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The Clippers ended the 2013 schedule with a record of 28 wins and 4 losses, continuing to occupy the first place in the league.

As the season progressed, the Clippers' run-in reached a very good point.

Rotation, tactical coordination, defensive understanding, all aspects are well trained.

As a chicken soup coach, Rivers' tactical training is not his strong point, but the team's management and atmosphere are doing very well.

He has prestige, qualifications, and can talk well with players. Although he is quite strict off the court, it does not prevent him from being very popular among players, and he often eats with them.

Li Liang gradually felt that Rivers was a good coach who cared about the players and was very obedient.

When I first came to the Clippers, I was a little disobedient, and I had a lot of thoughts, this and that.

After a period of cooperation, I feel that there has been a lot of tacit understanding.

In fact, Mike Brown is also like this. At the beginning, he was picky about Li Liang, but in the end he was not submissive?

Mike Brown is also known for his strictness among players. Don't look at his mouth open on weekdays, but in training and games, Brown is quite serious.

But it is difficult for him to be serious with Li Liang, he can't be serious!

You have neither face nor dignity in front of him, how can you be serious?

You can't say it, and you don't listen to the tactics you set up. The key is to win the game and win the championship. What else can you say?

So, Mike Brown has long since let go and accepted.

Rivers is also in the process.

On January 1, 2014, the first day of the new year, the team does not have a holiday.

For the service industry, when ordinary people are on vacation, you have to go to work.

The Clippers played against the Charlotte Bobcats at home on New Year's Day.

The Bobcats are the lifelong enemy of the Lakers. It was interesting for Li Liang to play against the Bobcats last season.

The Clippers are different. As a standard "pseudo-strong team" in the past, the last thing they are afraid of is playing against a weak team like the Bobcats.

The so-called pseudo-strong team means that when they beat the weak team, they chop melons and chop vegetables. They are awesome and invincible.

Once you hit a really strong team, or it starts to wither in the playoffs, you can't beat it.

In the past two years, the Clippers have been able to crush their opponents by relying on their physical fitness and quick counterattacks when they hit a weak team because of their style of play and player experience.

In the playoffs, when you play against a strong team, lack experience, lack hard power, and have flaws in the core players, you will lose all kinds of diarrhea.

Now that the Clippers have Li Liang, they are no longer a pseudo-strong team, but their attributes of a pseudo-strong team are still there!

Just like the Spurs, although they are not a pseudo-strong team, they are a stable team.

In the first game of the new year, the Clippers faced Boss Joe's Bobcats, and came with a courtesy first.

In the first half, the two sides played back and forth, tepid.

The Clippers follow the normal process, rotate, and play Griffin at the beginning. After Griffin is off the court, Li Liang and Paul will switch to create opportunities for teammates, or directly play three-pointers.

As for the Bobcats, Kemba Walker is in a good state, and the others are exposed to rain and dew. The Clippers' defense is not strong, but they can bite the game.

In the third quarter of the second half, Jumian completely reversed.

The Clippers suddenly strengthened their defensive strength, speeding up the pace of the game, and the Bobcats' offense collapsed.

Can't keep up with the Clippers' rhythm and defense, and scored 10 points in the entire third quarter.

The ball looked like Jordan was going to explode.

10 points in the third quarter?

I went to play in person, made two mid-range shots, made another three-pointer, and made two free throws. That's 9 points. You just get 10 points?

But the Bobcats just couldn't make two mid-range shots and then a three-pointer. They didn't make a single three-pointer in the third quarter.

As soon as this quarter was over, the Clippers had already led the Bobcats by 20 points, and they beat the Bobcats by 15 points in a single quarter.

And the leader of all this is not Li Liang, but Paul.

Paul's strength is not assault and scoring points, so he has flaws when fighting tough battles.

His strengths are distribution and rhythm control. At the same time, he has a strong offensive power and can destroy defenses.

In the low-intensity games of the regular season, Paul can make his teammates play better in a downwind state, which is an out-and-out accelerator.

Just like the sails on a fast boat, once the wind is favorable and the sails are pulled up, can the speed be fast?

Of course, headwind can't do it. Headwind needs an engine like Li Liang.

But now the overall strength of the Clippers, there are really not many headwinds.

When it came to garbage time in the fourth quarter, Li Liang didn't even want to play.

