Li Liang's mind was really guessed correctly by Bai Xiaoting, he really just wanted to get a coach to do it.

The title of the best sixth man this season has basically been booked by Li Liang, and among all the big honors, he has not yet won the best defensive player.

Li Liang will win this award one day.

But greedily, he has begun to be dissatisfied with the honor of the player, and has set his sights on the coach's bench.

He is sure that since the system has given him a series of tasks of "bench life", he must have the capital to be a coach.

Li Liang also hopes that his career will be more challenging.

To be honest, after winning his three consecutive championships last year, Li Liang somewhat understands Michael Jordan's mentality in 1993.

Invincible, lonely.

Jordan chose to retire, while Li Liang chose to go to the Thunder to spoil the league.

If there is anything that can greatly stimulate Li Liang's interest, it must be to be a coach.

But will the Lakers agree to let Li Liang be the coach?

Li Liang himself didn't know.

"Don't talk nonsense, rest early, I have to play tomorrow. I'm going back to Russia for Christmas, and tomorrow the game is over, so let's get over Christmas early. ”

Li Liang drank the last sip of beer in the cup and went to the guest room to rest and sleep.

Regarding the Lakers, about next season, he is not willing to think about it anymore and focus on the present.

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On the evening of the 23rd, at 19 o'clock Pacific time, it was at the Staples Center again, and the Thunder welcomed another team in Los Angeles, the Lakers.

The two teams just played a game the other day, and the Lakers beat the Thunder on the road, ending the Thunder's winning streak and handing them their second loss of the season.

Just a few days later, the two sides ushered in another contest.

The Thunder will undoubtedly have revenge, and they will be hoping to claim a win at Stamps.

Overall, the Thunder are in great form, and so far this season has been smooth for them.

There was no injury wave in the team, the atmosphere in the dressing room was good, and the tactical run-in went smoothly.

Moreover, under the command of Gan, Donovan and Mike Brown worked well together, basically building the Thunder's tactical system.

This is a "two-headed monster" system that may be unique in the history of the NBA.

The starting 5 is a way of playing, and the substitute 5 is another way of playing, and the combat power of the substitute five, because of the existence of people like Li Liang, is not necessarily inferior to the starting five.

In team training, the substitute five have sometimes been able to beat the starting five.

Especially Li Liang, who used some strange props, such as explosive heads, top hats or something, could simply play with flowers in training, which made Durant and Westbrook look confused.

Is this guy so strong?

One team, two teams, two systems, two cores, can not only interfere with each other, but also combine and be powerful, such a lineup, if you want to lose the game, most of them will still lose to themselves.

In the last game against the Lakers, the Thunder were in too poor condition, too relaxed, and the whole court was suppressed.

In this game, Donovan repeatedly emphasized before the game that the momentum should be snatched at the beginning of the game.

Moreover, some changes have been made to the defensive alignment, with Kevin Durant going to play against Leonard and Robertson going to defend LeFou.

In the last game, Collison's effect against Lefu was not good, allowing Lefu to explode in the starting time and hit consecutive shots.

The Thunder have to learn their lesson.

In the starting lineups of the two sides, the Thunder still lacks Li Liang's set, Westbrook, Durant, Adams, Roberson and Collisson.

The Lakers started with Kobe Bryant, Jordan Clarkson, Leonard, Love and Roy Hibbert.

The Lakers still use the tactical system of point guard + big forward that Byron Stern is good at, and at the same time has a small forward support with strong defense.

It's just that the Lakers' point guard is not Kidd, not Paul, but Kobe.

Kobe Bryant has made a good transition this season, although the key moments will still expose the true colors of the Iron King, but in most cases, his passing and organization are quite good.

At the same time, Lefu also has good organizational skills, and his long passes and strategies have greatly enriched the Lakers' style of play.

Of course, the most important point is Leonard, who has quickly grown into the Lakers' number one arrowhead.

On the defensive end, excellent help defense and single defense make up for the weaknesses of Lefu and Hibbert's poor movement ability.

At the same time, on the offensive end, he was instructed by Kobe Bryant, and his mid-range jumper shot became more and more accurate, which already had the style of Jordan and Kobe.

And Jordan Clarkson is full of energy, with a lot of energy at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, although the defense is poor, but the victory is hard work.

Kobe Bryant has always liked to partner with such guards, Shannon Brown and Vujacic back then, both of whom were mediocre in talent but full of hard work.

Roy Hibbert on the inside was transformed into a thoroughly defensive interior by Scott, allowing him to lose weight and give up singles.

In the summer, Hibbert was traded by the Lakers for a future draft pick, some cash and two bench finishes, which is enough to show that his position in the league is already awkward and difficult to adapt.

Scott's positioning of him is still accurate, anyway, it is to copy the Nets and Hornets of the year, and put a big center inside to protect the basket, and he doesn't have to worry about the offense at all.

To be honest, this lineup style of play is a bit outdated.

But with the strong strength of the players, the Lakers still achieved a good record.

And Scott and Lakers fans are convinced that they can succeed in the playoffs with this style of play.

The previous victory over the Thunder boosted the morale of the Lakers, and Kobe Bryant's remarks about retiring made everyone make a statement, "I want to win Kobe Bryant a championship this season." ”

Then, the thunder stood in the way.

The game begins, and Hibbert and Adams jump balls.

Adams dials the ball up to Collison, who passes it to Westbrook.

The Thunder's first offense was very simple, Durant received the ball and went around the cover and directly pulled out a mid-range jumper.

But there was no hit under Leonard's interference.

Bryant picked up the rebound and dribbled across half court.

Lefou's high-level blocking and dismantling, after Kobe Bryant went around the blocking, he found an opportunity at the top of the arc and directly pulled out a three-point shot!

Westbrook interfered in time, and Kobe Bryant's "duang" sounded the Lakers' first iron.

The sound was reassuring to Stamps fans.

If you don't listen much for half a day, everyone panics, the fans panic, the teammates panic, and the opponents panic.

Then, Westbrook passed half the court, hit Kobe Bryant with his back, turned and shot, and caused Kobe's foul.

Westbrook played very ferociously tonight.

The last game was lost, and this one is going to get revenge.

Westbrook stepped to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws to give the Thunder a one-point lead.

But what many people didn't expect was that after the Thunder scored this 1 point at the beginning, they didn't score again in the next 5 minutes?

Durant misses a three-point shot from the outside.

Adams misses the bread under the basket.

Westbrook counters and misses a Zombie jumper.

In contrast, the Lakers played unusually steadily.

Bryant assisted on Love to score on a hook.

Bryant assisted on Leonard's mid-range jumper.

Bryant assisted on Clarkson's counterattack layup.

After 19 years as a shooting guard, in his 20th season, Bryant proved that he can indeed play point guard.

The Lakers started the game with a 10-1 run against the Thunder, and the Thunder never scored.

Li Liang couldn't sit still and patted Donova, "It's time to call a timeout, otherwise it will be the same as the last game." ”

Donovan, however, was calm and did not call a timeout, "I believe they can solve the difficulties they are currently experiencing." ”

Before he finished speaking, Westbrook made a mistake in ball control and was stealed by Kobe.

Kobe Bryant countered with a dragon and scored an easy layup - 12:1.

Li Liang looked at Donovan and thought, I see how you pretend to be forced, can you still solve the problem?

Donovan's face was a little hung up, pinched his nose, got up, and asked the referee for a timeout.

It's not easy to be a head coach in the NBA, and calling a timeout is a college question.

It's too late, saying you won't adjust on the spot.

Call early, say you're wasting a timeout, don't trust the players.

It's hard, it's really hard.