Chapter 272: Kobe's Unique Skill

After losing to the Warriors, the Lakers came to a record of 54 wins and 16 losses.

They are currently ranked first in the West, half a game ahead of the second-placed Spurs.

Their next opponent is the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The entire Lakers team flew to Minneapolis overnight. Speaking of which, this city is still the Lakers' home.

If it weren't for Minneapolis, they wouldn't have named Lakers, a name that is poetic in English but incomprehensible in Chinese.

Anyway, everyone is used to yelling and yelling. Think about it carefully, "Lakers"? What the hell?

Are there still "Tang People", "River People" or "Sea People"?

The Lakers left Minneapolis early, and it took many years before the Timberwolves entered the city.

It shows that the people of this city still love basketball very much, but the Timberwolves team is far less competitive than the Lakers.

In short, looking at the history of the Timberwolves is a history of blood and tears, a history of brain damage, a collection of mistakes, and a selection of the five great embarrassments.

Before Li Liang participated in the draft, he went to the Timberwolves for trial training.

Later, because of the reputation of the Timberwolves, Tunnel gave up the idea of ​​playing here.

Besides, Li Liang doesn't like places where it's too cold, he needs sunshine.

After a day of rest in the hotel, the team had a simple training.

As the playoffs approach, the team's training intensity is slowly decreasing to reserve more physical reserves for the players.

Li Liang used the time to rest and adjust, and he put aside McGrady's mission for now.

I am already very tired from the away game, if I do the mission again, the game will be lost.

Although the team's requirement is to keep the top three, but Li Liang thinks if he can get the first place, why not take it?

In the playoffs, home court advantage is still very important.

The Miami Heat are currently on a crazy winning streak. After defeating the Orlando Magic on the 25th, they have won 27 consecutive victories.

I don't know if this terrible winning streak will continue.

They are currently 6 games away from the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, and they have successfully surpassed the Lakers in terms of record.

With the advantage of one win difference, they jumped to the first place in the league.

Of course, winning streak is a great honor, but also a great pressure.

When the winning streak accumulates to a certain level, the whole world will want to beat you.

Any team you encounter will resist with all its strength, targeting you in every way until you are defeated.

Therefore, the heat's game pressure is actually quite huge.

In comparison, the Lakers are very relaxed.

And without Kobe there, it's even more relaxed!

At night, when Li Liang entered the system, he saw the [Kodinger's box], and he started to itch again.

Relax, why don't you give it a try?

Li Liang didn't resist Koldinger's temptation, and decided to go into the box to change his ability value data.

Still entering the box, the six-dimensional map is still in front of me.

Li Liang thought about it, and his defense and physical fitness were still immobile, which was the basis of the game.

It's better to attack, I don't know what kind of master I will become this time?

...

On the night of the 25th, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, the Lakers started the second game of their four-game streak.

After the opening ceremony, the two sides introduced the players.

Li Liang started again, tonight he looks full of confidence and radiant!

Kobe is still wearing a suit and sitting on the sidelines. In fact, his hands are itchy and he really wants to play.

At present, his ankle is no longer painful, and he can participate in team training normally.

If the team's record is not good, Kobe will definitely return to the game.

It's just that now the Lakers have the conditions to allow Kobe to rest more, so let's rest more.

At the end of the appearance ceremony, Li Liang rarely ran to the technical stage to get some chalk powder, and ran to Kobe to sprinkle it on.

Then he swayed back and forth in front of Kobe, as if he really wanted to get Kobe's attention.

When Kobe saw him like this, his heart became angry for no reason, and he especially wanted to give him a jio or an elbow.

"What's up! (What's up with you!)"

Kobe couldn't help but said, went up and patted Li Liang, is this kid crazy today?

Li Liang laughed, and said: "Kobe, take a good look at my performance today, you can rest on the court, you don't need to play the game."

Kobe was at a loss, this kid used to be quite normal.

What the hell is going on tonight?

After the game between the Timberwolves and the Lakers started, Kobe soon knew the answer.

Minnesota's starters tonight are Pekovic, Derek Williams, Rubio, Andrei Kirilenko and Luke Ridnour.

This lineup is also unique enough. Four of the five starters are white, which is very, very rare in the current black-dominated NBA.

Among the five whites, three are foreigners, from three different countries.

