Chapter 110: Holding the ball

The second half of the game is about to begin.
Nash did not return to the court.
Under Li Liang's persuasion, he left the Rose Garden Arena in advance, first returned to the hotel to rest, and returned to Los Angeles for further inspection.
At the beginning of the second half, Li Liang was still sitting on the bench.
Blake replaced Nash as the Lakers' starting point guard.
To be honest, Nash's role in the Lakers formation at this time is far from being comparable to that of the solar time.
Nash scored 2 points in the first half and sent 3 assists.
And he really can't keep up on the defensive end.
Li Liang put most of his energy on defense, leading to no points.
Nash was not present, Blake replaced, and the Lakers' offense and defense were not too affected.
During the halftime break, Brown adjusted his tactics to require Kobe as the axis of attack.
Howard's play was very good in the first half, with an extremely high field goal percentage and a surprisingly stable free throw.
But Howard played offensively, the Lakers couldn't pull the points apart.
This is a major flaw in Howard's offense.
As a so-called "super center", although he has an average strength of 20+ per game, his 20+ score can not be compared with that of Duncan.
Most of his scoring comes from a direct attack from the deep post, or a teammate's layup and dunk chance after breaking through the ball.
There are also two autonomous low-post attacks, but they cannot change the Blazers' defensive formation and strategy.
Throughout the first half, no matter how good Howard feels or how many points he scores, the Blazers have never wrapped him up or other special defensive tactics.
Because Stotts, or the entire NBA coach knows, Howard's offense is difficult to kill.
If it is 09 or 10, Howard still has a certain deterrent.
After the serious injury weight loss, Howard's threat of autonomous offense dropped a lot.
As a result, Howard simply scored, but could not give his teammates more offensive space, let alone open shots.
As the head coach who once lost to Howard, Brown still knows the characteristics of Howard.
But his arrangement obviously made Howard a little unhappy.
There was no smile on Howard's face until the second half of the game.
In the first half, he played very well, having scored 20 points.
There are 8 rebounds. He made 10 free throws and 8 free throws. He is afraid of shooting well.
Why is it that the tactical focus has shifted to Kobe again?
Howard thinks about it. Sometimes I admire the 28th Chinese kid, Bruce Lee.
The mouth is really big, dare to say anything.
If he is as open-minded as he is, he must stare at Brown and scold.
Of course, Howard is still of good quality, subject to coaching arrangements.
After the opening of the second half, according to Brown's layout, Kobe as the core of the tactics to attack.
The Trail Blazers continued their Flow offensive.
It was like waves of flowing water, constantly hitting the Lakers' unsteady line of defense.
And Li Liang sat on the bench, and from the beginning of the second half, he kept talking about Brown.
"The coach let me go. I can organize the offense. Believe me, don't let me control the ball. Why don't you believe me? You believe me once. You let me practice offense and rebound in the summer. I I listen to you. Oh, look, Lillard scored again! He has scored 12 points! Can’t let him score anymore! You let me go, 365 days a year, one day 24 hours, one hour and 60 minutes, I will get him in minutes!"
Li Liang watched Lillard slam into the basket after the offensive and Aldridge pick-and-roll, and greeted Howard with a layup, but he was anxious.
Lillard scored 10 points in the first half, and these two points were taken again, 12 points, only 8 points away from the 20-point line!
With half time left, Lillard feels pretty good tonight.
Nima, if you go on like this, the mission will fail.
Damn system, why not publish tasks early?
Mike Brown took a deep breath, he wanted to wear earplugs for the first time to participate in the game.
He even had something in his head, sending the goods from Li Liang to the opposite bench to interfere with Stotts's thoughts.
But the situation on the court is indeed detrimental to the Lakers.
Although Nash's role in the Lakers is not so obvious, the problem is that Blake, who succeeded him, is really embarrassing.
Blake has some organizational skills and good shooting, but his defense is too bad.
Blake is revisiting his hometown tonight. After entering the NBA in 2003, he stayed in Portland for the longest time.
But facing Lillard tonight, if he defends like this, he might not be shot through.
Brown was a little shaken, but could Li Liang really organize?
Although in training, he did show a good pass ability.
Training can be counted, including preseason games are countless.
Offensive organization is not so easy, it requires extremely high talent and rich experience accumulation.
At this time, Brown always thinks of LeBron James, the man who makes him worry-free and easy to get the best coach.
Three minutes played in the third quarter, the scene was very anxious.
Kobe carefully commanded the offense on the court, as you can see, he was trying his best to do what a point guard should do.
Pass, run, and even cover Blake.
All summer, Kobe honed not only his own body, but also his soul.
He hopes to change the style of play and usher in a gorgeous change in his career.
Therefore, even if the preseason occasionally broke out and chose not to be a man, he still wanted to be a man in the regular season.
It's just that fans of the Rose Garden Arena are accustomed to Kobe's ferocity, and seeing such Kobe always feels wrong.
With Batum hitting a three-pointer in the counterattack and overtaking the score, Brown finally called a timeout.
Can't bear it anymore, you must go to Li Liang!
When leaving the Cavaliers, Brown wondered if he could get rid of his dependence on a certain player.
Become a real tactical master like Popovich.
But don’t forget, Popovich was also crazy about Duncan!
Brown couldn't think of it. In the second game of the new season, he would rely on a second-round pick.
After a long 2-minute timeout, Li Liang put on the battlefield.
But he replaced not Ci Shiping, but Blake.
Brown boldly adopted a lineup without a point guard.
