Superstar Athletes’ Black Tech Systems

On the night of December 3, the entire Lakers team set off, leaving Los Angeles for Houston, starting their four-day tour of the Southwest.

Into the winter, the rain in Los Angeles began to increase, here is a typical "Mediterranean climate", rainy in winter.

Due to the heavy rain, the flight was delayed for more than five hours and took off in the early hours of the morning.

The players were sleepy when they got on the plane.

A three-hour flight, you can take a little sleep.

Li Liang sat in his seat, put on the blindfold, fell asleep in five seconds, and entered the system.

In the system, Li Liang checked his [Defensive Ability] dimension.

The comprehensive evaluation has been upgraded from the initial E level to C level, but the main contribution comes from the perimeter defensive ability.

Li Liang's inside defensive ability is still in an undeveloped state.

He took a deep breath and decided to take advantage of the time of flying, three hours, just to do a task.

Enter the task, [basic defensive ability inside]:

[Mission, contain Chris Webber's first show, against: Houston Rockets VS Golden State Warriors, time: November 9, 1993, location: Oakland Arena, San Francisco, USA, mission requirements: against Chris Webber , so that his score does not exceed 10 points. Task reward: basic defensive ability value +5 inside, low top defense +3, high post defense +2, task difficulty: rookie. 】

The first task of the basic defensive ability of the interior, like that of the exterior, is to contain the debut of star players.

This is really a coincidence, the Lakers are going to play the Rockets soon, but Li Liang is the Rockets player in the mission.

As soon as I entered the mission, I came to the Oakland Arena, which was later renamed the Oracle Arena.

The 1993 Golden State Warriors, gold and blue inlaid floor, the LOGO in the center of the court is a basketball with the outline of the California map.

When Yankees draw their logos, they have a soft spot for the outlines of their own states. In California, Texas, and Florida, you can often see the unique outline signs of their states.

Of course, the outlines of states like Colorado and Wyoming are pure squares, and Utah is a square with a corner missing, like a gasoline can.

Players from both sides stood on the court, the Rockets wore red tomato scrambled egg jerseys, and the Warriors were home white with yellow and blue borders.

For a rookie-level task, Li Liang sits on the bench as a substitute as usual. Let's first look at the performance of the Rockets' "teammates" tonight.

This task is relatively simple, not because of Weber's poor ability, but because the Rockets are strong.

This is the Rockets in the 1993-1994 season. This year they won the championship. The season started with 15 consecutive victories. Olajuwon was an unstoppable season.

He won the regular season MVP, the finals MVP, and the best defensive player in the regular season, the three most important personal awards.

His partner in the paint, who is facing Webber, is a top blue-collar power forward, Odis Thorpe.

With such a combination on the inside to help support, what Li Liang has to do is not to play hard on the court, but to sit off the court and study hard.

Learn how the Rockets defend inside and how to contain the opponent's offense inside.

Throughout the 1993-1994 season, the Rockets had the best backboard protection in the league. Whether it was the regular season or the playoffs, their rebounds were the best in both quality and quantity.

Not only because they have two excellent inside rebounders, Olajuwon and Thorpe, but also because the entire Rockets have a good sense of rebound protection.

Their team does not have an advantage in height. It is a team with a lot of guards, but they can still get the most rebounds, relying on positioning and awareness.

From the beginning of the first half of the game, Li Liang felt the tenacity of the Rockets' defense. Webb tried to rush to the offensive rebound every time, but the result was unsuccessful.

Olajuwon and Thorpe are like two walls that firmly surround the basket, and then give the guard a chance to rebound.

Excellent backcourt rebound protection has allowed the Rockets to avoid many unnecessary points, and at the same time can control the offensive power in their own hands.

The Rockets' offense is methodical, completely centered on Olajuwon, and every offensive ball will pass his hands.

Although this is Webber's first game, it is not the first game of the 93 season.

Webb missed the first two games due to injury and this is the third game of the season.

Olajuwon won the opponent with high scores in the first two games, and the Warriors had to defend.

So he attracted the Warriors' defense and then created opportunities for his teammates.

Li Liang watched from the sidelines, and thought to himself, isn't the Warriors' defense the same as the current Lakers?

Can't beat the inside line, and the outside line is in a hurry, giving the opponent an easier opportunity to attack the outside line.

Like the last magic game, let the opponent open up the outside line, and then he will be unable to defend against it.

As for the Lakers returning World of Warcraft and the Twin Towers, it's useless.

Li Liang served as a buffer in the striker position, and had already blocked a lot of bullets for Warcraft and Gasol.

However, Corvo and Lao Na are really unstoppable, coupled with the opponent's targeting, Li Liang really has nothing to do.

The Rockets quickly took advantage of the field, and Li Liang looked at the Rockets coach Tomjanovich next to the bench—he found himself sitting next to the coach every time he was on a mission.

Li Liang asked: "Coach, the defender's defense is tricky, what should we do?"

The coaches in the task are all top coaches in the NBA, and their level is higher than that of Mike Brown, so Li Liang will ask them for advice if he has any questions.

In the two years from 1994 to 1995, the Rockets never had a defender with strong defensive ability on the back line.

Kenny Smith, Maxwell, Cassell, and later Drexler, the defense can only be said to be adequate, and the distance from the gate is not far behind.

The Rockets are not the kind of team that works hard on defense and strangles opponents with intensity.

Tomjanovich said: "Protect the backcourt rebounds, control fouls, reduce unnecessary points lost, and then get them back on the offensive end."

Tomjanovich's answer surprised Li Liang, is it so simple?

Before I finished thinking about it, in the middle of the first quarter, the two sides paused and had to make substitutions.

