Chapter 424: Teach You Defense

The third quarter began, and the two sides returned to the court.

It is still the same lineup as in the first quarter, but the Clippers' matchup has been adjusted. Li Liang is going to compete with Randolph in the third quarter.

No matter how much his offense has improved this season and how far his scoring has climbed, Li Liang has not lost his enthusiasm for defense.

Is there anything more pleasing than defending the opponent so that they can't score a goal and having a Sima face?

When he was in college, Li Liang was not a defensive champion.

But in the system's defensive tasks again and again, Li Liang experienced the joy of defense.

It is said that people have a tendency to destroy and destroy in their genes, and the defensive champions on the basketball court must be people with more obvious such genes.

At the beginning of the game, the Clippers took the lead in attacking, but chose to play low for Griffin.

Griffin will go down to rest every five minutes, and make good use of the time he is on the court.

But facing Randolph's defense, Griffin squeezed his back in, turned inside, and was double-teamed by Gasol Jr. on the other side.

Griffin wanted to pass the ball to Jordan, who was empty, but Gasol saw through his high throw and intercepted it in the air.

The first attack failed.

The Grizzlies did not launch a quick counterattack. Gasol handed the ball to Conley and slowly started to play.

Even if there is a chance to counterattack, the Grizzlies will not fight. They just want to slow down the rhythm and reduce the number of rounds of both sides, so that the style of the entire game and the state of the players are in a comfortable state for them.

After halftime, Conley handed the ball to the high post Gasol to support.

There are several routines in the Grizzlies' positional battle offense. One is Gasol's high post support, Conley slips to the bottom line, the striker stands in the bottom corner, and Randolph waits for an opportunity to get under the basket for high and low coordination.

Another one is that Randolph catches the ball in the low post or the horn position and eats one-on-one.

Then there is Conley and Gasol's pick-and-roll screen cooperation. Gasol cuts in or withdraws, rushes after receiving the ball or creates opportunities for the wings, and Randolph rushes to grab offensive rebounds.

This is the Grizzlies' positional offensive system built around Conley, Jr., and Randolph.

Among them, Randolph's low-post strong ability is crucial.

Only relying on Conley and Gasol Jr., the Grizzlies' system can still be played, but their offensive ability will make them not enough to compete with the top teams.

It is precisely because of Randolph's strong attack that they have the qualifications to challenge the top teams.

Gasol got the ball in the high post and saw the Clippers' defensive matchup change.

The person staring at Randolph was no longer Griffin, but Li Liang.

Randolph was at the left bottom edge, and Li Liang had already started a hand-to-hand fight, getting stuck in the basket.

The Grizzlies wanted to hit one on Li Liang.

Because the opponent's defense changes, playing one at this time is to prove to the opponent, "Your change is useless", which is a blow to the opponent's morale.

At the same time, Randolph was beaten twice by Li Liang in the first quarter, and now he wants to return it.

So the two started a fierce competition near the three-second zone.

In terms of strength and ability to block positions, Li Liang is indeed inferior to Randolph.

But he has experience. In order to complete the task in the system, he competed with AC-Green and Charles Oakley in the 1990s. He gained a lot of experience and skills while gaining ability.

The low card position is not only about comparing strength, but the key point is actually the word "grab".

Once you predict in advance and grab a strong position, no matter how strong your opponent is, they may not be able to get stuck in a suitable position.

Unless you are facing O'Neal, no matter how you grab O'Neal, if you grab it, you will be knocked away by him.

At best, Randolph was a super small O'Neal, and Li Liang quickly grabbed half of his position, making it impossible for Randolph to completely block Li Liang behind him.

Gasol hesitated for a while, but in the end he didn't pass the ball. If he wanted to pass it, Li Liang would probably poke the ball away from behind.

In the end, the ball was given to the outside line. After three passes and two downs, Conley missed a mid-range jumper.

Li Liang directly blocked Randolph, and then let Griffin grab the rebound.

Li Liang has now entered the auxiliary mode, defending, blocking positions, allowing rebounds, and starting to support and pass the ball on the offensive end.

Compared with the Lakers, Li Liang's support threat in the high position is greater, because he has the ability to dribble and break through.

Unlike in the past, when the high position gets the ball, it is a wooden stake, a wooden stake with three-point ability.

Now if the opponent's defense has a loophole, he will hold the ball and force himself to end the offense with a pull-up jumper.

The man defending Li Liang was still Prince, and he never left. When Paul came to meet him, Conley chose to force his way past. At the same time, Prince stretched out his hand to block Paul.

Li Liang seized this opportunity, dribbled through the middle, and Gasol came over to defend.

Gasol's defensive coverage is quite large. He is tall and has outstanding wingspan. If you want to pass a lob over him, the passer must weigh it.

Otherwise, like Griffin just now, he will be intercepted by Gasol Jr.

As a result, Li Liang didn't lob the pass, but made a ground pass, and passed the ball from Gasol's crotch to the inside line. After receiving the ball, Jordan dunked with both hands!

This pass is really beautiful, the strength and angle are just right.

