Chapter 87: The Dilemma of 31 Points
The next day, July 14, the game resumed.
The Lakers' opponent today is the Sacramento Kings.
The match was still scheduled for the second session in the afternoon.
The first game is the Golden State Warriors against the Denver Nuggets, who just arrived in Vegas today.
After yesterday's loss, today's Warriors clearly have the intention of on the Nuggets' head.
Li Liang sat on the sidelines and saw a familiar face on the Nuggets, which was Fournier.
He was picked by the Denver Nuggets with the 20th pick in the first round and was the highest-pick player in that Nets-Rockets training camp.
As a first-round pick, he is of course treated much better than Lee.
He just signed with the Nuggets two days ago on a four-year, $6.55 million contract.
However, he may not be as dazzling as Li Liang on the court.
Li Liang's attention today is obviously different from yesterday, as soon as he entered the COX gymnasium, a reporter clicked at him.
During the warm-up practice in the morning, the Lakers had a lot of long guns and short guns on their side.
Obviously, Li Liang's performance on the court yesterday boosted his impact.
The video of his ultra-long key three-pointer on the Internet has soared in clicks.
On domestic forums, Li Liang's popularity began to slowly rise.
Of course, the 17-point statistic is not shocking enough.
For most casual fans, not scoring 40 points in a summer league game is nothing to look up to.
Only some senior fans who are idle and have nothing to do can detect that Li Liang is unusual after watching the video of this summer league.
"This Bruce Lee defense is really good at it, and as soon as he comes on the court, the temperament of the whole Lakers is different, more like a team, he is definitely the winner of the game."
"Agree with the upstairs, especially to pound Barnes down, a little hanging. Why was there no news before? Which academy team has passed? Can I go back to my home country to play? ”
"I don't think it's very useful to play the national team, we still lack guards, and his type is more suitable for playing in the NBA."
These veteran fans watch the game all year round and can still see some ways.
Some American journalists and media have begun to take Li Liang as an object to be observed.
The game between the Warriors and the Nuggets was played very quickly, and the Nuggets were Jordan Hamilton and Kenny Farid in addition to Fournier.
The Nuggets summer league lineup composed of these three people has a typical Nuggets style, which is strong offense and weak defense.
Hamilton had a mediocre season last season and Farid was incredibly explosive, but that explosiveness was hard to show in the summer league.
Summer League is the world of singles, pitchers, and attackers with the ball.
Harris Barnes, who was fouled by Li Liang in the last game and was fouled, vented his anger on the Nuggets.
He scored 15 points on 3-of-3 three-pointers in the half.
Liggins and Thompson also played well, and they burst out to shoot three-pointers, making it impossible for the Nuggets to find the north.
The Warriors' offense was really sharp, while Fournier on the Nuggets' side had no touch, scoring only 10 points in the game.
Jordan Hamilton's 18 points were already team-high.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Denver Nuggets by 94:75 and 19 points, which was a bit of a resentment of yesterday's loss to the Lakers.
Game 2 was followed by the Lakers' turn, and their opponent was the Kings.
In terms of lineup, the Kings and Lakers are only half a catty.
Their No. 5 pick, Thomas Robinson, played badly enough last time out to live up to expectations.
Of course, the first game of the summer league is still uncountable.
This one, Thomas Robinson wants to make a name for himself.
Li Liang is still very familiar with Thomas Robinson.
Ahead of this year's NCAA finals, Calipari took a hard look at the heart of Kansas.
Regarding the characteristics of Robinson's play, as well as his weaknesses, Li Liang is quite clear in his conscience.
Who let him be a water cooler in the wildcat, and he can't play and can only listen with his ears.
He was no longer a substitute in this game, and Mike Brown decisively let him start.
He can now be the spiritual leader of the team!
Captain in the mouth of his teammates!
Brown didn't go any further, organizing the team to train in the morning and carefully arranging the tactics in the afternoon.
This Laker has made it clear that their style of play is defense, quick counterattack, three-point shooting.
This was the tactical strategy that Mike Brown used with the Cavaliers back then.
Hoard defensive players and sappers, wear down opponents with defense, and leave the offense to LeBron James.
Li Liang is certainly not LeBron James, saying that he is a poor version of James is lifting up the poor.
But Li Liang's three-point shot is quite stable and can be used as a tactical point.
After the game started, the Lakers played quite hard.
Unlike the last game of Warriors vs. Nuggets, which was fast-paced, this one was full of fouls and turnovers.
The game was fragmented and fragmented.
But the Lakers' players played together.
It's typical Mike Brown style.
Although the defense is tiring and boring, it can make the players unite as one, like chicken blood.
Li Liang is the key figure, he drives Bob Knight's hair dryer and directs the team's defense.
Thomas Robinson was targeted to death.
His shortcomings in attacking with the ball are further magnified.
8 mistakes in the last game, this one is even more terrible, 9!
And among these 9 mistakes, Li Liang contributed 3!
He had three steals in the game.
In fact, in terms of steal value, Li Liang's ability value of 40 points is not high.
But Thomas Robinson can't help Li Liang from attacking him all the time!
There is no other reason, Li Liang just wants to complete the task, the [counterattack of the second round show 2b] task, and complete 3 steals against Robinson.
