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Whether a team is strong in the playoffs, fans may have to watch a series of games to see whether it is strong or not.

But for professional players, playing a quarter of the game on the court, there is a comparison before and after, and you can quickly feel the strength and weakness.

Especially for the Clippers players, the last round was played against the Trail Blazers, and this round against the Spurs, the difference is really big.

According to the Blazers' style of play and intensity, if the Clippers opened in the first quarter, then in Staples, the Blazers would collapse directly.

The first two games of the semi-finals are the best example.

In this game, the Clippers' morale was like a rainbow at the beginning of the game. Popovich called a timeout for 10 seconds at the beginning of the game and failed to stop the Clippers from attacking.

But the Spurs players were stuck on the field, and when the official timeout came, they got a chance to breathe.

Switching to Stotts, I couldn’t help but call a timeout, and then came back from the timeout and found that it was useless, and was pierced again, and the point difference was stretched to more than 15 points, and then again in the second quarter, 30 points in the half , In the second half, I paddled and clocked in to go back to take a shower.

And this official timeout is more important to the Clippers to be honest. If there is no official timeout, Rivers will also call a timeout.

Because the Spurs' early double-teaming made Li Liang very uncomfortable.

The timing of the Spurs' early double-teaming was very precise and decisive. The moment Li Liang just received the ball after halftime, Leonard and Tony Pat immediately rushed forward and forced Li Liang to the dead corner of the center line.

At the same time, Danny Green is sticking to Chris Paul, not giving Paul a chance to easily catch the ball.

Barnes was completely emptied, and the Spurs just let Barnes do whatever you want.

It doesn't matter if you make a breakthrough with the dribble or shoot a three-pointer.

The battle of wits and courage between the two sides has already begun from the first quarter.

Rivers saw this and made adjustments during the timeout, replacing Griffin with Crawford.

In this way, the Clippers have two support points, Crawford and Paul, and Li Liang mentioned the position of power forward.

But in this way, we will face another problem, Li Liang will be facing off against Duncan.

The advantage of this lineup lies in offense. The Clippers must give full play to their offensive advantages, and then the second lineup will join Griffin to connect. A set of combined punches can knock the opponent down.

But after the timeout, the Spurs outside Leonard + Danny Green's double lock successfully caused Crawford's mistake.

The Spurs quickly counterattacked, Leonard received a pass from Parker, made a layup, and the two sides tied.

Later, Leonard almost stole Li Liang again on the defensive end, but the referee blew the whistle late and called Leonard's pushing foul.

Leonard never argued, and gave the ball to the referee. Li Liang was pushed down, and his teammates stepped forward to pull him up.

The Spurs' defense revolved entirely around Li Liang.

Popovich and the Spurs coaching staff must have done a lot of preparatory work, doing everything possible to lock Li Liang.

Li Liang sent the ball from the sideline, and the Spurs' defense was very tight. Li Liang gave it to Paul, then slid the baseline to the right corner to catch the ball, and then passed the ball to Jordan in the middle.

Li Liang ran interspersedly on the field. It can be said that he spared two laps, ran back to the left corner, received a pass from Barnes, made a three-pointer, and made a hit!

A beautiful three-pointer, with a high degree of concentration, Li Liang's touch is very good.

The Spurs' tough defense did not make Li Liang back down, he would only face the difficulties!

In fact, the Spurs players and Popovich are also very distressed. Li Liang is really difficult to deal with.

If you want to say that he has strong personal ability, in terms of singles skills, he is much worse than Kobe and Tracy McGrady in the past.

If you want to say that his personal ability is poor, he has explosive scoring ability and explosive three-point shooting ability, so that your mother doesn't even know him.

You can say that he is a system player, he can often use his personal ability to beat opponents regardless of defense.

You say he is not a system player, right? Li Liang did have a better offensive environment with the help of the Clippers' system.

So for this player, Popovich really can't figure it out, anyway, let's greet him with various tricks.

After that, Parker slipped the baseline and missed a mid-range jumper.

Li Liang took the backcourt rebound and launched a quick counterattack. As a result, he made a pass error and was intercepted by Danny Green.

Danny Green made a long pass to the basket, Leonard wanted to make an alley-oop, but was intercepted by Li Liang!

