Chapter Eighty-Four: Captain

Li Liang did a good stretch and appeared on the court with his teammates, and the game continued.

Wei Dazhi, who was on the sidelines, saw Li Liang on the field, and hurriedly took out his camera and took a slam shot.

Other reporters showed little interest in Mr. Lee, and their attention was focused on Mr. Barnes and Mr. Thompson.

Thompson and Barnes were sitting on the bench drinking water.

Mike Malone gave the duo a break and brought on Draymond Green.

Green wears No. 23 and is 6-foot-6 tall, but he plays power forward.

He was stocky and strong, and he played at Michigan State University for four years, making significant progress each year.

He is well-rounded and passionate, and is the all-time rebounding leader in Michigan State, second in steals and blocks.

Because the coach didn't arrange how to play, and the Lakers' players were all improvised patchwork, the Warriors sent the sideline ball, and the Lakers' defensive position was a hole.

Only Thackeray, standing near the three-second zone, facing the side of the serve, protects the basket.

Others are just walking, pretending to be standing in front of the person opposite them, but not paying attention.

As soon as the referee blew the whistle, the Warriors served.

Green stood out of bounds, and the Warriors made a simple run with a chance in the bottom right corner.

Green immediately hoisted the ball into the bottom right corner, and it was an offensive opportunity!

The ball flew halfway through, and before the player in the Warriors' corner could get the ball, a Lakers player jumped out and intercepted the ball in the air!

Who else could it be, of course, Li Liang.

Because the Lakers didn't follow the ball well, the Warriors' passers and receivers were a little lax.

How do you know that Li Liang has been staring at it for a long time, Green can see the vacant seat, and he Li Liang can also see it.

Li Liang has played official NBA games, and he is mainly defensive, so he is very sensitive.

Li Liang broke the ball off the sideline and almost flew off the baseline.

He managed his balance on tiptoe and threw the ball back to defender Darius Morris.

Morris hesitated when he took the ball, and Li Liang yelled at him: "Run! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Liang had already taken the lead in running towards the front court, and Morris reacted and immediately pushed the fast attack.

Li Liang's run is just a feint, and his fast attack level is not good.

Instead of running to the basket, he went to the bottom left corner and the inside was pulled empty.

Morris went straight to the basket, made a layup, and caused the opponent to foul.

The Lakers finally scored!

Then Morris hit a free throw, 18-10.

After Li Liang appeared, the Lakers' score finally went double.

How sad it is that it took 7 minutes to score in the opening 2 minutes.

That's all there is to the elementary school competition.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

Li Liang installed himself with a Bob Knight hair dryer and yelled at his teammates with more power.

The other Lakers players retreated to the backcourt, but Li Liang stayed in the frontcourt.

"Go back to the backfield and find someone by yourself!" Li Liang yelled at Morris.

This kid made his debut, but the marking was like, and his mind was full of thinking about attacking and scoring, and the hit rate couldn't be seen yet.

In fact, Morris's defense is good, and he has always been at the top of his steals in college, and has been selected to the All-Star team many times.

It's a pity that I entered the NBA, and I didn't have enough talent, so I lost my defense in order to make a living, so I thought about scoring.

Li Liang drove Morris away and faced off against Warriors point guard Charles Liggins in the frontcourt.

Mike Brown thinks it's a little interesting, this kid, 6'9 tall, against a point guard, can he keep up?

Don't fall with garlic under your feet, you will be embarrassed when the time comes.

Brown obviously didn't know Li Liang, although he was tall and slower than a small guard.

But he was not slow to move sideways, and his pace was steady and predictable.

Liggins is just a fringe NBA man, and like many NBA fringe guards, his biggest weakness is that he is not physically strong enough.

As soon as he served in the backcourt, Li Liang stuck to it like a rubber plaster.

Lower the center of gravity, not far or closer.

That intensity, it's not at all a summer league level.

Liggins wanted to speed up, but found that he couldn't rush through!

There's no one on the Warriors' side to pick it up!

"Beep!" The referee blows the whistle, 8 seconds into the half!

Warriors foul, ball transfer.

Li Liang broke and forced it, allowing the warriors to make two mistakes.

There was a subtle change in the atmosphere on the field.

"Defend well! Like just now! Lift up the spirits! ”

Li Liang, who successfully defended, did not let go of his teammates, which was not the same as the Li Liang on the road.

