Neither Li Liang nor Leonard were recognized as talented strikers at the beginning.

Especially Li Liang, a second-round last show, it is a miracle to play like this today.

Leonard is in a much better position than Lee, but the 15th pick is already out of the lottery, and he has performed much better this year than many of the players ahead of him.

For example, Derrick Williams (again the Timberwolves), who was drafted by the Timberwolves in the list, was sent to the Kings by the Timberwolves in November '13 and returned with a Bamot.

Another example is the Morris brothers in front of Leonard, the strength is there, and the potential is far from Leonard.

But such a player who was not talented in his rookie period and had the same stiff shooting and facial expression on the offensive end was one of the most difficult small forwards in the league in Li Liang's opinion.

The first difficult to deal with is of course James, Durant and Anthony are also difficult to deal with, but Li Liang is not very afraid of the defense of these two.

Leonard, on the other hand, is a strong shield, and it is not easy to pierce him.

Li Liang thinks that he is not a sharp knife, nor a sledgehammer, he is a longbow, what he wants to do is not to pierce the shield, but to go around and go straight to the spur army.

In the first quarter, Li Liang used his running and cooperation to shake off Leonard with every shot, or got two rebounds to score points offensively.

As long as the one-on-one position is set up, Li Liang will not attack.

If you have to attack, it's okay for Li Liang to throw three points, but now is not the time.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Spurs by four points at 28-24.

But at the beginning of the second quarter, Mills hit a three-pointer from 45 degrees on the right side to chase the deficit to just one point.

Immediately afterward, Odom was whistled for a cover foul on the offense, and the situation suddenly turned against the Clippers.

It was Ginobili who caused Odom's foul.

Then, the Spurs passed the ball through a series of outside coordination, Dio found a gap in the middle of the ball, dribbled to the basket, and scored two points with a light throw, and the Spurs overtook it!

The counterattack was so fast that just one minute into the second quarter, the advantage the Clippers had built in the first quarter was gone.

Soon, Griffin went down after double screens in the middle and Odom, received a pass from Crawford, turned his back and wiped it under the basket, and faced Duncan with a left-handed pick-up.

However, on the defensive end, the Clippers showed their loopholes again, Ginobili made a penetrating pass to the basket from a high post, and Dio received the ball and made an easy layup.

The Spurs' bench is not far behind in terms of tactical coordination, offensive firepower and the main lineup.

And Popovich also put Duncan on the court to give the team's defense a basic guarantee.

Then, Crawford missed a mid-range jumper after a pick-and-roll.

The Spurs counterattacked, Duncan beat Griffin in the low post, and the turnaround dress threw missed.

But the ball was touched out of bounds by a Clippers player, and the Spurs had the ball.

At this time, the Clippers are Griffin, Odom and Hollins on the court, and without Jordan Jr. and Li Liang, the Clippers' interior defense level is plummeting.

The basket was penetrated, and the backcourt rebounds were not well protected.

After going out of bounds, Rivers immediately re-replaced Jordan Jr. and replaced Hollins.

But the Spurs, through skillful outside coordination, still allowed Ginobili to find an open position at 45 degrees on the left side, and then hit a three-point shot!

At 30:34, the Spurs overtook by 4 points!

"I said, why don't you listen?"

Li Liang criticized Rivers from the bench.

Rivers changed his defensive strategy in the second quarter, no longer engaging in full rotation, but focusing on the ball carrier, which hit the Spurs.

In fact, Rivers can't help it, the bench lineup, Odom and Griffin, who rotate on the court, will most likely be pierced by the Spurs' sharp small hits.

However, it has also been proven that without a full rotation, the Spurs' conductive transfer ball really always finds an open spot, which is very scary in the playoffs.

In modern NBA basketball, it is not easy to find open spots for players to shoot through offensive transmission tactics.

For many tactics, it's good to be able to find space for a star to go one-on-one, and it's good to be able to mobilize a 0.1-second defensive gap with a single pass to allow the ball carrier to make offensive moves.

If you want to make a big gap in the positional offense, it's not a high school basketball game, or the NBA fifty years ago, now the court is crowded, the players are physically good, and the open space is rare.

This year's Spurs, however, have been able to repeatedly pass open spaces so that players can shoot in a comfortable state.

The Spurs hit the Clippers with a 10-2 offensive climax and directly stopped the Clippers.

Rivers humbly accepted Li Liang's criticism, and then replaced Li Liang on the court and replaced Griffin.

After Li Liang came on the court, the Clippers' offense immediately improved, he received the ball in the middle, shook off Dio with a feint, and passed the ball to Jordan Jr. under the basket after hitting the ground through the crotch.

Jordan Jr.'s layup was pulled down by Split and fouled on the free throw line.

Jordan Jr. made a free throw, and Popovich immediately put Leonard back on the court.

One of two free throws, and then the Spurs didn't go as smoothly as they did in the offense.

The Clippers resolutely plugged the loopholes, changed the defense, easily did not wrap up, and did not lose the defensive position.

