"Yang, what's wrong with you?"

In Li Yang's house, Li Yang and Inia are eating breakfast, and after breakfast, Li Yang will go to Memphis with the team to play away. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Inia also went to Memphis, and after the Spurs eliminated the Warriors and set a date for the Western Conference Finals, Li Yang helped Inya prepare tickets for the first four games of the Western Conference Finals.

However, Inia can only go on her own, although the Spurs have a special plane to Memphis, but under normal circumstances, they will not carry anyone other than the team staff, after all, the team has team discipline.

Finding that Li Yang's interest was not too high at this time, Inia took the initiative to ask.

"It's okay, I can go to Memphis myself, don't worry, I will definitely come to the scene to cheer for you!" Inia thought that Li Yang was worried that she was going to Memphis alone, so she comforted her.

Li Yang shook his head and replied, "No, Karen, it's not because of this, it's because of my own performance in these two games, and I'm thinking about how to perform better in the game." ”

After getting up, Li Yang habitually read several media reports about the second game, and not surprisingly, most of these reports praised the Spurs, especially the changes in the opening of the Spurs, and the ability to withstand the gray at the last moment.

No, among these reports, which are mostly from the same angle, the content of one of the reports caught Li Yang's attention.

After the Spurs won two games in a row, many media outside the world sang praises, and although some media also talked about some Spurs' problems, they were all passing by, and a report from "Fox Sports" reported the game from the opposite side, pointing out some of the problems exposed by the Spurs in this game.

"The Spurs won the game again, and of course, it's always nice to win, but I think the Spurs should also be wary of the fact that in the fourth quarter, they only scored 15 points against the Grizzlies' strong defense. Another statistic that we are more concerned about is that the three best young players of the year in the Spurs in this quarter, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, and Li Yang, all three failed to score.

In last year's Western Conference Finals, the Spurs also led the Thunder in the first two games, and Danny Green played well, but after coming to Oklahoma he completely disappeared from beyond the three-point line, and this year to Memphis, will that scene be repeated?

Li Yang, as the hero of the Spurs' elimination of the Warriors in the last round of the series, his performance on the offensive end of this series was poor, scoring 7 points in the first game and only 2 points in the second game.

So Manu has more to take on in these two games, which is obviously not good news for Spurs, who rely on the team. In the first two games, the only thing Li Yang remembered was that whistle-blowing three-pointer, but it was clear that that was not what he was really good at. ”

The title of this report from "Fox Sports" translated into Chinese can probably be called "Spurs have sat back and relaxed?", in addition to mentioning the performance of three young players such as Li Yang, it also mentioned that the Spurs need to worry about the Grizzlies returning to home to upgrade the defense and so on.

And in this report, Li Yang is undoubtedly most concerned about the small evaluation of him.

In fact, even if he didn't see the report from "Fox Sports", Li Yang himself could feel that his performance on the court in these two games, especially on the offensive end, was not satisfactory.

In the first game, he put aside the first 5 points, and when the Grizzlies stabilized their position, he only scored 2 points, and Li Yang also only scored 2 points in the second game.

Indeed, as mentioned in "Fox Sports", Li Yang's style of play is too limited in front of this Grizzly team, and the interior defense of this Grizzlies is too good, and it is difficult for Li Yang to get inside and get opportunities like he did against the Warriors.

And because the Grizzly Bear's style of play originally focuses on physical contact, in this case, the referee may not blow many balls with foul actions, which makes Li Yang's lethality reduced a lot.

Li Yang was naturally happy when the team won, but he gave too little help to the team, which made Li Yang have some thoughts in his heart.

So while eating just now, Li Yang was actually still thinking about how to perform better on the field, so he seemed a little absent-minded.

Li Yang told Inya what she thought, and Inya immediately blinked her beautiful eyes and said, "Yang, why don't you ask your coach or teammates?" If I can't figure it out in the design, I will talk to my teacher or classmates, sometimes things may be very simple, but we just didn't think of it. ”

Talking to the coach or teammates, Li Yang's heart moved, in terms of coaching, in fact, before the start of this series, Fucier, who was responsible for teaching him, had already given him a vaccination, telling Li Yang that his style of play would be very limited in front of the Grizzlies' defense, and he could put more effort into the defensive end.

