Li Liang didn't have time to look at the system and what the hell was rewarded for him. After the award ceremony, the competition was about to begin.

Li Liang must win this game. He doesn't want him to take the MVP like David Robinson, and then beating him upset by his opponent sitting off the court.

The Clippers won the first game very easily, but there may be reasons why the Trail Blazers are too nervous and cannot adapt to the rhythm of the semi-finals.

After all, it was a bit of a play in the first round of Rockets, and the process was very intense, but in essence it was a rogue pecking each other.

In this regard, the Clippers have to thank the Mavericks.

The Mavericks ranked eighth and were swept by the Clippers, but the quality of the four games was actually very high.

Carlisle was well prepared in all aspects, and the only thing that was not well prepared was insufficient estimates of Li Liang's outbreak.

Unlike the Rockets and Harden next door, their legs were weak and they fell down in the playoffs. After a while, the difference was huge.

After being beaten up in the first game, the Trail Blazers understood that they must change their defensive strategies and strengthen their defense against Li Liang.

Li Liang himself also knew that the pioneers would definitely take strict supervision on him in this game.

New MVP, Trail Blazers must want to give Li Liang a warning and find some things back.

After the award ceremony, Li Liang sent the trophy back to the locker room, then returned to the court to take off his sportswear, and the game was about to begin.

The starting lineup of both sides has not changed compared to the previous game.

At the beginning of the game, Jordan Jr. still took the lead in jumping balls - the success rate of this guy's jumping ball this season is really amazing.

It was different from the previous game. The Clippers' first main attack point at the beginning of this game was given to Li Liang.

The Clippers' first main attack point in the regular season was always Griffin, but in the playoffs, Li Liang and Paul began to take turns.

The last game was Paul. In this game, Li Liang and Rivers hoped that the two of them would take turns to take action and not give the Trail Blazers the opportunity to target.

Li Liang received the ball 45 degrees on the left. Facing Batum's defense, Jordan Jr. came to pick-and-roll cover.

After covering, Li Liang made a direct move from outside the three-point line on the left and hit!

Li Liang made a three-pointer in the first goal at the beginning!

This simple tactic has become more common in the playoffs.

During the regular season, Li Liang rarely uses this kind of trick of pulling out his hands after covering up.

Because he doesn't know how to do it!

His strong three-point shooting level is not enough, he only has 40 points, and his shooting percentage is relatively low.

Therefore, no teams have taken precautions or studied his move.

Unexpectedly, after the start of the playoffs, Li Liang used this trick very sharply.

Li Liang made full use of his arm span, shot height, and the opponent's defensive weaknesses in the inside.

In the last round against the Mavericks, the main person who came out to cover was Griffin, because the defense brought by Griffin was Nowitzki.

In this round of matches against the Trail Blazers, the main person who came out to cover was Jordan Jr. Jordan Jr., who brought out Robin Lopez.

These two big men have relatively weak ability to delay obstacles and defend, and their speed is too slow. Li Liang has plenty of time to take three-pointers.

Of course, after the goal, Batum complained to the referee, believing that Jordan Jr. had moved the ball to cover it, otherwise he would have squeezed past it long ago and would not give Li Liang a chance to take a three-pointer.

The referee shook his head and ignored it. Although Jordan Jr. was indeed suspected of moving cover just now, it was just a suspicion.

This is Stamps, and it is the first goal of the opening game, so the referee won't hold on so tightly.

Batum was angry and could only hold it in a while. Then Batum immediately received the ball and also cooperated with Lopez with pick-and-roll.

Lopez quickly cut off and took the ball and made a layup with Batum's strike. He was fouled by Jordan Jr. and was about to go to the free throw line.

The Trail Blazers also changed on the offensive end tonight. Perhaps they had already felt that free throws were the best way to score in the first game.

The Trail Blazers made a very bad three-pointer in the last game. One in the first half, and two more were added in the second half when there was no suspense in the game.

This made Stotts realize that it is unlikely to win by relying solely on outside shooting.

First of all, the inside line must be opened.

You must try your best to score points in the inside line and cause damage.

Lopez made both free throws, and the Trail Blazers no longer scored for a long time like in the last game.

Then Barnes missed a mid-range jump shot, and the Trail Blazers Matthews did not make a single Golden Rooster independent. In the counterattack, Li Liang received the ball and killed the basket, and made an emergency stop jump shot within three seconds!

Xinke MVP is in great condition tonight.

Li Liang is in a bad state. He just got MVP and made a blacksmith. How bad is it?

