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On the morning of the fifth battle, Li Liang ate two fried poached eggs, a large bowl of vegetable salad, and some fried chicken breast.

The team didn't practice in the morning, so Li Liang went back to his room and slept for a while, then went to Toyota Sports Center in the afternoon.

After arriving at the Toyota Center, there were obviously more reporters at the gate who wanted to interview Li Liang than in the past.

The power of 40 points in the playoffs is still very powerful, this is the first player after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

When did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in 1970, the era of rock music, hippies, and afro, seems to be an ancient era far away for today's fans.

Li Liang did it as a second-round pick with the 55th overall pick, and this is not a coincidence. There will be such an explosion of luck in the regular season, but not in the playoffs. It is too difficult.

And he almost toppled the Thunder again in Game 4, if not for that mindless timeout.

Facing the reporters, Li Liang just smiled at them. Before they surrounded him, he suddenly accelerated and ran into the locker room...

A group of reporters were left stunned. How could there be such a person?

Reporters chasing celebrities is also experienced and well-informed. Celebrities and football stars generally hide, let bodyguards stop them, keep silent, bow their heads and please go away.

But there has never been one like Li Liang, who made a fake move, and when everyone surrounded him, one accelerated and ran away?

It really ran away with a full sprint, which has never been seen before.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be nothing. He is still a rookie and only 22 years old. He is not a superstar like Kobe and LeBron who needs to maintain his identity.

He is still a child!

However, a small number of reporters felt that Li Liang had the potential to do great things.

When this guy speaks and does things, he seldom cares about what others say, but only cares about his own inner thoughts.

This is very similar to James, the difference is that he does not have the burden of James' idol.

He wasn't the draft pick, he wasn't the No. 1 pick, he wasn't a kid from Akron.

He's Chinese, he's a second-round pick, he's a guy who doesn't carry anything.

From this point they realized that this guy will definitely make a choice different from ordinary people in the future.

...

Li Liang ran all the way to the locker room of the training center and rushed into the toilet...

I ate too much at noon. I ate a grilled chicken, a lot of fish and brown rice, and my stomach felt a little bloated.

I just suddenly felt sick to my stomach and had to run in to go to the toilet.

After solving the problem, Li Liang took a breath, thinking that he hadn't entered the system training recently, so he couldn't eat as much as before.

Eat too much, there is nowhere to digest the energy, and the body is a bit overwhelmed.

But it should not affect the game tonight.

In the afternoon, the team conducted a simple tactical training, followed by a pre-match tactical meeting, and Mike Brown made simple arrangements.

To the fifth game, the two sides have not many secrets at all, and Brown and Brooks have no secret weapons in their hands.

The two sides are car-to-car, horse-to-horse, head-to-head at Staples.

The fifth game of grabbing the match point has always been a key battle that determines the final direction of the series. It is conceivable that this game must be very fierce.

But the Lakers players are very relaxed in practice and after arriving at the Staples Center.

Kobe, Nash, and Howard all had relaxed facial expressions, and Howard even showed his big white teeth.

Li Liang was once again sought after in the player tunnel, and many reporters came out to ask him whether he would stay or stay during the offseason.

Li Liang didn't say a word, he knew that whatever he said would be over-interpreted.

It is better to be silent than to say a thousand words.

The Thunder had arrived at the arena first, and the two sides began to warm up on the court.

The game time was scheduled for 3:30 in the afternoon. For Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, they had to stay up late to watch the game again.

At the beginning of the ceremony, when the live DJ called out Bruce Lee, the cheers were especially enthusiastic.

Almost on par with Kobe.

There is no difference between the start of the two sides and the first four games. At this time, it is time to fight the bayonet at the beginning of the game!

Before the start of the game, players from both sides punched each other to show friendship, but this game is not destined to be friendly.

Howard and Perkins stand in the center circle, ready to jump the ball.

The referee on duty tonight is James Karpas, an experienced black referee whom Li Liang also knows well.

The atmosphere at Staples tonight was extremely warm, and many big-name stars came to the sidelines to watch the game.

The two sides jumped the ball, and the game began!

Howard moved the ball to his own half, Li Liang protected the ball, and the Lakers started their first offense.

