Chapter 516 Competition for MVP(1/2)
A bloody massacre victory, judging from the results, winning 1 point and winning 58 points are the same.
But the public opinion results and psychological effects produced are completely different.
The Lakers decided to start playing badly, and the defending champion was basically retained, and only one rookie was missing, and they were defeated by injuries, age and various adverse factors.
Without Old Buss, the struggle within the Lakers has never stopped.
Jenny Buss and Jim Buss have a fight to control the team.
Jenny Bass tried to bribe Li Liang as his help last season, but unfortunately he failed.
How could she control Li Liang?
The internal struggles have left the cohesion that players built last season without a single cohesion.
Without Li Liang cursing behind with a hair dryer, everyone felt that they had no motivation to compete.
And the Clippers have embarked on the road to the highest stage.
After sweeping the Lakers, some media in Los Angeles have become impatient to "respecte the king".
The Los Angeles Times used a huge special topic to announce that the new king of Los Angeles was born.
In fact, the playoffs are far from beginning.
The Clippers continued their victory.
Paul gradually found his state, and the Clippers finally appeared.
The entire team reached their regular season best in March and they began sweeping all the way.
On March 8, the Clippers defeated the visiting Atlanta Hawks at home.
The Hawks were still in a difficult position with the Clippers in the last stage of the fourth quarter, and then they were beaten by Li Liang alone in two minutes and directly raised their hands to surrender.
On March 1o, when the Suns were fighting again, the Clippers still did not give the Suns a chance.
Another big win in three quarters, which didn't give the Suns any chance.
After this game, the Clippers' record reached 56 wins and 9 losses, and the number of winnings has passed last season's 55 wins.
This is the highest number of wins in a single season in the history of the Clippers.
The Clippers did not stop their pace of continuing to make history.
On March 12, the Clippers defeated the Warriors at home, and the score was a huge advantage in points.
Li Liang scored 8 three-pointers in a single game, which was more than Curry and Thompson combined.
This is thanks to Paul's threading needles and frequent three-point assists to Li Liang.
It is said that Deron Williams is excited when he plays Paul, while Paul is excited when he meets Curry.
Every time he plays against Curry against the Warriors, Paul can play well.
In the last game, the Clippers lost to the Warriors, but Paul and Curry didn't match up, which made Curry explode.
Paul scored 18 points in this game and sent 12 assists.
On the bench, there was a player who played very well and scored the second highest score in the team - that was Danny Granger.
Two weeks ago, the 2O14 season trading deadline, on February 21, the Eastern Conference boss Indiana Pacers completed a shocking deal - sending former team boss Danny Granger to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the 76ers second-place pick Evan Turner.
Granger was selected by the Pacers in 5 years. Before that, the Pacers, who had originally had a lot of hope, fell apart due to the Auburn Mountain Palace incident.
Granger, who fell to the 17th ranking due to the hidden danger of injury, began to grow up in the Pacers.
After O'Neal Jr. was finally traded due to injury, Granger became the leader of the Pacers.
He became the team's scoring champion, the fastest-progress player in the league, leading the Pacers back to the playoffs and fighting the Heat.
As a result, as the Pacers completed their reconstruction and began to compete for the championship, Granger fell down due to injury.
He walked on the old path of O'Neal Jr., and was sent away by Larry Bird on the trading deadline when the Pacers were in the limelight this season.
Because in Bird's opinion, Granger no longer has the value on the court.
The Pacers' record in the first half of the season can be said to be as good as the Clippers, and it was not until the middle of the season that it showed a downward trend.
After completing this deal and sending away Granger, who rarely appears on the stage, and getting a healthy role model Turner, most people think that the Pacers are making a big profit, and they are going further away from the finals.
The Pacers won a winning streak in the few games that had just ended the trade, and they ran towards the 5o win.
As a result, on March 4, they lost to the Warriors, No. 5 lost to the Bobcats 20 points, No. 7 lost to the Rockets 25 points, and then lost to the Mavericks two days later.
There was an unexpected four-game losing streak, and there was no suspense in every game, so I wouldn't play basketball almost overnight.
On the contrary, on March 1, the Clippers chose to sign Granger, who was cut by 76ers, to make up for the vacancy left by Caron Butler.
