Chapter 625 Let Me Defend

After treating Kobe to dinner, the Pacers played against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Conseco Arena at seven o'clock the next night.

Li Liang is a man of integrity. Since he said he wanted to kill the Lakers, he must do his best to kill the Lakers.

Of course, Li Liang will not take this game lightly. In terms of strength, the Lakers this season are much stronger than last season.

Judging from the lineup on paper alone, the Lakers' starting lineup is Howard, Boozer, Wiggins, Kobe and Jeremy Lin.

This is a very well-known, very talented starter.

In the summer, the Lakers used the limited space to supplement Boozer and Jeremy Lin, two well-known and popular players, plus the No. 1 pick Wiggins, which instantly boosted the confidence of Lakers fans in the new season.

After the start of the new season, the Lakers did play pretty well. Although they couldn't reach the winning streak at the beginning of 2013, they still maintained their record in the top half.

It's just that this lineup has an obvious flaw, that is, the defensive problem is more prominent.

Jeremy Lin and Boozer are not good defensive players.

The Lakers' defense is basically supported by Howard, and Kobe can occasionally show the demeanor of defending a team of players, most of the time he is directing traffic.

Without Li Liang scolding behind, plus the head coach is D'Antoni, the Lakers' defense will not be good.

If the defense is not good, the record will be unstable.

The current record of the Lakers has slipped to the sixth position in the Western Conference.

During the opening ceremony, when the DJ called out Bryant's name, the crowd erupted into cheers.

Kobe's popularity is still very, very high. There are a large number of fans and fans in the United States, let alone the world. The number of Kobes = the total global population + 200 million.

As for where the 200 million came from, no one knows.

The game started on time. The Pacers started with McGee, David West, JR-Smith, Li Liang and Sloan.

After David West returned, Bird decided to bench Stephenson for the Sixth Man.

This is a correct choice. Finsen sits on the bench, and Li Liang's pressure is much less.

From taking three fools to taking two fools, and with a good helper like David West, he can focus more on offense.

In the jump ball, McGee took the lead and passed the ball to Li Liang.

It's really not easy. Sometimes McGee jumps the jump ball very high at the opening game, and the ball is also dialed. It is directly dialed to the opponent, or dialed out of bounds-sometimes it hits Li Liang's head.

Li Liang wondered whether McGee had a grudge against him, or that God saw him living too well and sent him to punish him.

Let him taste the bitterness of life.

Li Liang breathed a sigh of relief after getting the ball steadily this time, and began to dribble across half court to organize an attack.

The Lakers faced a problem at the beginning, who will defend Li Liang?

Now for every team in the league, defending Li Liang has become a big problem.

He has the height of the 4th position, the playing skills of the 3rd position, the shooting ability of the 2nd position, and the organizational ability of the 1st position. He occasionally goes to the 5th position and is a free man on the court.

Whoever you use for single defense is basically not easy to use.

Leonard, the best single-defense player at the small forward position in the league, was psychologically shadowed by Li Liang.

Needless to say for others.

All the teams are studying carefully, and the starters should be clear. Li Liang's one-on-one singles ability is not super strong.

This is also the difference between Li Liang and many top scorers.

People like Tracy McGrady, Anthony, Kobe, etc. are all top players in one-on-one.

When the tactics can't be played out, they can fight one by one, directly using their personal abilities to score points on the opponent.

In fact, Li Liang rarely played one-on-one with a certain team with the ball.

It's just that he shoots too accurately, his offensive selection is extremely fine, and he is good at stealing chickens and dogs. Moreover, he often uses some inexplicable and long-lost offensive methods, and he also scores some magical goals, which makes him score a lot.

Therefore, the current consensus of all teams is that the best way to deal with Li Liang is to "find someone to defend alone, and others to assist in defense".

The person who proposed this strategy was the Celtics coach Stevens. If Li Liang hadn’t used the [Man of Steel] suit against the Celtics in that game, the Celtics’ defensive strategy against Li Liang would have been the same. Very successful.

The Lakers also want to steal a lesson, but there is no such condition!

D'Antoni directly sent Wiggins to defend Li Liang one-on-one. Anyway, you are also a small forward, so you should defend.