Li Liang gave people the impression that he was more lively and cheerful, loved to brag and joke, and was quite an interesting person.

Now, when I arrived at the court, it suddenly became hideous.

But no one felt that Li Liang was hateful, but felt that what he said was right, and he had to defend well!

The Lakers serve the sideline, and Li Liang serves.

The Lakers have only one point of possession, Morris.

Morris came out to catch the ball, Li Liang passed, and then went to cover outside the three-point line.

A solid cover, Morris calmly smashed into the three-second zone from the diagonal side.

But Green blocked Morris, and Morris wanted to force Green to make a layup, but was covered by Green!

Morris passed the ball back to Li Liang on the outside, and Li Liang had a defender in front of him, but he didn't shoot.

At this time, Ainga on the other side came out and made a hand-to-hand pass cover with Li Liang.

With the help of cover, Aynga scored a layup from the middle, causing a foul on the opponent and going to the free throw line.

Two screens in a row gave his teammates enough space to break through and finally get a chance to score.

Aiinga hit both free throws, and at 12:18, the Lakers closed the score.

This time the Warriors served in the backcourt, and Morris didn't run away again.

He came to the front court with Li Liang and carried out tight defense.

Defend successfully, score, defend successfully, score again.

It's a virtuous cycle, and that cycle certainly motivates Lakers players.

No one doesn't want to win, and this group of so-called crooked melons and cracked dates used to be the elite of their respective teams.

It's just that there are too many capable people in this world, there are mountains outside the mountains, and the NBA world is too cruel.

They thought they were lucky to get to the Lakers, but in fact, in the eyes of the giants, they were nothing.

The coach doesn't pay attention to it, the team is scattered, and the opponent is too strong, how can he muster up his spirits?

But Li Liang injected something different into this ragtag army.

Liggins still controlled the ball in the backcourt for more than half the court, and this time Morris kept an eye on it, and Li Liang stepped forward to wrap it.

Liggins immediately passed the ball to Green, who dribbled forward.

Green and the Magic is a school that inherits the Magician's classic pouting dribbling technique.

Anyway, I don't play fancy dribbling skills, I'm just pouting and arching you all the way across the halfcourt, what can you do?

Li Liang really didn't have a good way to do this, Green handed over the ball to his teammates after half court, and then ran inside.

There isn't much the Warriors can do to attack on the ground, and they just rely on the individual abilities of the players.

The Lakers' defense was much stronger than before, and without the two strong points of Thompson and Barnes, the Warriors' offense stagnated.

A three-pointer from the outside missed and Thackeray grabbed the rebound.

His first thought was not to give the defender a quick attack, but to pass it to Li Liang.

After Li Liang got the ball, he handed the ball to Morris steadily, and then said to Thackeray: "Don't give me the ball in the future." ”

Thackeray nodded, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "You are the captain of the team. ”

"I'm the captain?" Li Liang thought, how did I, Nima, become the captain.

In the ragtag army of the Lakers' summer league, there are no captains at all.

But it can be seen that this is the recognition of Li Liang by other players.

When he came on the pitch, it was different.

Warriors coach Mike Malone on the sidelines also saw it.

After Li Liang came on the court, although he did not score, it obviously changed the overall temperament of the Lakers.

Oh no, Li Liang scored!

Ma Long still wanted this guy not to score, and Li Liang found a vacant seat at 45 degrees on the right side.

Morris passed the ball to Li Liang, and Li Liang received the ball and opened his hand to hit a three-point shot!

In order not to be disturbed by the opponent, Li Liang deliberately stood a big step away from the three-point line.

In this way, even if the distance is far away, it can belong to the empty three points, and he is more accurate.

After the goal, Li Liang and Morris high-fived.

At 18:15, there were only three points left.

"It's only three points off, guys! Fight well! Li Liang roared again.

Mike Malone couldn't sit still and called the first timeout of the game.

A small climax of 8:0 by the Lakers stopped the Warriors!

After Li Liang got off the field, all the team members stepped forward to high-five him.

Even Mike Brown stepped forward and said, "Good job, Bruce." ”

Li Liang glanced at Brown, relying on a hair dryer, and said, "Coach, you have to work hard, don't patronize and watch the game!" ”