Chapter 323: Messy

On the morning of the fifth game, Li Liang ate two fried poached eggs, a large bowl of vegetable salad, and some fried chicken breasts.
The team did not train in the morning, Li Liang returned to the room and slept for a while, then went to Toyota Sports Center in the afternoon.
After arriving at the Toyota Center, there were obviously more reporters who wanted to interview Li Liang at the door than in the past.
The power of 40 points in the playoffs is still very great, but this is the first person after Jabal.
It’s all about Jabal. In 1970, the age of rock and roll, hippies, and explosive heads seemed far away to the ancient fans.
Li Liang did it as a 55th overall second-round pick, and this is not a coincidence. Such luck will break out in the regular season. The playoffs will not. It is too difficult.
And he almost overturned the Thunder in the fourth game, if not the brainless timeout.
Facing the reporters, Li Liang just smiled at them. Before they came up, they suddenly accelerated and ran into the locker room...
A group of reporters were left dumbfounded. Why are there such people?
Reporters chasing celebrities are also experienced and well-knowledged. Stars and stars generally hide, keep bodyguards shut, keep silent, and bow their heads, please walk away.
But there has never been a fake action like Li Liang. When everyone came around, one accelerated away?
It was really sprinting away, never seen before.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be nothing. He is still a rookie, only 22 years old, not a superstar like Kobe and LeBron.
He is still a child!
A small number of reporters felt that Li Liang had the potential to do great things.
This guy talks and does things and rarely cares what other people say, only what he thinks.
This is very similar to James, the difference is that he does not have the burden of James' idol.
He was not the son of a natural selection, not the top pick, nor Akron's child.
He is a Chinese, a second-round pick, a person who has nothing to bear.
From this point they realized that this guy will definitely make a choice different from ordinary people in the future.
...
Li Liang ran all the way to the locker room of the training center and rushed into the toilet...
I ate too much at noon, ate a roast chicken, and a lot of fish and brown rice, my stomach swelled.
I suddenly felt uncomfortable in my stomach and had to run in and use the toilet.
After resolving the problem, Li Liang took a breath, thinking that he had not entered the system training recently and could not eat as much as he used to.
Eating too much, energy has nowhere to digest, and the body cannot eat it.
But it should not affect the game at night.
In the afternoon, the team had a simple tactical training, and then had a pre-match tactical meeting. Mike Brown had a simple layout.
In the fifth game, the two sides had no more secrets at all, and Brown and Brooks had no secret weapons.
Both sides are car-to-car, horse-to-horse.
The fifth game of the match-breaking point has always been the key battle to determine the final direction of the series. It can be imagined that this game must be very intense.
But the Lakers players were very relaxed during training and after arriving at the Staples Center.
Kobe, Nash, Howard, facial expressions are very relaxed, Howard is showing his big white teeth.
Li Liang was again sought after in the player channel, and many reporters ran out and asked him to stay in the offseason.
Li Liang didn't say a word, he knew he would be over-interpreted.
A thousand words are worse than a silent one.
The Thunder have already arrived at the arena first, and the two sides have started to warm up on the court.
The game time is scheduled at 3:30 in the afternoon. For Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, it is necessary to stay up late to watch the game.
At the beginning of the ceremony, when the live DJ shouted Bruce Lee, the cheers were particularly warm.
Almost almost comparable to Kobe.
There is no difference between the starters of the two sides and the first four games. At this time, it is time to fight the bayonet from the beginning!
Before the start of the game, players from both sides fought each other to show friendship, but this game is destined not to be friendly.
Howard and Perkins stood in the middle circle, ready to jump the ball.
The referee on duty tonight is James Capas, and Li Liang is also familiar, an experienced black referee.
The atmosphere of Stamps was extremely warm tonight, and many big-name celebrities came to the sidelines to watch the game.
The two sides jumped the ball and the game started!
Howard set the ball to his own half, Li Liang guarded the ball and the Lakers started their first attack.
Nash controlled the ball. In this series of games, Nash played very well.
