Chapter 399: Not very good

The Clippers unexpectedly suffered a two-game losing streak, and Li Liang regretted why he brought Wei Dazhi together to play away.
I didn't take him out before, and the Lakers have been playing well away. This two-game losing streak is really unbearable.
Of course, Wei Dazhi was very wronged. He had wanted to report on the road and know how to lose one after another.
Last season, the Lakers made the best start in history, and the Clippers were ended after only four consecutive victories.
The public opinion that had initially optimistic about the Clippers immediately turned around and began to criticize the Clippers as always.
There is no solid defense, no reliable system, no strong substitutes.
"The arrival of a Bruce Lee cannot really change the essence of the Clippers."
"Li Liang can bring three points and defense, but not the rich heritage."
Anyway, such remarks will definitely come out as soon as they lose.
Some strong teams felt invincible when they won the game. Once they lost, there was a lot of conflict and they were dissolved on the spot.
According to this situation, many strong NBA teams have to be dissolved many times each season.
The intensive schedule did not give the Clippers too much time to dissolve, and even the coaching team's post-game summary and improvement are too late.
After playing the game with the Heat, the team left Florida overnight by plane. This was a bad experience.
Their next stop is Houston, the opponent is the Rockets!
The Rockets played two consecutive games within a week, which was blood abuse at home. This returned to the away game, the Rockets must be vengeful.
The game time is scheduled for November 9th, and the Clippers come to Houston to have a day off to adjust.
Because of the two consecutive defeats and the last time they lost, the Clippers team arranged two hours of collective training at the Toyota Center in Houston on the afternoon of the 8th to try to solve the problems that the team has recently experienced.
Rivers didn't make much adjustments to the rotation. Except for Mullins' shortened playing time and Li Liang's increased time, the overall rotation order is the same as before.
Rivers mainly made some arrangements for the team's inside defense, as well as defensive tactics at critical moments.
In the next game, Rivers does not want the team's inside to be penetrated by a center like Jefferson.
Harden is also a master of breakthrough and killing, and he should pay attention to the protection of the basket and the control of fouls.
Li Liang as an important gate for outside defense, Rivers pulled him aside and made a separate arrangement.
"Rebounds, rim protection, increase some of your assists. Jordan and Griffin have one-on-one defense without much problems, but there will be some mistakes in their movement and choices. Help them. Deal with Paul, trust Paul."
Rivers believes that after weighing, Li Liang should still help more insiders.
Little Jordan has good physical fitness and good defensive ability, but he lacks experience and needs to focus on training and training.
Griffin didn't say anything, the wingspan was there, and the ability to protect the basket was really limited.
Therefore, a forward like Li Liang is needed to assist.
However, if Li Liang's focus is on the inside, does the outside really rely on Paul?
"Why not put Barnes on the starting line? I think this is good for our outside defense."
Li Liang directly proposed that Barnes could start.
Rivers shook his head and said, "Butler has his place, and it's too early to change the starter."
The way Rivers thinks about the problem is a typical player coach, looking at the player's psychology and interpersonal relationships.
Butler came from the street, once went to prison, and later entered the NBA with his own hard work and hard work.
He is in the Clippers, in the league, is a kind of awesome veteran, coaches generally respect him.
The relationship between Li Liang and Butler is actually very good, because Butler knows that because of Li Liang's words, he has not been traded by the Clippers.
Who can stay in Los Angeles, who wants to go to places like Milwaukee.
But the relationship is good, but Butler's performance in the starting position is indeed not satisfactory.
However, Li Liang was useless, and used a hair dryer to blow Rivers.
He knew that the time had not yet come and that his core position in the center of the Clippers had not been completely established, and he needed more performance to fight for his voice.
By then Rivers knew whether the opinions he had given were correct.
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On the evening of November 9, the Houston Toyota Center, Clippers and Rockets' second round of the season will begin in less than a week.
The last rocket was really miserable, and was hit from the start to the end, with little chance.
More than 130 points were cut by the Clippers. This defense is really terrible.
And in the last game, the Rockets also had a disadvantage of 1 point, unfortunately lost to the Lakers, gave the Lakers a first win.
Lakers! Although the defending champion, this season the Lakers really...
The Rockets really dare to lose.
This victory of the Lakers also let Mike Brown breathe a sigh of relief, without having to be scolded by the Los Angeles media for the time being.
Coupled with the Clippers' recent loss, Brown's life is much better.
The Clippers and Rockets start at 7 o'clock in the evening.
After the start of the season, the Rockets are also in lineup deployment and rotation.
McHale tried a variety of starting lineups, and this game is different from the last Clippers game.
The Rockets took the rare start of the Twin Towers, allowing Asik and Jefferson to play together to deal with the Clippers' double inside.
Josh Smith was put on the bench by McHale.
Then in the starting point guard position, the Rockets sent Patrick Beverly, a small defensive defender.
McHale's platoon formation was too targeted. It was all directed at the Clippers.
Jeremy Lin is really a bit struggling against Paul. He is a heavy point guard. His lateral movement is a weakness. He can't defend defensively.
Harden is a heavier defender than Jeremy Lin. Do you let him rush to defend Paul?
Then he doesn't pant to death, and he can never run.
Therefore, with Beverly starting, Paul can be entangled and the Rockets' back line can be stabilized.
As for the offense, Jeremy Lin's rapid attack without the Rockets will indeed be affected.
However, there will be no chance of attacking the Clippers against each other. At present, the Clippers have the strongest offensive firepower in the league.
McHale clearly learned from the Clippers’ previous two defeats, knowing that they couldn’t fight the Clippers.
To attack the Clippers' inside line, to attack Chris Paul on both ends of the attack, the Rockets will have a chance of winning.
The race is about to start, but the sparseness of the seats on the Toyota Center makes people feel that the game is over.
Everyone knows that Rockets fans like to be late~EbookFREE.me~ or even simply bought a ticket and couldn't go.
But this game is really too faceless, both sides are ready to jump the ball, the camera swept past, two-thirds of the seats are empty.
Playing on the Rockets is also painful. I feel at home that I am not playing in the NBA, but in an unknown third-rate league.
Fans see it purely out of boredom, the kind that is attracted by free tickets and complimentary drinks and snacks.
Jordan and Asik jumped the ball in the middle circle.
Jordan took the lead to get the ball, Paul took the ball and the game began.
In the first attack of the opening, Li Liang received the ball from the outside and passed it to Griffin, then used Griffin's cover to slide to the bottom line and received Griffin's pass. The mid-range jumper from the bottom corner hit a two-pointer.
Mid-range jumper after catching the ball?
This is not Li Liang.