Superstar Athletes’ Black Tech Systems

Chapter 558 The Taste of Tradition

On May 27, the fourth game between the Spurs and the Clippers.

Before the game started, Zhu Shu rushed to San Antonio from Los Angeles to watch Li Liang's game.

Zhu Shu knows that this game is very important to Li Liang and the Clippers. If they lose again, the Clippers will face a desperate situation of falling behind 1:3.

The public opinion situation before the game was very unfavorable for the Clippers.

The Spurs have won two consecutive games, so that the fools have begun to be optimistic about the Spurs.

Especially in the third game, the Spurs slaughtered the Clippers with 30 points at home, allowing people to see the ultimate team basketball offense.

Even Li Liang admitted in his heart after the game that if the Spurs can play like the third game every game, the Clippers may not be able to beat them.

But Li Liang knew that a 70% field goal percentage in halftime cannot be replicated, just like his 100% field goal percentage in a single game cannot be replicated.

He needs to find a new way to win.

Before the start of the game, outside the arena, Li Liang got off the bus and entered the stadium with his teammates.

Zhu Shu ran over and tied a red and blue braided string around Li Liang's wrist. This string was very exquisitely woven and had a sense of design, not like a street stall.

"What is this? I'm not a high school student anymore, why do I still wear this?"

"This was designed by Xiaoting, and then I made it up and gave it to you... Oh, I just hope to bring you some luck."

When Zhu Shu spoke, the expression on her face was a little embarrassed, after all, this thing is really quite a student.

In junior high school and elementary school, girls like to engage in these moths the most.

Li Liang is the most valuable player in the NBA, and it is really naive to give him this.

But Li Liang knew that this was Zhu Shu's sincere intention. As a house girl, she couldn't think of any other way to encourage herself.

Li Liang knows that the current public opinion situation is indeed very stressful.

With a big score of 1:2 behind, he made controversial remarks after the third game.

This wave of remarks successfully gained Li Liang a wave of anger points, but what Li Liang needs most at this time is not anger points, but victory.

In the past, "everyone loves Bruce", now many people hope that Li Liang will fail.

This phenomenon is very normal, because fans like the new and dislike the old.

Li Liang was a rookie last year, full of freshness, and brought surprises to the fans all the way until he won the championship.

In the second season, he switched to the Clippers. First, a group of Lakers' sunspots were added. Then, because of the Clippers' consecutive victories, they won 70 wins, and another wave of sunspots was added-the strongest always bear the most. Criticism.

Coupled with the use of racial discrimination in the middle of the season to show off Silver and the entire NBA, this further polarized Li Liang's reputation in the United States.

If you can keep winning, no one dares to beep more.

But once you lose, or show signs of decline, demons and ghosts will appear.

Even in China on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, there are many black Li Liang, but Li Liang's fans will still occupy an overwhelming advantage.

But Chinese fans are also very worried about how the Clippers will get out of adversity in the Western Conference Finals.

Li Liang put the braided rope Zhu Shu gave him on his wrist, and then entered the AT\u0026T Center with his teammates.

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The game starts promptly at seven o'clock in the evening.

The air conditioner in the arena was finally repaired, and the temperature in the arena was maintained at a comfortable state, but the atmosphere of the fans was warm.

Fans in San Antonio are undoubtedly lucky. For more than ten consecutive years, they have been able to watch the playoffs at their doorstep.

The Spurs have become a symbol of the city, and from their current state, they can be powerful for several years.

Such a profound background is enough to make any team feel intimidated.

In the history of the playoffs for more than ten years, there are indeed many amazing teams and players who were killed by the black and white Spurs.

Denver Golden Guns, Seattle Twins, Phoenix Suns, including the former Los Angeles Clippers.

This team is strong, stable and "ruthless" on the field, and their low profile makes it easy for people to underestimate their strength.

Standing on the court, the Clippers players looked a little lacking in confidence.

To be honest, being slaughtered by 30 points in the third game has a fatal impact on the players' confidence.

And after Li Liang said "the team lost, I didn't lose", although the big guy bowed his head to the ball bully and apologized to the ball bully, he was confident that he would not come back because of the apology.

What really brings confidence back depends on the performance on the court.

Rivers sat on the bench and drank water before the game started. He was also very nervous, and he didn't know what to do.

Before the game, he made a lot of targeted arrangements, but he always found it difficult to implement them.

The Clippers are a "morale" team. Once the morale is lost, it is really not easy to get hard again.

Mike Brown was even more upset. He always thought that Li Liang's words after the game should not have been said.

"Some things you can only keep in your heart and let others say it for you, such as your fans, how can you say it yourself?"

Brown felt that Li Liang's remarks were too bizarre and hurt the team and teammates.

Of course, Li Liang is the only one they can trust now.

