Chapter 499: The Heavenly King Returns

James has figured out that instead of being beaten on the defensive end, it's better to respond offensively.

So all summer James has been improving his three-point ability.

Since the start of the season, James has paid attention to maintaining his three-point shooting every game and maintaining his three-point game feeling.

At the end of each day's practice, he will ensure that there is enough three-point training to keep his three-point shooting state at a good level.

For a player like him who is not a top shooting talent, if he has the ability, his three-point shooting ability will never reach 90 points.

But through his hand control, rhythm control, shot point and timing control, he can make himself reach a very good level of three-point shooting in the game.

If Kobe Bryant is a technical detail maniac and a tactical king, then James is a master of strategy.

He does not have such an extreme pursuit of technical details, but he pursues the maximization of strategic victories and the maximization of efficiency.

There are different basketball mindsets behind this, but the background is the same, the pursuit of the strongest and the most wins.

Of course, Li Liang took a completely different path - charging money, no, the road of hanging.

As the No. 1 player in Tianzi, in the face of James's two three-point responses, Li Liang couldn't help but admire.

As a player who is not very good at shooting threes, being able to withstand the pressure and respond is enough to see how strong he is.

In previous games, once Li Liang sacrificed the killing move of sudden death, basically three three-pointers, and the opponent collapsed.

There is no way to respond, continuous and rapid loss of points, the defense collapses, the offense has no center of gravity, how can it not collapse.

And the impact of continuous three-point blows on the psychological level is also very great.

James didn't resist in the finals last year, after all, it was too fierce, who could withstand this?

This time, James withstood and responded.

Subsequently, Li Liang made his third three-point shot from the outside!

The result was not a hit!

It seems that when the opponent can respond, Li Liang has no way to use the counterattack to shoot in a string, which also has an impact on his own feeling.

James got the backcourt rebound, and the backcourt directly hit the basket, resisted the defense of three Clippers players, and forced a layup with his left hand!

The referee didn't blow a foul on this ball, which can already be regarded as taking care of the Clippers.

After the goal, James patted his arm and signaled that the ball was actually fouled.

94:93, the Heat overtaked!

Li Liang originally wanted to beat the Heat to death in one wave, but he didn't expect James' counterattack to be so ferocious.

Li Liang calmed down and held the ball on the outside to organize the team's attack.

As a result, Li Liang was caught by the Heat's three-man after blocking and dismantling!

It's really a three-person bag, and the Heat will do everything to stop him.

Li Liang could only choose to play the ball and handed it to Barnes.

Barnes didn't dare to shoot with the ball, rushed in two steps with the ball, threw his shot, and missed.

James got the backcourt rebound again, and he was still unstoppable as a tank.

Li Liang followed, but James chose to pass the ball to Battier on the outside this time.

Battier feints a three-point shot, misses it, shakes off his opponent and rushes inside, then hits a close-range throw.

When Battier practiced basketball as a child, he played center.

Hook hands, throwing techniques are very good.

This goal was scored, and everyone could see that the momentum was deflecting towards the Heat.

Rivers called a long timeout.

Li Liang secretly said that it was not good, and now his three-point shooting rate improvement post will be wasted!

It's too bad to only make two three-pointers and not really play a role as a prop.

With the in-depth study of Li Liang's playing style by various teams, and the arrangement and targeting of his defensive strategy, it will become more and more difficult for Li Liang to kill the opponent by surprise as before.

Like the Heat, I'd rather have three people wrap you up than let you shoot.

It is aimed at the problem that the Clippers do not have a second reliable scoring point in addition to Li Liang.

Griffin was rested off the court, while Paul was sidelined.

The Heat's move worked.

Rivers' pause was no problem, and the result was that Li Liang's props were out of time.

After a long timeout, Rivers asked the players to grit their teeth, relax and pay attention to the opponent's marking.

Rivers also reminded Li Liang in particular, "Don't be too obsessed with the three-point shot, there are other ways you can help the team." ”

Other ways, defensively? Or a pull-up jumper? Or something else?

Li Liang's three-point shot, even without the help of props, the ability value of 90 points is very good.

It's just that the current tactical configuration of the Clippers may not make his empty three-point ability unplayable.

