Chapter 540: This ball cannot be played

If Lillard can really beat Li Liang, the Blazers really made a profit.
In the first two games, Lillard played much worse than Paul in the first round.
On the defensive end, Lillard was originally protected against Barnes. Anyway, it is enough to run with Barnes, and he does not need to spend too much on defense.
As a result, there is no depletion on the defensive end, and the offense is mediocre. It really is for you.
Of course, the Blazers put the responsibility for victory on a second-year rookie, the burden is indeed a bit heavy.
After all, not everyone is Li Liang and Jabal.
However, when Stotts told Lillard before the game, hoping that he could defend Li Liang and make a greater contribution to the defense, Lillard agreed without hesitation.
Ability is not enough, but spirit is definitely enough.
As a result, in the first quarter, Lillard did well.
Two close snatches forced Li Liang to return the ball to Paul, wasting the Clippers' offensive time.
Lillard feels that he has done a good job in defensive work, it depends on the offense!
After returning from the suspension, Lillard also began to make achievements in the attack.
Because the Clippers replaced Griffin and replaced Crawford, Li Liang came to the power forward position.
So Lillard temporarily let go of Li Liang, and he took control of the offense with an empty hand.
Crawford's right-hand layup didn't make it... Did this cargo make a layup?
The Blazers got a rebound in the backcourt, Lillard advanced at full speed, and then the layup caused Li Liang's defensive foul.
Lillard made two free throws, only one point behind.
Then, Jordan received a dunk from Paul's pass and the ball flew!
The stewardess failed.
Lillard took the ball again, this time the Clippers returned to defense quickly.
Lillard received the ball, then made a sudden change in the middle, made a jumper with a sudden stop, and scored two more points!
Trail Blazers overtake.
This ball Lillard played very beautifully, dribbling the ball away from the skillful crotch outside the three-point line, and then stopped the jumper at the top of the arc.
The Blazers are finally a bit of a playoff team.
The previous two games were too weak, tonight it felt like there was a play.
Crawford then took Li Liang's cover pass and hit a middle distance.
Li Liang reminded Crawford that your uncle's class slammed a layup. You might as well learn to jump shots. It's not easier to get a jumper than a layup.
After a few minutes in the first quarter, the Blazers found that the offense seemed not so easy.
At the end of Griffin, Lillard scored four points in a row.
However, when the Clippers stabilized their position and started to fight the Blazers blindly, the Blazers' offense was no longer good.
Li Liang started defending against Ade.
You know, the Blazers are targeting the Clippers, and the Clippers are also targeting the Blazers.
Long before the series began, Mike Brown began to study the targeted defense against the Trail Blazers, especially Li Liang's defense against Adelaide.
Mike Brown's strategy is to alternate Jordan and Li Liang against Adelaide.
When Little Jordan was defending, Li Liang would wait for the opportunity to come up, steal, and interfere.
When Li Liang was defending alone, it was a single defense, and then Jordan was ready to help defense on the other side.
This defense in turns disrupts Arder's offensive rhythm.
Mike Brown's move is very good, because Ade's offense really depends on a consistent sense of rhythm.
Although they are all shooting inside, he is not as comprehensive as Dirk in terms of technical style, especially back-turning, almost half of them are turning to the middle.
And his face basket is not strong enough, which is an important gap between him and Dirk and Duncan.
At the beginning, Jordan defended against Adelaide. He shot very well. He turned back and jumped a few times, but Jordan lost his temper.
But after switching to Li Liang for defense, Ade's shooting feeling is different. Li Liang's defensive method is different from that of Jordan.
Li Liang's low post defense has more outside defensive colors. His top and blocking are not very good, so he is still more entangled.
In this case, if it is Dirk or the pinnacle of Duncan, most of them will choose to face the basket, make a foul or directly pass Li Liang.
In the first round of playing Lone Ranger, Nowitzki dealt with Li Liang in this way, but Nowitzki was older and could not continue to export.
And Ade's choice is still the same, continue to turn back and back jumper or hook, the result is that the feel declines, and continues to miss.
On the Clippers' side, Crawford seized the opportunity, and Paul and Li continued to use Li Liang's high screen to hit a mid-range jumper.
The Clippers pulled the points a little bit apart. The first quarter hit the last minute, the Clippers 28:17, leading the Blazers by 9 points.
At this time Li Liang came off and Odom and Griffin appeared.
Ade stayed on the court and finally made Odom a defensive foul and hit the free throw line.
As for making Li Liang a defensive foul? He doesn't make you an offensive foul. It's a good temper for the referee today.
At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Blazers by 9 points at 28:19.
The Blazers scored only 9 points in the first quarter.
To be honest, this time the Blazers are clear from the players to the coaches to the fans.
In the first quarter, Li Liang scored a total of two points. He missed a three-pointer. Two points were still fouled after a second rebound.
In this way, the Blazers still can't fight, how can you fight?
The Flow attack, which the Trail Blazers were proud of, couldn't make it in front of the Clippers.
You are faster, the opponent is faster, you want to attack, there is no goal.
Mike Brown spotted two offensive goals of the Trail Blazers, Adelaide's low post and Lillard's pick-and-roll shot, using the three best defenders of Li Liang, Jordan Jordan and Paul to use different methods to contain them.
As for what Matthews, Batum, Lopez and others are really not enough to see.
Without Lillard and Ad to create opportunities for them, their shooting percentage fell by nearly 10 percentage points.
