The official timeout ended and the two sides returned to the court.

Brown sat on the bench, Tyronn Lue sat next to him, and Rivers and Gentry were in the past.

The coaching staff of the Clippers is really luxurious, but the more luxurious the coaching staff, the better the team's performance. This is the same as the team's lineup.

From the current point of view, several experienced assistant coaches get along well.

Mike Brown has been relegated from head coach to assistant coach, and not the first assistant coach, and he has no complaints about it.

Because his mind is not on money and status, not even on the Clippers, but on Li Liang.

That's why he asked Li Liang to "pay attention to the middle lane" just now. This style of play is obviously the style of play of core players.

Brown felt a little drummed in his heart. He wondered if he was too eager for quick success? Will it encourage the growth of seedlings?

For a player to transition from an auxiliary role player to a core player, the short one needs one season of training, and the long one may need two to three seasons of growth.

And Li Liang...a summer?

However, during the team's training yesterday and watching and analyzing the game video before, Brown found that Li Liang had already mastered good offensive skills with the ball, and his passing ability had improved.

This kid has a strong learning ability. Let him try to attack more in the middle of the Thunder today. Maybe it will have a miraculous effect?

Rivers didn't know that besides developing a defensive system for the Clippers, Mike Brown was more concerned with cultivating Li Liang's personal abilities.

However, there is no contradiction between the two, or it seems to be contradictory, but it is not contradictory.

Rivers and the entire Clippers team never regarded Li Liang as a rookie.

Instead, he is regarded as a strong support to help the already good Clippers go further.

Besides, Rivers doesn't like to train rookies. If he wants to train rookies, he might as well stay in the Celtics.

In terms of strength, Li Liang has indeed surpassed the category of ordinary rookies, and the honor of FMVP is even regarded by many people as a finished product.

When Anthony Davis and other rookies in the previous class were still in the "growing pains", for Li Liang, many people were already discussing whether he had a chance to win the MVP this season.

But Brown knew that Li Liang was still a rough sketch.

There are still too many places on him that can be polished and sculpted.

Apart from Brown, the person who knows this most clearly is of course Li Liang himself.

Li Liang knows that on the road of superstar growth, I am still a child!

On the first attack back from the official timeout, the kid broke through the basket with the ball in the middle, hit a jumper with an emergency stop, and scored two points.

He didn't hit the board with this ball, but threw a hollow ball.

Li Liang was inspired by Bob McAdoo. This kind of short-range jumper, combined with a three-pointer, is really threatening.

Ibaka, who is facing Li Liang, doesn't know how to defend.

Turning around, Durant immediately responded with a mid-range jumper.

Durant's jump shot is more sudden, and he almost ignores interference. Li Liang has not yet reached this level.

But he also has something Durant doesn't have, which is better coping ability.

Li Liang's [Basic Pass] has reached 70 points, coupled with his proficiency in tactics, he began to organize the team's offense in the middle.

Li Liangyi organized the offense, but the Thunder's defense was obviously a little uncomfortable.

Crawford made a screen with Li Liang in the high post and cut to the basket, attracting the Thunder's defense.

As a result, Barnes ran to the bottom corner to make an open space, and Li Liang passed the ball to Barnes.

It's a pity that Barnes missed a three-pointer from the bottom corner and didn't seize this opportunity.

This may be the problem with Barnes in the starting lineup. His three-pointer firepower is obviously not strong enough.

But there is no perfect player, and there is no perfect team. The main significance of Barnes replacing Butler is his defense.

The Thunder continued to give the ball to Durant on the offensive end, and the man who defended Durant became Barnes.

Of course Barnes can't guard Durant, but his tenacity and lingering strength will always cause Durant trouble.

Durant was forced near the sideline by Barnes, and Durant's dribbling line selection once had a problem.

Ibaka came out to respond, Durant passed the ball to Ibaka, and then suddenly accelerated and cut into the basket.

If the ball is defended by Butler, he may accidentally miss half of his position, and Ibaka will pass the ball to Durant.

Durant catches the ball at the basket, and the score is guaranteed.

But Barnes caught up with the ball, causing Ibaka to hesitate and not pass the ball, and finally returned the ball to Westbrook.

Seeing that time was running out, Westbrook missed a three-pointer from the outside.

If I don't enter, you don't want to enter either.

Without Griffin and Butler, the Clippers' offensive vigor with the ball is not as fierce, but their defense is more stable.

With a solid defense, it is equivalent to having a stable rear for the army, so that they can attack without any scruples!

Li Liang, who got the rebound in the backcourt, passed the ball to Paul. Paul quickly passed the half court and gave the ball to Jordan who was about to go down. Jordan caught the ball and dunked with one hand inside!