Without Paul, Griffin will score alone tonight, and the Heat will have multiple people to grab it, and it will be difficult for him to open up the situation with another three-pointer.

James responded appropriately, so that Li Liang did not dare to take risks and make a three-point shot casually.

Shooting three-pointers is not his forte.

Before going on the court, Mike Brown patted Li Liang and told him to play according to his own ideas.

But another coach has a different opinion – Tyronn Lue.

The last time he played Spurs, in a more critical environment, Tyronn Lue gave Li Liang useful advice.

At this time, he stood up again and said to Li Liang: "Bruce, defense, use your defense well, bite the opponent, and then give the opponent a fatal blow." Don't let them guess what you will play and how you will hit them, and let them fall into ignorant fear. Of course, defense, defense is fundamental! ”

When it comes to how to encourage players, Mike Brown is not as good as Tyronn Lue.

That's a big difference between a coach who has been a player and a coach who hasn't.

Li Liang nodded, and Coach Lu's words gave him a lot of inspiration.

Yes, don't let your opponent guess how you're going to fight.

In the past, everyone knew how Li Liang would fight, but there was nothing they could do about him.

Not because Li Liang is so powerful, but because he has the support of his teammates.

Now that the support of your teammates is not enough, and the opponent knows how to play, won't it be troublesome?

After returning to the court at the end of the timeout, Griffin returned to the court and served from the sideline.

At this time, Li Liang was very rare to ask for the ball on the flank.

Back? Li Liang, you kid will also turn his back?

Griffin hoisted the ball to Li Liang.

The Heat obviously didn't expect Li Liang to catch the ball with his back, what's the use of him catching the ball with his back, and you won't play with your back to the single.

Li Liang can't play singles with his back, but people can pass the ball!

The moment Li Liang received the ball, he launched his skills, [Bill Wharton's pass behind his head!] 】

Li Liang instantly felt that there were eyes in the back of his head, and he could look around at a 360-degree scene.

To be honest, this made Li Liang startled, how can a normal person's perspective be so big.

But this is not the time to be surprised, Li Liang gaped to Crawford's empty cut, and a pass to Crawford in the back of his head.

Crawford makes a layup!

The ball Crawford was meant to be a symbolic run inside.

Who knew that Li Liangzhen passed the ball over, and the pass was quite accurate.

Thankfully, Crawford was very focused, and after receiving the ball, he easily made a basket.

Then, Li Liang strengthened the defense of the interior and the obstruction of the Heat's pass in the defense.

James passed the ball to Bosh on the inside, and Bosh wanted to make a layup, but was blocked by a slap from Jordan Jr.

Li Liang got the ball and immediately launched a counterattack, launched a [one-shot soul] in the midfield, and made a beautiful ground-hitting pass to Griffin, who made a layup again.

Griffin was really going to vomit tonight when he ate the cake.

He's scored 28 points, half of which are assists.

At 94:97, the Clippers regained the upper hand.

The Heat players didn't expect that Li Liang could really help the team in other ways.

This kid is really getting more and more terrifying.

Subsequently, there were successive mistakes on both sides.

On the Heat side, the offense covered the foul.

The Clippers turned around and Griffin missed a hook under the basket.

James counterattacked quickly, and the pass was intercepted by Li Liang, and the ball was cut off by Collison.

But Griffin wanted to catch the ball and dunk directly, but James who returned to the defense knocked the ball down.

The defense on both sides is getting tighter and tighter, and it is easy not to give the opponent a chance to score.

The players are getting more and more ruthless, and they must be extremely careful with any pass and counterattack.

The score remained unchanged for three minutes.

The contest between Li Liang and James unfolded in secret.

The two sides began to have more and more direct confrontations, and small actions when defending also increased.

The goal that broke the deadlock still came from an assist from Li Liang.

After the ball went out of bounds, the Clippers ran a clear-edge play that gave Griffin a chance to cut to the basket.

Li Liang's awkward angled ground-hitting pass on the side passed to Griffin, who made an easy layup and scored 30 points.

It was another [one shot into the soul], and it could be seen from the angle of the courtside camera that Li Liang's ball flew into Griffin's hands with an arc like a scimitar, avoiding the blocking of the Heat players.