Especially Matthews and Batum, the last round shines brilliantly, this round is shitless.
Lopez has a lot of opportunities, and he always makes a layup. He is either covered by the rim or Jordan.
There was no shortage of rebounds in the frontcourt, but the last one was always impossible.
Of course, Jordan's defense is indeed awesome, supporting a big net on the inside, blocking all the Blazers' breakthroughs and strong attacks under the basket.
Jordan is definitely the first to discuss merit awards in defense.
In the second quarter, Jordan's condition became brighter, and the Clippers' inner lane would almost become a no-fly zone.
At the beginning of the second quarter, a breakthrough layup by Matthews was fanned out by Jordan.
Then the bottom line was served, and the Blazers repeatedly screened, passed, and looked for people. As a result, the rotation of the Clippers did very well.
In the end, Matthews forced a defensive shot outside the three-point line.
Rivers thought after watching the scene, "The rotation is so good, is this the team I taught?"
That's right, it wasn't what you taught, nor was it taught by Brown. It was scolded by Li Liang!
Mike Brown's defensive system doesn't have many rotations, but he is afraid that if he doesn't cooperate well, he will make mistakes and miss people.
But anti pick-and-roll, sometimes you can’t do it without turning people around.
On the court, Li Liang will direct everyone to change, rotate, and then defend. Over time, as long as it is not a continuous high-intensity continuous rotation, the Clippers can do very well.
Even if Li Liang was not present.
Who is the best defensive coach?
The Blazers fans off the field feel bad, the Clippers are playing better the better.
It's totally a feeling.
Odom, who came off the bench, received a pass from Livingston from a high position. After a sway, he made a strong midfielder's layup and left his left hand to throw a shot and hit two points!
The Blazers are about to become Odom's hands-on tool, thinking that no one on the Blazers side can match him.
The Blazers lineup is still too traditional.
After playing for three minutes in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers relied only on Jordan to defend a three-second violation and scored a free throw and scored 1 point.
How to do? Call timeout.
Stotts now feels that the main function of the timeout is to delay time, so that the team does not die so fast, and can not make any changes to the situation on the court.
I thought that starting the first quarter with Lillard against Li Liang is a coup and can play a very good effect.
It turned out that the Clippers Li Liang only defended, not shot, and rubbed you on the ground.
Why did you play a fart?
The gap between the lineups is indeed a bit large, or the Clippers have brought out the advantages of their lineups, and the Trail Blazers' disadvantages are undoubtedly obvious.
Many of the Clippers' players are highly capable. If you give him more defensive space, he will be able to play.
This is true of Odom, Crawford, Livingston.
The Blazers are not meat grinders, only the meat grinder can kill these overflowing talents, pull the two sides to the same level, and then use the way of rolling in the mud to defeat the logarithm.
The Blazers and the Clippers fight offense, but they can't.
After the timeout, the Blazers' offense improved somewhat, it was because the Clippers' defense loosened.
It's time again for the Clippers' favorite "Everyone Comes to Fast Break".
Li Liang and Paul re-entered the scene and began to instigate the Clippers' rapid offensive.
Stouts and the Blazers players are the same, what to do, only to follow the rhythm of the Clippers.
There is no way, you can still look good in the attack game, you stop and grind the Clippers, the result is that you first grind yourself to death.
By the second half of the second quarter, the Clippers had scored along the way and had changed the score to 55:35, which was another 20 points!
Look, really look.
Stotts paused again, and then came back to serve and was intercepted...
Paul intercepted the ball from Lillard and went straight to the basket.
Lillard is anxious this time, desperately chasing, and following Paul, he will not let Paul layup.
Finally, he pressed Paul's shoulders to get Paul down and was fouled.
Of course, Paul was not idle. He lifted an elbow toward Lillard's chest with his right hand.
Don't be arrogant, kid, let's look at it elbowly.
Paul made free throws and made two free throws, then the Blazers made another offensive error.
Lillard and Robin Lopez went up and down the high screen, the pass was cut off by Li Liang...
Brother, can't you do that, 48 minutes in a game, if you can't play, let us play 24 minutes?
Don't play in the second half?
Li Liang rushed the ball all the way and scored with Griffin.
Griffin went to the basket and saw it out when the opportunity was bad, and then passed it to Li Liang.
Li Liang received the ball at 45 degrees on the left side, shot a false shot, shook off Lillard, and then shook Aldridge.
Then Li Liang rushed to the basket with the ball to attract the Blazers to defend and score the ball to Barnes at the corner.
Barnes catches the ball and makes a three-pointer!
Did not enter...
Li Liang wanted to scold others. With such a good opportunity and empty space, you won't enter!
Be humane and solve them in the first half.
But the Blazers have problems~EbookFREE.me~ They can't even catch the ball.
After being tackled twice in a row, the Trail Blazers drove the ball from the perimeter to the end, and were almost cut off.
In the end, Ade was also fouled by Li Liang in the attack.
After being blown foul, Ade just smiled and shook his head, his expression was very helpless.
There was a boo at the Moda Center, but it was useless. He really fouled the ball.
Li Liang got up from the ground, waved at the Portland audience, and harvested a lot of anger.
Portland fans are really hospitable, Li Liang likes this kind of place.
At this time, the foul is about to make a free throw. Li Liang stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, pulling the difference to 22 points.
It's another half of the game and it's a 20-point lead.
I really don't know if the Blazers are too weak or the Clippers are too strong.