Chapter 664: Circle in Circles

Calipari is indeed the top coach in the NCAA, and as long as he is in Kentucky, the best young players will use Kentucky as a springboard to the NBA.

Therefore, Li Liang has more and more apprentices in Kentucky.

Now only the game is encountered, and Li Liang will give one or two pointers.

As for whether the guidance is good or not, it all depends on Li Liang's mood.

The power of role models is endless, and Li Liang's success has led many young people to learn from him.

Calipari is now talking about Li Liang when he has nothing to do, and he will educate young people who have just arrived at school.

Therefore, this old senior has more and more influence in the hearts of the juniors.

When the Thunder extended their lead to 12 points, it was a bit tough for the Spurs.

The Thunder have three very strong offensive points, which means that the Spurs' rotation can be very difficult.

Two of these three people are tall and high-line people who shoot extremely well, and one is a tall point guard with strong impact and a certain mid-range shooting ability.

Besides, Li Liang has proven in the Pacer that you can't control him as a single-core, and now the three-core processor, how do you deal with it?

Popovich decided to focus on offense, fighting against the Thunder, and not making special targets on the defensive end.

This style of play tests the players' on-court state and tacit cooperation, and it is not impossible for an old fritter team like Spurs to play.

For the Thunder, it's not a sure win.

Even if you have three ball-handlers, you still only have one ball on the court and only two points for a shot.

You still have to eat one bite at a time, and you still have to play round by round on offense, and you won't be given three shots in an offensive round just because you have the Big Three.

With the official timeout passed, the main lineups of both sides returned to the field.

Durant's single with the ball on the outside was very unexpectedly blocked by Wiggins!

Durant's outside jumper was blocked, which is very, very rare, and it is enough to see that Wiggins is very good defensively this time.

Also, Wiggins' physical gifts are really impressive, and getting coached at the Spurs has done him a lot of good career gains.

After the block was successful, Wiggins held the ball himself to counterattack the fast attack, and hit the basket directly, and the violent dunk of both hands was successful!

Durant followed behind and tried to block, but he didn't catch up.

This kid's bullet speed is really fast, and he jumps up.

Li Liang didn't forget to laugh at Durant, but then he still passed the ball to Durant and continued to play Wiggins one-on-one, no matter what, to get it back.

This time Durant didn't miss, a body change of direction, crossover past Wiggins, rushed to the basket, and returned a violent dunk with both hands!

Then the two sides fell into a scoring slump, and the two sides began to salute each other.

This doesn't matter to the Thunder, but it's not so good for the Spurs who want to play fast and want to fight against the Thunder with offense.

Popovich was a little restless on the sidelines, and it was clear that the Spurs' new system was still a little messy.

Originally, Leonard did not leave, and Ade was introduced in the new season, and the Spurs' past structure is still there, and they still have the strength to impact the finals.

As soon as Leonard left, although two very talented young people came, their combat power was indeed a little insufficient.

The current Spurs, between "winning now" and "for the future", may want both.

But in many cases, you can't have both.

The Spurs' system is obviously a bit chaotic, young people need to be fed with the ball when they grow up, and stable instant combat power requires a stable system of play.

There's only one Leonard after all, Wiggins is not Leonard, and he can't start a little bit from defense like Leonard does.

As for Booker, he has good offensive talent, but the playmaking aspect is really a lot worse than Manouby.

How to arrange the strategic direction of the whole team in the future is not a small challenge for Popovich.

The Spurs' offense is obviously a bit chaotic, while the Thunder just don't feel good, and both sides have not scored in three or four consecutive offensive rounds.

Li Liang rested for two or three minutes and then exerted his strength again, first breaking through the middle and rushing to the basket to cause Duncan's foul.

Then he took the backcourt rebound, instigated a quick counterattack, he took the lead, followed from behind, and hit a three-point shot after receiving Durant's pass head-on!

scored five points in a row, and these five points were fatal again, and the difference suddenly rushed to 17 points.

Two minutes left in the second quarter.

Popovich had to take another timeout, and Donovan replaced Li Liang to rest.

Throughout the second quarter, Li Liang basically overturned the Spurs by himself and firmly controlled the situation.

At the end of the first half, the Thunder led the Spurs by 13 points at 58:45, and the two sides went into halftime.

It looks like the Thunder Spurs are on the verge of crushing.

However, Spurs are definitely not a team to be left to chance, and anyone who takes them lightly will pay the price.

