Everyone knew times were changing, they just didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

For nostalgic fans, their deep impression of basketball still stays in gorgeous dribble breakthroughs and difficult folding layups.

Now such actions are becoming less and less in the league.

Although Kobe is still in the league, his style of play is also pursuing efficiency and simplification.

Three-point shooting is becoming the most important part of the game, so important that a team can't wait to shoot three-pointers from center to point guard.

This process was originally gradual, and each team will gradually adjust its tactical policy every summer and every new season.

It's just that Li Liang's performance outside the three-point line in the 2013 season, as well as the shocking 60 points in the finals, greatly accelerated this process.

Especially combined with the record and performance of the Lakers this season, it makes people realize how important it is to the overall tactics to have an excellent three-pointer from the outside.

The era of the post game is over, and the last year of that era will be 2012.

In that year's Finals, LeBron James opened up the Thunder's defense with his lame post-up play.

Before that, countless people suggested that James "practice his back and strengthen his low-post offense". This is almost a necessary skill for a champion player and team, a "king skill".

In the past year alone, this voice is about to disappear.

Back attack, low-post technique is still a very powerful technique and tactics.

But he is no longer the "King Skill". It is best to have it, and it is not necessarily impossible to win the final victory without it.

Today's king skill is the three-pointer.

Li Liang grasped this skill, or he used his performance to push the three-pointer to a peak.

After causing Kobe's foul, Li Liang got three free throw opportunities.

He's at the free-throw line, and Bryant's akimbo not far from him.

All three free throws were made, and the ball passed through the center without even touching the basket.

If you want to watch Li Liang miss a free throw, it is basically as rare as watching Kobe Bryant not hit the iron.

At 71:88, the Clippers' lead had reached 17 points.

Of course the Lakers did not give up, Kobe is still leading the team to organize a counterattack.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers stubbornly chased the score to 85:95, 10 points behind.

Without Paul as a regulator, the Clippers' offense is still a bit sloppy.

As an organizer, Li Liang has the advantage of giving others more room to play, but the disadvantage of course is that more mistakes are made.

Because of his height, ball-handling ability, and playing habits, when Li Liang is in control of the ball, his explosiveness of mistakes is quite amazing.

In the second half of the third quarter, Kobe stepped up the interference with Li Liang's possession of the ball, and D'Antoni also replaced Ci Shiping to strengthen the pressure on Li Liang's possession of the ball.

Li Liang made three mistakes in a row, allowing the Lakers to succeed in two counterattacks, and were able to narrow the point difference to 10 points at the end of the third quarter.

Li Liang knew that his ball control and organization needed to be further strengthened.

After this game, Paul will not be able to return for a long time.

Other teams are now studying how to deal with Li Liang, and he will definitely be under stronger pressure and defense.

If he can't control his mistakes well, it will be a big blow to his organization and offense.

However, when Li Liang thought of entering the system to practice dribbling, he would be "tortured" by the system's electric shocks and pinching his fingers, and he secretly groaned in his heart.

This perverted system designer, why should I be punished for these tasks?

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Liang sat off the court to rest, and the substitute lineups of both sides played on the court.

It was Odom who replaced Li Liang.

After a period of "renewal", Odom's competitive level has been greatly improved.

And because of Paul's injury, Odom has a very good ability to organize and control the ball, so his playing time is gradually increasing.

This so-called "left-handed magician" guy has a high talent and imagination in passing.

He has an excellent sense of ball control and strong coordination of his hands and feet. Even if he is 2.06 meters tall, he can play the ball between his palms like a small point guard.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the substitute lineups of both sides pecked at each other.

The rookies on the Clippers side are better than the rookies on the Lakers.

Odom and Griffin completed two beautiful inside passes and cooperated with each other, scoring two goals to widen the point difference.

And the Lakers' substitute is really Cai, and Ci Shiping played with Nick Young, Blake, Meeks, Thackeray and others on the court.

This is a lineup that has no chance of any autonomous offense.

Ci Shiping is five years younger and can become the core of the offense on the field, but this year his weight has gone up again.

Movement is slower, and shooting feels worse.

On the contrary, Meeks played well and hit a three-pointer from the outside to quench the Lakers' thirst.

Then the two sides fought each other, Odom seized a counterattack opportunity, took the ball and dribbled the ball from the backcourt to kill the basket.

First, he changed direction ahead of time and passed Meeks, then dribbled the ball behind Ci Shiping and passed Ci Shiping, and then lightly picked the basket with his left hand and succeeded!

It was the best goal of the game so far.

Seeing this, Li Liang excitedly stood up and waved a towel to Odom.

To be honest, Li Liang is currently unable to achieve this kind of continuous excellence.

This kind of sense of agility of the unity of human and ball cannot be trained the day after tomorrow.

However, Li Liang's excitement hadn't passed a minute. In the next round, Odom took possession of the ball and organized an attack.

After picking and rolling with Griffin, he played a pass behind the back, no? look pass!

A very beautiful and precise pass, passing the ball to Li Liang's hands...

Li Liang was standing on the sidelines, had just finished waving the towel, and hadn't sat down yet.

A ball flew towards him and he caught it.

Strikes, really strikes.

Li Liang doesn't need to move his position, he can shoot directly after catching the ball.

