Chapter 551: War for 2

A team is not strong in the playoffs. For fans, it may take a series to see it.
But for professional players, playing a game on the field, there are contrasts before and after, and soon it will feel strong and weak.
Especially for the Clippers, the last round was against the Blazers, and this round of the Spurs, the difference is really big.
According to the Blazers' style of play and strength, if the Clippers opened in the first quarter, then at the Templers, the Blazers collapsed directly.
The first two games of the semifinals are the best example.
The opening of the Clippers' morale was like a rainbow, and Popovich's opening 10 seconds called a timeout failed to stop the Clippers from attacking the wave.
But the Spurs players stubbornly on the field, waiting for the official suspension, get a breather.
Switching to Stotts, I couldn’t help but call a timeout, and then came back to find that there was no use of eggs, a wave was pierced again, the difference was pulled to more than 15 points, and the second quarter came again, 30 points at halftime In the second half, paddling and punching back to take a shower.
And the official suspension is more important to the Clippers. If there is no official suspension, Rivers will also call a suspension.
Because the Spurs' early inclusion made Li Liang very uncomfortable.
The Spurs' early timing was very accurate and resolute. It was when Li Liang had just received the ball after halftime, immediately before Leonard and Tony Pat snatched it, Li Liang was forced to the center line.
At the same time, Danny Green is a dead-end Chris Paul, does not give Paul the opportunity to easily receive the ball organization.
Barnes is completely empty, the Spurs are to release Barnes, whatever you want.
Dribble or break, three-point shooting is also possible, if you count it, you can't vote... If you can't shoot the Spurs, you have to teach the Clippers.
The fighting between the two sides has started from the first quarter.
Rivers saw this, made adjustments during the timeout, replaced Griffin, and replaced Crawford.
In this way, the Clippers have two connection points for Crawford and Paul, and Li Liang mentioned the position of the power forward.
However, in this way, facing another problem, Li Liang and Duncan are in position.
The advantage of this lineup is offensive, the Clippers must play an offensive advantage, and then the second lineup to Griffin to connect, a set of punches can beat opponents.
But after the timeout, Leonard Danny Green's double lock successfully caused Crawford's mistake.
The Spurs quickly counterattacked. Leonard received Parker's pass and the layup was successful. The two sides tied.
Subsequently, Leonard nearly snatched Li Liang again defensively, but the referee blew his whistle late, blowing Leonard's pushing foul.
Leonard never argued and gave the ball to the referee. Li Liang was pushed down and his teammates stepped forward to pull him up.
The Spurs' defense completely revolved around Li Liang.
Popovich and the Spurs coaching staff must have done a lot of preparations, and every possible means to lock up Li Liang.
Li Liang served the sideline and the Spurs' defense was very tight. Li Liang gave Paul and then slipped the bottom line to the right corner to catch the ball and then passed the ball to Jordan in the middle.
Li Liang was running on the field, it can be said that he spared two laps, ran back to the left corner, received a pass from Barnes, made a three-point shot, and hit!
A beautiful three-pointer, with a high concentration of attention, Li Liang's feel is well controlled.
The Spurs' tough defense did not make Li Liang flinch, he would only face the difficulties!
In fact, Spurs players and Popovich are also very distressed, Li Liang is really very difficult to deal with.
You have to say that he has strong personal abilities. On singles technology, he is much worse than Kobe and McGrady in the past.
You have to say that he has poor personal ability, scoring explosiveness, three-point shooting ability exploded, even your mother didn't know.
You say he is a system player, he can often use his personal abilities to ignore opponents and blast his opponent.
You said he is not a system player. Li Liang did use the Clippers system to help him have a better offensive environment.
So for this player, Popovich is really inexplicable, anyway, greet him with various tricks.
After that, Parker missed the bottom line and missed a mid-range jumper.
Li Liang scored a rebound in the backcourt and launched a quick counterattack. As a result, the pass was missed and Danny Green cut it off.
Danny Green made a long pass and Leonard wanted an air relay, but Li Liang rushed forward and intercepted!
