Chapter 320: time out

The Lakers’ journey in Russia is not over yet. The big score leads 2:1. They want to go here and go to the next city, then return to Los Angeles to end the fight.
However, this is obviously not so easy. Of course, the Thunder will not easily give up at home.
In the last round against the Spurs, they also fell into too big a score behind, but they quickly adjusted to reverse the situation in the series.
In the playoffs, each game has only two outcomes: victory and defeat. No matter if you lose 1 point or 58 points, the big score is 1 point.
The key is whether you can make adjustments and take the initiative of the series into your own hands.
If the first three games are still being tested by the two parties, and seeing the move, the fourth game is basically seeing the poor, starting to fight the bayonet.
Players and coaches have enough adaptability to matchup, tactics, and game rhythm.
Players know how their opponents play, how to defend more effectively, and how to attack more efficiently.
The coach knows which players can continue to play on the court, which players can no longer let him on the court, what the opponent's rotation is, and his rotation must be slowly fixed.
There will be fewer and fewer soldiers, and there will be fewer outbreaks. Most of the situations will be under control.
The only things you can’t control are the players’ own status, their inner fighting spirit, and their desire for victory.
From this point of view, the Thunder and the Lakers are comparable.
Both sides have strong championship desires and will to win, and neither can easily destroy each other.
Even if the Thunder suffered a major blow in the third game, and Li Liang's three-point shot was full, they still cheered up quickly.
In the fourth game, they still have a chance.
Taken, at the same starting line, went to Los Angeles to play Uranus.
If you lose and fall behind 1:3, the series will become extremely difficult.
So in the fourth game, the Thunder strived to win.
The day after the third game, the Thunder team conducted high-intensity training, Brooks hoped that in this way, let the players maintain the feeling of the game and the hunger for victory.
Mike Brown chose to give the players a holiday. Although there is basically no entertainment in the Russian city, it is always good to let the veterans rest.
Li Liang stayed in the room all day and did not go out. If Zhu Shu was there, he would take Zhu Shu around in Russia.
Since entering the NBA, many of Li Liang's hobbies have been abandoned.
Such as playing video games, surfing, dancing, singing, etc.
Even Zhu Shu is like him. The game console at home has been idle for a long time. She spends a lot of time running around, and she has less and less free time in her life.
Maybe people are like this after work. In the past, many things they couldn't put it down, were slowly forgotten behind them.
But Li Liang is different. To talk, he has a system to play!
However, after walking into the system for a while, the tasks now become more and more difficult.
One day, if you do a task, you will definitely be affected when you play Thunder tomorrow.
Another point, after that night, it seems that the system is not as fun as before.
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After a boring day in the Russian city, it was finally the fourth match day.
The Lakers team conducted a simple training at noon and concentrated on a shooting practice in the afternoon. Brown led the team to the Ford Center to warm up.
Before the fourth game, many media predicted that the Thunder will usher in a big counterattack.
They will never make as many mistakes as the previous game and give the Lakers a big lead.
Their attention will be more concentrated, and they will definitely be very aggressive.
The media's predictions made sense and were fulfilled after the game started.
In this game, Brooks no longer makes any adjustments, hard bridges and hard horses, regular lineups, normal counterpoints and the Lakers fight for attack and defense.
A little change has been made in the rotation to reduce Perkins' playing time and Martin's playing time.
Increase Collison's playing time and increase guard Reggie Jackson's playing time.
In the first three games, Perkins and Martin did not play very well.
Perkins was used to defend, but as a result, the defense basket showed average performance, but the offensive fell behind.
Martin used it to attack, and as a result, the offensive end had a low percentage of hits and defensive loopholes.
When Collison was on the court, at least the team's offense was not four to five. Collison still had an offensive threat.
Reggie Jackson's performance is even tougher, he is very the court offensively and defensively, much better than the soft Martin.
After establishing a new rotation, the Thunder hit the Lakers 9:2 as the opening game, taking the lead.
The Thunder learned the lessons of the last game, and the protection of the backcourt is very tight. Resolutely no longer gives Li Liang a chance to steal the rebound.
The game gradually entered the thunder rhythm, which was like a sledgehammer, and the attack continued wave after wave, always maintaining a fast pace.
The defensive end has maintained a high intensity, allowing the Lakers' position attack to stall.
The transfer of the Lakers' outside line was greatly restricted, and Li Liang was duly guarded from the start of the game.
Before the start of the game, Durant and Brooks coaches took the initiative to invite tassels, this time he will mark Bruce Lee.
The Thunder coaching staff agreed to Durant's request. Durant followed the audience and almost didn't give Li Liang a phone call.
In the half, Li Liang only scored 3 points, while Kobe Bryant scored 20 points, but the Lakers still 48:59, 11 points behind the Thunder.
