Chapter 949: California Civil War

After Li Liang's open three-point ability rose to 99, he did a comparative experiment during training to see if there was any difference from the 90s.
After several hundred more shots, Li Liang felt the difference-he became extremely stable.
This kind of stability does not come from the hands, because after years of training and competition, ability value bonus, rune bonus, Li Liang's hand shape has been very, very stable.
Hitting twenty and thirty open three-pointers in one go is a piece of cake for him.
This stability comes from his mentality, the mentality when shooting three-pointers.
Li Liang had felt this mentality before. It was when he entered the three-point contest and entered the state of selflessness.
This state is difficult to reach, and when the vacancy three-point ability value reaches 99, Li Liang finds that he can easily enter the state of selflessness.
Only the hands, the ball and the basket are left in his world.
Opponents, referees, and spectators do not exist.
Shooting has become a game of pure self and the basket, fighting against the earth's gravity and the laws of physics, and has nothing to do with other people.
On the evening of April 30th, Li Liang started his performance in San Antonio.
This year's playoffs are different from last year's Thunder, Li Liang is not prepared to stay at all.
After a season of running-in, Li Liang knew what his group of people was like.
No one is really afraid of it.
Even Li Liang is scared when he gets hard.
Therefore, in the playoffs, Li Liang, as the head coach, personally went into battle to give the players a sample.
This is the case in the first game of the first round. He wants to bring out the confidence of his teammates and let the players start the game in a relatively relaxed state, so that the Kings players can perform better.
Thus, in the first game in San Antonio, the Spurs, which did not defend the gate from outside, were pierced by Li Liang's three-pointers and emergency stop jumpers.
Li Liang's offensive choice after the opening is very simple, pick and roll with the ball.
He hit two consecutive three-pointers from the front, then began to stab into the basket, and made consecutive jump shots.
Li Liang's short-range emergency stop jumper has been well practiced, and on both wings 45 degrees, he is playing the board with his eyes closed.
He doesn't need to look at the basket, he only needs to aim for the rebound, his shot point is very high and he can't block shots at all.
Gasol and Aldridge weren't their strong suits to move. They could only rely on long arms to interfere. As a result, they watched Li Liang hit consecutively without any other way.
In the first quarter, Li Liang scored 20 points and the King led by 7 points at 37:30.
The Spurs' offense is also good, but Li Liang is really unstoppable.
Li Liang is not prepared to play any strategy or tactics with Popovich in the series.
From historical experience, the way to deal with Popovich is very simple.
After holding back for more than a season, Li Liang, who did not do his best except for the Olympics, finally made the people of San Antonio feel the fear of being dominated by Bruce Lee.
In the second quarter, Li Liang made 4 of 7 three-pointers and scored 15 points and 35 points in the half. The Spurs did not know how to defend.
In the third quarter, Li Liang continued to be unrelenting and made crazy three-pointers from outside - Li Liang's style of play in the Olympics.
Almost half of the Kings' shots were contracted by Li Liang.
In the third quarter, 3 of 5 three-pointers led the Kings to a wave of 15:0 attacks.
The Spurs had been trying to catch up before, taking advantage of Ad and Gasol's low position to get points.
As a result, Li Liang finally couldn't keep up and was exhausted in the face of Li Liang's tide and unable to defend.
Li Liang scored 54 points in the third quarter, making the fourth quarter directly into garbage time.
It was only then that the Kings felt for the first time what it was like to play with Li Liang who went all out.
It's easy, it's really easy.
Body is relaxed, mentality is more relaxed.
Don't do anything else, stand in the corner and wait for the pass in the offense, defend carefully, and then nothing will happen.
The Spurs simply cannot come up with effective defense to deal with Li Liang's indiscriminate offense.
Holding the ball outside, throwing a three-pointer directly after a pick-and-roll, or throwing it without the pick-and-roll level, this style of play is really shameless.
