Failure is not terrible, failure is an inevitability, and what is terrible is not being able to learn from failure.

A loss in the regular season, if you can learn enough lessons, can guarantee success in the playoffs.

Li Liang's ability to win four championships not only depends on the system, but also on his hard work and his brain.

In fact, many people who play in the NBA are really not smart.

For example, someone on the Kings.

A lot of the time they play on instinct and over time.

They seldom rationally analyze where they lose and why they lose.

Before becoming the head coach, Li Liang often thought about this question.

The answer is often: because I don't hang up big enough.

After becoming the head coach, Li Liang needs to think more about this kind of problem.

After losing the game, the next day, Li Liang held a meeting with his assistant coaches to summarize the loss of the game.

"I don't think there's much of a problem with the offense, the main problem is the defense." D'Antoni dumped the blame directly at Mike Brown.

But he's right, the Kings play well on the offensive end, and if there's a problem, it's that the three-point line shooting percentage is too low.

But it's not the coach's pot, it's the player's ability and form.

Li Liang thought to himself, he couldn't use the feel rune for Gordon in the future.

This product is easy to wave after it feels good, and there will be problems when it is a wave, so let's give it to Rondo, which can be regarded as checking and filling in the gaps.

Brown spread his hands helplessly and said, "Time, it takes time, we have only practiced the new defensive tactics for more than a week." The key is that the concept of defense should be gradually transmitted to the belief of the players, and I think if it can be successful, this system will be a 'triangle attack' of defensive aggregation! It's going to have enough impact on this alliance and, of course, it's going to give us victory. ”

As he spoke, Brown himself became a little excited.

In the '90s and the first decade of the 21st century, the triangle offense did become thunderous under Phil Jackson's promotion.

This offensive system is more of an offensive philosophy than a tactic.

At a time when the defense grinds meat and the three-point shot has not yet fully shown its power, the triangle offense, which focuses on creating more low-post single opportunities, is unique but extremely effective in various offensive tactics that create open positions and open spaces.

Coach Winter, who was originally unknown, also became famous.

Of course, after 2010, the triangle offensive slowly faded out of the historical stage and became an auxiliary idea in many offensive systems.

Jackson's triangle offensive makeover with the Knicks clearly didn't do well either.

In the current NBA, the defense is not so strong, and the three-point shot stretches the space wider.

And not every team has unsolved singles like Jordan, Kobe, and O'Neal.

Brown's now swarm defense and triangle offense have similarities.

He has defensive routines, but it's more of a defensive philosophy, a harassing, guerrilla-like defensive philosophy.

In the modern basketball defensive system that emphasizes intensity, packing, and rotation, it also seems to be a maverick.

Of course, the second game against Spurs proved that it is really not that easy to disrupt the opponent's attacking rhythm at a high level.

Especially this kind of defense that requires constant movement, if you are not careful, the door will be wide open, giving the opponent a chance.

The Kings still have a long way to go on the defensive end.

Regarding Mike Brown's statement, Li Liang still agrees.

He then asked Tyronn Lue what he thought.

Taryn Lue was stunned for three seconds and said, "I think... I think it's because you have too few shots, otherwise you would have won. ”

Mike Brown listened and thought to himself that Lue was talking nonsense again, and Bruce Lee didn't shoot much? 23 shots, which is already a lot.

Unexpectedly, Li Liang nodded and said, "That's right, what Lu said makes sense, if I make 30 shots, this game is likely to be won." ”

Mike Brown closed his eyes and didn't know what to say.

In fact, what Director Lu said makes sense.

In this game, if it is a playoffs, Li Liang is determined to win, and he will definitely win it by relying on his own offense and plug-ins.

Li Liang has this self-confidence.

But this is the regular season, you can't rely on props to open up every game, let's win with difficulty.

As a coach, the greatest sense of accomplishment is to train an excellent team.

After the discussion, several people, along with the trainers, watched the video of the second game again.

Through the video, Li Liang can see a lot of things that he can't feel when playing on the court.

The positioning of teammates, the defensive choices of opponents, the on-field command of Popovich, the state of the players, etc.

As a coach, you must have the ability to open God's perspective.

Like Li Liang in the last period of the fourth quarter, he went to this kind of vision and immersed himself in his own world.

It's okay as a player, and sometimes it can bring out his "king" form or "three-point shooting percentage".

But you can't as a coach, you have to keep an eye on the whole stadium at all times.

Li Liang lost to Popovich, and lost on a rhythm control.

To be honest, in this regard, Popovich is a step worse than Jackson back then, otherwise he would not have lost to Jackson's team.

Jackson has a talent for controlling the rhythm of a single game and orchestrating the entire series.

The timing of his timeouts, his genius when making substitutions, and his grasp of the psychology of the players are all first-class in history.

Bipopovich, a coach who was rigid in the early days and became flexible in the later stage by relying on his absolute control and understanding of the Spurs, doesn't know where it goes.

Compared with this kind of top master, Li Liang still has some way to go.

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After playing their first two games, the Kings embarked on an early road trip to the East.

Five consecutive guests, this is not good news for the Kings who are still adjusting.

On the 31st, the Kings challenged the Hawks away and ran into a little trouble.

The Hawks, who had a hugely successful season in '15, have fallen apart after back-to-back losses to James.

Horford went to Boston, Jeff Teague was traded to the Pacers, and Carroll went to the Raptors.

At the moment, only Millsap and Korver remain in the squad.

With such an opponent, the king played extremely hard.

Again, the problem is defensively.

The Kings' wing couldn't stop Millsap's upheaval on the inside, plus Korver's three-pointer tonight.

The Hawks and Kings played until the crunch moment of the fourth quarter.

The Kings are still one point behind the Hawks — and Millsap is in super-strong form.

At the most critical time, it was Li Liang's steal and meritorious service.

He pinched two [Death Coils] in his hands at the last moment, made successive steals of opponents, and assisted Gordon to score three points in the counterattack to help the Kings overtake.

Then, Li Liang defended Millsap one-on-one and successfully interfered with his shot, and the King sealed the victory.

In this game, Li Liang scored 32 points and also scored 13 rebounds.

The Kings scored 118 points as a team, while also allowing the Hawks to score 115 points.

Such a loss of points, to be honest, is not what Li Liang wants to see.

Let the opponent take too many points.

Solid defense is the key to a consistent win rate in the regular season, and the Kings lack that.

After winning the Hawks and then playing back-to-back games in Miami, the Kings overturned.

Although the Heat did not have Wade, under the leadership of Dragic, they played a very beautiful team offense.

The Kings' "swarm defense" was killed and injured by the Heat's hot outside three-pointers.

Although Li Liang scored 33 points, he was still outstandingly efficient, but the Kings still lost the game.

After the start of the game, there were two wins and two losses, no consecutive wins, and three games lost more than 100 points.

Li Liang began to experience the first crisis of his coaching career.