Chapter 749: You Have to Finish Climbing

The reason why Li Liang chose Karl Malone's package as a template is simple: cheap.

Needless to say, Jordan's template, 200,000 anger points, is going to empty Li Liang's family.

Templates like Olajuwon also cost 100,000 anger points, which is too expensive to bear.

Like Sean Kemp's template, cheap is cheap, 30,000, but Li Liang is not interested in his ability.

Only Ma Long is the most suitable, as long as 50,000, which is an acceptable price for Li Liang. At the same time, the ability that Ma Long is good at is not only what Li Liang needs, but also in line with the current NBA trend, and there is no disconnect with the times.

Therefore, choosing the Karl Malone template is a good choice.

And Li Liang's first training task after entering the template came to the 1994 Western Conference Finals:

[Mission: 94 Western Conference finals, time: May 23, 1994, location: Compaq Center, Houston, USA, against: Utah Jazz vs. point. Task reward: Ma Long template promotion +1, task difficulty: superstar]

In 1994, defeating the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals was already a superstar task.

You know, the Rockets were the championship that year. Li Liang had played for the Rockets in missions before. They were indeed very strong in 1994.

The Jazz hadn't reached their prime yet, and in 1994 they struggled to eliminate the Denver Nuggets in the semifinals.

That year, the Nuggets happened to be black eight in the first round and defeated the Supersonics 3:2, so they gave the Jazz a chance to advance to the Western Conference Finals, otherwise the Jazz might not be able to beat the Supersonics.

The process of the Jazz's elimination of the Nuggets was also very dramatic. They first led the Nuggets 3:0, but that year the Nuggets seemed to be unable to play if they were not too far behind. Outburst, three games in a row, and the big score became 3:3!

The same drama as the first round against the Supersonics. Seeing that the Nuggets are about to complete a 0:3 comeback that is unique in history, the Jazz still gritted their teeth in the tiebreaker. Karl Malone took away the game with 31 points in Salt Lake City. The Nuggets prevented the miracle from happening.

However, it can also be seen from this that the Jazz is still not strong enough in terms of overall strength. Being forced to this point by the Nuggets, if they really lose the tiebreaker, the history of the NBA playoffs will be rewritten, and the legend of the Denver Nuggets that year The degree will be further improved.

The Jazz, which survived the semi-finals, will fail in the Western Conference Finals. They were beaten by the Rockets, 4:1, basically unable to fight back.

Now that Li Liang has replaced Malone, it is obviously not so easy to lead the Jazz to victory, and without any props, to defeat the championship team. Without any preparation, Li Liang came to the dilapidated Compaq Center, came to the field and began to enter the game.

The Rockets have just played 7 games against the Suns in the semifinals, and they have achieved a reborn evolution. Olajuwon is outstanding.

After Li Liang replaced Ma Long, his biggest advantage was his three-pointers. The Rockets would not defend against Ma Long's three-pointers. This was Li Liang's special advantage in many tasks.

But the advantages must cover up the disadvantages, and then the advantages must be transformed into victories. The 1994 playoffs were not 1974. It was not so easy to win the game with three-pointers alone. The Rockets on the opposite side were originally a three-point team.

And they have Olajuwon, Thorpe and Robert Holly in them. This configuration is completely different from the inside configuration of the Golden State Warriors.

When Li Liang played the Warriors, he was once the tallest player on the court. In 1994, he became a younger brother in an instant.

Not to mention the opposite side, the Jazz has Mark Eaton, who is 2.21 meters tall and nicknamed Mammoth. Even if he is tall, his arms are very, very long. Li Liang feels like a primary school student in front of him.

Moreover, Malone not only has an offensive burden in the Jazz, he also has tasks in defense. From time to time, he has to displace Olajuwon one-on-one, and also protect the team's backcourt rebounds. The entire Jazz's offense depends on him as the axis to operate. ...

After this operation, Li Liang relied on three-pointers in the first half and hit five three-pointers, which caught the Rockets by surprise.

