Chapter 161 Hold Your Thighs Tightly

Li Liang had a dream, feeling that he was being carried by a group of big black men, walking from the middle line of the basketball to the basket.

Then they walked up to a high platform and poked Li Liang from top to bottom, from the basket!

Li Liang rarely dreamed, this dream woke him up suddenly.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the ceiling.

Not the ceiling that is far away, but the ceiling that is close to the tip of the nose!

Only then did Li Liang realize that he was really lifted up by someone, and he was really a group of big black men!

It turned out that Li Liang did the tasks in the system too late last night, and overslept again in the morning.

No matter how much the Lakers staff knocked on the door, he wouldn't open it. Everyone thought that something happened to Li Liang.

Get the hotel service staff to open the door, good guy, lying on the bed and sleeping like a dead pig.

So, Howard, Ci Shiping, Jamison and other big black men lifted him up and carried him out of the hotel room directly.

Kobe is still laughing so heartlessly, and is still taking pictures with his mobile phone!

This guy must have instigated him to avenge his photo being used to endorse tractors!

Li Liang is a villain, Kobe is not a person who likes to play tricks.

Needless to say, this kind of thing must have been thought up by Howard, Happy.

Ever since, a group of big black men carried Li Liang downstairs. After packing up their things last night, they threw him into the car.

Li Liang didn't dress well, his clothes were disheveled, he didn't brush his teeth or wash his face.

But there is no way, I have to catch the plane, it is too late.

Li Liang took another nap on the plane. He was really exhausted from doing [wrestling with the old oak tree] in the system yesterday.

This Oakley is different from Ci Shiping and Green. He is a serious power forward.

It was the most intense period of insider confrontation in the 1980s and 1990s, and he was a well-known insider.

Good guy, I want to wrestle with him and push him away from the inside, is it easy?

On weekdays, Li Liang's strength training has not fallen behind, and his muscular endurance is good. I can't stand you, so I will wear you down slowly.

As long as the time is long enough, your physical strength will decline, and you will be able to exhaust the task slowly.

So it took him a lot of effort to complete the task in the end.

But the harvest is still very big, his [arm strength] has increased by 10 points, reaching 53 points.

[Back Latitude] Increased by 5 points to 50 points.

[Hip and leg strength] increased by 5 points to 68 points.

The overall strength of the upper and lower limbs has been improved to varying degrees.

It can be said that there are still a lot of gains, but the body is a bit too much.

After waking up on the plane, Li Liang felt extremely hungry and ate 10 plane meals by himself.

That is to say, the food supply on the team's special plane is sufficient, and if it is replaced by an ordinary airliner, Li Liang is afraid that he will grab other guests' meals.

Even so, he ate up all the stock on the special plane, and several staff members gave up theirs to Li Liang.

It's really a reincarnation of a starving ghost.

After a good night's sleep and a good meal, the plane landed in Oklahoma City.

This is the capital of Oklahoma, the largest city in Oklahoma, with a total of 550,000 people.

In China, it is only a small county.

In Beijing, according to Director Zhang, the population is similar to that of larger communities such as Tiantongyuan and Huilongguan.

After all, there are only 3.5 million people in Oklahoma.

Fewer people means that life is relatively monotonous. No wonder the Lakers would rather stay in New Orleans for another half day yesterday.

Come to Oklahoma, there is really nothing to do.

Just train if you have nothing to do, because the team has not trained for three days because of back-to-back away games.

After finishing in the hotel, the team went to the training hall for tactical joint training in the afternoon.

After this period of time without Gasol, the Lakers have a lot less tactical options.

After two games in a row, it still relied on Kobe's scoring explosiveness and Li Liang and Nash's three-pointers.

The combination of inside and outside that Mike Brown had been hoping for didn't work.

Li Liang commented on this: "Mike, don't think about the combination of inside and outside. This is 2012, not 2002. Outside firepower will become more and more important. Look at the Thunder, just do a good job of defense inside, and attack from outside. , isn't it good."

Mike Brown said: "No, we still need to give more opportunities to the inside, you know."

Li Liang knew what Brown meant, he wanted Howard to have fun.

In the past few games, Howard's offensive end has picked up, and it is no longer like the previous one, with single-digit shots and single-digit points in a game.

Li Liang, Kobe, and Nash all fed the ball to Howard one after another.

But even if everyone is coaxing him and feeding him the ball, he dunks on the court in a hurry, which is really good-looking.

Looking at the technical statistics at the end of the game, it was only 17 or 18 points, which was over 20 points.

It’s okay to eat more cakes and empty pick-ups, at least the efficiency is high.

If he wants to play low singles, it will be fatal. He often fails to score consecutively, and the opponent catches the counterattack.

He didn't have time to retreat. Li Liang is now playing the 4th position, and he can't retreat from the outside.