Nash handles the ball. In this round of the series, Nash's performance is very average.

Facing the young Thunder, Nash showed a little old.

However, this does not mean that Nash is dead. In the team's training and tactical discussions, Nash believes that he should give more possessions to Kobe and Howard, and their offensive effect is obviously better.

But in this game, Nash knew he had to play.

In the critical fifth game, the team needs a new firepower to stand up and give the opponent a little "surprise."

Nash first handed the ball to Li Liang, and after some running, he caught the ball at the corner and chose to shoot a jump shot himself.

But the ball spun around in the basket and fell out and missed.

Nash also needs to slowly adjust his touch.

Perkins got the rebound and the Thunder counterattacked, but Perkins was called a screen foul in the offense.

That doesn't bode well for the Thunder.

Then, Howard caught the ball inside and missed a strong hit, and Li Liang got a rebound and missed a second tip-up.

Then the Thunder counterattacked, and Durant tried an outside shot, but it didn't go in.

The opening hands of both sides were a bit cold.

In this case, of course Kobe has to stand up, catch the ball from the outside and dribble continuously, and make a shot!

"Bang!" Didn't enter...

Howard got the offensive rebound, but still missed the tip.

Ibaka's block interfered with Howard, and the Thunder controlled the ball.

The defenses on both sides are very tough, and neither of them is willing to let the opponent score first.

The Thunder's counterattack, the Lakers' defense was in place, Durant received the ball from the outside and broke through, and Howard came directly to help defend, leaving Perkins completely empty.

Durant passes to Perkins on the wing, Perkins gets the ball, wide open, but he doesn't know what to do...

After four games, the Lakers have clearly figured out the biggest goal of the Thunder's starting offense, which is Perkins.

The Thunder's biggest operational mistake was letting Harden go, and the second biggest mistake was using Perkins instead of Chandler.

Perkins' offense, after getting the ball, he had no choice but to dribble inward because he couldn't shoot.

But where would he break through, the dribble was directly intercepted by Li Liang from the side.

Li Liang passed the ball to Nash, Nash dribbled a change of direction and accelerated past Westbrook, and then rushed to the basket by himself.

Under the defense of Ibaka, he played a beautiful time difference and succeeded in a layup with his right hand!

Two minutes into the game, the first goal was finally scored. Staples was silent for a long time, and finally burst into cheers.

Immediately afterwards, the Thunder also opened their doors. Durant received a pass from Westbrook from the outside and made a strong three-pointer from the left!

Durant no longer runs any tactics, what a mess, or his own catch and pull is the best!

Afterwards, on the Lakers side, Howard was blown into a dribble while attacking.

The Thunder immediately counterattacked, Westbrook quickly killed the basket and made a layup.

Immediately afterwards, Nash gave the ball to Li Liang, and Li Liang missed a three-pointer from the outside.

Durant skipped and dribbled the ball all the way across the half court, and suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball to the inside. Sefolosha, who cut the ball, caught the ball and dunked the basket with both hands!

7:2, the Thunder once again took the lead.

Mike Brown knew this time that a timeout should indeed be called.

What's going on, are the Lakers players overconfident in themselves?

The opening defense was good, but the few offenses were very simple, and the touch seemed to be bad. After the defense, there were loopholes. Is it too relaxed?

Mike - Brown reminded the players, to pay attention, to focus, they want to score.

Back from the timeout, Kobe immediately scored a goal. He caught the ball with his back on the wing, turned over and hit a jumper, scoring 2 points.

The Thunder also played very simple offensively. Westbrook used a screen to kill the inside and gave the ball to Ibaka for a jumper.

Ibaka missed a jumper under Li Liang's interference.

During the Lakers' counterattack, Howard quickly stepped down, received a pass from Nash, and filled the basket with both hands, closing the point difference.

Subsequently, Howard was blown for three seconds in the defense, and Durant made a free throw, 8:6.

The game did not look as exciting as the previous four games, because the two sides played very "wild" on the field without too many tricks.

In fact, after the tit-for-tat confrontation in the first four games, both Brooks and Mike Brown realized that the two sides are likely to be in a state of "whoever adjusts first, whoever messes up first, whoever messes up first, who dies first".

