After Li Liang appeared, the Lakers' defense immediately changed.

Kobe is very good at playing against a fast-impact point guard like Xiao Mo. Once he gets stuck on defense, anyone will have a headache.

Li Liang, on the other hand, defended Hayward in a prejudice manner, pinched his moves and predicted his actions in advance.

This is what he learned from Fraser. It is too late to wait for the opponent to act.

The Jazz were obviously a little uncomfortable, and the two outside ball holding points were suddenly pinched, and the Lakers defended the Jazz for 24 seconds!

"Beautiful job!" Li Liang shouted after the defense was successful.

Playing away games must be more passionate than away fans in order to overwhelm your opponent in momentum.

And the difference between 6 points is what it is, the problem of two three-pointers.

During the offense, Li Liang received a pass from Kobe from the outside and took a direct move of 45 degrees!

"bang!" I missed the iron.

The shot was a bit urgent. The touch was not good. It was all Kobe who caused me to pass the touch through the ball.

Kobe wants to know Li Liang’s idea, it would be strange if he doesn’t go up and beat him to death.

I'm going to pass the ball to you if you shoot?

Turning back, the Lakers were hit by the Jazz again.

The Jazz inside has been replaced by Millsap to Feworth.

As soon as he came on the court, he received the ball from the inside, turned around and scored a heavy dunk at the basket!

This is the second such goal in this game. Howard and Gasol are always having problems with defensive communication.

Li Liang can't help this ball, he can't get out of the gap in the inside line. Will he fly in and make up?

The gap reached 8 points, and Kobe finally got a little angry.

What can you fight? What can you defend against?

Although the players' condition fluctuated normally during the season, they still won a big victory in the last game, and there were signs of a big defeat in this game.

Kobe immediately made a layup with a powerful inside line on the offensive end to stop the bleeding of the Lakers.

On the Jazz, they saw the communication problems of the Lakers in the interior defense, and immediately stopped replacing Jefferson and replaced the Turkish young man Kante.

Mike Brown won Gasol, who was in average form tonight, and replaced him with Jordan Hill.

Both sides began to enter the rotation lineup, but Brown did not dare to take Kobe down, otherwise he might not be able to hold on in the first quarter.

The Jazz used Feworth to force Jordan Hill to attack, causing Hill to foul and go to the free throw line.

Two free throws, 19:11, the Jazz still leads.

Li Liang only regrets that he has not practiced his inside defense well and cannot help the inside defense.

It doesn't matter, look back on the offensive end.

Three-pointers are Li Liang's only reliable offensive method at present, but he can not only make three-pointers, he can also run empty-handed!

Coach Bob Knight's course gains not only a hair dryer, but also the empty-handed running skills brought by 15 lessons.

When Kobe is on the court, the Lakers always have many open opportunities.

Kobe held the ball and rushed to the inside line. The Jazz team doubled the team. Kobe was forced to the bottom side and passed the ball across the side with a difficult bottom side!

Li Liang happened to be in that position. He received the ball and shook the player who rushed to make up for defense. He took a step forward and hit a two-pointer from the bottom corner.

The Lakers' outside line can finally make a shot, which is very important, otherwise the Jazz will keep shrinking.

At this time, Kobe had already left the 20-point bet behind. Li Liang could score the goal, so he passed the ball to him.

Immediately, Li Liang made another contribution on the defensive end, and he created Hayward an offensive foul.

Each game is completed with an offensive foul mission!

Li Liang stood up from the ground and applauded Hayward. The fans at the scene were booing.

Hayward's performance in the first half of the first quarter was very exciting, with 2 breaks and 1 hat, 4 points and 1 assist, and both offense and defense were outstanding.

But as soon as Li Liang came on the stage, he started to target him. Who made you threaten my handsomeness?

This is not over yet. Kobe continued to take the ball and attack with the ball. The Jazz still contracted. The three of them doubled, and Kobe jumped into the difficult pass again.

It’s still for Li Liang from the outside!

Li Liang jumped up to catch the ball, Damn, you can't pass one well!

It's still Nash's passing comfortably.

