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After beating the Dallas Mavericks, the next Clippers went to Houston to challenge the Rockets.

The Rockets team... The Rockets team really has nothing to say. The Clippers beat the Rockets with a bang, 120:109, and defeated the Rockets by 11 points.

Harden scored 32 points, but the efficiency was not high, making 9 of 22 shots.

The Rockets are currently ranked sixth in the Western Conference. The Rockets did not sign Howard in the summer, which made the Rockets feel a little weak.

Although the supplementary Jefferson and Josh Smith fit well with the team, they have their own flaws in offense and defense, and they cannot be perfectly unified, resulting in the team's record.

There is improvement over last season, but unfortunately the progress is limited.

Anyway, the Rockets team has never sought to make progress and muddle along.

The management pretends all day long that they want to win the championship, and then picks up money when it should be spent, and pays nothing when it is time to pay taxes, relying on the little popularity that Yao Ming left behind to get the bad money of the Chinese.

There are many Chinese elements, but the promise of winning the championship since the Yao Ming era has always been a slogan.

Just like those who called the "Northern Expedition" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty were actually trying to make political capital to consolidate their political status, there are also many teams in the league who chanted the slogan "Championship" and their main purpose was to make money.

There is nothing wrong with making money, but it is wrong for you to always deceive the feelings of fans. It is even more disgusting to use the feelings of fans to achieve economic goals.

So the Rockets also sent an invitation to Li Liang in the summer, hoping that he could join the Rockets.

Li Liang refused without even thinking about it. Not to mention that the Rockets' lineup was not suitable for him at all, even if it was suitable, he didn't want to go.

The Rockets were full of thoughts about getting a second Yao Ming, so that the team's market value would further expand and increase, the championship or something... just let it go, anyway, it's not shameful to shout it out.

The Clippers easily passed the Rockets and completed a sweep of the Houstonians this season.

Their win count came to 64 wins.

In the history of the NBA, only a few teams can reach such heights, and most of these super teams won the championship in the end.

But the Clippers did not stop their footsteps.

Two days later, the Clippers headed to cold Minneapolis with another big win at Target Center.

At 119:104, Li Liang scored 41 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in this game.

Can you brush Lefu? I, Li Liang, can do it too!

The Timberwolves team is originally a swipe. The players of their own team swipe, and the opponents are even better.

Therefore, it is necessary for a team like the Timberwolves to exist in the league, otherwise it will be too tense and intense, and there will be less relaxation and buffering.

However, the Timberwolves are a bit better than the Rockets. The Timberwolves never chanted the slogan of winning the championship, and they delayed Garnett for so many years, but they were justified.

Because Garnett was given a super contract.

Even if they shouted, no one would believe it. Who would believe it?

After winning the Timberwolves, entering April, the Clippers have 65 wins and 10 losses, getting closer and closer to 70 wins.

Now the entire league is paying attention to the Clippers' record, and they are all looking forward to the birth of the second 70-win team.

On April 2, the Clippers played away against the Suns.

It is still a game without much suspense.

Rivers let Paul rest in this game, because after this game, he will return to home to play the Lone Ranger on April 3.

Playing the Lone Ranger again, back to back, must be a tough battle.

Li Liang led the Clippers, but the Suns played very well, and the audience was anxious.

At the critical moment, Li Liang's defense made great contributions.

He blocked Dragic's outside 3-point jumper, then grabbed the ball and assisted Crawford for a fast break layup.

This goal changed the situation on the court. The Clippers went from leading by 3 points to leading by 5 points.

Had to start foul tactics.

And Rivers decisively replaced Jordan with Livingston, who made good free throws, and made all free throws. In the end, he defeated the Suns in an away game 108:101 and successfully won 66 wins!

66 wins, which is already the best record in the regular season since 2007.

At the same time, they have the opportunity to create a better historical record.

Then after the game, the Clippers rushed back to Los Angeles to meet the challenge of the Lone Ranger on the night of April 3.

The two teams just fought a battle a week ago, and the smoke of the game has not cleared, and there will be another one.

Moreover, according to the current record of the two teams, it is very likely that they will meet in the first round of the playoffs.

This is why Rivers wants to hide Paul for a game, keep Paul to play the Lone Ranger tonight, and make some psychological preparations for the playoffs.

The Lone Ranger is not a young team. A team with a low ranking but mostly old players is terrible in the playoffs.

