In the Lakers' team with a slightly aging lineup, Nash and Kobe are voltage regulators, while Li Liang is stimulant.

When the team needs to score points at critical moments, Kobe can stand up most of the time, and so does Nash.

When the team needs to start and turn the situation around, Li Liang often stands out to provide key three-pointers and passionate defense.

Li Liang is the catfish among the Lakers. With him, the Lakers are full of vitality.

If Li Liang lost his passion, the Lakers would be dead.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers were 22:28 and 6 points behind the Bobcats.

In the second quarter, the team still had no passion and missed the shooting from the outside.

They still have a good opportunity, but what can they do if they can't make an investment?

One Kobe is enough for you, but a team of Kobe is really a life-threatening one.

Mike Brown could see that the players were very tired tonight. They obviously had all the opportunities, but they just couldn't make the shot.

Needless to say, there is still defense, I don’t know how many chasing balls I got hit by the Bobcats.

Of the 28 points lost in the first quarter, at least half of the scores were beaten by the Bobcats' fast attack.

The Bobcats' fast attack has no special tactical structure, such as V-shaped offense, third-line fast attack or two-player cooperation.

It is just a simple single player holding the ball and breaking quickly.

Especially at Kemba Walker, it is effortless to attack Nash.

At the end of the half, the Lakers were 10 points behind the Bobcats at 43:53.

If you want to blame Kobe, it is really not his fault.

Kobe still maintained his reasonable style of playing in the previous few games, but unfortunately he didn't succeed in passing. Guanyin's delivery tonight was not very effective.

I can only say that the state is ups and downs, and there is no way.

After the start of the second half, the Lakers' offensive form was still at a loss and they couldn't make three-pointers.

Li Liang made 0 of 4 shots with a rare three-pointer.

After playing for four minutes, the score difference not only did not narrow but also widened.

Mike Brown decided to let Lee Liang Nash Kobe rest.

Mix Jamison and O'Neal Jr.

The Lakers' defensive matchup needs to be adjusted. In the first half, apart from dying from a fast break, another point that was not curbed was Mullens.

Mullens simply became King No, making consecutive jump shots on Ci Shi Ping's head.

It feels so good, there is really no way.

Howard continued to stay on the court and formed a double tower with O'Neal Jr.

The Bobcats have replaced Ben Gordon and want to continue to rush to the Lakers' inside.

As a result, O'Neal Jr.'s defense interfered with Taylor's turn and missed the layup.

Howard won the rebound and handed the ball to Meeks. Meeks took the ball, and the Lakers must be stable.

Howard is in a low position, but when Li Liang is not present, he still dares to play at a low position.

However, Howard did not play hard. After two backs, he passed the ball to O'Neal, who was cut into the basket.

O'Neal Jr. received the ball and dunked with both hands!

The ball was played very beautifully, and it was a cooperation between inside and inside.

The tacit understanding between Howard and O'O is slightly better than that with Gasol.

Because Howard and Gasol play very differently, the difference is a bit far.

It has more similarities with Xiao Ao.

But the two towers did not solve the Lakers' outside defense problems.

Ben Gordon moved a large-scale transfer position outside the three-point line, receiving the ball 45 degrees on the right, turning around from the three-point line and jumping directly into the jump shot.

Hit!

A beautiful three-pointer, Ben Gordon.

This shooting guard who once had a great performance with the Bulls is now about to disappear from people's sight.

He is now playing as a substitute shooting guard and can still show his strengths occasionally.

Li Liang felt uncomfortable watching Mix Jamison's defense off the court.

If a simple cover is blocked, the defense on the flanks will be unclear and the person is misaligned.

Although there is only a little gap, it’s just a little bit caught by a shooter like Gordon, so I’ll give you a little bit.

49:65, the score difference widened to 16 points.

Now Mike Brown is worried that the team lacks vitality, and the other is worried that the Bobcats will completely open the touch.

Once some players feel like they are playing, no defensive strategy you use later will work.

Ci Shiping then took a single meal under the basket, turned around, took a step up and down, and hit the basket with his left hand.

51:65, the Lakers were slightly closer to the score.

Since the tactics cannot be opened, then don’t play tactics and let the players solve problems with their own personal abilities.

Then both sides made a mistake on the offensive end, and the ball was still in the hands of the Bobcats.

Jeff Taylor dribbled and killed the basket, attracting the defensive attention of Howard and O'O, and then jumped up and passed the ball to Biyongbo who was inserted.

Biyongbo received the ball and scored two points.

The Bobcats player is getting more relaxed the more he plays. There are already three such balls in this game.

The simplest breakthrough made an easy layup at the basket.

Li Liang was so stomping his feet. With Jeff Taylor's breakthrough, can he die if he lets him in and breaks through and layup?

Clamping, you are a big-headed ghost?

After the pinch attack, Jamison did not change to the defender, so Biyongbo easily took off after receiving the ball.

However, Li Liang thought about himself, his performance in the first half was not very good. He missed twice in the inside, but he didn't keep up with the outside and the defense even though he was not at all.

Mike Brown sat next to Li Liang and said, "We have problems with our defense. You can see that we are not focused enough and the rotation and replacement are always half a beat slower."

Li Liang nodded, and the two often communicated with defense on the bench.

After all, one is the head coach and the other is the deputy head coach.

At this time, Howard was about to reach a deep position under the basket, and Ci Shi passed it to Howard. Howard made a forced layup and caused Biyongbo to foul.

Unfortunately, he missed the free throw, 53:67, and still 14 points.

Next, let’s look at the Lakers’ defense, which strengthens the defense intensity of the outside ball holder.

Walker was oppressed by Howard's backup defense and passed the ball to Maikegee on the bottom of the left wing.

Maikiji dribbled and beat the basket, but the ball was cut by Ci Shiping behind him.

The ball is out of bounds, but the Bobcats' right to the ball.

The Bobcats served the bottom line and missed the attacking and outside.

The Lakers' chance to counterattack still gives Howard.

Howard was in good shape tonight, so he gave him a chance to play singles.

Howard turned his back and forced his opponent to play Biyongbo, and hit a throw-in with his right hand, which caused Biyongbo to foul again.

Biyongbo really couldn't defend against Howard tonight. He was a little worse than his figure, how to defend against it.

The extra penalty hit, 56:67, 11 points, the Bobcats called a timeout.

It can be seen that Mike Brown's adjustment is effective.

Increase singles and play more inside, and no longer challenge the feel of the outside.

Slow down and don’t give the Bobcats a chance to counterattack quickly, you will still make mistakes in defense, but the Bobcats are also making mistakes.

Mike Brown also told Li Liang about these things while directing the arrangement.

Although Li Liang knows a lot about tactics, he is still much worse than the real head coach of the team.

Mike Brown is also the best coach no matter what, and he is very good at defending.

Li Liang listened very seriously and looked at the time. After the pause, there were more than 5 minutes left in the third quarter.

Brown did not replace Li Liang on the court and continued to let him sit on the bench.

If he didn't perform well, he would observe calmly off the court for a while, and Li Liang's mind gradually became active.

Maybe Charlotte's heavy snow had frozen his condition before, or the glance at Jordan affected his mind, now he felt that he could do it and knew how to fight.

"Mike, it's time for me to play." Li Liang poked Blanc.
To be continued...