In the first season, Li Hao was still a little immature, but by the second season, Li Hao was able to compete with Leonard and the league's super giants.
Therefore, in the game between the Lakers and the Spurs, the confrontation between Li Hao and Leonard is the biggest highlight. Let's see what kind of performance these two offensive and defensive players can perform.
And the two did not disappoint. From the beginning of the game, the two faced each other. Leonard's death coil, Li Hao was not to be outdone, and also used death coil on Leonard. Compared with Leonard, Li Hao's Reaction and anticipation are faster.
But even so, it is not easy for Li Hao to find an advantage on Leonard. It is no exaggeration to say that Leonard is the best defensive player in the league.
So the two didn't score much in the entire first quarter. Li Hao made 2 of 6 shots, while Leonard made 1 of 5. But even if the two didn't score much, the first quarter was not boring.
Because the defense of the two is outstanding enough, not to mention that there are not only Li Hao and Leonard in a game. The Lakers have Wade, and the Spurs also have Aldridge, Gasol, Ginobili and Parker.
Well, after Li Hao and Leonard exchanged their talents, the two teams can only rely on others to win the game, but if you look at the thickness of the lineup alone, the Lakers are still not as good as the Spurs.
If this group of Lakers rookies are all at their peak, it goes without saying, but this group of Lakers rookies, third-year Randall cannot be compared with the future at this time, let alone others.
Take Ingram, who started this game, although Li Hao was standing in front of Leonard at this time, and he was facing Danny Green, but even so, he still couldn't stop Danny Green from scoring.
Danny Green scored 8 points in the first quarter in front of Ingram, but Ingram's score was only half of Danny Green's.
As for the inside line, there is even more no choice. In this game, the Spurs focused on the Lakers' weaknesses. Yi Jianlian and Randle formed an inside line that could withstand the combination of Aldridge and Gasol.
Both of them are All-Stars. Aldridge is at his peak. Although Gasol is no longer at his peak, he can still suppress Randle.
26:22.
The Lakers trailed by 4 points to end the first quarter.
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The first half of the second quarter was bench time, and this time the Lakers' bench did not take advantage. Although Russell and Williams both performed well, the Spurs bench players also performed well.
Ginobili, David Lee, and Anderson can compete with the Lakers' bench. Speaking of which, the Spurs also have players who need to be improved, and that is the No. 29 pick Dejountemu in the first round of the season. thunder.
The Spurs are good at finding treasures in low picks, and Dejounte Murray is one of them. However, the defender was sent away by the Spurs after he was played, because at that time the Spurs were preparing to chase the next cornerstone of the team.
The Lakers' substitutes can't help the team, and the main players can't change the situation on the court. The Spurs' tactics are very thorough, and they just target the Lakers' weaknesses.
On the sidelines, Luke Walton vomited blood in frustration after seeing this scene. Howard was not on the roster for this game. Although he was sitting not far from him at this time, he could not let him play.
However, even if he is on the roster, he cannot send Howard to play at this time. Howard has not played in a game for too long, and Aldridge is not an ordinary person.
Seeing that the score difference was getting bigger and bigger, Li Hao began to increase his shots. Although Li Hao's shooting percentage was lower than usual under Leonard's defense, it was better than not scoring.
Unfortunately, today's Li Hao did not have that god-like state. In the remaining four minutes of the second quarter, Li Hao shot from left to right and scored 10 points.
These 10 points were also the difference between the two teams in the first half. The Spurs scored 62 points at the end of the first half, while the Lakers only had 52 points.
Both Aldridge and Gasol were in very good shape in this game, especially Gasol, who scored two more points than Li Hao in the first half, scoring a team-high 16 points for the Spurs.
After all, there is a buff bonus when playing against the former team. Besides, the Lakers are not good to Gasol, otherwise Gasol would not leave the Lakers for less money.
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This situation remained unchanged in the second half. Luke Walton also tried to replace Zubac and Nance Jr., but the effect was not good.
After all, Zubac and Nance Jr. are just rookies, while Aldridge and Gasol are both veterans. It is not easy to bully two rookies.
The second half was not without changes. Leonard completely gave up the offense. Popovich made a request to Leonard during the halftime break, which was to lock down Li Hao.
If there is any similarity between Leonard and Duncan, it is facial paralysis. However, the two are similar in this way, and Popovich does not seem to realize this.
However, Leonard was still very obedient at this time and faithfully implemented Popovich's tactics. Then in the second half, Li Hao's scoring became even more difficult.
I have to say that Leonard's long arms are really annoying. Even if Li Hao relies on his league's fastest first step to break through Leonard, it will be useless. Not to mention Leonard immediately chases back, Aldridge and Gasol is also ready to fill in and help defend at any time, and Leonard is also very fast.
The Spurs are now using the same tactics they used against Kobe on Li Hao, but Kobe didn't have Leonard at that time. Bowen is indeed dirty and can get injured if he's not careful, but his defensive ability is incomparable to Leonard's.
Li Hao's first shot in his career still appeared. With 7 minutes and 15 seconds left in the third quarter, Li Hao forced a shot under the double-team of Leonard and Gasol. As a result, Leonard's long arm was behind the basketball. Clap it off.
"Hahaha~~~Lee was blocked by Leonard." O'Neal immediately gloated when he saw this scene, gloating with O'Neal and Barkley.
Even O'Neal and Barkley, who are as strong as O'Neal, have been cheated. O'Neal even once had the humiliating experience of being blocked five times, but Li Hao has not been blocked in the past two years, which makes O'Neal and Barkley very unhappy. .
The two of them are optimistic about Li Haogui, but this does not mean that they do not want to see Li Hao embarrassed, not to mention that no player can avoid blocking shots, and even the God of Basketball has been blocked frequently in his career.
However, in this magical league of the NBA, it is not without monsters. Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has only been blocked 5 times in his career, and two of them belong to Marshal Zhang. Zhang is also the only one who has blocked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar twice. players.
Of course, there is the least and there is the most, and the most interesting and the least interesting things happen to be related to the Lakers and Spurs. The least belongs to the Lakers, and the most belongs to the Spurs.
Lao Dengtou, who just retired a few months ago, has been blocked 1,485 times in his career.
