When I was in school, Li Liang watched a lot of NBA games, including Durant's games.

In recent years, Durant has become a popular league player and has won the lead in a score. It can be said to be one of the most difficult forward players in the league to defend.

When Li Liang thought about defending Durant's master, the first thing he thought of was Tony Allen of the Grizzlies.

He made a pretty good defense against Durant in the 2011 playoffs.

He was 1.93 meters tall, and knew that he could not interfere with Durant's shooting, so he stuck on Durant like a candy, preventing him from catching the ball and taking action comfortably, thus achieving the greatest restraint of Durant.

So, Li Liang wanted to learn Aaron's method to stick to Durant.

But after playing for several rounds, Li Liang realized:

First of all, I can't stick to Durant at all.

Li Liang is about the same height as Durant, but his pace is not as good as Durant Express.

Although the strength has an advantage, it cannot play any role in the outside defense, and it is easy to foul.

Secondly, it is very physically exhausting when guarding.

The rest of the Nuggets players cannot be seen in their defense, and they do not have a systematic defensive formation.

Camby always squats under the basket, and it is even more impossible for Cameron Anthony to make up for defense. Iverson is also the eldest brother, let alone the second brother.

Only Martin would make up for it occasionally, and Li Liang could only do it himself.

In this way, Li Liang's defensive efficiency is very low.

After the start of the first quarter, if Durant hadn't felt good and had shot twice, he might have broken 10 in the first quarter, and he had already scored 6 points.

Once the defensive end consumes too much, Li Liang is a little disconnected on the offensive end.

He has never practiced with the Nuggets in advance, and his current ability is not enough to survive in the NBA in 2007.

On the offensive end, he didn't even make any moves, so he could only make a turn point and get the ball. Nothing is used.

At the end of the first quarter, George Carl replaced Li Liang with substitute forward Nahura.

Li Liang gasped for a while, Gao Yuan was quite exhausting at home, and he thought to himself that this was an NBA-level game.

This is still the first quarter, and it is still the Seattle Supersonics who don’t want to win or defend. As expected, the NBA is not so easy to play.

Li Liang kept drinking water to relieve his hunger and thirst.

George Carl came up on the side and said, "Bruce, take a good look at how Nahura deals with that kid, and use her brain more."

Li Liang knew that this was the system’s reminder to him.

He immediately calmed down and began to sit on the bench to watch the game.

The substitute bench is indeed the best viewing position, and some details can be seen clearly.

No wonder some bench players ended up becoming NBA coaches and they all watched too many games.

Durant played the first quarter, but he didn't score in the back and missed two shots.

When Li Liang saw that Nahura's defense against Durant was very simple.

If you stand well, you will fight if you break through. If you don’t break through, you will interfere with me if you want to vote, don’t lose your position, don’t stick close to each other, and always keep a certain distance.

This doesn't seem to be a great defense, but it feels like it's better than Li Liang's effect on the court.

At the end of the first quarter, players from both sides came off the court and Li Liang asked Nahura: "How did you defend Durant?"

The Mexican took a sip of Gatorade and replied, "How to prevent it? Just prevent it normally. It's just a rookie. How else do you want to prevent it?"

Nahura's words woke Li Liang up.

Yes, this is Durant in 2007, a newcomer who just entered the NBA from college and played for the first time like himself.

Although his talent is much higher than himself, he is just a newcomer, not the scoring champion in 2011.

Why do you have to deal with him in 2011?

As Nahura said, just be normal to prevent.

Li Liang clearly remembered that that year, Supersonics gave Durant unlimited fire power, so he would throw it anyway.

In the first season, Durant had not yet mastered the later indiscriminate God's accurate jump shot, so his mid-range shooting percentage was not very good.

Li Liang just needs to try his best to interfere and adapt to the scores later.

Learning from Tony Allen to defend Durant in 2011 is like carving a boat and seeking a sword.

Li Liang, who figured this out, made a comeback in the middle of the second quarter, and Durant also returned to the court, and the two continued to face each other.

This time, Li Liang no longer did futile defense or follow-up defense, but always maintained an appropriate defensive distance and did not lose.

As soon as Durant received the ball, he immediately took a defensive posture.

Durant is indeed very talented, but as a rookie, he doesn't have many offensive methods.

The teammates are all geniuses and have no tactical cooperation, so many times, he will shoot with the ball a few times.

