Chapter 270: T-MAC

Kobe is now in a state of pain and happiness.
The pain is because of the injury and the inability to play. For him, a basketball maniac, how painful it is to not play.
He didn't even dare to imagine what kind of life he would live after retiring, anyway, he would not leave basketball.
Happiness is because the Lakers did not have a record decline without him.
Although in the absence of Kobe Bryant, the tone of the Lakers game seems a lot monotonous.
Playing the sun was led by a big score before finally reversing; while playing the Wizards was the opposite, almost being reversed.
Fortunately, the Lakers have been able to hold back both games, relying on Li Liang's excellent play.
An unreasonable three-pointer, a calm judgment at the last moment.
After these two games, the Lakers had to reassess the value of Li Liang.
Now, the Los Angeles media's voice about keeping Bruce Lee ahead of time is growing louder.
But Li Liang is not what you want to stay, you can stay if you want to stay. He won a contract player option for himself when he signed the contract, so the initiative is entirely in his hands.
Once he chose to jump out in the summer, the Lakers had almost no chance of leaving him.
So now the management is actively mobilizing, mobilizing the people, friends, and teammates around Li Liang to persuade him to make the promise left over in the summer.
But the Lakers did all this in vain.
First of all, Zhu Shu needless to say, the oil and salt do not enter, and do not interact with the Lakers management at all.
Wei Dazhi has recently turned around and rarely participates in social events in Los Angeles, saying that he should focus on journalism.
Ryan West came over and talked with Li Liang, but chatting and talking, Ryan West was said by Li Liang and wanted to leave the Lakers to prove himself.
And the one who has the energy to persuade Li Liang is Kobe.
Unexpectedly, Kobe rejected the management’s request for him to be a lobbyist, and bluntly, "Bruce will make his own choice, and I don’t want to interfere with him. Besides, our current focus should be on the present, on the playoffs, not Next season. This season is not over yet, is it?"
Kobe certainly makes sense, but the management must look at the long-term, and it is too late to temporarily hold the Buddha's feet.
But there is no way, Li Liang does not let go, but can only continue this way.
After playing the game with the Wizards, the Lakers rested for two days.
Li Liang continued to focus on training in the system, this time he restarted the task of [basic defense outside].
At present, his [basic outside defense] ability is 71, it should be said that playing regular season is still enough.
But the thought of fighting against Michael Jordan in the system is not enough.
On the 23rd, Li Liang entered the system at night and re-entered the task of [Basic Defense]:
[Task, Lock T-MAC, Time: March 20, 2003, Location: Auburn Hills Palace Stadium, Detroit, United States: Orlando Magic VS Detroit Pistons, Mission Requirements: Lock Tracy McGray during the game Di, suppress his score by no more than 30 points, and help the Pistons win. Mission reward: basic defensive ability +10, follow-up/post defense ability +5, task difficulty: star]
Seeing this task, Li Liang pinched his sweat, because this was the first time he had contacted the playoffs in the task.
And the difficulty of the task is really not small, it is necessary to lock Maddie!
What is the concept of McGrady in 2003? As a Chinese fan will definitely know.
Although the series against the Pistons in 2003 became McGrady's eternal pain, but his personal ability is nothing to say, pure magic is too poor.
With a 3:1 lead, they were overturned by the Pistons.
McGrady was ridiculed by many people for the phrase "I am thinking about the next round of opponents."
But in fact, his complete words in the interview are "If last year, we should consider the next round of opponents."
That's right, the NBA game system was reformed in the 2003 season. Before the first round, it was a 5-game 3-win system.
In 2003, in order to sell more tickets, it was changed to a 7-game 4-win system. As a result, the Magic was overturned, leaving forever regrets.
Regret is regrettable, McGrady dedicated a wonderful offensive performance in this round of series.
Especially in the first two games, in the away environment of the Auburn Hills Palace, he scored 40 points in two consecutive games.
A game of 43, a game of 46, the outside of the piston shivered.
Li Liang has seen these two games, so the task requires him to defend McGrady to 30 points?
No way, I can only try it.
...
On the 25th, the Lakers went to Oakland to begin the last long road trip before the playoffs.
Li Liang appeared on the plane with dark circles under his eyes, and sat down next to Nash.
Nash glanced at Li Liang and said, "Boy, have you been a thief at night?"
Li Liang shook his head and said, "I would rather be a thief, I need to rest..."
With that said, Li Liang fell asleep on the chair.
Nash felt strange and unreasonable. After two days of rest, he should be full of energy.
Why does Li Liang feel hollowed out?
It is said that he lives with two girls... Could it be...
Nash did not continue to think down, he was still very decent.
Li Liang is correct. What women do you need to play systematically?
In the past two days, I fought against T-MAC in the system, and almost did not exhaust him!
The results of it?
One mission contained McGrady at 38 points and 35 points in one game.
One lost and one won, but none completed the task.
In fact, winning is not particularly difficult, the problem is that McGrady is really too hard to guard against!
And this is not a regular season, it is a playoff, and the intensity has increased by one level.
Li Liang was a little bit uncomfortable in the task. The Pistons' defensive strategy was completely different from that of the Lakers. There were also problems with communication.
In short, Li Liang was very annoyed in the two games, and it was difficult to pass this task easily in a short time.
Sure enough, the difficulty has reached a certain level, and it is impossible to pass the speculation and take the easy way like that.
You must improve your hard power.
After arriving in Auckland, the Lakers went directly to the Oracle Arena on the 25th to participate in the game.
The distance between Los Angeles and Oakland is very close, so they are too lazy to stay in the hotel and leave after the game.
This game, the Lakers did not continue the good luck of the first two games, they were bombarded by the Golden State Warriors three points from the beginning.
The Warriors are now 39 wins and 32 losses, ranking seventh in the West, followed by the Houston Rockets in the eighth, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks are also eyeing.
Therefore, the Warriors must strive to win to ensure the team's playoff seats.
Klay Thompson made 6 of 11 3-pointers, and Stephen Curry made 4 of 9 3-pointers. The two contributed 10 3-pointers.
On the Lakers side, Howard took a break as usual with a dozen Warriors. He scored 10 points on 4 of 10 shots and only scored 2 of 6 free throws.
Paul Gasol is still in the state of recovery, he came off the bench and scored 8 points on 3 of 8 shots.
Of course, this is not the point, the point is that Li Liang's poor performance.
No way, he was squeezed out by McGrady in the system in the past two days.
Not only was Defensive Tracy McGrady being squeezed out, because he played two consecutive mission games and was still on the Pistons, causing his offense to be biased by the Pistons!
The garbage Pistons are fighting hard and defending their rhythm, making it difficult to play the Warriors Li Liang.
Even so, the Lakers battled the Warriors to the last minute.
Nash missed a crucial three-pointer and was counterattacked by the Warriors. Thompson made a fatal three-pointer and the difference was pulled to 8 points before the game lost its suspense.
The Lakers lost to the Warriors at 100:109, 9 points, and gave the road trip a bad start.