Mike Brown's timeout not only took Li Liang's prop time away, but also made the other Lakers players feel lost all of a sudden.

The Lakers were able to win the last game because Mike Brown had no chance of winning.

In this game, he pinched his fingers and felt that the players needed to rest, but something happened.

After the timeout, Li Liang tried to shoot three points from the outside again, and he was very accurate with three points without props.

Unfortunately, the ball spun in the basket and fell out and didn't go in.

Li Liang sighed, if this ball was blessed with props, it would definitely go in.

With a 1-point disadvantage, the Lakers lost their best chance to overtake.

Then the referee made a big loop, causing Li Liang's shooting foul and sending Durant to the free throw line.

Although then Bryant hit a two-pointer and continued to bite the score.

But the Thunder relented, and Brooks was replaced by the old fish Fisher.

Fisher hit a three-pointer in the bottom right corner at a critical moment to give the Lakers a fatal blow.

It was a comeback from a veteran, Fisher hit a lot of key shots for the Lakers, and this time he paid the Lakers one.

The Thunder relied on Fisher's key three points, 101:99, a two-point advantage to defeat the Lakers and tie the score at 2:2.

Bryant's last-ditch three-pointer missed.

The Lakers players couldn't hide their disappointment, and Li Liang scored 19 points in the game, 15 of which came in the fourth quarter.

He almost dominated the team's comeback, only to be stopped by a timeout from Mike Brown.

It seems that in this world, only Mike Brown can guard against Li Liang.

When I got back to the locker room, the atmosphere in the locker room was very solemn.

Even seasoned Lakers players can't help but be frustrated because they almost won.

Mike Brown didn't even go back to the locker room and went straight to the post-game press conference, and Bryant didn't bring it.

He didn't dare to go back!

I'm afraid I'm not going to be scolded to death by Li Liang.

Brown frowned at the press conference, preoccupied.

There were a lot of questions from the reporters, especially about the timeout, which embarrassed Brown a little.

Of course, for Brown, facing reporters' questions is not a problem, it is normal to lose anyway, is it not to answer questions when you lose?

The question is, how to go back and face the players, because in theory, he is absolutely responsible.

His inappropriate timeout took the team off the momentum of chasing points.

They were only one point away and lost by just two points in the end.

If they hit a three-pointer at the time, the game wouldn't have been lost.

In response to a reporter's question, Mike Brown said that "I want to give the players a tactical setup to score this crucial goal." ”

But in fact, his idea was to "let Li Liang take a break, he hasn't rested for too long." ”

Throughout the second half, until that timeout, Li Liang did not rest for a minute.

In the first half, the team fell behind and the situation was critical, and in the third quarter, the team chased back the score little by little.

At that moment, how could a key player like Li Liang at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends get off the court to rest?

Even Bryant sat on the bench for a while in the last minute of the third quarter and two minutes before the start of the fourth quarter.

Li Liang didn't have a minute, so Mike Brown felt sorry for Li Liang.

Who knew that Li Liang didn't need him to feel distressed, and when he paused, Li Liang almost went crazy.

As a result, when I returned to the court, sure enough, the feeling of the hand was no longer continuous, and the whole team had no feeling on the offensive end.

At the same time, the thunder relieved himself, because the thunder was blinded.

For two consecutive home games, they were originally ambitious and slow, but they all had a feeling of "can't beat" in the end.

You will also be deceived by this for you.

At the end of the day, Mike Brown followed.

After the interview, Brown went directly to the team bus, and he kept thinking about the explanation in his mind, thinking about how to apologize to the players and Li Liang.

It is not without a coach in the history of the NBA who has made such mistakes, such as the 1984 Finals critical moment, McHale missed a free throw, but Johnson called a timeout to give the Celtics a chance to set up defense, because Pat Riley forgot to tell Johnson that if he misses a free throw, he doesn't need to call a timeout.

There was also Nets coach Lawrence Frank, who called a timeout on the final offense, only for Vince Carter to throw the ball out and hit a three-point shot.

