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The Clippers' preseason game was uneventful.

After defeating the Trail Blazers in the first game, the Clippers went to Salt Lake City, Sacramento and Phoenix one after another.

As a Los Angeles team, the Clippers are not as good as the Lakers.

When playing the preseason last season, the Lakers basically never went outside the California border.

Has been playing in towns and cities around Los Angeles.

When I arrived at the Clippers, it was like being dispatched into the army, from the northwest to the southwest, from the southwest to the plateau, and from the plateau to the desert.

The treatment of this son is different from that of a wild child.

However, in these few games, the Clippers have won.

In order to test the lineup and tactics, Rivers asked Paul and Li Liang to take turns leading the team.

Needless to say, Paul has top-notch leadership skills, cooperates with his teammates tacitly, and organized the offense in an orderly manner with the intensity of the preseason.

As for Li Liang, he is still a handyman. If he is allowed to dominate the ball, the offense will easily stagnate.

But this person likes to perform miracles vigorously, and if he fails, he will do it forcefully.

He doesn't do it himself, but directs his teammates to find opportunities for one-on-one singles.

Then Li Liang ambushed himself, looking for opportunities to grab offensive rebounds or shoot open three-pointers.

The Clippers' offense led by Li Liang was obviously more messy, playing more fragmented, without any smooth cooperation.

But the effect is not bad. Anyway, the opponent can be suppressed on the scene. If Li Liang is the key, the Clippers' defense will be very good.

Moreover, Rivers found that as the game progressed, Li Liang's improvement in organization was visible to the naked eye.

From the first game against the Trail Blazers, the cooperation with teammates was still a bit jerky.

By the time he played against the Jazz in the second game, he was already decent. When he played against the Kings in the third game, he turned Cousins ​​around again.

Poor Cousins, the relationship with Paul was not so good.

Unexpectedly, my senior went to the Clippers and teamed up with Paul. Cousins ​​was so angry that he was the leading technical offender in the preseason.

Li Liang reminded Cousins ​​not to be so irritable and to play well. There are many difficulties in life to face calmly.

After all, Cousins ​​was young and didn't understand the meaning of his senior's words, so he left the field angrily after the game.

This kid is passionate on the court, but he is not very good at controlling his temper.

Especially when meeting Paul.

In the fourth game against the Suns, Rivers found that Li Liang had organized well in some cases.

And his passing has improved significantly from last season.

In the impression of Rivers last season, Li Liang used the most inside pass.

This way of passing the ball is more gambling, and it is usually the last pass.

His other passing skills are so-so, reaching the basic qualification standards of NBA players.

In the new season, Li Liang's passing is much more spiritual, and some assists are quite beautiful.

Although the no-look pass is still not enough, and Paul can't play tricks, but it is enough to support the team's offense in the game.

After four games, Li Liang averaged 4.7 assists per game. He averaged 2.8 assists per game in the regular season last season.

Of course, the preseason statistics are watery, but Li Liang's playing time is also very short, just over 20 minutes per game.

As the game gradually deepened, Li Liang and Paul had less and less disputes during training.

Paul realized that Li Liang was really a genius.

In just one summer, he has evolved again, and he has made great progress in the most difficult organization and ball handling.

How difficult this is, just look at Kevin Durant.

After failing in the 2012 Finals, Durant tried to take on more organizational responsibilities in the offense in the 2013 season.

He averaged a career-high 4.6 assists per game.

But in the actual game, when Durant turned into a point forward, the team's offensive effect was not as good as when he focused on offense and waited for an opportunity to assist his teammates.

People are different.

Just like James can't shoot like Durant, Durant can't organize like James.

But Bruce Lee, who seems to be able to shoot like Durant again, is still developing in the direction of James' organization.

Every day during training, Li Liang is the last one to leave.

Paul used to hear that Li Liang didn't like training with the Lakers, and he often came in late and left early.

It seems that many things need to be seen to be believed, not just listen to rumors.

In fact, Paul heard it right, Li Liang was late and left early in the Lakers.

Because at that time he often had to enter the system for training and had to sleep at home, so he didn't like to go to the team to practice.

It's different now. If you want to practice organization and tactics, you must work with your teammates.

It takes time for him to get familiar with his teammates' style of play, habits, and sweet spots.

After the joint training, he will stay to hone his skills, enhance his physical fitness and muscle endurance.

After all, training in the system will not increase muscle endurance.

[Basic ball control] and [Basic passing] Temporarily practiced to 70 and 75 points, Li Liang is already satisfied.

He must lay a solid foundation for technical details and physical foundation, adjust his physical fitness to the best state, and prepare for the new season.

Paul saw these things in his eyes, and he was blown about every day in his ears, so he felt that this player was still very good.

The idea even came to mind, "It's better to let him be the boss, wouldn't it be nice for me to win the championship with my thighs in my arms".

On the other hand, since Li Liang "learned from Paul" and cleared Mark Price's mission, his attitude towards Paul has also improved a lot.

The traditional point guard's game style does have a unique beauty of collective basketball.

The process of connecting teammates through passing the ball through precise calculations and running positions, mobilizing the opponent, and hitting the fatal blow does have a huge sense of accomplishment when it is completed.

Even if I don't score, get assists, or have any statistics, the psychological satisfaction is still full.

He directed everything by himself and controlled everyone, including his opponents.

No wonder Paul, the little guy, likes to have the ball in his hands so much.

Because at that moment, he was the most visionary giant on the field.

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On October 18, the Los Angeles Clippers finally ushered in their first home game in Los Angeles, and the venue was at Staples.

This is the first appearance of the Clippers in the new season. It is still Li Liang's familiar venue, but the locker room has been changed from the Lakers to the Clippers.

There are a total of 4 locker rooms in the Staples Center, one for the Lakers and one for the Clippers, one for the ice hockey team Los Angeles Kings, and the last one for the visiting team.

There is no difference between the locker rooms of the Lakers and the Clippers except for the LOGO.

Li Liang has his own locker here, and the one in the Lakers locker room must have had its nameplate removed.

After changing the jersey and coming to the court to warm up, a large number of Clippers fans came to the scene.

To Li Liang's surprise, there were many Lakers fans besides the Clippers fans in the auditorium.

Many of them wore Li Liang's No. 28 Lakers jersey and cheered loudly when Li Liang entered the field.

Li Liang sighed in his heart, why the hell are the Lakers fans so kind?

Why don't you scold me, why don't you burn my jersey?

Li Liang thought of the Los Angeles Derby that will be held in the new season, and he was afraid that he would not get any anger points by then.

If LeBron James had his own system, then the anger value that Lao Zhan gained would have already exploded.

Why is there such a big gap in treatment between people?

It's so unfair.

In this rematch against the Trail Blazers and Lillard, neither the Clippers nor Li Liang used their full strength.

Li Liang played the first and second quarters, but did not appear in the second half.

The Clippers lost to the Trail Blazers with a 3-point disadvantage at 87:90 and lost this preseason game.

But the fans didn't care, Li Liang played well in the first two quarters, made 2 of 3 three-pointers, scored 12 points, sent 5 assists and 5 rebounds.

The key is that the fans finally saw that when Chris Paul is not on the court, Li Liang can support the team's offense alone.

This was not seen in the Clippers in the first two seasons.

Although Griffin averaged a lot of points per game, he couldn't support the offensive system of a lineup.

It is often Griffin who scores points in various ways, but is suppressed by opponents in various ways in terms of scenes and scores.

The arrival of Li Liang made Griffin the third choice, so Griffin looks awesome.

The few Clippers fans in Los Angeles are full of expectations for the new season.