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Li Liang really didn't listen to what Mike Brown said during the break.

Anyway, he went straight to the start of the second quarter. Mike Brown asked Paul Gasol and Li Liang to lead the second team.

After the shortened rotation in the playoffs, Li Liang's rest time became less.

Jamison basically fell out of the rotation because of defensive problems.

The Lakers' substitutes are mainly Gasol, Meeks, O'Neal and Blake.

The Lakers' backcourt players are short and slow, and the other is short and slow.

Li Liang's time must be increased to help fill the loopholes in the backcourt.

The main reason is that Kobe is old, otherwise Kobe, when he was young, could basically cover the team's offense and defense alone.

At that time, the Lakers' backcourt was full of small men with accurate shots and obvious defects in other aspects.

After all, they have Kobe.

Now it depends on Li Liang. After he returned to the small forward, he became more comfortable on the defensive end.

The Rockets' bench lineup is not bad, led by two veterans, Delfino and Garcia.

In the last game, the two were two players who played normally in the team.

McHale was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines. He said that the Rockets made positive adjustments in this game, and the young players played with more energy and confidence. They needed an adaptation process in the first game. Play better.

The player who played the best in the first quarter was naturally Parsons, and he continued to stay on the court at this time.

In the first attack at the beginning of the second quarter, Li Liang received the ball in a relatively deep position.

Then he made a lob pass directly to the inside. Gasol caught the ball and hit it high. He put it lightly and put the ball into the basket.

Li Liang stood deep in order to pass the ball more safely to Gasol.

In the Rockets round, after passing the ball continuously from the outside, Beverly missed a jumper with a step back in the middle.

After Li Liang switched to the outside line, he put a lot of pressure on the Rockets' outside line conduction ball.

The Rockets' tactical play is relatively flat, and they have no ball-holding attack points inside.

Therefore, there are a lot of screens for the conduction ball from the outside, especially the transfer ball between the center and 45 degrees.

This continuous and rapid transfer can tear apart the offensive space for Jeremy Lin, Parsons and Harden.

However, Li Liang squatted in the middle, constantly assisting in defense, directing and pressing, which made the Rockets uncomfortable passing the ball from the outside.

In the end, Beverley had to complete the offense.

The ball was knocked out of the baseline and the Lakers had the ball.

Until now, Li Liang finally feels like playing in the playoffs.

In the playoffs, it's about defending and fighting.

You have to play fiercely and fiercely, this is like the Yazi in the playoffs.

What's the point if you're always running around and throwing around.

Then, outside the Lakers, Meeks missed a jumper after receiving a pass from Li Liang.

The Rockets countered and the ball went around the perimeter a few rounds, back and forth, and it ended up in Asik's hands...

Asik didn't know what to do with the ball from beyond the arc.

The defense of the Lakers' second team during this period is very good. Everyone moves, fills up, and rotates well.

Gasol and Jermaine O'Neal are two high points inside, and there is Li Liang in the middle to help defend.

The Rockets' offense, which has no blasting point on the court, is in trouble.

In the end, Delfino took over and missed a three-pointer from the outside.

Li Liang caught the backcourt rebound and passed the ball to Meeks, allowing Meeks to stabilize and play the position.

Meeks slows down, Pau Gasol sets up and Asik tops.

After Gasol received the ball, he turned inside and made a small hook and hit a two-pointer.

Gasol played very badly in the last game, and his condition has been poor. He adjusted well tonight.

In the next two rounds, the Rockets relied on Parsons' touch and hit a three-pointer from the outside.

Parsons is really hot tonight.

Then, taking advantage of the Lakers' defense for three seconds at a time, McHale replaced Beverly and returned to Jeremy Lin.

And Li Liang's response was to rush inside, steal an offensive rebound, then trick Asik away, turn around and make a basket.

After a few rounds, the Rockets fell behind even more, and McHale became anxious again.

The main players of both sides returned to the court one after another.

The court entered a period of chaos, and neither side shot a goal.

This is normal in the playoffs, because the defensive end consumes too much, the offensive end will unconsciously play simply, and then the feel will decline.

As a result, there will be a situation where the two sides are pinging and pinging against the iron.

At this time, the personal performance of star players is particularly important.

