When he was usually in school, Li Liang watched a lot of NBA games, including Durant's games.

In recent years, Durant has become a popular fried chicken in the league, winning consecutive points, and can be said to be one of the most difficult forward players in the league to defend.

When Li Liang wanted to defend Durant's master, the first thing that came to mind was Tony Allen of the Grizzlies.

In the 2011 playoffs, he played against Durant and played quite well defensively.

With a height of 1.93 meters, he knew that he couldn't interfere with Durant's shooting, so he was like a kraft candy, sticking to Durant like a kraft candy, not letting him catch the ball comfortably, not letting him shoot comfortably, and achieving the greatest degree of containment of Durant.

Therefore, Li Liang wants to learn from Allen's way to stick to Durant.

But after a few rounds, Li Liang realized:

First of all, I can't stick to Durant at all.

Li Liang is about the same height as Durant, but his steps are not as fast as Durant.

Although the strength is superior, it does not play a role in the outside defense, and is prone to fouls.

Secondly, sticking defense is very physically demanding.

The rest of the Nuggets' defense is really unwatchable, and there is no systematic defensive formation.

Camby is forever squatting under the basket, Carmelo Anthony is even more impossible, and Iverson is also the eldest brother, let alone the second brother.

Only Martin occasionally makes up for it, and Li Liang can only come by himself.

In this way, Li Liang's defensive efficiency is very low.

After the start of the first quarter, if it weren't for Durant's bad hand and two iron shots, he might have been able to break 10 in the first quarter, and he would have scored 6 points.

Once the defensive end is consumed too much, Li Liang is a little disjointed on the offensive end.

He hadn't worked with the Nuggets in the first place, and his current ability wasn't good enough to survive in the NBA in 2007.

On the offensive end, he didn't make a single shot, so he could only make a mid-point to shoot the ball, and it didn't work.

Towards the end of the first quarter, George Carr replaced Li Liang with substitute forward Nahoola.

Li Liang gasped again and again, the plateau home court was still quite physically draining, and he said in his heart that this was an NBA-level game.

This is still the first quarter, and this is still the Seattle SuperSonics who don't want to win and don't want to defend, and sure enough, the NBA is not so easy to play.

Li Liang kept drinking water to quench his hunger and thirst.

George Carr came up to him and said, "Bruce, take a good look at how Nahura dealt with that kid, use your brains more." ”

Li Liang knew that this was a reminder from the system to him.

He immediately gathered his mind and began to sit on the bench to watch the game.

The bench is indeed the best viewing position, and some details can be seen clearly.

It's no wonder that some bench players end up becoming NBA coaches, and they all watch too many games.

Durant played the entire first quarter, but he didn't score the rest of the game and missed two shots.

Li Liang looked at Nahula's defense of Durant very simply.

Stand in a good position, break through and go to confrontation, if you don't break through, you want to vote for me to interfere, don't lose position, don't cling, always keep a certain distance.

This doesn't seem to be a great defense, but it feels like it's better than Li Liang's effect on the court.

At the end of the first quarter of the game, when the players on both sides were resting, Li Liang asked Nahula: "How did you defend Durant?" ”

The Mexican took a sip of Gatorade and replied, "How to prevent it?" Just defend it normally, it's just a rookie, how else do you want to defend it? ”

Nahula's words woke Li Liang up.

Yes, this is Durant in 2007, a rookie who just entered the NBA from college and played in the NBA for the first time like himself.

Although he is much more talented than himself, he is also a newcomer, not the scoring champion of 2011.

Why did you use the methods of 2011 to deal with him?

As Nahura said, normal defense is enough.

Li Liang clearly remembers that the supersonic speed gave Durant unlimited firing rights that year, and he could vote however he wanted.

And Durant in the first season has not yet practiced the indiscriminate god accurate jump shot later, so the mid-to-long shooting percentage is not good.

Li Liang only needs to try his best to interfere, and then he can adapt according to the score.

Learning from Tony Allen to defend Durant in 2011 is tantamount to asking for a sword.

Li Liang, who figured this out, reappeared in the middle of the second quarter, and Durant also returned to the court, and the two continued to play against each other.

This time, Li Liang no longer did futile sticking defense and following defense, but always maintained a proper defensive distance and did not lose it.

As soon as Durant received the ball, he immediately put on a defensive stance.

Durant is indeed extremely talented, but as a rookie, he really doesn't have many offensive means.

His teammates are all rookies, and he doesn't have much tactical cooperation, so many times, he shoots with the ball and dribbles a few times.

Li Liang stretched out his hand to interfere, and then prayed "don't go in, don't go in", and the ball smashed out of the basket several times.

On the offensive end, Li Liang insisted on waiting outside the three-point line, and really let him catch two opportunities, one time he was too nervous and threw one miss.

The second time, it was Martin's frontcourt rebound, and after winning it, it was given to Li Liang in the bottom left corner.

A big vacant opportunity, Li Liang got up and down, and a three-point shot hit!

