Chapter 894: Less Loss is Better Win
Li Liang, as a striker who can be fast or slow, can be three or four, and his control and understanding of rhythm can be counted by a hand of players who surpass him around the world.
James counts one, Chris Paul counts one, and those top point guards in Europe should also have it.
Li Liang didn't plan to win this game, he knew that he would definitely not be able to beat.
In fact, his opponent in this game was not a player from the American team.
One of these players is counted as one, and all of them are Li Liang's defeated generals.
The person Li Liang really regards as an opponent is actually the head coach of the American team, Lao K.
Li Liang and Lao K have a relationship, when they got [Bob Knight's Hair Dryer], they got it after training under Coach Knight with Lao K and completing class tasks.
It's a pity that Lao K doesn't know, (it's strange if he can know), he has always targeted Li Liangting.
After all, Li Liang is a disciple of Calipari, and the two have a lot of grievances in the NCAA.
Lao K is indeed a famous coach, and when the American Dream Team showed its decline, he took over the national team.
He has a good mix of big-name stars, and he fully follows the current tactical trends, giving full play to the characteristics of American players, and building the American team into a unique and powerful team.
His basketball skills are indeed quite high, and he is already better than Bob Knight.
And Li Liang just wants to compete with Lao K.
Li Liang turned on [Bob Knight's hair dryer].
After coming to the national team, Li Liang has not used this thing.
After all, the power is too great, and the boys of his Chinese team can't stand it.
Now on the court, Li Liang needs his teammates to strictly obey his tactical arrangement, so he must turn on the hair dryer.
Li Liang first took the ball into his own hands, and he personally controlled the rhythm.
Secondly, Li Liang no longer yelled at his teammates to run, on the contrary, Li Liang asked everyone to slow down.
"Slow down, don't run blind! Find a good position, find a good position, squat well, squat well! ”
For the U.S. team's defense, the so-called running position of the Chinese players is actually the same as not running.
It's better not to run, save some energy to grab rebounds, or return to defense.
Li Liang asked everyone to pull away as much as possible and not to run around and destroy the formation.
The only one who can cooperate with Li Liang tactically is Yi Jianlian.
Yi Jianlian came over to block the demolition, and the American team decisively surrounded Li Liang.
Li Liang held the ball and stepped back, did not take the ball out after the clamp, but controlled it and stabilized.
Dribbling around and getting out of the bag of the American team.
There were gaps and opportunities under the basket, but Li Liang did not pass the ball.
Instead, at 45 degrees on the right side, he continued to rub twice, and finally made a three-point shot from the outside line from a long distance.
"Huh!" Hit!
Li Liang watched his teammates have a chance but didn't pass it, because he knew that even if it was passed, his teammates might not be able to score it.
It's better to vote for yourself.
And the opportunity for teammates to run out also attracts the attention of defenders to a certain extent.
gave Li Liang a chance to adjust, and Li Liang directly hit a three-point shot.
It seems to be a super long three-point shot, but it is actually a normal shooting distance for Li Liang.
"Retreat! Retreat! Come on! ”
As soon as he scored a goal, Li Liang roared and retreated, eager to whip everyone's buttocks.
Playing with Li Liang, most of the physical strength of the rest of the Chinese team will be spent on retreat and positional defense.
Don't do the pressure and delay of the whole audience, because Li Liang knows that it is meaningless.
There is no bag in the defense, joint defense? Neither.
The Chinese team has one move: shrinking.
Shrinking across the board, the outside line was given up for the U.S. team to practice targeting.
If you want to vote, you can vote, shoot to death and I will pull it down, anyway, resolutely do not give the American team a chance to play inside.
Thompson's third three-point shot of the second quarter missed.
Li Liang won the backcourt rebound, did not launch a fast attack, but slowly dribbled through the half court to control the rhythm.
Li Liang's rhythm and time have reached the limit.
From the second quarter onwards, basically every offense was pressed until the last 20 seconds before being processed.
Most of them attack on their own, and a few will pass to teammates to handle the ball.
And even if it is passed to a teammate, the teammate has no time to attack with the ball, and just shoot casually.
But it was this "cancerous" style of play that the Chinese team first got through the scoring drought at the beginning of the second quarter.
