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The 2014 All-Star Game will be held in New Orleans.

This is the first time New Orleans has hosted the All-Star Game since 2008.

Although the New Orleans Pelicans are a weak team in the league and were once poor enough to hand over the team to the league, the southern region represented by New Orleans has always been the NBA's current key development area.

Some cities in the north, such as Milwaukee, have not hosted an All-Star Game since 1977.

And in February, it was too cold in the north, so it would be more comfortable for the players to hold the All-Star in a warmer place in the south.

Li Liang has always had a close relationship with New Orleans, and he also likes this city very much.

Li Liang arrived in New Orleans one day earlier, ready to start his second All-Star tour here.

With the first experience, Li Liang's interest in the All-Star was much less.

In fact, many stars have a "dispensable" attitude towards the All-Stars, especially the superstars. They don't need the All-Stars stage to show themselves.

However, some ordinary stars, or role players with special skills, really need this stage for exposure.

Superstars participating in the All-Stars are more like being forced to do business.

This time Li Liang was elected as the All-Star vote champion. Many people hope that he will participate in the three-point contest to defend his title, or be bold and participate in the slam dunk contest!

As a result, Li Liang did not sign up for the three-point contest. For him, one trophy in the three-point contest was enough.

He really wants to win a slam dunk contest trophy, but now is not the time.

His physical fitness can't meet the requirements at present, even if he wears Dr. J's afro, he can't get a high enough score.

Still need to wait patiently.

However, Li Liang still signed up for a single competition, the Shooting Star Contest.

It is an alliance composed of active NBA players, WNBA players and retired celebrities to compete in shooting skills.

Li Liang knew that he and Karl Malone were in a group this time, and they would complete the shooting contest together.

In addition, he did not participate in any other individual competition.

So overall it's relatively easy.

And because it was the second time to be an All-Star, Li Liang didn't need to attend financial training or psychological counseling for rookies.

Anyway, his mental state is very healthy.

Li Liang is not the strongest in the league, but he must be the healthiest—whether mentally or physically.

The first night in New Orleans, of course the players had to hang out.

Anthony Davis called Li Liang to invite Li Liang to drink and play as a landlord.

Li Liang was not disappointed. Together with Davis, there were Wall, McGee, Cousins ​​and other Kentucky students.

This year, Kentucky contributed another high-ranking player to the NBA, and that was Noel, who was voted by Li Liang in training and couldn't find his way.

It's a pity that after being selected by the 76ers, Noel was reimbursed for the season, failed to participate in the game, and did not come to the All-Stars.

Li Liang seems to be the leader of the Kentucky gang now, and the old classmates gather together, and there are many topics to talk about.

But when the current play was over and it was time to enter the main competition, Li Liang said that I should go.

"Oh, Bruce, your agent must have come with you?"

Cousins, who was a little drunk, put his arms around Li Liangdao.

Cousins ​​​​is a good-natured guy, and he is the guy who likes to drink and play around the most in the group.

Li Liang nodded, this time participating in the All-Stars, Zhu Shu came with him.

Most NBA stars will bring their families, and only those who are not married will come out to play.

Like Cousins, although he is not married, he has a girlfriend and children.

But it does not prevent him from taking advantage of the opportunity of "business trip" to relax.

After saying goodbye to his alumni, Li Liang took a taxi and left back to the hotel.

Although he has gained a firm foothold in the NBA, in terms of cultural thinking, Li Liang is still incompatible with the NBA circle, which is dominated by blacks.

Their attitudes towards life, methods of dealing with people, and concepts are very different from the education Li Liang received since he was a child.

But seeking common ground while reserving differences, Li Liang respects their cultural customs, and likewise, NBA players should respect him.

At least the superficial effort has to go.

After returning to the hotel, Li Liang didn't want to accompany Zhu Shu. As a manager, Zhu Shu had her own activities.

Not to mention Wei Dazhi, he went to play with socialites such as EJ Jiang, NBA reporters and media circles.

Li Liang returned to the hotel room by himself, started to enter the system, and completed the third task of the second volume of "City of Angels Book".

The name of the third mission is very strange, it is called "boating on the snow mountain". At first, Li Liang didn't understand the meaning of this stupid mission. After entering the mission, he found out that this is the first time in the history of the Los Angeles Clippers. Playoff trip.

Their opponent is the Utah Jazz.

