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Since 2005, the NBA has begun to move towards the road of "offense is stronger than defense".

In the 1990s, defense was played to the extreme in the NBA. With the wave of globalization, NBA managers led by Stern realized that the NBA needs offense, more goals, and better performances.

So from the beginning of the 21st century, a series of rules that favor offense and restrict defense were implemented.

Of course, it will take time for any policy to bear fruit.

The main star who dominates a league generally has a growth period of about 10 years.

Until 2010, the first decade of the 21st century, the rulers of the league were players who entered the league in the 90s and grew up.

So in the past 10 years, the NBA has been very fierce on the defensive end, and there are still shadows of the last century.

The turning point came in 2011, when the Dallas Mavericks won the championship, which first broke the so-called "shooting can't win the championship".

Then the winds of the alliance began to blow more and more in the direction of offense.

The emergence of Li Liang in the 2013 season accelerated this process.

The Lakers' championship can be regarded as the last afterglow of the last era. They sank quickly after losing Li Liang, and Howard was useless.

But the trend is the trend. In a certain series or a certain game in the playoffs, defense will still become a key factor in determining the game.

Popovich completely miscalculated before the game. He didn't expect the Clippers to adopt this trick.

The Spurs, as a former Texas meat grinder, have now been changed to a dart club. The Clippers suddenly put on a defensive posture, and the players are really uncomfortable.

After the start of the second half, the Spurs made adjustments, and the adversity still depends on Duncan!

As a result, Li Liang from the Clippers took the initiative to defend Duncan!

The rookie Duncan Li Liang in 1997 was not afraid, but the 38-year-old Duncan Li Liang was more confident.

His confidence does not come from blind self-confidence, but from the accumulation of systematic experience.

In the task of confronting rookie Duncan, Li Liang accumulated a lot of "how to deal with Duncan" tips.

These tricks are summed up by himself, and Karl Malone taught him.

Although more than ten years have passed, Duncan has changed a lot in his style of play.

But when he held the ball in the low post, Duncan was still the same Duncan, but he was more than ten years older and more than ten pounds lighter.

This change is terrible for Duncan.

In 2014, many young post players no longer have basic low-post skills.

They prefer to practice pulling out and shooting three-pointers. In defense, they pay more attention to face-to-basket defense and assist in defense.

Defensive players who can carry centers in the low post like Shi Dunzi have long been unpopular in the league.

For example, players like Reggie Evans and Perkins are almost extinct in the league, just like the Soviet Union's large anti-ship missiles have become the mark of the last era.

And an evergreen tree like Duncan, even if he is 38 years old, even if his weight and strength have declined, he can still abuse many inside players in the low post.

For example, Ibaka, who is particularly useful in today's basketball style to protect the rim and help defensive insiders, will be beaten by Duncan's low singles.

Including Jordan, in fact, his low defense is not good.

His center of gravity is too high, and he will not push the bottom plate, but hopes to use his height and jumping to work in the air.

When encountering an experienced attacker like Duncan, it is easy to get fouled.

Therefore, Popovich hopes that Duncan can open the situation in the low post at the beginning of the third quarter and reverse the situation.

To put it bluntly, I still rely on Duncan.

As a result, Duncan hit Li Liang three goals in a row on the offensive end, and missed one!

Twice it was a shot after turning around, and once the ball was directly taken away by Li Liang.

The Clippers took the opportunity to hit a wave of 8:0 counterattacks, opening up the point difference in one fell swoop!

The Spurs called a timeout.

Duncan came off the court with his head drooping, visibly annoyed.

In this game, the Spurs were full of enthusiasm, and they all wanted to kill the Clippers at home in one go and get the match point 3:1.

Even if the fifth game goes to Los Angeles and loses, it can return to San Antonio to kill the opponent in the sixth game.

Unexpectedly, the Clippers played an amazing defense, and the Spurs' smooth offense was abruptly suppressed.

When Li Liang left the field, he thought, I still respect Duncan, otherwise I will learn from Malone and give you a jio!

And these teammates of my own, also have to come to Jio!

How is it, leading by 13 points, with a tailwind, will you be able to play now?

In a game dominated by slow-paced defense, the difference of 13 points is very large.

Unlike some offensive battles, the 13-point difference is only a few rounds, and it is recovered after throwing a few three-pointers.

The Clippers seized this opportunity very well at the beginning of the third quarter.