And he was wide open with no defender in front of him.

The only pity is that he is standing on the sidelines and hasn't played yet.

"Strike, strike." Li Liang returned the ball to the referee, then applauded Odom, saying it was a strike.

Otherwise, what else can I do, can I still hit him in the head with the ball?

Odom's idea of ​​transferring the ball from the strong side to the weak side is still very correct, that is, the transfer is too large, it crosses the boundary, and goes out of the circle.

Needless to say, this ball must be on Odom's top five embarrassments.

Li Liang's helpless expression holding the ball is almost exactly the same as that of Vujacic of the Lakers back then.

Even Kobe, who was a little depressed, couldn't help laughing when he saw this ball.

Odom is still the same Odom in the past, still so easily distracted.

The dead ball entered an official timeout due to an error by Odom.

The Clippers still lead the Lakers by 12 points with 91:103.

Without Paul, the Clippers' offensive firepower is still very strong.

With more than half of the fourth quarter remaining, the score has easily broken through 100.

After the timeout ended, the main players of both sides returned to the field, and Kobe started the final counterattack.

The Lakers played a 7-0 spurt after the official timeout. Kobe scored 4 points in a row and assisted Gasol to hit a three-pointer-this is Gasol's first three-pointer of the game .

The point difference was narrowed to only 5 points.

Li Liang was relentless at such a time, and made two emergency stop jump shots to stabilize the situation.

To be honest, Kobe didn't even think that Li Liang's pull-up jumper would be so accurate tonight.

In fact, Li Liang made preparations before the game.

When playing heads-up with Kobe in the system, Li Liang carefully studied the videos of other players playing Kobe one-on-one.

Among all the forwards and defenses that year, the best person to play Kobe one-on-one was McGrady.

And McGrady's best offensive method against Kobe is a mid-range jumper with an emergency stop after a sudden step.

Kobe himself said that McGrady is the most difficult defensive matchup he has ever encountered.

Li Liang also concluded in the system that he must not get into a fight with Kobe.

It is necessary to make a quick decision, use the advantages of height and wingspan, find the space and make a move immediately to resolve the battle.

Li Liang's jump shot tonight is very good. After honing his pull-up jump shot and Alan Houston, he has improved again.

After making two mid-range shots to re-establish their advantage, the Lakers fell into an offensive slump.

In fact, the reason why the Lakers fell into an offensive low tide is generally relatively simple, that is, Kobe started to strike iron.

Kobe can drive the whole team with his offense, and he can also drive his opponents with his blacksmithing.

Hitting the iron is inevitable for any player, but there are really not many who can play like Kobe with great artistry, catch teammates off guard, and hit opponents in the right hands.

For example, Kobe doesn’t pass the ball, and he makes one-on-three forced shots by himself. This kind of iron-strike teammate does not run away at all, and the opponent’s defensive formation is not involved. The result is often that he cannot grab offensive rebounds. Launch a counterattack directly.

This is still not the key. Grabbing offensive rebounds is a low-probability event, and it is normal for a striker to be counterattacked.

But after two or three misses, many players start to pass the ball more, to improve their touch, or to change their offensive methods.

Kobe no, he is extremely confident in his touch, and often has to shoot until he feels that he can make it.

I don't care how much iron is in the front, I will definitely enter the next one.

It is in this spirit that Kobe once scored nine consecutive irons in a single quarter, and only relied on free throws to score one point in a single quarter, known as the steel nine consecutive irons.

He also once connected the previous game and the next game in two games, hitting 20 consecutive irons.

This is the so-called cross-border strike iron king.

Kobe's touch is actually very good tonight, with 22 points in the first half and 37 points in the fourth quarter of the second half.

It is his highest score in a single game since his comeback this season. If he continues to play, he can break 40 points.

As a result, in the next five offensive rounds, Kobe missed all five consecutive shots!

Li Liang didn't defend a goal from outside the three-point line, and his footsteps were late. As a result, Kobe missed a three-pointer.

Bryant looked extremely frustrated, because the Clippers then counterattacked, and Griffin received a pass from Crawford for a dunk.

The score became 103:120, and the Lakers were 17 points behind.

With three minutes left before the end of the game, the Lakers had surrendered.

Li Liang originally thought about having a knight duel with Kobe at the last moment, using his own strength to defeat the opponent.

Unexpectedly, Corvo directly blew himself up and sent the Lakers to lose with a wave of iron strikes.

The explosive power of this iron strike is indeed amazing.

Kobe's score was fixed at 37 points, only one three-pointer away from 40 points.

The Lakers only scored 3 three-pointers in this game, one for Gasol, one for Nash, and the same for Nick Young.

On the contrary, the Clippers made 8 of 21 three-pointers, and Li Liang hit 5 three-pointers alone, leading the Clippers to a 125:105 victory over the Lakers at home by 20 points.

In the Los Angeles Derby, it took a 2:0 lead.

The moment the game ended, Kobe and Li Liang shook hands and hugged, and patted Li Liang on the shoulder.

"Good luck, next time I will win." Bryant said, he is still so stubborn, even if he is almost 35 years old.

His worst blacksmithing records were actually produced after 2011.

"Good luck, I have already won." Li Liang said, the moment belongs to him.

The NBA is close to his time.

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