Chapter 770: Chase and Fight
The Thunder has Li Liang as a substitute, and it is impossible for the Raptors to always keep the main players on the court for him.
And the moment Li Liang took off his sportswear and appeared on the stage, the fans at the scene had a feeling of "TM's main force finally appeared".
The atmosphere at the scene was different all of a sudden, and there was warm applause.
Li Liang appeared on the court in the last three minutes of the first quarter, which was quite a bit of a beating of children.
Sure enough, as soon as he came on the field, Li Liang's state got up quickly, and he held back for a long time for most of the quarter.
On defense, give DeRozan a big hat under the basket!
DeRozan was quite miserable in the first quarter, he was defended by Durant at first, and when Durant went down, he was targeted by Li Liang again.
After Li Liang blocked DeRozan's breakthrough, he launched a quick counterattack with the ball.
He slotted the ball in from the middle, drew the ball to the defenders, and then gave the ball to N'Golo Kante, who was following him.
Kante catches the ball and makes an easy layup.
Then, the Raptors used continuous passing balls, and Joseph burst to the basket and made a successful layup.
Westbrook remained on the court to cooperate with Li Liang.
Westbrook used his speed to get rid of the defense and enter the three-second zone, this time it was Li Liang who followed on the wing, and after receiving Westbrook's hidden hand-handed pass, he jumped on the edge of the three-second zone and scored a split dunk with one hand!
After coming to the Thunder, Li Liang became passionate when he played.
It's no longer as steady as it was with the Pacers, and you have to press the formation alone.
All kinds of charges, smashing baskets, dunks, fast breaks, quite easy and refreshing.
On the Raptors' side, Rose changed direction with the ball and went to the basket from the left side, wanting to make a light pick-and-roll.
As a result, Li Liang, who was defended by the wing, had a pegboard cap on the rebound, and the second big hat after the debut.
In the summer, Li Liang has already upgraded the skill [Russell's Three-Second Zone Fear] to level 2.
Anyway, he didn't know how to improve, but while he was doing a few tasks, this skill was improved.
It may have something to do with staying under the basket for a long time and increasing experience points.
This defensive intensity caught the Raptors players off guard.
In the counterattack, Westbrook accelerated again to hit the basket, and then passed the ball to Li Liang with a back-of-head pass, Li Liang received the ball and feint to avoid the block, and then lightly together, and made a layup.
Relaxed! Simple! Nature!
The cooperation between Li Liang and Westbrook is really very tacit.
Durant sat on the sidelines and watched, silently feeling that he was a little redundant.
With Westbrook here, Li Liang turned into a cake eater, and several goals were scored very comfortably.
By the end of the first quarter, the score was 25:11, and the Thunder had a 14-point lead over the Raptors.
The Raptors' offense was really bad.
The second quarter of the game began, and the coach between the second lineup.
That's when the Raptors' real hope begins.
The Raptors are really off the bench, and they left one DeRozan in the starter.
And take a look at the Thunder's side, Li LiangTM is still on the court with a second lineup, and the calf is finished, how can this be played?
As soon as the second quarter came up, Li Liang received the ball in the corner position, and after being caught by the Raptors, a [Bill Wharton's back-of-head pass] went to the basket, and Waiters cut the ball and made a layup.
Raptors' Patterson's catch-and-hook shot under the basket was interfered with by Kanter and missed.
N'Golo Kante's catch-and-basket was then blocked by Biyombo.
Vitesse got the frontcourt rebound and gave the ball to Li Liang to reorganize the offense.
Li Liang received the ball in a high position and faced Patterson, held the ball and rushed to the basket, and after shaking Biyombo with a quick stop feint, he jumped and shot again, causing Biyombo's foul, and the shooting also caused Biyombo's foul.
This one is a little confused than Yongbo.
Just took Kante, and felt that he was flying away, and he was immediately deceived by Li Liang.
Li Liang's various feints are also a must, all kinds of deception, and it is impossible to prevent it.
After hitting the free throw, 30:11, the difference was about to reach 20 points.
The Raptors played a quarter and scored in just double digits, which was really inefficient.
Finally, DeRozan broke through the middle and gave the ball to the bottom corner, and Rose received the ball and hit a three-point shot to quench the Raptors' thirst.
Subsequently, Augustin broke through and rammed Biyombo in the attack, and was whistled for an offensive foul by the referee.
Li Liang was really speechless about Augustine, and Nima rushed with the ball by himself, didn't he see the core of Lao Tzu on the field?
Augustine was scolded.
After that, Joseph missed a driving layup, no one under the basket, and Kanter could collect the rebound.
As a result, Kanter was not stuck, and Joseph rushed to the basket from behind, and actually lost the rebound.
Kante was scolded again.
To be honest, the Thunder's bench is still quite bad offensively and defensively.
Augustin, Vitesse, and N'Golo Kante are all players who have flaws in their technical style or playing personality, otherwise they would not have been substitutes.
