In the playoffs, Li Liang became more and more arrogant.

But in front of Lillard, Li Liang just wants to be a little arrogant.

The two were rookies of the same year, and the competition for the best rookie last year was fierce.

Moreover, Lillard is also a very ostentatious person. Every time he competes with the Trail Blazers, Lillard and Li Liang are forced to have a verbal battle.

Of course, the Trail Blazers lost more than the winner, and Li Liang lost more than 20 games in the past two years. Although Lillard is amazing, Li Liang's 3 is completely shocking.

In fact, the two have many similarities, such as both are senior and older rookies, and they are relatively mediocre from their external conditions.

The bounce, degree, and strength did not make people shine. Lillard was a little worse, and his height was not good.

But when they really get on the field, they can only see their strengths during the game.

Accurate jump shots under high confrontation, excellent game feel, high basketball IQ, and excellent scoring explosive power.

A strong explosive power of scoring means that a player has a superior talent on the offensive end and will explode in special circumstances.

In the rookie season, Lillard's three-point shooting number was second only to Li Liang, ranking second in rookie.

As an underrated rookie, Lillard has a strong fighting spirit, but at the beginning he was aiming at Anthony Davis, but now the goal has changed, it is Li Liang, the person he needs to chase after.

After hearing Li Liang's words, Lillard immediately responded to his offensive end.

He and Aldridge completed a pick-and-roll cooperation, then made a jump shot from the top of the arc, finally breaking the Trail Blazers' scoring drought.

At this time, six minutes had passed in the first quarter, and the Trail Blazers scored the first goal.

Then, Paul and Jordan Jr. missed a mid-range jump shot.

The Blazers' defensive strategy at the beginning was to bet that the Clippers felt bad on the outside.

When they were preventing Paul from pick-and-roll, they adopted the strategy of introductory retraction. The big player delayed the block and prevented Paul from collecting inward, not giving Paul the opportunity to pass the opportunity inside, so that Paul would make the vote.

Batum even stared at Li Liang, not giving him any space.

In fact, the Trail Blazers bet right. The Clippers' shooting feel was indeed average at the beginning, otherwise they would not have scored only 13 points in six minutes.

It's just that the Trail Blazers feel worse.

After Paul made two mid-range shots, the mid-range shot failed.

This is also a small problem with Paul's shooting, his scoring is not explosive.

Judging from the shooting percentage, Paul's mid-range shooting percentage is very high, higher than Kevin Durant.

But from the perspective of the game process, it will be revealed that Paul's mid-range hit is relatively scattered.

On the one hand, it is related to his shooting choices, and his offense and organization are always interspersed.

On the other hand, Paul is not as good as those real scorers in scoring continuously or in determination.

He rarely feels like he comes, scoring four or five goals in one breath and crippling his opponent.

Stotts saw this and would rather let Paul shoot more points than let Paul attack, the organization interspersed and led the entire team.

This is also a more traditional idea to deal with core point guard teams like the Clippers.

But the Clippers not only have Paul, but also Li Liang, who is the true core of the Clippers now.

It’s not that Stotts didn’t know how to target Li Liang. The first game should focus on one defense and one defense.

Then Li Liang used his performance to tell Stots that one-on-one marking was useless to him.

The Trail Blazers played singles for the ball, and Jordan Jr. defended Ade, and Li Liang went to watch Lopez.

After Ade turned to the middle, he failed to hit a one-handed hook, and Li Liang stuck Lopez and grabbed the backcourt rebound.

Then Li Liang dribbled through half the game, and Batum naturally followed closely. Jordan came up at the right time to provide a cover.

Li Liang first handed the kick to Jordan Jr., and then ran empty-handed, Jordan Jr. returned the ball to Li Liang at the top of the arc.

Li Liang took the ball at the top of the arc and took a step from the three-point line, making a three-pointer!

It was opened, and Li Liang's three-point touch was opened.

Stotts felt something was wrong and immediately called another pause.

It only took two minutes to go before the previous pause.

Stotts is not just about Li Liang's three-point shooting problem, he looks at it for a longer time.

He knew that as soon as Li Liang's three-pointer was opened, the Clippers' offense was likely to be fully blossomed.

After Griffin left the court, Crawford came on as a substitute, and the Clippers played a big and four juniors.

The court space is particularly wide, and the offense will be opened and closed.

Li Liang's three-pointer is the key to the Clippers' fast attack.

Once the door opens, the tide of attack will surge.

So Stotts's pause was very timely, and when the score difference was not wide enough and had not reached an irreversible level.

