Chapter 222: Rationality

When he woke up the next day, Li Liang felt a little headache.

He got out of bed, opened the window to let in some air, and stretched.

Looking in the mirror, compared to half a year ago, Li Liang has become quite strong.

Although it can't be compared with the beasts like Ci Shiping and Howard, it can also be classified as a "macho man".

Thinking of last night's mission, Li Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

This game was really thrilling, with a lead of 7 points in the last 9 minutes, and was chased by the Trail Blazers all the way to only 2 points.

It is the advantage of these two points that the Lakers gritted their teeth to maintain.

In the end, Abdul-Jabbar hit a hook near the free throw line to stretch the margin to four points.

Then Li Liang made an offensive foul on Wharton in defense, which became a game-changing goal.

Then the Trailblazers fouled the tactics and committed Li Liang's head, so didn't you give away points.

After hitting both free throws, the Trail Blazers gave up resistance and lost the game 92-98.

In the series, the big score between the two sides was tied 1:1.

The mission was successfully completed, and Li Liang got the fragment of the second golden shield.

Two pieces are put together to form a small shield, which can increase the defensive ability value by 10% when equipped.

Of course, the profiteer system still charges royalties as usual.

It's okay, one piece charges 1000 points/min, two pieces together, 1500 points/min, and I know that there is a discount.

The small abacus of doing business is very fine, and it is estimated that he has sold milk tea, and the second cup is half price.

Winning this task, Li Liang took another step towards obtaining the golden shield.

As for the next mission, let's wait and see.

The Lakers are now on a two-game losing streak and are in jeopardy for the top spot in the league, and they need a win to solidify their position.

On January 25, the Lakers hosted the Utah Jazz.

The Jazz can be regarded as the opponent that the Lakers hate more, their strong interior line, endless impact and hand-to-hand defense, and tough style of play are all headaches for the Lakers.

But in this game, the Lakers didn't give the Jazz a chance at home.

Howard was sidelined with a back injury, O'Neal Jr. started the game, and Li Liang continued to play his power forward.

Last night's mission gave him a bit of a headache, so he drank a bottle of Gatorade to restore your strength before the game.

As soon as I drank this thing, my physical strength immediately soared to the peak, clearing away all the fatigue and burnout accumulated during this time!

Li Liang feels that in his own state, he can beat ten O'Neals!

Of course, this is just an illusion, and he can't beat one O'Neal, but it is enough to deal with Millsap.

In the first quarter, Li Liang grabbed 10 rebounds, including 6 backcourt rebounds and 4 frontcourt rebounds, and the rebounds were covered by him!

Li Liang, who was doped, stuck to Millsap on the defensive end, and Millsap was a little speechless by his defense.

Brother, this is only the first verse, do you need this?

It's not the finals.

Playing Li Liang feels a little wrong, this Gatorade's strength is a little too big, right?

He kept running and jumping on the field, like clockwork, and couldn't stop at all.

He's everywhere, he's under the basket, he's outside the three-point line, he's grabbed rebounds, he's blocked.

The only problem is that the shots become inaccurate and always shoot big.

It's over, Li Liang knows that this thing must have been drunk early.

Since it is a physical recovery agent, it should be to drink a bottle to restore physical strength when you are exhausted.

He was fine, but he had a little headache and didn't have a lot of energy, so he came with a bottle.

The key body is also equipped with energy runes, and this amplification is still available?

Li Liang became the second most diligent thing in the whole court after basketball.

At halftime, the Lakers' lead came to 15 points, and Li Liang had grabbed 16 rebounds, including 7 frontcourt rebounds!

Mike Brown and the rest of the players were shocked, did Li Liang have a magnet on his body and then a ball in it?

In the locker room, Mike Brown handed Li Liang a bottle of Gatorade, and Li Liang looked down and refused.

He couldn't drink it anymore, although it wasn't the bottle of black technology, but he was a little panicked when he saw Gatorade.

He now worries about whether this thing will have side effects, such as sleeping one day after a game and feeling out the next day.

What's even more exaggerated, what depletes the vitality of the human body, compromises life span or something.

As a result, in the second half, Li Liang found that this energy seemed to have passed and returned to its usual state.

It's okay, nothing happened, no weakness or sleepiness, and the second half was played normally.

The Jazz collapsed in the first half, saying that there were a lot of people who grabbed frontcourt rebounds and broke down the Lakers' interior line, but they didn't know that their rebounds were blown up.

In the second half, Li Liang stopped bouncing around, and the court entered Kobe Bryant time.

In the first few consecutive games, the feeling and condition were not good, Kobe Bryant changed his style of play in this game.

He evolved from "Tieguanyin" to "Guanyin", since he couldn't shoot, he would send assists to his teammates.

Bryant only made 7 of 10 shots and made no free throws in the game, scoring just 14 points.

But he dished out 14 assists, grabbed 10 rebounds and snapped a triple-double.

Helping the whole team open up, this is a good adjustment that Bryant made in a bad situation.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Jazz 107-95, with a 12-point advantage, at home, ending a two-game losing streak.

Kobe Bryant showed his maturity and all-round through this game, although there is also a fear of being scolded.

Li Liang scored 20 rebounds in this game, including 8 frontcourt rebounds, and single-handedly blew up the Jazz.

