Chapter 796: Superfluous
For Li Liang, a game lasts more than 30 minutes, and half of the time is faced by the opponent's substitute lineup.
Whether it is the strength of the alignment or the tactical literacy, it is worse than the starter, this kind of alignment of the superior horse running the inferior horse, it is strange that he does not play easily.
Moreover, in order to make up the Big Three, the Lakers consumed a lot of draft picks and role players, and the bench was full of players signed with base salaries.
There is a certain amount of strength, and it is point guards Gary Neal and Brandon Buss.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, Scott replaced Leonard and replaced Lefu with Li Liang.
Leonard sat on the sidelines, expressionless, staring blankly at the court, unaware of what was going on in his head.
played against Li Liang for four minutes, scored a total of 1 point, and was led by Li Liang to tie the score.
played Li Liang one-on-one, but he didn't succeed once, and at the same time, the defensive end couldn't prevent Li Liang at all.
Leonard himself is also wondering in his heart, obviously Li Liang's singles skills are not top-notch, why can't he prevent it?
Li Liang does not have Durant's super-tall but still delicate dribbling, nor does he have Kobe's superb hand kung fu with full feints.
Leonard is still very confident in defending Durant, and he can usually have an advantage against Kobe Bryant in training.
Only this Bruce Lee can't get him back.
Because Li Liang will never give Leonard the opportunity to use his skills to defend himself head-on.
Li Liang will definitely take advantage of the situation, will use conversion, will use dislocation, cover, and will create psychological advantages.
In short, in front of Li Liang, Leonard had a feeling that he couldn't do it.
A sense of frustration permeated Leonard's mind.
Of course, it is completely indistinguishable on the face.
In the second quarter, Li Liang was playing a game on the court, and a line of words floated in front of him - [anger +20, from Kawyan-Leonard].
Li conscience said with a sigh of relief, this guy is really going to delay! And hold a grudge!
I didn't feel it at the time, but after writing down the small notebook, I drew a circle and cursed you.
Li Liang was still confused, and Lefu had already come over to the card position.
Love replaced Leonard, and the Lakers changed their style of play.
After being traded to the Lakers in the summer, Love not only did not lose weight, but further strengthened his muscle mass on the original basis and made himself stronger.
For an interior player, weight is sometimes more important than height.
Without height, you can still rely on skill and strength to run on the inside.
Without weight, it is completely impossible to gain a foothold in the most competitive place in the three-second zone.
Lefu hit Li Liang with his back, and then found that he couldn't move......
In the last game in Russia, Lefu felt that he couldn't beat Li Liang at all.
Obviously, the weight has increased a little more, and the little fat man is about to become a big fat man, why can't he beat Li Liang, who was born as a small forward, now?
After not moving for a long time, Lefu could only pass the ball to his teammates.
In the end, the outside shot missed, and Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound.
Seeing the opportunity, Li Liang made a long pass to Vitesse who came to the front.
It's a pity that the ball was passed big, and it was cut back by the Lakers and missed.
Li Liang is this style, and his level is not as good as Lefu's in terms of long passing, but he dares to pass it on.
Anyway, no one dared to scold him if he made a mistake.
Then, the Lakers used the cooperation to tear the defense inside, and Gary Neal broke through the basket to score.
The biggest problem with the Thunder's second team is the defense on the inside, with Kante being reliable part of the time and going off the line part of the time.
Thankfully, N'Golo Kante's attack was good.
Li Liang responded with a high post and passed the ball to N'Golo Kante, who cut inside.
After Kante received the ball, he lightly hooked a small hook and hit the shot to score two points.
The Thunder have one Adams, one Kanter, and two tall and strong insiders.
This configuration is rare in today's NBA.
Then, Love found an opportunity from the outside and missed a three-point shot.
The same goes for the Thunder, and Waiters didn't score a three-pointer.
Both sides entered a tug-of-war, and the score rose very slowly.
Li Liang was slightly invisible during this time, as if he was holding back his big move.
The two sides were tied at 35-35 and entered the first official timeout of the second quarter.
