Chapter 253: Stop-and-Drop Jumper

(The previous chapters were ordered incorrectly, but they can't be modified)

The time has entered March, the cold of winter is slowly dissipating, and spring is coming, and the days are passing faster.

The playoffs are slowly becoming clearer, and the Lakers are still in first place in the league with a 48-13 record.

In the West, the San Antonio Spurs are close behind, followed by the Thunder and Clippers.

In the East, the Miami Heat are consolidating their position as the No. 1 spot in the East, and they are on a 12-game winning streak.

On March 3, the Los Angeles Lakers host the Atlanta Hawks.

Before the start of the match, a guest came to the team's dressing room, tennis superstar Novak Djokovic.

The Lakers are famous, and Los Angeles is a big city, and celebrities often visit, and they often visit the Lakers.

Deyo came to Los Angeles to participate in the tennis tournament this time, and as a Lakers fan, he came to see the Purple and Gold.

Novak Djokovic is a tennis superstar, but tennis players are thin like children in front of basketball.

Howard was eating salad shirtless in the locker room, his massive frame and massive muscle mass stunned Deyo.

At this time, Li Liang came in and saw it, and took off his clothes!

Start and Howard Derby Muscles!

Li Liang just likes to play the axe in the class, show off the dribble in front of Paul, show off the iron in front of Kobe, and show off his muscles in front of Howard.

Can Howard be afraid of him? The two of them had a muscle battle in front of Deyo.

Li Liang is of course a complete defeat, and in terms of the dimension and quality of muscles, no one in the whole league is Howard's opponent.

Deyo and the other Lakers players watched it from the sidelines, and Li Liang was really ......

But the coaching staff didn't see it that way, and there was a TWC TV cameraman who was filming together.

Li Liang's muscles are indeed not as good as Howard's, but how many years has Howard practiced it?

And Li Liang is almost visible to the naked eye getting stronger day by day, which is simply terrifying.

Take a look at the TWC TV documentary, what was it like when Li Liang's special was first filmed, and what kind of Yazi is now.

The reason is of course very simple, Li Liang has recently exercised his physical fitness in the system again.

As his body grew stronger, he felt that he was playing with ease in the game.

It's easier to get stuck under the basket, protect the ball after receiving the ball, including when dribbling, than it used to be.

The game against the Hawks was played at half past seven in the evening, and the Hawks were also a strong team in the East.

Center Pachuria, power forward Horford, small forward Josh Smith, scoring guard Stevenson, point guard Jeff Teague, and Korver and Devin Harris on the bench, it should be said that it is a very strong lineup.

The game was very intense from the start.

The Lakers controlled the tempo in the first quarter and made a perfect start with a 16-8 run.

However, after the Eagles took a timeout, they quickly launched a 12-3 counterattack.

The battle between the two sides was 33-26 in the first quarter, with the Lakers leading the Hawks by seven points.

In the second quarter, the Lakers still maintained their suppression of the Hawks, and Li Liang hit consecutive three-pointers to help the Lakers expand the margin to double digits.

But at the end of the second quarter, Howard made a series of fouls under the basket, complained to the referee in dissatisfaction, and received a technical foul.

You don't have a hair dryer, what are you complaining about?

Li Liang doesn't complain now, and the referees respect him very much.

You're going to use your performance, not your mouth, to win the game.

The Eagles took advantage of this opportunity and played an 11-0 counterattack.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers led by nine points, 55-46.

In the third quarter, the Hawks' bench launched a counterattack, and Devin Harris hit back-to-back three-pointers to narrow the gap to just five points.

The Lakers' offense was still very smooth, but Ci Shiping was left early due to a foul crisis.

Their already relatively weak forward line is only Li Liang left alone.

As a result, Harris went on a rampage again, scored consecutive baskets, and scored 2+1 and scored 12 points in a single quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was narrowed to just five points.

In the fourth quarter, at the moment of the decisive battle between the two sides, the Lakers' offense suddenly lost power. Choking and Strange Novels|w~w~w.

Li Liang shot a three-pointer from the outside, but the ball was stuck in the basket and couldn't go up and down......

Embarrassing, this is the first time Li Liang has thrown such an embarrassing ball.

The Eagles took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, scoring a breakaway and adding a three-pointer to tie the score.

The home fans were so anxious that they kept leading and were drawn.

And in the last five minutes, Kobe Bryant started to hit the iron again!

Why do you say it......

He missed three mid-range jumpers in a row, but fortunately Li Liang grabbed the rebound in the front court and assisted Meeks on the outside to hit a three-point shot.

With two minutes to go, the Hawks led the Lakers by one point at 94:93.

At the critical moment, Li Liang stood up.

He realistically accepted Shi's pass in the offense, took a step with the ball, made a jumper, and hit the board.

Then he caused an offensive foul on Josh Smith on the defensive end.

Kobe Bryant broke through the dribble directly in the counterattack and dunked Smith!

Since Lao Tzu can't vote, then I'll deduct one!

The Lakers overtook the score all of a sudden.

At the last critical moment, Josh Smith made another mistake and was hit by Li Liang's [Death Entanglement], breaking the ball.

Li Liang dribbled and made a fast-break layup to help the Lakers seal the win.

