The Thunder flew to Cleveland and, after a refreshment, played the Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Center the next night.

The Thunder team took the lead to go to the arena for warm-up training at 3:00 p.m. to get used to the venue.

Tonight's game is undoubtedly a highlight. The Thunder, which has only lost one game so far in the new season, will face the Cavaliers led by James.

The grievances between James, Li Liang, and Durant have once again become a hot spot for media hype.

Therefore, when they arrived at the Quicken Loans Center for warm-up, many reporters were waiting in the player tunnel, the door of the locker room and the bench rest area, hoping to interview a few words of Li Liang.

Li Liang knew what these reporters wanted, didn't they just want to hear some controversial words from Lao Tzu, then I will satisfy you and let you listen.

"How does it feel to be back in Cleveland? It feels like it's very big and prosperous. It reminds me of a famous city in northern China called Tieling. If you don't know, you can go back and look up a map of China."

"The difference between Durant and James? Oh...can I talk about their similarities? The same point is that they have been defeated by me in the division finals! The difference, I don't think there is much difference, anyway, they can't beat me of."

"I think Donovan is a very good coach. He can arrange the rotation of the lineup normally, call the timeout, put me on the field, let me off the field, I think this is very good. Oh, I have a different view on the coaching position now. Now, I think the coaches are amazing, quite amazing, and I will never insult the coach again."

After warming up, Li Liang was interviewed by various reporters on the sidelines. He opened his mouth and said something, saying what came to mind.

The reporters took notes with small notebooks, which is called diligence. It is estimated that they were not so serious in taking notes in school before.

These words are taken out and pieced together, and there are some hot news, Li Liang will be able to put together a book of quotations in no time.

Li Liang said these things not because he was crazy, if he wants to be crazy on the court, beeping off the court is nothing.

He is really boring.

Before he made his choice in the summer, he never thought that the road to the Thunder would be so difficult! Simply the most difficult path.

After he was willing to be a substitute, the team's strength was too strong, and it was a bit too strong.

Now the Thunder feel even in the game. Durant and Westbrook played casually with the main force, leading by seven or eight points, and then Li Liang came on the bench to reap the harvest.

If Li Liang and Westbrook are allowed to start and Durant is a substitute, the effect may not be so good, because Durant is not very good at connecting.

If Li Liang and Durant are allowed to start and Westbrook is on the bench, the effect may not be very good, because they may lose.

And Li Liang's backup is really very suitable. After playing more than 20 games, the Thunder has played better as a substitute than as a starter.

Their statistics, offensive and defensive efficiency, and matchups are all better than the starters.

Although a large part of the reason is that the opponents of the second team are also relatively weak, it has become an indisputable fact that the substitutes pull points every time.

Kanter, Li Liang, Waiters, Augustine, plus a Golden Bomber, this lineup will be placed in the East, and it is not impossible for Li Liang to play a lot in the playoffs and lead to the finals.

Moreover, these players all have obvious shortcomings, and some points are also obvious. Li Liang, an all-around monster, can just make up for their shortcomings, and at the same time make their strengths more outstanding.

For example, Kanter's advantages are strong offense, sufficient size, delicate and excellent touch around the basket, and certain footsteps; the obvious disadvantage is that his defense is too poor.

It doesn't matter, Li Liang's [Russell's three-second zone fear] has been upgraded to level 2, which is enough to deal with a large part of the offense at the basket.

At the same time, Li Liang's in-cut feed can allow Kanter to eat enough cakes. Among other things, two to three "one shot into the soul" per game is enough for Kanter to show off a dunk.

The characteristic of Waiters is that as a shooting guard, he has a certain tonnage, has a relatively strong ability to hold the ball, and has a good defense; the disadvantage is that he basically has no off-ball ability and is unstable in three-pointers.

It doesn't matter, Li Liang can play pick-and-roll with you, and use off-ball running to widen the space for you to attack with the ball. As for things like three-pointers, I can shoot alone, and I will be the opponent's team alone.

Of course, there are people like Singler who have no advantages and are all disadvantages, so that's okay.

During the substitute time, Li Liang can help you with all the advantages and no disadvantages. You make up the number on the field, don't make mistakes, don't foul, don't make trouble, and it's OK.

If you are lucky, you can get two assists and get a point. By the way, you can inherit Li Liang's title of "Golden Bomber" and become the successor of his nickname. The spiritual pillar of the second team is also excellent.

And before Li Liang was in the second team, he was a little bit all-inclusive. After he came on the court, everyone else played as support, and I would do it when I had the ball.

Anyway, in many cases, he can score more than the sum of the scores of the substitutes on both sides. After all, he was the regular season scoring leader last season.

And he had to complete the task of scoring the highest score in the game as a substitute at that time, so he had to.

In the recent games, Li Liang began to pursue team play and began to play tactics with the second team.

Not only that, after the interview today, Li Liang continued to return to the field for warm-up training with his teammates, and began to conduct tactical drills with several substitute players.

Mike Brown was on the sidelines assisting and guiding, and Li Liang was directing his teammates while participating in the training, which was a bit like a head coach.

Is this appropriate to rebel and establish a new central rhythm?

Li Liang didn't think too much about it, he just wanted to get over the addiction of being a coach ahead of time.

Moreover, Li Liang gradually discovered that he might have misused the artifact [Bob Knight's hair dryer] from the very beginning.

This hair dryer is not used to scold people at all, but to teach players to execute according to their own ideas.

Li Liang is actually using a nine-toothed rake that subdues demons and eliminates demons as a farm tool for plowing the land.

I think when I got this prop at the beginning, it didn't say that it was used to scold people.

He just found it easy to swear when he used it, and he gradually got used to it.

After the warm-up training, the Thunder left the Quicken Loans Center, went to a nearby restaurant to eat, and prepared for the evening game.

...

At 6:30 in the evening, there was still an hour before the start of the game, and the Quicken Loans Center was already full.

Because this game has attracted much attention, all major TV stations have started the live broadcast in advance and carried out various warm-up activities.

In the Quicken Loans Center, there are grand hip-hop performances and acrobatic performances. This NBA is really a show.

Various activities on the scene caused the opening time to be delayed by 15 minutes before the starting players of both sides stood on the field.

The starting lineup for the Cavaliers tonight is James, Paul George, Thompson, Dellavedova and JR-Smith.

Irving was unfortunately absent tonight due to injury, and JR-Smith became a free agent in the summer, signed with the Cavaliers on middle-class terms, and was recruited by James.

Bird is so ruthless that he knows that last season's lineup was completely built around Li Liang. Once Li Liang left, everything was torn down and rebuilt.

Therefore, Garnett, JR-Smith, Shumpert, McGee and other expired contracts were not renewed.

He didn't catch any big fish in the free market. Seeing the Thunder and the Warriors flourishing, he decisively chose to go dormant and play badly.

After assisting Li Liang, Smith went to assist James, and he can be called a famous official of the previous generation.

On the Cavaliers' bench, McGee was still sitting. The Cavaliers drew Li Liang's three idiots last season to two idiots to determine the world in the East.

There is no one left to pick up and eat.

Sitting on the bench, Li Liang greeted McGee on the opposite bench across the technical platform from a distance, and McGee responded to him!

During his year in the Pacers, Li Liang had a great influence on McGee, not only giving him a championship ring, but also giving him stronger confidence.

In the end, he turned around and signed the Cavaliers with a small contract... I don't know what to think, can't I go for a big contract?

But Li Liang forgot that this kind of operation of signing a small contract to win the championship with a strong team was brought about by you!

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