Chapter 797: Disadvantages

When Li Liang first came to the Thunder, this was not the case.
Westbrook and Li Liang are almost seamlessly connected, and the control of the front is a classic match on the basketball court.
The combination of Li Liang's space containment and Westbrook's impact tearing ability is quite perfect.
The effect of the two's pick-and-roll cooperation is quite outstanding.
But as the game gets more and more, the team's preventive measures are increasingly in place for this simple pick-and-roll cooperation.
A small man will always squeeze through the defense. There is a big man inside the defense. The person who defends Li Liang will always be close to Li Liang and let Westbrook attack.
At this time, Westbrook's unstable shooting and the shortcomings of inflexibility were slowly exposed.
In addition, Li Liang has more time to play with the second team, and the pick-and-roll cooperation between the two has become less and less compared to the beginning of the season.
On the contrary, the combination of Durant and Li Liang has become more and more powerful.
The two strongest forwards in the league of shooting ability are simply to make opponents undefeated.
It’s wrong to prevent you. You’re wrong, you’re wrong, you’re wrong, you’d better have four people to prevent two people.
But what about the rest? Three for one air defense?
There has never been a duo in NBA history that has such a strong outside shooting ability.
Perhaps the closest is the contemporary Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
But the stature advantage of the two is unmatched by the Warriors Shuihua Brothers.
Li Liang and Durant scored one goal for you and one for me, and quickly opened the score.
On the Lakers side, Kobe became a negative player again, with three goals.
Li Liang thought, 20 years later, the old department is still that old department, I really do not forget the original intention.
More than ten points behind from the first quarter, the Thunder quickly returned in the second quarter.
Pull the difference to over 10 points.
Scott called a timeout to cool Kobe.
The temperature of this iron stove is a bit high.
Soon, Kobe adjusted the state. After the high position and Love's pick-and-roll, Love made a quick pass to the inside line. Hibbert caught the ball and turned to a small hook, hitting the board.
Following that, the Lakers guarded a full-court press, hitting the ball on the line and holding the ball. The Thunder lost the best offensive opportunity in the repeated transmission of the ball. In the end, Li Liang received a strong three-pointer and missed the ball.
The Lakers Love scored a rebound in the backcourt, and a super long pass throughout the game was passed to Kobe.
Kobe made the layup easily after receiving the ball.
Another 2 points.
The resilience in this year's Lakers game is quite sufficient.
Traditional teams have the disadvantages of traditional teams, but they also have the advantages of traditional teams.
They are generally based on defense, playing steadily, regardless of offense and defense are tough and orderly, not easily washed down by a wave.
The Lakers slowly chased the score to about 5 points, and Scott replaced Leonard.
The Thunder also changed their main force. In the last five minutes of the second quarter, the Thunder 47:42, leading the Lakers by 5 points.
Westbrook rested for a while, and finally appeared!
As soon as he played, he felt Westbrook's breath, and he seemed to prove himself.
Then the outside attacked with the ball, organized, and commanded his teammates to run. Li Liang came over to pick and place for Westbrook, but Westbrook signaled that Li Liang flashed away. Then Westbrook faced Clarkson's defense and drove the ball twice. Pull it out!
Three pointers!
No basket!
Li Liang also wants to pick up an offensive rebound in this ball. Westbrook is awesome, and does not give you this opportunity.
You touched the basket when you cast TM.
Another opportunity for the Lakers to fight back.
This time the Thunder retreated very fast, Li Liang squatted in the basket early to stand in position.
But Westbrook's ball was not well guarded, and Clarkson gave it away.
Clarkson unblocked the basket unimpeded, Li Liang stepped forward to defend, was defensive foul by Clarkson, hit the free throw line.
This Westbrook was troubled once he played, and Li Liang couldn't help but go up to touch his authority, "What the are you doing? The defense should keep up, keep close!"
Westbrook responded, "Got it."
This is his temper, as unpredictable as his style of play.
You don't know when he will play any fairy ball, or when he will make a super ghost move.
This may also be one of the charms of Westbrook, and is completely different from the stable Li Liang and Durant.
Clarkson made two free throws and the Lakers pushed the score again.
Scott does have two brushes. He uses a more traditional tactical method to deal with the Thunder's "two-headed dragon" strategy.
It seems that it is actually very simple, that is to shorten the rotation and drag the rhythm and time in the second team confrontation.
After the main force comes up, play positions, improve efficiency, and use variable defensive strategies to interfere with the Thunder's offensive rhythm.
This method is like the football world. Mourinho puts a bus at the door of Inter Milan to fight Barcelona, ​​but I can't but you, I will slowly grind against you.
The Lakers are playing better and better. After the Thunder played in Westbrook, it was a bit chaotic.
Westbrook made two wrong choices, and then Li Liang had a pass error on offense and his third error in the field.
The Lakers seized the opportunity to fight back, Clarkson once again took the lead, quickly rushed into the basket.
But Durant, who was followed by a big hat, Li Liang caught up and grabbed the backboard, long pass to Westbrook.
Westbrook found a chance this time, single-handedly, the red boy stepped on the hot wheels and hit the basket, jumped, his body was like a full bow, and then smashed the ball into the basket!
Westbrook's body seemed to have endless energy.
Donovan had just pressed him against the bench for too long, so he got excited and excited before he made a mistake.
Let him vent, his mind sober, and he will soon be well.
At the end of the second quarter, the Thunder maintained their advantage.
59:53, leading the Lakers by 6 points, ending the first half.
This is the first half of the Thunder's fierce play this season.
The average team does not fall behind by 10 points in the half, so I am embarrassed to say that I played the Thunder Big Three.
Such a game is also a good thing for the Thunder.
No team is flawless, and you will encounter all kinds of problems.
The two games against the Lakers exposed some of the Thunder's problems.
The Thunder inside has two big bears like the center, but the inside defense and supplementary defense are not good.
There is no way. In the past, this work was given to Ibaka. When Li Liang came, he played as a substitute, and he was not as capable of blocking and assisting.
Collison's playing time has greatly increased, and Collison's weakness on the defensive end is still very obvious.
And Thunder still has a problem.
If they can't get a big advantage in the first half, and get the beginning of the third quarter, Li Liang continues to sit off the court, then the first five minutes of the second half may be a disadvantage for the Thunder.
The third quarter has always been a key segment of the game. Once the score is passive, the entire game may fall into the passive.
That was how the Thunder lost the last game against the Lakers.
The rare fall behind in the first half, the Lakers continued to expand the score at the beginning of the third quarter.
By the time Li Liang came on stage, the momentum of the game was already in the hands of the Lakers.
Li Liang's shortcomings in playing the bench gradually exposed.
Intermission ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Donovan and Mike Brown discussed the issue.
Mike Brown thinks it might be possible to let Li Liang return in the second half.
In this way, Li Liang played off the bench in the first half, leading the second team to seize the advantage.
In the second half, in two quarters, he returned to his normal lineup and defeated his opponent in one fell swoop.
Donovan believes that Mike Brown's proposal makes sense.
Of course, in this game, Donovan is not ready to make adjustments.
Still in accordance with the original plan, Li Liang continued to sit on the bench and played in the third quarter after playing a small half.
At this rhythm, players are used to it.
Donovan hopes that the regular season will be finished with this more balanced rotation.
It's not too late to zoom in until the playoffs.