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On November 9th, the special edition of "Behind the Lakers" was broadcast on TWC TV. It took half an hour to narrate Li Liang's championship from the University of Kentucky, his participation in the draft, his trial training, his entry into the NBA, and his success in the new season. It's a matter of getting amazing performance once you get started.

Once it was broadcast, it set off a round of ratings climax, and the ratings of TWC TV station have been rising steadily, reaching the highest peak since the program was broadcast.

Although it has not yet reached the level of last year's "Linsanity", TWC obviously has a longer-term plan.

This is just a part of the documentary against Li Liang. The season has just started, and they will have more opportunities to build a monument for him and create a new image of a counterattack Chinese player.

After all, unlike Jeremy Lin in New York and New England, where white people dominate, in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other places in California, the number of Chinese is very large.

There is a certain market for Chinese players here, otherwise the Warriors would not have signed Jeremy Lin, but they did not really pay attention to him.

TWC didn't want to miss Li Liang's opportunity, and his flamboyant on-court personality and passionate style of play are very popular among American fans.

The sales of Li Liang's No. 28 jersey have skyrocketed during this period. The Lakers didn't expect anyone to buy Li Liang's jersey before, so the stock is not very sufficient.

Now, the No. 28 jersey in the Lakers sports goods store has been sold out and is desperately replenishing.

When the TV station was playing the Bruce Lee special, Li Liang had no chance to watch the live broadcast on TV again.

On the night of November 9th, in Game 6 of the NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers played against the Golden State Warriors at home.

The Lakers' opening season schedule is really good. There are no consecutive away games. After playing the Jazz, they have six consecutive home games.

For the Lakers who are older and plagued by injuries, this is undoubtedly a very good schedule.

To play at home, players don't have to live in cramped hotels, avoid the torture of long-distance travel, and just drive to the home court before the game starts.

After the Lakers won the opening streak, Staples' tickets became more and more difficult to buy, and the games were full.

Needless to say, the season tickets were sold out early, and some temporary tickets in the back row were hard to find. If you want to watch the game, you must make a reservation in advance.

The price of the star seat in the first row is getting higher and higher, and it seems to return to the 1980s, when all the Hollywood stars went to the Great Western Forum to watch the grand occasion of the game at night.

This kind of situation will be a kind of pressure for ordinary young players. With so many spectators and such a big battle, it may not be as easy to play at home as away.

Except for Li Liang.

What scene has he not seen? Where did you go to the Great Western Forum in the 1970s? Who played there?

I also saw Jane Fonda and Barbra Streisand on the sidelines.

Who could be on the sidelines at Staples right now... Whoops, Beckham! He plays football in Los Angeles.

Wow, there is also Leonardo DiCaprio, the little plum, and there is another beautiful supermodel sitting next to him, which seems to be different from the one in the newspaper before.

Who else? Tom Hanks! As you get older, why do you seem to have age spots on your face?

Oh, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in a brown coat and peaked cap, would have been unrecognizable if he hadn't been so tall and conspicuous.

When Li Liang was warming up, he scanned the cultural and sports stars sitting off the court, and sure enough, they were all big names.

Needless to say, an old-fashioned nail shop like Jack Nicholson, sitting in his seat wearing sunglasses, and if there is a banner next to him, he looks like a fortune teller.

Playing in Los Angeles is like this, the audience is bigger than the players on the court, so it is no wonder that the Lakers have always been able to attract superstars, and they have always cultivated and introduced superstars.

Are you not a superstar, just an ordinary All-Star, worthy of being the number one card for the Lakers?

In comparison, the Golden State Warriors who visited today are much more low-key on the cards.

There are no superstars on the team, they are all young players, and the team is in the process of rebuilding.

Counting the summer league and preseason games, this is already the third time the Lakers have played against the Warriors this season.

During the summer league, Li Liang and Harris Barnes had formed a bond. During the preseason, because they sat on the floor and didn't get on the floor, they watched the team get slaughtered.

This time Li Liang will not sit on the bench and watch.

Of course, after the game started, Li Liang still had to sit on the stool for a while. He sat very quietly, neither noisy nor noisy.

He's a lot friendlier to Brown now, he doesn't blow him with a hair dryer anymore, he knows Brown will definitely send him on the stage.

Li Liang is already Brown's backgammon point reader, where he can't click there, he will come to you if there is a problem.

With the current lineup of the Lakers, the most problematic thing is their defense. The three veterans, one slow and one injured, the defense simply comes in and out at will.