The young team rushed into the playoffs in a regular season, and then was taught to be a man in the playoffs.

However, due to injuries and fatigue in the regular season, the old team barely made it to the playoffs. The personnel are well-organized and after the rest, they can burst into a strong combat effectiveness.

Especially like the Lone Ranger, the team members have the experience of winning the championship, and the veterans have experienced many battles, so they must be taken seriously.

Like in 1993, the Phoenix Suns, ranked No. 1 in the league, almost overturned when they met the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round.

The home game was beaten 0:2, and the last home game of the decisive battle was also a narrow victory, otherwise the black eight would have been realized in 1993.

However, Rivers thinks it is very good, attack with all members, defeat the Lone Ranger, establish a psychological advantage, and prepare for the playoffs.

But he didn't expect that Carlisle on the opposite side thought the same way!

The Lone Rangers are also fully prepared for this game, and they are not playing back-to-back, the players are full of energy, unlike the Clippers players who just came back from Phoenix and slept all night before going to the game.

The Lone Ranger took the lead at 32:28 in the first quarter, and suppressed the Clippers tactically and rhythmically.

There is a problem with the Clippers, that is, the outside three-pointer is not accurate.

The three-pointer is good, but it is not stable enough.

Maybe in any game, everyone's hand feeling is out of order, and the game will be quite difficult to play.

This was the case in this game. Li Liang missed three three-pointers in the first quarter, which caused the outside firepower to be blocked. The Lone Ranger can safely and boldly carry out one-on-one marking without double-teaming Li Liang.

After the second quarter, the situation improved, and Collison, who came off the bench, hit a three-pointer.

Under the leadership of the Clippers substitute Griffin, the score was once overtaken.

But after the main force came back, the Clippers failed to succeed in several quick counterattacks.

The Lone Ranger suddenly defended a zone defense in the middle and late part of the second quarter. This is because the Clippers' three-pointer feels bad tonight.

As a result, the Clippers really couldn't make the shot.

Li Liang missed his fourth three-pointer, and Paul couldn't make it either.

At halftime, the Lone Ranger led the Clippers by 1 point.

In the second half, the Clippers changed their style of play, no longer obsessed with three-pointers, and began to grind against the Lone Ranger.

That's exactly what Carlisle wanted to see.

Nowitzki showed the demeanor of a general. When he was in a hurry, he made consecutive mid-range jumpers and kept the pressure on the Clippers.

The Lone Ranger seems to have returned to 2011. They used that set of efficient positional offense and tough defense to grind to death the Big Three of the Heat.

Li Liang wanted to stand up and take over the game, but the Lone Ranger boldly double-teamed and did not give Li Liang a chance to catch the ball at all, just letting Paul handle the ball.

Paul did not disappoint Carlisle, he made 1 of 8 outside three-pointers tonight!

You said you couldn't make the shot, so don't shoot it. You shot a three-pointer and gave the Lone Ranger several opportunities to quickly counterattack.

Of course, Li Liang was not much better. He made 0 of 5 three-pointers in the game. This was the first time since he entered the NBA that he missed a three-pointer in a game.

Li Liang's record of hitting three-pointers in 156 consecutive regular season games also came to an abrupt end.

This is already the highest record for consecutive three-pointers in NBA history, followed by Korver.

On March 2 this year, he also broke his golden body, and his consecutive hits stayed at 127 games, nearly 30 games behind Li Liang.

In the end, Li Liang used the three-point shooting rate increase stickers and didn't make a shot, because the Lone Ranger was really desperate at the last moment, resolutely double-teaming, regardless of whether other people can make it, just don't give Li Liang a shot hit chance.

At this time, Li Liang may realize Kobe's greatness.

Not to mention two people double-teaming, with seven or eight people in front of him, Kobe can pretend that there is no one, and he can still score by himself.

Sometimes you can't accept it.

In the end, the Clippers lost 111:115 at home with a 4-point disadvantage and lost to the Mavericks, the biggest potential opponent in the first round of the playoffs.

Of course Li Liang felt very discouraged after losing the game. The number of consecutive three-pointers was over.

But soon Li Liang figured it out, he thought it might be a good thing to lose this game.

Because of this defeat, Li Liang felt that he still had a lot of shortcomings.

If you know your shortcomings, you will have a way forward.

Li Liang knew that it was time to make himself stronger.