In the view of the Spurs coaching staff, Li Yang's performance on the defensive end is still good, and it may be difficult to tell Li Yang too much for a while, and Popovich will not design tactics specifically for Li Yang, at least against the Grizzlies, because against a team like the Grizzlies, Li Yang has no shot, and the tactical effect will be greatly reduced.

However, Li Yang felt that what Inia said was very right, and it was a good choice to ask his teammates, in the Spurs, there are many experienced players, and Li Yang felt that there was a person who might have good advice on his current situation.

On the plane from San To'Anio to Memphis, Li Yang took the initiative to sit next to Maddie.

Since joining the Spurs, Maddy has not had many opportunities to play because of the need to adapt to tactics and his own condition is not particularly good, after all, the Spurs still have more players on the forward line.

It's Maddie who has been sitting on the sidelines, Li Yang thinks that he should be able to see his situation on the court more clearly, and as a former top scorer in the league, Maddie has encountered a variety of defenses and is absolutely experienced.

Seeing Li Yang take the initiative to ask him for advice, Maddie also looked very happy, he pondered for a moment, obviously after some thought, he said: "Yang, in fact, you have to do it very simply, how to fight against the Warriors now." ”

After listening to this, Li Yang thought about it, and seemed to vaguely understand something, but it seemed that he didn't figure it out a little, so he raised his head and asked, "T-Mac, I don't understand what you mean too much." ”

"To put it simply, you played to your strengths against the Warriors, you had a great impact, you were looking for all sorts of opportunities to counter, you cut in the air, you were aggressive and you were shooting one or two shots from the ground up once in a while. ”

"But against the Grizzlies, you don't seem to be playing as ...... Well, smart, yes, just not that smart, since the Grizzlies are rushing inside, can you consider passing the ball when you break through halfway and then find an opportunity to cut to the basket?"

"The Grizzlies' interior defense is really good, you don't have to challenge their defense head-on, and POP never asks you to do that, you just need to show what you're good at at the right time to be able to help the team on the offensive end, but if you can't, POP doesn't say how many points you score in a game, does it?"

Li Yang fell into deep thought after listening to it, Maddie's words sounded a little negative at first, but it seemed to be the truth in his current self.

Li Yang thought about it carefully, maybe the performance against the Warriors was too good, and Li Yang's expectations for himself were a little too high.

In fact, Popovich really never asked him to use his impact to tear down the Grizzlies' defense in this series against the Grizzlies, nor did he ask how many points he had to score.

You can still break through, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you score to help the team, if you can attract the Grizzlies' defense and create opportunities for your teammates, even if the opportunity is not directly created by yourself, it will also help the team.

Moreover, reducing the number of shots after the break, passing the ball out and then finding opportunities to cut to the basket again is indeed likely to get a better chance, after all, his ability to cut without the ball is also excellent.

Li Yang also realized at this time that when he faced such a level of defense against the Grizzlies for the first time, when he couldn't open the offense under the basket, he seemed to play a little too restrictively, but he didn't play as hard as against the Warriors.

It's not about fighting spirit, it's just that I don't understand enough about the situation on the court and my own ability, in other words, on the offensive end, I am too much to pursue the performance against the Warriors, resulting in a certain burden in my heart, but I don't know how to fight.

However, Maddie's slight reminder made Li Yang figure it out a lot. Maddie is right, how he originally played, how he still fights, do it when he has the opportunity, wait patiently if he doesn't have the opportunity, and there is no need for any baggage at all.

Maybe one day, I can become the core player of a team and shoulder the responsibility of the team's progress, but now, I really need to do what I can do in my role.

As for whether you can break out in the game, you may need to be more proactive in the game and fight for opportunities!

After thinking about this, Li Yang suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, and there was a high top when the sky fell, but if he really tried his best, the grizzly bear would at least hurt a little bit of vitality.

Since this is the case, then in the next game, seize the opportunity if you have the opportunity, and fight together if you don't have the opportunity, how much vitality can you hurt the opponent, maybe this little bit will determine the victory or defeat? Li Yang thought to himself.

"Thank you, T-Mac!"

After saying thank you to Maddie, Li Yang also made up his mind that in the third battle, as long as he plays, he will fight and fight for his own opportunity! )