were so happy that they felt happy to celebrate the New Year.

Some young Chinese fans can't wait to be happy for two or three days.

won the championship for the first time, with 60 points in a single game, the Internet exploded directly, the news broadcast, famous throughout the country, recorded in history, and until now people are talking about it, and it is almost time to make a movie.

After that, Li Liang's performance became more and more stable and outstanding, and there were two or three champions.

But the bar for fans and the media is slowly getting higher and higher.

If you score 20 points in one game in the regular season, that is, you play abnormally and only score 20 points?

30 points barely passing, tepid, not happy and not too happy.

40 points only think it's a little interesting, you can be a little happy, and you can leave a seat on the headline page.

50 points, 60 points, will be more exciting, but it will not be exciting for long, and the media will not have any more special reports.

In terms of scoring, Li Liang wants to cause another sensation, so he can only work hard in the direction of Kobe's 81 points and Chamberlain's 100 points.

And for Thunder fans in the regular season, it's basically "waking up and another big win", without much sense of expectation.

The strength of the Big Three is too strong, and this Big Three is not the kind of entrepreneurial group that "my brothers haven't won the championship for many years, so let's get together and do a big career", which lacks drama.

Li Liang himself has won three consecutive championships alone, and he came to Thunder to look like a period drama with the main theme of "provincial cadres go to the countryside to guide the work of poor counties and complete the task of poverty alleviation", can fans and the media love to watch it?

Judging from the data and on-court performance, even if he is a substitute, Li Liang is still first-class.

Coupled with the Thunder's proud record, he has always been ranked second in the MVP individual rankings.

But there is often an insurmountable distance between the second and the first, and this distance is the prejudice and aesthetic fatigue in people's hearts.

If Li Liang wants to win another MVP, he must make his results, data, performance, and team record so hard that prejudice and aesthetic fatigue are invalid.

The other way is to get something new for everyone, such as ...... Let's have a lore, a wonderful savior at a critical moment.

At this time, you need the cooperation of your teammates.

The teammates are too strong, and the fans want to sleep after watching it.

If your teammates play too much and you lose the game, no matter how good you play, it's always useless to lose the game.

At this point, the Thunder's idea of resting Durant and keeping Westbrook in the rotation is quite correct.

There's a good chance it's Mike Brown's idea again.

After defeating the Pistons, the Thunder, who returned to Russian City, had a day to repair.

Li Liang spent a day resting and sleeping, and as the playoffs approached, he slowly began to stop playing system tasks, and wanted to devote himself to the real game.

Compared with the regular season MVP, for Li Liang, a more attractive honor is the unprecedented four consecutive championships.

Phil Jackson once said that three or two crowns are a limit.

Indeed, since the Boston Celtics' insurmountable eight-game winning streak in the '60s, no team has won more than three consecutive championships.

The 8th consecutive championship is not only a reflection of the greatness of the team and players, but also the factor of the times, after all, there were too few NBA teams at that time, and they were not competitive enough.

After the start of modern basketball, the two teams that achieved three consecutive championships were coached by Phil Jackson, and it is arguably the best qualified to say this.

He said that three consecutive championships are the limit, which shows that four consecutive championships are really too difficult and difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky.

But that's for the team, for the players...... In addition to the group of people from the Celtics era, there is such a number one person in the league, and that person is the head coach of the Warriors, Steve Kerr.

Kerr won three straight championships with the Bulls in the 1996-1998 season, and then signed with the San Antonio Spurs after the Bulls broke up in the summer of 1998.

Immediately, the Spurs won the championship in the shortened season of 1999, and won the championship ring for four consecutive seasons, which can be said to be a proper winner in life.

And Li Liang has to do something different, he wants to win the championship as the core of the team.

This is the true meaning of the personal four consecutive championships.

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On March 31, the Thunder ushered in a tough game at home - the Los Angeles Clippers.

Although the strength of the Clippers has not improved in the past two years, they have never been able to make up for the big hole of losing Li Liang.

But the basic structure of Paul Green Jordan Jr. still allows them to maintain the strength of the team.

Griffin, in particular, has improved and grown in the past two seasons and is healthy without too many injury problems.

Paul has all kinds of minor injuries, and this little man has always been strong and active on the court.

Of course, his mentality is much better than in the past, even if he is often sad, but in general, there is no knot in his heart when he plays.

With the championship in hand, for him, if he can get another championship, he will earn it.

Rivers also brought in Paul Pierce and Jeff Green for the Clippers' forward line, and brought his son Austin Rivers to his team.

Don't look at the NBA as a hot-blooded competitive league, from the perspective of pure work and business, this is a field with high job returns, vague work thresholds, and serious small circles.

Those coaches and management people, check their family background, most of them are second and third generations, and their fathers and grandparents work in the basketball circle, with a lot of money and little to do, and they don't need too high a degree of education, and then they are introduced to work in the league.

It's the same with players, it's just that when a player needs a little talent, it's not just a relationship, you're Jordan's son.

Austin Rivers was also known throughout the country as an excellent guard in high school.

Entering the NBA with a high pick was a bit uncomfortable and didn't play very well.

After coming to the Clippers, because I have a dad who is a head coach, I get more playing time to practice.

In this game, Paul was absent due to injury, so many people thought that there was not much suspense.

Who knew that the game was very intense.

Austin Rivers, who started in place of Paul, exploded from the outside.

He shot 7-of-9 from three-point range and 12-of-19 from two-point range.

This kind of offensive performance, you don't necessarily get Paul to play.

The two sides fought with sparks, and the Thunder and Clippers, who were in full shape of the Big Three, launched a battle against each other.

The Thunder led by 7 points in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, Rivers hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside, and the Clippers successfully overtook them.

In the third quarter, Li Liang made his debut and played a wave of offensive shockwaves with Durant to open the difference.

And the Clippers played very tenaciously, and Rivers and Crawford were terrifying in their shots from the outside.

Perhaps because no one had any hope for the Clippers before the game, the Clippers players played very relaxed.

And once you relax, you will have a better performance and a more accurate shot.

In the fourth quarter, the Clippers once approached or even overtook the score.

At this time, Li Liang finally began to burst out with all his energy.

In the case of Durant's two missed jump shots, Li Liang first hated Rivers in defense.

Then, a mid-range jumper was hit to level the score in the final minute.

The Clippers called a timeout, and when they returned, Li Liang caused another offensive foul on Griffin's defense.

Then on the counterattack, he burst into the basket after a three-point feint and hit a pull-up jump shot.

But the Clippers were very tenacious, and Crawford hit a long-range three-pointer with great difficulty, leaving the Thunder with only 5.8 seconds to almost kill the game.

Donovan called a timeout, and finally decided to put the ball in Li Liang's hands.

And Li Liang lived up to expectations, facing the Clippers' double bag, Kobe Bryant's style was fully displayed.

It's just not to pass the ball, it's to throw, the left wing is 45 degrees after receiving the ball in a difficult ultra-long three-point shot, hitting the board!

After scoring the goal, Li Liang himself was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and jumped on the technical table in the cheers that overturned the sky.

Because he didn't use any props or skills, he threw it by his own feelings!

It was left with 1 second for the Clippers.

There was no miracle, the Clippers didn't make a final shot, and the game was over.

The Thunder at home, 117-115, narrowly defeated the Clippers by 2 points, continuing their winning streak.

And Li Liang's performance is getting hotter and hotter.