At the beginning of the season, the Jazz, who still relied on interior impact to drag the Lakers into a hard battle, suddenly found that they really couldn't beat it.

After more than 40 games, the team at the beginning of the season is very different from what it is now.

This is the first time Li Liang has rebounded to 20, and he was lucky enough to get a lottery opportunity.

After going back and pumping, Li Liang was happy, and finally drew another "bruise damage medicine under the overpass"!

Since the last time he drew one for Nash, Li Liang has always wanted to draw another one and keep it.

This thing really works, Nash used one, and the injury healed quickly.

However, after getting the pill, Li Liang hesitated, whether to keep it for himself or give it to Howard.

gave Nash food before, on the one hand, someone was injured at the beginning of the season, and Li Liang also served Nash for the benefit of the team.

On the other hand, he wanted to test whether the drug was useful or not, and it turned out to be useful.

Now that he has such a proven medicine, he casually flushes it and gives it to his teammates to drink, and Li Liang himself has to hesitate.

I don't know when I want to draw this thing next time, Li Liang's legs and feet are not easy to hurt, but he constantly participates in the inside confrontation, his arms, back, and hands are at risk of injury at any time.

Li Liang thought about it carefully and decided to stay first to see the situation of Howard's injury.

If he doesn't get better all the time, and even affects the playoffs, this pill will be given to him.

If he can recover slowly, then it doesn't matter if he is absent for a while, Li Liang keeps the pill for his own insurance.

The team had a day off and hosted the Thunder on the 27th.

It's another battle for the first place in the West, but this time the Thunder is the first, and the Lakers are the challengers, the second.

Howard chose to make a comeback this time, and he was sure that his back injury was okay for the time being and he could continue to play.

Since the game against the Raptors, Howard has been determined to change his style of play, reducing his inefficient low-post offense and focusing more on defense.

In this way, Li Liang's role in the offense is even heavier.

In this game, both sides were very well prepared, and they went-for-tat at the beginning and played their own tactical preparations.

On the Thunder's side, Durant hit the basket after consecutive air cut runs.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant assisted Li Liang and Ci Shiping to hit three-pointers.

The Thunder are trying to give Durant more tactical support and keep him from having so many singles.

The Lakers hope to let Kobe Bryant use a richer and all-round style of play to get through this period of discomfort for the team.

The two teams are playing inextricably, and Li Liang recently decided to stop doing the mission until the All-Star and concentrate on playing with the team.

He was a key figure in the second quarter, leading the Lakers to a 9-0 blaster along with Gasol.

And the Thunder's side has turned into a singles show for Durant and Westbrooks.

No way, relying on a certain player is addictive.

Especially for players who are easy and strong in attack, not only will the coach simply hand the ball to him in difficult moments, but even his teammates may get used to letting him solve problems.

One or two, a dozen, dozens of games like this, everyone formed inertia.

If something goes wrong, look for Durant and Westbrooks.

Durant is really good, he attacks when he gets the ball, and he doesn't need tactics to score.

The Thunder clung to the score, and the Lakers led by three points at the end of the second quarter.

By the third quarter, the two sides were deadlocked, and the on-court confrontation had reached playoff level.

In this case, Kobe Bryant still doesn't attack at will, but uses the break-through non-stop ball to assist his teammates.

This reasonable department has been relying on it since it was launched, and it is addicted to sending children.

In fact, in Kobe's championship-winning season, the Lakers have never been a team that relies on Kobe Bryant's singles whenever there is a problem.

Phil Jackson's emphasis on role players and teams will always be organically combined with Kobe's solo play.

Brown is trying to do what Phil Jackson did, relying not on the triangle offense or chicken soup, but on the consciousness of the players and the unique energy that Li Liang brings.

What kind of unique vitality - dare to scold Kobe!

As long as Kobe Bryant's vote is not accurate, Li Liang will scold, and the key scolding is very reasonable.

This leads to the fact that now Kobe Bryant has to weigh it when he feels bad, do he still have to continue to vote?

What should I do if I still can't invest? It's better to organize and assist.

Li Liang subtly influenced Kobe Bryant in this way, and Brown took advantage of the trend and let Kobe slowly change his style of play.

Now it's okay, Howard has changed his style of play, Kobe Bryant has changed his style of play, who else is left?

Is Nash you? You need to win a scoring title.

In short, in the third quarter, the Lakers relied on Kobe's assists to connect the whole team, allowing the Thunder defense to take care of one or the other.

They tried to wash the Lakers down in one wave, but they didn't succeed.

In the fourth quarter, Bryant, who had been passing the ball, began to attack and hit two shots in a row.

The Thunder's defense is blinded, whether you attack or pass by yourself, you give an accurate word.

After playing two balls, Kobe Bryant began to pass again, and a breakthrough was given to Li Liang on the left wing.

Li Liang received the ball and hit a three-point shot.

The goal stretched the gap between the two sides to 10 points, with less than four minutes left before the end of the game.

Westbrook and Durant launched the final charge, and the two scored under the basket on consecutive breakaways.

But here Kobe Bryant has found the scoring feeling and the rhythm of the game, he received Li Liang's pass and made a backward jumper.

Then he assisted Howard to score a layup, and then scored 14 assists again, defusing the Thunder's counterattack.

In this game, the Lakers defeated the Thunder by 105:96, with a 9-point advantage.

With this victory, the Lakers are back in first place in the West.