The name of the jazz team is very romantic. It originated in New Orleans, where the All-Star Game was held. This is the hometown of black jazz.

The Jazz started here, and Maravich was the earliest star here.

But then the New Orleans Jazz left Louisiana and moved to Salt Lake City, which is not shit.

Salt Lake City and the name "Jazz" are incompatible.

Later, New Orleans had a team again. When they wanted to change the team name, they tried to ask the Jazz to get their name back, but they didn't succeed.

Because the name Jazz has been deeply connected and imprinted with Salt Lake City, Utah, even if you think about it, the two have nothing to do with each other.

For example, the most famous team logo of the jazz team was not a musical note symbol with a beautiful image, but a cold snow mountain that has nothing to do with jazz.

That is the most famous landscape in Salt Lake City besides the Salt Lake. The endless silver-white snow-capped mountains are majestic and majestic, just like their team's style, strong and simple, standing like mountains.

The Clippers are different from the Jazz. As a California team, whether in Buffalo or Los Angeles, they all follow an offensive style.

If a team has no defense and only offense, the result is that it will not make the playoffs.

After the Clippers moved to Los Angeles in 1984, they didn't make the playoffs for the first time until the 1991-1992 season.

And the reason they were able to make the playoffs was because they had a defense and had Larry Brown, who left the Spurs and switched to the Clippers.

Yes, Larry Brown coached the Los Angeles Clippers for two years.

This famous coach, who has always been known for his strict defense, feels that it does not match the style of the Clippers team.

However, after Brown came to the Clippers, he did bring huge changes to the team.

The Clippers' talent lineup is actually good. They have talented strikers like Danny Manning and Charles Smith.

It's just that the NBA in 1992 was still dominated by inside players. You either had four major centers, or you had a strong four-position striker against the center, or you had Jordan.

Offensive forwards like Manning and Smith could not win championships with them as the core of the team in that era.

Larry Brown accepted the Clippers in the second half of the season and transformed the team's defense, allowing the team to achieve an excellent record of 23 wins and 12 losses in the second half of the season, and entered the playoffs in one fell swoop!

In 8 years, the Clippers have been in Los Angeles for 8 years and finally made the playoffs.

For Los Angeles Clippers fans (if there are any), this is definitely a season of historic significance!

Li Liang cried when he saw this historical significance.

The Clippers are so pitiful. It is a great meaning to enter the playoffs for the first time.

Look at the first half of the City of Angels book, each has something to do with the championship.

People are really more popular than people.

Li Liang lamented the poverty of the Clippers, and then entered the task:

[Task, boating on the snow mountain, time: April 24, 1992, location: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, USA, against: Los Angeles Clippers VS Utah Jazz, mission requirements: lead the Los Angeles Clippers to defeat the Utah Jazz, win the season The first victory in the playoffs, task reward: get a skill. Mission Difficulty: Star. 】

Li Liang has now discovered that there are several missions in the second volume of the City of Angels book, and each mission is completed to obtain skills.

To be honest, such a task is quite cost-effective, at least it is more cost-effective than the Lakers' task.

Skills are good things. If used properly, every game can have a miraculous effect.

Li Liang benefited a lot in the competition with skills like [One Shot Into the Soul] and [Death Coil].

While other star players were indulging in their sensuality, Li Liang was still working hard to improve himself.

Enter the task:

In the Delta Center in 1992, a huge noise came into Li Liang's mind.

If you want to say which of the 30 NBA teams has Li Liang's favorite home court, the Jazz must be one of the alternative answers.

Yes is the favorite, not the least.

Although the facilities in Salt Lake City are not particularly advanced, let alone the fans, they are very unfriendly.

But the problem is that you can get anger points here!

The fans in Salt Lake City are crazy, and they always make the stadium as noisy as KTV.

You don't even think about it, if your opponents are noisy, don't your own players not be noisy?

The Delta Center in 1992 was noisier than the Energy Solutions Center today.

Players from both sides were already standing on the field, while Li Liang was sitting off the field.

He did not replace anyone in this game, but participated in the game as a substitute for the team.

Sitting next to Li Liang is the famous coach Larry Brown.

Larry Brown's real fame came in 2004 when he led the Pistons to a civilian victory.

The defense he built made him famous among fans and became a well-known representative of the academy.