Li Liang has a deep impression on the Warriors' offense. The horn position has a lot of pick-and-rolls, the flanks are very aggressive, and the three-pointers are quite accurate. Like Barnes and Thompson, they are very decisive in outside shots.

He thought, after the Lakers played for a few minutes, there should be some minor problems, and then it was his turn to save the world, Mike Brown, the King of Los Angeles!

As a result, after playing more than 6 minutes and nearly 7 minutes in the opening game, the Lakers beat the Warriors 20:11!

Ci Shiping, the old man who scored five three-pointers in the first five games, made 2 of 3 three-pointers in the first quarter. After hitting a three-pointer at the top of the arc, he stopped the Warriors!

Kobe even surprised the audience with a no?look pass. After grabbing the offensive rebound, he didn't attack by himself, but waited for Gasol, who was plugged in behind, to return to his position. With a beautiful pass, Gasol directly Dash to the basket and dunk.

For seven minutes, Mike Brown didn't make a substitution because it wasn't necessary and the Lakers played well.

Li Liang could only applaud the excellent performance of his teammates while scolding the Warriors in his heart, what kind of rubbish did he play? The sick and old Lakers can't even beat the starting lineup?

The Warriors did not play well today, and they always had problems with their Finishing.

Thompson from the outside line missed three-pointers several times, and David Lee's two close layups from the inside line were both interfered.

The reason is that Howard's defensive state is not bad in this game. After experiencing ups and downs and a downturn in the previous game, Howard returned to Los Angeles to adjust his state.

In the first seven minutes of the first quarter at home, he played the performance of the best defensive player. He protected the basket and the three-second zone very well in the interior, so that every Warriors player who broke into the interior could not easily shoot.

It's just that on offense, he still hasn't found the feeling and hasn't scored yet.

During the timeout, Mike Brown asked to play more inside shots, with Howard as the tactical focus, to consolidate the advantage.

Then, Mike Brown made a personnel rotation, Li Liang replaced Ci Shiping, Jamison replaced Gasol, and Morris replaced Blake.

This is a good rotation lineup used in the last game, and Brown is trying to stabilize the rotation slowly.

After Nash returned, put Blake on the bench and let him compete with Morris and Meeks.

Li Liang is now the number one substitute candidate for the third position, and he can be paired with Hill or Jamison according to the situation.

If Howard is kept on the court, Jamison will be used. If Gasol is used, Jordan Hill will be used to ensure functional complementarity.

Anyway, Brown thinks very well. As for the effect, it depends on the tacit understanding between the players and the specific use effect.

It doesn't matter to Li Liang, he can play with anyone on the court, anyway, defense and shooting, occasionally stand at the top of the arc to pass the ball and swear, it's quite comfortable.

And the lead in the first quarter really surprised Li Liang, it's not easy! Can play a tailwind.

At the end of the timeout, both sides entered the rotation, and the Warriors replaced Biedrins, Landry and Jack.

According to Brown's arrangement, the Lakers focused their offense on Howard.

Both Jamison and Li Liang can open up space.

There was also a Kobe feeding the ball outside, and Howard got a chance to play one-on-one.

However, he really couldn't score.

Facing the offensive end is basically useless. On the defensive end, Biedrins, who has no skills except for his weight, has no skills. Howard missed two consecutive low-post storms!

Once it was a hook in the middle of the basket, and he found that he could no longer squeeze Biedrins with his shoulders.

One time, he wanted to get to the deep basket, and he forced a layup to be interfered by Landry who came up from behind and missed.

Taking this opportunity, the Warriors hit two quick counterattacks to score the ball.

The Warriors narrowed the score gap, and on the Lakers side, Kobe was no longer willing to pass the ball to Howard.

He beckoned to Howard and signaled Howard to come over and do a pick-and-roll.

Howard ran beyond the three-point line and blocked it symbolically.

But his blocking is not solid at all, it's just posturing.

After blocking, he ran in immediately. The Warriors' defender drilled a little and immediately returned to the defensive position.

Kobe had no choice but to use his own speed to rush from the left side, and then observed Li Liang at the top of the arc.

Li Liang received Kobe's pass, his eyes swept away, and he found that Howard, who got into the inside, had a chance.

No matter how he played before, Li Liang will pass when he sees the opportunity.

With a straight hit, the ball passed Barnes' block and flew into Howard's hands.

Howard missed a small hook after receiving the ball, was fouled by Biedrins, and went to the free throw line.

