Chapter 802: A Warrior After All

Li Liang's state is indeed very average.

Although he has a system, he is not a fairy, and his state has ups and downs.

Staying in Los Angeles for an extra day to spend Christmas Eve still had a big impact on him.

When he shot the ball, he himself felt a little floating.

After the first quarter, the battle between the two sides reached 18:30, and the Thunder led the Warriors by 12 points.

18 points is also the Warriors' lowest score in the first quarter of the season.

During the intermission, Cole was interviewed by reporters and said that the Warriors played a little impatient in the first quarter tonight, and their shot selection was not very good.

And Donovan encouraged the players with the biggest decibels on the bench, "We have some shortcomings and loopholes, but we played great, keep our state! We will win this game! Every quarter It's all critical, every quarter is critical!"

Donovan knows this game is still very important to the Thunder.

The Christmas game, the battle for the top spot in the league, the Thunder's strongest opponent this season.

Judging from the performance in the first quarter, the Thunder played perfectly.

The only fly in the ointment is that Li Liang's condition is not very good.

This guy is such a weirdo, he's rock solid when everyone else is up and down.

When the others were out of shape, he seemed inexplicably drunk.

His turn-around layup, which was blown away, is probably going to be O'Neal's five embarrassing shots.

After Donovan yelled at the others, he patted Li Liang on the shoulder and said, "Bruce, fight well, today..."

Donovan left half of what he said, meaning that you are the worst today, which is not normal.

Li Liang nodded, he was indeed in a mediocre state today.

He thought about taking a gamble and using Ködinger's dice to increase his status?

But then I thought about it, what if I roll black?

Wouldn't it be worse?

Hesitating in his heart, the second quarter of the game began.

The Thunder have already put on a lineup of pure substitutes.

On the Warriors side, Iguodala, Batum, Livingston, Varejao and Ezeli are on the court.

This is also a pure substitute lineup.

In the league, only the Warriors have such a deep bench that can compete with the Thunder.

In the first offense of the second quarter, Iguodala made a three-pointer from the outside and missed...

Li Liang got the rebound in the backcourt and counterattacked with the ball. He tried to stop for a three-pointer from the outside, but he didn't make it.

Both 3-point attempts missed.

Inside, Kanter rushed to grab the offensive rebound, but Varejao fell to the ground.

You don't even know how he fell, anyway, if you touch it, it will fall.

As a result, the referee blew his whistle and called Kanter a rebounding foul, and the ball was returned to the Warriors.

Then, Ai Zeli received the ball from a low position and tried to force Li Liang with his back.

Li Liang's position was very good, but after Ai Zeli pushed his back, he turned around and shot a jumper, and he hit it?

"Damn, even the defensive state is not working, scoring a goal on my head?"

Li Liang felt that he was a bit weak, and Ai Zeli could even fight him with his back.

Seeing Li Liang playing like this, Curry, who was not very happy off the court, smiled on his face.

It is said that they always have to pay back when they come out, but it is really not an easy task to see Li Liang come out and pay back.

This guy is too strong and too thieves, the game can be lost, and I'm sure I won't lose.

Li Liang was beaten one, of course he had to return one.

He hit Iguodala with the ball on the right side, relying purely on his strong strength to squeeze Iguodala in.

Then Aizeli came to help defend, causing Aizeli's foul.

On the free throw line, this is Li Liang's first free throw in this game.

Like Karl Malone, he dawdled at the free throw line for a while, and then made the first free throw.

Free throws are a great way to adjust.

The second penalty was also hit.

Later, Waiters also fouled in defense, and Batum went to the free throw line.

Batum also made two free throws, and the Warriors continued to chase points.

Then, Li Liang continued to force Iguodala with the ball.

This time he chose to use a false screen, suddenly walked to the bottom line from the right, went straight to the basket, and slammed his hands vigorously for a dunk!

Varejao wanted to come over to defend, but when he saw Li Liang's rushing posture, he retreated.

Otherwise, it would be a dunk and a free throw for Li Liang.

Li Liang's condition has improved, but he still hasn't found his dead shot.

