In the first quarter, the Spurs followed the same process as before.

The Spurs should be said to be the team with the strongest process in the entire league.

After just one set of procedures, the regular season basically has two words, "stable."

Ordinary teams can't stand it at all. Anyway, they fall behind as they play, and lose as they play.

The stable and reliable system ensures that this team has performed stably and efficiently for more than ten years.

Li Liang also implemented his strategy, which was to constantly cause trouble for the Spurs.

He only made a three-pointer in the first quarter and has not hit it yet.

The rest of him used his attack and conversion, used his strong body to rush to the basket, disrupting the odd and even formation of the Spurs, causing damage to the Spurs' inside line, especially Duncan.

"Creating killing" has appeared in the past two years and is becoming less and less frequent. Now it is "frauding fouls", rather than causing double damage to the inside line and psychologically.

Li Liang, a three-point killer who once floated outside, turned into a heavy tank tonight, constantly breaking into the inside and scoring, fouling, and going to the free throw line.

Li Liang scored 12 points in the first quarter, including 6 points in the free throw, causing Leonard to make two fouls, causing Duncan to make a foul, helping the Pacers 26:24, leading the Spurs by 2 points to end the first quarter.

Leonard had to sit off the court for a long rest at the beginning of the second quarter because of two fouls in the first quarter.

Leonard never understood why, after a summer, Li Liang could improve his strength so much?

He had already tried his best to train, but in the end he seemed to have not made any progress in front of Li Liang, but instead he had regressed.

A sense of powerlessness permeated Leonard's heart, and this feeling was not even seen when facing James.

Because James is the chosen son and was a genius from the beginning, Leonard is not even considered qualified to chase James.

So he is in a very "safe" position and silently makes efforts and move forward towards his goals.

Li Liang is different. This guy is even more unknown than Leonard, but his achievements are already earth-shaking.

At the same time, his progress speed is terrible and makes people desperate.

The desperate Li Liang was sitting on the bench and feeling another kind of despair.

"You should use your mid-range distance to solve the problem. Don't be afraid of shooting mid-range distance. Don't be persistent in shooting three points. Be flexible!"

In the first quarter, Li Liang's inside impact gave the outside a lot of opportunities.

Li Liang hopes that outside players can make reasonable use of these opportunities and attack the Spurs' defense in a three-dimensional way.

As a result, Smith, Fenson and others knew to shoot three-pointers.

The Spurs' outside rotation is very good, and the Pacers' three-point shooting percentage is not high, otherwise they will lead more in the first quarter.

"Don't you want me to vote firmly?" Smith finally looked firm and became puzzled again.

"I don't want you to make a firm decision, but to make your choice right and then firmly implement your choice."

Smith was even more confused. Finson was biting his finger...

Bird said, "Put firmly, don't think too much, the game begins, guys on the court."

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Liang sat off the court to rest.

Bird sat in front of Li Liang and said, "Bruce, you are too anxious. I understand what you mean, but you can't ask your teammates to be determined and smart and autonomous."

"Isn't it possible to be smart and determined?"

Birddow: "Not everyone has the ability and conditions like you. They are actually excellent players. Give them moderate relaxation and guidance."

Li Liang pondered for a while and said, "Isn't this what your head coach wants to do?"

Birddow: "yes, yes, it's what I'm going to do, but I think you're doing it well."

Li Liang looked at him with a question mark. I asked you to be the head coach, so would you let me do the work you do?

Why don't you give me some salary?

Li Liangda can beat himself, but there is no way. He is just someone who will worry about the team.

After the second quarter began, the second team of both sides confronted on the court.

Boris Dior led the Spurs' second team, and broke through as soon as he came out, causing a defensive foul by inside Scola.

Scola is very useful on the offensive end, but his footsteps on the defensive end are really not up to the way.

Even a fat man like Dior cannot defend himself, and there is a problem with the Pacers' inside line.

However, in the current league trend, strong teams have problems with more or less inside defense, because they have all put their resources into the backcourt.

Dior made both free throws, and the scores of both sides tied.

Later, during the Pacers' attack, Scola asked for the ball on the back of the horn position and was immediately double-teamed.

Scola made the ball very quickly and was very calm and gave it to CJ Miles on the outside again. Miles passed the ball to McGee in the middle.

McGee had a chance in the middle, McGee turned around with the ball, McGee had an elegant, big hook like a sky hook!

Didn't enter...

The wingspan, movements and postures are perfect, but the wrists are not pressed down.

The Spurs got the backcourt rebound, and after repeatedly blocking the outside and cutting the screen, Mills received a pass from Danny Green 45 degrees on the right side and made a three-pointer.

The Spurs took the lead.

Li Liang's efforts in the first quarter were in vain, because the rhythm of the substitute lineup was completely different from the rhythm of his playing, and the two sides could not connect.

The Pacers are the same as they did last season.

Bird also wanted to change it, but it couldn't change it for the time being because the lineup was here.

Only when West and Hill return will the team lineup be more abundant, and there may be room for adjustment and rotation.

Then, CJ Myers forced a breakthrough with the ball, and then passed the ball to Scola who was waiting in the middle.

Scola received the ball and chose a mid-range jump shot to hit.

This is a good goal, and the offensive choice and final shot are clear.

Popovich called a timeout at this time, and he wanted to make a substitution and start the transition between the lineups.

From this point of view, the Spurs are indeed a very strong overall, and they do not have a clear so-called "first lineup" and "second lineup".

Several main players can make different combinations according to different opponents and situations.

From this we can see how powerful Popovich has in control of the team's lineup.

Byrd's control over the lineup is less strong.

However, a smart coach like Bird quickly understood a truth. Nowadays, controlling Li Liang is equivalent to controlling the entire team.

Li Liang made a comeback and replaced McGee.

On the Spurs, Popovich replaced Duncan, and it seems that Li Liang is going to play directly with Duncan.
Chapter completed!