Facing the young Thunder, Nash showed a little bit of oldness.
However, this does not mean that Nash is no longer. In the team's training and tactical discussions, Nash believes that he should give more ball rights to Kobe and Howard. Their offensive effect is obviously better.
But this time, Nash understood that he had to play.
In the crucial fifth game, the team needs new firepower to stand up and give the opponent a "surprise."
Nash first handed the ball to Li Liang. After some running, he picked up the ball in the bull's corner and chose his jump shot.
However, the ball fell in a lap in the basket and missed.
Nash also needed to slowly adjust his feel.
Perkins got a rebound and the Thunder countered, but Perkins was blown with a cover foul on offense.
This is not a good sign for the Thunder.
Then, Howard missed a strong catch from the inside, and Li Liang missed the rebound and made a second layup.
Then the Thunder counterattacked, and Durant tried an outside shot but did not enter.
Both starters are a bit cold.
In this case, of course, Kobe must stand up, catch the ball and dribble the ball continuously!
"Bang!" Did not enter...
Howard got the offensive rebound, but he still missed the shot.
Ibaka's block interfered with Howard, and the Thunder controlled the ball.
The defense on both sides is very tough, no one wants to let the opponent score first.
The Thunder's counterattack, the Lakers' defense was in place, Durant received the ball and broke through, Howard came directly to assist the defense, completely emptying Perkins.
Durant passed the ball to Perkins on the wing. Perkins got the ball, a big space, but he didn't know what to do...
After four games, the Lakers have cleared the Thunder's biggest goal of the starting offense, Perkins.
The first big mistake the Thunder made in the operation was to let Harden go. The second big mistake was to use Perkins instead of Chandler.
Perkins attacked. After getting the ball, he couldn't help it. He wouldn't shoot. He had to dribble the ball in.
But where would he break through, the dribble was directly intercepted by Li Liang from the side.
Li Liang passed the ball to Nash. Nash dribbled away from Westbrook and then rushed to the basket.
Under Ibaka's defense, he played a beautiful time difference and succeeded in his right layup!
After playing for two minutes at the beginning, there was finally the first goal. Staples was silent for a long time, and cheers broke out.
And then the Thunder side also opened, Durant received Westbrook's pass from the outside, a strong three-point shot from the left hit!
Durant is no longer running any tactics, what a mess, or his own catch is best!
Afterwards, on the Lakers side, Howard was blown with a ball and hit the ball while attacking.
The Thunder immediately counterattacked, Westbrook quickly slammed the layup, layup succeeded.
Immediately thereafter, Nash scored a goal for Li Liang, who missed a three-pointer from outside.
Durant jumped all the way to dribble through the half, and suddenly a pass from the ground to the inside, the empty-cut Severosha received the ball and dunked with both hands!
At 7:2, the Thunder once again took the lead.
Mike Brown knew this time he should indeed call for a timeout.
What's going on, the Lakers players have too much confidence in themselves?
The opening defense was good, but it was easy to play in several offenses, and it didn't feel good. After the defense, there was a loophole. Was it too relaxed?
Mike Brown reminded the players to pay attention, pay attention, they have to score.
Back from the timeout, Kobe Bryant scored a goal immediately. He flanked the ball from the back, rolled a jumper and scored 2 points.
The Thunder also played very simple in the offense. Westbrook screened inside and gave a jumper to Ibaka.
Ibaka missed a jumper under Li Liang's interference.
When the Lakers counterattacked, Howard hurried down and received Nash's pass. He dunked his hands and drew the difference.
Subsequently, Howard was blown for a defensive three seconds, Durant made a free throw, 8:6.
Instead, the game does not look as splendid and beautiful as the previous four games, because the two sides played very "wild" on the field, without too many rules.
In fact, after the tit-for-tat in the first four games, Brooks and Mike Brown both realized that at present the two sides are likely to be in the state of "whoever adjusts first and who messes first, who messes first and who dies first".
