Chapter 294: The Coach Who Won't Adjust

Calculating, since the beginning of the summer league, Li Liang's ultra-long-distance blind throwing of three points has become his repertoire.

Before he Li Liang, this kind of ball could only meet one in many games, and it was all a dribbling ball.

It is often a last resort and no time to make such a choice.

Li Liang is different, he uses distance for space, the farther he throws, the more relaxed he throws, and the hit rate is higher.

It's a wonder.

This pull-up three-point shot after halftime directly shot the Clippers.

In the playoffs, are you still an individual when you score this kind of three-pointer?

However, Li Liang has not been a person on the court for a long time.

After a pause off the court, Mike Brown had no doubts about Li Liang's wayward throwing.

It's good to get in, if you can throw the ball in from the backcourt, Mike Brown will definitely set up a strategy for Li Liang.

Make him a personal wall in the backcourt, and then let Li Liang throw the ball out comfortably.

This ball was a big blow to the morale of the Clippers, and after the timeout, the Clippers players were obviously a little out of breath.

A real strong team, no matter what kind of predicament it faces and what kind of magical performance the opponent plays, can control its emotions and strive to win.

And a hypocritical strong team, seeing the opponent playing wildly, scoring a few magical balls, he first doubted himself, and then he fell into a thousand miles.

Previous examples, like the Knicks in 1970, were leveled by West's long-range three-pointers, but they were still able to grit their teeth and win the game.

The latter example, that is the Lakers, who were reversed by the Celtics in 08 and became unable to play and doubted life.

The current Clippers are like this, and they are suspicious of Li Liang's operation.

Back on the court, there was a noticeable bit of dazedness on the faces of the Clippers players, including Chris Paul himself.

How did you hit this ball? Obviously tried his best to fight, why did it become like this?

From the first Los Angeles derby of the regular season, the Clippers have been eager to compete with the Lakers.

But every time I fight, I find that I can't beat it.

Obviously, the lineup doesn't look bad, although the Lakers star is more famous, they are all older.

The core players of the Clippers are all young and strong, and the bench is even better than the Lakers, but the result is that they can't beat.

If Li Liang knew the distress in the hearts of the Clippers players, coaches and fans, he would definitely tell them the answer with compassion: You are just missing me!

In this NBA, you don't have a good forward player who wants to win all the time in the playoffs? It's a dream.

In the next game, there will be no suspense.

The Clippers tried to struggle, but it was undoubtedly in vain.

The old and spicy Lakers took control of the situation on the court, dragged the pace very slowly, and did not speed up the Clippers to chase points.

Kobe Bryant entered the state of "the team is ahead, I started to score points" again, hitting consecutive jumpers in the horn position.

Paul certainly didn't give up, he did it himself on the outside, hitting consecutive three-pointers to narrow the gap to 10 points at one point.

But Paul's biggest flaw was exposed at this point, and after a series of shots, his firepower could not be continued.

Although he is an excellent scorer, after all, he is not a historical-level player like Kobe Bryant and James, who can score 15 points and 20 points in a row when others are useless.

He's a point guard, he still needs to pass the ball, he needs to play.

The height of 18 limits him, and when Kobe Bryant and Li Liang surround Paul, Paul can only pass the ball.

And his teammates didn't hit that damn three-pointer.

This has to be replaced by Kobe, not to mention two people, he can shoot the ball out of five people.

The fourth quarter ended in a back-and-forth tug-of-war between the two sides, and finally the Lakers defeated the Clippers in the first game with a 98-90, 8-point advantage.

The Lakers, who came to the playoffs, suddenly gave people the feeling that they had finished running in, and faintly revealed the appearance of a champion.

After the game, on the forum and Twitter, there were posts and remarks blowing Lakers, Li Liang, and Kobe.

What kind of life should be creditworthy, and "fo, fo" will be "fo, fo".

What tells you who is the real king of Los Angeles.

Li Liang didn't read all these remarks, so he wouldn't have nothing to do after the game, and even open a trumpet to fight with people.

After taking a shower and refusing to be interviewed by reporters, Li Liang left Staples and went home.

In Li Liang's view, it's okay to talk before the game, it's part of the game, psychological warfare.

It's not fun to fall down after the game, the game is over, and you should focus on the next game.

As long as Negro isn't an idiot, the Clippers will definitely make adjustments to target the Lakers and Li Liang.

