The 2014 All-Star Game will be held in New Orleans.

This is the second time New Orleans has hosted an All-Star Game since 2008.

Although the New Orleans Pelicans are a weak team in the league, once poor enough to hand over the team to the league trusteeship, the southern region represented by New Orleans has always been a key development area for the NBA at the moment.

Some northern cities, such as Milwaukee, haven't hosted an All-Star Game since 1977.

And in February, it's too cold in the north, and it's even more comfortable for the players to host the All-Stars in a warmer part of the south.

Li Liang has always had a good relationship with New Orleans, and he loves this city.

Li Liang arrived in New Orleans a day early, ready to start his second All-Star tour here.

With his first experience, Li Liang's interest in All-Star was much smaller.

In fact, many stars have a "dispensable" attitude towards All-Stars, especially superstars, who don't need the All-Star stage to show themselves at all.

However, some ordinary stars, or role players with skills, need this stage very much for exposure.

Superstars participating in the All-Star are more like being forced to go for business.

This time, Li Liang was elected as the All-Star vote king, and many people hope that he will participate in the three-point contest to defend his title, or be bold and participate in the slam dunk contest!

As a result, Li Liang did not sign up for the three-point competition, for him, it was enough to get a trophy in the three-point competition.

He would love to get a trophy for the slam dunk contest, but now is not the time.

His physical fitness is currently not up to par, and even if he wears Dr. J's explosive head, he can't get a high enough score.

It also needs to be patient.

However, Li Liang still signed up for a single competition, that is, the Shooting Star Competition.

It is a team of current NBA players, WNBA players and retired celebrities who compete in shooting skills.

Li Liang knew that he was in a group with Karl Malone this time and completed this shooting competition together.

Other than that, he didn't compete in any other individual events.

So overall it's relatively relaxed.

And because it is the second time to enter the All-Star, Li Liang does not need to participate in any rookie financial training or psychological counseling.

Anyway, his mental state is very healthy.

Li Liang is not the strongest in the league, but he must be the healthiest—both mentally and physically.

On the first night in New Orleans, of course, the players had to come out and play around.

Anthony Davis called Li Liang to do his landlord's friendship and invite Li Liang to drink and play.

Li Liang did not lose his interest, and along with Davis, there were also Wall, McGee, Cousins and other Kentucky students.

This year, Kentucky contributed another high-ranking player to the NBA, that is, Knoll who was cast by Li Liang during training and couldn't find the north.

Unfortunately, after being drafted by the 76ers, Knoll was reimbursed for the season, failed to play, and did not come to the All-Star.

Li Liang is now the leader of the Kentucky gang, and old classmates get together and have a lot of topics to talk about.

However, when the play was over and it was time to enter the main competition, Li Liang said that it was time for me to go.

"Oh, Bruce, your agent must be coming along, right?"

Cousins, who was a little drunk, put his arms around Li Liangdao.

Cousins has a good temperament and is the most drink-loving guy in the group.

Li Liang nodded, this time to participate in the all-star, Zhu Shu came with him.

Most NBA stars will bring their families, and those who are not married will run out to play.

Like Cousins, although he is not married, he has a girlfriend and has children.

But it didn't prevent him from taking advantage of the opportunity of the "business trip" to relax.

After saying goodbye to his alumni, Li Liang took a taxi and left back to the hotel.

Although he has gained a firm foothold in the NBA, in terms of cultural thinking, Li Liang is still incompatible with the predominantly black NBA circle.

Their attitude towards life, methods and concepts of dealing with the world are very different from the education Li Liang received since childhood.

However, Li Liang respects their cultural customs, and likewise, NBA players should respect him.

At least the superficial work has to be passed.

After returning to the hotel, Li Liang didn't want to accompany Zhu Shu, Zhu Shu had her own activities as an agent.

Not to mention Wei Dazhi, he played with socialites such as EJ sauce, NBA reporters, and people in the media circle.

Li Liang returned to the hotel room by himself, began to enter the system, and completed the third task of the second volume of the [City of Angels Book].

The name of the third mission is very strange, it is called "rowing on the snowy mountain", Li Liang didn't understand what this broken mission meant at first, but after checking the mission, he realized that this was the first playoff trip in the history of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Their opponent is the Utah Jazz.

