The Lakers of the 1980s were in their prime.

In 11 years, they have entered the finals 9 times and won 5 championships. They are invincible in the West. It is often they themselves who can beat the Lakers rather than their opponents.

After all, their lineup is too luxurious. As long as the top and bottom are united, the Western Conference teams with average overall strength are not the Lakers' opponents at all.

At that time, they were the real kings in yellow robes, ruling the western half of the region for an era.

If the Magic hadn't retired early due to AIDS, with their 1991 lineup, they could still make a difference in the West.

Facing such a Lakers, it is really not easy for Li Liang to win this task match.

But Li Liang thought again, since it was an ordinary task, it would definitely not be too difficult.

And the system thoughtfully arranged for the 1982 game, when there was a three-point line.

With the three-point line, there is a lifeline for Li Liang, and it is not too difficult to win.

The main problem is still 10 assists.

Li Liang felt the difficulty and joy of such tasks when he was performing passing tasks last summer.

It's not as simple and rough as scoring, rebounding, and defensive tasks, just do it by yourself.

If you want to pass the ball to form an assist, you must understand the tactical style of your team, understand the playing characteristics of your teammates, and form a tacit understanding with them.

Especially if you want to get assists, you must sweet zone your teammates, which is the so-called sweet spot.

In which area he catches the ball and shoots, it is easy to score.

For example, Li Liang is going to the Clippers in the future, and Jordan stands in a wide open space outside the three-point line. It is useless for you to pass the ball to him, because he will not shoot three-pointers.

Therefore, passing tasks require brains, and there is basically no way to pass and complete the first two tasks smoothly.

Because, Li Liang had made up his mind to pass this task in a week.

But at the beginning of the competition, Li Liang found that this task was not as difficult as he imagined.

Because of the offensive style of the Denver Nuggets, to be honest, it is more unrestrained.

The Nuggets' starting lineup is center Dan Issel, Li Liang's teacher who learned to pass.

Power forward Vandeweghe, although he is a power forward, but Vandeweghe's style of play is obviously more inclined to small forwards. He has a strong outside shooting ability.

Small forward Li Liang - English, two guards are Kenny - Higgs and TR - Dunn.

This is a very lightweight lineup. Iser is a power forward's size and style of play as a center, and Vandeweghe's small forward is a power forward.

The Nuggets focus on fast offense, and this season they managed to score over 100 points in every game.

The Nuggets scored the most points in a single game for two teams in NBA history.

A year later, in 1983, in the game against the Pistons, the two sides fought 186:184 and scored a total of 370 points.

It is enough to see what kind of team the Nuggets are, that is, crazy offense and defense.

In this game, the opponent Lakers is also a super offensive team. After Magic Johnson squeezed out Paul Westhead this season, Pat Riley, who succeeded him, completely built the team into a Show Time team.

So the two teams started off with a crazy confrontation.

In the NBA in 1982, the regular season was played at a fairly fast pace.

There are not many ways to attack the position, and neither team likes to grind the position very much, and rushes whenever they have the opportunity.

Magic Johnson is the strongest fast counterattack engine in the NBA. After Westhead was squeezed out by Johnson, the top Pat Riley created tactics for the Lakers completely in accordance with Johnson's style, which was a fast counterattack with crazy running.

The head coach of the Nuggets is Doug Mo, the greatest coach in the history of the Nuggets, who has served as an assistant coach since the ABA period.

After the ABA was merged into the NBA, he began to coach the Spurs as the head coach. In 1980, the Brick Nuggets brought the Nuggets the gene of crazy offense.

This kind of game rhythm is very suitable for Li Liang's appetite. Anyway, he is running and attacking desperately.

After [Basic Ball Handling] was raised to 70 points, Li Liang was able to counterattack with the ball in a decent manner.

The two sides beat like wheels on the feet, back and forth, back and forth.

Li Liang started against Jamal Wilkes - nicknamed "Silk", the number 54 whose jersey was retired by the Lakers at home last season.

Fighting and fighting, Li Liang started to face the magician.

The two are about the same height, and they started a direct conversation on the court.

On the defensive end, Li Liang used his follow-up and post-defense skills to limit Johnson.

But he soon discovered that Johnson could not be contained by a simple pressing defense.

His passing vision is extremely wide, and his dribbling is also quite good, always able to surprise.

Only relying on Li Liang's pressing alone, without the cooperation of his teammates to cut off the passing line, the defensive effect is not good.

However, Li Liang's learning ability is still very strong. He follows the example of Johnson and pushes the fast break.