Even McHale will make adjustments.

However, Li Liang still thinks highly of some of the NBA's coaches.

After a day of rest, on May 10, the Clippers and Lakers had a rematch.

After a crisp defeat in the last game, Negro did not make any changes to the lineup, still letting Billups.

As soon as Li Liang saw the clipper, he laughed in his heart.

Playing the Rockets in the first round, McHale also knew that in the second game, he changed the lineup and let Beverley replace the ineffective Smith.

And Negro seems to have a lot of trust in Billups, after all, this is the '04 Finals VP and has a lot of experience in the playoffs.

However, Billups is 6 years old, and although the Lakers Nash is 8 years old, Nash is in good shape.

After taking the bruise medicine given by Li Liang, he was not troubled by injuries throughout the season.

Played all the games in the back, saved up energy for the playoffs, and began to show the demeanor of a veteran.

Not so with Billups, who missed most of his games with the Clippers last season due to injury, playing just 22 games in the regular season.

This season is even worse, playing only 20 games due to injury, and the average points per game are also halved, from 15 points to 8 points.

If Negro goes to Barnes, Li Liang thinks the Clippers can still save it.

Either way, Barnes is really tough.

If Billups were 5 years younger, the Lakers would be in big trouble in the backcourt, but injuries have made the veteran no longer majestic.

Negro paid the price for his employment.

In the first quarter of the second game, the Lakers beat the Clippers 5:2.

The Lakers are in full bloom, with Li Liang, Kobe, Ci Shiping, Howard, and Nash all scoring points.

Their positional offense opened up after the playoffs, and the Clippers' defense was full of holes.

Throughout the season, the Clippers failed to develop a decent defensive system.

Because one of the problems the Clippers face is that the toughest defensive player on the team is their 18-year-tall point guard......

The point guard is the lowest input-output position in defense, and even if Gary Payton comes, he can't support a team's defense.

And the Lakers' outside projection ability is so strong, how can the Clippers' leaky defense put pressure on the Lakers?

Everyone is still looking forward to the second game of the Clippers in Stamps, who knows that after the first half, the Clippers are more than ten points behind.

"The Clippers' defense didn't put any pressure on the Lakers, so didn't they make any adjustments? Billups' play was disastrous. ”

The commentators can't stand it, this is a good Los Angeles derby, how can it not be fierce at all.

Billups shot 0 of 4 from the outside in the first half, and several of them were unguarded open shots, but they couldn't shoot.

I can only say that I am really old, I can't make strength in my legs, and the ball I throw is always short.

At halftime, Negro threw a tantrum at the players in the locker room, feeling that the players didn't do their best to defend on the court, giving the Lakers too many opportunities to shoot from the outside.

The Clippers players were silent, and this is not the first time Negro has lost his temper in the locker room like this this season.

As soon as the team loses, Negro will be furious.

But this is the NBA, not the university, and the players don't feel guilty and scared because you lose your temper and then go and play.

They will only feel that this coach is incompetent.

In the third quarter, the Clippers were again in the lead of Paul to catch up, scoring a few points in a row, and then began to pass.

And the Lakers are Nash votes one, Li Liang votes one, and Kobe Bryant votes countless times.

Seeing that Negro was running out of tricks, he began to expand the rotation again.

In this game, he expanded the rotation to 12 points, and anyone on the bench who had good legs and feet was sent to walk around twice.

Sima is a live horse doctor, maybe at which point broke out?

This kind of mentality is almost the same as that of some fans, seeing that a player can't play, they shout "Why don't you go to xxx?" ”

When the coach really got on xxx, I found that it was not as good as the original.

Negro is almost like an ordinary fan in terms of personnel.

There is no doubt that he has lost enough control of the players under him.

Although the players still tried their best on the field, there was no tacit understanding and trust between them.

Television stations have already begun to show people on the Clippers bench.

Look at those faces, they used to be amazing people, Billups, Grant Hill, Odom, Butler, Turiaf.

But the Clippers didn't play their due role.

At 11:101, the Lakers finally scored another game at home, leading the Clippers 2:0.

And the next game, the home court of the Clippers, is still played in Stamps!

This is fatal, the phrase home is like away, and away crematorium will be perfectly fulfilled on the Clippers. Genius remembers the first three or five in a second