The Clippers finally easily defeated the Pelicans with a 113:98 and 15 points at home.

Li Liang scored 21 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists tonight.

After his mood stabilized, Li Liang's playing style returned to a relatively normal state.

No longer overly obsessed with three-pointers, but comprehensively play and integrate into the team.

After more than a month of running-in, the Clippers also entered a stable period.

The team's tactical rotation players' competitive level has reached a good state.

This period is also when the teams begin to widen the gap in their performance.

What the Clippers need to do at this time is to win more games and accumulate advantages for better rankings in the playoffs.

As the season deepens, the more unexpected situations are likely to occur in the later stages. At this time, the accumulated record advantages in the early stages of the season will play a role, giving the team more room for adjustment.

Rivers led the team to win the championship and knew how a champion team should maintain and adjust their state during the season. This is his advantage.

Rivers' disadvantage is that to be honest, he is relatively rough in tactics.

Rivers is not that he does not understand tactics, but as a non-academic coach, he does not use and arrange many tactics carefully enough.

Of course, Rivers himself knew this, so in training he relied on assistant coaches Gentry and Mike Brown to give players sufficient decisions during on-the-spot games.

After all, the team has two high-quality brains, one is Paul and the other is Li Liang. As long as one is left on the court, the team can enter the custody state at any time.

This feeling is really good.

After playing against the Pelicans, the Clippers got another two days of rest.

Li Liang and the team participated in a community event in Los Angeles, but ended up having a fight with the Los Angeles Lakers at a school in Inglewood.

The Lakers also did not have any games today, and the whole team will hold community activities.

For NBA teams and players, various community fan activities are an essential part of the day off.

This is also an important means for the NBA team to get close to fans, cultivate loyalty, and expand the league's influence.

I just don’t know how the two teams collided in the same community elementary school.

There is a good show now.

The Clippers and the Lakers set up stalls at school, distributed signature basketballs in cultural shirts, gave children small Christmas gifts, and took photos with players.

Theoretically, there are definitely more people in the Lakers' stall than the Clippers.

After all, the Lakers have such a great influence and such a long and brilliant history.

Being a Lakers fan is still very proud and superior. To be a Clippers fan, to be honest, there is no difference between being a CBA fan and being a CBA fan?

But this is for some older fans, and for those primary school teenagers, the so-called historical glory is not worth mentioning at all.

History is a matter of people in the past, what does it have to do with which team I like now?

Even if a Celtic player like Larry Bird was asked when he first joined the Celtics, which player he liked before, his answer was very straightforward and he didn't know any of them.

What he wants is to create his own era.

The same goes for young fans, who want to like players of their own era, rather than those past tense.

Now the Clippers are in the limelight in the league, and the Lakers cannot be worse than the Lakers. After playing one third of the season, we basically have to establish a target route to compete for the No. 1 pick.

Even if Kobe returns, he will only give fans more reasons to watch the Lakers game.

Therefore, children understand how to choose.

In front of the Clippers' stall, children from community schools were crowded with people, rushing to wear Clippers' cultural shirts, take a photo with Li Liang, Paul Griffin and others, asking for autographs.

In comparison, the Lakers are a little bit neglected, and Kobe's popularity is still very high, but other stars are much inferior to Kobe.

In fact, the Lakers won the championship just last season, children.

Why are you so forgetful?

Howard was still the darling of Los Angeles last season. Summer agreed to take over Kobe, but he led the team to a mess.

D'Antoni's offensive system is incompatible with him.

There will be even fewer mobile phones that are already decreasing.

In the eyes of the new generation of fans, Gasol Nash, like them, should be players of their parents' generation.

Where is the attractive new generation like Paul Griffin and Li Liang?

This situation makes the Lakers player coach quite embarrassed.

Li Liang went over and said hello to his former teammates of the Lakers.

But he had no intention of ridicule, he just said hello to Nash Kobe and the others and chatted.