So in the last game against the Hornets, it was inextricably played in the first half, and I had a lot of quick counterattacks.

We're going to play the Thunder tomorrow, with Westbrook's advancing speed, I'm afraid he won't be able to eat the exhaust gas.

Now that Gasol is gone, Howard has more opportunities to attack in the low post. He really likes to play, but unfortunately he really doesn't have that talent.

Of course, now that the team has a good record, they can be more tolerant of the players' style of play, so Mike Brown still insists on using Howard's low-post ability at this point.

He also persuaded Li Liang: "Bruce, pass the ball to Dwight more. He likes your pass. You are tall and you can open up a lot of space."

Now Li Liang is the most comfortable for the Lakers to feed Howard.

Knowing that passing the ball to Howard has a relatively low offensive efficiency, he still insists on it.

Fortunately, Howard will still return the pass now, and the two have a good understanding.

If Howard feels good and attracts opponents to double-team, then Li Liang can have the opportunity to make two open shots from the outside.

The tactical training in the afternoon was a little longer, from two o'clock to five o'clock.

Later, the players were a little tired, and Li Liang scolded directly: "Mike, you're still practicing, don't eat! Check what time it is!"

Mike Brown has just finished the joint practice, and it can be seen that he is still quite concerned about tomorrow's game against the Thunder.

Even a little nervous.

There are 82 games in the regular season of the NBA season. It is impossible for the coach to pay attention to every game and devote all his energy to the arrangement.

For some games with relatively weak opponents, the coach should prepare a little bit and let the team play according to the inertia and perform.

As for some key games and strong teams that may be encountered in the playoffs, the coach has to do a little targeted work.

It's not just about winning, it's more about experimenting with tactics and personnel rotation to prepare for possible encounters in the playoffs.

The Lakers met the Thunder in the playoffs last season, and the result was a complete defeat, 1-4, and they struggled a little.

Talent and strength have been crushed in all aspects. The Thunder are strong players, who can score against you from the outside line, and can fan out the ball you must score from the inside line.

This season, the Thunder committed suicide and sent away the generals on the bench.

The Lakers introduced Howard and Nash, and their strength has greatly increased.

Now the Lakers are first in the West with 16 wins and 3 losses, the Thunder are 15 wins and 4 losses, and they are second in the West. It is another battle for the top spot in the West.

The Spurs followed closely behind, ranking third.

It was agreed to change the dynasty, and now the Huma is making a comeback, Lei Ting has cut off his beard, it is really a wildfire, and Huma is born again.

Because of this, Mike Brown was thinking hard.

On the day of the game, in the morning, the Lakers had another half-day shooting practice.

This time Brown didn't play hard, he was just in a meeting with the assistant coach.

Discuss today's game against the Thunder, what kind of tactics the team will pursue.

Li Liang's words yesterday reminded Brown that although Howard's emotions are important, winning is more important.

The Thunder's insiders, one Ibaka and one Perkins, are set up specifically for the Lakers.

Otherwise, they would not keep Harden, but keep Perkins and Ibaka.

Judging from the current performance of the Lakers, Howard will struggle as long as he faces a strong inside combination.

Don't even think about crushing, it's a high incense to be able to go back and forth.

After discussing for a long time, Eddie Jordan, Payson and others still focused on Li Liang—this guy was sitting there eating a hamburger.

I don't know why, but he has been eating like crazy for the past two days, and he seems to be a little stronger by visual inspection?

"Bruce Lee needs to use this point. His offensive three-pointer is a weapon we didn't have last season. This point must be used well. And Nash, his defense will be a problem, but..." Payson said Li Liang's three-pointer has high hopes, but the defense at the point guard position is hard to describe.

Nash's defense is average, but Duhon and Morris on the bench can't watch at all.

"No way, don't we still have Kobe."

Brown pouted and said, anyway, there are only two thighs in the team, so why not hug them together.

After discussing for a long time, the coaching staff did not discuss any particularly good strategy.

In fact, it was quite normal. The two teams played against each other for the first time this season.

There are not many coaches in the NBA who can take the initiative to make moves. Most of them still take one step at a time and play by ear.

For example, the head coach of the Heat, Spoelscola, has a particularly strong adjustment ability. After one game is finished, the second game can quickly make targeted adjustments.

But you let him think of tricks in encounters, sorry, no, just fight normally, and find a way if something goes wrong.

Mike Brown is actually similar. As a defensive coach, he is relatively passive in tactical adjustments.

On the offensive end, more depends on the players to perform by themselves, and make up for things that go wrong.

So in the end, Brown still decided, "Let's play according to the normal tactics before, but we need to make some adjustments in the rotation, use Morris and Ebanks more, and let Kobe and Nash rest more... "

Letting the boss rest most of the time may be the best adjustment strategy he can make.

Otherwise, if the thigh is tired, how can he hug it.