Scored his first goal of the game! After the goal, the live DJ yelled "Bruce Lee! 3-point (three-point shot)! ”

The audience cheered loudly, and it was a really exciting feeling.

Before he entered the NBA to play, Li Liang first passed the addiction of playing in the NBA, which feels 10,000 times better than sitting on the cold bench in the NCAA.

Of course, Li Liang's mission is not to score three points, but to defend Durant.

The entire supersonic offense was played loosely, and the players were fighting on their own on the court anyway, and Durant had unlimited firing rights.

After Li Liang switched his defensive strategy, he tried several outside jumpers, only hit one, and then hit the inside and won two free throws to score 10 points at halftime.

Li Liang has always maintained a normal defensive posture from beginning to end, and his defensive awareness is still okay, but he can't keep up with his footsteps and lateral movements.

But Durant obviously played more casually, and the coach didn't care, so he let him shoot casually.

Li Liang also found a trick, that is, if Kenyon Martin is on the floor, try to drive Durant in the direction of Martin when defending, and open a position sideways, and Martin will help make up the defense.

Like at the University of Kentucky, Calipari would have Anthony Davis everywhere to help defend.

In the Denver Nuggets, only Martin will help defend in time, and the others are all based on mood.

At the end of the half, Li Liang made 1 of 2 three-pointers and scored 3 points.

The Nuggets held the lead in the first half, and Allen Iverson and Anthony were indeed strong in firepower.

Watching a game on TV and watching a game live feels completely different.

Playing together on the field is different from watching from the sidelines.

Although Iverson is 33 years old, he still takes the ball like a lightning bolt on the court, and his speed is amazing.

Li Liang felt that if he went to defend Iverson, he probably wouldn't be able to touch anyone if he wanted to foul, so he would pass with a swish.

And Anthony is unusually fat, and he has been strong on the inside line several times like Wilcox, and the sound of muscles colliding is like a tank battle.

Think about Durant again, if the mission allows him to play against Anthony, I am afraid that he will be killed.

The real and fierce NBA game undoubtedly gave Li Liang an excellent psychological exercise, and he thought that if he really stepped on the NBA court one day, he would never be nervous.

At halftime, Li Liang blended into the Nuggets' locker room, and everything was perfectly restored, the only difference was that there was an extra "Bruce Lee" locker closet.

Li Liang sat down to rest, it was indeed much more luxurious than the stadium locker room in the 50s, and it was also better than the 80s.

However, the rest of the Nuggets looked a little lazy, because the score was ahead, and it was the first game, and everyone was chatting casually.

Head coach George Carr was talking about some of the key points of the game, but it didn't seem like anyone was listening.

Anthony was talking and laughing, while Iverson sat there alone, taking off his shoes and bandaging his ankles, he was covered in scars.

Li Liang sighed, the atmosphere in this locker room is far worse than that of Kentucky.

No matter what the game was in the past, at halftime in the Kentucky locker room, everyone would have listened carefully to Calypari's second-half tactics.

Of course, college teams are certainly not the same as professional teams, but the Nuggets are so loose that it's no wonder they don't defend.

Karl did not give any instructions and dialogue to Li Liang, it seems that the system has no prompts, and Li Liang continued to start in the second half.

Li Liang felt that it was still a bit of pressure to complete this task, and accidentally let Durant score 6 points in the first quarter, 10 points after halftime, and only let him score 5 points in the second half.

But Durant can fire infinitely, 5 points? A three-pointer, a mid-range shot is broken, his sister's, it feels a little difficult.

But when it comes to history, Durant has only scored 18 points.

It seems that he didn't score much in the second half, and Li Liang has a little more confidence just by hitting the iron.

In short, you must do your best to prevent it.

In the last task, Li Liang realized that the system is very intelligent, if you don't guard against it, Durant may not be able to make some debut data, and when the time comes, he will upgrade the task, but he is afraid that he will not be able to bear it.

After the start of the second half, Li Liang gradually adapted to the rhythm of the game.

Anyway, it's running, running with Iverson and Anthony on the offensive end, and Durant on the defensive end.

George Karl basically doesn't do any tactical setups, and SuperSonics head coach Callesimo is also coached by Buddhists, focusing more on watching Durant.

As Li Liang expected, Durant did not feel good in the second half, and several attempts did not score, and then the young man tried to pass the ball and cooperate with his teammates.

But he really doesn't have any talent in passing organization.

In NBA-level intensity and game speed, there is no way to pass the ball to the empty air in time, so the assist is always zero.

Li Liang is like Durant's shadow, he has been following him, and he can be called inseparable.

Anyway, except for Durant, the supersonic does not have a single arrow figure, and Li Liang does not need to help defend.

Li Liang doesn't need any data such as rebounds, steals, blocks, etc., so he can be a soy sauce sapper with peace of mind and serve Durant wholeheartedly.

Later, Li Liang even chatted with Durant on the court, asking questions from east to west.

Although Durant was a little shy, he didn't tie up at first, and then slowly said a few words with Li Liang.