Harden also returned to the court. In the first quarter, Harden didn't make much effort and only made two free throws.

After Harden came on the court, he held the ball at the top of the arc and changed direction continuously. After passing Kobe, he went to the basket, slipped through the cracks, and made a layup with his left hand.

This is the first time the Rockets broke through the basket to score after the start of the second quarter.

It was Meeks who defended Harden, and Kobe was still resting off the court.

This time the Lakers did not wait for Gasol to settle, but Meeks instigated a quick counterattack with the ball.

Then pass the ball to Li Liang who is following up on the wing.

Li Liang caught the ball at 45 degrees, made a close-range emergency stop jumper, and hit the board.

His move was really hard to defend against. An emergency stop made the chasing Parsons rush out of the bottom line.

This kid is now practicing with Sam Jones's emergency stop and playing the board, and he thinks it's easy to use.

In the fast break, unless there is an opportunity for the flight attendant, he will end this fast counterattack with a mid-range and short-range jumper.

The Rockets really have nothing to do with the Lakers' fast and slow offense.

Of course, this was not arranged by Mike Brown, it's just that the Lakers players have formed a tacit understanding on the court.

Especially with Li Liang here, he feels very good on the field, knowing when to go faster and when to play steadily.

The rocket is relatively simple, that is, try to be as fast as possible.

In this regard, Jeremy Lin did a good job and is very suitable for pushing.

But his shortcoming is that his slow play is not very good. Once he falls into the position, he feels very uncomfortable.

I can't sort out the offense of the field to a higher level.

They still wanted to give the ball to Harden, but this time Li Liang misplaced and defended Harden.

Harden chose a step-back jumper, but was interfered by Li Liang and missed.

At this time, Beverly jumped out from the basket, grabbed an offensive rebound, and made a tip-up.

Li Liang scolded angrily, "You can't even grab Beverly! They all land on their knees? They don't block people from the outside! The defenders don't have to block people!"

Beverly is indeed a garbage dog full of energy, the smallest player in the game, but he can always fight for offensive rebounds.

After that, Howard made a foul on the inside and went to the free throw line, and Kobe returned to the court.

Howard missed two free throws, and then the Rockets counterattacked.

Parsons made a good pass to Harden from the outside, and Harden cut to the basket and made a layup.

As a result, Howard interfered and missed, but followed by Greg Smith to get an offensive rebound and a one-handed dunk!

After losing two backcourt rebounds in a row, Li Liang was so angry that he hammered the basketball hard.

He's really a little bit angry. Losing rebounds in the backcourt is the most frustrating.

Then Kobe took the ball from the wing and made a jump shot.

After receiving the ball, Harden quickly changed to the inside and caused Howard's foul.

Kobe couldn't defend the ball. In fact, Kobe is better at dealing with speed types. He is not particularly good at dealing with rhythm types like Harden.

Sometimes Kobe would be shaken, and even turned over by the shake, the scene was ugly.

After Harden made a free throw, Brown called a timeout.

The Rockets chased the point difference to 1 point again, and they played very tenaciously.

Mike Brown decided to adjust his defense. There are two ways to deal with Harden, one-on-one stalking, or flanking.

Brown didn't want to pinch Harden. He knew that Harden had a strong ability to play the ball, just like another James.

Flanking them is costly.

Kobe's defense against Harden was not good, and it affected his offensive performance.

so……

"Bruce!" Mike Brown pointed to Li Liang, but he didn't finish.

Li Liangdao: "OK, I understand! I will deal with Harden."

Damn, still practice me alone.

Brown nodded in satisfaction. Li Liang is a little bit better and has a strong understanding.

This is like Nash, don't worry about offense, Nash will judge the situation adjustment.

On defense, Li Liang on the outside and Howard on the inside are all very understanding players.

Therefore, there is a short pause of 20 seconds, and the adjustment will come soon.

Nash first used a mid-range jumper to help the Lakers break the scoring predicament.

This is the personal ability of the star. Tactics cannot be played, and the star himself is the tactic.

Then, Li Liang started to face Harden.

Li Liang didn't care about defending Harden just because he had dealt with McGrady in the mission.

He knew that Harden was a completely different type, and he played smart.