During the official timeout, Donovan took the tactical board and prepared to make some personnel adjustments.
Because Kante had a lot of holes in the defensive end, he decided to bring on Adams.
Li Liang said foul, "Billy, I think we still have to focus on offense, it's time to let Kevin play." You see he played poorly in the first quarter, shouldn't he be on the court now to find his form? ”
Li Liang also makes sense when he says this.
Before Donovan could decide, Li Liang snatched a tactical board from Mike Brown and began to draw a few tactics for his teammates.
The players in the second team listened to Li Liang's words very much, and concentrated on guiding and commanding.
Li Liang asked the whole team to further open up the space, and Li Liang and Durant will form a two-person combination of blocking and dismantling.
The main tactical body of the Thunder still revolves around the individual abilities of the Big Three.
Whether Li Liang is with Westbrook or Durant, he can play a powerful blocking and dismantling cooperation.
This tactic is simple, but practical, can be used continuously, and it is difficult for opponents to find a strategy to deal with it.
In the last game against the Lakers, Donovan was more rigid in substitutions and did not take advantage of opportunities.
Li Liang believes that it is necessary to establish an advantage in the second quarter, so that the third quarter can directly beat the Lakers to death.
In this season's game, Li Liang doesn't like to drag it out until the fourth quarter.
Li Liang finished arranging, and when the timeout came, Donovan basically didn't speak.
He was a little helpless and asked Li Liang, "Are you a coach or am I a coach?" ”
Li Liang replied: "Of course you are the coach." ”
"So you know I'm a coach."
"That's right, you're a coach, what's wrong with you asking me to say a few words? You need to rest. ”
Donovan shook his head helplessly, but still listened to Li Liang's advice and let Durant come on the court to replace Sinigler.
It is true that Singer can be a bit of a lag at times, and against a strong team like the Lakers, you better not have obvious weaknesses.
Sure enough, on the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant reappeared, and Leonard also returned.
Scott shortened the rest time of the main team, which is a problem that any team has to face when facing the Thunder at the moment, and the main team must play early, otherwise it is really impossible to play.
Durant and Li Liang were on the floor at the same time, and the Thunder's offense suddenly became rich.
The huge space on the outside makes the Lakers' defense too late to make up for it, and Leonard is alone, where is it enough.
The Lakers' declining defensive ability from the outside has never been able to solve it as Kobe Bryant ages.
When Li Liang was there, the two elders of Xuan Ming were often penetrated, and they relied purely on offense to find back to make up for it.
Now, Li Liang and Durant are a double whammy.
As soon as he came back from the timeout, Li Liang passed the ball to Durant from the outside, and Durant received the ball and hit a three-point shot.
The feel is back.
Then, Li Liang blocked Kobe's layup in the interior defense.
In the counterattack, Durant returned the favor and passed to Li Liang.
Li Liang faced Leonard's defense, ignored the interference, and hit the three-point shot again!
Two three-pointers go in, and the pressure on the Lakers' side is high.
Kobe, who also turned into a super point guard in the first quarter, began to attack on his own.
There is no way, the nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, not to mention Kobe's iron-clad country, how can it be so easy to change the color?
Kobe Bryant also wanted to score three points on the outside, but was capped by Durant, and he was directly a three-pointer.
Kanter picked up a rebound, Li Liang pushed back, and threw the ball high to Durant.
The ball was a little bigger, and Durant received the ball in the air, but there was no way to hit the basket directly.
He chose to pass it again and gave it to Li Liang, who was following him, Li Liang received the ball and faced Lefu, and won the one-handed dunk with one person!
Li Liang's dunk is occasionally revealing.
But this year, he is definitely not the elementary school student who dunked and dunked the rim like Curry before.
Lefu was directly knocked out of the bottom line by Li Liang, this ball is not a foul, and the referee did not blow a defensive foul on Lefu It is polite.
After the goal, Li Liang and Durant high-fived, and the Thunder beat the Lakers 8:0 in 2 minutes.
Seeing the tacit understanding between the two, it was Westbrook's turn to feel uncomfortable.
Why do I feel like I'm superfluous?