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If Lillard can really exchange Li Liang, then the Blazers have indeed made a profit.

Lillard's performance under Paul's defense in the first two games was much worse than in the first round.

On the defensive end, Lillard was originally protected to face Barnes. Anyway, he just ran with Barnes, and he didn't need to consume too much defensively.

As a result, there is no consumption on the defensive end, and the offensive end is mediocre. It is really of no use to you.

Of course, the Blazers put the responsibility of victory on a second-year rookie, and the burden is indeed a bit heavy.

After all, not everyone is Li Liang and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

However, when Stotts told Lillard during the pre-match preparations that he hoped that he could defend Li Liang and make greater contributions in defense, Lillard agreed without hesitation.

The ability is not enough, but the spirit is definitely enough.

As a result, when it came to the game, Lillard followed up really well in the first quarter.

The two close-range presses forced Li Liang to return the ball to Paul, wasting the Clippers' attack time.

Lillard feels that he has done a good job defensively, so it depends on the offense!

After returning from the timeout, Lillard also began to make achievements in the offense.

Because the Clippers replaced Griffin with Crawford, Li Liang came to the position of power forward.

So Lillard "let go" Li Liang for the time being, and he started to take charge of the offense with his hands free.

Crawford's layup on the right side didn't make a layup...has this guy made a layup?

The Blazers got a backcourt rebound, Lillard advanced at full speed, and then made a layup that caused Li Liang's defensive foul.

Lillard made two free throws and was only one point behind.

Then, Jordan received a pass from Paul for an alley-oop dunk, and the ball flew!

The stewardess didn't succeed, failed.

Lillard took the ball again, and this time the Clippers returned to defense quickly.

Lillard received the ball, then changed direction continuously in the middle, made an emergency stop jumper, and scored two more points!

The Blazers overtook.

Lillard played this ball very beautifully. He dribbled away from Paul with a skillful dribble from outside the three-point line, and then made a quick stop jumper at the top of the arc, which was crisp and neat.

The Blazers are finally looking like a playoff team.

The previous two games were played too weakly, and tonight makes people feel like there is a show.

Crawford then received Li Liang's screen pass from a high position and hit a mid-range pass.

Li Liang reminded Crawford that your uncle's class was too late for a layup, so you might as well learn from me and shoot a jumper. A jumper is less likely to get blocked than a layup.

In the next few minutes of the first quarter, the Blazers found that the offense seemed not so easy.

When Griffin was off the court, Lillard took advantage of the chaos and scored four points in a row.

But when the Clippers stabilized their position and began to fight the Blazers one by one, the Blazers' offense failed again.

Li Liang began to guard against Adelaide.

You know, the Blazers are targeting the Clippers, and the Clippers are also targeting the Blazers.

Long before the start of the series, Mike Brown began to study the targeted defense against the Blazers, especially Li Liang's defense against Adelaide.

The strategy developed by Mike Brown is that Jordan and Li Liang take turns to defend Adelaide.

When Jordan is defending, Li Liang will wait for the opportunity to double-team, steal, and interfere.

When Li Liang defends alone, he defends alone, and then Jordan is on the other side ready to help defend at any time.

Such alternating defense disrupted Adelaide's offensive rhythm.

Mike Brown's move is brilliant, because Aldridge's offense really relies on a consistent sense of rhythm.

Although they are all shooting insiders, he is not as comprehensive as Dirk in terms of technical style, especially when turning with his back, almost half of them turn to the middle.

And his face basket is not strong enough, which is an important gap between him and super power forwards like Dirk and Duncan.

In the opening game, Jordan defended against Adrian, and his shooting felt very good. He turned around and made a few fadeaway jump shots, and Jordan had no temper when he shot.

But after switching to Li Liang's defense, Ade's shooting feels different. Li Liang's defensive method is different from that of Jordan.

Li Liang's low-post defense is more of an outside defensive color. His top and block are not very good, so he is more entangled.

In this case, if it is Dirk or the peak Duncan, most of them will choose to face the basket hard, make a foul or directly punch Li Liang.

This is how Nowitzki dealt with Li Liang in the first round against the Lone Ranger, but Nowitzki is too old to continue to output.

And Adelaide's choice is still the same. He continues to turn his back and turn his back jumper or hook, but the feel of his hand declines and he misses consecutively.

For the Clippers, Crawford seized the opportunity, and Paul used Li Liang's high screen to hit mid-range jumpers consecutively.

The Clippers opened up the point difference a little bit. In the last minute of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Blazers by 9 points at 28:17.

At this time, Li Liang left the field, and Odom and Griffin appeared.

Alder stayed on the court and finally made a defensive foul on Odom and went to the free throw line.

As for Li Liang's defensive foul? He doesn't call you an offensive foul, so the referee has a good temper today.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Blazers by 9 points at 28:19.

The Blazers only scored 9 points in the first quarter.

To be honest, at this time, the Blazers, from the players to the coaches to the fans, knew a little bit in their hearts that they really couldn't beat it.

Li Liang scored a total of two points in the first quarter, and missed a single three-pointer. The two points were fouled after the second rebound.

In this way, the Blazers still can't beat, how can you fight?

The Flow offense that the Blazers are proud of can't be used in front of the Clippers.

You are fast, the opponent is faster, if you want to attack, there is no door.

Mike Brown saw the two goals of the Blazers' offense, Adelaide's low post and Lillard's pick-and-roll shooting, and used Li Liang, Jordan Jr., and Paul, the three best defenders, to contain them in different ways.

As for Matthews, Batum, Lopez and others, it's really not enough to watch.