During the regular season, Li Liang could feel that Harden had changed very quickly in just over a season.

His progress speed is estimated to be second only to Li Liang himself.

From the perspective of stature alone, Harden at the beginning of the season was still a little thin, a lean pig.

At the end of the season, after a season of hard training, it is already pork belly.

But no matter what kind of meat, Li Liang has an advantage over Harden in terms of height and weight.

When Harden is attacking, he is actually more afraid of Li Liang, a three-position defender with an advantage in size and good defense.

In the second position, if the height and weight cannot keep up, Harden is basically not too afraid.

At worst, as soon as the arm is raised, it will be arched inward like a bulldozer, and it will reach the free throw line when arched.

But it's not good against the heavy small forward in the third position, and he can't move.

And Li Liang carefully watched Harden's game video, combined with the experience of the game, first prevent his left hand from breaking through.

Secondly, it is not easy to make a move. Speed ​​is not Harden's advantage, but he cannot be allowed to rush.

It's not easy to stop a fat man of three hundred catties if you want to.

The last point, to deal with Harden must be confrontational.

Harden relies on rhythm to play, and fierce physical confrontation can make him lose his rhythm.

Mike - Brown's adjustment was immediate.

Harden faced Li Liang's one-on-one defense from the outside line for the first time, and Li Liang started posting from the center line.

Although he is tall, he seems to be a bit slow, but his follow-up defense is electric, and his footsteps are in place.

Harden was uncomfortable, he could only play the ball, then catch the ball again, and use the screen.

But Li Liang kept following him closely. Harden tried to push Li Liang away with his body, but it was useless.

Come on, Li Liang can play center forward, you want to push him away?

Harden missed three consecutive offenses and was caught by the Lakers to counterattack.

Nash, the counterattack master, threw away the thermos cup in the playoffs, and quickly pushed and counterattacked continuously.

After Kobe didn't need to guard Harden, he was liberated and made quick layups.

A small climax of 8:0 stopped the Rockets again.

McHale, who was still joking with reporters with a smile on his face during the holiday break, was already calm.

Harden can't open this point, what's the matter?

McHale really has nothing to do, look at the Lakers on the opposite side, how many cards can be played in their hands!

Nothing, poor.

McHale still thought of a way to put Delfino back on to relieve Harden's pressure on attacking with the ball.

But Li Liang has been pestering Harden, anyway, with Kobe and Nash on offense, he can completely ignore the offense.

This is the benefit of being in a super team. Everyone can share functions with each other instead of being exhausted by shoulders.

The Lakers established another 8-point advantage in the second quarter, leading the Rockets 58:50 at halftime.

The Rockets have played very well today. The impact at the beginning and the response in the middle were very good.

But just can't beat it.

Especially when Li Liang started to defend Harden, the Rockets' goal was stuck.

Not only is Li Liang the main defense, but also Howard is behind the defense, and Ci Shiping is assisting in the defense.

At least three people took care of Harden.

Harden took on weight and pressure that shouldn't be at his age.

In the second half, after the two sides started playing, they shot very hard.

Kobe Bryant missed two more three-point shots.

The Rockets didn't do much better. Parsons still wanted to rush to the basket, but Howard capped him and turned him on his back.

Parsons received a lot of shots today, but he still has to continue to rush with the ball.

There is no way, he has to rush, otherwise the Rockets' offense will be even more unwatchable.

In the third quarter, the two sides entered into a fierce battle. The Rockets were very tenacious, fighting fiercely for offensive rebounds, and won many opportunities.

Of course, the price was that he didn't return to defense in time, and was chased and spanked twice by Nash.

Li Liang made an emergency stop and hit the board at close range again and hit a jumper.

Harden also worked very hard. During a breakthrough, he and Li Liang's heads collided, and both of them fell to the ground.

Li Liang stood up quickly, and neither of them fouled.

And Harden sat on the ground for a while, not knowing why no one from the Rockets came to help him.

On the Lakers side, both Nash and Kobe took the initiative to pull Li Liang up.

In the end, the referee reached out and pulled Harden up.

Sure enough, it's better to referee.

The ball still belongs to the Lakers, they have controlled the situation on the court.

