Li Liang sat on the bench not only surprised the on-site commentators and fans, but also caught the opponent Raptors off guard.

The Raptors' coaching staff had already done a lot of setups for Leon, Durant, and Westbrook before the game began.

As a result, Li Liang sat back on the bench, which made the Raptors players themselves feel a little confused.

At this moment, the pressure on the Raptors' bench is a little too high.

The Raptors started Kyle Lowry, Valanciunas, DeRozan, Carroll and just signed Luis Scola in the summer.

Jump ball, the game starts, Valanciunas gets the ball first, and the Raptors start their first offense.

Li Liang is not present, and the psychological pressure of the Raptors' starters is much less.

But in the first attack of the opening game, Lowry may have been too relaxed, dribbling to the bottom line and slipping out directly......

Out of bounds, turnovers, ball conversions.

On the Thunder's side, because of Li Liang's absence, the style of play went back to the past, and Durant directly asked for the ball in the low post on the left side.

But Carroll defended well, poked the ball out from behind, and still had the Thunder ball.

Throw-in, the ball was pounded twice, and finally there was no time, Westbrook forced a three-point shot from the outside!

Didn't make ......

On the Raptors' side, Scola received the ball in the bottom corner of the right side and shot a mid-range jumper, but was interfered with by Collison and missed.

Durant got the backcourt rebound and pushed the counterattack, taking advantage of Adams' cover on the right side to score in the middle.

The Raptors' defense contracted quickly, and Valanciunas and Carroll blocked the break in the middle.

Durant didn't force a shot, and gave the ball to Robertson in the bottom left corner, Robertson had a chance to shoot, but when he hesitated, whether to shoot or not, whether to pass or not, the defender had already pounced.

Li Liang happened to be sitting behind Robertson, and when he saw that Robertson didn't dare to vote, he yelled: "You TM is going to vote!" ”

Roberson was startled when he heard Li Liang's words, and he was excited and ...... Of course, I didn't get in, and I didn't get into it.

But it was picked up by Adams under the basket, and Adams hit a two-point shot with a hook hand.

Adams's hook is really good, and the young man usually practices a lot.

Seeing this, Li Liang applauded: "Not bad! That's a good story! ”

Roberson was speechless, damn it, you asked me to vote, and now I say that I passed it well, I'm not ashamed?

The Thunder scored first, then Durant covered DeRozan's layup on defense, Adams grabbed the rebound, and Westbrook countered with the ball.

He pushed near the free throw line and hit a jumper for two points.

Westbrook's stop-and-go zombie jumper is very similar to Li Liang's pull-up jumper.

The shooting speed is fast, the choice is sudden, and it is difficult to interfere, but the hit rate is not as good as Li Liang's.

Li Liang watched the Thunder play simply and efficiently, and thought to himself that it still made sense to sit on the bench by himself.

With the individual abilities of Durant and Westbrook, it would be a waste of them to let them play complex tactics.

Just like the OK combination of the Lakers back then, O'Neal and Kobe, what complex tactics did you let them run? Not necessarily.

The triangle offense pulls away and gives them plenty of space to play alone.

Simplicity on the basketball court does not correspond to inefficiency and inefficiency, and complexity does not mean that you are strong.

Tactics are still decided based on the ability of the players and the configuration of the team.

In the past three years, Durant and Westbrook have started and Harden has proven to be a good rotation configuration.

It's just that they are too young, so the finals fell short.

Now Harden for Li Liang......

At this time, Donovan, who was standing on the sidelines, was thinking in his heart that Li Liang's decisions and choices could indeed maximize the potential of the Thunder team, which was proven by history.

Although Harden's position was different from Li Liang's back then, in terms of function, Li Liang who Harden could do could do it, and he did it better.

What Li Liang can do, Harden can't do a lot.

In addition to the advantage of beard, Harden is inferior to Li Liang in all aspects.

Coupled with the fact that Durant and Westbrook are more mature and powerful than in the past, this is really a strengthened version of the three-less Thunder in 2012.

Donovan is still a little excited when he thinks about it, when should he replace Li Liang on the field?

At this point, the Raptors still couldn't score.

In the face of the Thunder's tight man-to-man defense, the Raptors couldn't find a breakthrough.

DeRozan broke through in a row without results, and finally gave Scola to Scola to rush in with the ball, and the throw did not hit.

The Thunder fought back again, and this time Westbrook advanced to the same position but made a different choice.