However, fans always have an illusion that a coach with this style of play and strong defense must also be a rigorous, conservative, and talented man off the court.

It would be wrong to think so.

In fact, Larry Brown’s character is notoriously bad, he has a bad temper, and is too strict with players. He doesn’t like to communicate with players and doesn’t respect young players. He always has the final say on his team. He plays with his own ideas, rather than tailoring the tactical system and development opportunities for players according to their characteristics.

Therefore, Brown didn't stay in each team for a long time. As a famous coach, he has led ten teams in his career.

Although he led 7 of the teams to enter the playoffs, he won the NBA and NCAA double championships, achieved Allen Iverson's 2001, and won the reputation of "Tianshichengjin".

But behind this, more reasons are because of his bad temper and bad relationship with players and management.

He can often only stay in a team for more than two years, and if the time is longer, he will have conflicts with the players or the management, and they are often incompatible.

It's fine once or twice, so many times, it can only show that Brown's personality is like this, but because of his strong ability, there will always be teams asking him to coach.

Bring out the results in a short time, and then leave with a pat on the butt.

The best result is to bring the Pistons a championship and two finals, but it also ruins the future hope of the Pistons Darko Milicic, because Brown never thought of cultivating him, but ruined the Pistons. he.

For Li Liang, the cooperation with Brown is just this game.

He will need to wait patiently for when Brown will send him.

Then he found that this seemed to be the most difficult part of this mission.

After the game started, until the end of the first quarter, Brown didn't even think about replacing Li Liang?

Now Li Liang is angry, Nima system, you let me do the task, but you don't let me play, what do you mean?

The Clippers faced the Utah Jazz's offense in the first quarter and fell into a disadvantage at the beginning.

The Jazz has a lineup of two Malones, Karl Malone on the inside, Jeff Malone on the outside, Stockton on the point guard, and Mark Eaton on the inside. It can be said that the strength is very strong.

The Clippers' main lineup is in the center of the noisy triangle, and they are participating in the playoffs for the first time, and their performance is completely abnormal.

The ball is moved slowly, the offense is simple, and the defense is full of loopholes.

It wasn't until point guard Rivers, who came off the bench, came on the scene that the Clippers' situation eased.

That's right, Lao Li is also in this Clippers team, and he and Li Liang are teammates.

Li Liang is still thinking about playing with Rivers and shooting three-pointers together. Nima Larry Brown, are you going to let me sit on the bench all the time?

The second quarter started, but Larry Brown still didn't intend to replace Li Liang.

Li Liang was completely angry, and he began to question Brown, "Coach, why don't you let me play? When can I play? You should let me play, I want to play, we are at a disadvantage inside..."

Larry Brown looked at Li Liang impatiently, "I am the head coach, you can only play when I let you play."

Li Liang was speechless, thinking to himself, no wonder the name of this task is "rowing a boat on the snow mountain."

You fucking don't let me play, isn't it like I'm rowing a boat on a snowy mountain, can't move when I paddle dry?

Li Liang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, maybe this was the difficulty of the task?

How can Brown let himself play?

At this time, the situation on the court was very unfavorable to the Clippers, and they were a little confused.

After all, it is the first time to participate in the playoffs, and it is an away game in the terrible Salt Lake City, and the performance of the starter is completely abnormal.

The core player Charles Smith faced Karl Malone. He couldn't score offensively and couldn't defend defensively. He could only rely on some mid-range shots to score points.

In 1992, Malone was already as strong as a bison, frequently using air cuts and fast breaks to score.

His explosive dunk on the fast break had the arena screaming for him.

If Malone cannot be contained, the Clippers will not be able to win this game.

Larry Brown called a timeout when Malone grabbed a second rebound at the basket and scored another goal.

Li Liang stood up at this time and said: "Coach, you should replace me, I can handle Ma Long!"

Brown still had a cold face, "I said, I am the coach, and I have the right to decide who will appear on the stage and when!"

"But I can lead the team to victory! If you don't let me play, the team can't win!"

Li Liang yelled at him with twice the voice of Brown, which stunned the other Clippers players.

This guy, dare to yell at Coach Larry Brown, and it's because he wants to appear?

Li Liang is a rookie off the bench in this Clippers team.

Rookies, in the eyes of Larry Brown, are players who should not play.

Especially in the playoffs, rookies can only play in garbage time.