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The offensive and defensive battles of the two sides have been heated up in the middle and late of the first quarter.
The defensive intensity on both sides is very large, and the shooting rate has begun to decline.
Li Liang is still very cautious in his shot selection. He wants to use the pass to mobilize the Clippers' offense.
However, the Spurs' tight defense and efficient rotation make the Clippers' position battle very difficult.
The Spurs also played badly.
Parker's state after the opening was very general. Last season, he was the number one engine of the Spurs' offense. This season, the state has fallen too much.
After the Ginobili debut, the Spurs' offense has not improved.
Compared with Li Liang's cautious and offensive offense, he completely released his hands and feet on the defensive end, constantly interfering with the Spurs' offensive coordination.
Before the series started, Li Liang made the most preparations not for three-point training, but for watching the Spurs' offensive video clips.
After two rounds of training, the Spurs reached a very smooth and comfortable position on the offensive end.
If you want to defeat the Spurs, you must not ignore the Spurs' offensive strength.
This is Popovich's success since the reform of the Spurs in 2010. This GDP-centric team has been operating for more than ten years. From the past, the slow-paced defensive superstar team has been successful. Strong team.
As for how strong, others may not be very clear, but Li Liang is clear, very strong, not worse than the 70-win Clippers.
Of course, any strong team has loopholes and shortcomings. If you want to defeat your opponent, you must catch the opponent's shortcomings and loopholes.
Li Liang believes that the biggest advantage of the Spurs' offensive end is their skillful transfer of the ball and tacit understanding of the pass, and the loophole lies in their transfer of the ball and the pass.
The so-called growth, it must cover its shortcomings.
An important reason why the Spurs have the league's best offensive cooperation is that they have to rely on this team cooperation.
They didn't need it because they had Duncan.
Now they still have Duncan, but Duncan, who is 38 years old.
Duncan before the age of 30 can make the offense simple. The 38-year-old Duncan can only guarantee a few attacks at a critical moment and stability on the defensive end.
If you want to rely entirely on Duncan, it will definitely not work.
So it took Spurs a few years to build a new system, giving Duncan a new play and positioning.
And what Li Liang has to do is to work hard to break their system and destroy their transfer ball.
Of course, this is very difficult, the defense needs the Clippers team's cooperation, otherwise Li Liang will also be played by the Spurs' pass.
Rivers and Mike Brown were of course prepared. For this reason, Rivers and Brown, Lu and others had some controversy.
Rivers believes that the Clippers are the proactive side, and the second round of play should be followed.
Of course, Li Liang does not think so. Li Liang and even the potential of this Spurs, many people have not seen it, so he constantly comments with the coaching staff, thinking that it is necessary to make a defensive response and preemptively.
Mike Brown believes that Li Liang is right, I have the same idea.
Therefore, Brown developed a defensive strategy, which is to prevent the Spurs from passing the ball, corresponding to the Spurs' misplaced offense and low singles.
This is a risky defensive strategy.
Misplaced singles is the ultimate goal of many of the NBA's offensive tactics. If the Spurs are allowed a large number of misaligned offenses, it is possible to break the Clippers' defense.
However, Li Liang is confident to make up for it to the greatest extent, and believes that the Spurs' current single-player offensive firepower will not easily break the Clippers defense.
There is also ~EbookFREE.me~ Li Liang has confidence in his offense.
In the first quarter, although the Spurs bit the score tightly, the Clippers still suppressed the Spurs on the scene.
When the Spurs continued to rely on foul free throws to chase points, Li Liang made another three-pointer to stabilize the situation.
Then Leonard made an offensive foul on the defensive end.
When Li Liang came off the field in the first quarter, he made 5 of 5 shots and scored 13 points. He also scored 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Leonard and Li Liang ended at the same time.
Li Liang did not forget to say hello to Leonard, "Come on, fight for me."
Although Li Liang was stolen, none of his attempts missed.
Leonard was expressionless, without looking at Li Liang, and walked off the court.
But the war between the two has already begun.