The big screen is still replaying Li Liang's wonderful pass repeatedly.

James had already dried to the basket with the ball, and the layup caused a foul on the Clippers player.

Despite losing weight in the summer, James still has a strong impact.

And because of the weight loss, he is faster and more explosive.

James barely broke through in the first half, just leaving his strength until the final stage of the game to harvest.

The physical confrontation between Li Liang and James is already very intense.

The ball that just hit may fly out if you change to an ordinary player, or you simply don't dare to go up and block it.

Li Liang fouled, but he didn't fall to the ground with a strong core, and he didn't feel any pain.

The adrenaline was in full swing, and the impact was nothing to him.

James hit both free throws, 96-99, still 3 points.

Subsequently, Li Liang missed a mid-range jumper, but Jordan Jr. made a dunk under the basket, 96:101.

The Clippers also have the advantage.

At this time, James suddenly exerted his strength, he first ran to the right side with the help of covering empty-handed, received Wade's breakthrough ball, and hit a three-point shot.

Then he suddenly wrapped up Collison in defense, cut off Collison's ball, and dunked on the counterattack!

The 5-point gap was erased in an instant.

James has made 5 of 6 three-pointers, and his career record for a single game is 8, set in '09 with the Cavaliers.

And the shooting percentage of 5 of 6 shots is already high and terrifying.

James was in fantastic form tonight.

Immediately afterwards, Li Liang was once again caught by the Heat's three-man in the offense, and he passed the ball to Griffin.

As a result, Griffin forced a dunk under the basket, and the ball was dunked!

With a tie of 101, the Heat got a chance to overtake the score.

There were less than three minutes left until the end of the game.

James took the ball slowly across the half court and handed it to Wade.

Li Liang stared at LeBron intently, and he no longer had the heart to scold Griffin.

Under the basket against Bosh, you can dunk the fly, and I will obey you.

Wade took the ball, and James went to the left wing with his back to resist Li Liang for the ball.

The physical contact between the two was very intense, and Li Liang desperately resisted James and pushed him away from the basket.

And James was firmly stuck in position, and after receiving Wade's pass, he turned to face the basket, and Li Liang wanted to paste it.

The experienced James immediately made a "big loop", taking advantage of Li Liang's concentration to hit Li Liang's arm with his hand.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle and blew a defensive foul on Li Liang.

This ball James is going to the free throw line.

After Li Liang was judged to have committed a foul, he glared at the referee, and the referee was so frightened that the whistle fell from his mouth.

Is there any NBA referee who hasn't been served by Li Liang's hair dryer?

Just when the referee thought that Li Liang was going to start blowing the wind, Li Liang's eyes suddenly calmed down.

He breathed a sigh of relief, didn't curse, didn't object to the referee's decision, and just raised his hand to accept it.

Unbelievable, unbelievable, all three referees were thinking, is this still Bruce Lee?

At the critical moment, if you blow him a foul, and he doesn't talk about you bleeding, he basically won't give up.

He didn't even say anything tonight, obviously in the first half and the third quarter, he often opened his mouth to curse.

What's going on?

Depressed by James?

No way, Bruce Lee can be depressed, Curry will dunk in a big windmill.

James hit the first free throw, 102-101, and the Heat overtook it.

Rivers was about to call a timeout again, but Li Liang walked to the sidelines and whispered a few words to Rivers.

Rivers nodded and sat back on the bench.

James also hit a second free throw, 103-101, with 2:21 left in the game.

The Clippers served in the backcourt, Collison received the ball, and after Li Liang ran across the halfcourt, he came over to make a pick-and-roll cover for Collison.

Collison passed the ball to Li Liang after covering.

It was a qualityless pass that didn't create any chances for Li Liang.

However, at the moment when Li Liang received the ball, after a little observation, he suddenly hunched his back, then shook his shoulders, and then dribbled under his hips continuously, and then broke through James's defense from the left side!

Everything came very suddenly, James hadn't put on a defensive posture yet, and he didn't even expect Li Liang to make such a move.

Chic change of direction in front of the body.

James quickly reacted and chased after him, and he was only half a position behind Li Liang.

But Li Liang held the ball all the way to the basket from the left side, and then relied on his body to resist James on the side and back, and lightly picked up the basket with his left hand.

