Since 2005, NBA has begun to move towards the path of "attack is stronger than defense".

In the 1990s, defense was taken to the extreme in the NBA. With the wave of globalization, NBA managers led by Stern realized that the NBA needed attack, more goals, and better performances.

Therefore, starting from the early 21st century, a series of rules that are conducive to offense and limit defense were implemented.

Of course, it takes time to achieve any policy.

The main star who dominates a league usually grows in about 10 years.

Until 2010, in the first decade of the 21st century, the league rulers were players who entered the league and grew up in the 1990s.

So in the past 10 years, the NBA has been very fierce on the defensive end, and it still has the shadow of the last century.

The turning point occurred in 2011. The Dallas Mavericks' victory first broke the so-called "shooting cannot win the championship."

Then the wind direction of the league began to storm more and more towards the attack.

Li Liang's emergence in the 2013 season accelerated this process.

The Lakers' championship was considered the last afterglow of the previous era. After losing Li Liang, they quickly fell into decline, and even Howard was useless.

But the trend is trend. In a certain series or game in the playoffs, defense will still become a key factor in determining the game.

Popovich completely miscalculated before the game, and he didn't expect the Clippers to use this move.

As the former Texas meat grinding field, the Spurs have now been changed to Darts Club. The Clippers suddenly act like a defensive end, and the players are really a little uncomfortable.

After the second half of the game began, the Spurs made adjustments, and adversity still depends on Duncan!

As a result, Li Liang, the Clippers, took the initiative to defend Duncan!

The 1997 rookie Duncan and Li Liang were not afraid, but the 38-year-old Duncan and Li Liang were even more confident.

His confidence does not come from blind self-confidence, but from the accumulation of systematic experience.

In the task of confronting rookie Duncan, Li Liang accumulated a lot of tricks about "how to deal with Duncan".

These tips were summarized by him and those taught by Karl Malone.

Although more than ten years have passed, Duncan has changed a lot in his playing style.

But when he held the ball at a low post, Duncan was still the same Duncan, but he was more than ten years older and more than ten pounds lighter.

This change is very fatal to Duncan.

In 2014, many young inside players no longer had basic low-post skills.

They like to practice pulling out and shooting three-pointers, and pay more attention to face-rail defense and assisting in defense and repurchasing positions.

Defensive players who can carry centers at low posts like Shi Dunzi have long been no longer popular in the league.

Players like Reggie Evans and Perkins are almost extinct in the league, just like the Soviet Union's large anti-ship missiles, they have become the mark of the previous era.

An evergreen like Duncan, even at the age of 38, even if he loses weight and strength, can still abuse many inside players at a low post.

For example, Ibaka, a basket-protective and defense-type insider that is particularly useful in today's basketball style, will be beaten to the point of being beaten by Duncan's low-level singles.

Including Jordan Jr., his low post defense is not good.

His center of gravity is too high and he will not push the lower plate, but instead hopes to use his height and bounce to work in the air.

If you encounter an experienced attacker like Duncan, you can easily get fouled and get fouled.

Therefore, Popovich hopes that Duncan can open the situation at a low position at the beginning of the third quarter and turn the situation around.

To put it bluntly, I still rely on Duncan.

As a result, Duncan played Li Liang three goals in a row on the offensive end, but none of them scored!

Two times he made a shot after turning around, and once Li Liang took off the ball.

The Clippers took the opportunity to launch an 8:0 counterattack, widening the gap in one fell swoop!

The Spurs called a timeout.

Duncan hangs his head when he leaves the scene, obviously very angry.

In this game, the Spurs were very energetic and wanted to kill the Clippers at home in one go and get the match point 3:1.

Even if you lose in Los Angeles in the fifth game, you can still return to San Antonio to kill your opponent in the sixth game.

Unexpectedly, the Clippers played a surprising defense, and the Spurs' smooth attack was pressed down.