For the Warriors, Ezeli was replaced and Barbosa came on.

The first time Barbosa touched the ball after coming on the court, he quickly attacked and went straight to the basket for a layup.

The Warriors' second team was evenly matched with the Thunder. Li Liang led the bench and failed to play an absolute advantage.

Then, Li Liang shot another three-pointer from the outside, but still didn't make it.

Missed three three-pointers, which is relatively rare for Li Liang.

On the sidelines, Mike Brown stood up and loudly reminded Li Liang not to be too impatient and to reduce his three-point shots.

For the Warriors, Iguodala also missed a three-pointer.

Li Liang instigated Thunder's counterattack, and the third line quickly went down.

Walking near the free throw line, Li Liang gave Kanter a beautiful crotch hit.

Kanter caught the ball and made a layup.

As a center, Kanter abruptly turned himself into a fast break scorer.

His fast follow-up and finishing ability after receiving the ball are indeed very strong.

Subsequently, Iguodala used Varejao's cover continuously, and after getting rid of the defense, he made a difficult throw.

The ball bounced twice on the rim and finally fell into the net.

The two sides started scoring consecutively.

However, as the two teams with the strongest three-pointers in the league, neither the Warriors nor the Thunder have opened up their three-pointers.

Li Liang missed one three-pointer, Curry made one, and Thompson and Durant missed.

The two sides also tried their best to defend the outside three-pointer, and did not give the opponent an easy shot or a chance to open up the space.

Therefore, other players seized the opportunity to hit the basket and break through.

Li Liang felt that his hands were not good enough, so he began to direct the second team to run tactics.

The ball was repeatedly transmitted and pulled on the outside, and Li Liang responded in the middle.

In the end, the ball was in Li Liang's hands, and the ball was given to Waiters at 45 degrees to the left.

On a wide-open opportunity, Waiters takes a 3-pointer...and misses.

This can also be regarded as a dilemma in modern basketball-when you continue to cooperate tactically and finally have a chance, the efficiency of players' shooting is likely to be similar to or even worse than that of stars in singles.

For example, if Li Liang or Durant are in good condition, they don't need any cooperation from the outside line, and they can shoot directly, and the hit rate will be very high.

In the era without three-pointers, this dilemma is not obvious.

With the emergence of three-pointers and the popularity of three-point tactics, this situation has become more and more obvious.

Just as a team game, the weight and role of stars in NBA games are getting bigger and bigger.

This is also a conflict between NBA business and basketball competition.

Business needs to create stars, but in terms of competition, team competition is actually more intense and attractive.

Waiters missed a three-pointer, but Li Liang didn't criticize him. After all, his own shot was even worse tonight, so I'm ashamed to criticize others.

He yelled for the whole team to retreat.

The Thunder retreated back to halftime in time.

Barbosa still wanted to play tricks, and wanted to chase him with his lightning speed.

As a result, he was stopped by Augustine to slow down, and Li Liang followed up with the block from behind and interfered with his layup.

Li Liang grabbed the rebound again and launched a counterattack.

But just after halftime, Li Liang was suddenly attacked by three people from the Warriors!

Iguodala, Batum and Livingston.

Three guys with long hands and long legs hunted Li Liang.

This move was very sudden, Li Liang was a little caught off guard, and made a mistake in passing the ball.

The Warriors had a chance to counterattack, two-on-one, and Livingston, who stole the ball in the end, made a layup and scored two points.

In terms of scoring alone, the Warriors' second team has surpassed the Thunder's second team.

This is the first time the Thunder have encountered this season.

Steve Kerr can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

At the very least, the Warriors' bench was not overwhelmed by Li Liang when the starters were not as good as the Thunder.

Li Liang's performance is actually not particularly bad, but there is indeed a gap compared with the best him.

Two three-pointers and a mistake allowed the Warriors to catch up and the point difference was further narrowed.

Seeing this, Donovan called a timeout. The main players need to come on the field, and the second team cannot continue to play.

After all, tonight's opponent is the Golden State Warriors.