Chapter 109: Come to me again

This day is Halloween in the United States, so before the game started, many fans wore strange shapes.
They imitate the scary characters in various movies and TV shows, like Frankenstein, werewolf, vampire.
They also wore jerseys from both teams, of which the Lakers wore the same as the Blazers.
This is the Blazers' home, enough to see how great the Lakers' influence in the league is.
The game started on time, and that was the set of procedures. The opening ceremony was to find someone to sing the national anthem.
It must be said that the patriotism education of Lao Mei has never fallen.
No matter what kind of sports competitions, singing the national anthem is a necessary process.
Moreover, a national anthem was repeatedly sung by a variety of singing methods.
Nothing can be sung by the Yankees, like Bel Canto, Pop, Country, Childhood, Blues, as long as you can think of it.
Think about it, there are more than a thousand games in the NBA in a year, and there are national anthem ceremonies in each game.
Li Liang stood on the field, listening to "The Stars and Stripes Never Fall", buttoned his nose, thinking in his heart, when will Mike Brown play for himself today?
Once a player steps onto the court, his desires will definitely grow.
If you get 15 points, you want to get 20 points. If you get 20 points, you want to get 30 points. After 30, you get 40 points and 50 points.
In the playoffs, I want to go to the Western Finals, and I want to go to the Western Conference Finals, and then the champion.
Winning a championship is not enough, but also want a second championship, a third championship, in short, there is no end.
This is the special charm of competitive sports.
In real life, all promote restraint and contentment for desire.
Only when he arrives at the sports ground can one justly release endless desires.
If you have no desire, people will say that you have no desire to win, no desire to win, but you will be scolded.
A player carries not only his own desires, but also the expectations of countless fans.
What Li Liang wants now is to be able to enter the rotation steadily, and one day he will be able to start.
He also wanted to taste it, attend the entrance ceremony, and accept the feeling of cheering.
At the end of the opening ceremony, Li Liang sat back on the bench.
The Lakers' starting lineup has not changed.
As soon as Li Liang sat down, he poked Mike Brown and said, "When will the coach let me play?"
The black line on Mike Brown's face, of course, can't be seen because his face is too dark.
This kid is so annoying!
Before he jumped the ball, he thought he would play.
"Be patient, Bruce, the game hasn't started yet." Brown has to coax him, it's really a dog.
Li Liang nodded and said nothing.
This is one of his tactics. Wait until Mike Brown gets annoyed by him, stomping his teeth, and letting him start, is it all right?
But in the short term, the possibility should not be great.
After all, the qualifications of the five starters are there. Even if it is a fake starter, let them first appear.
At this point, the game has already begun, Howard and the Trail Blazers center Aldridge jumped the ball.
In fact, Aldridge doesn't want to be a center. Can anyone create a center for the Blazers?
As an insider, how easy is it to play in the Blazers?
In order to protect himself, Ade, a 6-11 tall man, always claimed to be a power forward.
He is relying on this amulet of "PF", hitting today healthy.
So he started with the task of jumping the ball, and it was better to leave the name "center" to JJ Hickson.
The Lakers took the lead to get the ball, and Nash took control of the ball to start the offense.
The Lakers' opening strategy and the previous game have changed slightly.
Mike Brown still has a brain. He knows that the effect of Princeton may really not work well, so he didn't mention this in the pre-game preparation meeting.
He asked the opening to start from the inside, and tried to open Howard.
First of all, this is the usual practice of a team with a super inside line. From the inside out, the inside line is used to destroy the defensive integrity of the opponent.
Then create better offensive opportunities for the outside, combine inside and outside, and revive the offensive.
When the Lakers owned O'Neal, it was through this play that the world was rampant.
Howard is certainly not O'Neal, but O'Neal didn't pass Nash to him.
The 38-year-old Nash was one of the best point guards in the league in the first quarter with plenty of energy.
In the first few offenses by the Lakers, Nash did not cross the ball and ran into the open space.
He first cleverly hit the ball and assisted Howard with a hook shot.
Then he rode an arrow at the 8-foot position and scored two points on a mid-range shot.
Sure enough, Nash still needs to have the ball to be the magician on that field.
When he doesn't have a ball...
Nash was one step away from Lillard on the opposite side, Lillard hit a jumper directly in the middle distance.
His defense is really hard to say.
Originally, the defense was not good, and I was too old to keep up with people.
Although Lillard is a rookie, he plays like a rookie.
Like Li Liang, he graduated from his senior year and is 22 years old this year.
At this age, people in the NBA are always underestimated.
But Lillard performed well in the summer league and won the summer league MVP.
This game is his NBA debut, opening the first attack, calmly hit a jumper.