When Li Liang came to an end, I thought, I still respect Duncan, otherwise I would learn from Ma Long and give you a jio!

And my teammates are all going to have a jio!

How about it? It's 13 points ahead, and it's a good time. Can you play now?

In a game with slow-paced defense as the main tone, the 13-point difference is very large.

Unlike some offensive battles, the difference of 13 points is only a few rounds, and I will be recovered after throwing a few three-pointers.

The Clippers caught the opportunity at the beginning of the third quarter very well.

Li Liang not only defended Duncan on the defensive end, but also contributed a three-pointer on the offensive end.

At the same time, Paul also made a three-pointer and assisted Griffin to make a dunk.

After the suspension ended and returned to the game, the Clippers continued to stick to their defensive style in the first half.

Li Liang was like a coachman holding a whip, desperately beating his teammates in the defense.

Barnes, Jordan Jr. and Paul, the short guy.

Li Liang stared at Paul more than once and told the short guy not to take it casually and not to put hope on stealing.

"Keep the intensity, keep the rhythm full, and don't let them play the offensive feeling!"

Because Li Liang knew that although the steals were profitable, he would be much easier to score a goal after intercepting the ball and playing fast breaks directly.

But sometimes if you play two more fast attacks after steals, the rhythm of the game will be driven all of a sudden, and both sides will be faster.

This is not what Li Liang wants to see.

Although there are four head coaches sitting under the Clippers Clippers, each of which is well-known, Li Liang is the real brain of this team! The real core!

How the team plays and walks, we still have to listen to him and see him.

He is the real chess player.

Rivers, come on.

Brown, responsible for handing over the water.

Gentry, responsible for daze.

Lu, responsible for living.

No one else can tell, but that's how Li Liang sees it anyway.

In his eyes, NBA coaches are sometimes proficient and redundant.

The only real coach in his heart is Calipari from Kentucky.

In the third quarter, the Clippers were trying their best to attack and could not give the Spurs a chance to attack.

Both sides were grabbing the rhythm, and the Spurs wanted to speed up, but the Clippers completely gave up the fight for the frontcourt rebounds and returned to defense with all their might.

At the same time, under the influence of Li Liang Rune, the Clippers' defense line is quite stable.

At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers still led the Spurs by 7 points 67:60.

The Spurs were close to the score, but the 7-point gap was still pressing on their heads like a stone, making them breathless.

The commentator on the scene Steve Cole felt strange, why the previous few smooth offensive battles turned into a suffocating defensive strangle.

After the start of the fourth quarter, this strangling atmosphere became more and more intense, making people wonder if they had come to the east.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, both sides scored no points in seven or eight rounds in four minutes.

It was really the 4 o'clock in Luocheng that welcomed the sunrise and heard the sound of iron.

Li Liang rested for three minutes off the court, and immediately opened up after he made a comeback.

After he got the three-point shooting percentage increase, he faced Leonard one-on-one from outside the three-point line, forcibly pulled out three-pointers and made a three-pointer shot!

In the next few minutes, the Clippers simplified their offense, which was to give the ball to Li Liang, and then Li Liang took the ball to face Leonard or Green one-on-one from the outside, grinding the time, and when it was almost 20 seconds, he forced a three-pointer.

If Leonard defends, Li Liang will break through and stop and jump shot.

If the Spurs double-team, Li Liang will choose to pass the ball and attack for his teammates.

The Clippers' offense has become very simple, which also means that other players can allocate more physical fitness in defense.

In fact, they don’t have much physical strength to participate in the attack.

High-intensity defense is very physically exhausting.

Li Liang was very physically strong because he drank a bottle of Gatorade to replenish his energy during the intermission.

Li Liang, who scored 10 points in the first three quarters, made 4 of 7 three-pointers and scored 12 points in the few minutes after the fourth quarter!

These 12 points are very fatal to the Spurs, because in the entire fourth quarter, the Spurs scored a total of 20 points!
To be continued...