Chapter 393: No Sleep Alone
?? After beating the Kings, the Clippers have won three in a row.
In Game 3 against the Kings, the Clippers still had some changes.
For example, Li Liang's playing time has increased, because in three games in a row, the Clippers have to be purely substituted, and they begin to lose chasing points.
You're just a pig in the manager's position, and you know that you can't use substitutes like this.
After Rivers looked at it, Mullins was basically kicked out of the main rotation and his playing time was greatly reduced.
He's too slow and has a functional conflict with Hollins on the field.
Li Liang played the No. 4 position for a long time with the Lakers, so it was perfectly fine for him to play inside for a while while on the second lineup.
And he can not only top the interior on the defensive end, grab rebounds, make up defense, and card positions, but when attacking, his strategy should be able to make up for Crawford's weakness in offensive organization.
In fact, if Crawford just plays without the ball, his projection threat is still very large.
Of course, you also have to accept his huge holes on the defensive end.
In short, for three games, Rivers is slowly looking for Li Liang's instruction manual.
Rivers was looking for the manual, and the other person who had Li Liang's manual didn't have Li Liang to use.
While the Clippers were on a three-game winning streak, the defending champion Lakers in the same city had a hard time.
Originally, their schedule at the beginning of the season was very unfriendly, and in the first game against the Clippers, they were beaten by a fat beating.
In the second game against the Warriors, he was beaten by a fat beating.
The Lakers, who also beat the California brothers last season, suddenly entered the role of being beaten.
Well, what about the third one?
Take a look at the schedule, Spurs!
Desperate, Mike Brown is desperate.
However, the Lakers' heritage is still there, so they fought with the Spurs for four quarters, and of course they lost in the end.
The loss was very complete, and he was pressed and beaten from beginning to end.
Without Kobe Bryant and Li Liang, the Lakers' outside offense is simply unwatchable.
And Dwight Howard, who has become the new core of the team, did not prop up the Lakers on both offensive and defensive ends as Bass Jr. and Kupchak thought.
Howard's injury did not heal, and Howard underwent surgery for a shoulder injury in the summer.
So since the start of the new season, Howard has been wearing a lined T-shirt to the game.
The strong shoulders and arms that he has always been proud of have lost a lot of visual impact compared to before.
Because in order to protect his lumbar spine, Howard lost weight, from his peak of 280 pounds to 260 pounds.
Losing 20 pounds at once made Howard lose a lot of weight.
But what happened with it was that Howard's confrontation ability had greatly declined, and he couldn't bear people on the inside.
Like the first game against the Clippers, Howard was beaten by Griffin several times, just because his weight couldn't hold down Griffin.
Similarly, without weight support on the offensive end, Howard couldn't get closer to the basket as easily as he used to.
With his offensive skills that are completely incapable of shooting, it is a disaster.
In the first three games, Howard averaged only 15 points per game.
This has nothing to do with his physical condition, but it also proves that Howard is really in a downward spiral.
Injuries have had too much impact on a player like him.
After three consecutive defeats, even if Howard doesn't play well, he has signed a contract of hundreds of millions for 5 years, and he can't leave.
Mike Brown as head coach is of course going to be roasted on the fire.
Brown wanted to say, "I don't have Kobe, I don't have Li Liang, I can't do it," but he can't say that.
The role of the coach is to take the blame when the team is in bad shape.
Lakers management and fans still have patience at the moment, but it's not very clear how long that patience will last.
It depends on what the Lakers are aiming for this season and what they want to achieve.
If the Lakers want to develop a rookie to compete for the top pick, then Mike Brown should be a good player.
However, the Lakers paid the league's highest luxury tax and retained the main lineup last season, but they had one less "second-round pick", and in the end they had to compete for the championship, even if they didn't want to be laughed at.
Besides, although Kobe Bryant and Li Liang are missing, there are still Nash and Howard.
So, there's not much time left for Mike Brown.
