As soon as Li Liang signed the contract, he got another several million dollars.

He can finally prove to his father that the money I earn from playing basketball is not much less than selling tractors.

Poor thing, that's just too much.

Chatting with Dad recently, he said that after the advertisement was made, the effect was good, and the first shot to enter the United States was fired.

But now the tractor factory has made another request, and I still hope that Li Liang will personally advertise their large tractors, combine harvesters and so on.

After all, Li Liang is popular, and the advertising effect will not be bad.

Li Liang resolutely refused, and even more so after signing with Under Armour.

From now on, we must cherish and protect our image, and we must never associate it with tractors.

At that time, the fans will have to nickname him again, what kind of combine harvester, it will be too much.

On the night of the 5th, Li Liang entered the personal training center again and spent 2000 points to practice with Duncan for an hour.

Anyway, practice more with Duncan, when you are ready, do Duncan's task.

Li Liang's idea is to quickly improve the inside defense, and then do the task of the city of angels.

As for whether it is necessary for the Lakers, he didn't think too much.

But the so-called world is unpredictable, there will always be many accidents in the NBA, especially the unpredictable injuries.

Although the old team doctor Gary Vitti is working on a 3D human injury prediction system, he hopes to manage the players' physical conditions comprehensively.

But many injuries are uncontrollable and unpredictable.

On January 6, the Lakers played against the Nuggets at home. The two teams played against each other for the third time this season.

The Nuggets lost the previous two games, and they are holding back to win this game no matter what.

The Lakers are playing at home, and they were full of confidence. After the game started, the Lakers also took the lead.

But toward the end of the second quarter, Jordan Hill accidentally stepped on Bryant's foot during a defense and sprained his ankle.

In the last game against the Clippers, Jordan Hill sprained his ankle and limped off the field.

After the team doctor's examination, he felt that there was nothing serious, and he continued to play this game.

As a result, he accidentally stepped on Kobe's foot, which made the ankle sprain worse.

Can Kobe's feet be stepped on casually? They are made of iron just like his hands.

Jordan Hill only played for more than ten minutes before returning to the locker room.

It's okay that Hill's absence increases the pressure on the Lakers' rotation, but after Gasol is on the bench, Hill's role is not so important.

As a result, Gasol was also injured!

It's not Kobe's fault for Gasol's injury, it's all the Nuggets' backup center, JaVale McGee.

McGee hit Gasol with an elbow during the game, and Gasol had a nosebleed.

It was already the fourth quarter, and the Lakers led the Nuggets by 2 points.

As soon as Gasol came off the court, the Lakers' rotation became chaotic.

When Hill played before, Li Liang was resting off the court.

The ass is not hot yet, Hill is injured, and Li Liang goes into battle again.

When Gasol was injured, Li Liang also rested off the court.

Before the water was drunk, Gasol also went down, and Li Liang appeared on the stage to top the tank again.

what happened? Won't you let me take a break?

This McGee has such a big stature and such a good physical fitness, but his brain is not very good.

Li Liang conveniently measured the ball blindness index for him:

[Ball blindness index i, a theoretically non-existent ball blindness, an artificially designed ball blindness, and a real false ball blindness. 】

For the first time, Li Liang found that he couldn't understand the results of the ball blindness tester, but it didn't look like a particularly negative evaluation.

Did you underestimate McGee?

I don't underestimate McGee, but Li Liang's rhythm is disrupted by the chaotic playing time.

Not only is Li Liang's rhythm messed up, but the Lakers' overall tactics are also messed up.

After several mistakes in a row, the Nuggets seized the opportunity to counterattack and overtake the score.

Kobe became anxious all of a sudden, and stood up at the last moment to reap the game.

Then properly, the Lakers were harvested.

0 for 3 shots at the critical moment!

An offensive foul was also drawn by Iguodala.

As a result, the Lakers lost 108:112 at home with a four-point disadvantage.

This shit is the real combine harvester, it doesn't distinguish between black and white, and takes everything according to the order.

The team's 9-game winning streak came to an end, as did Kobe's record of scoring 30 points in 13 consecutive games.

He scored 29 points in this game, but in the end he was powerless and failed to lead the team to comeback.

The Lakers suffered a loss in rebounding in the end and were robbed by the Nuggets for several rebounds.

It wasn't that Li Liang was out of position, but Howard. Howard felt discomfort in his shoulder in the fourth quarter.

He insisted on finishing the game, but after returning to the locker room, he told Vitti that his shoulder was uncomfortable.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, if Howard's shoulder had some problems again, the Lakers would have no one to use inside.

Some time ago, Mike Brown was worried about the team's injuries, so he consciously reduced the players' playing time.

