Chapter 762

In the middle and late stages of the first quarter, the Thunder's offense began to play gradually and smoothly.

It's not that there is a tacit understanding of tactics. This is the first regular season game, so there is no tacit understanding.

The main cooperation between Li Liang and his teammates is high-position pick-and-roll and high-position support.

In the low post, under the basket, on the wing, and in the bottom corner, Li Liang basically has no room to play.

The main reason for the fluency is that Westbrook and Durant were scolded by Li Liang.

Durant thought, "I will pass on Nima's biography, if I have the chance, I will vote."

Westbrook thought, "I organize Nima's organization, I will rush if I have the opportunity."

One shot and one rush, the Thunder slowly regained the feeling of the past games.

And what about Li Liang? He hid, put more energy into defense, and mainly supported in offense.

Li Liang's support is very good. This is a terrible support with high output, which makes the opponent fearful all the time.

It is not the first time for the Thunder players to play against the Spurs. They have fought in the regular season and playoffs.

After having Li Liang in the lineup, the feeling on the field is really different.

For the Spurs, Li Liang is like a light on his back, and everyone on the field has to divert part of their attention to Li Liang.

Correspondingly, the pressure on other players is less, and they play more openly and more relaxedly.

In the second quarter, the Thunder overtook the score. The score was 33:29, and the Thunder led by 4 points.

Westbrook and Durant each scored 10 points, their firepower is evident.

Durant and Westbrook went off to rest, and Li Liang continued to play with substitute players for a while after the start of the second quarter.

At this time, Thunder fans began to see how the MVP played.

At this time, the players on the Thunder field are Augustine, Waiters, Collison and Anthony Morrow.

Among these players, Collison has no offensive power, and the remaining three are all independent players who can't pass the ball.

And Li Liang was in charge of leading them, playing with the Spurs bench led by Ginobili for an excessive period of time.

As soon as he came up, with a high pick-and-roll, Augustine rushed in and didn't give Li Liang the ball at all-he didn't have the awareness and ability.

As a result, he missed the layup, but Li Liang made a light touch behind him and made a tip-up.

Fatty Dio found out that Li Liang couldn't be squeezed at all.

Then, the Spurs still launched an offense with a high pick-and-roll, and after involving the Thunder's defense, it was given to Kyle Anderson.

Anderson twisted in with a slow three-pointer, and wanted to throw the ball, but Li Liang rushed forward to double-team the ball and intercepted it.

Li Liang started very fast. After stealing the ball, he dribbled the ball halfway, slowed down at the three-point line, and then suddenly accelerated to go inside.

He hit the left rib, made an emergency stop for a jumper, and hit two points on the board.

The Spurs also kept Parker and Ginobili on the court, but the two are really weak and old.

Li Liang gives people the impression that he is one step above everyone else on the court.

The Spurs still missed the outside jumper, and Li Liang got stuck on the backboard again.

Without Westbrook, it feels much easier to grab rebounds.

This time Li Liang gave the ball to Augustine, and Augustine quickly counterattacked.

He staged the same scene as Li Liang. He rushed to the three-point line and stopped, and walked back a little, thinking that he was going to slow down and organize. As a result, he returned to the basket with a carbine, and after throwing Parker away, he made a layup!

"Well done, well done!" Li Liang didn't want his teammates to pass the ball to him, he could do it by himself.

For a team like the Spurs, if you want to win, don't think about fancy things, just do it and die.

The Spurs still played unhurriedly. Parker was still the team's offensive engine on the court. After picking and rolling, passing the ball, and receiving the ball again with the help of a screen, Parker smeared into the basket and made a difficult layup with his left hand.

Thunder slowed down at this time, and Li Liang began to control the rhythm.

He received the ball in the high position, and suddenly hit the inside line, Waiters received the ball under the basket in an empty cut, and made an empty basket.

This was really a surprise for the Spurs. The defensive attention from the outside was all on Li Liang, and Waiters was missed.

The situation on the field gradually came under the control of Thunder, or Li Liang's control.

Ginobili's outside three-pointer missed, and Li Liang grabbed another backcourt rebound.

Grab a few more rebounds while Westbrook is away.

After getting the rebound, Li Liang slowed down and dribbled slowly across half court.