Both of them let go and let the players play on their own, and make changes and adjustments based on previous experience.

So from the looks of the scene, there are basically no complicated tactics in the offense, and they are all shot after simple cooperation.

The defensive strength is very strong, the rebounding and the protection of the basket are very tight.

The Lakers had several offensive rebounds, but they failed to score in the end.

Thunder's so-called cooperation was also not as effective as that of Shuang Shao.

After the free throw, a pick-and-roll cooperation between Durant and Ibaka went wrong.

Durant's ground pass was too big, Ibaka didn't receive it, the ball went out of the baseline, and the Lakers had the ball.

Neither side played very well at the beginning, but Li Liang was not worried about his teammates or himself.

Li Liang came out to catch the ball again, and then passed the ball to Kobe who came out, and Kobe shot directly after receiving the ball.

Two points hit.

The Lakers tied the score.

On the Thunder side, Ibaka received the ball from a high position and made a mid-range shot with a high jump, which was also hit.

In order to avoid Li Liang's interference, Ibaka made himself jump into the air, and only shot at the highest point.

At 10:8, halfway through the first quarter, neither side scored high.

At this time, Nash suddenly made a beautiful change in front of Westbrook in the offense, and went directly to the basket from the middle!

The Thunder encircled, Nash threw it high to Howard, and Howard made an alley-oop dunk!

The Thunder's offense was stuttering, and in the end, somehow, it became Perkins with the ball again...

Perkins received the ball from beyond the three-point line, and no one cared about him. He turned around for a long time in a daze, and finally returned the ball to Durant.

Durant gave the ball to Westbrook, and Westbrook charged with the ball. The Thunder only have this move now.

But this trick worked. After the Lakers contracted, Westbrook gave the ball to Ibaka in the corner, and Ibaka made a three-pointer!

The Thunder's offense was messy, but they still made several shots. It was luck and strength.

Then, Nash tried again from the outside line, but still didn't make it.

The Thunder wanted to counterattack, but Westbrook quickly advanced and was stopped by Li Liang.

The ball dropped from his hand and fell to the ground. Li Liang fell to the ground to grab the ball, then held the ball in his arms and called a timeout.

In the short 20-second timeout, the Lakers, like the Thunder, played in a mess.

After returning from the timeout, Li Liang responded from the outside line and gave the ball to Nash who was running. He hit a 45-degree three-pointer from the left!

Nash finally hit the shot, and the two sides tied again!

But this messy momentum didn't end there. The Thunder made three passes and two leads, and finally Ibaka broke through with the ball?

Anyway, it's a mess.

As a result, Ibaka broke into the inside and missed a layup, but grabbed an offensive rebound and caused Howard's foul.

This time Howard fouled twice and had to rest early and replaced O'Neal.

Ibaka made two free throws.

Lei Ting's scrambling vigor, on the contrary, had an advantage.

Then the Thunder replaced Martin.

On the Lakers side, Jermaine O'Neal scored on the field and hit a left-handed hook after receiving a pass from Kobe.

And Thunder Martin made a three-pointer, a shot in the air that changed hands, and a hit on the board that caused Kobe to foul.

Additional penalty hit.

Kobe tried to return one, but missed the shot.

In the counterattack, it was Westbrook who forcibly killed the basket again, and succeeded in a one-armed dunk!

With more than 3 minutes before the end of the first quarter, the Thunder suddenly gained momentum.

After Kobe forced a breakthrough and turned around immediately, he succeeded in a layup.

But the momentum of the Thunder felt completely up. Ibaka received a pass from Durant and hit a 45-degree half-stop.

Then Kobe scored two more points, but Westbrook returned the Lakers with a three-pointer!

Then Li Liang missed a three-pointer, Durant counterattacked and received a pass from Westbrook, and then hit a three-pointer!

In the end, both sides missed both attacks.

At 28:19, in the first quarter, the Thunder made the Lakers rub their hands with a messy style of play.

Although Li Liang was a master of chaos, but the Lakers didn't play chaos at all, so he had no chance.

The Lakers seemed to play a little too leisurely, without any sense of urgency in the fifth game of Tianwangshan.

Could it be that their self-confidence is just an illusion?