Li Liang fought for 7 fouls, broke the ball from Robinson's hand 3 times, and also broke the offensive rhythm of the Kings.
Robinson was angry, but he learned Barnes's lesson and was not impulsive.
In the final minute of the game, the Lakers relied on two key breakaway layups by Darius Morris to freeze the score at 91-87.
The Lakers defeated the Kings by 4 points and won two in a row!
Li Liang hit 4 three-pointers in this game, scored 14 points, 3 steals, and 3 rebounds.
The statistics are still not obvious, but he has completed countless supplementary defenses and auxiliary defenses, and has stifled the opponent's offense many times.
He provided quality cover for his teammates and lifted the spirit of the whole team in a way that the stats couldn't tell.
After this game, the Lakers got a day to rest.
After Li Liang completed the task, he got two rune upgrade fragments.
He pondered the lucky wheel in the system for most of the day, but he still didn't figure out any doorway.
On July 16, the Lakers shifted their position to the Thomas Mark Sports Center in Las Vegas.
This time the opponent is the Miami Heat.
There were many spectators at the scene.
The Lakers and Heat already have a lot of fans in the NBA, not to mention a special group of spectators at the Thomas Mark Center today.
That's the American Dream Team in Las Vegas preparing for the 2012 Olympics.
The 12-member U.S. team led by Coach K began training in Las Vegas on July 9.
Kobe Bryant is also on the team, and after training camp in Kentucky, he traveled to Vegas with the U.S. team.
Most of the parent teams of the 12 stars played in Vegas, and they chose to watch this game collectively because after the first two games, Kobe praised Li Liang as a flower.
LeBron James on the same team is obviously not convinced, and others also want to see what this mysterious Chinese player, who can be praised by Kobe, has what he is capable of.
Therefore, this Heat vs Lakers has become the most interesting matchup in the summer league.
This one, the Lakers, who won two in a row, were in huge trouble in the game.
The Heat's lineup doesn't seem to be strong, and as champions, they don't have high-ranking rookies.
The team is led by Norris Cole, Tress Harris and Dexter Pittman.
This lineup is not much better than the Lakers.
But in the coach's box on the Heat's side, Spolskola personally commanded the team.
As the head coach of the championship, Spolskola has always been very serious and serious.
After winning this year's championship, Spo is still working hard to complete the task of summer league.
After watching the first two Lakers games, Spolio made a small deal and used a small lineup against the Lakers.
On the defensive end, let Norris Kerr stick to Li Liang and not give him an open three-point opportunity.
At this time, Li Liang was abolished more than half on the offensive end.
Because no matter who defends him, as long as someone sticks to him and doesn't give him a chance to shoot three points in the open position, his offense will not be used.
The Lakers can't use a double-cover strategy against Li Liang for the entire game.
On the offensive end, the Heat are egalitarian, and anyone can score a few rounds.
In this case, unless Li Liang incarnates as a thousand-armed Guanyin, plus Garnett, Artest, and Peyton possessed, there is no way to take care of it.
The so-called one drum, then decline, and three exhaustion, the Lakers' defense was pierced through in the first half, and the offensive end fell into a serious scoring drought.
At the end of the half, the difference was stretched to 31 points!
The Lakers scored a total of 25 points in the first half!
This is simply a shameful statistic!
In terms of strength, the two sides are comparable, and they are both garbage players anyway.
But the Lakers were targeted, especially Li Liang, and without his three-point threat, the Lakers' tactics collapsed.
Li Liang is not a playmaker after all, and when he is targeted, he has no way to break the game.
Once the offense can't be opened, keep giving the Heat a counterattack, and the result is that the defense is a mess.
At halftime, the Lakers bench, which was steaming hot the day before yesterday, suddenly became silent and cold.
Everyone didn't speak, and the passion was suddenly exhausted with the big score behind.
There are only 10 players left on the Lakers team today, and some of them have already been released from their contracts after not performing well after playing two games.
After this fight, I don't know who will be expelled from the team?
Kobe Bryant, who was still talking and laughing before the game, is now sitting in the audience with a black face and a chest crossed.
And James on the side chatted happily with Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony.
According to the posture of the first half, the difference between the two sides may reach 58 points.
At this point, there was a sudden and amazing sight on the Lakers' bench.
There was a player who brought a few empty stools around him and put them together.
Then he put a towel over his face, covered his ears with his hands, and lay down on a stool.
What's wrong with this guy? How did you get asleep on the bench?
This person was Li Liang, he asked everyone not to disturb him, and then he lay down and fell asleep.
Mike Brown doesn't even know what this guy is going to do, he's still playing, and he's getting a good night's sleep?
Besides, it's so noisy in the stadium, can you sleep?
Did you go out and fool around last night? No wonder it's in such bad shape!
In short, Li Liang's strange behavior was photographed by many people.
What the hell is he trying to do?
These players of the Dream Team also saw Li Liang's move.
James said to Kobe, "What's the matter with this little guy?" Can't stand up to the performance of your teammates? ”
Kobe glanced at James and didn't speak, but thought in his heart, if this guy Bruce Lee doesn't come up with something in the second half, he wants him to look good when he goes back to Los Angeles!