The Lakers got nearly five days off, watching the tiger fight and watching the opponents in the next round of the semi-finals.

If the Clippers advance, NBA history will usher in a city derby in the playoffs for the first time.

In the fifth battle between the Nuggets and the Clippers, Li Liang went to Stamps to "supervise the battle".

He hopes the Clippers win so that they don’t have to run around in the second round.

He didn't want to go to Denver Plateau to play away.

Li Liang sat in a very front position and chatted with Chris Paul before the start of the game.

"Come on! We're already waiting for you in the semi-finals! Play hard and strive for seven games to resolve. Let's take a little longer, and then you can rest early!"

Chris Paul returned with a fake smirk and focused on the game against the Nuggets.

The Nuggets are really hard to deal with. The Clippers are a team with excellent athletic ability, but the Nuggets are even stronger than the Clippers.

The Clippers have a Jordan with a bad brain in the inside, while McGee with a bad brain in the inside of the Nuggets has a bad brain.

There is a Chris Paul with a big butt on the outside of the Clippers, and Ty Lawson with a big butt on the outside of the Nuggets... I don't know if this butt is bigger, it's not small anyway.

In short, the Nuggets and the Clippers are in a similar position.

The fifth game is related to the belongings of the match point, so the game is very fierce.

The game was intertwined since the first quarter, with the Clippers taking a slight lead, and the Nuggets clenched tightly and unrelaxed.

Whenever the Clippers want to open the score, there are always players on the Nuggets who can stand up and make shots from the outside.

This made Li Liang anxious, what kind of garbage wing defense?

The five starting players, Paul short, Griffin and Jordan Jr., are basically unable to effectively protect the wings.

Iguodala has repeatedly gained opportunities, either hitting a three-pointer or killing a throw near the three-second zone, making a jump shot.

Negro dispatched troops at the flank position, but with only one person, without the assistance of the system and teammates, how can he withstand the impact of the Nuggets' forward line?

Barnes has done his best, and the cost of his defensive end is that he cannot make three-pointers on the offensive end.

This was a fatal blow. The Nuggets missed the score in the third quarter after several consecutive open three-pointers.

This made Li Liang anxious. Will the trash Clippers and trash Negro have set up tactics? Will they use wing players?

Even Mike Brown is not as good as him.

There are Butler, Barnes, Odom, and Grant Hill, and they don’t know how to use it.

They all used them as 3D standing positions, and they had no characteristics of their own.

Li Liang played No. 3 and No. 4 for a season. He knew that No. 3 was the most flexible and changeable position on the field.

In addition to the system helping to improve his strength, another reason is Mike Brown's flexible use of him (hang-up hosting).

Li Liang played a good job in the all-round diversity of No. 3 players, made up for many loopholes in the Lakers, and glued them to various positions, so that the Lakers achieved such results when the elderly, weak, sick and disabled were a lot of old, weak, and disabled.

The Clippers' forward line seems luxurious, but either they are not strong enough or they are outdated by veterans.

Moreover, Negro does not use the front line (will not hang up and host it), and he has too strong control over tactics.

The only players who can make him trust are Paul and Crawford.

Of course, Paul is trustworthy, at least before the regular season and the Western Conference Finals.

In the fourth quarter, the Clippers lagged behind the Nuggets.

At this time, Paul stood up and first made a strong three-pointer from the outside, then stole Lawson and assisted Griffin to make a dunk.

The problem of the Nuggets' no absolute strength is exposed at the last moment. In the case of super high-intensity defense and away game, they lost their scoring ability.

In three consecutive rounds, the Nuggets did not make any attacks.

Paul seized the opportunity in the third round, made a breakthrough and made a layup, and also caused Coofus to make a foul, so he had to get a penalty!

This ball allowed the Clippers to overtake the score, and the Clippers led by 3 points.

Paul's operation allowed the Clippers to gain the lead again, and the Nuggets George Carl had to call a timeout.

The Nuggets played very well in the regular season, and their plateau home court was simply terrifying.

And their forward line and their athletic ability make every team a headache.

Including the Lakers, the Nuggets' games were very difficult.

But in the playoffs, the Nuggets, who took the egalitarian route, were in trouble.

