Chapter 930: Unstable difficulty

The Kings proved themselves through a battle at home, defeating the Lakers, also in the Pacific Division, and achieved a record of 7 wins and 3 losses.
This is the best start for the Kings since the beginning of the 2001-2002 season, when the King was the first in the West and the best in history.
Of course, this result was the worst start of Li Liang's career. You know how thick the thighs Li Liang held before.
After the Kings defeated the Lakers, morale reached a high point.
But teams that rely on morale have a more obvious problem with instability.
The king is now a group of unstable elements.
The first to bear the brunt is Cousins.
Cousins ​​was playing happily, an inside giant, and this year he has a faint first center posture.
If you are not happy, let's have a technical foul first.
On November 11, the Double 11 Kings played away against the Trail Blazers. Cousins ​​made a big kill at Moda Center. As a result, he was sent off for two technical fouls in the fourth quarter. His temper came up and he couldn't stop him.
Fortunately, the Kings still defeated the Blazers by 125:122, 3 points, and won five consecutive victories.
On November 13, the king returned to Sacramento to meet the Spurs' challenge.
Li Liang wanted revenge in this game, but Cousins ​​fouled twice in the first quarter.
After coming up in the second quarter, he knocked down Pau Gasol in the offensive for a foul and was called an offensive foul.
Li Liang had to replace Cousins ​​again. The Kings faced the problem of inside defense throughout the game.
The Spurs Popovich lifted the twin towers in due course, Gasol and Ade, the two used their height advantages to constantly bomb the King's weak inside.
At 108:111, the Kings lost to the Spurs for the second time in the season with a three-point disadvantage.
Revenge failed.
After the game, returning to the locker room, Li Liang resisted his anger and did not get angry with Cousins.
He silently used [Tim Duncan's Touching Killing] to calm Cousins' ups and downs.
Li Liang decided that this season, if Cousins ​​was bald, he would use his head to improve his temper.
Cousins' foul ability should be said to be historical level.
Among players who have played more than 500 games, his average fouls per game ranks fourth in history.
The three people in front of him were all players from the 50s and 60s. The NBA environment and rules of that era were completely different from the present.
Therefore, Cousins ​​is regarded as the "foul king" of modern basketball.
In comparison, Li Liang is simply the "no foul king" of the league, and he controls fouls very well.
In four years of high-intensity, high-density, and long-term competition, Li Liang was sent off only once.
On the one hand, he has a good relationship with the referee, on the other hand, he has a very good control over emotions and movements.
How to control emotions and fouls is a topic that Cousins ​​must face.
After all, he is the inner core of the team. Without him, the King would have fallen by half and it would be too difficult to play in the regular season.
The second person the king is emotional is Rondo.
Rondo is equally temperamental, and sings against Li Liang from time to time in the game.
Of course, the end result was suppressed by the hair dryer.
So Li Liangneng can hold him down.
After losing to the Spurs, the No. 18 Kings played against the Clippers at home.
Rondo clashed with Paul in the game, and the two had cursed each other since the first quarter.
Paul's status in the league is indeed very high. He has a champion in hand and is the chairman of the union. He can be a man and do things. Although he is small, he has a very charming personality.
But there are always people who are not satisfied, such as Deron, such as Rondo.
Deron is in the same year, Rondo is only one year later than Paul, has a champion, and has more temper.
By the second quarter, the conflict between the two sides began to escalate.
Rondo was intercepted by Paul in an attack, then turned around and grabbed, and the two fell to the ground fighting to form a ball.
The referee blew the scrimmage and neither of them let go after they got up.
As a result, they sprayed each other face to face.
After a trash talk, I thought I was going to die, but Rondo suddenly spit on Paul's head with a "date-core nail".
Can Paul bear this? Laoquan swiped directly on Rondo's face!
The two directly fought each other.
Cousins, Jordan, Griffin and others rushed over to persuade them.
When Li Liang saw it, he wanted to go up and play, but then he thought, I am a coach and I can't play.
So Li Liang also went to persuade him to fight, "You should slap him in the face, don't use your fists, slap your hands, your fists are too dangerous and will fracture..."
He doesn't know which way to persuade him.
There was chaos on the court, and Kings fans said that the ticket was worth it.
Not only watched a basketball game, but also a wonderful boxing.
With the NBA's overall environment becoming more and more "civilized", there are really not many such scenes.
Like those old fans in the 1970s, going to the NBA to watch the NBA is mainly a boxing match, and watch basketball by the way.
The referee's whistles went up and down, and the two were finally pulled apart.
Regardless of Paul's height, his boxing level is not bad.
When broadcasted on TV, Paul sturdyly punched Rondo.
When Rondo fought back, Paul took advantage of his height and hid his head without being beaten.
After reviewing the video, the referee sent both of them off the court.
Without Paul, the Clippers would have no backbone.
In the third quarter, Bi Li Liang led a wave of offensive shockwaves to break down.
In the end, the Kings relied on Rondo to lead Paul to blew himself up, defeating the Clippers at 107:99 at home and avoiding losing streak.
However, after the game, the NBA officially issued a penalty, and Rondo and Paul received two bans each.
This suspension can be said to be quite severe.
The scenes of the two parties spitting and fighting are also repeatedly shown on the TV station.
Li Liang said in an interview after the game,
Rondo is a competitive player. He plays very tough and has the style of an old-shool player. He had some skirmishes with Paul. I think it’s normal. It is the opponent, the enemy. I immediately stepped forward to separate them. This is my responsibility. I am now a coach."
"But I heard that you let Rondo slap Paul on the court?"
"Who said that? He must have heard it wrong. I told Rondo to stay calm and slap myself if I want to fight."
After picking himself out, Li Liang immediately commented on Twitter and posted a picture of Paul Boxing Rondo with a comment: "A great moment in boxing in the 21st century."
It seems that Li Liang not only knows basketball but also boxing.
But the Kings immediately faced the next problem, and there was no Rondo for the next two games.
Rondo's ability to control the ball in offense is still very important to the Kings.
On the 20th, the Kings played against the Raptors at home. Without Rondo, Li Liang's offensive organization pressure increased.
He held the team's offense, scoring 27 points and 21 assists in a single game, helping the Kings 105:98, 7 points advantage to defeat the Raptors.
Anyway, don't think about the halftime punch card last season, you have to go all out if you want to win every game.
The defending champion Thunder is also unable to punch at halftime.
On the 23rd, the Thunder visited Sacramento and Li Liang faced his old club for the first time in the new season.
In the opening game, the Thunder had already received the championship ring and was waiting for Li Liang to go to Oklahoma City.
In this game, the Thunder did not give Li Liang face, Durant and Westbrook teamed up to score 77 points.
Westbrook has 33 points and Durant has 44 points!
Although Li Liang scored 36 points and 16 assists.
But he is too busy.
The coach is him, the master is him, and Durant is still him.
During the intermission, Li Liang drank a bottle of Gatorade to replenish his energy.
In the regular season, Li Liang rarely drank the Gatorade delivered by the system, which shows how tired he is without the ball holder Rondo.
In the end, the Thunder defeated the Kings by 118:113, 5 points.
The Kings' two consecutive victories came to an abrupt end.
It is too difficult for a team with unstable players to win a streak in the regular season.