Chapter 853: Starting

On May 16, the NBA Western Conference finals kicked off.
On this day, NBA President Adam Silva came to the Russian City Energy Center with the MVP trophy and was to present the MVP trophy to Li Liang on the spot.
In fact, according to this year's regulations, Li Liang should go to the league office to receive the trophy, but Li Liang is not happy.
He just wants to receive the MVP trophy in the energy center under the eyes of everyone.
It's not to show off in front of everyone, but Li Liang thought that if he left after finishing playing in the Thunder this year, he should still leave some good memories in Russia.
Silva has no choice but Li Liang is now the number one big name.
To be honest, for the attribution of this MVP, if Curry is not Anderma but Nike, it is estimated that some media people will vote for Curry and let Curry take the MVP.
It is a pity that Curry, like Li Liang, is an Andema, it doesn't matter.
Before the game started, Li Liang took the MVP trophy from Silva and raised it in front of 20,000 spectators.
This is also the first MVP trophy in the history of the Oklahoma City Thunder. It is also the first in the history of supersonics.
Therefore, Li Liang raised this trophy at home, it is also very commemorative.
At the same time, Li Liang has also become the first in NBA history, and is likely to be the only player who won the best sixth man and MVP at the same time.
After all, a player as thick as his skin should not be the second in history.
Just as Li Liang's colleague who won the MVP trophy, Curry sat quietly on the bench and watched this terrible man take the bag.
For the Warriors, facing the Thunder is facing Li Liang.
The pain of last year's finals seemed to be in sight, crushed by Li Liang all his life.
A terrible mid-range jumper, an unreasonable three-pointer, only the playoff opponents know best, Bruce Lee's strength.
This is an unreasonable person.
Some research and statistics in the regular season cannot explain his performance in the playoffs and finals.
Therefore, the Warriors players are looking forward to this confrontation in their hearts, and they are a little afraid.
A strong opponent can arouse the athlete's desire to win and forge ahead.
But an overly powerful opponent will also make people lose their fighting spirit.
Throughout the season, Li Liang felt like "I haven't worked hard".
His body, which was strong for a whole circle, seemed to contain a huge amount of energy. He had already accumulated a season and was waiting for this moment to erupt.
The Warriors are very strong, and 71 wins is also one of the best in NBA history. They deserve Li Liang's all-out effort.
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After the award ceremony, Li Liang returned the trophy to the locker room, and the game was about to begin.
This game, Li Liang appeared in the Thunder's list.
Are you kidding, MVP?
Since getting the best sixth man, Li Liang no longer needs to install any substitutes.
Li Liang directly, this is the first time Li Liang has debuted in this season except for the previous games.
The feeling is still pretty good.
The Warriors are still Bogut, Curry, Green, Thompson plus Barnes.
This stable and strong lineup looks slightly unsightly in front of the Thunder.
Green's "Liphobia" does not know if there is any sign of improvement, if not, then the Warriors will be very difficult to fight.
Another problem facing the Warriors is Curry’s injury.
After the first round of ankle sprain, Curry's injury was intermittent, like a lingering rain, stopping for a while.
It wasn't too big when it was going down, but it obviously had an impact on Curry. When it stopped, the sky was still gloomy, and it was always unfavorable.
If these two problems are not solved, the Warriors will be difficult this series.
At the beginning of the game, Adams took the lead in the jump ball and the ball was attributed to the Thunder.
West decided to start.
The first ball of the opening, after Westbrook got the ball, Green immediately stepped forward to interfere and wanted to break Westbrook's ball.
It can be seen that the Warriors are full of energy tonight.
Cole understands that the Thunder's three strong holding points on the outside line can't be seen without doing some work on the defensive end.
Westbrook controlled the ball, the Thunder's first attack, Adams mentioned the high position for Westbrook pick-and-roll.
With the cover, Westbrook rushed to the basket with the ball!
As the lightning strikes, the Warriors shrink their defense immediately, and Westbrook chooses to throw the ball high to Adams who cuts to the basket.
After Adams received the ball, one-handed dunk succeeded!
Westbrook's goal, one man knocked down two defenders Green and Thompson.
The Warriors' defensive arrangement is still the same as the regular season, let Curry deal with Robertson.
Thompson defended Westbrook one-on-one.
The Warriors' counterattack came quickly.
Bogut held the ball in high position, and then Curry and Thompson repeatedly around the screen to protect the air.
Thompson made a big circle from the bottom corner, throwing away Robertson's defense, cutting into the basket to receive Bogut's pass, and turning a single-handed throw to score two points.
2:2, both sides use the best tactical cooperation to get points.
But immediately, Durant followed Li Liang's defensive attraction in the high position, found a gap in the basket, passed the ball to Robertson, Robertson received the layup under unmanned defense.
The Thunder's ability to pull space is no worse than the Warriors.
Li Liang's debut, so that the Thunder can smoothly play tactical cooperation.
Then, after Curry flicked the defense from the outside, he stabbed for a quick stop and missed a jumper.
Adams got a rebound in the backcourt.
On the Thunder side, Li Liang still didn't take the ball and gave it to Durant.
After conducting the ball twice, Li Liang was given 45 degrees to the left.
Li Liang made a three-pointer and missed the ball.
Neither of them scored the first goal.
Green got the rebound, dribbled and counterattacked himself, and drove to the basket to try to make Li Liang a foul.
Li Liang didn't want to give him any chance to show himself. As soon as he opened the game, he [Direction of Death] broke the ball.
Green felt that he had no reason to break the ball!
He also wanted to have an andone, but as a result, the ball was gone.
In order to appeal to the referee, the referee ignored him at all.
Li Liang, who succeeded in stealing the ball, held the ball for half.
Green didn't catch up, Li Liang suddenly accelerated to kill the basket near the three-point line!
Because Li Liang often chooses to counterattack a direct three-pointer in the fast break, the Warriors players will stick tighter.
But this time Li Liang did not shoot, but used a strong body to hit the basket.
His speed and explosiveness are not as good as those of black players like James.
But his strength is quite strong, directly against Bogut to force a layup.
The goal was not scored, but Bogut fouled.
This is not good news for the Warriors.
Li Liang's [Hard difficulty on/dunk] ability value is not high enough, otherwise it is a 2+1.
Standing on the free throw line, Li Liang made two free throws to help the Thunder start the Warriors with a 6:2.
The Thunder can only hold the Warriors in the opening game.
Thompson immediately stopped the jumper and made a two-pointer after using a screen from the outside.
The Thunder also received a pass from Li Liang on the right side of Durant, and a mid-range jumper succeeded.
The offense on both sides began to play more and more open, and more and more into rhythm.
But overall, the Thunder entered the rhythm quickly, the Warriors did not fully enter their own rhythm because Curry has not yet scored.
Curry was heavily targeted by the Thunder.
Westbrook's outside line is defensive. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com cuts into the inside line. The Thunder and the three gibbon will surely post over to pinch interference.
As long as Green's point is outside, it is basically in a state of being let go.
Donovan was already firm, Green wanted to vote with him, and he would never let Curry play.
During the offense, Green had two three-point chances for a big open, but the result was not cast, forcing a pass to Curry.
Under close defense, Curry quickly managed to make a three-pointer but missed.
The Thunder took the opportunity to fight back.
Li Liang was transformed into a humanoid tank for a time, quickly off, catching the ball and attacking the basket.
Before playing some teams, as long as Westbrook alone can be a three-second zone.
To fight the Warriors, the two must work together and Adams will follow.
The score reached 14:8, 6 points difference, Cole called a timeout.