There was a problem with the Spurs' defensive communication. Diaw ran inside, but Li Liang was still holding the ball outside.

The man defending Li Liang became Parker...

Parker turned his head again and again and asked Dior to change positions. Li Liang seized the opportunity, two steps away from the three-point line, and forced a three-point shot!

But in an instant, the Spurs caught an omission in the defensive matchup than Li Liang, and Parker defended him like no one in front of him.

"Shua!" A three-pointer was hit!

The point difference came to 11 points, 42:31, and just 3 minutes into the second quarter, the Spurs felt a little overwhelmed.

Why can't even beat Thunder's substitute?

Come on, there's Bruce Lee across the way.

Li Liang is still his style, with a particularly strong ability to seize opportunities, and he can always firmly grasp this opportunity.

A large number of tasks and real games made his mentality very stable and relaxed.

Popovich called a timeout, Li Liang returned to the bench, sat down, and Mike Brown handed over the water.

He is very proficient in this business, and he does not need to use his brain, the ruthless automatic water delivery machine.

Li Liang scored 4 points in the first quarter, then scored 7 points in three minutes of the second quarter, and has scored 11 points.

Surpassing Durant and Westbrook is equivalent to telling them that it's not that I can't score, it's just that I don't want to.

On the other hand, Popovich still has a headache for Li Liang. He has had a headache since he entered the Lakers, and it has been getting worse every year.

At the beginning, he was a precise wing three-pointer, with a keen sense of smell and a maverick ultra-long-range three-pointer ability.

In the second year, he began to super-evolve and became a top three-pointer with a certain ability to hold the ball. He has amazing scoring explosive power and certain coping ability, as well as magical defense, outstanding key shots, and elusive secondary. attack.

In the third year, in Popovich's view, Li Liang has reached a new level that ordinary superstars can only reach in seven years. A complete outside star with the ball, unique style of play, and terrible scoring explosive power, as well as defensive ability above the second team, including inside defense.

Popovich felt that his evolution should have stopped, it should not be so fast anymore, and he should have entered a stable period or started to refine it.

As a result, looking at his muscles... the ability to pick and roll mid-range has been developed, the second attack at the basket is more powerful, and the unique shooting fast break is even more proficient.

This guy is going in the direction of a monster.

Losing Leonard was already a headache for Popovich, and now he has a headache that a real monster has appeared in the NBA.

If Duncan can be 10 years younger, Popovich feels that there is still a chance and hope, after all, it is Tim Duncan.

But Duncan is turning 40, and this year is likely to be the last of his career.

What else can I do now? Cold salad, we can only make more fuss on the offensive end.

Popovich replaced Devin Booker, hoping he can bring more vitality to the Spurs on the perimeter.

This adjustment by Popovich worked.

In many cases, the so-called tactical adjustments are not as effective as the last powerful player.

As soon as Booker came on the court, the situation of the Spurs' second lineup was different immediately. There was a very dynamic attack point on the outside, which had a very obvious driving effect on the team's offense.

His consecutive breakthroughs and singles mid-range jumpers helped the Spurs firmly bite the score.

Coincidentally, Devin Booker also graduated from Kentucky.

In the middle of the game, Booker made a mid-range shot. Li Liang finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Booker wanted to make a chase, but Li Liang calculated Booker's pace, inserted it from the side, and gave a big hat to his junior!

Collison struggled to save the ball, West pushed forward, Li Liang quickly went down, and after receiving a pass from Waiters, under the attack of two Spurs players, he used brute force to the basket and made a layup!

A wave of 5:0, the point difference was stretched to 12 points.

Booker scored 6 points in a row by himself, and then looked up to see the point difference, which was 1 point more than before the timeout.

This is the senior coach Calipari has been talking about, the magical Bruce.

Watching the game, hearing about it, and actually fighting against him are completely different.

And Li Liang passed by the elementary school boy after scoring a goal, and he did not forget to teach him, "Play hard, don't be afraid, shoot more, if you can't make a shot, shoot more, you will always make it."

If Popovich heard Li Liang educate Booker like this, he would probably vomit blood.

I want to train him into the second Manu Ginobili, you let him shoot more, to be Kobe?

Li Liang really thought so, wouldn't it be good to be Kobe?