Butler has been on the verge of more than a month due to injuries to his elbow and knee, and his return date is not yet determined.
The Clippers need a spare tire on the bench to replenish the height and firepower, and Granger is undoubtedly a good goal.
After arriving at the Clippers, Granger seemed to be activated all of a sudden.
He had a great swing in several games.
Including this big victory over the Warriors, Granger's performance was simply slapping Bird in the face.
By March 14, after the Clippers defeated the Jazz by the advantage of Salt Lake City away, they had already won ten consecutive victories!
The Clippers are now feeling unstoppable.
Immediately afterwards, the Clippers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Detroit Pistons, the Denver Nuggets and the Milwaukee Bucks at home, and achieved a brilliant record of 62 wins and 9 payments with 11 games left before the end of the regular season!
For a time, public opinion that the Clippers could break through the Bulls' record of 72 wins and 10 losses was once again rampant.
After all, the Clippers' 14-game winning streak is really shocking.
It seemed that Granger's arrival had screwed the last screw of the aircraft carrier, and the big ship could not stop at all.
Li Liang played a crucial role in this winning streak.
On the court, he completely became the Clippers' first tactical core and the team's soul.
Li Liang’s soul style is just two words - cheating!
In March, his condition was getting better and better, not because of how good the score was, but because every game was smooth.
He scored more than 2o points, grabbed 1o rebound, and gave seven or eight assists. He controlled the mistakes to about 3.
His three-point shooting has dropped, his shooting percentage has further increased, and he is in good shape every game.
There are no injuries, no ups and downs, and the mentality is very stable. I usually train on time.
Recently, Li Liang delayed the completion of the system task. After he changed his ball control to 5o points, he learned long passes with Srick Watts, and improved his weak long pass ability to 3o points.
After that, Li Liang stopped doing tasks for the time being, but focused on team training and practiced with his teammates.
Without being late and leaving early, Mike Brown was moved to tears, and she felt that Li Liang had finally gotten enlightened!
Please, if Li Liang doesn’t train at home, how do you think he has made such a rapid progress?
The effect of the joint training is significant, and the cooperation between Li Liang and his teammates is more tacit.
The awkwardness at the beginning of the season had long disappeared without a trace, and the team's overall offense reached a very high level.
Gentry made an indelible contribution in this. In the design of offensive tactics, he did not stick to fixed routines, but communicated with the players from the overall offensive idea.
The Clippers' offense is not just about fast attacks. Although fast is the core, Gentry has been trying to make the Clippers' offense stable.
Li Liang and Gentry actually have a lot of daily communication, a little more than Mike Brown.
Li Liang can learn a lot from this excellent coach.
At the same time, Gentry also found that Li Liang's understanding of basketball is stronger than Chris Paul.
Paul is already famous for having a high basketball IQ, but in terms of comprehension, Gentry believes that Li Liang is definitely at the level of "the elephant is invisible, and the sound is faint and sound".
Of course, Gentry didn't know these two idioms, this is how he felt.
The more Li Liang learned, the deeper his understanding of tactics.
He understood that last season, the Lakers' overall style was "stable and fast". They seemed to play slow pace, but their positional battles were very sensitive and flexible, so the success rate was very high.
The Clippers do not have such strong positional capabilities, so they must be "fast and stable" and focus on fast, but they cannot be chaotic and quick.
As an organizer, you must grasp this degree well.
If you take the lead, there will be Li Liang. It’s not that he has such a good organization, but that he has the word “rude” and is full of confidence, so it’s really fast to get up quickly.
Later, there is stability because Paul can control the scene when necessary and speak with experience.
After setting this tone, the two of them divided their responsibilities one after another, and the cooperation of the whole team, the players were in excellent condition and outstanding personal abilities, so they were naturally invincible in the regular season.
This kind of quick-first way of playing is more advantageous for regular season encounters and can easily defeat opponents.
The playoffs are hard to say.
Rivers has a clearer view of this, so when it comes to the recent question of the Clippers' 72 win record or breaking 70 wins, he said that he would not deliberately pursue breaking the record, and it would be enough for the team to get all the home court advantages.
As soon as the Clippers finished speaking, they lost the game.
On March 26, the Clippers played away against the Pelicans, which was the last regular season match between the two sides this season.
To be continued...