Then, he slowly stopped the decline of the widening score difference and slowly narrowed the point difference.
Conversely, the U.S. side took the lead, but their offense began to become less consistent.
The Chinese team's contraction defense and quick return defense made the rapid counterattack that the American team is best at useless.
Originally, the combination of three-pointers on the outside and basket scoring on the inside, and then the speed was faster, and the opponent was chaotic, and the American team could firmly control the victory in their own hands.
However, the special strategy of the Chinese team formed a strong shield and Li Liang's sharp spear.
At the end of the second quarter, the two sides were tied at 53:45, and the U.S. team led China by 8 points.
This is not a huge point difference.
Li Liang scored 20 points in the second quarter and 32 points in the half, and without his score, the Chinese team's offense could not be watched at all.
But he has this strength, not only in scoring, but also in determining the tactics of the Chinese team on the field, which is a good way to curb the momentum of the American team.
Li Liang thought in his heart, if he wants to hammer Lao Tzu, there is no door?
At the end of the scene, a reporter came over to interview Li Liang.
Li Liang took this opportunity to say in front of the camera: "I am the only one on our team who is an NBA player, and there are 12 on the opposite side, I think if we can only lose the opponent by 12 points in this game, then the Chinese team will win!" That's right, less loss is better than winning, that's what I think. ”
This product is really cunning, it was a joke to win when you lose less, everyone just talk about it, he took it seriously.
But the word quickly spread to the U.S. dressing room, and the U.S. players were arguably excited.
Li Liang, this guy, began to talk nonsense again, and won the loan.
Originally, he wanted to teach him a good lesson, but he scored 32 points alone in the first half, and he didn't learn a lesson, but was taught a lesson.
There was no way, Lao K found that the effect of the bag clamp on Li Liang was not very good.
This thing's ability to get rid of the bag has become very strong now, and because the FIBA three-point line is relatively close, he often shoots directly at three-point shots after getting rid of it, ignoring it.
Even if the hit rate is lower than usual, it can't bear the volume.
Li Liang made 5 of 14 three-pointers in the first half, and one person made more three-point shots than the entire U.S. team.
Three-point shooting accounted for half of Li Liang's score.
If those shots are distributed to teammates, it is a question of whether they can score half of the 15 points.
Therefore, a 35% hit rate is already good for Li Liang.
In the locker room of the Chinese team at halftime, Gong Luming agreed with Li Liang's tactics.
He called only one timeout in the entire second quarter to make a substitution.
Regarding the seemingly simple and crude tumor tactics arranged by Li Liang, Gong Luming admired it from the bottom of his heart.
This is to carry forward his tactics of "one shot and four robs".
And on the field, he kept using the command to polish the details.
Li Liang already faintly has the shadow of a master tactician.
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By the start of the third quarter, the U.S. team finally started to push and changed their strategy.
Lao K has only one requirement for the team - speed up, crazy speed, and must play speed.
Moreover, after the start of the third quarter, Lao K put Durant, Thompson, Irving, and Anthony on the court at the same time.
The three-point ability of these four people is very strong, and Lao K obviously wants to make Li Liang pay the price.
And Durant and others were not polite, after the start of the third quarter, they started from defense and carried out a three-person package on Li Liang!
At this time, Li Liang had to pass the ball, and the Chinese team's attack began to fall into chaos.
Li Liang passed, and the offense was chaotic.
Because the U.S. team is very fast in the defense, co-defense, and homing after the bag.
After the defense came up, the U.S. team just didn't listen to the counterattack.
The U.S. team's physical advantage is also beginning to show.
Lao K really rotated 12 people, as if playing ice hockey, constantly changing and running.
And there are only a few that the Chinese team can really play, and only one and a half can completely compete with the American team.
In the back, Li Liang finally couldn't hold it anymore, anyway, when he was warming up, there was no need to use props to fight hard.
After scoring 45 points, Li Liang went down to rest early in the fourth quarter, and the score between the two sides had come to 73:97 at this time, and the Chinese team trailed by 24 points, to double that of 12.
I can't beat it.
Li Liangxin thought silently, it doesn't matter, there is no 58 anyway.