The name Jazz is very romantic, and its origins lie in New Orleans, the home of black jazz, where the All-Star Game was held.

That's where the Jazz started, and Maravich was the first star here.

But then Sir New Orleans left Louisiana and moved to Salt Lake City, where birds don't.

Salt Lake City and the name "Jazz" are inextricably linked.

Later, New Orleans re-established the team, and when it wanted to change the team's name, it tried to ask the Jazz for its name back, but it was unsuccessful.

Because the name Jazz has been deeply associated with Salt Lake City, Utah, even if you think about it, the two have no connection.

For example, the most famous team logo of the jazz team is not a note symbol of a beautiful image, but a cold snowy mountain that has nothing to do with jazz.

It is the most famous landscape in Salt Lake City besides the salt lake, the endless silver-white snow-capped mountains, majestic, just like their team's style, strong and simple, standing like a mountain.

The Clippers are different from the Jazz, as a California team, whether they are in Buffalo or Los Angeles, they follow the offensive style.

If a team doesn't defend but only attack, the result is that they can't make the playoffs.

After the Clippers relocated to Los Angeles in 1984, they did not make the playoffs for the first time until the 1991-1992 season.

And the reason they were able to make the playoffs was because they had the defense, and they had Larry Brown, who left the Spurs and joined the Clippers.

That's right, Larry Brown was a coach with the Los Angeles Clippers for two years.

This famous coach, who has always been known for his strict defense, feels that it does not fit the style of the Clippers team no matter how you look at it.

However, Brown did make a huge difference to the team when he came to the Clippers.

The Clippers have a good roster of talent, and they have talented forward players like Danny Manning and Charles Smith.

It's just that in 1992, the NBA was still a world of interior players, and you either had four centers, or you had a strong group of four forwards against centers, or you had a Jordan.

Offensive forwards like Manning and Smith couldn't win championships with them as the core of the team in that era.

Larry Brown took on the Clippers in the second half of the season and revamped the team's defense, allowing the team to achieve an excellent 23-12 record in the second half of the season and make the playoffs in one fell swoop!

After 8 years, the Clippers finally made the playoffs in Los Angeles for 8 years.

It's definitely been a historic season for Clippers fans in Los Angeles (if any)!

Li Liang cried when he saw this historical significance.

The Clippers are pitiful, and making the playoffs for the first time means a lot.

Take a look at the first half of the City of Angels book, each of which has something to do with the overall championship.

It's really more popular than people.

Li Liang sighed at the poor sourness of the clipper, and then entered the mission:

[Mission, rowing on a snowy mountain, time: April 24, 1992, location: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, USA, vs: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Utah Jazz, mission requirements: lead the Los Angeles Clippers to defeat the Utah Jazz and get the first win of the playoffs, mission reward: gain a skill.] Difficulty: Star. 】

Li Liang has now discovered several tasks in the second volume of the City of Angels book, and each task is completed to obtain skills.

To be honest, such a task is still quite cost-effective, at least more cost-effective than the Lakers' task.

Skills are good things, and when used correctly, every game can work wonders.

Skills like [One-Shot Soul] and [Death Entanglement] benefited Li Liang a lot in the game.

While other star players were indulging in lust, Li Liang was still working hard to improve himself.

To enter the mission:

In 1992, at the Delta Center, a huge noise came into Li Liang's mind.

If you want to say which of the 30 NBA teams is the home court of Li Liang's favorite, the Jazz must be one of the alternative answers.

Yes is the most like, not the least like.

Although the facilities in Salt Lake City are not particularly advanced, let alone the fans, it is very unfriendly.

But the problem is that you can get rage points here!

Salt Lake City fans are crazy and will always make the stadium as loud as a KTV.

Don't you want to think about it, if the opponent is noisy, your own players won't be noisy?

The Delta Center in 1992 was even more noisy than the current Energy Solutions Center.

The players on both sides were already standing on the field, but Li Liang was sitting off the field.

He did not substitute for anyone in this game, but played as a substitute for the team.

Sitting next to Li Liang is none other than the famous coach Larry Brown.

Larry Brown's real success came in 2004, when he led the Pistons to a civilian victory.

The defense he built made him famous among the fans and became a well-known representative of the academy.

However, fans always have the illusion that this kind of coach with a team of playing style and strong defense must also be a rigorous, conservative, and virtuous old man off the field.