The Staples Center cheered everywhere, and the Clippers will not get tired of watching this pleasing and fast counterattack for a year.

The Thunder's response is simple, and it is not certain whether it is effective or not.

The ball passed twice on the outside, and Westbrook used Ibaka's screen to make a free shot from outside the three-point line!

For the second consecutive three-pointer, Li Liang knew at a glance that the ball was definitely not there, and it was obviously short.

Li Liang wanted to rush to the basket to grab a rebound, but he didn't expect that it was too short, and he would hit the basket.

The ball bounced right into Adams' hands at the basket.

Overjoyed, Adams reacted quickly and made a layup.

"Damn it, Westbrook is so unconventional!"

Li Liang originally thought that the ball was short, and it should bounce to a certain position, so he could catch it.

I didn't know it would be so short, and it was picked up by Adams.

But the Thunder won't always have such bargains to pick up.

Brooks quickly discovered the problems that the Thunder encountered on the offensive end, and their offensive positions could not cooperate with each other.

Although they don't have much tactical cooperation.

But in the regular season, if you count on Wang Zang's combination of singles on the offensive end, the two of them will be exhausted.

The Thunder still have a lot of small cooperation to score points, such as Ibaka's mid-range jumper in the high post and after the two bottom corners are pulled apart.

When Li Liang came to the fourth position, this way of scoring points was almost abolished.

It's not that Li Liang is staring at Ibaka, but that Li Liang and Barnes have a good match.

If Li Liang goes to make up for Durant, Barnes will definitely take a turn to take care of Ibaka.

This kind of awareness is something Butler doesn't have, and Ibaka's scoring method is doomed. If someone takes care of him, his efficiency will drop.

It just so happened that tonight his touch was mediocre, and after a few shots, he stopped trying again.

In this case, the Thunder made a relatively correct choice, which is to fight hard to defend.

The Thunder began their "double-teaming method", using the height and wingspan of outside players to double-team and rotate non-stop to oppress the ball holder.

Durant and Sefolosha encircled Li Liang, causing a pass error by Li Liang, and Durant succeeded in stealing the fast break.

At this time, Paul stepped forward, first with a very beautiful ground hit assist Li Liang for a layup, then after the defensive end switched to Durant, he used his solid chassis to hard-top Durant, causing Durant to miss the shot.

Being short is good, the chassis is low!

secure.

Although Li Liang missed a three-pointer from outside, the Clippers took the lead.

The Clippers have enough space and time to slowly consume with the Thunder.

Durant began to gradually take over the Thunder's offense, but there was nothing he could do.

The Clippers' defensive lineup made it difficult for everyone else to play.

With 2 minutes and 36 seconds left before the end of the first half, Durant received the ball after running and turned around and hit two points.

The score on the field came to 58:49, and the Thunder continued to fall behind by 9 points.

Turning around, Li Liang catches the ball in a high position. He is no longer simply supporting the top of the arc, but can dribble for organization.

He first passed the ball to Paul, who came out in a circle to the right at 45 degrees, and then suddenly accelerated and cut in from the middle!

This cutting technique is almost exactly the same as Durant.

Paul had good ears and eyes, and immediately passed through the inside line to Li Liang's operation.

But Li Liang was blinded as soon as he got the ball. He cut sideways, caught the ball with his back to the basket, and then what?

Then what to do? I don't know how to turn over and jump shot!

On the level of his turn-around jumper, turning around and jumping up, Ibaka must be a big hat.

This rammed product also imitated Durant's dodge air cut, and he didn't know what to do after the cut.

At this moment, Li Liang didn't choose to dribble the ball in a desperate manner, that would not be too shameful.

He imitated Harden, raised his hand and made a fake move, shaking Ibaka, and naturally bumped into Ibaka from behind.

The referee whistled and called Ibaka's defensive foul.

Li Liang has learned the skills of Durant and Harden, but he only learned half of them.

Cheating fouls depends on talent, and Li Liang has learned a lot from Bob Knight when running empty-handed.

At the free throw line, two solid free throws were made, and Rivers just put Griffin back on for the final two minutes.

The Clippers defended the Thunder's counterattack in the last two minutes, and Griffin also contributed a wonderful spinning top layup, passing from Bruce Lee.

At the end of the first half, the Clippers led the Thunder by 10 points at 64:54.

If you look at the shooting heat map, you will find that none of Li Liang's goals in the second quarter came from the flanks, and they all came from the center and front.

Mike Brown saw this in his eyes and thought, maybe it would be useful to backfire.

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