Chapter 538: Consider the next opponent
Li Liang's MVP played perfectly, and it was another big win.
In the first quarter, the ending of the Trail Blazers will be different from the previous game, but after the second quarter, I found that it was not as good as the previous game!
In the first game, it can be said that he did not play well, and he was suppressed by the Clippers as a whole and lost by a large score.
The second scene was completely killed by Li Liang alone.
The Clippers' teammates handed over the knife, and Li Liang slaughtered the Trailblazers with the knife.
It's a shame for a team because you know where your opponent is going to attack, but you just can't defend it and you can't respond.
Lillard tried to respond in the second and third quarters, hitting two three-pointers in a row, but just when the feeling came, Paul showed up appropriately and interrupted Lillard's small scoring performance with a foul and a successful steal.
When Paul is freed from the task of organizing and scoring, he can actually do a lot on the defensive end.
As for Li Liang, he scored 35 points in the half and continued to score in the third quarter.
To be honest, the Trailblazers team is really good for Li Liang.
Their defense is too straight, there are no traps, and Li Liang plays very straight, straight to straight, so you can call Dad.
After covering, the Trailblazers just couldn't prevent the move of forcing a three-point shot outside the three-point line.
Batum tried to squeeze back to save, but as a result, he was fouled twice in the second half, and the referee blew him to dare not make such a big move.
In the third quarter, Li Liang scored another 11 points to help the Clippers lead the Trail Blazers by 26 points, and the game lost suspense again.
Li Liang appeared in less than three quarters, scored 46 points, and then sat back on the bench to rest.
In seven games in the playoffs, Li Liang has scored 40 points in two games, and both are efficient.
His playoff scoring average has broken 30 points per game, ranking first in the league and five more points than in the regular season.
After this game, his shooting percentage will go up, even higher than in the regular season, and it can be said that he is a playoff player.
Li Liang sat on the bench, and Mike Brown and Tyronn Lue on the side competed to hand Li Liang water.
Li Liang drank water, but there was no pride and pride in his heart, but he was thinking about other problems in his mind.
Li Liang's current three-point play benefits from two points, one is the team's tactics and staffing.
Without the Clippers' tactical system and staffing, Li Liang's three-point shot would not have been so easy.
Mike Brown and Rivers have worked this point, not to say that Li Liang is the core and it will be done in one sentence.
The second point is that some of Li Liang's props and skills.
Li Liang feels that the biggest shooting skill that helps the most at present is still [zero-second shot], and this seemingly inconspicuous skill level has reached LV3, which has greatly improved Li Liang's shooting speed.
The shot is a player who is relatively slow to run, but the shot is particularly fast, thanks to this [zero-second shot].
This led to the fact that when the opponent defended Li Liang, he obviously felt that he could keep up, but the ball was thrown out with a swish, and sometimes he didn't have time to reach out.
Between these two points, Li Liang is thinking, if it comes to the next round against Spurs, how to deal with it?
That's right, Li Liang is already thinking about his next opponent, and he is optimistic that the Spurs can advance to the Western Conference finals.
At the same time, he knows that in the playoffs, the Spurs and Popovich will definitely make targeted arrangements for Li Liang.
Popovich will definitely try his best to cut off the Clippers' tactical support for Li Liang, while using the best defense against Li Liang.
So Li Liang was thinking about whether to further improve his [strong three-point] ability, but he was already in 60, and it would be much more difficult to raise the task later.
Moreover, during the playoffs, Li Liang did not particularly want to start a difficult task.
In addition to Spurs, there is another question Li Liang also thought about by the way.
If you don't have the blessing of skills and runes, how can you play your current level in the system mission?
Li Liang's mind drifted to the Lakers' [City of Angels Book I] again, and Michael Jordan in 1991 stopped in front of him like a roadblock, making Li Liang linger.
Although he left the Lakers and came to the Clippers to develop himself more comprehensively, Li Liang always felt deep down that he was bypassing Jordan.
That task was a piece of his heart, and he was going to dig it up one day.
