The reason why Li Liang chose Carl Malone as the template package is simple: cheap.

Needless to say, Jordan's template, 200,000 anger points, this is to hollow out Li Liang's family foundation.

Like Olajuwon's template, it also costs 100,000 anger points, and the price is too expensive to bear.

Like Sean Kemp's template, cheap is cheap, thirty thousand, but Li Liang has little interest in his ability.

Only Malone is the most suitable, as long as 50,000, which is an acceptable price for Li Liang, and at the same time, the ability points that Malone is good at are not only what Li Liang needs, but also relatively consistent with the current trend of the NBA, and there is no disconnection with the times.

So, choosing the Carl Malone template is the best choice.

And the first task of Li Liang's training after entering the template came to the 1994 Western Conference Finals:

[Mission: 94 West Finals, Time: May 23, 1994, Location: Compaq Center, Houston, USA, Matchup: Utah Jazz vs Houston Rockets, Mission Requirements: Replace Malone, lead the Jazz team to defeat the Rockets, and score at least 30 points. Reward: Marlon Template +1, Task Difficulty: Superstar]

In 1994, to beat the Houston Rockets in the first game of the Western Conference finals was already a superstar task.

You must know that the Rockets were the champions of that year, and Li Liang had played for the Rockets in missions before, and they were indeed strong in 1994.

The Jazz weren't in their prime yet, as they struggled to eliminate the Denver Nuggets in the semifinals in 1994.

That year, King Kong was fortunate to kill the supersonic in the first round of the black eight, 3:2, so he gave the Jazz a chance to advance to the Western Conference finals, otherwise the Jazz may not have played the supersounds.

The process of the Jazz eliminating the Nuggets is also very dramatic, they first led the Nuggets 3:0, and that year's Nuggets didn't seem to be able to play if they didn't fall behind by a big score, and they were sentenced to death 0:3 They actually broke out in the small universe, won three games in a row, and pulled the big score to 3:3!

The same drama as the first round of the SuperSonics, seeing that the Nuggets were about to complete a unique 0:3 comeback in history, the Jazz gritted their teeth and held on, and Karl Malone took away the Nuggets by 31 points in Salt Lake City, so that the miracle could not be staged.

However, it can also be seen that the Jazz are still not strong enough in terms of overall strength, and they were forced to this point by the Nuggets, if they really lose the tie-break, the history of the NBA playoffs will be rewritten, and the legend of the Denver Nuggets will be even higher that year.

The Jazz team, which survived the semifinals, couldn't do it when it came to the Western Finals, and was beaten by the Rockets, 4:1, basically without the power to fight back.

Now that Li Liang has replaced Ma Long, it is obviously not so easy to lead the Jazz to win, and it is not so easy to defeat the championship team without any props. Without any preparation, Li Liang came to the tattered Compaq Center, came to the field and began to enter the game.

The Rockets have just played 7 games against the Suns in the semifinals and have been reborn and evolved, Olajuwon is outstanding, the Rockets are united, the three military civilians, and the Jazz are not the opponents of the Rockets at all.

After Li Liang replaced Ma Long, the biggest advantage was his three-point shot, and the Rockets would not prevent Ma Long's three points, which belonged to Li Liang's special advantage in many tasks.

But the advantage must cover up the disadvantage, and then the advantage must be converted into a win, the 1994 playoffs are not 1974, it is not so easy to win the game by relying on three-point bang, and the opposite Rockets are originally a three-point team.

And they have Olajuwon, Thorpe and Robert Hawley inside, which is completely different from the Golden State Warriors' interior configuration.

Li Liang played the Warriors, and was once the tallest player on the court, but this time in 1994, he instantly became a younger brother.

Not to mention the other side, Jazz has a Mark Eaton in his own house, who is 2.21 meters tall, nicknamed Mammoth, even if he is tall, his arms are very long, Li Liang feels like a schoolboy in front of him.

And Malone not only has an offensive burden in the Jazz, but he also has a task in defense, from time to time to go to the wrong position to one-on-one Olajuwon, but also to protect the team's backcourt rebounds, and the entire Jazz offense depends on him as a shaft to operate......

