Change is not a simple thing and often comes at the cost of failure.

Fortunately, the Clippers have the capital to make changes and a good record as a buffer against losses.

After losing to the Spurs, the Clippers embarked on a road trip, starting with Memphis.

The Memphis Grizzlies have remained strong so far, going further and further down the path of unique interior-defense.

The two sides played each other before, and the Clippers still had an advantage over the Grizzlies.

Because Li Liang did a good job of containing Randolph, the Grizzlies' offense was lame and completely unable to compete with the Clippers.

Tonight's Grizzlies have learned the lessons of their previous games and prepared well before the game, making changes in rotation and alignment.

The first is to let Randolph avoid his edge, no longer be tough with Li Liang, and focus on Gasol and Conley in the opening game, and bring the outside offense alive as much as possible.

As long as Li Liang defends Randolph, Randolph pulls away and gives space to other teammates.

Although Randolph is a strong attacker on the inside, he has an excellent mid-to-long-range shooting.

To tell the truth, Li Liang is in a position with him, and if he pulls away, Li Liang really has to follow.

As a result, the Grizzlies played smoothly on offense from the start, with Conley and Gasol providing assists one after another.

In the Clippers' defense, one of the major stubborn problems that has not been solved so far is that the defense of air cutting has always been poor.

The Clippers' current starting lineup is open to hard work, and no one is afraid on the defensive end.

But there are always holes in the defense of air cuts and counter-runs, because their defensive run-in is still not enough, after all, it is Mike Brown's first season, and the defense cannot be as tacit as the Spurs.

Faced with such a situation, the Clippers can generally penetrate the opponent on the offensive end.

You cut and stole two points from me, the Clippers turned around and beat you both for three points on the offensive end, and the Clippers still won.

But Paul wasn't in good enough form tonight.

Conley defended Paul the whole time, controlled Paul's scoring and shots, and even disrupted Paul's rhythm with some rough fouls.

Li Liang was very generous tonight, and he happily handed the ball to Paul to organize.

Then he is still the same as in the past, running empty-handed and assisting in organizing the attack.

The Grizzlies will Li Liang call a strict defense and completely empty Barnes, preferring to let Barnes shoot empty than give Li Liang a chance to shoot.

This trick undoubtedly worked, Barnes shot two three-pointers from the outside and didn't score, and then he didn't dare to shoot.

Barnes' three-point shot was already very erratic, and he had a burst in the middle of the season, and then plummeted, and the iron was not good.

Because there was a little change in his family, there was a little problem with his wife's relationship.

For middle-aged men, the impact of marriage and family on work is immeasurable.

Wearing a jersey is an athlete on the field, and when he takes off his jersey and goes off the field, he is a middle-aged breadwinner in his 30s.

Once there is a problem off the field, it can't be seen on the surface, but it has a great impact on the mentality, which in turn has a negative effect on the performance on the court.

During this time, Barnes was silent a lot, and every day he trained on time to leave on time, and left after training.

Li Liang also heard him talking on the phone in the parking lot a few times, and the argument on the phone was very fierce.

The teammates knew that there must be a problem with the relationship with their wife, but it was not easy for everyone to ask.

Barnes is not in good shape, Butler is out due to injury, and Li Liang has a heavier task on his shoulders.

And now, all teams are strictly guarding Li Liang, and if the Grizzlies' strategy of letting Barnes and defending Li Liang work, the teams behind will definitely follow suit and put pressure on Li Liang with all their might.

And the best way to overcome that pressure is for a teammate to get the ball in.

Even if Barnes can't, the rest of the backcourt has to respond, otherwise you can't score four or three, and people can't just try to wrap it up?

The first to bear the brunt was Paul, who had to step up and score.

As a result, Paul was struggling again tonight.

It's not that Paul doesn't play well, it's because he injured his right shoulder joint, which is crucial for shooting.

In high-intensity competitions, any deviation caused by the slightest discomfort can make the difference a thousand miles.

To put it simply, iron!

Paul was iron-clad again tonight, following on from 1-of-10 in the previous game, this one came with a 3-of-14.

But Paul knew he had to attack, and a short point guard without offensive power would become unthreatening and useless on the court.

Because of Paul's iron, the Clippers' offense was intermittent, and it never formed a tidal wave of attack.

And tonight, the Clippers' bench performance was extremely poor, except for Griffin, the others couldn't find an offensive feel at all under the Grizzlies' high-intensity defense.

No way, the rhythm is not good.

As the saying goes, if you want to run fast, it all depends on the headband.

How can Paul, the head of the car, be able to move?

But what makes Rivers feel strange is that Li Liang, who has always been passionate in the past games, has played the last two games with four draws.

When the team was behind, he did not use his personal ability to turn the tide frantically, but continued to play steadily and give the ball to Paul to organize.

The outside has a chance or a resolute shot, and passes the ball when there is no chance.

The Grizzlies defended him very tightly tonight, but Li Liang's several transfers were in place, and his teammates had opportunities, but they couldn't play.

It stands to reason that in this case, Li Liang should have taken the medicine, and biubiubiu threw five or six three-pointers on the grizzly bear's head to reverse the situation.

But this situation did not appear, Li Liang just didn't turn on God mode to save the team.

In fact, Li Liang doesn't want to win, can the god's mode be turned on casually?

Is God still God? That's a liar.

Besides, in the regular season, there are some props that Li Liang doesn't want to use.