Still failed to score in the sports game, Howard was obviously a little annoyed, and had physical contact with Biedrins.

Biedrins immediately came up, and the referee immediately blew his whistle to calm down both sides when he saw the situation was not good.

Howard smiled bitterly, shook his head, stood on the free throw line, and made one of two free throws.

This is his first point of the game, so difficult.

With his experience and skills on the defensive end, he can still allow the team to have a no-fly zone.

But on the offensive end, why can't the ball be scored?

Howard is a player whose playing is greatly affected by emotions.

If you play well and are happy, your performance will get better and better.

If you don't play well, especially if you have something wrong, you will get into the corner.

I don't believe in this evil today, so I can't make it to the basket?

The Warriors began to stabilize their position and slowly chase points. The two bench bandits, Landry and Jack, took turns to attack the Lakers inside.

It caused fouls by Li Liang and Morris, and went to the free throw line to chase points.

The referee seems to feel more and more physical contact between the two sides, and is consciously controlling the whistle to let the players pay attention to control.

Of course Li Liang is going to reason with the referee again. Today he met three new referees, Nick Benkert, David Jones, and Bennett Salvador.

There are still more than 70 games in the future. Li Liang is going to get to know each of them well. If you try to reason with them, they may become more reasonable in the future.

The Warriors are chasing points, and Howard on the Lakers side still wants to play hard at the basket.

But Kobe has stopped passing the ball to Howard.

He is the control and dominator of the ball on the field.

After finally taking the lead in the first quarter, he wants to keep the team's advantage.

At the end of the first quarter, Howard scored 1 point, and the Lakers led the Warriors into the second quarter with 25:21.

Howard and Bryant both sat on the bench at the start of the second quarter, one on the far left and one on the far right.

Anyway, Kobe doesn't like to listen to Howard's jokes, and Kobe doesn't like to listen to Howard's tactics, so stay away.

The Lakers came off the bench, Gasol and Ci Shiping came on the stage to lead the bench, but Li Liang was still stuck on the court.

Metta Shiping feels very happy now with a substitute.

He has lost weight this summer, his figure has lost weight, and he has shaved his beard clean, making him look much younger.

It's a pity that people look younger, and their state has not returned to when they were young, especially defense.

Lateral movement slows down, and there is basically no bounce, because the weight loss also leads to a decline in strength and resistance.

Occasionally, it is okay to increase the intensity to defend, but it is no longer possible to play at a high level like before.

Now, he's handing over the dirty, grueling work of defense to Bruce Lee.

He brings his own substitute, Kobe is not on the court, it is up to him to control the ball.

This guy is so happy, he can pass as he wants, he can shoot as he wants, he can shoot as he wants.

Who made him old and good at playing? If Nash and Kobe were not on the court, he wouldn't be the boss on the outside.

Gasol presence, must obey his command.

The Lakers played very well in this way, not because the offense is so smooth, but because the Warriors are so strong!

The Warriors, like the Trail Blazers, are a team that relies heavily on pick-and-rolls and jumpers.

But instead of using Flow, the Warriors used a two-man screen tactic that Mark Jackson designed for their perimeter shooters -- the elevator door.

The core of this tactic is that the players in the 4th and 5th positions use a double screen similar to the closing of the elevator door to create shooting space for Curry or Thompson.

So, their bigs don't need to be able to shoot from the high post like the Blazers, but to have good screen ability.

Their 4th and 5th positions are like a moving Great Wall on the field, constantly creating shooting space for their own outside lines.

As for their outside players, they must have strong catch-and-shoot ability and sensitive off-ball movement.

But tonight, the Warriors' outside shooting, whether it's a three-pointer or a mid-range shot, is a bit out of order.

When a team that uses jump shots as its main offensive method can't make shots, it doesn't matter what tactics you use.

Li Liang watched the Warriors constantly running and playing tactics on the field, and felt that this is a well-trained team.

It felt that way in summer league, preseason.

This is different from the warriors in his impression in the past.

When I went to school to watch football in my early years, the Warriors were also an offensive team.

But it gives the impression that it only attacks and does not defend, and the offense is mainly open-ended, and there is not much coordination in positional warfare.

After Mark Jackson took over, the Warriors have obviously changed a lot. The defense has improved a lot, and the offense has played very spiritually.

But I just can't make it!

Li Liang not only defended with all his strength, but also used his brain to think about how to deal with this dexterous style of play.