After this operation, Li Liang relied on three-pointers in the first half and hit 5 three-pointers, which caught the Rockets off guard.

But in the second half, the Rockets adjusted their defensive strategy, and with Olajuwon unstoppable on the inside, and Kenny Smith beating Stockton all over the head, the game became more and more difficult.

Fighting until the last minute of the fourth quarter, Sloan arranged a three-point shooting strategy, and the ball was finally given to Stockton, but Stockton missed a three-point shot - he can really beat the Rockets, and it will be three years later, wearing the dark blue snowy mountains.

At 98:96, the Jazz lost the game.

Li Liang tried his best and scored 33 points, but he still failed to complete the task.

In addition to his 33 points, he grabbed nine rebounds and committed six turnovers.

This Sir Nima's tactical system, he is not used to it at all, what UCLA system, he has been playing alone with the ball in Indiana for a season, and he is not proficient in these routines at all.

Coming out of the system, Li Liang shook his head, pondered it carefully, and felt that he might have been fooled.

Why do you say that you are fooled, because although Carl Malone's template is cheap, it is more compatible with himself.

But the problem is that Malone has not won a single championship in history, which means that he will help Malone play all kinds of lost finals and Western Conference finals.

Li Liang probably knows the strength of the Utah Jazz, the old cow dragged the broken car, a set of lineups and tactics for more than ten years, and finally boiled the western opponent to death, which can be regarded as a good start.

Ma Long and Stockton have cooperated for more than ten years to cooperate with a tacit understanding, and Li Liang now replaces Ma Long and wants to plug and play and play immediately, which is not a little difficult!

"Damn, I was fooled, I knew that I should have chosen a Novitsky template, it was more expensive, anyway, he didn't defend, just one board at a time, and the tactical system was relatively simple. How did I choose a Marlon! ”

Li Liang regretted a little, to put it bluntly, one is greedy, and the other is envious of Ma Long's big elbow, if he can rely on this task to train his big elbow, won't he go sideways in the alliance next year?

But the anger value has already been spent, and the path I chose will be completed while climbing.

So, Li Liang turned on the computer, searched for the video of the 1994 Western Conference Finals on the Internet, and began to carefully study and summarize it.

He also plans to take time to learn the essentials of UCLA's style of play in the system, so that he can better integrate into the Jazz's offensive system.

After all, the Jazz is a very stable team system, and the following tasks are estimated to be useful.

Calculating the time, it is only June, and there are still five months to go until November, and Li Liang has plenty of time to improve himself.

Thinking about it this way, next season's championship is probably guaranteed again.

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Just when Li Liang entered the system to continue to improve himself, preparing to surprise the alliance next summer, the arms race in the west further escalated.

The Spurs, the big winners of the draft, got Booker and Wiggins two potential stocks, and Popovich knew that Li Liang couldn't get it, so it was better to hold back and cultivate the two talented young people, and the Spurs still had a chance to rise again.

Moreover, the Spurs have always been about development and record, and after the draft, they set their sights on the free market and began to pursue one big fish in the free market this year - Aldridge.

After two unsuccessful seasons for the Trail Blazers, Ade knew there shouldn't be much chance of winning the championship here, and he wanted to go somewhere where to touch the championship.

Because Li Liang has never said where he is going, many people in the free market are holding back, watching where Li Liang goes, so that he can hug his thighs or something.

But Ade is not among them, after all, he is still at his peak, and he still wants to win a championship by his own ability before he hugs his thighs.

The Spurs are indeed a good choice, and in addition to the Spurs, the Lakers have also been interested, but unfortunately they have no space. Even if you want to sign first and then change, you don't have any chips.

In addition to Ade, another player for the Trail Blazers is also being targeted, and that is their small forward Batum.

The Golden State Warriors are actively pushing for a trade with David Lee as a bargaining chip, hoping to get Batum from the Trail Blazers to supplement their forward line against Li Liang, who is very likely to travel west.

The Warriors' front line is strong enough, but they still can't beat it, so they can only continue to pile people.

And next season, the teams in the west will know that it is impossible to defend against Li Liang by relying on a slightly thinner No. 3 position.