But in the second half, the Rockets adjusted their defensive strategy, while Olajuwon was unstoppable in the paint, and Kenny Smith beat Stockton all over his head. This game became more and more difficult.

Fighting until the last moment of the fourth quarter, Sloan arranged a three-pointer lore tactic, and the ball was finally given to Stockton. As a result, Stockton failed to hit a three-pointer-he can really kill the Rockets, and he will have to wait until Three years later, it will be fine to wear a dark blue snow-capped mountain.

98:96, the Jazz lost the game.

Li Liang tried his best and scored 33 points, but still failed to complete the task.

In addition to 33 points, he also grabbed 9 rebounds and contributed 6 turnovers.

He is not used to Sir Nima's tactical system at all, what UCLA system, he played singles with the ball in Indiana for a season, and he is not proficient in these routines at all.

Coming out of the system, Li Liang shook his head, thought about it carefully, and felt that he might have been fooled.

Why do I say I was fooled, because although Karl Malone's template is cheap, it is more suitable for me.

But the problem is that Malone has never won a championship in history, which means that he will help Malone play various finals and Western Conference finals that he lost.

Li Liang probably knows the strength of the Utah Jazz. Lao Niu dragged his car, honed a set of lineup and tactics for more than ten years, and finally beat his Western opponents to death.

Ma Long and Stockton have worked together for more than ten years and have developed a tacit understanding. Li Liang now replaces Ma Long and wants to plug and play, and immediately play a role. This is not the slightest bit of difficulty!

"Damn it, I was fooled. I knew I should choose a Nowitzki template. It's more expensive. Anyway, he doesn't defend. He can play one game at a time. The tactical system is relatively simple. Why did I choose Malone! "

Li Liang regretted it a bit. To put it bluntly, he was greedy for cheap, and he was envious of Ma Long's big elbows. If he could rely on this task to train his big elbows, wouldn't he go sideways in the league next year?

But the anger points have already been spent, and the path I chose has to be completed by crawling.

So, Li Liang turned on the computer, searched the video of the 1994 Western Conference Finals on the Internet, and began to study and summarize it carefully.

He also plans to take time to learn the key points of UCLA's play in the system so that he can better integrate into the Jazz's offensive system.

After all, the Jazz is a very stable team system, and it is estimated that the following tasks can be used.

Calculating the time, it is only June, and there are still five months until the competition starts in November. Li Liang has plenty of time to improve himself.

Thinking about it this way, the championship next season is probably guaranteed again.

...

Just when Li Liang entered the system and continued to improve himself, preparing to give the league another TM surprise next summer, the arms race in the West further escalated.

The big winner of the draft, the Spurs, got two potential stocks, Booker and Wiggins. Popovich knew that Li Liang would not be able to get them, so he might as well hold back and cultivate the two talented young people. The Spurs still have A chance to re-emerge.

Moreover, the Spurs have always been a combination of training and record. After the draft, they set their sights on the free market and began to pursue a big fish in the free market this year-Aldridge.

After the Blazers spent two less successful seasons, Alder knew that there should not be much chance of winning the championship here, and he wanted to go to a place where he had a chance to touch the championship.

Because Li Liang has never said where he is going, many people in the free market are holding back to see where Li Liang is going, so that they can hug their thighs or something.

But Adelaide is not among them. After all, he is still at the peak, and he still wants to win a championship by his own ability.

The Spurs are indeed a good choice. Apart from the Spurs, the Lakers were also interested, but unfortunately they have no room. Even if you want to sign first and then change, you have no bargaining chips.

In addition to Adelaide, another player of the Blazers has also been targeted, and that is their small forward Batum.

The Golden State Warriors are actively promoting a deal with David Lee as a bargaining chip, hoping to get Batum from the Trail Blazers to supplement their striker against Li Liang, who is very likely to travel westward.

The Warriors' front line is strong enough, but if they still can't beat them, they have to continue to pile up people.

And next season, the teams in the Western Conference will know that it is impossible to guard Li Liang with a slightly thinner third position.