Whether a team is strong in the playoffs may have to be seen by a series of games, but a game is not good.

But for professional players, if you play a quarter on the court, you will soon feel the strength and weakness.

Especially for Clippers players, the last round was the Trail Blazers, and the Spurs were really big.

According to the strength of the Trail Blazers, if the Clippers drive in the first quarter, the Trail Blazers will collapse directly at Stamps.

The first two games of the semi-finals are the best examples.

The Clippers' morale was very strong at the beginning of this game. Popovich called a timeout for 10 seconds at the beginning of the game but failed to stop the Clippers from attacking the waves.

But the Spurs players survived on the court, and when the official timeout was suspended, they got a chance to breathe.

If it were Stotts, he would definitely not be able to help but call a timeout. Then when he came back, he found that it was useless. He was penetrated again, and the score difference widened to more than 15 points. He would do it again in the second quarter, with 30 points in the half, and paddling in the second half and going back to take a shower.

And to be honest, this official suspension is more important to the Clippers. If there is no official suspension, Rivers will also call it a suspension.

Li Liang felt very uncomfortable because of the Spurs' advance double-team.

The Spurs' early double-team timing was very accurate and determined. Just as Li Liang had just received the ball in half, Leonard and Tony Pat immediately rushed forward and forced Li Liang to the dead corner of the center line.

At the same time, Danny Green is a deadly post to Chris Paul, not giving Paul the opportunity to easily catch the ball.

Barnes was completely emptied, and the Spurs just let Barnes go, whatever you want.

Whether it is a dribble breakthrough or a three-pointer, you can count on your own if you make a shot. If you don’t make a shot or a Spurs, you will have to teach the Clippers a lesson.

The battle between the two sides has begun since the first quarter.

Rivers saw this and made adjustments during the pause, replaced Griffin and replaced Crawford.

In this way, the Clippers had two contact points on the outside, Crawford and Paul, and Li Liang mentioned the position of the power forward.

But in this way, I face another problem, and Li Liang has to face Duncan.

The advantage of this lineup lies in the offense. The Clippers must use their offensive advantages, and then the second lineup will be connected to Griffin. A set of combined punches can defeat the opponent.

But after the timeout, the Spurs' outside Leonard Danny Green's double lock successfully caused Crawford's mistake.

The Spurs counterattacked quickly, Leonard received Parker's pass, made a layup, and both sides tied.

Then, Leonard almost stole Li Liang again on the defensive end, but the referee blew up late and blew Leonard's push foul.

Leonard never argued and gave the ball to the referee. Li Liang was pushed down and his teammates stepped forward to pull him up.

The Spurs' defense completely revolves around Li Liang.

Popovich and the Spurs coaching staff must have done a lot of preparations and tried every means to lock Li Liang in this point.

Li Liang sent the sideline ball, and the Spurs' defense was very tight. Li Liang gave it to Paul, then slipped the baseline to the right corner to receive the ball, and then passed the ball to Jordan Jr. in the middle.

Li Liang ran in a mixed manner on the court. It can be said that he had spared two laps and ran back to the left bottom corner. He received a pass from Barnes, made a three-pointer and hit!

A beautiful three-pointer, Li Liang's touch is very well controlled when he is very focused.

The Spurs' tough defense did not make Li Liang retreat, he would only face the difficulties!

In fact, the Spurs players and Popovich are also very distressed, and Li Liang's point is really difficult to deal with.

You should say that he has strong personal abilities. In terms of singles skills, he is much worse than Kobe and McGrady in the past.

You should say that he has poor personal abilities, his scoring explosive power and his three-point shooting ability exploded, making his mother even beat him.

You say he is a system player. He can often use his personal abilities to ignore defense and hammer his opponent.

You said he is not a system player. Li Liang did use the help of the Clippers' system to have a better offensive environment.

So Popovich really can't figure out this player, anyway, just greet him with all kinds of tricks.

Afterwards, Parker missed the mid-range jump shot from the wing on the bottom line.

Li Liang took the backcourt rebound and launched a quick counterattack, but the pass was wrong and cut off by Danny Green.

Danny Green made a long pass to the basket, and Leonard wanted to relay in the air, but was rushed forward and intercepted by Li Liang!

