Li Liang woke up from his sleep, returned to 2012 from 1993, and the plane arrived in Houston.

Everyone yawned and got off the plane, and immediately drove back to the hotel for repairs.

During the day, Mike Brown canceled team practice and asked the players to catch up on sleep at the hotel.

For the current Lakers, rest is more important than training.

Pau Gasol stayed in Los Angeles because of a knee injury, Nash's knee just healed soon, and Brown kept his playing time to about 25 minutes per game.

Howard's back injury has not yet healed, and he has been pushed to the ground more than once in previous games.

In the past, Howard knocked others to pieces, but this year he often fell to the ground and sighed. His injuries were more serious than tigers.

The team's trainer and chief doctor Vitti has become the most worried person in the team. The Lakers have too many veterans. As the season progresses, injuries may break out at any time.

Injuries are like dominoes. When one player falls, the pressure on the other players will increase and the playing time will increase. The risk of injury will increase, and it is very likely that they will fall.

One by one, the ambitions of many teams throughout the season may fall under the claws of injuries.

Gasol's down is undoubtedly a dangerous signal, the team doctor had to be careful.

After four o'clock in the afternoon, the Lakers team went to the Toyota Center for pre-game preparations.

On the way to the Toyota Center, the team bus passed the intricate viaducts in Houston, and various billboards stood near the viaducts.

The players were either listening to music or staring at their mobile phones. Li Liang came to Houston for the first time, lying on the edge of the window to watch the scenery.

He suddenly saw Kobe's figure appearing on a huge billboard.

"Hey! Kobe! Your advertisement!" Li Liang pointed out the window excitedly.

Everyone looked up, thinking that there was something strange about Kobe's advertisement.

With his influence, there are countless TV and print advertisements in the United States.

In addition to sports brands such as Nike, there are other commercial products such as Turkish Airlines, Swiss watches, chocolates, and Coca-Cola.

In 2011, he also became the spokesperson of Mercedes-Benz, becoming the image ambassador of this luxury car brand.

In a big city like Houston, it is normal to have a Kobe Bryant billboard.

But everyone took another look and found that something seemed wrong. There was a photo of Kobe on the billboard, but what was behind him?

car? But this doesn't look like a Mercedes-Benz... It also has four wheels, the front is small and the rear is big, and it's still an open top. Why does it have a chimney... This shit turned out to be a tractor!

Everyone in the car was shocked, and looked at Kobe sitting in the back together, their eyes were full of doubts.

Boss, are you so short of money? Why did you help the tractor to endorse the advertisement?

Boss, didn't you say you signed the Mercedes-Benz endorsement? Is it a lie, it is actually a tractor?

Kobe also looked at the billboard, feeling a pain in his heart...why did he have to be so stubborn, so stubborn, insisting on agreeing to Li Liang's conditions?

Regardless of the opposition of the manager Capelin, he agreed to use his image as an endorsement for tractor sellers, limited to print ads.

Father Li Liang's agricultural machinery sales partner is in Texas, and the billboards are so embarrassing that Kobe died of embarrassment.

Li Liang covered his mouth and snickered, thinking that his father was cruel enough. If he directly posted such a big advertisement, it would probably be posted on the Internet in a few days.

But he didn't tell the truth, to save Kobe face, after all, he is the boss.

When the others saw Kobe's face sour, they didn't say anything. Everyone knew that Kobe didn't like being made fun of.

But the bus is already filled with a happy air, and it is estimated that it will be a long time to be happy.

After arriving at the Toyota Center, the players warmed up on the field.

The veterans all lay on their stomachs or lay on the sidelines, asking the trainers to help them stretch and massage.

It's not easy for the old team. Li Liang wondered if he should do a set of Tai Chi at the beginning of the game to relax his muscles and bones before the game.

Li Liang wore his pair of socks that could prevent sprains on his feet, and an ugly blue knee pad was tied on his left knee.

When Mike Brown saw this knee pad, he felt a little distressed, thinking that this kid is so poor, how can he use such an ugly and broken knee pad?

The Lakers have professional knee pads available, but Li Liang said it was his lucky talisman.

Brown understood, and then told Li Liang that he will start tonight.

Li Liang was very excited when he heard that, he could finally start the game? Finally don't have to sit on the bench to watch the game? Haha, that's great.

Brown was also very happy, finally there was a justifiable reason for Li Liang not to sit next to him and babble!

"I hope you can give Dwight more support. He played a bit difficult. On defense, I believe in you."

As soon as Li Liang heard the good guy, I'm going to be in charge of coaxing the beast again, why don't you coax me?

In the past few games, Howard has been hit hard by his opponents, and the number of fouls in each game has reached 5.

It doesn't matter if he can't open the offensive end, he has lost a lot of defense in his old job, so can he still be happy?

In the past, opponents would be scared when they came in and saw Warcraft, but now they are staring at Howard, rushing in with all their brains, desperately grabbing offensive rebounds.

Although the Rockets are not good inside, but at home tonight, they will definitely work hard.

