Chapter 403: A Kind of Workout
?? Li Liang actually doesn't want to compare disciplines.
Practicing basic passing in the system, receiving guidance from famous coaches from all walks of life, and cooperating with teammates in training, Li Liang knows the fun of team basketball.
The problem is that the ability is not enough, and Lao Tzu can't do it.
Li Liang's ability to read the game is quite strong, and he feels that the second half of the third quarter is a good opportunity to establish an advantage on the court.
Both sides should have felt that the chaotic battle was about to start, so Li Liang seized this opportunity and took a [steal success rate improvement post (a)] to improve his steal success rate in five minutes.
Li Liang used this post less in the previous game, because the effect was not as obvious as the three-point shooting rate improvement post.
However, this time, the effect is not bad, because the Rockets' Harden and Jeremy Lin's double backcourt are originally high-error backcourts.
This is the price they have to pay for a fast-paced attack.
Li Liang's operation allowed the Clippers to regain the advantage.
The Rockets are very difficult to do now, sailing against the wind, although it is the home court, but it is really difficult to fight against the Clippers in the fourth quarter.
To add insult to injury, in the last two minutes of the third quarter, the Rockets did not score a point after returning from a timeout.
Their outside shooting was completely inaccurate, and they couldn't shoot any three-point shot.
At this time, it should be the team's superstars who stand up and rely on their individual ability to solve the problem.
As a result, Harden's continuous individual ball-holding offense on the outside line did not hit, and Li Liang's defense of Harden was quite successful, and he did not give Harden any chance to make fouls to the free throw line.
At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers led the Rockets by 13 points at 84-71.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Li Liang did not take a break and began to play on the court with substitutes.
On the first offense, Li Liang broke through to the inside line with the help of cover, broke through on the left side, threw a basket in his right hand, and hit the board.
Li Liang also made a fake pass in the process of breaking through, so that the Rockets' defenders did not come over in time to help defend.
The Rocket's defense is really a half-hung ball-holding offense like Li Liang and easily hit the inside layup.
Obviously, the Rockets were a little stunned by the Clippers' wave of offense and did not slow down.
Then, Clippers backup guard Darren Collison retaliated with a-for-tat on the defensive end and bit Beverley.
Beverley is used to biting and entanglement opponents, and now he was forced by Collison's one-on-one defense, and he couldn't adapt to it for a while, and almost lost the ball.
Thankfully, the referee blew for a defensive foul on Collison to give Beverley a respite.
Then, Beverley received Jefferson's pass and missed a three-point shot from the outside, and Li Liang got a rebound in the backcourt.
The Rockets haven't scored in a sports game for several minutes.
The two sides fought each other for a few more rounds, and both sides were striking iron.
The problem is that the Clippers are ahead by more than ten points, the iron is iron, and the Rockets are lagging behind.
The Rockets missed another three-point attempt from the outside, and Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound again and made a long pass to Crawford.
Crawford held the ball and quickly went down to the basket, Jefferson couldn't make up for it, and watched Crawford go to the basket, and finally couldn't help but push.
The mentality collapsed.
The result was a two-point goal from Crawford, a whistle from the referee, and a penalty to be added.
After that, Jefferson hit a strong shot in the low post inside, causing a foul on Jordan Jr., and the Rockets finally scored on both free throws.
However, they still didn't score in the athletic battle.
It wasn't until more than three minutes into the fourth quarter that Beverley received Jefferson's pass and cut to the basket and scored two points on a layup.
It's not easy to finally score in a sports battle.
The reason for the Rockets' sudden dumbfire is that their offense relies heavily on three-point shooting and quick counterattacks.
Although he has Jefferson's relatively stable low-post offensive point this season, under the two-man defense of Jordan Jr. and Li Liang, he does not have too good low-post attack opportunities in this game.
And Jefferson can't be a low-post axis to fully drive the entire Rockets' offensive system.
The person who can really break this situation for the Rockets is Harden, but Harden is weak again tonight.
The two sides played until there were 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, when Harden, Paul and others reappeared, and Li Liang went down to rest for a while.
During this time, Li Liang can be said to have propped up the Clippers' offense and defense, and used his own methods to help the team gain the advantage of the game.