Li Liang not only defended against Duncan on the defensive end, but also contributed a three-pointer on the offensive end.

At the same time, Paul also hit a three-pointer and assisted Griffin for a dunk.

After the timeout ended and returned to the game, the Clippers continued to adhere to their defensive style in the first half.

Li Liang was like a coachman holding a whip, desperately beating his teammates in defense.

Barnes, Jordan Jr. and the short Paul.

Li Liang stared at Paul and scolded him more than once, telling the short man not to pick it up casually, and not to pin his hopes on steals.

"Keep the intensity, keep the rhythm, don't let them play the offensive feeling!"

Because Li Liang knows that although steals are very profitable, it will be much easier to score goals if you play fast break directly after stealing the ball.

But sometimes this kind of fast break after stealing plays two more games, the rhythm of the game will be driven at once, and the rhythm of both sides will be faster.

This is not what Li Liang wants to see.

Don't look at the four head coaches of the Clippers, all of whom are well-known, but Li Liang is the real brain of this team! True core!

How the team plays and moves, we still have to listen to him and watch him.

He is a real chess player.

Rivers, in charge of refueling.

Brown, in charge of delivering the water.

Gentry, responsible for daze.

Lu, take charge of being alive.

I don't know how others see it, anyway, that's how Li Liang sees it.

In his eyes, NBA coaches are sometimes too skilled.

The real coach in his heart is Calipari of Kentucky.

Throughout the third quarter, the Clippers tried their best not to play offensively, and did not give the Spurs a chance to play offensively.

The two sides are fighting for rhythm, and the Spurs want to speed up, but the Clippers completely gave up on the frontcourt rebounds and returned to defense with all their strength.

At the same time, under the influence of Li Liang's rune, the Clippers' defense is quite solid.

At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers still led the Spurs by 7 points 67:60.

The Spurs were close to the score, but the 7-point gap still weighed on their heads like a stone, making them breathless.

The on-site commentator Steve Kerr felt strange, why the previous few offensive battles turned into a suffocating defensive strangulation.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the atmosphere of strangling became more and more intense, making people wonder if it came to the East.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two sides did not score in seven or eight rounds in four minutes.

It's really Los Angeles welcoming the sunrise at four o'clock, listening to the sound of iron.

Li Liang took a three-minute break off the court, and when he reappeared, he immediately opened up the situation.

After he posted the three-point shooting percentage improvement post, he faced Leonard one-on-one from outside the three-point line, and forced a three-pointer to hit!

In the next few minutes, the Clippers simplified their offense to the extreme, giving the ball to Li Liang, and then Li Liang took the ball and faced Leonard or Green one-on-one on the outside. At the second, he forced a three-point shot.

If Leonard defends, Li Liang will break through and make a jumper.

If the Spurs double-team, Li Liang chooses to pass the ball to his teammates to attack.

The Clippers' offense has become very simple, which also means that other players can allocate more physical energy in defense.

In fact, they themselves don't have much physical strength to participate in the attack.

High-intensity defense is very exhausting.

And Li Liang's physical strength is very abundant, because he drank a bottle of Gatorade to replenish his physical strength during the intermission.

Li Liang, who scored a total of 10 points in the first three quarters, made 4 of 7 three-pointers and scored another 12 points in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter!

And these 12 points are very fatal to the Spurs, because the Spurs scored a total of 20 points throughout the fourth quarter!

The Clippers only scored 15 points.

A desperate defensive battle, hard to see the extreme.

Especially in the fourth quarter, the Clippers adopted a rather ugly strategy of one-on-one, four-watch, and then desperately going back to defend, which abruptly exhausted the Spurs.

But how to put it, this is to treat the body of the person with the way of the person.

I think the Spurs who had a young Duncan at the beginning, didn't they just rely on Duncan to play and watch, and then defended and exhausted, killing many opponents.

The final score was 82:80. As Ginobili missed a three-pointer at the last moment, the Clippers struggled to win the away game.

Li Liang scored 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the game. The data is not displayed.

But as long as you have watched the game, you can know that this is a crucial victory for Li Liang and the Clippers.

Ugly is ugly, winning is the most important thing.

When necessary, you need to learn some experience and lessons from your opponents to improve yourself.

At this point, Li Liang did a good job.

The big score between the two sides reached a 2:2 tie, and the Clippers regained their home court advantage.

The fifth game to grab the match point will be held in Los Angeles.