Li Liang reached out to interfere, and then prayed "Don't go in, don't go in". The ball hit the basket several times.

On the offensive end, Li Liang insisted on waiting outside the three-point line, which really made him catch two chances. Once he was too nervous and threw one and missed it.

The second time was Martin's frontcourt rebound, which was then handed over to Li Liang in the left corner.

A big open opportunity, Li Liang raised his sword and made a three-pointer!

He won his first goal in this game! After the goal, the DJ yelled at the scene, "Bruce Lee! 3-point (three-pointer)!"

The audience cheered loudly, and it felt really exciting.

Before he entered the NBA to play, Li Liang had first become addicted to playing in the NBA. This felt that it was ten thousand times better than sitting on the bench in the NCAA.

Of course, Li Liang's mission goal is not to score three points, but to defend Durant.

The entire Supersonics attack was loose and the players were fighting on the court, and Durant had unlimited fire.

After Li Liang changed his defensive strategy, he tried to jump shots from the outside many times, hitting only one, and then hitting the inside, winning two free throws, and scored 10 points at the end of the half.

Li Liang always maintained a normal defensive posture from beginning to end. His defensive awareness is still OK, but his footsteps and horizontal movements cannot keep up.

But Durant obviously played more casually, and the coach didn't care about it, so he just let him vote casually.

Li Liang also found a trick, which is if Kenyon Martin is on the court, and try to drive Durant towards Martin when defending, and open a position on the side. Martin will help make up for the defense.

Just like at the University of Kentucky, Calipari would let Anthony Davis help out.

In the Denver Nuggets, only Martin will assist in time to prevent and make up for defense, while the others depend on their mood.

After halftime, Li Liang made 1 of 2 three-pointers and scored 3 points.

The Nuggets maintained the lead in the first half, and Allen Iverson and Anthony were indeed powerful in fire.

Watching on TV and watching games live feels completely different.

Playing ball together on the field is different from watching it on the sidelines.

Although Iverson was 33 years old, he still looked like a flash of lightning on the court after taking the ball, and was amazingly fast.

Li Liang felt that if he went to guard against Iverson himself, he would probably not be able to touch others even if he wanted to commit a foul, so he passed by in a flash.

Anthony was extremely fat, and he was strongly competing for inside lines like Wilcox several times. The sound of muscle collisions between them was like a tank battle.

Think about Durant who is facing him. If he is facing Anthony, he will probably be killed if he is hit.

The real and intense NBA game undoubtedly gave Li Liang a great psychological training. He thought that if he really stepped onto the NBA arena one day, he would never be nervous.

During the intermission, Li Liang sneaked into the Nuggets' locker room, and everything was perfectly restored. The only difference was that there was an "Bruce-Lee" locker.

Li Liang sat down to rest. It was indeed much more luxurious than the stadium locker room in the 1950s and better than the 1980s.

However, the others in the Nuggets looked a little lazy, because they were ahead of the score and the first game, everyone chatted casually.

Head coach George Carl was talking about some key points in the game, but no one seemed to listen carefully.

Anthony kept talking and laughing, while Iverson sat there alone, taking off his shoes to tighten the ankle, and he was covered in scars.

Li Liang sighed. The atmosphere in this dressing room is far worse than that of Kentucky.

No matter what game in the past, everyone would listen carefully to Calipari's tactics in the second half during the Kentucky locker room break.

Of course, college teams and professional teams are definitely different, but it is no wonder that the Nuggets are so casual, so it is no wonder that they have no defense.

Carl did not give any instructions or conversations with Li Liang. It seemed that the system had no prompts. Li Liang continued to start in the second half.

Li Liang felt that it was still a bit stressful to complete this task. Durant accidentally scored 6 points in the first quarter, and after 10 points in the half, he could only score 5 points in the second half.

But Durant can fire indefinitely, 5 points? One three-pointer, one mid-range shot is broken. It feels a bit difficult for his sister.

But thinking about history, Durant only scored 18 points.

It seemed that he didn't score much in the second half. Just hitting the iron, Li Liang had more confidence.

In short, you must do your best to defend yourself.

In the previous task, Li Liang realized that the system is very smart. If you don’t defend well, Durant may produce some amazing debut data. At that time, he will be able to upgrade the task, but I’m afraid he won’t be able to bear it.

After the second half began, Li Liang gradually adapted to the rhythm of the game.
To be continued...