But Li Liang is not afraid, the three fools can take it, but they can't take you?
Li Liang actively grabbed in defense, causing Rose's mistake, the ball went out of bounds, and the ball returned to the Thunder.
This time, Augustine didn't dare to be alone anymore, and gave the ball to Li Liang in the high position.
Li Liang returned to the organizational style of play of small forwards, beckoned Kante to come over to block and dismantle from the outside, and directly pulled up three points in the middle to force a shot!
Didn't hit ...... But the ball collapsed far away, Li Liang predicted the landing point in advance, grabbed the rebound in the front court, rode a horse directly in the air and shot arrows, and hit two points on the board.
With Li Liang here, the offensive efficiency of the Thunder's second team is stronger than that of the starting lineup.
Because Li Liang is too prominent on the bench, several players of the Raptors can't stop him at all.
Casey scratched his head on the sidelines, this rotation was completely unmanageable.
People are afraid of horse racing, inferior horses against superior horses, medium horses against inferior horses, and superior horses against medium horses.
Thunder is good, superior horse to superior horse, superior horse to medium horse, superior horse to inferior horse......
Is there one you play like this? Just you Mado?
But there is no way, the Big Three can play like this, Li Liang took the initiative to play as a substitute, which really made the opponent unable to deal with it.
The mentality of the Raptors players is a bit broken.
DeRozan held the ball and missed his step-back jumper from the horn position.
Li Liang once again won the backcourt rebound and held the ball for half of the court.
The Raptors' defense is obviously not tight enough, Li Liang found an opportunity on the right side, and shot directly at the three points from a long distance, without a little hesitation!
"Huh!"
Finally hit, Li Liang threw the first three-pointer of the game!
The margin came to 21 points, and it was only three minutes into the second quarter.
Casey had no choice but to call a timeout, and he had to replace the main lineup in advance.
Otherwise, if you continue to play at this pace, this game will be running for 58.
Li Liang returned to the bench and felt great in the past few minutes.
With his all-round ability, he can bring up no matter how pitted his teammates are.
This Li Liang is very similar to Harden, Harden just went to the Rockets that year, and the level of his teammates is also indescribable.
But he is just stubborn and able to bring the Rockets to the playoffs every year.
A player like Durant is indeed stronger and can take the team to greater heights.
But his technical characteristics determine that it will be more difficult to lead ordinary teammates, and it is not a superior and durable system core.
Therefore, the Thunder Sanshao was indeed a very, very good complementary combination back then, but the detonator had a draft vision and did not maintain the patience, foresight and money of the lineup.
Li Liang, as a fully strengthened version of Harden, appeared as a super sixth man, and the effect was naturally outstanding.
After the timeout, Lowry returned to the court, while Durant and Westbrook continued to rest off the court.
Donovan knew that Li Liang's game was feeling out, and he wanted to let him continue to expand the advantage with the second team.
Lowry returned, but the Raptors' offense still didn't improve.
Lowry burst into the basket with the ball and came out in a circle, but didn't find a chance.
Rose, who was given to the perimeter, missed the throw after the breakaway.
Li Liang got the backcourt rebound again, and he is now very comfortable grabbing this rebound.
Counterattacking with the ball, the Raptors' strengthened defensive intensity, and focused on taking care of Li Liang.
Kante asked for the ball on the inside, but Li Liang didn't give it, he stabilized and continued to play with a success rate.
Kanter came out to cover, but Li Liang did not use his cover, but accelerated directly in the middle to break through, and after hitting the basket, he successfully made a layup!
Li Liang's breakthrough speed is not fast, it is still a straight breakthrough, but the rhythm is very good, Biyombo was mobilized, and the basket was empty.
After the offense was successful, Li Liang immediately commanded the whole team to press the Raptors all over the court.
This full-court pressing is very sudden, you TM lead by more than 20 points, and you are still pressing all over the court?
But Li Liang's style of play is like this, focusing on chasing and fighting, establishing a huge advantage in a short period of time, and striving to eliminate the opponent's will to resist in one go.
If he becomes a coach in the future, it is estimated that it will be this fierce and urgent coaching style.
The pressing defense was very successful, the Raptors made a pass error, and Witesse cut off the pass to Li Liang.
Li Liang was not in a hurry, and he was not in a hurry to take advantage of his opponent's mistakes to play fast.
He knows that at this time, the rhythm is in his own hands, and he is anxious when he sees a little good, which will give the opponent a chance to take advantage of.
He slowed down with the ball, Kante came over to block again, this time he used the block to bypass the opponent's defense, hit the basket from the left side, attracted the defense and then a high toss pass, Kante relayed in the air, and dunked with both hands!
Mature and perfect positional offense, the Raptors were about to be defeated by the Thunder in five minutes in the second quarter.
And the fans of the Russian city really felt at this time how the MVP of the three-time finals played.
The cheers never stopped.