It can be seen that his shooting skill is quite good, the feel is very soft, and the shooting speed is also very fast.
After the Blazers lost Brandon Roy, Portland fans were extremely sorry. Where was their next backcourt scorer?
For Lillard, many fans are not very optimistic.
He is too short, and he is so old, and his physical fitness is not strong enough.
He is not handsome, with small eyebrows, like a bandit, not as domineering as Roy.
However, from the summer league to the preseason series of games, his performance is very good.
Five minutes before the first quarter, the Lakers and Trail Blazers revolved around Nash and Lillard on the offensive end.
The two of them also exactly represent the current style of the two teams.
One was once gorgeous, but a little old.
An obscurity, but resolute and decisive.
Nash wanted to use his pass to drive the team's offense, and Lillard and Aldridge's pick-and-roll, the Lakers could not find a way to deal with it.
The opening game of the two sides became 10:12, the Blazers led by 2 points and entered the official suspension.
In addition to a mid-range hit from the opening, Nash did not score in the next two offenses.
His attack power has fallen sharply.
Once a point guard lacks offensive power, his involvement and organizational ability will also be affected.
On the Blazers side, Lillard played very well.
He can attack and pass the ball to his teammates.
The Trail Blazers started with Hickson, Aldridge, Matthews, Batum plus Galilad, and all five have outside shooting ability.
This year the Blazers hired a new coach, Terry Stotts.
The offense assistant for the Dallas Lone Ranger championship season was Stotts.
In 11 years, the lone lone shooting team won the championship when everyone was not optimistic.
It was also from that year that people were no longer superstitious and said, "You can't get a championship by shooting alone."
The "Flow" offensive tactics designed by Stoz for the Lone Ranger is undoubtedly an important boost for them to win the championship.
After coming to the Blazers, Stotts brought this set of tactics, which is obviously very suitable for the Blazers.
The so-called Flow offensive is actually a non-stop use of pick-and-roll and cover to provide shooting opportunities for the team's shooters.
This tactic requires the team's outside to have a strong shooting ability, and at the same time, the big players who provide cover must have a medium and long range.
Aldridge undoubtedly meets the requirements of Stotts' system.
And Lillard, Matthews, Batum can shoot outside.
For this team of non-stop pick-and-roll, screen, run, and shoot, the Lakers' old arms and legs are obviously a bit difficult.
Fortunately, the Trail Blazers' three-point shooting rate is not too high, the Lakers still have a chance to breathe.
The official suspension, Mike Brown arranged a defense, asked Howard to appropriately expand his defensive area.
Brown replaced Nash and let Meeks debut.
He didn't dare to use Blake, and Blake was probably not going to be chased by Lillard.
This No. 0 rookie is really aggressive.
After the timeout, Li Liang did not get a chance to play.
Mike Brown coughed and did not forget to comfort Li Liang, saying: "Don't worry, you will have a chance to play later."
Li Liang didn't speak, wondering when Brown could make a stable rotation.
The game restarted on the field, obviously Brown's layout did not have much effect.
Meeks' playing doesn't change the fact that the Lakers can't put pressure on outside players.
Even if Howard defends, he is not the kind of defensive method of oppressive ball holders.
What he needs is to maintain the defensive stickiness outside, not to give a shot, let the opponent rush into the basket.
When it came to the basket, it was Howard's own land, and the big hat fan made you unable to find North.
But the Lakers have no sticky outside defense, and the Blazers are mainly shooting, making Howard stiff.
Fortunately, the Lakers' offensive firepower continued.
Kobe still held the offensive attitude of the last game.
Focus on transferring the ball and organization, and keep feeding Howard.
As for the shot?
It doesn't exist, I don't know how to attack.
I am a very reasonable and scientific person.
Tonight's World of Warcraft is quite at its peak, and it feels good under the basket.
As long as the inside line is in position, the ball can be scored.
The scores on both sides increased alternately, and the Blazers always maintained a 2-4 point lead~EbookFREE.me~ Finally at the end of the first quarter, Mike Brown patted Li Liang and said: "Ready to play!"
Li Liang took off his coat, replaced Ci Shiping on the stage, and it was time to show my personal ability!
You look at your group of old men, what are you playing? What? What?
Will it be defensive? Are you passionate? Do you want to play basketball?
Li Liang debuted with full energy and enthusiasm.
As soon as he came on the court, the other Lakers players felt as if they were all better.
This kid is really weird.
But when he thought about playing later, he would yell on the defensive end and feel a little headache.
At this point, Howard made a free throw and made two free throws, scoring 9 points in the first quarter.
The score of the two sides came to 23:26, the Lakers trailed by 3 points.