But there is a more important reason, Li Liang just wants his teammates, coaches, and fans to feel the difference between the Clippers with Paul as the absolute core and Li Liang as the absolute core.

Li Liang didn't want to go against Paul and make him ugly, as the person with the highest salary on the team, what's wrong with making a few more shots?

Can't make it? You look at the guy next door to Los Angeles, what did the others say?

And Li Liang played very efficiently just by looking at the data in this game, shooting 2 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 10 two-point shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Although the statistics are not high, they are absolutely beautiful, and the defense has done a good job of containing Randolph, basically as long as Li Liang defends, Randolph will not be able to score.

But Gasol Jr. and Conley, Li Liang really can't care about these two points, and there are benches, the Grizzlies broke out off the bench, Mike Miller and James Johnson both played well, and the two combined to score 31 points.

The Clippers bench scored a total of 8 points tonight, and Crawford was sloppy as soon as he hit the Grizzlies, and his hands were still not hard enough.

Rao is so, the Clippers still fought with the Grizzlies until the last moment.

Li Liang faced the double bag at a critical moment and hit a long-range three-pointer to help the Clippers equalize the score!

It was his second three-pointer of the game.

The Grizzlies called a timeout, and at the critical moment, Gasol Jr. hit a high jumper.

Then in defense, Tony Allen blocked Crawford's three-point shot, and Mike Conley got the ball and went down to make a layup, dodging Li Liang's block and making a layup.

The pair scored key points to help the Grizzlies re-establish their advantage and hold it until the end.

The Grizzlies defeated the Clippers at home, 110-103, giving the Clippers two straight defeats.

The Clippers' last losing streak came at the start of the season, losing to the Magic and Heat.

In this way, the Clippers' record has come to 48-9.

The two consecutive losses have shown that the Clippers are currently in a small predicament.

The Clippers have made minor changes from the previous game, with Paul adding his interior breakaway, but it didn't work out well.

Griffin is very consistent, but I don't know why, his performance always feels like it doesn't have a big impact on the outcome of the game.

Although the point difference in the game is not large, and the Clippers also have a chance to win, but the last few offenses and defenses are actually the epitome of the whole game - they can't overpower the Grizzlies as a whole, and the hope of winning is pinned on Li Liang to create a miracle.

And after Li Liang shot that three-pointer, he made everyone chrysanthemum tight, but in the end he stopped shooting and gave the ball to Paul, who threw the pot to Crawford, and finally took a hat.

Poor Crawford, the pot man, the two bosses don't vote for themselves, they have to let me make a shot for an old man!

Having lost two games in a row, the atmosphere in the dressing room was not very good.

Everyone thought that Li Liang would scold, but they didn't expect Li Liang to say anything, he came out of the shower to be interviewed by reporters, and left after saying a few casual words.

After returning to the hotel, Mike Brown approached Li Liang and asked him about something.

"Bruce, do you have an issue with the team's tactics right now?"

Brown gets straight to the point, and his relationship with Li Liang doesn't need to go around the bends.

Li Liang shook his head and said, "No, did I not fight according to the tactics?" I'm playing very reasonably. ”

Brown said: "It makes sense...... But it's so reasonable......"

Damn me, it's not reasonable either? Do I have to be unreasonable?

Look at what you are used to, Lao Tzu can die suddenly.

No matter how high the three-point shooting rate is, it can't exceed 50%, less than half.

Seeing that Li Liang didn't speak, Brown said: "Coach Rivers is worried that the team's current state is not very good, and he hopes that you can take more responsibility on the offensive end." ”

Li Liang didn't like to hear this, and said: "I will take a salary of five million, how much responsibility do you have to bear on me?" “

Brown said: "But you are the tactical core of the team, and the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility." ”

"Really? Am I the core? ”

"Of course, of course you are the core."

For Mike Brown, a series of tactics he designed after coming to the Clippers were all used with Li Liang as the core.

It's just that the head coach is Rivers after all, and he has the final say.

Overall, Rivers still wants to build a dual-core and find a balance between Paul and Li Liang.

After Paul returned from injury, in order to let Paul get back in shape, the team's tactical training was carried out with Paul as the core.

However, from these two games, Rivers seemed to feel Li Liang's slight dissatisfaction, so he asked Brown to communicate with Li Liang.

In fact, Li Liang was not dissatisfied, because in the regular season, it is normal to win and lose.

Besides, his mind has been more focused on the system lately, and last night he was going to watch a game in the simulation world, taking out the 2004 Pistons and the 2008 Celtics to play a game, which was called an ugly, outrageous defense.

But as a professional player, seeing two teams collide like this, you can definitely see a lot of things.

Therefore, in the game, he strictly followed the coach's arrangement and found the state for Paul.

As a result, I lost because I have emotions, can I have emotions to come to your little broken boat?

Anyway, Brown was so talkative, he felt that Li Liang should not be lying, so he went to Rivers on an errand.

Rivers heard Brown's words, discussed with Gentry, Tyronn Lue and other coaches, and made a decision:

Establish as soon as possible a tactical line for the Los Angeles Clippers championship with Comrade Li Liang as the core.

This matter, in a hotel in Memphis, was settled by several people after a brief chat, and Paul was not notified.

This was the Clippers' "Memphis Meeting," which had a profound impact on Clippers history.

And Li Liang was playing in the system at this time, and spent his anger points to watch the 1996 Chicago Bulls and 2009 Lakers game.

He just wanted to see how Jordan played Lao Ke.