Want to play stewardess on my territory? There are no doors.

The offensive and defensive battles between the two sides have entered a fierce battle in the middle and late stages of the first quarter.

The defensive intensity on both sides was very high, and the shooting percentage began to drop continuously.

Li Liang is still very cautious in the selection of shots. He wants to mobilize the Clippers' offense more by passing the ball.

However, the Spurs' tight defense and efficient rotation made the Clippers' positional battle very difficult.

And the Spurs didn't play well offensively.

Parker's state after the start was mediocre. He was the number one engine of the Spurs' offense last season, but his state has declined too much this season.

After Ginobili's debut, the Spurs' offense has not changed.

Compared with Li Liang's cautious offense, he completely let go of his hands and feet on the defensive end, constantly interfering with the Spurs' offensive coordination.

Before the start of the series, what Li Liang did most to prepare was not to practice three-pointers, but to watch the Spurs' offensive video clips non-stop.

After two rounds of the series, the Spurs have reached a very smooth and comfortable level on the offensive end.

If you want to defeat the Spurs, you must not ignore the strength of the Spurs in offense.

This is Popovich's success since he started reforming the Spurs in 2010. This team, which has been operating with GDP as its core for more than ten years, has successfully shifted from a slow-paced defensive superstar team in the past to an integrated offensive and defensive team. strong team.

As for how strong it is, others may not be very clear, but Li Liang knows that it is very strong, no worse than the 70-win Clippers.

Of course, any strong team has loopholes and flaws. If you want to defeat your opponent, you must grasp the opponent's flaws and loopholes.

Li Liang believes that the biggest advantage of the Spurs' offensive end is their skillful ball transfer and tacit pass coordination, while the loophole also lies in their transfer and pass coordination.

The so-called strengths must be to cover up their weaknesses.

An important reason why the Spurs have the best offensive coordination in the league is that they have to rely on this kind of teamwork.

They didn't have to because they had Duncan.

Now they still have Duncan, but Duncan is 38 years old.

Duncan before the age of 30 can make the offense easier. The 38-year-old Duncan can only guarantee a few attacks at critical moments and the stability of the defensive end.

If you want to completely rely on Duncan, it is definitely not possible.

That's why it took the Spurs a few years to build a new system and give Duncan a new style of play and positioning.

What Li Liang has to do is to try to break their system and destroy their ball transfer.

Of course, this is very difficult. Defense requires the cooperation of the entire Clippers team, otherwise Li Liang will be played by the Spurs' pass.

Of course Rivers and Mike Brown were prepared, for which Rivers had some arguments with Brown, Lu and others.

Rivers believes that the Clippers are the active side, so they just stick to the second round of play.

Of course, Li Liang didn't think so. Li Liang didn't even see the potential of the Spurs, so many people didn't see it, so he kept raising his opinions with the coaching staff, thinking that he must make a defensive response and preemptive strikes.

And Mike Brown believes that Li Liang is right, and I think the same.

Therefore, Brown formulated a defensive strategy, which is to use defenses to contain the Spurs' passes, and correspondingly release the Spurs' dislocation offense and low-post singles.

This is a very risky defensive strategy.

Dislocation singles are the ultimate goal of many offensive tactics in the NBA. If the Spurs are allowed to attack with a large number of dislocations, it may collapse the Clippers' defense.

However, Li Liang is confident to make up for it to the greatest extent, and believes that the Spurs' current one-man offensive firepower will not easily break the Clippers' defense.

What's more, Li Liang has confidence in his offense.

In the first quarter, although the Spurs were clinging to the score, the Clippers still suppressed the Spurs on the scene.

When the Spurs continued to rely on fouls and free throws to chase points, Li Liang hit a three-pointer from the outside again to stabilize the situation.

Then on the defensive end, Leonard made an offensive foul.

When Li Liang came off the court in the first quarter, he made 5 of 5 shots and scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Leonard and Li Liang left the field at the same time.

Li Liang did not forget to say hello to Leonard, "Come on, try to defend me."

Although Li Liang was intercepted, he didn't miss a single shot.

Leonard was expressionless and walked off the court without even looking at Li Liang.

But the war between the two had already begun.