The Rockets have always been a tough team.

But Li Liang is also a very hard-working player, but in the past many games, he gave people the impression that he is "good at shooting three-pointers and very defensive", and he has basically never fought inside.

Tonight is an opportunity for him. Although he has completed a task, the bonus is very limited. If he wants to play well, he still has to work hard.

In fact, Brown didn't have too much expectation, he just talked casually.

Of course he knows the problems of the Lakers inside, but he can't help Howard's decline, and Gasol's injuries and aging are not within his control.

All he can do is to tap the internal potential as much as possible.

Looking around, there is only Jordan Hill inside the bench, but Hill's performance is really unsatisfactory.

Playing the Spurs in the third quarter, the ball was missed for an overhead basket. Brown still remembers it, and Gasol was stunned.

Thanks to winning the game in the end, otherwise the ball would be missed.

So, I still have to train Li Liang alone, anyway, I will give it a try, this kid can always bring surprises.

The game between the two sides begins at 7 p.m. MMT.

After the entrance ceremony of both parties, Li Liang glanced at the auditorium of the Toyota Center. Good guy, the front row is more than half empty!

There was no one here, no one there, the red chairs, and the whole thing was in a mess.

This is also a great spectacle in Houston. Fans like to be late at the beginning, which echoes with Miami fans who like to leave early.

On the neckline of the Rockets' jersey tonight, black and green strips are inlaid to commemorate McHale's daughter Sasha McHale who just passed away due to illness.

Before the start of the game, Li Liang replaced all his runes with defensive runes, anticipation, defensive focus, and defensive intensity.

Although the level is not high, but it can be improved by two or three percent, which is also helpful for his limited inside defensive ability.

It was the first time for the team to start, and Li Liang was still very excited.

There is definitely a difference between a starter and a substitute. One is to start on the spot, and the other is to pick up the car halfway.

Starting on the spot means that you can play your own game rhythm, and half-way pick-up requires you to adapt to the game rhythm.

In the beginning, both sides played relatively loosely. Li Liang, who is used to playing as a substitute, made a little big moves and suffered a foul at the beginning.

Who is the referee tonight? The famous bald referee Crawford.

Seeing that it was this bald and fat man, could Li Liang let him go?

Just go up and blow a hair dryer, and reason with him.

Who knew that Crawford wasn't afraid, even though he didn't call Li Liang a technical offender, the two talked about the truth, and they didn't lose the wind.

Sure enough, he is a master of technical fouls on Duncan's bench, with strong logical thinking ability and unique style.

Moreover, he is bald, so he is not afraid of touching his head to kill him, so he really has nothing to do with him.

Li Liang, who received a foul, must play more carefully.

Fortunately, the Rockets were not in good shape at the beginning, and they kept missing outside shots.

On the Lakers side, Kobe hit a long two-pointer at the top of the arc with the first goal, opening the scoring.

Then he steals Jeremy Lin from the outside, fast breaks and counterattacks to avoid chasing and defending, and succeeds in a layup.

Four points in a row.

Every time the team loses, Kobe will play more aggressively next.

For many games in a row, Howard was played at the beginning, but the effect was mediocre.

Brown made this decision to let Kobe open first, and then look at the situation to give Howard a chance to attack.

The Lakers stopped the Rockets with an 8:0 opening.

Li Liang played a power forward for the first time on the court, and he felt pretty good. He grabbed two rebounds, and his defense and movement were relatively in place.

However, the Rockets were really in a bad state at the beginning. Coach McHale continued to be absent, the assistant coach's control was insufficient, and the players played in a mess on the court.

After returning from the timeout, Jeremy Lin controlled the ball from the outside and made a pick-and-roll cooperation with forward Patterson.

After the pick-and-roll, he directly changed direction and dribbled in. Li Liang immediately switched defenses and followed from the middle to the bottom line.

The ball had to be defended by Gasol or Jamison, and Jeremy Lin went straight to the basket, but Li Liang had nothing to do with him.

Jeremy Lin's explosive power is still not enough to break through Li Liang, even if he managed to make it past, under the interference, Howard was behind, and he was determined to send the ball to the audience with a big hat.

Therefore, Jeremy Lin came out in a circle and passed the ball to Harden.

Harden made a pass, and made a mid-range jumper with an emergency stop, but still missed!

Houston's basket blocked the Rockets' own team tonight, and they didn't score in 3 minutes.

Li Liang caught the backcourt rebound and immediately launched a fast break for Kobe.

Kobe took the ball from the center to the basket, attracting most of the Rockets' defensive attention.

Li Liang followed, at 45 degrees to the left, Kobe passed the ball, Li Liang caught the ball and shot directly!

So what if there is no touch rune installed, does Lao Tzu still rely on that little touch bonus?

"Shua!"

The ball went into the net hollow, Li Liang shot this ball very confidently, and knew it as soon as he took the shot.

At 11:0, the Rockets were beaten.

The situation is a bit wrong, but the coach can no longer call a timeout, what to do, and continue to play.

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