Game 3 for the Trail Blazers and Clippers, just one day apart, was played at the Moda Center in Portland.

The NBA playoffs are still very tight, leaving not much time for players to rest and adjust, and the games are game after game.

Li Liang won the MVP, won the second game, and received blessings from all sides.

Daddy Gan Guoqing is mainly concerned about the advertising of his tractor factory, and called to make suggestions, asking Li Liang to help their tractor agent sales company to advertise products, and the advertising words are all thought of, simple and straightforward, "MVP in tractors!" “

Li Liang thought about it, the MVP of this tractor is still a tractor!

It can't be turned into a sports car, and it can't be turned into a tank.

Li Liang didn't take his father's stubble, and fooled the past on the grounds that the game was busy, he had to take a plane, the signal was not good, and the wind was too strong.

Li Liang thought to himself, there was Kobe Bryant as a shield before, and he helped shoot a group of advertising signs.

Who will you go to this time? Paul? Or Griffin? Still is......

Li Liang suddenly thought that Little Jordan seemed to have graduated from Texas Agricultural Machinery University!

Little Jordan can, this professional counterpart, isn't it a pity not to advertise tractors?

Li Liang silently wrote down Little Jordan in a small book, and prepared to send the tractor advertising to Little Jordan in the future.

In terms of figure and appearance, this guy really matches the tractor.

After worrying a little about advertising, Li Liang refocused his attention on the game.

Although Li Liang despises the Trailblazers strategically, he still has to pay attention to this team tactically.

The Trail Blazers have suffered two big defeats and will surely make major adjustments when they return home.

The Clippers' current response strategy is to keep the same and see what tricks the Trail Blazers can play, and then they will see how to dismantle them.

So after coming to Portland, Rivers didn't organize the team to have a long tactical practice, but just asked everyone to rest well and get ready for the night's game.

The game was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT, and the venue at the Moda Center was already packed.

As the only professional team in Oregon, the Trail Blazers have been doing well regardless of their record.

Although the Trail Blazers failed to win another championship after 1977, they were a powerhouse in the West for most of the time.

Teams like the Trail Blazers, Jazz, Pacers, and Nuggets are all like that, they don't have a championship chance, but their strength should not be underestimated.

Occasionally, in some years, they have hit the strength of the championship, and after the decline, they can quickly complete the rebuilding and return to the ranks of the strong teams.

Therefore, although the market is small and cannot attract big-name stars, they have a stable and loyal fan base, which is a very important force in the NBA.

To be honest, after Li Liang came to Portland, he felt that he should be quite comfortable playing in such a small ball city team.

After staying in Los Angeles for two years, Li Liang didn't enjoy much of the prosperity here, to be honest, he is not a person who likes to join in the fun.

It stands to reason that with his current achievements, coffee position, in a place like Los Angeles, he has scandals with several female stars, and a few Hollywood big names are brothers, and then invests in restaurants, brands, and charities, and he will soon be able to blend into the senior class of Los Angeles and become the focus of many banquets and parties.

But Li Liang didn't, he spent most of his time training (sleeping), accompanying Zhu Shu, traveling, and exercising.

He doesn't have much interest in those upper-class social activities, which is related to Li Liang's upbringing.

If he is a rich second generation born in a big city, it is estimated that he will also adapt to the social life of the upper circle.

But when he was a child, his family was poor, and his father was just a worker in a tractor factory, and the most played toy since he was a child was a tractor.

He has touched all kinds of tractors, from the walk-behind tractors in the paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River to the big tractors in the northern farms, which constitute his childhood memories.

Therefore, Dad asked him to endorse the tractor, and he was still a little moved, but for the sake of his image, he still held back!

As for the family that later made a fortune, Li Liang's hobbies increased and he saw a wider world.

But some things in his bones will not change, in this regard, Wei Dazhi, who was born in a scholarly family, is different from Li Liang.

He is very mixed in that circle, don't look at him like a pig killer, but his spiritual attributes are different, so people can't look good.

So when he came to Portland, Li Liang knew that he was here to take away the victory, and Portland's fans have always disliked Li Liang, and the anger they contributed to Li Liang is the highest in the league.

But Li Liang doesn't hate it, nor does he hate the Portland fans and their enthusiasm.

