Chapter 824 Calm Head
The Rockets have been a magic team for years.
If you want to talk about how strong he is, he has never been in the championship list.
Every offseason is full of thunder and rain, and with the addition of Chinese domestic media, the blowing is loud.
Today "only one person is missing in the battle", tomorrow "the dynasty is just around the corner".
In short, I will always stand still on the road to winning the championship, but it always feels like I am running forward.
Maybe it's because of the treadmill.
But to say that he is weak, and he is a frequent visitor to the playoffs every year.
Moreover, they can often win some dominant teams in the regular season, which gives great encouragement to fans.
Last year's playoffs broke through the second round and reached the Western Conference Finals, giving fans hope.
Howard came this season, thinking that he could go a step further, but he didn't know that the two Big Macs in the Western Conference were on his head.
There are also the Spurs and the Lakers. In terms of talent and background, they are all above the Rockets.
So they came to the position they are most familiar with.
Playing a strong team is often "a glorious defeat", and playing a weak team is a "pioneer in poverty alleviation", which can be called a shit stick in the West.
The game has been played for more than four minutes, the score between the two sides is 5:4, and the Rockets still lead by 1 point.
The Rockets' offense was chaotic, and the Thunder's was even more chaotic.
After a defensive foul by the Rockets, Donovan made a substitution.
In previous games, Li Liang usually appeared after five minutes, but now it was his turn to play in less than five minutes.
Can't help it.
As soon as Li Liang appeared on the stage, the Thunder's offense was backed up.
The Rockets can no longer flank Durant, you have to flank Li Liang.
The basket was immediately empty, and Li Liang directly gave it to Adams with [Bill Wharton's head piercing the autumn], and Adams hit a light rebound and throw.
After the goal, Li Liang asked Adams, "Why don't you dunk?"
Adams spread his hands, "There is no need for a dunk, a layup is enough."
"You have a little passion, okay, a little passion!"
Li Liang found that the young man Adams really lived and returned.
The insider who was so wild when he first entered the league, now only tattoos are wild, and his playing is not wild at all, and he is getting more and more well-behaved.
But immediately Li Liang had no time to instruct Adams to dunk.
Motaiyunas quickly asked for the ball in a low position, and the position was quite deep. After receiving the pass from Harden, he turned around and scored two points with a small hook with his left hand.
This kind of low-post fast attack is not seen much by other teams now.
Li Liang was also caught off guard and did not hold back.
In addition, Motel's height has an advantage, and he did have something to do, and he was hit with a goal.
Then, Westbrook's through pass to Durant was destroyed by Ariza.
Beverly turned around and scooped up the ball, and launched a counterattack with the ball.
Beverly wanted to cross-step to avoid Westbrook for a layup, but was slapped off by Li Liang, who followed up to defend.
It's a pity that the ball went out of bounds, and the Rockets still have the ball.
Harden stood up again, and after catching the ball, he pretended to break through, then took a step back and made a mid-range jumper, with a little fade away.
The ball is hollow into the net, very smooth and precise.
Li Liang didn't want to watch Westbrook's nonsense anymore. Westbrook's condition is not particularly good today.
He owns the ball across the half court, and the Rockets' defense has problems.
Motel squatted inside and couldn't come out. Ariza defended two by himself, Li Liang and Durant.
He kept turning his head, looking left and right, and finally Li Liang seized the gap and shot a three-pointer directly in front of him, making a hit!
It was too late for Motel to rush out to defend.
This is the most frightening thing about Li Liang. The attack coverage is too large. At the same time, this guy is more and more like a 4th position in position. It is very difficult for ordinary 4th position players to mark him.
At present, there are only two teams in the league, the Warriors and the Cavaliers, who have enough configuration to deal with the striker combination of Li Liang + Durant.
The Rockets only have Ariza, which is not enough at all.
After Li Liang made the three-pointer, the two sides drew 9:9.
The Rockets were in pretty good form in the first quarter. After Li Liang came on stage, the Rockets' overall IQ seemed to be on the line.
After Harden received the ball from the wing, he attracted double-teams and passed the ball to Beverly-Beverly again.
With a big open space in front of him, Beverly made a three-pointer and hit it again!
Li Liang is almost speechless, Westbrook, you have to treat Beverly as a human being!
When the ball was scored, Westbrook was in a hurry. After receiving the ball in the backcourt, he charged quickly and took the lead!
His speed is extremely fast, so fast, faster than a ball.
He went all the way from the backcourt to the Rockets' three-second zone, and then raised his hand to see that the ball in his hand was gone...
The dribble was too fast, it hit the direct knee, and the ball flew directly...
But Li Liang followed up quickly. The ball flying in the air finally hit the backboard and bounced back. Li Liang just caught the ball.
Take off, dunk with both hands!
"It's your assist."
Westbrook wiped his face, wondering what happened to him tonight, why he was so frizzy.
Maybe it has something to do with the counterpoint Beverly.
Trash dog players like Beverly have always hated them.
He loves to hang on to Westbrook and spout trash talk at Westbrook.
Take care of him, he thinks he is worthless.
Just ignore him, it's really annoying.
Beverley also particularly likes targeting Westbrook.
After making two three-pointers tonight, it's not good.
Westbrook is a player who is easy to get on the top. The more he gets on the higher, the easier it is to make mistakes.
At the end of the vicious circle, it explodes.
For a player like Beverly, the goal is achieved.
One-for-one limit.
Li Liang, who succeeded in dunking, patted Westbrook and told him not to be impatient.
"The opponent just wants to see you impatient and move your head."
Li Liang said this to Westbrook more than once during the game.
Generally, it is said that it is effective at that time, and it will become invalid after a while, so it should be said often.
Later, Harden screened and rolled with Motel in the high position, and passed the ball to Motel with a ground hit in the gap.
Motel once again reached the basket with the ball and succeeded in a layup with his right hand.
Li Liang went to flank Harden with the ball, and stretched his legs to destroy Harden's pass.
How could he know that Harden had the courage to pass the ball, and he would put the ball in the hands of his teammates even if he made a mistake.
Once such a difficult pass is successful, the benefits will be considerable.
Li Liang's passing style can be said to be the same as Harden's, highlighting a wild word.
After a quick serve from the backcourt, Li Liang sent a super-long-distance strike from the backcourt to the advancing Robertson.
Robertson ran directly to the basket after receiving the ball, and successfully dunked with one hand!
And Harden returned the game, serving the ball quickly, and before halftime, he gave Howard a long lob from a long distance to the inside.
Howard pushed Adams back and wanted to dunk, but he didn't push it... Finally, the layup caused Adams to make a defensive foul.
Howard is no longer the Howard he used to be. If he was replaced by him at his peak, unless Yao Ming or O'Neal were to replace the ball, everyone would be kicked and get a heavy dunk.
Standing on the free throw line, Howard made a free throw, which was called a ten-nine-ten-nine-tenth of an unsteady, two bang bang, one missed!
Wasted a wonderful pass from Harden.
Westbrook charged again with the ball, this time he listened to Li Liang, calmed down, and did not act recklessly.
He stopped, Li Liang came over and made a pick-and-roll for Westbrook, and he took the ball to the left and went to the basket.
Beverly was blocked by Li Liang, and his pace slowed down. Westbrook made a throw with his left hand.
The referee whistled and called Beverly's defensive foul.
The ball bounced twice on the rim and fell into the net.
If you hit, you will be punished!
Westbrook made a free throw and scored 2+1.
As long as the tortoise's head can calm down, it will be invincible when sprinting!