In the end, Dio played Jordan Jr. on the left side, squeezed the ball with his back and squeezed a few times without squeezing in, so he could only turn over and go out, and a difficult step-back jumper did not enter.

In fact, as long as it is not misplaced like Duncan playing Crawford, other players of the Clippers have this ability to dislocate the defense, whether it is small or big or small.

Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Clippers' counterattack came.

Li Liang passed the ball to Paul, and Paul blocked Li Liang after half time.

The Spurs continued to double up on Li Liang, and Paul scored two points on a pull-up jumper at the top of the arc.

Paul's mid-range, if the Spurs don't pay attention to it, can kill people as well.

Popovich sat on the bench and looked down at the tactics card, shaking his head slightly.

The Spurs are strong, but from the Spurs' point of view, the Clippers are also terrifyingly strong.

Originally, the Clippers without Li Liang were already a strong team with a neat lineup, but the middle class signed an MVP?

Such a good thing Popovich also wanted.

A Li Liang is a perfect fit with the Clippers in terms of position and style of play.

Just dealing with Leeyan Popovich is enough brains, and the Clippers also have Chris Paul in his prime, and Griffin in the ascendant.

Defending the Clippers, that's definitely pressing down the gourd and scooping up, you can't do everything.

After the Clippers changed their defensive strategy, the Spurs' passing fluency immediately went down.

But Leonard got a one-on-one one-on-one Barnes on the wing and scored two points on a step-back jumper after clearing Barnes.

Spurs continue to hold the lead.

After that, Li Liang made a pass error, and the Spurs got a chance to counterattack, and Dio missed a three-point shot on the counterattack.

Li Liang won the backcourt rebound and launched a counterattack, he and Barnes made a wall-to-wall pass cooperation, and made a 45-degree three-point shot on the right side!

Leonard couldn't defend one, and saw Li Liang hit a three-point shot and tied again!

Leonard was still expressionless, but in his heart he had repeatedly reminded himself, "Leave Barnes, don't care about Barnes, guard against Bruce, guard against Bruce." ”

Leonard's goal was purely out of defensive instinct to save the vacated Barnes, otherwise he would not have given Li Liang room to shoot.

Li Liang has been 6 out of 6 so far, and he still hasn't missed.

But right away, Spurs' Belinelli received a wide transfer from Dio, shook off Barnes, and hit a three-point shot from the right side to regain the advantage.

The attacks on both sides were opened, and no one wanted to easily crush the opponent.

Li Liang didn't think that he could easily kill the Spurs, he was worried that his teammates thought they could easily kill the Spurs.

The first two rounds of the Clippers were still too easy, especially against the Trail Blazers and playing.

It's not necessarily a good thing to play too easily in the semi-finals.

Originally, I have been making Beijing rolls and Shanghai rolls, but I don't feel good after doing them, but I immediately came to Qidong rolls and Huanggang rolls, which are easy to explode.

In contrast, the Spurs played the Warriors in the semifinals, and the team's potential was unleashed.

The Warriors were unexpectedly strong, allowing the Spurs to go all out, and the result was getting better and better.

After Belinelli hit a three-pointer, the Clippers wasted another chance on the offensive end, and Paul's layup knocked Parker down and was whistled for an offensive foul.

But Paul immediately made a steal on the defensive end.

Belinelli was covered by Jordan Jr. under the basket and tried to pass the ball to the bottom corner, but there was no gap at all and it passed to Paul.

The Clippers counterattacked, and Odom received Paul's hanging pass in the middle, only to have a layup blocked by Duncan.

Duncan's defense under the basket is really like a needle.

After that, the Spurs scored through a very clever basket combination, Leonard lobed the ball high to Split, Split received the ball and went down, and a hit pass to Duncan on the other side, Duncan made an easy layup.

The Spurs extended their lead to five points, and they are becoming more solid defensively and more fluid offensively.

Li Liang immediately stepped forward to break this trend.

Li Liang and Paul quickly blocked and dismantled, and immediately received the ball and then gave a hidden pass to Little Jordan, and Little Jordan dunked it with both hands!

It also caused a foul on Leonard.

Jordan Jr. went to the free throw line, but unfortunately missed the free throw.

But Li Liang pulled out the rebound, Paul took the ball, and then passed it back to Li Liang.

The moment Li Liang received the ball, the Spurs players thought he was going to shoot, but Li Liang once again hit the ground and passed the ball to the inside, and Jordan Jr. dunked again!

An offensive dunk two, and little Jordan dunked very happily.

The Spurs players are not happy.

The two sides went into an official timeout, at which point, halfway through the second quarter, the two sides battled to 40-41, and the Clippers trailed the Spurs by one point.

Reggie Miller, a commentator on the sidelines, said, "This is probably the highest-level matchup of the playoffs so far, and I believe this series could become a classic matchup, just like the 1998 Pacers vs. Bulls." ”

Miller didn't forget to brag about himself and the Pacers, you didn't win in '98!