At 99:96, the Lakers beat the visiting Hawks by 3 points.

Bryant finished with 31 points, seven assists and eight rebounds.

After the All-Star break, Bryant began to score, assist, and rebound.

With the victory, he regained his spot at the top of the MVP rankings ahead of James.

And Li Liang continued to be the key man for the team.

He can now make a stop-and-go jump shot after dribbling through the ball, although his posture is a bit ugly and he doesn't use it much, but he can score goals.

After the game, the reporter asked him how he trained, and Li Liang told the truth this time: dreaming!

Leaving the reporter confused, dreaming of being able to practice ball skills?

Of course, in addition to physical fitness training in the system recently, Li Liang also started the training of [emergency stop/C&S shooting].

It was none other than Celtic legend, Sam Jones, who trained him.

How are the Celts again!

You're a Laker, and you're going to learn from the Celtics again!

No way, the Celts have a long history and many powerful tasks.

Sam Jones was an important member of the Celtic First Empire, with whom Leung played with him.

He is characterized by a very strong pull-up jumper.

At that time, the shooting skills of the players were generally not high, and when the shooting distance was close, playing the board and shooting was a good choice.

Li Liang practiced with Sam Jones on the pull-up jump shot and shot on the board in the system, and also participated in a game in the 60s.

For him now, the competition in the 60s is already a piece of cake, and the task of novice level is easy to complete.

Don't underestimate the training system and confrontation level of modern basketball, which can't be compared 50 years ago.

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Two days later, the Lakers visited Oklahoma City for their final meeting of the season.

The Thunder are currently chasing after the Lakers, and this game is also a key game for the Thunder to win the first place in the West.

Before this game, Li Liang had just finished Sam Jones' task in the system.

He's sharpening his knives and ready to show off his ability to make a pull-up jump shot that he's feeling good at the moment.

Who knows, after the game started, Li Liang opened with the ball and attacked, but missed three shots!

Mike Brown is blinded on the sidelines, what happened to Bruce Lee tonight?

He rubbed his eyes and said to himself, is this No. 28, it can't be No. 24 wearing the wrong jersey.

As a result, the Thunder took the opportunity to stop the Lakers with an 8:0 in the opening game.

Mike Brown immediately called a timeout, and during the timeout, he asked Li Liang why he wanted to shoot himself in the first place.

Li Liang was a little embarrassed and said, "I... I'm afraid Kobe Bryant is too tired. ”

Kobe Bryant is tired at the beginning of this TM, and you look down on Kobe too much.

Kobe Bryant rolled his eyes when he heard this, this kid seems to be more and more fond of attacking with the ball by himself recently.

The strength of the Thunder and the Lakers is between the middle, and this is a key battle involving the top spot in the West, the Thunder are going all out, and Coach Brusque has made a careful pre-game arrangement.

In the first quarter, the Lakers were suppressed by the Thunder and ended up trailing by 10 points.

But then Li Liang did not relent, because he found that when you have a certain ability to hold the ball, your offensive options will greatly increase, and at the same time, the opponent's defensive pressure will also greatly increase.

Coach Mike Brown told him that the best way to crack the strategy is to practice holding the ball.

It's just that Brown didn't expect that Li Liang's practice speed was a bit amazing.

Although it is just a sudden stop-and-go jump shot with the ball, it is also the difference between 0 and 1.

In the second quarter, Li Liang's hand began to recover.

On one offense, he received a pass from Nash, feinted to shake off Durant, rushed to the waist, and hit a pull-up jump shot.

The posture was still a bit ugly, but it started to score.

Westbrook immediately returned a zombie jumper with an ugly posture to Li Liang, and also scored.

The two of them are a zombie battle, but it's a good thing to be able to throw in.

When Li Liang began to hold the ball and suddenly make a stop-and-go jumper, the Thunder's defense against him could no longer be as close as before.

The Lakers' offense suddenly regained its senses, and the outside pass became very smooth.

They chased back little by little, relying on Kobe's mid-range jumper to tie the score before the end of the second quarter.

Li Liang's progress was eye-popping, and at halftime, Mike Brown took the initiative to hand Li Liang water.

He also said to Li Liang: "The investment is good, the investment is good." “

However, Li Liang's move is actually not stable enough, especially compared to Westbrook.

Although the two are equally ugly, Westbrook has proven himself in the Finals, and once his touch comes, the zombie jumper is really accurate.

Sure enough, Westbrook erupted in the third quarter, and he hit back-to-back unreasonable jumpers on the counters.

The Lakers' defensive weakness at point guard has once again been exposed.

The Thunder relied on an unreasonable offense to gain the upper hand again.

In the crucial fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant once again suddenly made a force and scored consecutive strong baskets.

But Durant started an indiscriminate single, and two consecutive three-pointers doused the Lakers' momentum.

However, before the end, Li Liang hit two ultra-long three-pointers in a row, which scared the Thunder fans out of two cold sweats.

Fortunately, Durant and Westbrook's free throws were stable enough to lock the score at 110:108, and the two-point advantage narrowly beat the Lakers.

After this game, the Lakers' loss came to 14 games.

Tied with the Spurs, as the East and West record continues to rank first.