Chapter 768

Li Liang's sitting on the bench not only surprised the commentators and fans, but also surprised the opponent Raptors.

The Raptors' coaching staff has made a lot of arrangements for Li Liang, Durant and Westbrook before the start of the game.

As a result, Li Liang sat back on the bench, which made the Raptors players feel a little confused.

Now, the pressure on the Raptors' bench is a bit high.

The Raptors started with Kyle Lowry, Valanciunas, DeRozan, Carroll and Luis Scola, who had just signed in the summer.

Jump ball, the game started, Valanciunas took the lead to get the ball, and the Raptors started their first offense.

Without Li Liang on the court, the Raptors will have much less psychological pressure to start.

But for the first attack in the opening game, Lowry might have been too relaxed, dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and slipped out directly...

Out of bounds, turnovers, ball transitions.

Because of Li Liang's absence, the Thunder went back to the past in terms of play. Durant directly turned his back to the left and asked for the ball.

But Carroll defended well, poking the ball away from behind, and the Thunder still had the ball.

For a foul, the ball was played for two laps, and finally there was no time. Westbrook forced a super long three-pointer from the outside!

not in...

On the Raptors' side, Scola caught the ball from the right corner and made a mid-range jumper, which was interfered by Collison and missed.

Durant got the backcourt rebound and counterattacked, and used Adams' cover on the right to enter the middle.

The Raptors' defense shrank quickly, and Valanciunas and Carroll blocked the breakthrough in the middle.

Durant didn't force a shot, and gave the ball to Robertson in the left corner. Robertson had a chance to shoot, but after hesitating, if he wanted to shoot or not, the defender had already pounced on him.

Li Liang happened to be sitting behind Robertson, seeing that Robertson didn't dare to vote, he yelled, "You fucking voted!"

Robertson was startled when he heard Li Liang's words, so excited, he voted... Of course he didn't get in, and he voted for three non-sticks.

But it happened to be picked up by Adams under the basket. Adams lightly hooked and hit two points.

Adams's hook is really impressive, and the young man usually does a lot of practice.

Seeing this, Li Liang applauded: "Not bad! Good pass!"

Robertson was speechless, damn you asked me to vote, and now you say that my pass is good, am I not ashamed?

The Thunder scored first, then Durant blocked DeRozan's layup in defense, Adams got the rebound, and Westbrook counterattacked with the ball.

He advanced near the free throw line, stopped the zombie jumper, and hit two points.

Westbrook's emergency stop zombie jumper is very similar to Li Liang's emergency stop jumper.

The shooting speed is fast, the choice is sudden, and it is difficult to interfere, but the hit rate is not as good as Li Liang's.

Li Liang watched Lei Ting's simple and efficient play, and thought that it was reasonable for him to sit on the bench.

With the personal abilities of Durant and Westbrook, it is actually a waste for them to play complex tactics.

Just like the OK combination of the Lakers back then, O'Neal and Kobe, what complicated tactics did you let them run? unnecessary.

The triangle offense stretches out to give them enough space to allow them to isolate.

Simple on the basketball court does not correspond to inefficiency and low energy, and complexity does not mean that you are strong.

Tactics still have to be decided according to the player's ability and team configuration.

In the past three eras, Durant and Westbrook started and Harden came off the bench, which has proven to be a good rotation configuration.

It's just that they were too young, so the finals fell short.

Now Harden is replaced by Li Liang...

Donovan, who was standing on the sidelines at this time, was thinking in his heart that Li Liang's decision and choice can indeed maximize the potential for the Thunder team, which has been proven by history.

Although Harden was in a different position from Li Liang back then, functionally speaking, Li Liang could do what Harden could do, and he could do it better.

What Li Liang can do, Harden can't do a lot.

Except for the advantage of beard, Harden is a bit behind Li Liang in all aspects.

Coupled with the fact that Durant and Westbrook are more mature and powerful than in the past, this is really an enhanced version of the three little Thunder in 2012.

Donovan is still a little excited when he thinks about it. When should Li Liang be replaced?

At this time, the Raptors still failed to score.

Facing the Thunder's tight man-to-man defense, the Raptors couldn't find a breakthrough.

DeRozan made consecutive breakthroughs without results, and finally gave it to Scola, who let Scola charge in with the ball, but missed the throw.

The Thunder fought back again, this time Westbrook advanced to the same position but made a different choice.