The small guy couldn't defend from the outside, and the big guy came out and Li Liang broke through the basket.
Double-teaming, double-teaming for two people means no, you need three-teaming.
Popovich especially missed Leonard at this time.
Although it is difficult for Leonard to restrain Li Liang one-on-one, it will not make Li Liang look like this.
Wiggins' defense of Li Liang was simply for nothing.
Li Liang's body is as strong as Malone, as accurate as Thompson's three-pointer, and has a height advantage, which can be said to be the peak configuration of "one shot and four grabs".
Durant may have better scoring skills and wingspan, but in terms of scoring continuity and anti-interference, he is really inferior to Li Liang.
In fact, from the time of the Olympics, many American experts, such as Li Liang’s iron fan Van Gundy, have already seen that Li Liang’s ability to digest the ball may have reached the peak of NBA history.
Ability is on the one hand, and on the other hand depends on Li Liang's style of play, which is the current trend and trend of NBA.
If Li Liang were in the NBA in the 90s, he would definitely change his style of play training, not what he is today.
What he looks like today is honed according to the NBA's trend rules, and of course it is the most efficient.
Van Gundy predicted at the beginning of the season that Bruce Lee is likely to average 35 points per game in the new season.
As a result, Van Gundy was slapped in the face, and Li Liang didn't break even 30 points.
In fact, Van Gundy said it was not wrong. Li Liang didn't break 35 because he didn't want to, not because he couldn't.
In the playoffs, in the first round of the Clippers, Li Liang scored 40 points in two games, easily.
In the first game against the Spurs, another 50 points in three quarters, once again relaxed.
In the end, the Kings were 127:110, a 17-point advantage took away a victory in San Antonio.
Li Liang, with full firepower, did not give the Spurs any chance.
The series of preparations Popovich made before the game were all in vain when the hardware conditions were insufficient.
There are no gates outside and Duncan inside. Today's Spurs are just a regular season team.
Relying on a smooth offense can fight encounters, and when it comes to the series of tough battles, it is weak.
On another field, the tiebreaker between the Thunder and the Lakers also came to an end.
The Lakers, with Wade and Leonard, still used the strength of the home court to defeat the Thunder by 5 points at Staples and successfully reached the Western Conference semifinals.
In this way, three of the four teams in the Western Conference semifinals are from California.
The West has become the California Civil War, and the only thing resisting is the Texas Spurs.
The flag of Texas fell again a day later.
The second game between the Spurs and the Kings continues in San Antonio.
In this game, the Spurs learned the lessons of the previous game and changed their defensive strategy.
First of all, Popovich switched to rookie Morrie as a starting point, replacing the old Parker.
The energetic Mori was asked to mark Li Liang during the game!
Of course, he is only leading the defense against harassment, and can not jump in defense, only close defense, just to prevent Li Liang's three-pointer.
Then, in the middle distance and three-second zone, the Spurs made heavy defenses to prevent Li Liang's breakthrough.
This trick really worked, and Li Liang couldn't throw three-pointers like the first game.
But this trick also has side effects. The bottom corners and flank spaces are completely opened.
In the first half, the Kings' three-point shooting was not good, leading the Spurs to take the lead.
During the intermission, UU reads www.uukanshu. com Li Liang told everyone, "Hit that three-pointer and we can win!"
In the second half, Tucker and Gordon broke out and hit consecutive three-pointers.
The Spurs are betting that the Kings will not make three-pointers.
As a result, a wave of three points tied the score.
Another wave of three-pointers, overtaking, the Spurs desperate.
Can't beat it!
The interior twin towers composed of Adelaide and Gasol appear to be soft and slow in front of the Kings, with slow offense and soft defense, which is extremely tasteless.
If 5 years earlier, this would be a very powerful combination.
Now, they have been left behind by the tide of the times.
At 101:95, the Kings made another victory in San Antonio, winning both away games.
The Western Conference is already here.