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The Thunder did have a lot of lead in the first half, with 13 points, Li Liang used his keen sense of the game to destroy the Spurs' offense and defense in a short time with efficient goals.

And the young people of the Spurs obviously don't know how to deal with such a formidable enemy, and they still have too much to learn.

By the start of the third quarter, the Spurs began to adjust their strategy.

Popovich realized that Ade had to make good use of it.

People who spent a lot of money to sign in the summer, don't you use it well?

And Ade's play can put pressure on Li Liang.

Li Liang is a player who has to keep putting pressure on him, let him play too easily, and he can easily kill you.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs' first offense, Ade received the ball in the low post on the left side and hit Li Liang with his back.

Li Liang withstood Ade, but Ade's rhythm was not disrupted, he turned to the baseline, pushed Li Liang with his body to push him out of the way, and then hit a step-back jumper to hit two points.

is very standard and beautiful to eat in a low position, and Ade still has an advantage in terms of weight and height in the face of Li Liang.

Then on the defensive end, the Spurs faced Westbrook and Li Liang's pick-and-roll, and used a more rapid up-and-down defense to contain the duo.

This worked, because Li Liang and Westbrook, as well as the others, did not cooperate well enough.

Shengsheng was defended by the Spurs for a 24-second violation, and finally Li Liang forced a shot and missed it.

Judging from the entire first half, although the Thunder were ahead, the offensive fluency of the whole team was average.

The scoring was mainly focused on the Big Three, and the rest of the offense was not very involved.

In the first half, the offense of all three people felt good, and the Spurs were caught off guard.

In the third quarter, the Spurs slowly slowed down and began to divide the three offenses in a targeted manner, cutting off their connection as much as possible.

In fact, it doesn't need to be cut much, and they don't have much to do with each other in the first place.

Immediately after, Duncan stepped forward again.

Ade hit one in the low post on the left and Duncan in the low post on the right.

He hit Adams on his back, and after he turned, he hit the board with a hook in his right hand.

It was a difficult shot, and Duncan didn't completely get past Adams, but he still hit the difficult goal.

The Spurs chased the score to within 10 points.

Westbrook is burning the CPU a bit again at this time.

After Duncan scored, he held the ball in the backcourt and rushed to the front court, and then the zombie jumper from close range made a stop-and-go jumper that didn't score.

The teammates were not very prepared, Li Liang had just run past half the court.

Duncan had already grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and a long pass to Wiggins who was in the frontcourt.

Wiggins is a light fur fast horse again, smashing the yellow dragon directly, and winning the one-handed split!

A small 6:0 climax, the Spurs closed the score.

Donovan called a 20-second timeout to ask the player to adjust slightly.

As a result, as soon as the timeout ended, Robertson made a mistake with an outside pass...... Gotta pause the white barking.

The Spurs counterattacked again, this time it was Tony Parker, who accelerated to the basket in the middle, and then made a left-handed layup after turning, and also caused Adams' defensive foul and hit a three-pointer!

Tony Parker relied on this trick to turn and spin the top, and was once the league's top scorer in the three-second zone.

You know, he's a point guard, and he's scored more points under the basket than any center, relying on his extremely skillful back turn.

He didn't faint himself, the defenders of him fainted first.

The French spinning top lives up to its name.

Seeing that the Thunder have been unable to score, the Spurs are closely chasing.

Westbrook plunged into the basket with the ball again, and seeing that there was no room to shoot, he threw the ball out and gave it to Durant.

Durant broke through with the ball, and the Spurs' defense rotated excellently and blocked again.

Durant passed again, hit Li Liang, received the ball and killed the basket, Duncan and Ade doubled!

The Spurs' defense is almost airtight, and it seems that Popovich understands that there is still no future in playing against the Thunder, and he still has to rely on defense.

But Li Liang faced the encirclement, suddenly stagnated, and then dribbled a 360-degree turn and drilled between Ade and Duncan!

Then with a flick of the left hand, a layup hits!

After the goal, the entire energy arena cheered!

Just you, Parker, going around in circles? I, Li Liang, will too!

Needless to say, Li Liang stole Parker's dribbling and turning skills and used them slightly.

As for the coach on the opposite side, as well as the coach on his own side, he has long been numb.

Dribble and turn around, anyone can do it, Perkins will, it's just a matter of whether you dare to use it.