It would be a mistake to think so.

In fact, Larry Brown is notoriously poor in character, bad tempered, too strict with his players, he doesn't like to communicate with players, he doesn't respect young players, and in his team he always has the final say, and players play according to their ideas, rather than tailoring tactical systems and development opportunities for them according to their characteristics.

So, Brown hasn't been with each team for long, and as a coach, he has led ten teams in his career.

Although he led 7 of these teams to the playoffs, won the NBA and NCAA double championships, achieved Allen Iverson's 2001, and won the reputation of "turning stones into gold".

But behind this, the more reason is because of his bad temper and bad relationship with the players and management.

He often only stays with a team for more than two years, and a little longer, either with the players or with the management, and often incompatible.

Forget it once or twice, so many times, it only shows that Brown's personality is like this, just because he is capable, so there will always be teams asking him to coach.

Bring out the results in a short time, then pat your ass and leave.

The best result was a championship for the Pistons, two Finals appearances, but it also ruined the Pistons' future hopes Darko Mirisic, because Brown never wanted to develop him, but ruined him.

For Li Liang, the cooperation with Brown is just this game.

He needs to be patient and wait for Brown to send him on.

Then he found that this seemed to be the most difficult part of the mission.

After the game started, until the end of the first quarter, Brown didn't even think about replacing Li Liang?

Now Li Liang was angry, Nima system, you let me do the task, but didn't let me play, what do you mean?

The Clippers faced the Utah Jazz's offense in the first quarter and fell to the bottom from the start.

The Jazz have a two-horse lineup, with Carl Malone on the inside, Jeff Malone on the outside, Stockton on the point guard, and Mark Eaton on the inside, which can be said to be very strong.

The Clippers' main lineup is in the center of the noisy triangle, playing in the playoffs for the first time, and the play is completely abnormal.

The ball is slow to move, the offense is simple, and the defense is full of holes.

It wasn't until point guard Rivers came off the bench that the situation eased for the Clippers.

That's right, Lao Li is also in this Clippers team, and Li Liang is teammates.

Li Liang is still thinking about playing with Rivers to shoot three-pointers, Nimalari Brown, are you going to let me sit on the bench all the time?

The second quarter began, and Larry Brown still didn't mean to replace Li Liang.

Li Liang was completely angry, and he began to question Brown, "Coach, why didn't you let me play?" When will I be able to play? You should let me play, I'm going to play, we have an inside disadvantage......"

Larry Brown looked at Li Liang with very impatient eyes, "I'm the head coach, when I let you play, you can play." “

Li Liang was speechless, thinking to himself, no wonder the name of this task is "rowing on the snowy mountain." ”

You don't let Lao Tzu play, I'm not like rowing on a snowy mountain, can't I move dry paddling?

Li Liang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, maybe this is the difficulty of the task?

How exactly do you get Brown to get him on the court?

At this point, the situation on the court was very unfavorable for the Clippers, and they were a little blindsided.

After all, it was the first time to participate in the playoffs, and it was playing away from home in the dreaded Salt Lake City, and the performance of the starters was completely abnormal.

Core player Charles Smith faced Karl Malone, unable to score offensively and defenseless, and could only rely on some mid-range shots to score points.

And in 1992, Malone was already as strong as a bison, frequently using air cuts and fast breaks to score.

His explosive dunk on the fast break had fans all over the arena screaming for him.

If they can't contain Malone, the Clippers won't be able to win this game.

When Malone grabbed a second rebound under the basket and scored another goal, Larry Brown called a timeout.

Li Liang stood up at this time and said, "Coach, you should replace me on the field, I can handle Ma Long!" ”

Brown still had a cold face, "I said, I'm the coach, I have the right to decide who is on the pitch and when!" ”

"But I can lead the team to victory! If you don't let me play, the team won't win! ”

Li Liang yelled at him in a voice twice as loud as Brown, which stunned the rest of the Clippers players.

How dare this guy yell at Coach Larry Brown because he wants to be on the pitch?

Li Liang is a rookie off the bench on this Clippers team.

Rookie, in Larry Brown's eyes, is a player who shouldn't be on the court.

Especially in the playoffs, rookies can only play in garbage time.

Because in Larry Brown's coaching philosophy, the notion of "developing young people" does not exist.