Both of them let go and let the players play on their own, according to their previous experience to change and adjust.
So on the scene, it seems that the offense basically has no complicated tactics.
The defensive intensity is very large, the fight for the rebound and the protection under the basket are very tight.
The Lakers rebounded several times in the frontcourt, but in the end did not form a score.
Thunder's so-called cooperation, the effect is not as good as Shuang Shao's.
After the free throw, Durant made a mistake with Ibaka's pick-and-roll.
Durant's ground pass pass was bigger, Ibaka didn't receive it, the ball came out of the bottom line, the Lakers had the ball.
Neither side played well, but Li Liang was not worried about his teammates and himself.
Li Liang came out to catch the ball again, and then passed the ball to Bryant, who took the ball directly.
Two hits.
The Lakers tied the score.
On the Thunder side, Ibaka received the ball from a high position, and took a high-volume mid-range shot.
In order to avoid Li Liang's interference, Ibaka let himself jump into the air, and shot at the highest point.
At 10:8, the first quarter of the game was over half, and neither side scored high.
At this time, Nash suddenly turned a beautiful body in front of the attack and turned Westbrook, directly from the middle to the basket!
The Thunder teamed up, Nash Gao threw to Howard, Howard air relay slam dunk!
And the Thunder attacked and knocked, and finally somehow, it became Perkins to take the ball...
Perkins received the ball on the three-point line. No one managed him. He froze for half a day and finally returned the ball to Durant.
Durant scored the ball for Westbrook, Westbrook held the ball and rushed, Thunder now only has this move.
But this move worked quite well. After the Lakers contracted, Westbrook scored a goal to Ibaka in the corner. Ibaka made a three-pointer shot!
The Thunder's offensive play was messy, but a few goals were thrown, it was luck and strength.
Then, Nash tried again from the outside and still did not enter.
The Thunder wanted to fight back, but Westbrook's rapid advance was stopped by Li Liang.
The ball dropped and fell to the ground. Li Liang fell to the ground to grab the ball, then he held the ball in his arms and called a timeout.
With a short timeout of 20 seconds, the Lakers, like the Thunder, played a little chaotically.
After the timeout, Li Liang responded from the outside and scored a goal to Nash, who made a 45-point three-point shot on the left!
Nash finally hit the shot, the two sides tied again!
But this messy momentum didn't end. Thunder's three pass and two lead, and finally Ibaka broke the ball?
Anyway, it was a fight.
As a result, Ibaka broke into the post and missed a layup, but grabbed the offensive rebound and caused Howard to foul.
This time Howard fouled twice and had to take a break early to replace O'Neal.
Ibaka made two free throws.
Thunder's impetus for turbulence, but took the advantage.
Then the Thunder replaced Martin.
On the Lakers side, O'Neal scored on the court and took Kobe's pass to hit the left hand hook.
The Thunder Martin succeeded in hitting a three-pointer. A change shot in the air, hitting the board also caused Kobe foul.
Increased penalty hit.
Kobe wanted to return one, but missed a shot.
In the counterattack, it was Westbrook who forced the rim to hit the basket with one arm!
When the Thunder were more than 3 minutes away from the end of the first quarter, the momentum suddenly came up.
Kobe Bryant immediately broke through and turned ~EbookFREE.me~ a layup succeeded.
But the Thunder's momentum felt completely, Ibaka received Durant's pass, and made a half-dunk shot at 45 degrees.
Kobe then scored two more points, but Westbrook gave the Lakers a three-pointer!
Then Li Liang missed a three-pointer, Durant counterattacked Westbrook's pass, made a three-pointer and hit again!
In the end, neither of the two attacks hit.
At 28:19, in the first quarter, the Thunder got the Lakers out of hand in a mess.
Although Li Liang is a master of chaos, but the Lakers are not chaotic at all, he has no chance.
The Lakers seemed to be playing too awkwardly, and there was no sense of urgency for the fifth game of Tianwang Mountain.
Could it be said that their confidence is just an illusion?