After landing, Li Liang made a little adjustment, glanced at the basket, and made a three-pointer!

"bang!" failed, the ball was not adjusted well.

But the ball collapsed directly, collapsed far away, and flew back to Li Liang's hand.

Still investing?

He stopped shooting and felt bad in the first half. Seeing his opponent resting the defense, Li Liang suddenly passed the ball accurately and sent the ball into the three-second zone.

Howard received the ball, pushed Kante away from the bottom line, and missed a layup!

But it caused Kanter's foul.

This ball is a pity. If it is a peak monster, it can instantly drive Kante to dunk.

Now he can only commit a foul.

What can you do when you go to the free throw line? You missed the free throw!

One of them was hit by two free throws, at 19:14, and at least one point was recovered.

The Jazz's defense is indeed brave, far from being able to compare with the Pistons' last game that he refused to give up treatment.

With the high decibel bonus of the fans on the scene, the defensive morale and hardness will automatically increase by 20%, while the opponent will be softer by 20%.

Even Li Liang, who has always been hard, missed two three-pointers tonight.

But he knew that he would always go in, but he was temporarily infected and it would be fine in a while.

Just as the first quarter was about to end, the Lakers had the last attack, and Kobe dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and was surrounded by three people.

It was up to Li Liang to blame him. Li Liang stood more than two meters away from the three-point line. No matter what, throw it away!

How can you not throw away the blame from the boss?

As a result, the ball entered with a "swish"!

Li Liang finally hit the first three-pointer, catching the score to 17:20, 3 points behind.

By the way, Kobe got an assist.

Kobe scored 17 points in the first quarter, and his shooting percentage was terrible.

Fortunately, after Li Liang appeared, he not only contributed 5 points, but also stopped the blood on the defensive end.

However, the Lakers' inside problem still cannot be solved. Gasol and Howard have a big problem in defensive communication between defensive towers on the court.

In the past, the Lakers' strong three highs, Gasol and Bynum Gaodom, were all present at the critical moment.

Because in this era when the outside line is getting stronger and stronger and the three-pointers are getting sharper, there will be many problems with the double tower defense end.

If you want to play on the double tower, you either have a multi-functional small forward to make up for the leaks, or you have to explode on the offensive end.

Li Liang can only be considered half a qualified one because he has not practiced inside defense yet and often he can't help.

As for the offense, Bynum Gagasol could break through the opponent's inside line in the past.

Now, Howard's low-post offensive efficiency at the basket this season is not necessarily stronger than Bynum, and Gasol has really declined.

In the second quarter, the Jazz still adhered to the strategy of the first quarter.

In the first four games, Jazz head coach Dillon Corbyn analyzed the Lakers video and believed that the Lakers' inside line seemed strong but actually had loopholes.

The Lakers seem to have aging on the outside, but because of the No. 28 Bruce Lee, he was unexpectedly tough.

The Trail Blazers and the Clippers both lost because of their negligence against No. 28 Bruce Lee. If they insist on hitting the Lakers inside, they might have miraculous results.

Sure enough, tonight Howard and Gasol double-teamed the Jazz's offense and defense, rebounded and cooperated to a disaster.

In the second quarter, Gasol and Jamison played inside, but were beaten by Kanter and Favors.

Kanter, a Turkish man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, caught the ball at the basket and then stepped forward, while Fevors kept rushing to rebound in the frontcourt.

This style of play made Gasol and Jamison extremely uncomfortable, and Mike Brown had to replace Howard in advance.

But Howard was not good at it. He first defeated Kanter on the offensive end. Just when he was complaining about the foul to the referee, Kanter was about to get off the ball.

He took the ball under the basket and used the time difference to avoid Ci Shiping who was rushing up, and then dunked with one hand at the basket!

This ball detonated the energy plan players, and the Lakers' basket became a back garden for giving.

Li Liang was furious, and he stepped forward and said directly to Howard: "Why don't you go back to defense? What's the use of complaining about fouls? Go back to defense!"

Howard had long lost his smile and kept his lips tightly pursing.
To be continued...