The Clippers played calmly in the preseason.

After defeating the Trail Blazers in the first game, the Clippers went to Salt Lake City, Sacramento and Phoenix one after another.

As a team in Los Angeles, the Clippers are not as good as the Lakers.

When the preseason played last season, the Lakers basically never left California territory.

We have been competing in towns and towns around Los Angeles.

When you arrive at the Clippers, it is like being sent to the army, from the northwest to the southwest, from the southwest to the plateau, from the plateau to the desert.

The treatment of this biological son and the wild child is different.

However, the Clippers won all these games.

In order to test the lineup and tactics, Rivers asked Paul and Li Liang to take turns to lead the team to play.

Needless to say, Paul has the first-class leadership ability, cooperates with his teammates, and organizes the offensive organization in an orderly manner in the intensity of the preseason.

As for Li Liang, he is still a hand-made person. If he lets him dominate the ball, his offense will easily stagnate.

But this person likes to do miracles vigorously and will do it if it fails.

He didn't do it himself, but instead directed his teammates to find one-on-one singles opportunity.

Then Li Liang was ambushed himself, looking for opportunities to grab the frontcourt rebounds or throw an open three-pointer.

The Clippers' offense led by Li Liang was obviously messy, and they were more fragmented and had no smooth cooperation.

But the effect is pretty good. Anyway, you can suppress your opponent on the scene. If Li Liang is there, the Clippers' defense will be very good.

Moreover, Rivers found that as the game deepened, Li Liang's organizational progress was visible to the naked eye.

From the first game against the Trail Blazers, the cooperation with teammates was a bit awkward.

By the second game, he was already quite decent. In the third game, he played Cousins ​​again.

Poor Cousins, his relationship with Paul was not very good.

Unexpectedly, his senior went to the Clippers and formed a team with Paul, which made Cousins ​​angry and was a preseason juvenile.

Li Liang reminded Cousins ​​not to be so irritable and play well. There are many difficulties and difficulties in life to face them calmly.

After all, Cousins ​​is young and doesn't understand the meaning of the senior's words. He left the court angrily after the game.

This kid is full of passion on the court, but he is not very good at controlling his temper.

Especially when I met Paul.

In the fourth game against the Suns, Rivers found that Li Liang had already organized in some cases with a concise attitude.

And his passes have improved significantly compared to last season.

Rivers remembered that Li Liang used the most in-ground passes.

This way of passing the ball is more gambled, and it is usually the last one to wear.

His other passing skills are just average, meeting the basic qualification standards of NBA players.

In the new season, Li Liang has become much more spiritual in passing, and some of his assists are quite beautiful.

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After four games, Li Liang averaged 47 assists per game, and he averaged 28 assists per game in the regular season last season.

Of course, the preseason data is full of moisture, but Li Liang's playing time is also very short, with only more than twenty minutes per game.

As the game gradually deepened, during training, Li Liang and Paul had less and less disputes.

Paul realized that Li Liang was really a wizard.

In just one summer, he evolved again, and he made great progress in holding the ball in the most difficult organization.

Just look at Kevin Durant.

After failing in the 2012 Finals, Durant tried to take on more organizational responsibilities in the offense in the 2013 season.

His assists per game reached a career-high 46.

But in the actual game, when Durant turned into a forward, the team's offensive effect was not as good as he focused on offense and waited for an opportunity to assist his teammates.

People are different.

Just like James can't shoot like Durant, Durant can't organize like James.

But Bruce Lee seems to be able to shoot like Durant, and is still developing in the direction of James' organization.

Every day in training, Li Liang is the last one to leave.

Paul used to hear that Li Liang did not like training in the Lakers and often came late and left early.

It seems that many things need to be seen as real, and you cannot just listen to rumors.

Actually, Paul heard it right. Li Liang was late and left early in the Lakers.

Because at that time he often had to go to the system for training and had to sleep at home, so he didn't like to practice on the team.

It’s different now. If you practice organizational tactics, you must work with your teammates.

He needs to be familiar with his teammates' playing style, habits, and sweetness, which takes time.

After the joint training, he will stay to hone his skills and enhance his physical fitness and muscle durability.

After all, when training in the system, muscle durability will not increase.

[Basic ball control], [Basic pass] Temporarily practiced until 70 points and 75 points, Li Liang was already satisfied.

He must lay a solid foundation in technical details and physical fitness, adjust his physical fitness to the best state, and prepare for the new season.

Paul saw these things in his eyes, and was blown up in his ears every day, and he thought this player was still very good.

Even the idea of ​​"It would be better to let him be the boss, wouldn't it be nice to win a championship with me?"

On the other hand, since Li Liang "learns into Paul" and opened up Mark Price's mission, his attitude towards Paul has also improved a lot.

The traditional point guard's gameplay does have a unique beauty of collective basketball.

The process of connecting teammates through precise calculations and running positions, mobilizing opponents, and making a fatal blow does have a huge sense of accomplishment when it is completed.

Even if you don’t score, get assists, or have no data, your psychological satisfaction is still full.

He directed everything himself and controlled everyone, including his opponents.

No wonder Paul likes to control the ball so much.

Because at that moment, he was the most visionary giant on the field.

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On October 18, the Los Angeles Clippers finally ushered in their first home game in Los Angeles, and the venue was in Stamps.

This is the first appearance of the Clippers in the new season. It is still a familiar venue for Li Liang, but the locker room has been changed from the Lakers to the Clippers.

There are 4 locker rooms in the Stamps Center, one for the Lakers and Clippers each, and one for the ice hockey team Los Angeles Kings, and the last one is naturally for the visiting team.

Except for the different logos of the Lakers and Clippers, there is no difference in other aspects.

Li Liang has his own locker here, and the one in the Lakers locker room must have had the nameplate removed.

After changing his jerseys, he came to the court to warm up, and a large number of Clippers fans came to the scene.

What Li Liang did not expect was that in addition to the Clippers fans, there were also many Lakers fans in the audience.

Many of them wore Li Liang's No. 28 Lakers jerseys and cheered loudly when Li Liang entered the court.

Li Liang sighed in his heart, how come the Lakers fans are so kind?

Why don’t you scold me, why don’t you burn my jersey?

Li Liang thought about the Los Angeles derby that will be held in the new season, so he was afraid that he would not get much anger at that time.

If LeBron James had his own system, the anger value that James gained would have been overwhelmed long ago.

Why is the gap between people's treatment so big?

Too unfair.

This matchup between the Trail Blazers and Lillard again, and neither the Clippers nor Li Liang used all their strength.

Li Liang played in the first and second quarters and did not make another appearance in the second half.

The Clippers lost 87:90, with a 3-point disadvantage to the Trail Blazers and lost this preseason game.

But fans didn't care. Li Liang performed well in the first two quarters, made 2 of 3 three-pointers, scored 12 points, sent 5 assists and 5 rebounds.

The key is that fans finally saw that when Chris Paul was not present, Li Liang could support the team's offense alone.

This is not visible to the Clippers in the first two seasons.

Although Griffin averaged not low points per game, he was unable to support a lineup offensive system.

Often, Griffin scored various points by himself, but in terms of scenes and scores, he was suppressed by his opponents.

Li Liang's arrival made Griffin the third choice, so Griffin was very awesome.

One of the few Clippers fans in Los Angeles is full of expectations for the new season.
Chapter completed!