As a result, Kobe and Nash were fine, but the inside line was suddenly injured.

And not one was injured, but all three were injured at once.

Fortunately, the team has a good record, 28 wins and 5 losses, still the first in the league.

The family background is relatively thick, if they lose later, they can afford to lose temporarily.

The next day, all three health checks came back. Jordan Hill sprained his ankle and was bound to miss the next few games.

At present, his injury needs further examination to determine how long to rest.

Pau Gasol was hit by McGee with a nosebleed, which led to a concussion and missed at least two weeks.

Howard's situation is also not optimistic. He has been in a bad state recently, and the problem lies in his shoulder.

He suffered a torn labrum on his right shoulder, and it is uncertain whether he needs surgery, and his return date is undecided.

This time the Lakers' inside line was instantly cleared, and the twin towers and substitutes all fell down.

Li Liang was originally a cameo playing power forward, but he didn't expect to become a full-time player all of a sudden.

Mike Brown didn't expect the situation to be so bad, but as the head coach, his psychology can bear it.

After all, injuries are part of the game, and it's better for these injuries to appear earlier than when the playoffs are about to start.

The question now is, how does Brown arrange the team's inside rotation?

On the afternoon of January 7th, the entire Los Angeles Lakers team flew to Houston to prepare for the third game of the season against the Rockets.

After playing Houston, I will go to San Antonio to play the Spurs. This schedule can be described as bad or bad.

On the plane, Mike Brown was frowning. He looked at the list of players, and only Thackeray was left at the center position.

There is no way but to put Thackeray in the starting list.

Let Thackeray play the starter... God, the Lakers are dead and old in the backcourt, Howard can't wipe his ass, let Thackeray play the center, that is really shit.

Thackeray has played a total of 2 times this season, both in garbage time.

At other times, he conscientiously waved the towel on the bench to cheer for his teammates.

Obtained the appraisal certificate of "First Class Towel Waving Master".

Brown can already imagine how the inside will be exploded in these two games against the Rockets and Spurs.

Mike Brown couldn't sleep at all on the plane. He kept flipping through the playbook and discussing the team's defense with Eddie Jordan and Payson.

And there was already a snoring sound from the seat in front - it was Li Liang.

This guy fell asleep on the plane.

At his age, he doesn't know how to sleep like this.

Every time on the plane, I sleep when I say sleep, wake up when I say wake up, and I feel heartless when I look at it.

In normal training, he eats more than pigs and sleeps like pigs.

Kobe looked at Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning every day, and Li Liang greeted the sun at ten o'clock in the morning.

In this way, his skills have been improving, and the improvement is very fast.

In particular, his physical fitness has become stronger almost visible to the naked eye.

Brown is also strange. This guy didn't develop in college, but now he started to develop?

Li Liang didn't develop well, he spent all his sleeping time in system training.

Right now, Li Liang is doing tasks in the system.

Seeing Li Liang sleeping soundly, Brown suddenly remembered something.

Recently, Li Liang has been coming to him to ask him about inside basket protection and low post defense.

In the game against the Clippers that day, he sat on the sidelines and asked himself how to be an inside defensive core.

At that time, Brown felt that the young man was just eager to learn, so he gave him a few pointers.

Turning around to play the Nuggets, all three insiders of the team were injured.

Hiss~ What's the situation?

Is he a prophet, or has he cast a spell on the team's inside line?

Mike Brown frowned and thought for a long time, thinking that it should be neither.

He felt that Li Liang should be a gift from God!

If this kid can really practice the basket protection, wouldn't he be able to survive this period of time?

But thinking about it is unlikely, three-pointers, to support this kind of thing, look at hidden talents.

Touch, awareness, golf quotient, these are the strengths of Asian players.

But protecting the basket and defending inside depends on hardware talent.

Height, wingspan, jumping, these real and explicit things cannot be practiced.

This is why in the NBA Draft, so many parallel import centers appeared, but some teams continued to jump into the fire pit one after another.

So Mike Brown thought about it, Bruce Lee is good to have this heart, but don't embarrass him.

Since the defense is not strong, then focus on the offense.

Basketball is a scoring game. If you score more points than your opponent, don't you win?

What Mike Brown thought was very good, they arrived in Houston on the 7th, and on the night of the 8th, they faced the Rockets at the Toyota Center.

The three battles between the two sides this season, this game has received a lot of attention in China.

The two teams are already very popular. In the past, Yao Ming was with the Rockets, and the Rockets were completely the home team of Chinese fans.

As for the Lakers, because they have Kobe, O'Neal, and five champions in the 21st century, no matter their achievements, star flavor, or gorgeousness of play, they are all full marks for their fan attraction.

