Chapter 773 The World of Mortals
The first game after entering December, on December 3, the Thunder played away against the Miami Heat.
American Airlines Center ushered in a red and blue battle.
Only a few years have passed, and both sides have changed.
The Big Three of the Heat disintegrated, and Chris Bosh renewed his contract, but last season he was found to have a lower extremity venous thrombosis and was directly reimbursed for the season.
This disease affects not just a season or two, but threatens Chris Bosh's entire career.
Of course, it also threatened the reconstruction of the Miami Heat in the past two years.
In the summer, Bosh temporarily returned to normal after treatment and returned to the game.
He and Wade became the new dual-core of the Heat.
The Heat's performance in November was quite strong. Around Bosh and Wade, the Heat rebuilt their system.
The inside line supplemented the sudden emergence of Hassan Whiteside to make up for Bosh's lack of rim protection and rebounding, so that he can focus more on offense.
There is Goran Dragic on the outside to share Wade's ball-handling pressure.
Of course, the Heat's bench is a problem, there are no strong players.
In this way, the Heat will definitely suffer, because the Thunder's substitute is quite strong, and there is a relatively powerful person.
It is estimated that when he debuts, the Heat will be more uncomfortable.
Li Liang came to the American Airlines Center early to warm up, which he is very familiar with and likes.
Played in the finals for two years, and the most impressive battle in his career-the 60-point night happened here.
Therefore, Li Liang has a lot of affection for the hot American Airlines Center, and he likes to get high scores here.
Before the game started, Li Liang also ran to the sidelines to communicate with Spoelstra.
Si Bo was beaten badly by Li Liang back then, but this guy did have something in his stomach.
He is a typical technical and tactical coach. He is not very good at dealing with big names and controlling people's hearts. He is very good at polishing the tactical system, especially making technical and tactical adjustments in the series.
"Coach, before the game, how do you usually assign tasks to the players? That is, how to let them play according to your ideas."
Li Liang asked Si Bo a very technical and detailed question.
Sipo felt very strange, this guy didn't come here to chat, why would he ask me this kind of question?
He asked back: "Your coach doesn't adjust before the game, doesn't he assign tasks?"
Li Liang nodded, shook his head again, and said, "It's arranged, but I don't listen."
Li Liang has been playing for several years, and it's not uncommon for the coach not to listen to his arrangements.
Generally speaking, only when Li Liang has no props for a very, very critical ball, he will listen carefully to the arrangement.
Other times he doesn't listen, half of the time the ball is given to him anyway, he doesn't listen.
As for the strategic arrangement before the game, Li Liang is sometimes the decision maker himself, and the coaches listen to him.
Not only because Li Liang understands, but also because Li Liang can make decisions on the field and is the one who can decide the game.
Now he needs to know how to make decisions if he can't decide the game.
When Si Bo heard Li Liang's words, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.
Anyway, this kind of thing is not a secret, Spoelstra said: "Well, first of all, you have to understand the characteristics of each player, put them in the right position, and let them do what they are good at. This is the basis of everything. , I think you must understand this truth, you have to understand the players. Not only their skills, but also their character, this is very important.”
While listening, Li Liang really wanted to find a small notebook to write it down.
These things belong to the details. Although Wooden and other coaches would also talk about it in the tactical training class, Li Liang didn't take it to heart at that time.
As for the years of sitting on the bench in Kentucky, the coaching style of the NCAA head coach is very different from that of the NBA.
NBA players are not as obedient as college players. Kobe Bryant last night is an example.
If he goes to college to play NCAA games, he will be hammered to death by the coach.
Li Liang also wanted to beat Kobe to death, but Kobe's role in some aspects is irreplaceable, and after all, it is Kobe, Li Liang thought "I want to believe that he will make a shot later", but he really didn't want to Enter.
Spoelstra talked about the first point, and then told Li Liang two more points, how to control the emotions of the players, how to mobilize the whole team during the game, and encourage and appease the players.
Li Liang has experienced these things in competitions, but if a teacher tells you again, the feeling is different.
Just like a student, from elementary school to university, I don’t know how many lessons I have attended and the classroom lectures I have listened to.
But if you let students give lectures on stage by themselves, their eyes may be darkened, and they don't know how to speak.
At this time, there is a special teacher at the side to give pointers, and the effect is completely different.
Li Liang talked with Si Bo like this for a while, Si Bo was a little suspicious, this kid was sent by Donovan to steal his teacher, right?
This guy Donovan jumped from the NCAA to the NBA to coach, and he encountered such a good lineup as soon as he coached.
With Li Liang as the No. 1 player in the league, it is true that even a dog on a leash can win.
As long as the dog barks twice when the time comes, and calls a timeout for the team, and the players make their own decisions about substitutions, it's OK.
Spoelstra complained in his heart, thinking that when he led the Big Three of the Heat, he didn't have such good luck.
First of all, Bosh is not strong enough. Secondly, James and Wade have certain conflicts in play and style. In addition, the Heat are really not enough to make up the three of them.
Li Liang is such a good guy, seamlessly connected, and has such a selfless quality, I'm really envious.
After chatting with Spoelstra on the sidelines for half an hour, it was game time.
After the opening ceremony, the game started on time at 7:30 p.m.
Li Liang is still on the introduction list for the opening ceremony, but then he will return to the bench and sit on his bench with peace of mind.
This is unique in the league.
After the start of the game, under the leadership of Westbrook and Durant, the Thunder quickly took the lead.
Aside from anything else, Shuang Shao's talent and impact on the offensive end are really sufficient.
A breakthrough, an outside shot, a fast break counterattack, and a low post single.
Without the worries of the second team, these two can go all out every time they start.
At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder led the Heat by 5 points at 28:23.
Compared to the Thunder, the Heat played methodically, and they had to.
Wade is in good condition, but he is not Wade in 2009. His comprehensiveness and explosive power have declined sharply.
When Li Liang appeared at the end of the first quarter and brought the second team on the court at the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat... didn't collapse.
Because Li Liang didn't do what he did in the November game. Once he entered the second year lineup competition, he started to play Wushuang, taking care of everything by himself, and everyone else supported him.
Li Liang started playing team basketball, picking and rolling with Augustine, passing the ball to Waiters and feeding Kanter.
He took the command of the backcourt from Augustine and led the second team to play positional battles seriously.
To be honest, the efficiency of the second team's positional battle is not as good as Li Liang's own.
Li Liang's current personal ability, when he holds the ball outside the three-point line, throws it by himself, and the efficiency is higher than that of others participating in the offense.
But Li Liang didn't. As a result, the Thunder still held down the Heat, but they didn't widen the gap.
The Heat still had a bonus in the home game. Gerald Green scored a three-pointer from the outside, and the Heat grabbed rebounds very actively inside, and the score was once forced to close.
Donovan saw this and called a timeout in the middle of the second quarter.
He was a little puzzled, and asked Li Liang why he changed his style of play, and he should play more by himself.
Donovan never denied this. He knew that Li Liang's attacking efficiency with the ball was high.
And for the second lineup, as long as Li Liang opens, the others will have more chances.
Li Liang sat on the bench drinking water and said, "I...I just want to experience how ordinary players play."
As soon as Li Liang finished speaking, everyone looked at him, what do you mean by that?
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