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The Clippers were given two days off after beating the Kings.
They will face the Rockets at home in their next game.
Li Liang did not rest during the two days of free time, but went to participate in community activities in Los Angeles with his teammates.
When he was with the Lakers, Li Liang participated in many community activities to cultivate young fans for the team.
There are so many diehards of the Lakers, all of whom have been cultivated from generation to generation since the 80s, 70s and even 60s.
The Clippers are a world away from the Lakers in terms of historical fame, but there are people in this world who like to be niche and underdog.
The Clippers have had a strong momentum in the past two years, and they are the favorites for the championship in the new season, so there are more and more fans.
Besides, you don't need any qualification exams to be a fan of any team, and you don't need to provide qualifications.
It's not that you have to know the history of the Clippers or give out the ticket that your dad took you to a Clippers game when you were a kid to say you're a fan of the Clippers.
The identity of a fan is precious to the fans themselves and can be worthless in the eyes of others.
You can be a Clippers fan whenever you want, and say, "I've been watching the Clippers since I was a kid," and no one will get to the bottom of it anyway.
Now the Los Angeles Clippers have a lot of such fans, because the Clippers play well, because they are strong, because they have Paul and Griffin, because they have Li Liang.
The event lasted all day, and Li Liang, who is now a legend, has received incredible attention.
He signed autographs in the morning and told stories to the children in the afternoon, which made his hands and legs numb, which was really more tiring than playing basketball.
When he got home in the evening, Wei Dazhi went out again, and it is said that he is now mixing well with EJ Johnson.
Coupled with the innate advantage of Li Liang's source, it is a good mix in Los Angeles.
Not to mention Bai Xiaoting, the clothing industry is booming, and now it is autumn, and she went directly to Europe to participate in a series of fashion weeks.
So there are only two people left in the family, Li Liang and Zhu Shu.
Zhu Shu has not been so busy recently, and after the start of the season, the personnel of each team are relatively stable.
Several of the players she signed were either messing around in the lower leagues or signing short contracts with teams to get a chance to play in the NBA.
Recently, Zhu Shu signed a player named Jonathan Simmons, and Zhu Shu believes that he has the potential to play in NBA official games.
Li Liang asked her why, and Zhu Shu replied: "Because I think his style is a bit like you, so he must be able to play well." ”
Zhu Shu has been an NBA agent for more than a year, but she still doesn't know much about basketball, and her knowledge of basketball may not be as good as Bai Xiaoting.
She signed people purely to see the feeling, which is not at all different from other agents in the NBA.
As a woman, she is more delicate and gentle, although she is not professional enough, but in the cold NBA world, it is not a warm current.
There are many low-level players who are willing to sign a contract with Zhu Shu, at least they can give it a try.
And Zhu Shu's connections in California are not bad, and there are many basketball leagues at all levels in California.
Therefore, the players under Zhu Shu can always get some opportunities to play and make ends meet.
In the glitzy and glamorous NBA arena, many ordinary players are playing desperately for a bite to eat.
Li Liang is undoubtedly very lucky compared to them.
Of course, all this is thanks to the system, so after having dinner and playing games with Zhu Shu for a while, Li Liang decided to sleep and go into the system to recite the scriptures!
However, this idea was refuted by Zhu Shu.
"No, you're going to sleep with me tonight."
"I... I'm a little tired. ”
"I know, so you're going to sleep with me."
"Huh? Tired... Shouldn't you sleep alone? ”
"No, I found out that you sleep alone, often late at night, like that in college. We slept together, but you were in good spirits, and they all said that there was only that, and there was nothing there, and it didn't seem to apply to you. What the hell are you doing sleeping alone? ”
Zhu Shu said, her face was a little gloomy.
Li Liang hurriedly said: "Oh, okay, sleep together, then I won't... Not sleeping alone. ”
Li Conscience sighed in his heart, he can't recite the scriptures tonight.
, how can I remember to chant the scriptures?