He doesn't have any interest in developing youngsters because he knows he won't be in a team for long.

Therefore, when he comes to a team, he wants to play, or squeeze out all the strength of a team, to promote them to the best, and to produce results immediately.

As for the future, what does it matter to him in the future? After that, he went to coach other teams.

So how could Larry Brown put a rookie on the rookie in such a pivotal playoff game?

But Li Liang is to change Larry Brown's squeezing coaching model that doesn't pay attention to rookie development!

You're not going to let me play, are you? I'm messing with you during the pause, confronting you, and scolding you.

If the Clippers are ahead at this time, Li Liang will make no sense.

But by this time, the Clippers were already trailing by 12 points in the second quarter, and Charles Smith was helpless on the defensive end by Karl Malone.

This strong, filthy man elbowed Smith a lot.

Do you dare to block him when he's on a fast layup? The elbow is up, and the "accidental" who dares to rush up will give you a look.

Death is unavoidable, pain is inevitable, and there is a risk of injury.

If an elbow hits the head, then I'm sorry, it may not be as simple as stitches, and I won't faint and go to the hospital.

Larry Brown was red-faced off the bench, and he didn't expect a rookie to dare to play against him like that.

And it's in the middle of the game, is this still enough?

But the problem is that the other players seem to agree with Li Liang's appearance.

Including Charles Smith, he's a bit of a break to get off the court.

Brown wanted to keep Li Liang on the bench, but looking at Li Liang's burning gaze and clenched fists, he was a little scared in his heart, afraid that Li Liang would not be able to help but punch himself on the bench.

Li Liang really has such an idea, if he can't appear on the stage, it's a big deal to punch Brown, anyway, this task can't be completed, it's better to have a good fight.

Eventually, Brown relented.

During the entire timeout, he didn't set up any tactics.

In the end, Li Liang replaced Charles Smith, and Li Liang finally appeared.

At this point, the Jazz led the Clippers by 12 points, and their momentum was very high.

This time they are bound to win, how can a fish belly team like the Clippers be taken into account by them.

The Utah Jazz were very strong in 1992, making it to the Western Conference Finals and losing their last six games to the Trail Blazers.

If you look at the lineup on paper, they are actually stronger than the two years in 1997 and 1998 when they reached the finals.

It's just that the Western teams were very strong at that time, and the stars were at their peak.

And the Jazz team with Malone as the core, because of Malone, is always so bad.

It's not that Malone is not strong, but his talent is really not enough.

And in terms of personality, don't look at him as a "tough guy", muscular on the field, invincible in iron elbows, playing trucks and hunting off the field, a proper tough guy character.

In fact, he is not so hard, and even a little bullying and afraid of hardness, and he called his mother to cry in his rookie season.

After 20 years of postman career, there are countless black people with iron elbows, but they can only elbow the little Thomas, the gentle David Robinson, and the Buddha-like Duncan, etc.

A player with a real short temper and a strong personality, does Malone dare to elbow?

Do you see he elbowed Barkley?

He didn't even dare to elbow Rodman and bully honest people as much as he could.

Li Liang is not an honest person, but Ma Long thinks he is an honest person.

As soon as Li Liang appeared on the stage and opposed Ma Long, Ma Long leaned over, leaned on Li Liang, and put pressure on Li Liang.

At this time, it was the Clippers who served outside, Li Liang didn't care about 3721, he directly raised his hand and pretended to ask for the ball, and his elbow hit Ma Long's chin directly!

This time it seemed unintentional, but it beat Malone to the ground.

The referee didn't notice this, as the two were hiding right behind Mark Eaton and were blocked by the massive body of the "Mammoth".

Ma Long covered his mouth with a painful face, and seeing that Li Liang didn't say anything, Ma Long rushed up and wanted to push Li Liang.

As soon as Li Liang's muscles tightened, his arms were blocked in front of his chest, and he was pushed by Ma Long, with a strong force, but he resisted and did not retreat, but pushed Ma Long back!

What's the matter, I'm still afraid that you won't make it? You're going to elbow it? Do you have a lot of strength?

Playing in the NBA, I don't have the strength to sleep.

Li Liang is not afraid of Ma Long at all, and he is not really playing in this time and space.

Even if you play in this plane, he is not afraid, I am the father of the system.