He made a very covert ground-hitting pass to Adams, who was plugged in the middle, and Adams received the ball and smashed it with one hand!

The Energy Center came to a small climax after the opening, and the Thunder beat the Raptors 6:0.

It feels good, Li Liang thought, don't I have to go on?

Last season, the Pacers led a group of fools to win the championship, and this year, Li Liang thought, maybe he can experience more of the feeling of lying down and winning?

It turns out that Li Liang thinks too much.

The Thunder immediately fell into a scoring drought.

The Raptors haven't found their scoring touch for the time being, but their defensive intensity has come up.

Both sides began to strike iron continuously.

Any once weak team, bad team, evolves into a strong team, a playoff regular, the first thing they improve must be their own defense.

The Raptors were no exception, with an up-and-coming intensity and defensive contraction doing a great job when the offense was unfavorable.

Robertson was let go, and Durant missed a three-point shot from the outside.

Offensively, Valanciunas took advantage of the low post to score the Raptors' first goal.

The score of 6:2 was maintained for a long time, and the Thunder's ferocious counterattack offense was gradually dissolved by the Raptors' dense defense in the middle, and began to enter the iron battle.

At this time, Donovan looked at the bench and felt that Li Liang should come on the stage.

He wanted to replace Li Liang at the first official timeout in a while.

In this way, Collison is equivalent to making a fake starter, and he will make a substitution after four or five minutes.

The Thunder's offense still didn't improve much, Westbrook made a pass error, and Scola hit a mid-range jumper on the counter-attack.

Li Liang also felt a little anxious when he saw it, and wondered if he wanted to go on it.

But he thought about it, if he plays, Collison will be a fake starter, then after he appears, he will continue to play with Westbrook and Durant, what is the difference between starting and starting?

After that, Westbrook's beautiful pass assisted Collison for a layup, and the Raptors also relied on Lowry to score two points.

At this time, Durant finally made a shot and hit a three-point shot from the outside!

The Raptors' shrinking defense will come at a price.

At 11:4, the Thunder took a seven-man lead, and the Raptors called a timeout.

At this time, Donovan pointed to Li Liang on the bench and said, "Bruce, you can replace Collison later." ”

Unexpectedly, Li Liang refused, "No coach, I think I want to sit for a while." ”

Donovan looked confused, Lao Tzu has been a coach for so many years, and he has never seen such a player?

"Okay, then you can sit a little longer." Nodovan didn't dare to disobey, he could sit as much as he wanted, and it didn't matter if you just sat until the end of the game.

Seeing this, Mike Brown took the initiative to hand Li Liang water, and if there was a newspaper nearby, he would probably get a newspaper for Li Liang to see.

But Li Liang didn't want to drink water now, but listened to Donovan's tactics.

When Li Liang was not present, Donovan only targeted Durant and Westbrook, and the arrangement was still handy.

He doesn't have too many complicated arrangements, but more of an encouragement for the players.

His on-the-spot command and adjustment is very strong, after all, he has led the NCAA team to play a knockout game all year round, and his adjustment ability is not strong.

In the first few games, he was still adjusting to the rhythm of the NBA, and he understood that the NBA season is long and needs to be trickled.

Therefore, Li Liang was listening to Donovan's arrangement, and Donovan was also thinking in his heart, wanting to see how Li Liang would play with a substitute when he appeared on the stage.

After all, Mike Brown often brags off the court, "Leave it to Bruce, and he'll take care of everything." ”

The two can be regarded as stealing from each other and making progress together.

After the game restarted, Durant's form on the court became better and better.

Donovan reminded Durant to let go of the game and be bold to attack and defend with confidence.

Because there is a super substitute on the bench, there is no need to worry about the distribution of physical fitness.

As soon as Durant came up, he gave Carroll a big hat on defense.

Then in the counterattack, he received a pass from Westbrook, dodged in the air, and made a rebound with his left hand!

The thunder played quite smoothly, which made Li Liang worry about whether he really didn't need to be on it.

The Raptors' offense has never been able to find a feeling, and they have never been able to shoot three-pointers from the outside.

With three minutes left before the end of the first quarter, the two sides began to rotate their lineups.

At this time, Li Liang was finally about to put on the battle, and the Raptors replaced Lowry and replaced Corey Joseph.

And the Thunder replaced Collison and replaced Li Liang......

Raptors coach Casey looked at this rotation and suddenly felt a little hopeful.