He made a very stealthy ground pass to Adams who was in the middle. Adams caught the ball and dunked with one hand!

The Energy Center came to a small climax after the opening, and the Thunder beat the Raptors 6:0.

Feeling good, Li Liang thought, do I not need to use it anymore?

Last season, the Pacers led a group of idiots to win the championship. This year, Li Liang thought, maybe he can experience the feeling of lying down and winning more?

Facts have proved that Li Liang thought too much.

The Thunder immediately fell into a scoring drought.

The Raptors haven't found their scoring sense for the time being, but their defensive strength has come up.

Both sides began to strike iron continuously.

For any once weak or bad team to evolve into a strong team, a frequent player in the playoffs, the first thing they must improve is their defense.

The Raptors are no exception. In the case of unfavorable offense, they have increased their intensity, and they have done a very good defensive contraction.

Robertson was let go of this point, and Durant missed a three-pointer from the outside.

Offensively, Valanciunas used the low post to score the Raptors' first goal.

The score of 6:2 was maintained for a long time. The Thunder's ferocious counterattack was gradually resolved by the Raptors' intensive defense in the middle, and they began to enter the iron battle.

At this time, Donovan looked at the bench and thought it was time for Li Liang to appear.

He wanted to replace Li Liang in the first official timeout later.

In this way, Collison is equivalent to making a fake starter, just playing for four or five minutes and then changing.

The Thunder's offense still didn't improve much. Westbrook made a pass error, and Scola caught the ball in the counterattack and hit a mid-range jumper.

Li Liang also felt a little anxious watching it, wondering whether he should go up or not.

But he changed his mind, if he came on the stage, Collison would be a fake starter, then he would continue to play with Westbrook and Durant after he appeared on the stage, what is the difference from starting?

After that, Westbrook's beautiful pass assisted Collison for a layup, and the Raptors also relied on Lowry to score two points.

At this time, Durant finally made a shot, catching the ball from the outside and hitting a three-pointer!

The Raptors' shrinking defense will eventually come at a price.

At 11:4, the Thunder took a 7-player lead, and the Raptors called a timeout.

At this time, Donovan pointed to Li Liang who was on the bench, and said, "Bruce, you can replace Collison later."

Unexpectedly, Li Liang refused, "No coach, I think I want to sit for a while."

Donovan looked confused, I have been a coach for so many years, have I never seen such a player?

"OK, then you can sit for a while longer." Nuo Duowan didn't dare to disobey, he could sit as long as he wanted, it doesn't matter if you sit until the end of the game.

Seeing this, Mike Brown took the initiative to pass water to Li Liang. If there was a newspaper by his side, he would probably get a newspaper for Li Liang to read.

But Li Liang doesn't want to drink water now, but listens to Donovan's tactics.

When Li Liang is not present, Donovan only targets Durant and Westbrook, and the arrangement is still handy.

He doesn't have too many complicated arrangements, and more is to encourage the players.

His on-the-spot command and adjustment are very strong. After all, he has led NCAA teams to play an elimination game all year round, even if he is not strong in adjustment ability.

In the first few games, he was still adapting to the rhythm of the NBA, and he understood that the NBA season is long and requires a long flow of water.

Therefore, Li Liang was listening to Donovan's arrangements, and Donovan was also thinking in his heart, wanting to see how he would play with a substitute when Li Liang came on stage.

After all, Mike Brown often brags off the court, "Leave it to Bruce, he will take care of everything."

The two can be regarded as stealing lessons from each other and making progress together.

After the game restarted, Durant's state on the court became better and better.

Donovan reminded Durant to let go of the game during the timeout, and to attack and defend boldly.

Because there is a super substitute on the bench, there is no need to worry about physical distribution.

As soon as Durant came up, he gave Carroll a big cap on defense.

Then in the counterattack, after receiving a pass from Westbrook, after dodging in the air, he made a layup with his left hand!

Thunder played quite smoothly, which made Li Liang worry whether he really didn't need to play.

The Raptors' offense has never been able to find a feeling, and they have never been able to make three-pointers from the outside.

With 3 minutes left before the end of the first quarter, the two sides began to enter the lineup rotation.

At this time, Li Liang was finally about to go into battle, and the Raptors replaced Lowry with Corey Joseph.

The Thunder replaced Collison with Li Liang...

Raptors coach Casey looked at the rotation and suddenly felt a little hopeless.