Let Kobe be the point guard!
To put it on or before last season, this must be suicide.
Brown is not a daring forward coach tactically.
But I don't know why, he inexplicably thinks that Li Liang's words may make sense.
Let him go, maybe he will really organize two times?
After Li Liang came on stage, he didn't think about organization.
He had locked his eyes on Lillard, like a hunter staring at his prey.
Not all of Nash’s injuries were Lillard’s responsibility, and he was also unintentionally hit.
But whether it is for Nash, for victory, or to complete the mission...
Well, in fact, in order to complete the task, Li Liang wants to compete with Lillard.
Lillard knows nothing about the danger, because the two are simply not in position, one point guard and one striker.
After the timeout, Kobe controlled the ball for the first half of the attack and then gave it to Li Liang at the top of the arc.
Li Liang holds the ball at the top of the arc!
This is a new world for him, the world at the top of the arc.
In the summer, when he first did John Johnson's ground-passing mission, in the system, he held the ball on the top of the arc and felt a sense of dullness.
Where am i? What should I do? How to do? Don't dare to move.
After some hard work, he knew that he had to observe first.
Observe the movement of each teammate and the opponent's defensive intentions with extremely fast time.
Reading defense, reading offense, every organizer must do.
The Blazers' defense is not complicated, it's just person-to-person.
?Ade shrinks to counter Howard, and Batum and Matthews' attention is on Kobe.
Ci Shiping slipped the bottom line, Gasol gave him a cover.
This is an opportunity!
Li Liang did not hesitate at all.
The organizers are most afraid of hesitation and mistakes.
Because in the NBA, opportunities are fleeting.
0.1 seconds slower in running position and 0.1 seconds slower in passing, it means that a chance disappears.
Li Liang did not let this opportunity disappear, and the Trail Blazers were obviously not prepared for Li Liang to hold the ball on the top of the arc.
Li Liang made a precise ground pass and passed the defender to the basket.
Ci Shiping just passed by, received the ball and turned directly to a layup!
A very simple and clear bottom line tactic.
Kobe attracts defense, Gasol screens, Ci Shiping runs and Li Liang passes.
Score two points and retake the lead!
Li Liang, who sent an assist, did not return to the backcourt, and directly launched a one-on-one against Lillard in the frontcourt.
Lillard, who played a comfortable ball for most of the half, was awkward and was not used to it.
After accelerating after halftime, he delivered the ball to the teammate who came up to receive it, and then took the ball again to launch the attack.
Li Liang bypassed the cover, and at the same time signaled his teammates not to come over to help defense.
He just wanted to defend Lillard one-on-one.
Lillard's possession of the ball is very good, Li Liang wants to make him unable to dribble the ball, or steal, it is impossible.
After a lot of training in his basic defense on the perimeter, he scored 70 points, but his steals were still 40 points.
It is very effective to deal with the marginalized people of Xia Lian. It is not so easy to deal with this powerful rookie.
But Li Liang has two advantages, one is height and size.
He is a bit higher than Lillard, as long as he can keep up, it will definitely interfere with Lillard.
The second is momentum!
Li Liang has unparalleled momentum on the defensive end!
This is the man who has defended Durant, James, Fraser, Oscar Robertson!
Hey, how have you been...
Lillardella opened, an accelerated change of direction passed Li Liang!
Li Liang immediately caught up with a foul.
Damn, if you have an advantage in height, you will have a disadvantage in your footsteps!
But even a foul will not allow Lillard to easily attack the basket.
After that, Li Liang did not make the same mistake again.
He was devoted to marking Lillard.
In fact, many times, offense depends on talent and defense depends on attitude.
Even if your defensive qualities and skills are average, if you have a good attitude, you can make up half.
In the second half of the third quarter, Lillard was very, very uncomfortable.
After all, he is a rookie. His first experience in the NBA regular season is not enough.
Faced with this targeted defense~EbookFREE.me~ As soon as the rhythm is disrupted, the offensive feeling is lost.
The Blazers began to rely more on Aldridge's back singles on the offensive end.
This is not good news.
Stotts called two timeouts and rearranged the offense, hoping to bind Lillard.
Who knows, Li Liang insists that Qingshan will not relax, even if he fouls, he will not give you a chance to score easily.
Lillard stood on the free throw line, only one of two free throws, the rhythm is disordered.
Lillard scored 1 point throughout the third quarter.
And Li Liang hit two three-pointers and sent two assists.
This led directly to the expansion of the Blazers' defense and gave Kobe, Jamison, and Ci Shiping better offensive opportunities.
This excellent performance led to Brown watching and forgetting to replace Li Liang. He played the third quarter.
Between the three and four quarters, Brown also asked Li Liang if he wanted to take a break. Li Liang said: "No, let me fight, I can withstand it."
With the task in hand, Li Liang will play the fourth quarter.
At this time, the score of both sides came to 91:87, the Lakers maintained a 4-point lead.
Before playing, Li Liang told Kobe: "Boss, can you attack well? Don't pass the ball, you can throw it yourself!"
Kobe glanced at Li Liang without speaking.
In the first three quarters, Kobe controlled his shots and kept organizing and passing.
But the truth is not good.
Not only were there not many assists, but there were 6 turnovers.
Li Liang thought, it is better to blindly cast a few more than to blindly pass!
If you throw a few blinds, you feel good, maybe the lead is more than 4 points.
In the face of Li Liang's doubts, Bryant scolded his heart, pursed his lips, and looked up at the scoreboard.
Is it really not suitable for me to be an organizer?