Little Gasol only felt a gust of wind passing through his crotch, and he was shocked!

Thinking of the last game against the Thunder, Adams was smashed into the Wudang faction by Li Liang. If this ball was not careful, Xiao Jia would probably be included as one of the Wudang Seven Heroes.

As soon as the assist was played, a subtitle flashed in front of Li Liang's eyes:

[Congratulations, you have reached 100 ground pass assists. Skill: John Johnson's one-shot upgrade, LV2, can be used twice per game. 】

Hey, what a surprise, I didn't expect that once the pass was successful, my skills would be upgraded!

In this way, Li Liang can use [One Shot into the Soul] twice per game, and he doesn't have to wait until the critical moment to use it.

The Clippers scored first, and then Li Liang started to entangle with Randolph on the defensive end.

Randolph felt a completely different pressure than Griffin.

Although Griffin is physically strong, he doesn't "wrap" or "grab" his defense at all. He just stands there passively and waits.

Li Liang, on the other hand, adopted an active defense.

In the past, he was doing tasks in the system and often faced some historical inside players inside. If you don't think of a way and actively defend, the shit bubbles will be shot out.

Li Liang used Dave Cowens' method to deal with Randolph, "passionate" physical confrontation, active positioning, and tireless harassment.

Also, when Randolph faced Li Liang with the ball at the basket, he always felt that his shots were a little bit weak. It was just that little, which made Randolph miss three shots at the basket.

Because Randolph was affected by [Russell's three-second zone fear], his little hand shook and he didn't score.

Li Liang was completely immersed in the fun of hand-to-hand combat with Randolph.

In the modern NBA game, there are too many threes, too many quick counterattacks, too many body shots, and too little physical confrontation, especially in the regular season.

Li Liang often finishes tasks in the system, and feels uncomfortable in real games.

Only by confronting the Grizzlies can we regain the fierceness and brutality of the NBA in the 1970s.

Randolph obviously didn't expect this kid to be so tough. After back and forth, the two were about to fight under the basket, and their movements became bigger and bigger.

At this time, Li Liang took out [Gary Payton's chewing gum] from the system to make his breath more fresh and fragrant.

After a series of phrases starting with F and S came out of Li Liang's mouth, Randolph finally couldn't help it in the attack, and he caught the ball and turned around and elbowed Li Liang!

But can you elbow Li Liang so easily?

Li Liang dodged back, and Randolph's elbow brushed past Li Liang's nose.

Just a little bit, Li Liang's handsome and tall nose bridge was about to be broken.

Li Liang didn't choose to sit on the ground and pretend to be dead for the ball.

He is angry.

Don't hit people in the face!

You Randolph is a powerful faction who relies on his skills to make a living, and I Gan Liliang is an idol faction who relies on his face to make a living!

What if I break my important nose?

However, Li Liang was not stupid enough to hit Randolph, but chose to hug Randolph who wanted to force him, and pressed him down!

This is equivalent to a hug.

Now the conflict between the two has completely risen, and Randolph begins to push and push Li Liang.

Where is Li Liang? If I don't do anything, just beep!

Hands will be called a technical foul, but cursing will not.

Li Liang's hair dryer with chewing gum really has boundless magic power.

Dig out all kinds of bad things about Randolph from the Trail Blazers period to the Knicks period, and compile them into raps.

Randolph quickly became overwhelmed, feeling like he wanted to refute, and couldn't stand up.

He wanted to make a move, but was held back by his teammates and the referee.

In this era, if you can beep, don't do it, and it's the same on the basketball court.

Randolph was still angry at first, but he cursed and cursed, and the anger seemed to be wiped out by the scolding?

In the end, I felt like crying a little bit, and wanted to say to Li Liang, "Please don't scold me."

In the end, it was the referee who stopped the conflict and calmed down Li Liang.

After watching the video, Randolph received a flagrant first-degree foul for pushing and throwing an elbow.

Li Liang was called a defensive foul, and Li Liang wanted a free throw.

Looking at the score after the free throw, 58:54, the Clippers only lead the Grizzlies by 4 points.

But almost half of the third quarter has been played, and there are more than six minutes left.

The two sides entered an official timeout, and the game was really fierce and ugly.

Randolph missed one of five shots. Because Li Liang was too focused on defense, the pace was slowed down and the Clippers seldom scored.

However, the situation of the game is gradually entering the control of the Clippers.

Hitting the Grizzlies in the way that the Grizzlies are best at is like playing big swords in front of Guan Gong, only to find out that they won. The Grizzlies have suffered quite a blow.

On the bench, Li Liang said to Griffin who was about to take a rest: "Do you understand? Do you understand how I killed Randolph?"

Griffin stared blankly at Li Liang, and nodded vigorously.

"Tell me louder!" Li Liang yelled at Griffin.

"Yeah, yeah I got it!" Griffin responded.

At this moment, Griffin feels like a freshman in college.

Hearing what Griffin said, Li Liangcai took the towel handed by Brown, wiped his sweat, and took a sip of water.