Li Liang's key to defense before was to put attitude first, focus on the body, and focus on confrontation, but he felt that he could not always rely on confrontation, but also use his brain.

Especially in the face of exquisite collective offensive tactics, it is useless to fight alone, and you will be walked with the dog.

Halfway through the second quarter, Li Liang took a break.

He didn't get any shots today and didn't score in the game.

The system didn't assign him a mission, so it stands to reason that there is Barnes opposite.

Maybe because the summer league was played, the system bypassed him.

Li Liang was wiping his sweat off the court while chatting with defensive coach Chuck Payson about defensive issues.

Payson was also a player back then, from the Pacers, and was a known trash talker.

But his most famous deed is not cursing, but sitting on the sidelines on Christmas Day and being sprayed by Larry Bird with "I wish you a fucking Merry Christmas."

It was because he told Bird to "shoot a bird" before the game that he was scolded by Bird who made a three-pointer.

However, he is very old-fashioned, serious and good at training defense.

He has a very good relationship with Ci Shiping. From the Pacers, to the Kings, to the Lakers, the two have always cooperated.

On the contrary, he has a good sense of Li Liang, he likes Li Liang very much, and often exchanges defensive experience with Li Liang.

Regarding the Warriors' offensive tactics mentioned by Li Liang, Payson thought about it carefully and put forward several points of view, such as pinching the ball holder, such as enhancing the rotation, such as using the line to force the attack to fail.

While Li Liang was discussing this issue with Payson, the Lakers were defending the Warriors to death.

When the Warriors couldn't shoot from outside, Mike Brown decisively increased the rotation lineup, asking the team to confront and shrink the defense.

Any shooting team needs space. If it cannot open the space, the shot will not be allowed, not allowed, and it will not be able to open the space, falling into a vicious circle.

The Warriors fell into this cycle this time and were seized by the experienced Lakers.

In the first half, they will still bite the score. In the second half, the Warriors fell into a quagmire.

The outside line has never been able to throw the ball into the damn basket, and the Lakers' offense is not much better.

The confrontation between the two sides became more and more intense. Players often fell to the ground, and Gasol was pushed to the ground more than once.

At this time, the Lakers Kobe stood up and confronted high-intensity, and Kobe would show his superstar demeanor.

No one can make a shot, but I can make a shot, no matter how strong it is, the touch is coming, and the high difficulty can make it right.

In the third quarter, Kobe hit two deadly three-pointers, opening the difference between the two sides to more than 10 points.

This was the turning point of the whole game. After that, the Warriors could no longer organize an effective offense. They couldn't score no matter how they played, and they couldn't make a three-pointer.

The Lakers' offensive efficiency is also not high, but they grind little by little, and slowly grind the point difference from 10 points to 20 points!

This is the scariest thing, a blunt knife cuts the flesh, cutting and cutting, not only the flesh is cut, but also the time is wasted!

In the fourth quarter, the Warriors completely gave up resistance, and they scored 80 points at the end of the game.

The Lakers started the season with 6 consecutive victories, and won a victory at home that was not gorgeous, nor was it the Lakers.

Li Liang's performance in this round was mediocre, because there was no need for me to make a move, and the system didn't send tasks, so naturally he had no motivation.

Kobe scored 26 points, hit 55% from the field, and made 2 of 3 three-pointers. This is not Kobe at all.

And Howard only scored 6 points, 2 of 6 shots and 2 of 4 free throws. After the first quarter, he basically didn't get any shots.

So even if he wins the game, the smile on his face is not so bright, just a slight smile.

The Warriors are collectively misfired. The team's shooting percentage is only 32%, which is extremely low. It would be no wonder if they can win.

At the end of the game, players from both sides shook hands and hugged each other. It was a perfect game for the Los Angeles audience.

When Li Liang was about to leave the court, Warriors point guard Stephen Curry came over to shake Li Liang's hand and say hello.

Curry did not play in the summer league, and he did not play in the preseason due to injury. This seemingly thin and cute player has a lot of injuries, which makes people doubt whether he can survive against the fierce NBA.

Li Liang had heard about Curry before, Davidson College, a guard with very accurate shots and amazing scoring explosiveness.

It was the first time they met on the court, Li Liang thought, hey, I am a bit famous, and the players on the opposite side came to say hello to me.

In return, Li Liang decided to take out a blind ball tester to test Curry's IQ.

The ball-blind evaluator worked for a while and concluded:

[Ball Blind Index: Unknown, a fool, but he can play basketball and has unlimited potential. 】