He just thought, since you are so enthusiastic, then of course I have to play well and make your tickets worth the ticket price.

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Before the start of the game, the camera kept giving Li Liang, and Li Liang was smiling.

The local television station in Portland gave advice to the Trail Blazers, believing that the key to victory for the Blazers was whether they could contain Li Liang.

"His performance in the playoffs was amazing."

"We thought he was just the MVP of the regular season, but we didn't expect the playoffs to be the same."

Headlines like these frequently make headlines in Portland's local sports media.

Yes, others, such as espn, The New Yorker, etc., can make a big fuss about the topic of "Li Liang took away James's MVP".

But you're talking guns, we Portlanders are really being beaten!

Like the media in New York, don't beep, just like the Knicks, who were second in the East last year and didn't make the playoffs this year, I don't know why they have so much confidence to say this and that all day long.

Portland TV's advice is certainly good, but it's the same as not saying it.

How do you beat the Chicago Bulls? Curb Jordan, but have you curbed it?

Of course, Li Liang did not reach the level of Jordan, and there was actually a way to contain Li Liang.

It's a pity that Stotts and the Trail Blazers' defensive coaching staff couldn't think of it.

Or maybe they thought of it, but couldn't do it.

Therefore, there is no change in the starting line-ups of both sides compared to the previous game.

Of course, the Clippers will not change, and the Trail Blazers want to change, but they can't find the point of change.

No one on the Trail Blazers' bench could stand up and say that switching him to the starting lineup would make an immediate difference.

As for how to deal with Li Liang, Stotts of course thought of a way, whether it works or not, it will be clear in the game.

At the Moda Center, the Trail Blazers changed into a white jersey and the Clippers wore a light blue jersey.

At the beginning of the game, Jordan Jr. still took the lead in jumping the ball, and the Clippers began their first offense.

The first offense and defense, everyone noticed the Trail Blazers' changes in defensive alignment.

The Trail Blazers let Matthews play against Paul, and then let Lillard defend Li Liang!

That's right, Stouts asked Lillard to defend Li Liang!

At first glance, you would think that Stotts is crazy, but in fact Stotts himself thinks he is crazy.

Lillard defends Li Liang, isn't that funny?

Although it is not impossible to defend small and big, such as Tony Allen to defend Durant, Paul to defend Durant, and Jackson to defend Nowitzki, they are all particularly effective.

But first of all, this little man must be a defensive master.

Secondly, the players in his position are ...... in terms of technical characteristics Not to mention, Li Liang is really a bit in line with the technical characteristics of the small defense and the big one, the person being defended.

is average speed and explosiveness, good at shooting, single offensive skills are flawed, height has an advantage, but there is no absolute advantage in strength.

Like those who have an absolute advantage in strength, such as James, the small defense is basically a dead end, unless it is Barria.

In terms of offensive technology, Nowitzki in 07 and Durant in the early years have relatively single offensive skills.

If the offensive technique is comprehensive and there are no dead ends, it is better to defend the big than the big to defend the small, and the big defense can at least scare him.

Stotts had a good idea, and the opening effect was really good.

Lillard opened as if he was sticking to Li Liang, following him and not giving Li Liang the ball.

Even if you catch the ball, it doesn't give you an easy chance, and Lillard should have studied Paul's defensive video and adopted the method of hard topping, only when Li Liang gets the ball, he will go up and not give him room to move.

This kind of defense made Li Liang very uncomfortable.

However, Li Liang expected special treatment before the game, so Li Liang did not insist on competing with Lillard after the opening, and the Clippers' offensive focus was still on Paul and Griffin.

In the opening five minutes, the two sides reached 12-9, and the Clippers led the Trail Blazers by three points.

Both sides played smoothly, there were no fouls, and the coaches on both sides did not call a timeout.

So the game went into a nasty official timeout, and Li Liang only made one shot in the first five minutes, missed the shot, and did not score.

Correspondingly, the Trail Blazers' side scored mainly from Aldridge, who scored six of the nine points on 3-of-4 shooting.

Lillard, on the other hand, also failed to score, attempting a three-pointer and missing it.

It seems that Stotts is trying to get rid of Lillard and Li Liang?

That's a good idea.