The people from the production team of "Behind the Scenes of the Lakers" are also here, and they seized the opportunity to shoot a few shots, which can improve the ratings.

Since Li Liang left the Lakers, the ratings of "Behind the Scenes" have been falling.

For a team with no results, even if you are the Lakers, it seems that as long as you are the Lakers, the attention will not be much lower.

Anyway, if Li Liang is missing, it is not very good in all aspects.

It is said that if you don’t lift it, it will be a sunny day.

Li Liang actually doesn't want to see the Lakers like this. He likes that the Lakers are strong enough to compete with the Lakers in the playoffs.

Unfortunately, Lao Ke is really old. After Nash Gasol won a championship in the late stage, he no longer had the ambition to make progress.

As for Howard, it can only be said that injuries are more powerful than tigers. Li Liang does not think Howard has no spirit and fighting spirit, but injuries are not transferred by personal will.

Other Lakers players greeted Li Liang warmly when they saw him.

Although he no longer wears a purple gold battle robe, Li Liang's intimidation still exists.

Only Kobe glanced at Li Liang coldly and did not take the initiative to talk.

This stingy guy still maintains a certain degree of hostility towards Li Liang in public.

Li Liang is different, I am very generous!

He took the initiative to say hello to Kobe, and Kobe nodded.

Facing Li Liang's hot face, Kobe couldn't take his cold ass.

Gradually, Kobe started talking more.

The life of professional athletes during the season is relatively simple and boring, especially basketball madmen like Kobe and Li Liang.

Competition, road trip, training, competition, road trip, in general, this is the process.

Some players will relax and linger in nightclubs when they are free, while others will spend more time with their families, participate in business community activities, or Kobe will train more like this.

Oh, and Li Liang sleeps more like this.

It feels good to be able to get along and chat with the children in school on non-match days.

It seems like a leisure time in the battlefield. In the gap where the smoke of gunpowder temporarily disperses, you can lie in the trenches and enjoy the sunshine, cigarettes and instant coffee.

Bruce, Kobe suddenly emphasized his tone, why don’t we do it again?

Hum? Li Liang was a little surprised. What does Kobe mean?

I mean, when will you go back to the Lakers? Kobe explained.

Li Liang was shocked and turned out to be asking him when he would return to the Lakers.

Because Li Liang once said that he would return to the Lakers in the future.

For nothing else, his mission has not been completed yet!

Li Liang grabbed his head and said: I will come back whenever you retire.

Kobe showed a disdainful smile on his face and said: Don’t you like playing ball with me?

Li Liang said: No, I just don’t like being a shadow.

Those who taste the throne will not want to go down and kneel down.

In the next few days, the Clippers proved in the game that they are currently the uncrowned kings in the league.

On December 21, the Clippers will play against the Nuggets at home.

Last season, the Nuggets were still a strong team in the West. A summer passed, with Iguodala's departure, George Carl was dismissed, and the Nuggets' strength was greatly reduced.

The track and field team from last season disappeared and became mediocre.

The Clippers defeated the Nuggets with a huge advantage of 120:91 and 29 points.

Li Liang scored 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, becoming the best in the game again.

The next day, on December 22, the Clippers faced the Timberwolves at home again.

Kevin Love and Li Liang fought a big battle.

Love was in excellent condition tonight and scored a very high hit rate.

He scored 40 points and 15 rebounds in the game.

But Li Liang's performance was even better. Under Love's aggressive strength, Li Liang once again opened fire outside the three-point line, hitting 8 three-pointers and scoring 45 points, setting a new scoring high in the regular season.

Of course, Paul's organization and assists were of great contribution. He contributed 15 assists throughout the game, half of which were fed to Li Liang.

The pick-and-roll cooperation between Li Liang and the excellent point guard is really good.

The two sides fought until the fourth quarter, and the Clippers relied on Griffin's key mid-range hit and Li Liang's key free throw to win the game.

Until Christmas, the Clippers achieved an impressive record of 25 wins and 3 losses, and continued to rank first in the league.
Chapter completed!