The timeout nullified Carter's stunner, and Frank apologized to Carter after the game, saying he should have trusted Carter's key ball ability.

Mike Brown decided that what he should admit his mistake is to apologize, and he is good at it.

Arriving at the parking lot, the players have changed their clothes and are waiting in the car, and the bus will go directly to the airport and fly back to Los Angeles.

Mike Brown took a deep breath and slowly stepped onto the bus, where the players were all on board.

Among them, Li Liang sat in the first row, looking at Mike Brown with a cold face.

Then Kobe, Nash, Gasol, Howard and others, either with composed faces or looking out the window.

In short, the atmosphere in the bus is very dignified.

Brown felt very embarrassed when he saw Li Liang's expression.

"Bruce ......" Mike Brown licked his lips and wanted to say something.

"Mike." Before Brown could speak, Li Liang spoke first, "We have decided, we will give you a punishment." We'll take the bus to the airport, leave you here, and figure out how to get there. ”

When Brown heard this, what is the matter, throwing me a coach in the city?

What is this system?

Mike Brown spread his hands, stunned, he didn't know what to say.

Seeing Brown's embarrassed appearance, all the players suddenly burst out laughing, even with a few assistant coaches.

Brown didn't understand what was going on, and Kobe Bryant said, "Mike, this is the punishment for you, a joke." Let's go, go back to Los Angeles, and wait for them in Los Angeles. ”

Li Liang stood up and said, "Back to Los Angeles, we will definitely be able to win them!" I think we've found the right way to play, they're just lucky, they're just trying to get by. In that case, let's go back to Ojo again, I wouldn't mind staying in the haunted house of the Hilton again, here are my fondest memories. ”

Mike Brown realized that everyone was playing tricks on him.

The players have somehow regained their confidence, and although they lost this game, the Lakers players have understood that this year's Thunder is no longer their opponent.

They don't have James Harden, they have flaws in tactics and style of play, they're still too young.

In short, the Lakers players stabilized their confidence and emotions, and they knew that back in Los Angeles, they would definitely beat the Thunder.

That's the big point of Game 4.

Confidence, belief, it's just as important to a team as it is to a squad on paper.

Although many media experts are optimistic about the Lakers, no one dares to say that the Lakers players themselves can win the Thunder 100%.

Even Kobe Bryant, he was planted in the hands of the Thunder last year, and he was planted very badly.

Now, after four games, the score is tied, but the inner belief of both sides is no longer a tie.

"Then I don't have to stay?" Brown asked, grinning.

"No, but you have to stand, there's no seat for you."

……

Li Liang had already calmed down his mood, and it was late at night when he returned to Los Angeles.

At Los Angeles International Airport, young players take taxis, and economic teams like Kobe Bryant and Gasol send cars to pick them up.

And Li Liang, in the parking lot, Zhu Shu was waiting for him.

Since that night, this was the first time the two had met, and Li Liang was still a little nervous.

He didn't know what to say or do after seeing Zhu Shu.

Would you like to have a little intimacy?

Wouldn't it be good, or should I go home first?

Li Liang's heart was very worried.

In the garage, he saw his SUV, hurriedly trotted over, opened the door, and found Wei Dazhi sitting in the back.

"Dazhi, what are you doing here?"

"Huh? Pick you up? I want to interview you, I need to get first-hand information, about the friend you said, you don't say, don't tell me, so I'm going to ask you face-to-face, a lot of people on Twitter are waiting, and Instagram and forums. They don't believe that I'm your friend, they ......"

Li Liang sat in the co-pilot, closed his eyes, and wanted to close his ears if he could close them.

Zhu Shu gently put the ball on Li Liang's shoulder, and said softly: "Rest for a while, tomorrow... There's a project to talk about tomorrow, and I'll go with you, in Santa Monica Beach, how about it? “

Li Liang opened his eyes and said, "Okay, let's go together tomorrow." ”

"Hey, what's the project, can you tell me about it? New ads? What kind of advertisement, tractor? Or a sports car? Or is it something else...... Li Liang, are you talking? ”