Chapter 619: Battle of Contradictions

The game between the Lakers and the Pistons is a battle between the spear and the shield.

For the Pistons, the offense must be offensive, but they are obviously better at defense.

The Pistons' offense is much simpler than the Lakers' offense.

Hamilton runs tirelessly, catches and jumps.

Billups' individual offense, and Rasheed Wallace's sporadic straight-arm fadeaway.

Add in Prince's open jumper, and Ben Wallace's second rebound...other than that, there are basically no surprises.

What kind of three-line fast break, assault at the basket, low post back attack, basically does not exist.

And it is this simple offense that can only score more than 80 points per game, but it is a championship-level team.

Because their defense can prevent you to only 60 points!

Although my offense is not very good, I will make your offense even worse.

After Li Liang hit a three-pointer, the Pistons' first goal came a little late.

Hamilton first missed a mid-range jumper after catching the ball from the baseline.

Li Liang followed in a quick counterattack and immediately passed the ball to George on the flank.

George went to the bottom line and stormed the basket, then changed hands and made a layup.

Li Liang knew that the result of Corvo's own actions was that he was surrounded by the Pistons' defense and then made a mistake.

Li Liang has carefully studied the video of the first game in the past two days, and he can only say that Kobe's head is really iron.

It can't be described as iron anymore, it's steel, steel head Kobe.

Facing the iron barrel formation of the Pistons, one person often plunged into it.

So this round of the series was the most criticized of Kobe's career.

Of course, Li Liang looked at it from the perspective of a professional player. Although Kobe had emotional problems, he often had to do it as a last resort.

The Lakers really have no better way to open up the situation.

Although O'Neal has a very high shooting percentage, it does not mean that he can digest all the possessions.

Someone must stand up and take the outside line, and this person can only be Kobe.

Payton's offensive ability has simply degraded after coming to the Lakers.

In addition, Kobe has to bear the burden of perimeter defense, and it is understandable that he will be a pile of shit.

And Li Liang wanted to make this shit smell really good.

After George succeeded in attacking, the Pistons still failed to score.

On offense, Hamilton and Ben had a pick-and-roll, and then Hamilton returned the ball to Ben on the outside cut.

Big Ben stood at a 45-degree angle to take the ball, and O'Neal was one step away from him, so he didn't even bother to defend.

Da Ben was stunned for two seconds, and finally chose to vote by himself!

As a result, I voted for three non-stick...

The Pistons' offense is just like this. The offensive end is always 4 on 5, so their magic weapon is defense.

The Pistons did not panic after missing two attacks in the opening game.

After getting the ball, Payton wanted to push for a fast break, but after entering the three-second zone, he was immediately covered by Da Ben.

The defensive end is his world. Big Ben didn't even jump, but covered all of Payton's passing routes and shot possibilities. In the end, Payton wanted to pass to O'Neal, but the ball flew directly out of the baseline, the Pistons' ball.

On the defensive end, the Pistons are like a large stretching net that can be stretched out for a while and retracted for a while, which can always make the opponent face high-intensity and high-density defense.

This relies on the team's iron defensive discipline and Larry Brown's extremely precise defensive tactical design.

In the end, the Pistons' first goal came from Hamilton's foul.

He stood on the free throw line, raised his hand to make a gesture as usual, then slapped the ball twice from the front, slapped the ball to the side, bent his knees for two seconds, and shot!

not in...

So many pre-actions were in vain.

Li Liang stood beside him and said, "Richard, why don't you kneel down and kowtow to the basket if you do so many moves, it will let you in!"

Hamilton is notoriously superstitious among NBA players.

At the beginning, I wore a mask because of a broken nose bridge, and then I have been playing relatively well.

After the fracture healed, I took off the mask and found that I couldn't play well, so I kept playing with the mask on.

There is also a set of preparations for his free throws. I don’t know how it will improve the free throw percentage. In short, it is a psychological effect.