A conflict broke out between the two sides, and players on both sides rushed up, but in fact, Li Liang had no intention of fighting with Ma Long at all.

And Malone pushed it and found that it couldn't be pushed, as if he was also cowardly.

The referee blew a whistle to separate the players on both sides, and then gave Ma Long and Li Liang a technical foul each.

Li Liang doesn't care, if he can get rid of Ma Long, maybe the Clippers will win this game.

Ma Long scored the highest score in the team this time and is a core player.

If he wasn't there, and there were still more than half a game, the Jazz would definitely have a much smaller chance of winning.

If this limit is changed for one, Li Liang can be regarded as completing the task, and it doesn't take much effort.

After a period of confusion, the game continued.

This time, Ma Long's attitude towards Li Liang was different from the beginning.

He kept a slight distance from Li Liang, and he no longer had that sense of oppression.

Li Liang thought to himself, he is really a master who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, and you have the ability to elbow me?

Subsequently, Li Liang began to lead the Clippers to counterattack.

The method of counterattack is still very simple - three-point shot.

This is Li Liang's magic weapon for winning basketball games in the eighties and nineties.

He took the opportunity to hold the ball on the outside, got the ball and pretended to pass the ball, and there was no one in front of him.

Good guy, even without the blessing of [Hand Rune] and [Zero Second Shot], the 90-point empty three-point ability is enough for the opponent to drink a pot.

Two three-pointers in a row, Karl Malone, who shot, was stunned, and Larry Brown, who also shot, dropped his jaw.

Is this kid so amazing?

For Li Liang, this is just normal operation.

In the second quarter, Li Liang made 3 of 4 three-pointers, and at the same time contained Ma Long's offense on the defensive end.

Li Liang relied not on skill or brute force to contain Ma Long, but on courage.

He used an elbow blow and no fear of Malone to defeat Marlon's arrogance.

Then Malone's offense didn't feel as smooth as it did at the beginning, and his heart was gone.

And on the defensive end, a rookie shot three points in a row, which made Malone very confused

Vast.

The morale of the Clippers was completely boosted by Li Liang.

Rivers and Li Liang, who came on the court later, one outside projection, the other broke through with the ball, completely messing up the Jazz's defense.

The Clippers, who were 12 points behind, were already 4 points ahead of the Jazz at halftime!

The situation has been completely reversed.

At halftime, Larry Brown didn't mention putting Li Liang on the bench again.

His performance was truly astonishing.

Brown does have his stubbornly conservative spots, but he's not a fool.

11 points in a single quarter, so that Malone did not score again, and it was impossible for Brown to press Li Liang to the bench again.

In the third quarter, Li Liang was not on the court, and the Clippers began to fall into the disadvantage again.

Marlon is alive again.

Seeing that the Jazz overtook the score again, Brown decisively replaced Li Liang.

As soon as Ma Long saw Li Liang playing, the whole person looked a little bad.

First of all, this kid is not stingy, very pestering on the defensive end, and he is not afraid to move forward.

Secondly, Ma Long didn't know how to defend Li Liang at all.

Nonsense, it's weird to know.

Li Liang is now a strong contender for the 2014 NBA League MVP.

Such a player came to 1992, was treated as a rookie, was completely unstudied, and would surpass the projection ability of the times, how do you let Malone defend?

Li Liang's powerful three-point made the Jazz's defensive formation completely stretched, and it was not easy to defend at all.

From this time on, Brown will no longer replace Li Liang on the field, you just stay on the court!

This is also Brown's style, and he will use it to the death for a team that works well.

Of course, Li Liang was extremely happy.

He and substitute Doug Rivers quickly developed a tacit understanding, and the two teamed up to prop up the team's offense.

With the help of Danny Manning, the Clippers held the lead until the end of the game!

The Clippers won 113-110 away from home against the Jazz, and Li Liang used his extremely consistent free throws in the last two minutes to help the Clippers seal the victory.

Ma Long scored 24 points in the game, and he should have scored 32 points, but he was deducted 8 points by Li Liang.

And Rivers scored 23 points on Stockton's head.

Stockton was a great point guard, but when he played against some of the best point guards of his generation, his defensive performance was really poor and he was often blown up.

[Mission complete, row on the snowy mountain, get the reward: Skill 'Karl Marlon's iron elbow to open the way.] ’】