Chapter 954: Do whatever you want
The so-called one force will drop ten, Li Liang knows that playing tactics with the Warriors on the offensive end has no future.
You don't have as many cards in your hand as the Warriors, the Kings can play with the Warriors in the first half, and in the second quarter, they are steadily chasing back. The second is to rely on Rondo's personal outburst on the offensive end.
In addition to Rondo, Gordon, Guy, Cousins and others are all crotch pulls.
Even Li Liang's performance is average.
The Warriors are notoriously explosive in the third quarter, and if you want to defeat the Warriors, you must hold on in the third quarter.
According to D'Antoni's arrangement, whether it can withstand it is really a big question.
Li Liang knew that the time had come, and he had to hang up!
Li Liang thought clearly last night that the first game must be grabbed to weaken the momentum of the warriors, otherwise it will be difficult to play in the following games.
Because the Kings themselves are a team that relies a lot on morale.
This team is talented, resilient, but lacks some self-confidence.
Cousins, Gordon, Guy and others are all good, but for various reasons, they are one step away from a higher level.
This year is their first year as a team, and Li Liang not only understands their skills, but also understands their tempers.
As long as they are given confidence and given a psychological advantage, they will not perform much worse than a superstar, and they can fight.
And how does this confidence come from, how do you give? It depends on Li Liang.
In the first year of teaming, Li Liang was the biggest confidence guarantee for everyone's victory.
If Li Liang is not good, he is guarded and locked, then this king may collapse psychologically.
The warrior's will to take revenge is so strong, but the stronger the consciousness and collapse, the more terrible it becomes.
After the start of the second half, Li Liang turned on the offensive mode.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Li Liang used the [Mid-range Jumper Shooting Boost], and he wanted to use the mid-range, the oldest and most powerful weapon, to tear apart the Warriors' defense.
For how to defend Li Liang's three-point shot, each team has a relatively complete set of experience.
Especially the Warriors, because the front line is fully staffed, every time he plays the Warriors, Li Liang's three-point performance is relatively average.
However, in the middle distance, it is more difficult to defend because the range of shots in the middle range is wider and freer.
A player with an excellent mid-range jumper, he is a dragon on the offensive end.
In the first shot of the opening game, Li Liang forced James in the middle, and then hit a jumper at the free throw line.
James has no problem defending this ball, but Li Liang is obviously already on the gear and can't stop it.
Cole couldn't sit still on the bench at all, and as soon as Li Liang scored, he stood up and walked to the sidelines to watch.
Li Liang's mid-distance opening is a bad sign.
Cole has suffered in this regard.
In the finals the year before last, the Pacers vs the Warriors, the Warriors were shot alive by Li Liang's mid-range.
The inexplicable shooting made all the defensive and offensive arrangements of the Warriors become ornaments.
pressed the gap of a few points, but he couldn't get over it, and finally died of anger.
It's a feeling that Steve Kerr will never forget for the rest of his life as a coach.
Li Liang hit his first jumper at the start of the second half, followed by an outside attack.
The Warriors seemed a little cold at first, and Thompson didn't make an open three-point shot when no one was defending.
Tucker then made a mistake on offense and was fouled for 24 seconds.
The Warriors relied on James' low post to score another goal to equalize the score.
But Li Liang immediately made a quick shot in the offense, cut in after a block and a double screen, and hit a two-point pull-up jump shot from the free throw line.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the two sides were locked in a kind of scorching defensive battle.
Both the Warriors and Kings had become very difficult to score, and at the same time, there began to be a lot of turnovers and fouls on the court.
But the king is slowly, little by little, widening the gap - because Li Liang's middle distance is too stable.
After two or three rounds of iron each, Li Liang will seize the opportunity and make a mid-range shot after a block.
Throw in.
He was not impatient, not in a hurry, and shot like a machine gun.
He is not in a hurry, he should pass the ball or pass the ball, he will shoot when he should shoot, as long as he shoots, he must have a great grasp, and he will hit as soon as he shoots, and the rhythm control is excellent.