Without Lillard and Aldridge to create opportunities for them to stretch the space, their field goal percentage dropped by nearly 10 percentage points.

Especially Matthews and Batum, who shined in the last round, this round was bullshit.

Lopez came up with many opportunities, and in the end he always made a layup, either being blocked by the basket or by Jordan Jr.

The frontcourt rebounds are often grabbed, but the last one always fails.

Of course, Jordan's defense is really strong, holding up a big net inside, blocking the Blazers' various breakthroughs and strong attacks at the basket.

In terms of meritorious deeds in defense, Jordan is definitely the first one.

In the second quarter, Jordan's condition became better and better, and the Clippers' inside line almost became a no-fly zone.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Matthews' breakthrough layup was fanned out by Jordan Jr.'s cap.

Then the baseline ball was served, and the Blazers repeatedly screened, passed the ball, and found someone from the outside. As a result, the Clippers' rotation was very good.

In the end, Matthews forced a shot against the defense from outside the three-point line, and made a three-point shot, which was totally out of the question.

Rivers watched the scene and thought, "The rotation is so good, is this the team I taught?"

That's right, it wasn't taught by you at all, nor by Brown, it was scolded by Li Liang!

In Mike Brown's defensive system, there are actually not many rotations, because he is afraid that if he does not cooperate well, he will make mistakes and miss people.

But to guard against pick-and-rolls, sometimes you can't do without rotation.

Li Liang will direct everyone to make substitutions, rotate, and then return to defense. Over time, as long as there is no continuous high-intensity continuous rotation, the Clippers can do very well.

Even if Li Liang is not present.

Who is the best defensive coach?

Fans of the Trail Blazers off the court feel bad, and the Clippers are getting better and better.

It's completely out of touch.

Odom, who came off the bench, received a pass from Livingston in a high position. After a feint, he rushed to the basket in the middle. He made a light throw with his left hand and hit two points on the board!

The Blazers are about to become a tool for Odom to practice, thinking that no one on the Blazers side can match him.

The Blazers' lineup is still too traditional.

After playing three minutes in the second quarter, the Blazers only relied on Jordan's defensive three-second violation, got a free throw, and scored 1 point.

what to do? Call it pause.

Stotts now feels that the main function of calling a timeout is to delay time, so that the team does not die so quickly, and cannot make any changes to the situation on the court.

I thought it was a coup to use Lillard to defend Li Liang in the first quarter, and it could have a very good effect.

It turned out that Li Liang of the Clippers only defended and did not shoot. He also pressed you on the ground and rubbed you.

What the hell are you doing.

The gap in the lineup is indeed a bit big, in other words, the Clippers have brought out all the advantages of their lineup, while the Blazers' disadvantages are undoubtedly obvious.

Many Clippers players have strong personal abilities. If you give him a relatively loose defensive space, he can play well.

Odom, Crawford, Livingston are all like this.

The Blazers are not a meat grinder. Only a meat grinder can kill these overflowing talents, pull the two sides to the same level, and then beat the logarithm by rolling in the mud.

The Blazers and the Clippers are fighting for offense, but they can't fight.

After the timeout, the Blazers' offense improved because the Clippers' defense loosened.

It's time for the Clippers' favorite "Let's break fast" again.

Li Liang and Paul reappeared and began to instigate the Clippers' fast offense.

Stotts and the Trail Blazers have nothing to do. What to do, they can only follow the Clippers' rhythm.

There is no way, you can still look better in the offensive game. If you stop and grind with the Clippers, the result is that you grind yourself to death first.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Clippers scored all the way and turned the score into 55:35, which is another 20 points!

Jio hope, really jio hope.

Stotts paused again, and then the serve was intercepted after the timeout...

Paul steals the ball from Lillard and goes straight to the basket.

Lillard was in a hurry now, chasing desperately, followed behind Paul, and refused to let Paul layup.

In the end, he pressed Paul's shoulders abruptly to get Paul down, and was called a foul.

Of course, Paul was not idle, and secretly raised his right hand and elbowed Lillard's chest.

Don't be arrogant, kid, let's just look around.

Paul made a free throw, made two free throws, and then the Blazers made another offensive error.

Lillard and Robin Lopez's high pick-and-roll went down, and the pass was cut off by Li Liang...

Brother, can you stop doing this, a game is 48 minutes, you can't just let us play for 24 minutes every game?

Stop playing in the second half?

Li Liang rushed all the way with the ball and passed the ball to Griffin who was following.

Griffin went to the basket, and when the opportunity was not good, he went around and passed to Li Liang.

Li Liang received the ball at a 45-degree left, shot a feint, swayed Lillard away, and then swayed Aldridge, who was jumping up.

Then Li Liang rushed to the basket with the ball, attracted the Blazers to defend, and passed the ball to Barnes in the corner.

Barnes catches the ball and makes a three-pointer!

not in...

Li Liang was so angry that he wanted to scold someone, such a good opportunity, you won't enter the vacant seat!

To be humane, they were dealt with in the first half.

But the Blazers have problems here, they can't even catch the ball steadily.

After being intercepted twice in a row, the Blazers were timid about passing the ball from the outside, and they were almost cut off again.

In the end, Ade was fouled by Li Liang during the offense.

After Ade was called a foul, he just shook his head with a wry smile, his expression very helpless.

There was a lot of boos at the Moda Center, but it was useless. He really fouled the ball.

Li Liang got up from the ground, waved to the audience in Portland, and harvested a lot of anger points at once.

Portland fans are really hospitable, and Li Liang likes this kind of place.

Another halftime has not yet been played, and another lead of more than 20 points.

I really don't know if the Blazers are too weak or the Clippers are too strong.