The second quarter of the game began quickly, and Li Liang continued to stay on the court.

This time he returned to the power forward position, and Griffin played center.

After abandoning Mullins, Hollins also has less playing time at this point.

Both of these players belong to the high-slow interior line, and Rivers has weighed in on the need to build a fast, strong offensive team, and the two have clashed with the team's style and naturally have less playing time.

The Rockets attacked for the first time, and Jeremy Lin saw that Jordan Jr. was not there, and tried to score under the basket.

As a result, Li Liang and Griffin formed a wall to block Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin passed the ball to Asik, only to be blown for three seconds.

But the Clippers' counterattack did not start, and after Griffin received a pass from Li Liang, he was cut off by Garcia.

Griffin had to foul.

This game McHale was enough to condemn, using Cosby to defend Griffin in the first quarter and Garcia in the second.

This makes it clear that he looks down on Griffin and doesn't need Smith to play against him, and Smith's main responsibility is to defend Li Liang.

After missing once, Jeremy Lin continued to hold the ball to the basket for the second time and finally scored.

And Li Liang also held the ball and rushed to the basket in the counterattack, causing Smith's foul and going to the free throw line.

Commentators at the scene commented that Bruce Lee would never have played such an offense last season, and this season he can.

Li Liang's progress is obvious to all, and the key is that everyone seems to take it for granted.

Li Liang hit both free throws at the free throw line, and Li Liang's free throw shooting rate was as high as 97% last season, the highest in the league.

In the entire history of the NBA, only Calderon in the 2009 season set a record of 151 of 154 free throws, and his 98% shooting rate surpassed Li Liang's.

In addition, those who have made a few penalties in a season do not count, and Li Liang's shooting percentage is second.

This season he continues to hold the record of not conceding free throws since the start of the game, and it is not known when the first free throw will be missed.

Then, the Rockets continued to block and dismantle in the offense, a trick that was tried and tested in the first quarter.

And the reason is not that the Clippers' interior defense is not good, but that the Clippers lack pressure on the ball carrier.

If the ball carrier lacks pressure, he can calmly judge whether he is attacking or passing the ball with the ball.

When passing, when to pass, what angle and strength to pass, will greatly affect the success rate of the receiver to attack the basket.

Once the pick-and-roll carrier is given too lenient options, it will be much more difficult for the defender to contain the opposing offense

Even if the opponent gets the ball in the core area of the basket down the inside, the offensive success rate will still be very high.

So this time Li Liang personally came to defend Jeremy Lin's blocking, he directly let go of Smith, and pursued Jeremy Lin with Collison, forcing Jeremy Lin to transfer the ball to the wing.

Once the ball was transferred to the flank, Li Liang immediately returned to the inside line and directed his teammates to regroup.

The Rockets failed to find a good offensive opportunity after trying to impact in turns, and finally Beverley forced a jump shot and missed.

Li Liang won the backcourt rebound, which was a relatively standard positional defense.

In the first quarter, the kind of blocking and demolition was penetrated, which really made Li Liang extremely uncomfortable.

The Clippers' offense also slowed down, and Li Liang began to command.

He responded in the high post, handing a hand-to-hand pass to Willie Green and then cutting outside to open up space.

Willie Green made a strong basket and scored two points with a left-handed layup.

The two sides gradually entered a tug-of-war.

The Rockets tried two more blocks on the offensive end, and found that it didn't work, and Li Liang did a pretty good job of pressing the ball carrier.

And he has a degree of defensive command, and there is always someone to protect the inside, and there is no such thing as an empty basket under the basket and then a drop ball in the air.

The Rockets changed their strategy on the offensive end and began to move the ball widely and run continuously, looking for gaps to shoot three-pointers.

The Rockets currently have five players on the court who have the ability to shoot three-point shots, and they open up the space.

The Clippers, on the offensive end, rely more on the individual abilities of their players for one-on-one singles.

Li Liang provided Crawford, Collisson, and Willie Green with very good quality pick-and-roll cover.

And every time Li Liang holds the ball and cuts outside after covering, someone will inevitably follow the rocket, and this point can't help but follow.

After nearly 6 minutes in the second quarter, the Clippers caught up with the score little by little, overtook it, and then suppressed the Rockets in the situation.

Although there was no way to open the score, it was obvious that the Clippers played quite methodically.

Having rules does not mean that you must play beautiful tactics, but that you have a degree of advance and retreat at both ends of the offense and defense, and the style of play is clear, and it will not be messy.

And the Rockets didn't let the Clippers pull away because they shot good three-pointers.

Beverley hit two three-pointers and Garcia hit a three-pointer to keep the margin at 2 to 3 points.

Until the main forces of the two sides reappeared, the Clippers had regained the initiative.

Li Liang was finally able to take a break for a while, and these few minutes gave Rivers a new understanding of Li Liang.

Rivers originally felt that Paul must be the absolute core of the team, no matter how powerful Li Liang is, no matter how much the boss likes him, with his qualifications and ability, he can only be the second core.

But in the past few minutes, Li Liang has played quite well with a substitute lineup that always loses points.

Paul is indeed better than Li Liang in terms of offensive organization, more creative, and can lead the team to play stronger offense.

But Paul's height and position dictate that he has too little impact on the defensive end.

Even if he's one of the best point guards in the league, it doesn't change that he can be a defensive hole and a point of attack for opponents at some times.

Li Liang is different, from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, he can defend every position.

And this is not just talking, when the Lakers had an injury crisis last season, Li Liang could really top the No. 5 position.

This determines that Li Liang is on the court, and the Clippers' defense is very solid, especially when he is in the No. 4 position.

The No. 4 position is the most influential position in defense, and the Celtics' defensive system is built on the strong defense of Garnett at the No. 4 position.

Li Liang is actually more suitable to play the No. 3 position, but the Clippers' No. 4 position is not good for Li Fen's defense!

At the moment, this kind of defensive end is not particularly compatible, and the Clippers coaching staff has not thought of any good way to do it so far.

Rivers tried to let Li Liangduo go to the inside to help defend the defense, but after all, the defense is a remedy, how can he personally defend in the fourth position?

In short, this problem needs to be solved slowly by the Clippers coaching staff, and the Clippers players on the court also need more run-in.

Li Liang only rested for 3 minutes off the court, and soon returned to the court, back to the position of small forward.

The Rockets' counterattack is still very ferocious, Parsons, Jeremy Lin, Harden, all three have a strong ability to counterattack quickly.

And Josh Smith, when he doesn't shoot and only shoots to the basket, is one of the best fast-down basket players in the league.

After Parsons hit a mounted arrow on the counter, the Rockets re-tied the score.

After the pause, Li Liang reappeared, poor Team Rocket, during the pause, the camera swept from the audience at the Toyota Center, and a third of the seats were still empty!

Judging from the rockets' not low tee ticket sales rate, it is estimated that many fans just don't want to come.

Li Liang hit a three-pointer from the outside immediately after he came on the court, and also caused Harden's beating foul!

Score four! Penalties should be imposed.

But to be honest, Li Liangdu felt that playing at the Toyota Center was boring.

Away, it was supposed to be crazy and screaming all over the court, but after he scored a fourth point, the whole court was silent, and then he blew his fingers from the old school, or made a "silence" action, and he blew up.

As a result, there was no sound at the scene, and his one-third shot was in, and the audience was a little moved.

may have been woken up by the referee's whistle, and then saw the rare four-pointer, and there were some Chinese fans at the scene, but they applauded.

Who the hell are you? Yes?

The Rocket players are already dogs, and Li Liang also thinks that Zhen Nima is boring.

With a free throw, the Clippers regained their advantage.

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