Two-point hit.

The whole process can be described as one go, and the action is not fancy and complicated, but there is no trace of mud and water.

In the end, the method of resisting James and not letting him adjust his pace and jump block is also very old.

If Bosh on the other side comes over to make up for the defense, the basket is empty, and Li Liang can assist Jordan Jr. to dunk and score.

James suddenly felt a different aura coming from Li Liang's body.

That feeling, that relaxed state, very different.

Then, James passed the ball and assisted Wade for a mid-range jumper.

And Li Liang also broke through the middle and hit the ground to pass the ball to assist Griffin to make a layup.

105 draws, the last minute.

Both coaches have a timeout in their hands, and the result is not used, just to give it to the players.

James held the ball in the middle, he looked at the time, faced Li Liang, tried to break through twice, and was intercepted by Li Liang.

With the last 5 seconds left, James suddenly shot a three-point shot two steps away from the three-point line!

The ball swoops to the basket and hits the board!

The ball was actually scored!

James threw a very rare punch after the goal, and the ball was too crucial.

James' three-pointer tonight was amazing!

At 108:105, the Heat led by three points.

At this time, Rivers sat on the bench, still not calling a timeout.

On the side, Gentry reminded Rivers that he should stop watching the ball and that it was time to call a timeout.

Rivers shook his head and said, "I believe in Bruce, I believe in him." ”

The Clippers served quickly in the backcourt, and Li Liang held the ball with the help of Jordan Jr. and Griffin's cover, and beat the Heat to a foothold unheard.

He dribbled to the basket and then jumped up and hit a pull-up jumper to get two points back.

The attack took only 10 seconds with 33 seconds left in the game.

Spo didn't call a timeout either, and he believed in James as well.

It was a showdown between two superstars, and the hearts of the audience, the entire American audience, and even the global audience hung in the air.

James had a chance to kill the game, and he had already made six three-pointers tonight, shooting a horrible 6-of-7 shooting, conceded a shot at the start of the third quarter.

James was on the outside again, and after consuming nearly 15 seconds, Barnes stepped forward to wrap it up.

Barnes' timing was accurate, and James only had eight seconds to process the ball if he passed.

James faced the encirclement, and sure enough, he chose to pass the ball, and the ball went into Wade's hands.

There was no one to defend in front of Wade, he dribbled into the inside, and Jordan Jr. pounced as fast as he could!

A throw-up from Wade near the three-second zone!

Jordan Jr. jumped so violently that he almost jumped out of his own balls, interfering with Wade's throw.

The ball bounced a few times on the basket and didn't go in!

The ball rolls out!

Griffin struggled to grab the backcourt rebound, and the last 10 seconds were reserved for the Clippers and Li Liang.

Griffin gave the ball to Li Liang, who did not choose to call a timeout, but rushed towards the front court with the ball.

The Heat's bag came up, and Li Liang immediately gave the ball to Crawford.

Crawford dribbled through the middle of the half, and the Heat immediately joined in, and the person who came out of this time was Barnes.

But Crawford didn't want to pass it on to Barnes, time was running out, and it had to be given to Li Liang.

Li Liang was clung to by James, but he still made a sharp stop to get rid of the defense.

Crawford passed the ball over, and Li Liang jumped up to catch it.

As soon as the ball was received and stepped on the three-point line, three Heat players surrounded him.

If Li Liang stops the ball at this time, dribbles again, or passes the ball, there will be no more space and opportunities, and time is running out.

Li Liang landed, immediately turned in the direction of the basket, and then immediately jumped, in the air, and threw the ball towards the basket!

A long-distance two-point shot, without any hesitation, or even thinking about it, Li Liang voted.

The Clippers didn't have any players calling a timeout, they should have called a timeout, but they didn't.

Because at this moment, they trusted Li Liang and trusted the magical power in him.

Although they didn't see it, on Li Liang's chest, there was a medal shining.

This light was so dazzling, but it couldn't be perceived by anyone other than Li Liang.

On the medal, two words shine:

"Heavenly King."

The ball scored, the lights turned on, and Li Liang landed.

Raise your arms and kill the Heat.

The king is coming again, and there is no such thing as garbage.