Of course, his passing was not as aggressive as Johnson's, but he also sent several assists and kicked up the Nuggets' offense.

Apart from Li Liang, Dan Issel, Higgs, and Vandeweghe played very well for the Nuggets.

The Nuggets are a typical open offense, and the players all have the ability to handle the ball independently.

A lot of small cooperation, a lot of individual offense, and the players are in good condition, so the Nuggets are 78:73 at halftime, leading the Lakers by 5 points.

This is the score at halftime. Many teams played three quarters to get this score.

If it was replaced by the Detroit Pistons in 2004, the two sides may not be able to play like this for an entire game.

Li Liang had an addiction to running and gunning, and such a crazy attack was really enjoyable.

No wonder many NBA players like to play offensive basketball, not defensive basketball.

Li Liang was very understandable when he thought of the pain he suffered when he was doing defensive tasks before.

In this way, the completion of the task is not as difficult as imagined.

In the first half, Li Liang sent out 5 assists. In the second half, Li Liang played more easily.

He started getting assists.

For example, when he gets a rebound from the backcourt and counterattacks quickly, he rushes to the front, flattening the ground, and there is no one under the basket. He gets the ball and passes it behind him, allowing the players following him to take the ball and score. Get an assist yourself.

Another example is that there is a big open spot that can be cast by itself, but it is necessary to pass it to Vandeweghe or Higgs-these two feel very good tonight, and they can only throw it by themselves as they run out of time.

If it is thrown in, it counts as Li Liang's assist, if it cannot be thrown in, it will not be thrown in. Anyway, there are many offensive opportunities.

In this way, Li Liang reached 10 assists at the end of the third quarter.

This method made head coach Doug Mo scold Li Liang.

"Are you playing basketball? Are you playing basketball? For the sake of data, what else can't you do?"

Li Liang rolled his eyes and turned his nostrils to the sky, thinking that the system is just for me to get data.

"It's really a garbage player in the garbage league. If you don't play seriously, you don't play seriously!"

Doug Mo was still furious and continued to scold, but he couldn't replace Li Liang.

Because Li Liang-English is the most important firepower point for the Nuggets outside, and now they are playing inextricably with the Lakers, of course they cannot be substituted.

Doug Mo graduated from the famous University of North Carolina when he was young, but was forced to end his college basketball career because he admitted to participating in gambling.

After participating in the draft, he was selected by the NBA, but instead of playing in the NBA, they went to Italy.

After playing in Italy, he returned to the United States for the ABA, where he began and finished his career as a basketball coach.

Now he is coaching in the NBA, but he has always called the NBA a "junk league" because he always feels that the ABA is playing real basketball.

The NBA is nothing more than a bunch of crap made up of arrogant players who don't work hard and don't play hard.

It was not until Stern entered the NBA a few years later that Mo felt that the NBA was saved, and the way they were saved was because they started the ABA model-emphasizing three-pointers, starting an interesting All-Star Game, and playing good-looking games immediately. Superstar.

Li Liang was indifferent to Mo's complaints, just in time to receive a wave of anger.

At this time, the scores of the two sides are very close, and there is still the last quarter of the game left. The Nuggets are going to win this game.

Before playing in the fourth quarter, Li Liang said to Doug Mo: "Coach, take a good look to see if I am a trash player."

Li Liang, who has racked up 10 assists, finally doesn't have to hide anymore. I know how to shoot three-pointers!

In the 1981-1982 season, an offensive team like the Nuggets averaged only 0.5 three-pointers per game, which is really pitiful.

When there is nothing to do, try to make a shot outside, and one by one is counted as one.

The situation of the Lakers is the same as that of the Nuggets. Three-pointers are completely forced to try.

As a result, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Liang controlled the ball from the outside, and there was no one three meters in front of him. He directly hit a three-pointer and gave the Lakers a blow.

Johnson thought it was just luck, but it was just the beginning.

In the next few offenses, Li Liang changed his style of quickly counterattacking and collecting assists in the first three quarters, and kept wandering outside the three-point line.

Once there is a chance, he will definitely shoot when he gets the ball.

Although there is no help from runes in the system, the feel is not so stable.

But his own three-point ability value of 87 is high enough, and no one has defended him yet.

He made 3 of 4 three-pointers and stopped the Lakers!

Back on the bench, Doug Mo looked at Li Liang and asked, "How did you do it?"

Li Liangdao: "Aim, shoot, go in. That's how it is done."

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