Chapter 957: protracted war

In the first game, the Kings won a victory at Oracle.
This victory was very precious, not only allowed the Kings to regain their home court advantage, but also allowed the Kings players to build up enough confidence to face the Warriors.
Confidence is extremely important for a team.
In ancient times, fighting depends on morale, and the same goes for playing.
Many teams whose overall strength is not the strongest, can reach the end in the playoffs, except for a little luck, is the morale.
The 11-year-old Mavericks and the 95-year Rockets all played and played out the championship temperament.
And what do they rely on, the most important thing to rely on is the top performance of the top star in the team.
In fact, the same was true for the Pacers the year before. Li Liang just did what he did with the Pacers.
Of course, today's warriors are more terrifying than the warriors of the previous year, and Li Liang also played harder.
After today's game ended, Li Liang took a breath in the locker room before going to the press conference.
Obviously I drank Gatorade, but in the end I still felt hollowed out. I can imagine my physical energy consumption.
Li Liang took half of the team's points. The key is that he is not idle at all on the defensive end.
11 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks, it can be said that they all tried their best.
Like some stars, if they score 40 or 50 points on the offensive end, the defensive end will be a little easier, and teammates will protect him.
Li Liang can't, because Cousins ​​has a short playing time.
Li Liang still has to do the job of coaching. Tonight he and Cole fought wits and courageously, and finally won a timeout.
Therefore, after the game, Li Liang really wanted to sleep, and didn't want to participate in the press conference.
In the end, Li Liang bit the bullet and participated in the post-match press conference with Brown and Rondo.
Not only because of the rules of the league, Li Liang also has to use the press conference to put a little pressure on the Warriors.
Of course, how to apply this pressure and how to handle it is a science.
If it is not applied well, the pressure becomes motivation, which is a bad thing for the king.
"The Warriors performed really well today. If we give them another chance, such as a three-pointer, the result may be very different. We won the game tonight, and there is a little luck in it. Thank you Oracle Arena, this is my blessed place."
Oracle Arena has been a nightmare for all non-Warrior teams in the league.
Only for Li Liang is different.
Because there are too many Chinese fans in the Bay Area.
Tonight is no exception. A large number of Chinese fans have come to Oracle to cheer on Li Liang. Li Liang has a feeling of playing at home.
Every time a goal is scored, there will be cheers on the scene.
Li Liang's away game is already strong, not to mention at Oracle.
This remark undoubtedly gave the Warriors fans a lot of pressure.
Someone on the local fan forum suggested that the next game against the Kings, the fans on the scene should cheer the Warriors.
However, this kind of initiative is clearly against American freedom.
Cheering for any party in any arena is allowed.
Therefore, this proposal was quickly drowned in saliva.
Li Liang's unsalty or indifferent remarks gave Cole no chance to fight back.
As a champion member from the 90s, Cole has always been very good at using public opinion wars.
Post a variety of controversial remarks before and after the game to interfere with the opponent's performance.
But this trick has no effect on Li Liang.
Moreover, Li Liang has another big trick-Twitter is useless.
Li Liang is now an out-and-out celebrity on Twitter.
He interacts with people who know everything but don't know anything almost every day.
People are surprised to find that Li Liang's knowledge is quite broad.
In addition to posting basketball-related content on Twitter, he often posts things related to China.
Help foreign ignorant people understand China and know that Chinese people don’t have pigtails. Many Chinese people also live a modern life in cities with running water and TV. They even use some social time in the United States to compare the domestic situation in China. Teach American history and let them see the splendid Chinese culture.
Chinese culture is not only the gorgeous costumes, various dramas, and calligraphy.
After all, Li Liang graduated from the University of Kentucky, and his posture level is quite high. He will publish some relatively profound things about Chinese culture.
Of course, it's a pity that most of the time such a tweet has not enough reposts, replies, and likes.
It's far better than predicting the game, or fighting the stimulus from the general leader.
But there are also a small number of people willing to watch it.
Teammate David West like Li Liang likes to watch Li Liang's Twitter.
The two often discuss some deeper cultural and political issues in private.
The so-called people can't look at themselves, don't look at West Black and a big man, in fact, there are many ideas.
It can be seen from his playing style. He is tough, but not reckless. He has fine technique and is a rare classic power forward.
In the first game, when Cousins ​​was absent most of the time, it was he and Li Liang who supported the inside line of the Kings.
After this game, Li Liang gradually had the idea of ​​putting Cousins ​​back on the bench and letting West start.
Because Cousins ​​is on the court, it is too easy to be misplaced in singles, a colander.
On the offensive end, his low attack is only useful at special moments. It can be used as a surprise weapon, but it cannot be used as a regular season weapon.
However, after thinking about it, Li Liangsi considered the morale of the team, so Cousins ​​was not put on the bench in the second game.
As a result, as the saying goes, if you are poor, you think about changes, but the warrior on the opposite side changes first.
In the second game, Cole decisively put Iguodala on the starting lineup, and Rooney returned to the bench.
In this way, the Warriors played a small lineup from the first quarter.
At the same time, this small lineup is meant to deal with Li Liang.
Iguodala, Thompson, James, the league's most luxurious striker ~EbookFREE.me~ against Li Liang alone.
In the second game between the two sides, there was not much suspense. The Kings were 10 points behind the Warriors from the first quarter.
After that, each quarter had to lose a few points to the Warriors. By the end of the fourth quarter, the Warriors had led the Kings by 21 points.
Needless to say, the king failed to pull the warrior into the quagmire in this game.
The warrior who has not entered the quagmire is the sports car on the highway. The king wants to rely on offense to catch up, but he can't catch up.
Even if Li Liang scored 39 points again in this game, he still could not prevent the 27-point disadvantage of 101:128 away from defeating the Warriors.
However, this failure was expected by Li Liang.
It's too difficult to steal two games in a row at the Warriors' home court.
For this round of series, Li Liang, who has always been good at blitz, is ready to fight for a long time.
The opponent is indeed very strong.