Chapter 957: Protracted Battle
In the first game, the Kings snatched a win at Oracle.
This victory was quite precious, not only for the Kings to regain home-court advantage, but also for the Kings players to build enough confidence to face the Warriors.
Confidence is extremely important for a team.
In ancient times, fighting a war depended on morale, and playing ball was the same.
Many teams that are not the strongest in the overall strength can go to the end in the playoffs, in addition to a little luck, it is a boost to morale.
The 11-year-old Mavericks and the 95-year-old Rockets are all playing and playing with the championship temperament.
And what they rely on, the most important thing to rely on is the top performance of the number one superstar in the team.
In fact, the walker the year before last was the same, Li Liang just did what he did at the walker back then.
Of course, today's warriors are more terrifying than the warriors of the previous year, and Li Liang also fought harder.
After today's game, Li Liang took a breath in the locker room before going to the press conference.
Obviously, I drank Gatorade, but I still felt hollowed out, which can be imagined as a physical drain.
Li Liang took half of the team's points, and the key is that he was not idle at all on the defensive end.
11 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks, it can be said that they all did their best.
Like some stars, if you go all out to score 40 or 50 points on the offensive end, the defense will be a little more relaxed, and your teammates will protect him.
Li Liang can't do it because Cousins has a short playing time.
Li Liang still has to do the coaching work, and tonight he and Kerr can be described as a battle of wits and courage, and finally won a timeout.
Therefore, after the game, Li Liang really wanted to sleep, and he didn't want to participate in the press conference.
In the end, Li Liang still took the plunge and attended the post-game press conference with Brown and Rondo.
Not only because of the league's regulations, Li Liang also had to use the press conference to put a little pressure on the Warriors.
Of course, how to apply this pressure and how to handle it is a science.
If it is not applied well, the pressure becomes motivation, which is a bad thing for the king.
"The Warriors played so well today that if we had given them a little more chance, like a three-point shot, maybe it would have been a big difference. We won the game tonight, there was a bit of luck in it, and thanks to Oracle Arena, it's a place for me. ”
Both seasons at Oracle Arena have been a nightmare for all non-Warriors teams in the league.
Only for Li Liang is different.
Because there are so many Chinese fans in the Bay Area.
Tonight was no exception, a large number of Chinese fans went to Oracle to cheer for Li Liang, and Li Liang had a feeling of fighting at home.
Every time a goal is scored, there are cheers from the audience.
Li Liang's away game is already very strong, not to mention at Oracle.
This remark undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Warriors fans.
Someone on the local fan forum suggested that in the next game against the Kings, the fans on the scene should cheer for the Warriors.
However, such initiatives are clearly contrary to the freedom of Americans.
Cheering on either side in any arena is permitted.
So, the proposal quickly drowned in saliva.
Li Liang's salty and non-indifferent remarks gave Cole no chance to fight back.
As a champion member from the '90s, Kerr has always been adept at using public opinion warfare.
Publish all kinds of controversial remarks before and after the game to interfere with the opponent's performance.
But this trick had no effect on Li Liang.
Moreover, Li Liang also has a big trick - Twitter is useless.
Li Liang is now an out-and-out celebrity on Twitter.
He interacts almost every day with someone who understands everything, but doesn't understand anything.
People were surprised to find that Li Liang's knowledge was quite broad.
In addition to basketball-related content on Twitter, he often posts something related to China.
Help ignorant people abroad understand China, know that Chinese do not have braids, many Chinese also live a modern life in the city with running water and television, and even use some social time in the United States to compare the situation in China, and teach Americans history, so that they can see and see China's splendid culture.
It's not just gorgeous costumes, all kinds of dramas, and calligraphy that are Chinese culture.
After all, Li Liang graduated from the University of Kentucky, and his posture level is still quite high, and he will publish something relatively profound about Chinese culture.
Of course, it's a pity that most of the time such tweets don't have enough retweets, replies, and likes.
It's far less exciting than predicting the game, or squirting with the Grand Commander.
But there are also a small number of people who are willing to watch it.
For example, Li Liang's teammate David West likes to watch Li Liang's Twitter.
The two often discuss some deep cultural and political issues in private.
The so-called people can't look good, don't look at West Black is not a big man, in fact, there are a lot of ideas.
It can be seen from his playing style that he is tough, but not reckless, with delicate skills, and is a rare classical style of play power forward.
In the first game, when Cousins was not on the floor most of the time, it was he and Li Liang who supported the Kings' interior line.
After this game, Li Liang has gradually had the idea of putting Cousins back on the bench and letting West play the starter.
Because Cousins was there, it was too easy to be misplaced singles, all in one colander.
On the offensive end, his low-post offense is only useful in special moments, and can be used as a surprise soldier, but not as a regular season weapon.
However, Li Liangsi thought about it and considered the team's morale, so he did not put Cousins on the bench in the second game.
As a result, as the saying goes, if you are poor, you think about change, but the warriors on the opposite side change first.
In the second game, Kerr decisively put Iguodala in the starting line-up and Rooney returned to the bench.
In this way, the Warriors played a small lineup from the first quarter.
At the same time, this small lineup is just to deal with Li Liang.
Iguodala, Thompson, James, the league's most luxurious forward, against Li Liang alone.
In the second game between the two sides, there was not much suspense, and the Kings trailed the Warriors by 10 points from the beginning of the first quarter.
After that, the Warriors lost a few points in each quarter, and by the end, the fourth quarter began, and the Warriors had a 21-point lead over the Kings.
Needless to say, this one the Kings failed to pull the Warriors into the quagmire.
The warriors who did not enter the quagmire were sports cars on the highway, and the king wanted to rely on offense to catch up, but he could not catch up.
Even if Li Liang scored 39 points again, he still couldn't prevent a big defeat to the Warriors with a disadvantage of 101:128 and 27 points on the road.
However, this defeat was expected by Li Liang.
It's too hard to steal two games in a row on the Warriors' home court.
For this round of the series, Li Liang, who has always been good at blitzkrieg, is ready to fight a protracted battle.
The opponent is indeed very strong.