Once the Clippers gain an advantage in the score, Griffin, Paul, Jordan Jr. and others will be comfortable playing downwind.
Griffin began to force Josh Smith or Jefferson in the low post, and Paul continued to use his mid-range jumper to extinguish the Rockets' chasing points.
On the Rockets' side, as soon as Li Liang got off the court, Harden immediately dedicated a 2+1, and he held the ball one-on-one to beat Crawford, isn't this a free gift?
Harden dribbled to the basket, and not only made a layup but also caused a foul on Crawford.
Crawford has tried very hard to defend this ball, but one of them is as strong as a cow and the other is as thin as a monkey.
Harden has two Crawford on him, and it is estimated that he can make a successful layup and make a foul by the way.
The Clippers' response was simple, Paul hit a pull-up mid-range jumper after holding the ball.
Griffin also showed a dreamy step on offense, carrying Smith alone in the low post and making a layup after stepping up and down.
Li Liang watched from the bench, thinking that this lead was playing downwind, and all technical moves were coming.
But the Rockets didn't give up, and with 15 points behind, in the last 5 minutes, they launched a final charge.
First, Beverley rushed to the basket with the ball, carrying a bag of explosives and generally hitting the three-second zone, causing Jordan Jr.'s foul.
Beverley threw the ball to the ground and immediately got up for free throws.
Then Harden relied on his "acting skills" and inexplicably caused a foul on Griffin under the basket.
The ball was originally Jeremy Lin's outside jumper missed, and Harden got the frontcourt rebound, but he stood too far inside and completely lost the shooting angle.
Griffin came up on the defense, and Harden saw that he was about to go out of bounds, so he suddenly leaned on Griffin, and then the whole person fell out of bounds......
The referee blew the whistle and blew for a push foul on Griffin.
Because the number of fouls has reached 4, Harden is going to make free throws.
Of course, the Clippers players are very dissatisfied, why is this a foul?
Obviously, he bumped into it himself and popped it out.
Rivers was arguing loudly with the referee, who was of course unmoved.
In this case, give the Rockets a chance, after all, it's home.
Li Liang got up and reminded Rivers that it was time for him to play.
As soon as Li Liang came on the court, Harden's good days of cheating and cheating were over.
"Blake, if anyone touches you in the future, you must fall down first, so that the referee doesn't know who to blow for a foul, and he may not blow it, you know?"
Li Liang also taught Griffin how to act, Griffin is a good honest man, and it is estimated that he will be taught by Li Liang after a period of time.
But the effect of Li Liang after playing is very obvious.
In attack he drew two defenders and allowed Crawford to secure a big open at 45 degrees on the right.
Crawford received Paul's pass and hit a three-pointer.
At this time, there were still 4 minutes left before the end of the fourth quarter.
Quite a lethal three-pointer, the rocket took a big hit.
Parsons made a quick layup on the counterback, but Griffin immediately picked up a pass from Li Liang and hit a mid-range jumper.
The difference between the two sides has always been maintained at more than 10 points.
When Paul made consecutive feints in the offense to hit the basket, and then distributed the ball to Li Liang in the bottom corner.
Li Liang made a three-point shot in the bottom right corner and hit his seventh three-pointer of the game!
The game was completely killed, the Rockets called the last timeout, and McHale gave up resistance.
Terrence Jones and others came off the bench.
Li Liang calculated his own data, and it was another 30-point game.
The last 1 minute or so of garbage time is gone, and others should be given more room to play!
In the end, the Clippers defeated the Rockets on the road with a 115-99, 16-point advantage.
The Rockets scored more than 100 points in a single game, and the free hamburgers for the audience were gone.
Li Liang once again scored a game-high 30 points, and his efficiency was extremely amazing.
For Li Liang, scoring seems to have become a very simple matter.
He is currently averaging 26 points per game, ranking fifth on the NBA's scoring per game list.
If he plays like a veteran in every game, it is not impossible to win a scoring title.
However, Li Liang is not too interested in scoring champions at the moment, and he is now thinking about how to improve the team's defense.
There are not many "selfless" players like him who are dedicated to the team and do not consider their own data!
What the? Garbage time scooping?
It's just a workout!