Therefore, returning to the Lakers is not about fun, or it should not be able to go back in a short period of time, and he doesn't want to go back if Lao Ke doesn't retreat.
One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless there is a male and a female, Li Liang has ideals and ambitions.
Thinking about it, Li Liang's thoughts flew away, and the score on the court also fluctuated back and forth on the 25 points.
To the cheers of the Clippers fans at Stamps, Griffin abused the basket wantonly.
Li Liang is not there, it is Griffin's performance time.
In the end, the Clippers easily defeated the Trail Blazers by 121:98 and 23 points at home, leading 2-0.
The Trail Blazers are a bit vulnerable, at least in the first two games, and they didn't cause as much trouble to the Clippers as the Mavericks.
Of course, the first two big wins at home, and the gutter overturning in the away away game is the repertoire of the strong team.
So the next game to Portland, the whole Clippers have to cheer up.
Although Li Liang sat on the bench and began to think about the next round, Li Liang still said modestly in the post-game interview: "The Trail Blazers are a difficult opponent, they will definitely go all out when they return to their home court, we have to deal with it seriously and strive to give a wonderful game to the Trail Blazers." ”
It's really difficult, the average win in two games is more than 20 points per game, and you are not afraid of elbowing when you say this.
After winning this game easily, the Clippers' road to the Western Conference is already very bright.
The Trail Blazers' first two games showed no signs of turning the tables around or turning the tide.
Especially the Trail Blazers don't have the kind of superstar who can break out, and Lillard may explode in the next game back in Portland, but can he keep exploding?
Hard.
After all, the playoffs are a stage for superstars, and having superstars can bridge the gap in many other areas.
Li Liang has already shown his superstar style, and although Lillard played well in the first round, it seems that he is still a little far from Li Liang.
No way, who made you an ordinary player and someone a VIP?
After the Trail Blazers and Clippers played two games, the first two of the other three rounds of matchups in the East and West also had results.
In the West, the Warriors surprised again with a shocking battle between the two sides in the first game, and the two teams were entangled until overtime.
In the end, the Spurs relied on Ginobili's key three-pointer to win the game.
And the Warriors Curry scored 44 points in the game, and he and Li Liang were bright outside the three-point line in the West.
By Game 2, the Warriors didn't let the win slip away from them again, and they took a 101-95, six-point advantage from San Antonio to take home-court advantage in the series.
Arguably, the sixth-ranked Golden State Warriors have become the biggest dark horse in this year's playoffs.
Although Westbrook's injury was the reason for Westbrook's injury in the first round, their 2:2 draw with the Thunder in the first four games is enough to show their strength.
In the second round of the showdown with the Spurs, the performance was even more amazing.
After Li Liang saw the news at the end of the game, he asked the team's videographer for an unprecedented dehydration version of the video to watch.
Because Li Liang feels that the way Curry and Thompson play against the Spurs will definitely help him.
And in the East, the series has been just as unexpected.
The Pacers, who were soaring at the beginning of the season, collapsed after completing that "big trade".
Not only did they lose to the Heat in the race for the top spot in the East in the regular season, but the team's overall form plummeted, and there was a big feeling internally.
The Pacers played hard in the first round, and in the second round they faced the Nets, who were also successful, and lost the first game, giving up their home-court advantage.
In the second game, the Pacers almost lost another game, and in the end, they relied on the defense of steel teeth to barely consume the aging Nets in overtime, and Pierce made a mistake at the last moment, and then the Pacers made a successful foul and won the victory.
But when they go to Brooklyn, they won't necessarily have such good luck.
As for the Heat, facing the young Wizards, it was as easy as the Clippers, leading 2-0.
After Li Liang won the MVP, James said in an interview, "I have already won two, and for me now, the championship is more important. ”
After that, James didn't make any further comments about the MVP.
It can be seen that James, the most feared opponent, is struggling towards the championship.
In the eyes of this lion, there is nothing to stop him, except for the 28th in the west.