Everyone, including the Clippers fans and the Clippers' coaching staff, is looking forward to Li Liang's offensive explosion, and he can use a high score to save the situation like last year's finals.

Of course, Popovich and the Spurs also took precautions. Popovich had already formulated several defensive plans before the game, and was ready to use the method of "blocking the eye". He must give Li Liang, the most terrifying gun blocked.

However, the progress of the game did not go as expected, but according to Li Liang's idea.

In the first quarter of the game, the two sides actually scored 18:22, and the Clippers led the Spurs by 4 points to end the first quarter.

The Spurs unexpectedly made 5 turnovers in the first quarter, while the Clippers pressed the rhythm very hard, and the two sides even started a defensive battle.

The Clippers' offensive dominance returned to Paul, while Li Liang took over on the defensive end.

He, Barnes, and Jordan formed a defensive barrier in the frontcourt, suppressing the shooting percentages of Duncan, Leonard, and Tony Parker in the first quarter.

No one would have thought that the Clippers would suddenly use high-intensity defense to strangle the Spurs.

Popovich didn't even expect that after watching the first quarter of the game, his mind was a little confused. The Clippers' defensive quality feels a bit high?

Not only is the intensity high, but he also created defensive traps several times, luring Leonard, Green, etc. to go deep into the basket, followed by either offensive fouls, steals or shots.

Li Liang played the entire first quarter and only scored 5 points, but he contributed a wonderful defense.

He sits in the middle of the defensive end and commands calmly. The team's defense is methodical and leak-free.

No matter how the Spurs conduct the ball from the outside, the Clippers can make up for the gap at a very fast speed.

And this time the referee also took care of it. In the first quarter, Li Liang caused the opponent's offensive foul twice, causing the fans to boo again and again.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Liang sat off the court to rest, and Paul led the second team on the court.

This time Rivers changed the player rotation, no longer like before, only let Griffin lead the second team alone.

It is to ensure that one of Li Liang and Paul is on the court at all times.

The Clippers' lineup is indeed deep, but facing the Spurs' more tacit substitute group, they have to reduce the rotation and let the main players play longer.

In fact, before the game, Rivers' arrangement was not to play a slow-paced defense. Of course, he emphasized the need to strengthen the defense, but he still hopes that the Clippers can take advantage of the offense.

But the Clippers' defensive performance in the first quarter was really good.

Several double-teams and traps were done quite beautifully.

Rivers looked at Mike Brown next to him, thinking that coach Brown really has a way of training defense.

And Brown adjusted his glasses, thinking, didn't he teach them such an advanced defensive strategy?

The Clippers have always been relatively simple and straightforward in terms of defensive strategy. After all, they are an offensive team.

If the defense does not collapse, it is enough to have enough tenacity.

Their defense tonight was quite targeted and aggressive.

Li Liang looked at Brown with a demented face, and thought to himself, it's not because of Lao Tzu's props!

Before the start of the game, Li Liang equipped himself with different runes from the past. In addition to keeping the [Feeling Rune], he also used [Defensive Trap], [Defensive Strength], [Tactical Crack] and [Prejudgment Talisman] arts】.

Among them, the [Defensive Trap] rune can provide teammates with defensive bonuses, simply put, it is the aura of intelligence improvement.

Therefore, a guy like Jordan who tends to get hot on the defensive end, behaved very calmly today. He could understand Li Liang's command and kept making tactical fouls.

Although the percentage improvement of the five runes is only 7.5%, but in the extremely high-level NBA arena, the changes brought about by any improvement are considerable.

Although the Clippers did not fully suppress the Spurs, they could bring back the team's morale and confidence through their defense in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, with a solid lead, the Clippers played smoothly under the leadership of Paul.

Paul actually restrains the Spurs in terms of style of play. His precise mid-range and tricky organization and coordination, and his wandering back and forth in the weak areas of the Spurs' defense can always cause trouble for the Spurs.

In the 2008 playoffs, the Spurs were too sophisticated, otherwise the Hornets could have achieved higher achievements that year.

At the end of the first half, the Clippers led the Spurs by 5 points at 49:44.

The total score of the two sides in the half did not exceed 100, which is really very rare.

During the halftime break, Rivers poured chicken soup on the players crazily in the locker room, asking the whole team to maintain the intensity of defense and defeat the opponent with defense.

"There's no better way to show how strong we are than to beat our opponents with their best defense!"

What Rivers said actually came from the media in San Antonio.

In the third game, the Spurs washed the Clippers with crazy offense and three-pointers. After the game, San Antonio’s local media "San Antonio News Quick Read" used this sentence to comment on the game, proving that the Spurs defeated the Clippers in the same way as the Clippers. .

And defense has been a longstanding tradition for the Spurs.

Wouldn't it be nice to give the Spurs a taste of tradition?

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