Li Liang taunted, but Hamilton hit the second free throw and scored the Pistons' first point in the finals.

The Lakers continued their triangle offense, and Big Ben kept three-quarters of O'Neal's circle forward.

The ball finally passed to Li Liang's hands.

Li Liang called a Malone cover on the left.

Malone is still a little strange, Kobe wants me to cover?

This is Kobe Bryant, not Bryant.

Malone's screen was very solid, and Rasheed Wallace didn't get up.

Li Liang retreated a little bit, one step away from the three-point line, and fired again!

Even without the bonus of props and runes, he is still a player with 90 points of open three-point ability.

The ball hits the center of the basket again!

The shot from Stamps exploded, and Larry Brown couldn't sit still. He stood up and shouted at the players on the field, demanding that he pay more attention to Kobe's defense.

Li Liang seized the advantages of his own style of play, and seized all the time and opportunities to shoot three-pointers under the condition of excellent touch in the opening game.

An 8:1 lead at the start is a good start for the Lakers.

The Pistons scored again immediately, Billups responded from the high position, and a through pass was passed to Prince who cut the air. The basket was empty, and Prince please dunk easily.

Next, the task of defending Li Liang was also handed over to Prince.

Larry Brown knew that Kobe could no longer be allowed to do whatever he wanted.

Prince's defense is much stronger than Hamilton's oppressive force. After the Lakers made a pass, the ball still couldn't reach O'Neal's hands, so they still gave it out to Li Liang.

An important problem the Lakers encountered in the finals was that O'Neal did not really play the role of the axis.

Although as long as O'Neal has the ball, the success rate of scoring is very high, but he can't drive the whole team.

O'Neal seems to have returned to 1996, when he was in the Magic, he played against the mighty Chicago Bulls.

O'Neal can still score high points with a high shooting percentage, but he can't help the Magic win.

Not only can't win, it's like being rubbed on the ground easily by the bull.

O'Neal's tactical containment was weakened and cut off by the Pistons' defense, and he became an "offensive blue-collar" who could only score.

At the beginning, it was difficult for the Lakers to give the ball to O'Neal.

Facing Prince's defense, Li Liang forced a three-point shot again.

This time he was distracted and missed.

But on the defensive end, Li Liang's role is stronger than Kobe's.

He's taller and more active on defense.

Hamilton used the cover to rush to the basket and was slapped off by Li Liang with a big cap.

Li Liang got the ball himself, and then directly held the ball from the backcourt and rushed to the frontcourt to launch a quick counterattack!

This is completely different from the rhythm of the Lakers' positional triangle offense.

But Li Liang played two games and watched the game video repeatedly, knowing that he had to do this.

Going forward can't grind, let Payton, the "half-court dribbling machine", advance, and then pass a pass that doesn't work.

This is simply a disaster for the Lakers' offense.

Li Liang rushed to the basket with the ball and was intercepted by Double Wallace. Finally, relying on his experience and strength, he won a foul at the basket and got a free throw opportunity.

Phil Jackson sat off the court and pretended to be aggressive... No, he sat on the court and watched silently. He didn't arrange it like this before the game, but it's a good thing that Kobe is so active and efficient.

In fact, the Lakers' preparations for the finals are not sufficient.

After they killed the Spurs with a magical 0.4-second lore in the West, they felt that they had no rivals in the league.

After all, since 1999, only the Spurs and the Lakers can block each other.

Jackson and the coaching staff were clearly not prepared enough for the Pistons.

The only one who was well prepared was Li Liang, who had already played two games!

After making two free throws, the Lakers further opened up the score. This time Larry Brown called a timeout.

The overall defense of the Pistons was poked a hole by Li Liang.

Li Liang returned to the bench, looked up at the ceiling, the familiar Staples.

In the real world, there are already two champion flags belonging to Li Liang.

When it comes to the task, we must try to add more to this place.

It is unreasonable for the people of Los Angeles not to give Li Liangshu a sculpture.