The two sides played for 5 minutes in the third quarter, and the Kings beat the Warriors 10:2, and the Kings' 10 points, and eight points came from Li Liang's mid-range jumper.
Other than that, only Gordon hit two free throws.
But the Warriors were even more pitiful, except for the goal scored by James in the low post, they didn't hit a single offense.
The Warriors, on their side, have fallen into a common problem with teams with many stars — every point is great and very good to play, but there is only one ball, so there is no focus.
James threw one, Curry threw one, Thompson threw one, and Green had to play one later.
As a result, everyone's feelings did not come out, but they frequently played iron under high-intensity defense and chaotic rhythm.
The situation on the King's side was not much better, with all kinds of fouls, mistakes, and 24-second violations, and Cousins was beaten a little impetuously and began to yell at the referee.
However, the king has Li Liang.
Whenever the two sides are deadlocked, Li Liang solves the problem with an easy and simple mid-distance solution.
Thompson and James were obviously about to defend their faces and were about to fight, but they still couldn't stop Li Liang from hitting the shot.
In the NBA, if you shoot well, you can really do whatever you want.
At 58:50, the Kings stretched the deficit to eight points, and Kerr called a timeout.
Coming back from the timeout, Green misplaced his back to beat Gordon, and the strong shot that turned over missed.
Thompson struggled to grab the rebound and reorganize the offense.
Curry receives the ball from the outside, breaks through, and gives the ball to James.
James faced Li Liang's defense, turned over and shot a jumper!
It wasn't easy, the Warriors finally scored.
When the intensity of the game reaches a certain level, the attacking team will face a lot of defensive pressure with every shot.
The so-called tactic is nothing more than to make the player's shot space slightly better than usual, with a 0.1 second chance.
Or, give the player a chance to play singles, that's all.
You want to run out of empty space, empty baskets, you want to relay in the air, go through the back door, the probability is very low.
The attention of the defenders is very concentrated, and the referee has a big scale tonight, and the confrontation is very strong, so it can be said that he is close to follow.
Li Liang's consecutive goals have largely released the offensive mental pressure of others.
Anyway, he just knows that he can give the ball to the coach, and he has a way to get the ball into the basket.
The king attacked, Li Liang held the ball and went to the basket, and suddenly showed a weird smile in the face of James and Thompson's double encirclement.
【Sam Kassel's Smile】!
The two defenders were ugly, one was in a trance, Li Liang stopped and jumped and threw a shot, and hit the board again!
Relying on the jump shot, Li Liang has scored 10 points in a row.
Cole stood on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, frowning, not knowing what to say.
What the hell is going on?
After scoring this goal, it was just time for Li Liang's shooting rate to improve.
The mid-range shooting percentage improvement sticker takes a lot longer than the three-point shot.
As soon as the time came, Li Liang immediately entered defensive mode and opened the [Golden Shield].
The defensive value immediately increased by fifteen percent, and Li Liang felt that his waist was not sore, and his legs were not painful, and he was not panting anymore when he covered your six hats in one breath.
James wanted to return one on the offensive end, so he held the ball and burst into the basket, but was defended by Li Liang.
At this time, Cousins had been substituted, and Li Liang replaced West.
Attacking with the ball, West blocks and dismantles high.
Li Liang dribbled and observed, and suddenly a [one shot into the soul]!
The ball passed between the three defenders, and West caught the ball with a left-handed pick-and-roll!
The Kings scored back-to-back points, and Kerr's timeout was in vain.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Cole immediately called another short timeout.
Playing a game with Li Liang, there is no shame in calling a timeout in such a row.
Before that, Kerr also learned from Jackson, who was as steady as Mount Tai, and wanted the players to solve the problem on their own.
The result was solved by Li Liang.
Li Liang's scoring explosiveness has always been terrifying, once he seizes the opportunity, he will not appreciate it, and the storm will quickly open the score difference to the point where you are desperate.
So, Cole was unusually cautious.
However, it was this timeout that ruined the Warriors' victory in this game.