In terms of stature, Wiggins is a whole circle smaller than Li Liang.

Li Liang has changed from being a little thin when he first joined the league to a small muscle bully now.

Today Li Liang also wore [Man of Steel] at the opening, and his whole body is full of strength.

Facing Wiggins after half the scene, let's go first!

Li Liang's breakthrough is not very clever, and he is not too skilled. His dribbling level determines that a breakthrough without losing the ball is a victory.

Therefore, he relied on his own strength, directly pushing Wiggins into the basket from the right.

Wiggins felt hit by a tractor and then overturned like a stalk of corn in a cornfield.

The insider Howard came to help defend, and Li Liang made a high toss to McGee who was free.

McGee jumped high, caught the ball alley-oop with both hands, and dunked successfully!

A big gift was given at the opening, so that the Lakers and their No. 1 pick could feel the energy of the Indians.

The dunk at the beginning of the game immediately ignited the atmosphere in the Conseco Arena.

A good start, the Pacers morale is very strong.

The Lakers chose to let Carlos Boozer play low singles for the first time.

Boozer hit David West and didn't get any cheap after consecutive post-up dribbles. Boozer chose to turn over and make a jumper like a crooked machine gun, but he missed.

McGee got stuck at the basket, and Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound.

Li Liang gave the ball to JR-Smith, and Smith broke through the middle of the basket, but Kobe knocked the ball from behind, and finally was knocked out of the baseline by Smith, giving the Lakers the ball.

If you want to play fast, it is inevitable that such mistakes will occur.

But soon, JR-Smith made amends and stole Kobe's pass on the defensive end.

The Pacers counterattacked again. This time, Li Liang did not pass the ball. Instead, he went straight to the basket from the center after receiving the ball. Facing Howard, he rushed forward. When the two collided in the air, Li Liang Still threw the ball, a close-range jumper with a lean back, hit, and caused Howard's foul at the same time!

Howard spread his hands towards the referee after fouling, with an innocent expression on his face again.

Li Liang stepped forward to comfort, "It's really a foul, don't appeal, you are not me."

Howard grinned helplessly, "Boy, you are strong again."

Howard felt that his ball should be able to suppress Li Liang, but he didn't expect to make a foul without suppressing it, and let him hit a three-pointer successfully.

How did he become so strong in just two years?

Nonsense, Li Liang practiced and took medicine in the system, and even wore a prop suit, can he hold you back?

An additional penalty hit, the Pacers started 5:0.

The Lakers still depend on Kobe.

The Lakers couldn't find a better opportunity after continuous passing and low post. They gave Kobe at the top of the arc with only three seconds left.

Without hesitation, Kobe made a three-point shot one step away from the three-point line.

Hit!

A super long three-pointer broke the Lakers' offensive deadlock.

After scoring the goal, Kobe shouted at Li Liang, "You are not the only one who can shoot super long shots!"

Kobe wanted to stimulate Li Liang, let him make a super long shot, and be angry with himself.

But Li Liang would be stimulated by you?

He doesn't cast blindly, he knows it's not time yet.

Li Liang still chose to break through with the ball, this time it was David West who came to do the pick-and-roll.

As soon as West screened, there was a big hole in Boozer's defense. His lateral movement was really slow.

As a result, Li Liang went inside again. This time, Howard didn't dare to foul. He could only watch Li Liang easily pull up a jumper and score two points, 7:3.

The Pacers' opening 7 points were all related to Li Liang. It can be seen that the Lakers have nothing to do with Li Liang.

Sure enough, the Lakers then made a pass error on the offensive end. Jeremy Lin attacked too quickly and gave the ball to Howard but was intercepted by McGee.

After Li Liang stabilized, he still played his position and continued to cooperate with West in the pick-and-roll.

This time Boozer and Li Liang walked in, Li Liang hit the ground and passed the ball to West, who cut outside, West caught the ball and shot a mid-range jumper, and hit it!

The Lakers' defense was smashed by Li Liang alone.

D'Antoni called a timeout. Although he knew it was useless to call a timeout, he still had to make a point.

On the Lakers' bench, Kobe said directly: "Well, let me guard Bruce."