The performance of both sides seems to have dropped compared to the previous game.
But in the third quarter, the Lakers' counterattack came in an orderly manner.
They don’t look like Thunder and hope that a burst of minutes will smooth out the difference.
The Lakers adjusted their mindset at halftime, and Mike Brown asked the players to be patient and continue to stick to the offensive approach.
In the second half, the Lakers will have a more reasonable distribution of attack center of gravity, Howard's singles, Kobe's singles, Nash's breakthrough, and Li Liang's three-pointer.
When Howard, Kobe and Nash all started scoring goals, Li Liang's point naturally opened.
Because the big brothers attracted defense, Li Liang shot three points, which is what he is good at.
The Lakers narrowed the score little by little, a little bit closer to the difference.
At the end of the third quarter, unconsciously eliminated the 11-point difference!
And Li Liang counterattacked a three-pointer that seized the opportunity, even let the Lakers overtake the score!
Brooks panicked a little now, what's going on, how does it feel like he really can't beat it?
The Lakers showed calmness in the third quarter, and the smoothness of the offense made people faintly see the style of the super team.
This is the accumulation of a season, the sublimation of a season.
Li Liang didn't use props, didn't throw three-pointers wildly, he just integrated into the Lakers team and did what he should do.
Passing, responding, rebounding, providing a three-point threat.
The Lakers machine has been running for a season and is running towards their best.
In the fourth quarter, the Lakers still maintain the lead, they have the opportunity to take away the Thunder again.
At this time, the referee made two unfavorable penalties for the Lakers.
Nash was once awarded a three-point defensive foul, allowing Westbrook to make three free throws on the free throw line.
Then, Howard was awarded an offensive foul during the attack, which was his fifth foul in the game.
In an annoyed expression, Howard had to end the game early.
Tonight Howard's performance is quite good, in the case of restricted outside, Howard gave Thunder huge pressure on the inside.
Forced the Thunder to continue to maintain high pressure on the outside, making the Lakers' offense more fluid.
As a result, the Thunder seized the opportunity and hit a wave of 8:0 to pull the situation back to the Thunder side.
In the final three minutes of the game, the Lakers were 7 points behind.
This is when Li Liang stood out. He first received Kobe's pass from the outside and hit a difficult three-pointer.
Then, he scored a defensive rebound on the defensive end. After giving the ball to Kobe, he made a screen with Kobe and missed a three-pointer.
But Gasol grabbed the offensive rebound and re-passed the ball. Li Liang received the ball to meet Durant's defense and shot again!
Thunder players and live fans have numbness in their scalp. Why is this man coming again?
The point difference was reduced to 1 point.
Although Durant immediately cast an answerball in defense, continue to widen the point difference.
However, Li Liang continued to run, and the left corner was torn by him. There was a small chance. Li Liang accepted the pass and made an extremely lucky three-pointer under almost negative angle.
The ball turned upside down on the rim, bounced the old high, then bounced off the top edge of the rebound, and finally fell into the rim!
Fans at the Ford Center felt cold, and Li Liang's fifth 3-pointer.
What kind of 3-pointer ability is this! In two minutes, he made three of four 3-pointers.
Needless to say, Li Liang used the promotion stickers again, or [S] grade.
For this round of the series, he has made a start.
S-level promotion posts are very expensive, even if he is worth a lot of anger, it still feels distressed to use.
Then, Durant's answerball missed and his shot was not as lucky as Li Liang.
Kobe Bryant got the ball, this is a chance to overtake.
Li Liang's promotion post is still less than a minute, two threes, even if only one, the situation is completely reversed.
At this moment, Mike Brown called a timeout...
He applied to the technical station for a timeout, at which time there were two minutes before the end of the game.
Li Liang also wanted to call Kobe "Give me the ball", but the referee gestured to pause.
Li Liang looked at the referee with unbelievable eyes and asked how did he pause?
Tonight he has been very dissatisfied with the referee's performance~EbookFREE.me~ has protested several times, why do you still want to waste Laozi's promotion time with a pause?
The referee said: "It's not that I want to suspend, it's your coach!"
The referee is speechless, I want to be able to suspend, what else do I referee.
Li Liang was even more speechless. He immediately walked back to the court and said to Brown: "Mike, why are you calling a timeout!"
Not only Li Liang, the other players on the Lakers looked at Mike Brown with a puzzled look. Everyone felt just right, just about to reverse the score, why was it suddenly suspended?
Mike Brown froze. He scratched his face and said, "Uh... I think you must be tired. You should take a break, take it easy, take it easy."
Mike Brown still called a long timeout. Li Liang's 3-minute promotion post is definitely coming.
"I rest your sister, the game is about to end, and it's time to rest. Sometimes it's time to rest!"