Chapter 942: Increased confidence

In this game, the Kings and Li Liang have played quite well, but they still lost.
In an interview after the game, Li Liang said, "I said, this is a wonderful game, and then, we have improved compared to before, we will do better."
For the loss, Li Liang has been able to deal with it calmly, even if it is a loss to the Warriors.
He no longer needs to use Tim Duncan's head-killing to heal himself, no longer need to go to the bathroom to take a shower, but after returning to the locker room, discuss with the players and coaches and summarize the process and results of the game.
Tonight the Kings undoubtedly lost on defense.
The bee's excellent defense against the dish, the face of the offensive sharp, passers, three-pointers are all historic warriors, lost the effect.
In fact, changing to another defense is not very useful.
In the absence of James, high-intensity pressure and squeezing of the pass line, especially the point where Curry is attacked-the offensive and defensive ends attack together and consume Curry, which will have a good effect.
As a result, with James, these defensive strategies all failed.
And because of James, Li Liang can no longer abuse Green.
Without this natural dislocation duel, Li Liang's advantage on the court would be reduced.
In addition, Cole resolutely carried out multiple defenses against Li Liang, and Li Liang, who had no superstar teammates, could not withstand it.
It can be said that the Warriors defeated Li Liang and the Kings with a perfect performance.
For this result, Li Liang can actually accept it, it is impossible to win every game.
More importantly, through this game, Li Liang found many problems with the team from the perspective of the head coach.
In addition to defensive issues, such as Cousins' emotional issues.
His fouls and technical fouls in the fourth quarter can be regarded as a turning point in the game.
After him, the Kings fell short in the score and never turned it over again.
After Li Liang replaced him, he never let him appear again, and played all the games with West.
In the locker room, Cousins ​​apologized to the senior and promised to control his temper.
Li Liang did not scold and criticize anyone. Instead, he said, "We played well tonight, but the momentum is not on our side. I hope everyone can remember this failure. Again, whoever laughs last laughs. The sweetest."
As a coach, you must have a long-term perspective and look at the state of the team throughout the season.
You can't just look at the gains and losses one time at a time.
If it is a strategy, you will look further and see the foundation and construction of an entire team.
Of course, Li Liang doesn't need it, because he himself is the cornerstone.
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Losing to the Warriors did not stop the king from moving forward.
Although they lost the game, the Kings did not lose their morale.
On the contrary, the course of the game proved that the Kings are no worse than the Warriors.
The two sides will definitely have a fight in the playoffs.
After the end of the winning streak, the Kings immediately followed the challenge from the Eastern Conference.
On February 6, the Kings defeated the visiting Chicago Bulls at home.
On February 8, a battle of focus, the Kings played against the Boston Celtics at home.
After the Celtics got James Harden, their strength has been qualitatively improved.
In the most recent All-Star Game vote, Harden received a large number of votes, placing him first in the East.
The East finally has their new king, with James still in the name.
But in order to get this James, the Celtics also made a comeback.
Angie wanted to keep Bradley to assist Harden and send Thomas to the Rockets.
It's a pity that the Rockets management is not stupid.
Thomas Jr. and Harden have a large part of overlap in function, and the overall strength and height are a grade worse than Harden.
However, his scoring ability this year is really strong and his personal condition is excellent.
After Stevens put him on the bench, he still averaged nearly 20 points per game.
In the starting lineup, Stevens reproduced the previous model, with four defenders, putting the burden of offense on Harden's shoulders and completely releasing Harden's firepower.
After coming to the Celtics, Harden's score continued to soar.
With 30 points, 35 points, 38 points, and 48 points, he has full power to fire.
In the east, where the overall strength is a bit short, Harden's ability has been fully released.
However, no one knows better than Li Liang on the full release of ability.
Li Liang has won a single-core victory in the Pacers.
No one knows what single core is better than me.
How to deal with single core?
Pinch the nucleus slightly.
As a result, in this game on February 8th, the little bees buzzed, and the Kings’
swarm
defense went crazy toward Harden.
This trick is of no use to the Warriors, but it relies heavily on Harden for offense. Others do not have the Celtics who have too strong offensive power. It is really easy to use.
Harden is a turnover king. When most offenses are launched from him, the King's hornet-like defense is very annoying.
In the audience, Harden made up to 13 turnovers!
The turnovers were easily doubled. In the crucial fourth quarter, Harden contributed 5 turnovers.
The explosive power of this mistake is really amazing.
The Kings also defeated the Celtics 108:100, 8 points, and won the focus of the battle.
After that, the Kings won the Eagles and Pelicans in a row and achieved 4 consecutive victories, further consolidating the second position in the West.
On February 14, an away game against the Lakers, the Kings unexpectedly lost by a big score.
The team is in a terrible state, and the Lakers performed very well. In Staples, the Kings lost 91:115.
This is also the game that Li Liang has lost the most points in the regular season in the past two years, exceeding 20 points.
However, on the 15th, people knew why the King's state in this game was so bad and why Li Liang's rotation was so bad.
They are preparing for this day away to play the Warriors back to back.
It doesn't matter if you lose to the Lakers, you can't lose to the Warriors again!
This game was played in Oracle Arena again, and the attention of the Kings team was very concentrated.
Sometimes in away games, the players play more together.
The state of the Kings is simply a drop from last season.
The Kings made 10 of 15 three-pointers in the first half, and Gordon once again became the team's hot spot. UU reading www. uukanshu.cOM
With Thompson putting his energy on Li Liang, Gordon held a lot of the ball and made 4 of 4 three-pointers in the counter attack. The Warriors' defense was deformed.
And Steve Kerr is very stubborn. He suffered too much from Li Liang before, so he insisted on continuing to pressure Li Liang.
As the head coach, Li Liang anticipated this. Starting from the first quarter, he would simply play for his teammates and let them cast their status.
In the first half, 10 of 15 and 7 of 12 in the second half, the Kings made 17 three-pointers in a single game!
Li Liang scored only 21 points in the game, but sent 15 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks.
Leading the Kings to Oracle Organ, 121:113, defeated the Golden State Warriors and avenged their previous revenge.
Before the All-Star Game, the Kings had a record of 45 wins and 12 losses, still behind the Warriors, firmly occupying the second place in the Western Conference.
Winning this game made Li Hao and his Kings teammates more confident.