But the point difference still did not widen, because Kobe wasted a lot of opportunities.

Beverly's defense against Kobe turned out to be quite successful. His constant interference and confrontation made Kobe very uncomfortable.

Of course, it would be naive to think that Kobe was protected in this way.

The only one who can really guard against Kobe is himself.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers still led by 8 points. The suspense of the game remained until the fourth quarter, and the Rockets still had a chance.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Delfino hit a three-pointer with the help of the Lakers' slack in the outside line.

Then, in the counterattack, Jeremy Lin assisted Parsons who fell to the bottom corner, and Parsons made another three-pointer!

The 8-point difference turned into 2 points in an instant.

This is the scary thing about three-pointers.

At this time, Kobe finally stood up.

Mike Brown didn't call a timeout, and Kobe made a difficult fadeaway jumper after consecutive feints at the horns.

He knew that his shooting feeling came back.

Then, Li Liang contributed an important steal.

It was Harden's pass error, Li Liang passed the ball to Kobe, and Kobe made a layup with no defense.

The point difference returned to six points, but the Rockets were a bit dangerous, because Kobe found the sense of offense.

After struggling with Li Liang for two quarters, Harden found a way to deal with Li Liang.

He found that fouling didn't work very well for Li Liang, not only because the referee's whistle was more cautious in the playoffs, but also because the referee seemed to have a good relationship with him.

He always communicates with the referee when he has nothing to do, and the referee looks happy to listen.

One of Li Liang's weaknesses on the defensive end is that he plays too cleanly.

Li Liang's defense is quite clean, with almost no small moves, and his small moves are all on the lips.

Therefore, Harden made full use of Asik's tall and thick cover point, made some small moves, and got rid of Li Liang's defense twice.

Once he got rid of the ball and received the ball, Harden rushed up with the ball, and Li Liang couldn't stop him.

Using this method, Harden made consecutive fouls and went to the free throw line.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, Harden had 12 free throw opportunities and made 10 of them.

The Lakers still maintain a 6-8 point difference advantage.

The Rockets are relying entirely on willpower to fight, and they have to grind with the Lakers a little bit.

But the Lakers are not afraid of grinding. In 2009, the Lakers also worked with the Rockets in this way.

At the critical moment, Kobe began to ask for the ball in the low post for singles.

The Black Mamba finally bared his deadly fangs.

Rockets fans must still remember how Kobe, who was at his peak in 2009, used low-post turnaround jumpers one by one to suppress the Rockets.

Kobe's sword is not old, and he played Parsons three times in a low post, which made Parsons have no temper at all.

Then, Kobe gave the ball to Ci Shiping, and Ci Shiping scored a three-pointer.

The Rockets have been putting Ci Shiping on Li Liang from outside, but Ci Shiping can also score goals.

Once the three-pointer was scored, the point difference came to 11 points, and there were only 2 minutes left before the end of the game.

McHale called a timeout. The young Rockets played very well tonight, so they can't just give up.

The Rockets have always been a very tenacious team.

McHale was also very calm and did not choose to bet on three points.

Instead, continue to trust Harden and let Harden handle the ball.

Harden hit the inside again and caused Li Liang to foul. After making a free throw, he scored 28 points.

He didn't seem to score many goals, but after the game ended, he found that he still scored a lot.

In response, Li Liang and Nash made a pick-and-roll and hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc.

This ball completely extinguished the rocket's hope of struggling.

In the end, amid the cheers of Staples Lakers fans, the Lakers defeated the Rockets by 104:92 with a 12-point advantage.

For two consecutive games, the Lakers restricted the Rockets' scoring to less than 100 points, which made the Rockets' offense fall short.

Before the game, many Lakers fans were still worried that the young Rockets would use a quick counterattack to overwhelm the Lakers, which seemed to be over worrying.

Although the Lakers are old and slow, they have rich experience and control the rhythm very well.

The player's personal ability is strong, and after Mike Brown's training, the defensive end is very systematic.

Although it is not as high-pressure as the Heat, or as rigorous and tough as the Spurs, the individual ability and experience are definitely very strong.

What they should be more worried about is offense. In the game against the Rockets, the Lakers' offense has not been tested.

Age, state, and tactics will all be problems on their way forward.