However, Lillard quickly hit a three-pointer and returned with a color.

The two sides tied a 9:9 draw in the first three minutes, and the Trail Blazers obviously got much better tonight.

The two sides are fighting back and forth, making people believe that the Trail Blazers will not be as tragic as the first game tonight.

Both sides played iron for more than a minute. Paul grabbed the ball from Lillard in a defense and counterattacked Paul's jump shot from mid-range, but failed to make the

Paul made three mid-range jump shots tonight, but he didn't hit it. It seemed that Li Liang had sucked away Paul's touch.

But Jordan Jr. struggled to grab the frontcourt rebound in the inside and returned the ball to Paul.

Paul held the ball and entered the basket, and then made a fake layup and passed it to Li Liang who was ambushed at the bottom corner.

This is Li Liang's point, the left bottom corner, the shooting position with a shooting percentage of more than 60. He hits the ball and shoots it with a three-pointer!

The Stamps Center was thundering, and the Trail Blazers began to feel the pressure.

The strategy of the Trail Blazers has not changed, so I will fight in.

However, Lopez's left hand hook at the basket failed to hit, and he still missed the rebound and the second attack.

Li Liang got the backcourt rebound and took the ball through the half-court. After dribbling continuously and using his speed to pass Batum, Li Liang entered the basket and slammed with one hand and dunked!

Stumps suddenly broke out. Seeing that the situation was not good, Stots called a pause, and it was about to call a pause.

In more than five minutes, Li Liang made four shots, including two of them three-pointers, and scored 10 points.

This guy is really fast to score points. In a team like the Clippers, which mainly focuses on fast attacks, it is difficult to get low points.

Reggie Miller, who was commenting on the sidelines, mentioned that I thought Bruce Lee would become a yellow-skinned Scott Pippen, but I didn't expect that he would become an extremely agile super scorer.

Reggie Miller used the word "smart" to describe Li Liang very appropriately.

Because many of Li Liang's scores were not strong attacks, and he even had almost no strong attacks.

The points he got seemed to be okay if he changed someone, but if he changed someone, he just couldn't seize so many opportunities.

Miller's words are both praises, but also implicit criticism.

Because in the playoffs, there are not always so many opportunities for you to catch, and often you have to create it yourself.

Some players don't seem to have a particularly high score per game, but no one questioned their attack power and importance in offense.

For example, Tim Duncan, if he should give up some opportunities, he should give up because the score effect of another person is the same; and if some opportunities are not useful to others, he thinks there is no chance at all, and he has to create it himself.

Miller believes that Li Liang's ability is still insufficient at present. If they continue to move forward, the Clippers will inevitably encounter some trouble.

Miller's vision is still very accurate, but the inaccuracy is that he still underestimated Li Liang's energy.

Of course, facing the Trail Blazers now, Li Liang is enough to give Stots a headache.

After the suspension was over, when Griffin was resting, Li Liang came to the power forward position.

As soon as he got on the court, Lillard chose to force his breakthrough at the basket, but in the end, Li Liang blocked the ball. He flew out of the baseline and had not fouled yet. The ball also went out of the border, and it was still the Trail Blazers' right to the ball.

Once Li Liang joins the inside defense, the Clippers' inside defense level will be improved by a higher level.

His defensive cooperation with Jordan Jr. is really very good.

The Trail Blazers should actually make changes at this time and should no longer attack the inside.

Sure enough, the bottom line served, and this time Batum went around to 45 degrees on the left.

Matthews, who was in high position, received the ball and passed it to Batum. Batum received the ball and made a three-pointer and hit!

In the last game, Batum scored 4 points in the whole game under the influence of Li Liang, and also stole 4 points without any suspense in the future.

I finally recovered from this game and hit a three-pointer, so I won’t miss any other three-pointer.

Then, Crawford missed a jump shot and the Trail Blazers fought back.

After a series of cooperation, Robin Lopez finally went out and threw a mid-range shot, and actually got in!

The Trail Blazers tied the score in the middle of the first quarter.

Rivers immediately called a timeout, and he felt that the team needed to make some adjustments.

Rivers doesn't want this game to be in a tangled battle. The Clippers should still fight quickly at home and gain an advantage as soon as possible.

Once you enter a critical moment, to be honest, a fast-attacking team like the Clippers may not have absolute advantages.

The Trail Blazers' ability to counterattack at the last moment of the first round was impressive.

Since you are good at fighting back at the last moment, just don’t let you have the opportunity to fight back again.

After the suspension, the two sides fell into a chaotic battle of more than two minutes.
To be continued...