After this short pause, Lillard used the ball to enter the inside, causing Jordan Jr. to foul and go to the free throw line.

A very smart move, the Trail Blazers now need to score, and the pace of the game needs to be reduced.

Subsequently, the Trail Blazers adopted a defensive strategy of letting Paul go, and Paul broke through in the middle and missed a throw-in.

Robinson got a backcourt rebound, the Trail Blazers pushed back and fought back, and Matthews forced a foul at the basket.

This Trail Blazers and the Rockets played a series. If you don’t learn it, you can learn it by taking free throws?

It turns out that those who are close to the vermilion are red and those who are close to the ink are black, while those who are close to the Rockets will make free throws.

Matthews made one of two free throws, and the Clippers immediately pushed the counterattack. Paul killed the basket and passed the ball to Li Liang who followed him. Li Liang passed the ball to Crawford on the wing, but Crawford missed a three-pointer.

The Clippers can't keep scoring goals.

On the Trail Blazers, relying on two free throws and two more successful defenses, it has stabilized the situation.

Although the score is still a lot behind, at least I won't be defeated in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Trail Blazers by 10 points.

In fact, the Trail Blazers are still very capable of playing the ball. They almost had a game of the Rockets, and they ended up in the fourth quarter and finally had a comeback.

This is also the offensive feature of Stotts' training. The so-called F1o takes the first few quarters to run in, and when the last quarter becomes smooth, it will be difficult for the opponent to stop it.

In 2o11, the Mavericks' offense was his training, and what impressed the most in that year was the Jedi counterattack at the last moment. They made consecutive major reversals in more than one game in the last few minutes. This was due to the offensive coach Stotts.

So it seems that 10 points behind in the first quarter is nothing to the Trail Blazers. They have confidence that the winner will not be decided until the last quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Mo Williams, who came on as the Blazers, made a quick stop jump shot first.

The score difference was chased to less than 10 points.

Then Griffin violated the rules during the attack.

The Trail Blazers relied on Robin Lopez's frontcourt rebound to score two points, and the score gap further narrowed.

But the happiness of the Trail Blazers players did not last for 10 seconds. Odom passed the ball quickly and pushed the ball to Crawford in the bottom corner. A big open space. Crawford made a three-pointer!

The Clippers' second team still adheres to the word "fast". Every player can push and counterattack by himself when he gets the ball, or even organize an offense.

Odom, Livingston, Crawford, Griffin.

To put it mysteriously, the so-called playing style with Li Liang as the core is actually a playing style with everyone as the core.

Because Li Liang's own organization is just like that, but Li Liang's fierce three-point firepower will make the organization of every player easier and the space will be opened.

Even if Li Liang is not present, every player on the field's first reaction after getting the ball is not to hand over the ball, but to find ways to advance by himself, and then find an offensive opportunity to pass the ball, or attack by himself.

The Clippers, which are attacking in the nation, are the most terrifying Clippers.

Then, the Trail Blazers scored another point with free throws, from Dorell Wright.

But Odom immediately received the ball from a low post, and passed the ball back to Livingston, who was cut in the air, made a layup.

After a season of hard training, Odom was well trained every day with Li Haohao, and his condition recovered a lot.

He quit poison and Kardashian, so he wanted to play well in Los Angeles.

Although his condition has not returned to his peak and he is no longer the left-handed magician, his current condition is enough to be in the playoffs.

Then, as the Trail Blazers were fighting, the field began to get a little mess.

Mo Williams chose a pick-and-roll again and shot directly from mid-range, but failed to hit.

The easier the Trail Blazers start playing, there are not many tactical running positions, and they will make a shot when they come out.

This was originally the essence of F1o tactics, and it was very useful in the first round of the Rockets.

Because the Rockets' defense is just like that, and more importantly, it is fighting for offense. The Rockets can't beat the Trail Blazers, and their outside shooting is not that outstanding.

The Clippers are different. If you fight with the Clippers to attack, you are seeking death.

Especially for a fast-paced attack, once the Clippers get a full aircraft carrier, they don’t need to dispatch the plane, and they will hit you to death even if they hit you.

The Trail Blazers, who were slightly closer to the score at the beginning of the second quarter, quickly took a sharp turn for the worse.

The Clippers substituted the Trail Blazers with a 12:3 offensive attack wave, widening the gap to more than 15 points.

Stotts can only call it a pause again, and it feels like this pause is not enough.

The Clippers have never called a timeout so far. Rivers, please help me, but I also called one.
Chapter completed!