Tomjanovich assigned Li Liang to replace Thorpe, emphasizing "control rebounds and fouls, don't foul easily, it doesn't matter if you lose points, just hit them back."

Li Liang said yes, but he thought in his heart, you can win this fight, but I can't complete the task like this!

Chris Webber is still on the court, and Li Liang is going to play one-on-one with Webber.

Chris Webber is different from other stars. They all had hair on their heads in the NBA a few years ago. The longer they played, the less hair they had, and finally they became bald.

Weber is the other way around.

When he first entered the league, his head was bald, and he was a bald head.

Later, he was traded to the Wizards and left a layer of hair.

Later, when I went to the king, my hair became thicker and thicker, and I wore a headband.

Sure enough, if you have more hair, you will be willful. If you want to be light, you can light it up, and if you want to grow it, you can grow it long.

Li Liang was still a little apprehensive facing Weber.

Defending the outside line is his old profession, but he can push the inside line one-on-one, but he has skills, and brute force alone is not enough to attack the inside line.

The Warriors seemed to see Li Liang's weakness in defense at this point, and Weber, who had only scored two points, was going to find points on Li Liang.

In 1993, Webber's knees were still intact, and his athletic energy was amazing.

At that time, he was a typical representative of the new insider.

The height is between a big center and an ordinary forward. He can dribble, pass, mid-range jumper, block shots, play inside singles, and hold the ball to the basket.

He represents the trend of basketball history, and this trend has influenced the direction of NBA basketball in the first decade of the 21st century since then.

As soon as Li Liang came on the field, he was beaten by Weber.

He received the pass from General Johnson, caught the ball from the baseline and slammed for a dunk!

Li Liang had nothing to do with this ball. With such speed and explosive power, even Olajuwon gave up blocking the shot.

On the second ball, the Warriors missed an outside shot. After Webb grabbed the offensive rebound, he turned around and made another one-armed dunk!

Li Liang didn't react again, mother, is this Weber so explosive?

Li Liang's impression of Weber was still in the king's time, when he was already a floor technician.

It seems that when everyone was young, Webber was dunking countless times in his rookie season, and the level of violence was comparable to that of Stoudemire.

And after he successfully dunks, he also likes to beep at his opponent, talking trash.

Now Olajuwon was annoyed, and he said to Li Liang: "Let him in, and give him to me."

Ever since, Olajuwon then rewarded Weber with two hats to let him understand who is the ruler of the inside line.

After several rounds, Li Liang understood what Tomjanovich meant.

Protecting the backcourt rebounds is actually decompressing Olajuwon.

Otherwise, Olajuwon will have to cover the cover again, and the offensive end will have to be the mainstay. Once the rebound protection is not good, the first defense will be in vain and morale will be damaged, and the second opponent will easily score.

Think about the current Lakers, Howard himself is in decline, and there are so many butts to wipe from the outside. Once he loses a backcourt rebound, he wipes his butt for a long time and then bursts out. Maybe he will have to pay a foul. It really takes a lot How frustrating it is.

After figuring this out, Li Liang tried his best to grab backboards on the defensive end while throwing three-pointers on the offensive end to put pressure on Weber.

Can't you dunk, but you only get 2 points for dunking, but I have three-point long shots.

Li Liang's three-pointer was a bug in the 1990s.

He played for Thorpe, a power forward, and no one cared about the first few three-pointers.

When he scored 3 or 4 in a row, the Warriors realized that the momentum was wrong. What happened?

The three-pointer broke out suddenly, which stunned the Warriors.

The Warriors had no choice but to replace Webber with Andre Spencer to match up with Li Liang.

When Li Liang saw it, he beat Weber to death. This feeling was good, and Weber scored 6 points in the first quarter.

The task situation is still quite tense, and Li Liang devoted himself to the competition.

He learned from Thorpe to get inside, help his teammates catch rebounds, and participate in the inside confrontation.

The 1990s was the most intense period of physical confrontation inside the NBA.

After the NBA experienced the fast-playing whirlwind in the 1980s, a group of non-professional basketball player-born academic coaches entered the team and began to bring more defensive concepts and strategies into the NBA.

Inside players are getting stronger and taller, and various defensive traps and collective defensive tactics have emerged.

The NBA also encourages confrontation and hand-to-hand combat, which has led to the appearance of various muscle sticks on the court.

Li Liang's game was okay, the rookie-level difficulty, the opponent was the Warriors who played a quick counterattack in the West, and they didn't have any strong insiders.

Even Weber, with such good physical fitness, is relatively unreliable in his style of play.

So after a game, even though I was not used to the whistling and defensive standards at that time, I still persisted.

Li Liang successfully completed the task this time, not because he defended well, but after the fight, Li Liang made a three-pointer biubiubiu, and even the Rockets followed suit with three-pointers.

The Rockets are the earliest three-point team in the NBA. They averaged 15.7 three-pointers per game in the 1994 season, ranking first in the league.

This three-point pass crippled the Warriors in the third quarter, and the game entered garbage time.

Webber's scoring stopped at 10 points, and the Warriors head coach replaced him, and the substitute player finished the garbage time.

Li Liang heaved a sigh of relief. If he wanted Weber to be like him and be the king of garbage, all the hard work in that game would be in vain.

Finally, the game ended, and the Rockets beat the Warriors away 117:93.

They scored 15 more points than they had historically, but won as historically, making strides toward their first championship.

The task was completed, Li Liang's basic defensive ability in the interior reached 25 points, 23 points for low-post top defense, and 13 points for high-post assist defense, which was still very weak.

But he already knows how an inside player can help the team on the defensive end.

Still the same sentence, poor defense, sometimes it is a problem of ability, sometimes it is a problem of attitude, but more often it is a problem of attitude.