Throughout the third quarter, the Nuggets worked on both offensive and defensive ends, and the supersonic were suppressed in terms of the field and the point difference, and the point difference slowly widened.

Anthony and Iverson were all fire, and the supersonic defense line was riddled with holes.

Durant only relied on free throws to score one point in the third quarter, and the other three offenses were unsuccessful.

In the second half of the third quarter, Durant was substituted, and Li Liang was immediately replaced by George Karl.

Sitting on the bench, Li Liang drank water and fanned the wind, and then he could watch the game, which felt very comfortable.

As long as he survives one more quarter of the game, Durant doesn't score 15 points, and his mission is done.

Seeing that the time was running out little by little, in the middle of the fourth quarter, Durant reappeared.

And Karl had no intention of making a substitution, and Li Liang continued to sit on the sidelines to rest.

At this time, it was Nahura who was facing Durant on the court, an attack by the SuperSonics, Durant held the ball and made a crossover change of direction on the outside, and Nahura followed very closely.

Durant suddenly took a step back, took a cover from his teammates at the top of the arc, dribbled a step, and shot three points directly outside the three-point line!

"Huh!" Ball hollow into the net!

After hitting three points, Durant's score came to 14 points, and with only one ball missing, Li Liang's task was about to fail.

"I'll you! Defend yourself! What a defense! ”

Li Liang was so angry that he scolded on the sidelines.

Carl and his teammates on the bench turned their heads to look at Li Liang, the Nuggets were ahead by more than a dozen points, and they didn't know what this guy was excited about.

Li Liang feels bad, the score difference on the court is relatively large, the Nuggets are not good at defense, Durant is likely to score a goal easily, then his task will be in vain.

Although the mission failed and he could come again, Li Liang didn't want to waste too much time on a mission.

He immediately said to George Carr: "Coach, change me, I want to play!" ”

Carl ignored it, Li Liang was in a hurry on the bench, and watched Durant make another unmarked jump shot in the counterattack, but this time he missed.

This kid's archery skills need to be honed a little more...... Oops, it's all fake, people have long honed it.

Li Liang languished on the bench for several minutes, and finally couldn't help yelling at Carl, "Can you replace me!" Are you sitting here watching the game? You're a coach! Instructor! You don't want to work! ”

[Rage +10, from George Carr], the system gave a reminder, and there was really a windfall.

Karl glared at Li Liang, then called a timeout and said, "Respect your coach, I will replace you when the time comes." ”

If Li Liang yelled at the coach like this in reality, unless he was a superstar, he would definitely be DNP and directly cold.

But if he's a superstar, even if he doesn't yell, the coach will let him play, as long as he wants.

Karl called a timeout to get Li Liang back on the pitch.

Li Liang hurriedly put on the battle, 14 points, there are still 3 minutes left in the game, and he can't let this kid score any more points.

Li Liang used his housekeeping skills, and he didn't do anything anyway, just stared at Durant tightly, and watched the whole process, comparable to a personal bodyguard.

"Is there something wrong with you, why are you guarding me so much?" Durant was annoyed by Li Liang's staring and couldn't help asking.

Li Liang said: "Because you are an opponent." ”

A perfect explanation that shut up Durant.

However, Durant clearly wanted to shoot back, and he began to take the initiative to ask for the ball.

With just over a minute to go, he got the ball from beyond the three-point line.

In the face of Li Liang, there was no feint or dribble, and there was no cover from teammates, so he rushed naked!

Although Li Liang paid attention to the distance between him and Durantra, he was still crushed by Durant's talent by half of his body!

Li Liang tried his best to keep up, and used his hand to pull Durant's ball position, and his body kept squeezing, not giving Durant a chance to break through to the basket.

But Durant didn't continue to break through, but suddenly made a sudden stop, and jumped at a distance of 15 feet from the basket at 45 degrees!

Li Liang hurriedly stretched out his hand to block it, he tried his best to block the ball, but still did not seal the ball, but hit Durant's arm, the referee blew the whistle, the ball missed, and Durant wanted to make a free throw.

"Damn it!"

Li Liang secretly cursed, going to the free throw line, which means that his fate will be controlled by Durant's free throws.

Durant made 3 of 5 free throws tonight, and the shooting percentage was not high, but his shooting level is here, and the probability of making both free throws is high.

Sure enough, in the first free throw, Durant hit and scored the 15th point of the game.

If you hit one more, Li Liang will fail in the mission.

Li Liang couldn't do it, he couldn't watch Durant ruin his mission with a free throw.

He used his little brain wildly, and he was standing on the left side of the three-second zone, and he took advantage of the gap between free throws to go to the right.

When passing by Durant, Li Liang suddenly said, "Hey Kevin, do you like Scarlett Johansson?" Maybe one day you'll be able to date her, when you win the championship. ”

When Durant heard Li Liang's words, he was stunned, with a strange expression on his face.

He then took the ball from the referee, shrugged his shoulders, threw the ball twice, and prepared to make a move.

"Maybe you can drink her bath water!" Li Liang added.

"Dang!" The ball smashed into the front of the basket, short! Didn't hit!