On the bench of the Timberwolves, there are still four main white substitutes, Sheved, Chase Budinger, JJ-Barea and Greg Steensma.

If the NBA requires that each team can only send white players to play, the Timberwolves are probably the strongest one.

But with such a lineup, the biggest problem is naturally the lack of athletic ability.

The Lakers' athletic ability is very average, and the Timberwolves' athletic ability is not much better than that of the Lakers.

In the past few years, the Timberwolves have really had a lot of high-level picks, but it's a pity that they can always perfectly avoid the correct answer.

To be honest, if I were the management of the Timberwolves, I would not do any work. I copied the draft suggestions from netizens on the forum, and I guess it would not be as miserable as it is now.

As for the combination of more than half white lineup personnel like the Timberwolves, it is probably called "no use".

After the game started, the main defense against Li Liang was none other than the famous Russian AK-47, Kirilenko.

The former all-around monster, the shot-blocking maniac at the front line, returned to the Timberwolves this season after playing in Russia for a season, and was signed by the Timberwolves.

As for why the Timberwolves signed Kirilenko, a former player who has declined significantly and has returned to his hometown to play, it is not known.

Probably because he is white.

Facing Kirilenko's defense, Li Liang played fairly well in the first few minutes of the first quarter, playing not much different from usual.

If there is any difference, it's that this kid doesn't shoot threes anymore.

Needless to say, the ability value of the open three-pointer was changed by him again, and it was changed to other items.

Kobe was watching the situation on the court closely, he wanted to see what kind of medicine Li Liang was selling in his gourd.

Both sides played very smoothly in the opening offense. After all, the Timberwolves' head coach is Adelman, and he has always been very good at training offenses.

However, in the middle of the first quarter, the shooting percentage of both sides began to decline.

The field was a bit messy, neither side scored much.

Rubio was emptied by the Lakers outside during the offense, and then missed a three-pointer.

Howard took the backboard and handed it to Nash to control the ball.

Li Liang picks and rolls high as usual, but this time he screens and blocks people in a deeper position, standing at the corner.

When Nash returned the ball, Kirilenko's defense quickly came up.

Li Liang shook the ball in front of Kirilenko, and then suddenly made a strong shot!

At the corner position, a strong shot facing the basket, a shot, and the ball is scored!

Kobe stayed on the bench for a while.

Um? Isn't this my trick?

When playing the Jazz, Kobe used this trick to score points on Kirilenko's head.

"Luck, it must be luck." Kobe thought, it was impossible for Li Liang to learn this trick.

In order to practice this trick to perfection, Kobe spent almost 10 years of hard work and field experience accumulation.

Only then did it reach the point where it could be retracted freely, ignoring the defense, and directly shooting the opponent to death.

Li Liang this...

Hey, the Lakers counterattacked, Li Liang caught the ball at the left corner of the counterattack, and faced the defense again with a mid-range shot!

In again?

Fuck, Kobe is confused, how can he still get in?

Hallucinations, luck, this kid has always been very lucky, and he can often throw some fairy balls.

So it must be good luck. How could he know how to make a mid-range shot, and how could he understand the essence of the mid-range in the horn position?

In the second half of the first quarter, Li Liang directly asked for the ball at the top of the arc this time.

Nash handed the ball to Li Liang, Li Liang received the ball sideways, and he followed Kobe's example to protect the ball.

His ball protection is really a bit like Kobe.

But he can only get the shape but not the spirit, because he has no elbows.

After protecting the ball, Kirilenko came close to him, and Li Liang took advantage of his height to meet Kirilenko directly!

Li Liang's jump shot is very fast because of the bonus of "Zero Second Shot".

What he used was not the segmented jump shot of Kobe, Tracy McGrady, and Ray Allen in the 1990s with strong physical fitness, but a jump shot with the whole body working together.

This shot has a lower release point, but has a faster release speed and a longer range.

Li Liang made a direct shot from the top of the arc and hit another two points!

As soon as the goal was scored, the Lakers led the Timberwolves by 6 points in the first quarter.

When the offensive state of both sides is average and the tactics cannot be played, use this kind of strong shot to help the team open the situation.

Isn't that what Kobe used to do?

Off the court, while applauding Li Liang's wonderful goal, Kobe frowned, feeling that things were not simple.

He was thinking, should he think about it and come back sooner?

Otherwise, will he still have a tactical position when he comes back?