Lawson, Iguodala, Wilson Chandler, and Andre Miller are all capable, but they do not have the ability to make a final decision.

As a famous coach, George Carl has coached the NBA for so many years, and the teams he led are all strong teams.

But it's always one step away from the championship level.

This Nuggets has strong combat power, but it’s a pity that the overall strength of the West this year is too strong.

In the first round, they met the Clippers. They originally stole a victory in Los Angeles and got a home advantage, and the situation was very good.

Because the Nuggets' home game had 28 consecutive wins in the regular season before the start of the playoffs.

If they can score two home games in a row, the series will be in their control.

But it turns out that the regular season is the regular season and the playoffs are the playoffs.

Paul broke out in the third game and scored 30 points, ending the Nuggets' 28-game winning streak.

Although the Nuggets won a game back in the fourth game, it was really not that easy to reach Los Angeles in the fifth game.

After the timeout, the Nuggets did not resolve their offensive problems.

Iguodala missed a mid-range jump shot, the Clippers got a rebound, and Paul stabilized.

In the key attack, Paul still did it himself. After breaking through with the ball, he made a jump shot from the middle distance near the free throw line!

Chris Paul's mid-range distance can kill his opponent at critical moments.

This goal was quite deadly, and Paul scored 10 points in a row, completely reversing the game situation.

When Li Liang saw this, he knew that the Clippers had won this game in almost 100.

Because the Nuggets have no character who can turn the world around.

If they had a Kobe... they might die faster.

As Li Liang expected, the Clippers controlled the situation and finally defeated the Nuggets at home with a 105:98 and 7 points advantage.

The Nuggets led the Nuggets 3:2 in a big score and won the match point of the series.

After watching this game, Li Liang thought that the next game to the Denver Plateau, the Clippers should be able to take the Nuggets away.

It's not good to have a long rest time.

Recently, Li Liang has not entered the system to do tasks, but just practiced emergency stop jump shots with Sam Kassel, trying to train his ability to stop jump shots to 50 points.

After all, the intensity of the playoffs is indeed much greater than that of the regular season.

If the first round is relatively easy, the semi-finals will be really a battle between strong teams, and the intensity will be higher than the next level.

So Li Liang is accumulating physical energy and preparing to play well in the semi-finals!

Yes, he didn't play well in the first round, and the Rockets really didn't play well.

In the second round, whether it is the Clippers or the Nuggets, Li Liang will have to fight seriously.

As a result, one day later, Li Liang came home to watch the live broadcast of the Clippers and Nuggets game, but the Clippers actually lost!

They were in Denver, lost to the Nuggets in a big way, and they broke down for no reason.

"Damn, what kind of garbage team are you, Clippers? Why did you collapse? NM is going to play the scoop, Damn, you have to rest for several days!"

Li Liang was restless. That night, he entered the system to find Kassel to do tasks.

Kassel is so ugly. Every time he enters the system and sees him, Li Liang is startled and wants to suppress his shock and relieve his fear.

Kassel has a lot of relationship with the Clippers. He has played in the Clippers for several seasons and led the Clippers to the semi-finals.

It was 2006, when the Los Angeles city derby was most likely.

The Clippers entered the semi-finals, and the Lakers tied with the Suns at 3:1, and the Lakers were about to advance.

As a result, the Suns won three consecutive games to defeat the Lakers, making the Los Angeles Derby's idea ruined.

Then, the Suns defeated the Clippers 4:3 again and entered the Western Conference Finals.

At that time, the Sun and Nash were almost public enemies of Los Angeles.

Later, Cassel went to the Celtics to win another championship. After retiring, he chose to become an assistant coach of the Wizards.

Li Liang followed Kassel in 2006 to conduct an emergency stop jump shot training class.

Unlike Sam Jones, Sam Jones mainly plays a 45-degree close-range jump shot.

Kassel is good at the top of the arc and jump shots near the free throw line.

He used to brag about the fact that mid-range jump shots in the whole league are better than him, and only Michael Jordan.

Such confidence also shows his strength. The thin Cassel often chooses to stop and jump shots in fast breaks to finish the offense.
To be continued...