Because in Larry Brown's coaching concept, the concept of "cultivating young people" does not exist.

He doesn't have any interest in developing youngsters because he knows he won't last long with one team.

Therefore, when he came to a team, he wanted to play out, or squeeze out the full strength of a team, improve them to the best, and immediately produce results.

As for the future, what does it matter to him in the future? After that, he went to coach other teams.

So how could Larry Brown let a rookie play in this pivotal playoff game?

But Li Liang just wants to change Larry Brown's draining coaching model that doesn't pay attention to rookie training!

You won't let me play, will you? I will fight with you, confront you, and scold you during the timeout.

If the Clippers are leading at this time, Li Liang's troubles will be unreasonable.

But at this time, the Clippers had trailed by 12 points in the second quarter, and Charles Smith was helplessly beaten by Karl Malone on the defensive end.

The strong, dirty man greeted Smith with his elbows.

Do you dare to block him on a fast break layup? As soon as you put your elbows up, anyone who dares to rush up will "accidentally" give you a shot.

Death is inevitable, pain is inevitable, and there is a risk of injury.

If the elbow hit the head, then I'm sorry, maybe it's not as simple as stitches, and I might faint and go to the hospital.

Larry Brown was blushing on the bench. He didn't expect a rookie to dare to confront him like this.

And it's in the middle of the game, so it's okay?

But the problem is, other players seem to agree with Li Liang.

Including Charles - Smith, he kind of wants to end the rest.

Brown really wanted to keep Li Liang on the bench, but seeing Li Liang's burning eyes and clenched fists, he was a little scared, afraid that Li Liang would punch him on the bench.

Li Liang really had the idea that if he couldn't make it to the stage, he would punch Brown at worst. Anyway, the task would not be completed, so it would be better to have a good fight.

Ultimately, Brown relented.

During the entire timeout period, he did not arrange any tactics.

In the end, Li Liang replaced Charles Smith, and Li Liang finally made his debut.

At this time, the Jazz led the Clippers by 12 points, and their momentum was very strong.

They are bound to win this game. How could a team like the Clippers look down on them.

The Utah Jazz in 1992 were indeed very strong. This year they reached the Western Conference Finals and lost to the Trail Blazers in the last 6 games.

If you look at the lineup on paper, they are actually stronger than the two years when they reached the finals in 1997 and 1998.

It's just that the Western Conference teams at that time were very strong, and the stars were at their peak.

The Jazz team with Malone as the core, because of Malone, is always so short of breath.

It's not that Ma Long is not strong, but that his talent is really not enough.

And in terms of personality, don't look at him as a "tough guy". On the court, he is muscular and invincible. He plays trucks and hunts off the court. He is a proper tough guy.

In fact, he is not that tough, he is even a bit bullying, and even called his mother to cry in his rookie season.

In the following 20 years of postman career, there were countless black people with iron elbows, but they could only elbow the little Thomas, the gentle David Robinson, Duncan who kicked the Buddha, and so on.

A player with a really grumpy temper and a strong personality, does Malone dare to elbow?

Did you see him elbow Barkley?

He didn't even dare to elbow Rodman, and he bullied honest people.

Li Liang is not an honest man, but Ma Long thinks he is.

As soon as Li Liang appeared on the stage and faced Ma Long, Ma Long leaned over and leaned on Li Liang to put pressure on Li Liang.

At this time, the Clippers were serving the ball from outside. Li Liang raised his hand and pretended to ask for the ball regardless of the pros and cons, and hit Malone's chin with his elbow!

This seemed to be unintentional, but it made Ma Long stare at him.

The referee didn't notice this, because the two were hiding behind Mark Eaton, blocked by the huge body of "Mammoth".

Ma Long covered his mouth with a pained expression on his face. Seeing that Li Liang didn't show anything, Ma Long rushed forward and wanted to push Li Liang.

Li Liang's whole body muscles tightened, his arms blocked his chest, and was pushed by Ma Long with a strong force, but he resisted and did not retreat, but pushed Ma Long back instead!

What's the matter, I'm afraid you won't succeed? Are you the only one who can elbow? Is it your strength?

Those who play in the NBA have no strength in their arms when they sleep.

Li Liang was not afraid of Ma Long at all, and he didn't really play in this time and space.

Even if you play in this time and space, he is not afraid, I am the father of the system.