This guy has also started to become lazy. Recently, he has acquired a lot of various data and props, so he wants to take a rest.

When the fourth quarter was suspended, the Clippers led by 25 points. Rivers pointed to Li Liang, indicating that he could play.

Li Liangdao: "We are leading by 25 points, why do you still let me go? Can't you let me take a break?"

Rivers is stunned, don't you have to play during the garbage time, in the name of exercising and exercising?

"I'm already an All-Star, and you still let me exercise. Is this kind of time period, this kind of confrontation, and this kind of opponent worth exercising?"

Li Liang's series of questions from the depths of his soul made Rivers feel ashamed.

A player with a salary of only 5 million earns the most points every night, endures the most confrontations, and makes more contributions.

You want him to play in garbage time, is that what a coach should do?

Of course, this shame lasted only a minute, and Rivers recalled it.

Damn it, you are the one who insists on playing in garbage time every time, and then swipes the stats, why is it my fault?

No way, this is the power of Bob Knight's hair dryer, blowing you to doubt yourself and life.

The world view collapsed, the outlook on life was reshaped, and the values ​​were subverted.

And when something doesn't feel right to you, you forget it after a while.

Rivers also forgot, they won the game anyway, so whatever.

Although the end of 2013 was not so good, the beginning of 2014 was good.

Clippers at home 120:85, 35-point advantage over the Bobcats, made the first win of the new year.

Li Liang didn't want to appear on the stage during garbage time. Apart from not being motivated to collect data, another reason was that he felt that even with such a big advantage, he still couldn't do it at 58.

He didn't want to apologize to Paul anymore, so he might as well stop.

After all, the relationship between Li Liang and Paul was getting better and better.

The team has a good record, the locker room is stable, and the relationship between the leading players is of course good.

If the team's record is not good and they keep losing, no matter how good the off-court relationship is, it may fall apart.

This is the case on the basketball court, which is similar to the battlefield, very cruel.

But for players, what is more cruel is not failure, but that you don't even have a chance to fail-that is, encountering injuries.

On January 3, the Clippers went to Dallas to face the Dallas Mavericks in the second game of the new year.

The Lone Ranger's strength has rebounded compared to last season, but it has not improved qualitatively.

Nowitzki is another year older, and his dominance has declined further.

The Lone Ranger played very well in the first quarter, scoring almost 40 points in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, Li Liang still yelled at his teammates, asking everyone to cheer up on the defensive end.

The Clippers started a counterattack and overtook the score at the end of the first half.

By the third quarter, the Clippers had taken the initiative on the court and gradually opened up the point difference.

But at the end of the third quarter, Paul collided with Mavericks player Monta Ellis in a defense and fell to the ground.

Paul clutched his right shoulder with pain on his face, and fell to the ground for a long time.

Li Liang and his teammates hurried forward to check. Seeing Paul's expression, it didn't look like he was pretending to go to the bathroom.

Then the team doctor conducted a simple inspection and found that Paul's right shoulder was knocked out and dislocated!

The game was so intense that Paul's shoulder was knocked off.

As a small player, in order to survive in a giant arena like the NBA, Paul does not know how much pain and cost he will have to come back.

You know, with a height of 183, once you stand on the court, you will see a group of people who are much taller than you.

He has to thread the needle among this group of people, shoot and score, drive and score, and need to defend.

It is hard to imagine.

After entering the league in 2005, except for the three years as a rookie, he suffered more serious injuries every year after that.

Judging from this posture, if the dislocation occurs, it is estimated that he will have to rest for at least three weeks and miss more than a dozen games.

With a bandage on his right shoulder, Paul went back to the locker room and never returned to the court.

The drama of the return of the king is not something that everyone can perform and is willing to perform.

When Paul left, he slammed the chair with his left fist, his eyes full of unwillingness.

Because he is very worried, will this injury affect the entire season?

They've been really, really good this season.

In the following games, the Clippers just stopped.

Without Paul, there is Li Liang!

The Clippers made it to the end, 120:113, and defeated the Lone Ranger.

The Clippers have scored more than 120 points in a single game in many games, and their firepower is strong enough.

But after winning the game, the players didn't have much joy on their faces, and Rivers was even more dignified.

After all, Paul was hurt.

Only Li Liang looked relaxed, because he was sure that Paul would be fine.