Want to play a flight attendant on my territory? There is no one in the door.

The offensive and defensive battles between the two sides have reached a fever pitch in the middle and late sections of the first quarter.

The defense intensity on both sides is very strong, and the shooting rate is beginning to keep falling.

Li Liang is still very cautious in his shooting choices. He wants to mobilize the Clippers' offense by passing the ball.

However, the Spurs' tight defense and efficient rotation made the Clippers' positional battle very difficult.

The Spurs' attack was not good.

Parker was in a normal state after the opening game. Last season, he was the Spurs' number one engine for offense, and his condition has declined too much this season.

After Ginobili came on the court, the Spurs' offense still did not improve.

Compared to Li Liang's cautious and careful attack, he completely let go of his hands and feet on the defensive end and constantly interferes with the Spurs' offensive cooperation in position.

Before the series started, Li Liang's most preparation was not to conduct three-point training, but to keep watching the Spurs' offensive video editing.

After two rounds of training in the series, the Spurs reached a very smooth and comfortable offensive end.

If you want to defeat the Spurs, you must not ignore the Spurs' strength in offense.

This is a success after Popovich began to reform the Spurs in 2010. This team, which has been operating with GDP as the core for more than ten years, has been from the past slow-paced defensive superstar team, and has successfully shifted gears to the current team-type team that integrates offense and defense.

As for how strong it is, others may not be very clear, but Li Liang knows that he is very strong, no worse than the Clippers with 70 wins.

Of course, any strong team has loopholes and shortcomings. If you want to defeat your opponent, you must grasp the opponent's shortcomings and loopholes.

Li Liang believes that the biggest advantage of the Spurs' offensive end is their skillful transfer balls and tacit pass cooperation, and the loophole also lies in their transfer balls and pass cooperation.

The so-called strengths must be used to cover their weaknesses.

One of the important reasons why the Spurs have the best offensive cooperation in the league is that they have to rely on this kind of team cooperation.

They didn't need it because they had Duncan.

They still have Duncan now, but they are already 38 years old.

Duncan before the age of 30 can make offense simple, while Duncan at the age of 38 can only ensure a few attacks at critical moments and stability on the defensive end.

If you want to rely entirely on Duncan, it will definitely not work.

That's why the Spurs spent a few years building a new system and giving Duncan a new style of play and positioning.

What Li Liang has to do is to try to break their system and destroy their transfer balls.

Of course, this is very difficult. Defense requires the cooperation of the entire Clippers, otherwise Li Liang will be played by the Spurs' pass.

Rivers and Mike Brown were of course prepared, and there were some arguments about Rivers and Brownloo and others.

Rivers believes that the Clippers are the proactive ones to adapt to changes in the same way as the second round of play is enough.

Of course, Li Liang doesn't think so. Many people can't see the potential of Li Liang even the Spurs, so he keeps giving suggestions to the coaching staff, believing that it is necessary to respond on the defensive end and take the initiative.

And Mike Brown believes that Li Liang is right, and my thoughts are the same.

Therefore, Brown formulated a defensive strategy, which is to use defense replacement to curb the Spurs' passes, and to provide the Spurs' misaligned attack and low-post singles accordingly.

This is a very risky defensive strategy.

Misposition singles are the ultimate goal of many offensive tactics in the NBA. If the Spurs make a lot of misaligned attacks, it may collapse the Clippers' defense.

However, Li Liang was confident to make up for it to the greatest extent, and believed that the Spurs' current single-player offensive firepower would not be so easy to break the Clippers' defense.

Also, Li Liang has confidence in his attack.

In the first quarter, although the Spurs firmly grasped the score, the Clippers still suppressed the Spurs on the scene.

When the Spurs relied on fouls to chase points, Li Liang hit a three-pointer from the outside to stabilize the situation.

Then he created Leonard's offensive foul on the defensive end.

When Li Liang left the court in the first quarter, he made 5 of 5 shots, scored 13 points, and scored 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Leonard and Li Liang ended at the same time.

Li Liang did not forget to say hello to Leonard, come on, try to guard against me.

Although Li Liang was stolen, he did not make any mistakes.

Leonard had no expression on his face and walked off the court without even looking at Li Liang.
Chapter completed!