A conflict broke out between the two sides, and players from both sides rushed forward. In fact, Li Liang had no intention of fighting Ma Long at all.

And Ma Long pushed it and found that it couldn't be pushed, and seemed to be discouraged.

The referee whistled to separate the players on both sides, and then each gave Ma Long and Li Liang a technical foul.

It doesn't matter to Li Liang, if Malone can be exchanged, maybe the Clippers will win this game.

Ma Long scored the highest score in the team this time, and he is also a core player.

If he is not there, there is still half a game left, and the Jazz's chances of winning will definitely be much smaller.

If this limit is changed one by one, Li Liang can be considered to have completed the task, and it didn't take much effort.

After a moment of confusion, the game continued.

Now Ma Long's attitude towards Li Liang is different from the beginning.

He kept a little distance from Li Liang, and he no longer felt that oppressive feeling.

Li Liang thought to himself, he really is a bullying master, if you have the ability, you can elbow me?

Subsequently, Li Liang began to lead the Clippers to counterattack.

The counterattack method is still very simple-three-pointers.

This is Li Liang's magic weapon for winning basketball games in the 1980s and 1990s.

He took advantage of the opportunity of holding the ball from the outside to get the ball and pretended to support the pass. There was no one three meters in front of him.

Good guy, even without the blessings of [Feel Rune] and [Zero Second Shot], the 90-point open three-point ability is enough for the opponent to drink a pot.

For two consecutive three-pointers, Karl Malone was stunned, and Larry Brown also dropped his jaw.

Is this kid so amazing?

For Li Liang, this is just a normal operation.

In the second quarter, Li Liang made 3 of 4 three-pointers and at the same time contained Malone's offense on the defensive end.

What Li Liang relied on to contain Ma Long was not skill or brute force, but courage.

With an elbow and no fear of Malone, he knocked out Malone's arrogance.

Then Ma Long's offense didn't feel as smooth as it did at the beginning, and he lost his temper.

Moreover, on the defensive end, a rookie made consecutive three-pointers, which made Malone very fascinated.

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The morale of the Clippers was completely boosted by Li Liang.

Then Rivers and Li Liang came on the field, with an outside shot and a breakthrough with the ball, completely disrupting the Jazz's defense.

The Clippers, who were 12 points behind, had already led the Jazz by 4 points at halftime!

The situation has been completely reversed.

During the intermission, Larry Brown didn't mention the matter of letting Li Liang sit on the bench.

His performance is indeed surprising.

Brown does have his stubborn conservative place, but he is not a fool.

With 11 points in a single quarter, Malone did not score again, and it was impossible for Brown to put Li Liang on the bench again.

In the third quarter, Li Liang was not on the court, and the Clippers began to fall into a disadvantage again.

Malone was alive and well again.

Seeing the Jazz overtake the score again, Brown decisively replaced Li Liang.

When Ma Long saw Li Liang playing, he looked a little bad.

First of all, this kid is not stingy, he is very annoying on the defensive end, and he goes forward bravely without fear.

Secondly, Ma Long didn't know how to defend Li Liang at all.

Nonsense, it would be strange if you knew.

Li Liang is now a strong contender for the NBA MVP in the 2014 season.

Such a player came to 1992 and was regarded as a rookie. He has not been studied at all, and his shooting ability surpasses the times. How do you let Malone defend?

Li Liang's powerful three-pointer completely stretched the Jazz's defensive formation, making it difficult to defend at all.

From this moment on, Brown will no longer replace Li Liang, you just stay on the court!

This is also Brown's style, and he will use it to death on a team that is easy to use.

Of course Li Liang was extremely happy.

There was a tacit understanding between him and the substitute Doug Rivers, and the two teamed up to support the team's offense.

Coupled with the help of Danny Manning, the Clippers kept leading until the end of the game!

The Clippers defeated the Jazz 113:110 away. In the last two minutes, Li Liang used his extremely stable free throws to help the Clippers seal the victory.

Ma Long scored 24 points in the game. He should have scored 32 points, but was abruptly deducted 8 points by Li Liang.

And Rivers scored 23 points on Stockton's head.

Stockton is a great point guard, but when he played against some powerful point guards of his generation, his defensive performance was really poor and he was often blown up.

[The task is completed, row a boat on the snow mountain, and get a reward: the skill 'Karl Malone's Iron Elbow Opens the Way. ’]