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After staying in Los Angeles for one day, Li Liang rushed back to Oklahoma City by plane.

On the 22nd, the Thunder will face the Houston Rockets at home.

Inside the Thunder, the debate on whether to hit the best record in history is still going on.

The Thunder's schedule is generally easy and then difficult, with relatively weak opponents in the first half of the season.

After the All-Star Game, the Thunder faced more and more strong opponents, and there were more and more away games.

Fortunately, the health of the team is still very good, and there are no major injuries.

However, there are also minor problems. Westbrook's knee, Durant's right foot, and other players, more or less, will have some injuries, large and small.

As the uniform team, the biggest worry is that small injuries will accumulate and become major injuries, which will eventually affect the playoffs.

This is something no one wants to see, because the playoffs are the ultimate pursuit of a season.

Donovan, Mike Brown, and Presti also sat together for a meeting after returning to Oklahoma City.

Presti believes that the team still needs to be prudent. There is still more than a month left in the regular season. If they want to compete for the best record in history, they can only lose two games.

Only losing two games in more than a month, the pressure is really quite huge.

"I don't think it's better not to pursue it deliberately, just let it be, look at the state of the players, and just play normally."

Donovan's idea is a little more conservative. He thinks it is best to rest the players in the final few rounds.

Even, from now on, it is already possible to consider further reducing the playing time of the main players.

"At the beginning of the season, I reduced the playing time of Durant and Westbrook. If necessary, it can be further reduced and controlled within 35 minutes, so that they will have more physical reserves in the playoffs."

Donovan is a college coach. The college team plays a tournament-style single-elimination system, which requires very high on-the-spot status of the players.

Therefore, Donovan attaches great importance to the overall state of the players in the playoffs, and he will definitely shorten the rotation and increase the playing time of the main players.

Donovan is a little worried now, if the players continue to maintain a high-intensity game, will there be problems near the playoffs.

After all, this year's chances are indeed very good. The team's overall strength is too strong. Only the Warriors can be regarded as opponents, and the Cavaliers can only be said to be half opponents.

Mike Brown is still different, and his thinking will always be different from that of a normal head coach-he is Li Liang's personal trainer.

Of course, every time Brown made an opinion, he felt that he was not protecting Li Liang, but that he was only happy if he had to send Li Liang to the fire.

"Billy, let me ask you a question, how is the health of the team?" Brown asked Donovan.

"There are no major injuries, but you know, small problems are always indispensable. Kevin's right foot, Russell's knee, Adams' elbow, everyone in the main force has something wrong." As the head coach , You must know the health of your players well.

"You missed someone, Bruce, what do you think of Bruce's health?" Mike Brown pushed his glasses and asked again.

Donovan pondered for a moment, looked at Presti, Presti shrugged, meaning what are you looking at me for, I'm the general manager, I don't know much about health.

"To be honest, I don't know much about Bruce's physical condition. Anyway... I don't think Bruce has ever been injured?"

Indeed, from the time he entered the league to the present, Li Liang, this amazing guy, has never suffered any injuries.

At most, what is the purpose of eating a radish with your finger, or some skin trauma.

Bones, soft tissues, especially important joints such as knees, elbows, and ankles, Li Liang has always been very healthy.

In the four years since he entered the league, he only missed two games because of the suspension for fighting, and the rest were full attendance.

This is very similar to Westbrook. He was also an iron man back then, but his health has begun to fail in the past two years.

Mike Brown said: "Yes, Bruce's body is very healthy, and I can guarantee that he has not tried his best in most games this season. He can sell more gas in his tank. It is simply impossible not to let him play more games. It's a waste! And, you have to know, if he wins the championship this season, he won't know where to go next season. For him, don't use it sparingly."

If Li Liang heard Mike Brown's words, he would probably blow his head off.

Is that why you care and love your proud disciple so much?

I took you to the South and the North to take three feelings, and you just "sell" me?

Of course, Mike Brown didn't betray Li Liang, but he felt that Li Liang was in the Thunder this season, and his display of strength was limited.

His comprehensive ability has obviously improved, but there are not many opportunities to use it.

Mike Brown looked anxious!

But Li Liang didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, the Buddhist system was terrible.

The key point is that he is very active and punctual when he comes to training. He is not late or absent.

This made Mike Brown even more anxious, not normal!

When he was late and absent before, it was the time when Li Liang's strength improved the fastest.

Now that he is participating in training normally, this strength is only maintained and has not improved.

Can Mike Brown not be in a hurry?

And Donovan and Presti listened to Brown's words and thought it made sense.

Especially Presti, he knew that if he won the championship this season, he would definitely not be able to keep Li Liang next season.

Therefore, this season should squeeze out Li Liang's value, whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, to maximize his role.

In the regular season, Li Liang's ability was used to hit the best regular season record, and in the playoffs, he was used to hit the championship.

When the three of them met, they felt that this idea was really great.

But Li Liang didn't know that he had been "betrayed."

...

On the night of March 22, during the regular season, the Houston Rockets challenged the Thunder away.

This is the third time the two sides have played against each other this season, and the Thunder won the first two times.

The Rockets currently rank fifth in the league, one game behind the Lakers. This is also the ranking the Rockets are most familiar with.

Fourth and fifth, a ranking of high and low, the first round of the playoffs is the most intense and difficult to play.

If you win, you will lose your skin, and if you lose, you will be scolded.

In the summer, the Rockets introduced Dwight Howard, and spent a lot of money to invite this super center in decline to the team.

And this league is no longer the era of centers, Howard did not meet the expectations of Houston fans.

Although his performance is still at the All-Star level, he provided the Rockets with reliable basket protection and rebounds.

However, he has serious lameness in offense, and his low-post offensive efficiency is low, but he still likes to play singles in the low post.

As long as Howard plays singles, the opponent's defense will be easy.

Just shoot a big center and watch one-on-one. Others don't have to do anything, just wait for the rebound.

Flank? Go around? If it doesn't exist, you can fight as you like, and you win if you kill us.

Howard did not rely on his own strength to kill his opponent with offense at his peak, and it is even worse now.

The game starts promptly at seven o'clock in the evening.

The Thunder wore a set of white short-sleeved jerseys tonight. This is the new short-sleeved jersey that the league is currently pushing.

However, the Thunder's jersey design has always been poor. This white short-sleeved jersey is too white, with no decorations.

Li Liang felt as if he had put on a whole body of thermal underwear to play the game.

How can anyone dress like this?

Coupled with Li Liang's ugly blue knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist pads, it is really ugly.

Fortunately, he didn't wear the anti-hair loss headband, otherwise this outfit would definitely be complained about.

The Thunder's starting lineup remained unchanged, with Collison appearing as the starting power forward.

The Rockets' starting lineup is center Howard, power forward Motie Junas, small forward Ariza, guard James Harden and Beverly.

Li Liang started a game sitting on the bench as usual, and he is quite used to it now.

The game was about to start, and Mike Brown suddenly came over and said, "Bruce, do you still want to win another MVP?"

Li Liang had a question mark on his face, "Why do you ask that, Mike."

Li Liang felt that Mike Brown had become more and more strange recently, always asking some strange questions.

Mike Brown said: "I think you have the opportunity to win another MVP, as a substitute. This is unprecedented."

When Mike Brown said this, Li Liang suddenly felt a little excited.

It seems that I have never considered this issue before.