This year there is an extra Li Liang, who played very well, and the popularity has surpassed Yao Ming's retired Rockets.

In the first two games, the Rockets faced the Lakers with a crisp defeat, and James Harden played mediocre in the two games.

It's the third game, and their head coach McHale is back. Facing the Lakers' shortage of major generals, the inside line is bright, and of course they will not show mercy.

In this game, the Rockets prepared well before the game and played very targeted at the beginning.

Just one move, rushing your inside, forcing the Lakers to shrink their defense, and opening the outside line to give the striker a chance to shoot a three-pointer.

The Rockets' strikers Morris, Patterson, Parsons, and Delfino all have strong three-point capabilities.

But in the opening game, the Lakers defended well. Li Liang moved to the power forward position and cooperated with Thackeray to defend against the Rockets' inside attack several times.

At the same time, the Lakers changed the old man's slow play style before, and began to accelerate with all their strength.

It was also terrifying for the classic car to soar. The continuous quick counterattack succeeded, and the opening game was 6:0.

The Rockets only scored the first point in the opening 2 minutes, and then the Lakers stepped up their three-point offense, and made crazy three-pointers if they couldn't get inside.

Ci Shiping's three-point shooting rate tonight turned out to be good. He hit two in the opening game, and Li Liang also hit a three-pointer.

The Lakers scored 20:4, and the Rockets collapsed in the first quarter.

McHale immediately called a timeout to make adjustments, Delfino came on the field, and the Rockets' offensive formation was completely opened.

Delfino hit two three-pointers in the first quarter, forcing Li Liang to come out and defend.

The Rockets slowly narrowed the point difference, Harden, Jeremy Lin, and Parsons took turns to rush inside with the ball.

It should be said that Thackeray worked hard inside, and he sent two blocks in the first half.

The Rockets narrowed the 16-point difference to only 5 points to end the first half.

Throughout the first half, Li Liang took a 3-minute break.

In the second half, the situation became more severe, and the Rockets' offense slowly opened up.

Combining the inside and the outside, no one can stand it. The key is that Kobe doesn't feel good tonight.

After the rotation was shortened, Kobe's playing time increased and he was not as comfortable as before.

The players ran for half the time, their legs and feet slowed down, but the Rockets ran happier and happier.

The third quarter became Jeremy Lin's time. Every time the offense and defense transitioned, he dribbled non-stop towards the Lakers basket.

The backcourt serves without stopping. The Lakers just scored a goal, and as soon as the butt turned around, the Rockets scored.

Okay, don't go back, stay in the frontcourt and continue playing.

This light cavalry style of play slowly eroded the Lakers' advantage. Delfino's three-pointer helped the Rockets overtake, and Jeremy Lin's three-pointer helped the Rockets expand their advantage.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers couldn't hold on any longer. Li Liang stepped forward at this time and hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside to close the score.

At the critical moment of the game, Thackeray made a mistake on the court.

Jeremy Lin broke through the basket with the ball, Li Liang followed up and Thackeray came to defend.

As a result, he slammed into Li Liang all of a sudden, but Jeremy Lin slipped to the bottom line and made a counter-basket.

The ball also caused a foul by Li Liang, allowing Jeremy Lin to hit a three-pointer.

Li Liang didn't blame Thackeray, he really did his best.

In 27 minutes of playing, the inside sent out 4 blocks.

But having blocked shots does not mean that your basket protection is good. It may also be because the opponent is not afraid of you and rushes at you, which leads to you blocking more shots.

At the last minute, the Rockets led the Lakers by 7 points, thinking that they were sure of victory.

Who knew that Harden's pass was [death entangled] by Li Liang, and then Li Liang turned around and hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc.

McHale was so scared that he quickly called a timeout, Harden made up for it, made a successful foul, and went to the free throw line to help the Rockets seal the victory.

At 112:106, the Lakers narrowly lost to the Rockets by 6 points in the away game.

Li Liang made 5 of 10 three-pointers and scored 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

But it didn't help. The Lakers had already tried their best to grab the rhythm at the beginning of the game, but they still didn't grab it.

Such a big lead is completely untenable, there is no way, there is really no one inside.

No matter how much Howard slips, he is also a monster, the best defensive player.

Gasol is older and also a stable tactical point, a defensive high point.

Jordan Hill is a buttery player, but he can also provide basket protection and plenty of offensive rebounds.

As for Kobe, the 34-year-old cannot be expected to turn the tide with 50 or 60 points.

This loss was not a crime of war, and it was expected.

The Lakers suffered a two-game losing streak, the first losing streak of the season, and then they have to go to San Antonio.

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