Chapter 623 Fight for you
Pressing the urge to roll dice, during the half-time break, Li Liang summarized in his heart the reasons for the team's good play in the first half.
The first reason is of course because he is Bruce Lee, the Light of Inscription City, the King of Corn, and the founder of the League Mobile Dynasty performed well in the game!
Li Liang now understands that in a team like the Pacers that lack offensive talent, he should let go of his hands to attack, rather than just thinking about mobilizing and supporting him.
Each team has its own strengths and weaknesses. As the backbone, he should make up for whatever he lacks.
What the Pacers lacked in the past and present is a powerful attacker. He himself is one of the sharpest swords in the league. Why should he use the sword as a stick?
The second reason is that the Pacers picked up the defense again tonight.
Whether Bird listened to Vogel and Brown's advice, after the team encountered a 1-3 away game, the defense started both of them believed that the Pacers should pick up the defense again.
Even if the offensive end needs to be transformed, the premise is that defense cannot be lost, and there cannot be a major decline in quality.
Mike Brown spent a long time spending his time on Li Liang and his small lineup, but ignored his old skills.
After reflecting on it, Brown began to pay attention to the Pacers' defense again, and worked with Vogel to strictly demand the players during training, vowing to pick up the team's defense again.
The third reason is that JR-Smith and Fenson two guards with swords gave Li Liang considerable support from the outside.
Smith made decisive shots today, making three three-pointers in the first half.
And Fenson doesn't make trouble is the best help to Li Liang.
As for McGee... except for "covering" Li Liang at the beginning, she still performed very stably in other times.
In addition, Mike Brown proposed to let Li Liang and McGeedo play the pick-and-roll and develop McGee's pick-and-roll tactics to catch the ball and attack the basket.
After all, McGee's physical fitness was there, and it was a pity that he didn't develop his jump, height, and wingspan.
However, Li Liang did not master this kind of high-profile pass after pick-and-roll down.
Brown said, "If you have time to practice, you will have practice."
Li Liangxin thought, you can be relaxed by tm, I will practice it. I don’t want to enter the system to do tasks? Isn’t tiring to do tasks, and Isn’t it annoying?
I thought about it in my heart, but Li Liang knew that Mike Brown's idea was correct.
Taking advantage of the threat of outside players to help big players cut the basket and catch the ball to score, is one of the very popular simple scoring methods in the NBA.
The Pacers can no longer hold on to the low post and fight hard. David West, including him, should invest more in pick-and-roll and mid-range jump shots, giving the inside space to Stephenson and Li Liang.
After figuring out these three points, Li Liang instantly felt that it would be fine if I was the coach of the Pacers!
If I had known that Bird would not have made a comeback, would he have an egg for his comeback?
I sat there watching opera all day and felt like I did nothing. I, Li Liang, worry more than him.
Of course, Bird couldn't not worry.
As a "normal" coach, Bird is not as anxious as Li Liang.
After all, Li Liang, who changed teams and won two consecutive championships in the first two years of his career, does not exist when he read through NBA history, so it is understandable that he is anxious.
Bird became more patient and let it go to the coach, the players, and Li Liang.
After the start of the third quarter, Bird made another bold decision to let go - increasing Granger's playing time.
After David West returned, the Pacers' rotation became longer, but Granger's playing time increased.
During training and competition, Granger is getting better and better.
Now his appearance time is gradually surpassing Scora.
Especially when he and Li Liang are paired with each other, the effect is good.
After the start of the third quarter, Bird replaced Granger very early and asked Li Liang to go to the fourth position.
Granger began to show his independent offensive ability and could help Li Liang digest the ball.
There were several times, Li Liang could hand the ball to Granger with confidence and squatted in the bottom corner to attract defense.
This is a rare treatment in previous games. There is someone who helps share the ball rights and the decompression effect on core players is very significant and effective.
Li Liang can play without the ball.
While reusing Granger, Bird also staggered the playing time between Stephenson and Li Liang, allowing Fenson to play with the second team.
For Li Liang, this is simply a feeling of saving!
Without Fenson, Li Liang felt that playing basketball was much more enjoyable all of a sudden.
Bird probably also felt that letting Li Liang lead three fools alone was too worried.
The second fool is already the limit, and you must be staggered.
In this way, Stephenson leads the second team and his ball-holding ability can be better played.
So, with the Pacers leading the field in half, they once again hit an offensive climax in the third quarter.
Granger scored 11 points on 5 of 6 shots in the third quarter, becoming the Pacers' most impressive player.
The Eagles had never expected that Granger would explode like this.
The Pacers widened the score difference to more than 20 points in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Li Liang came up with two three-pointers and a foul penalty and scored two goals. The continuous scores made the Hawks lose hope of continuing to chase points.
In the end, at 112:98, the Pacers ushered in a valuable victory at home.
This is a victory, with the key opponent being the East's strong rival Hawks.
The Hawks were actually quite prepared before the game, but they didn't expect the Pacers to change their moves.
So the Eagle's previous preparations and experiences were in vain.
In addition, Li Liang performed well and scored 40 points in a single game, so it would definitely be the rhythm of sending you away.
Winning the Hawks gave the Pacers full of confidence, and the haze of losing before was alleviated.
For Li Liang, fighting the Eagles is just an outpost battle, and the next one is the top priority.
Because the opponent is the visiting old club and the defending champion, the Los Angeles Clippers.
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On the 10th, the entire Clippers arrived in Indiana.
The hottest team in the West is of course the Warriors, and the Clippers, as the defending champion, actually rank second in the West in terms of record, only one and a half wins.
Without Li Liang, the Clippers fell from the championship-level team, but there was no such thing as a serious injury to their vitality.
But it was just back to 2013, and the core lineup was still retained.
Moreover, after experiencing the tempering of the championship season in the past year, the temperament of the entire team has become different.
Even without Li Liang, the Clippers, whose players' abilities and psychology have been improved, are still top-notch teams.
Under the current situation where the West is strong and the East is weak, the Eastern teams need to go through the test of the Western teams to truly prove themselves.
After staying in the hotel in Yincheng, Li Liang, as an old teammate, went to the training hall to visit his former teammate.
I can only say that Li Liang still has the power to stay in the Clippers.
As soon as we arrived at the training hall, from trainers to the bench players from last season, they all came over to say hello to Li Liang.
Jordan, little, even screamed all the way, ran over and gave Li Liang a big hug.
The atmosphere was still very good, and there was no barrier or conflict due to Li Liang's departure.
After all, the players know in their hearts that as long as they play in the league, they are actually friends.
What are hostility, hatred, and grudges? This is no longer popular now.
The millionaires in the league have long united, and they can just fight on the court. What's the real thing off the court?
Team owner Ballmer came over to greet Li Liang like hello and hug him.
Li Liang was still happy with Ballmer.
I first ran to the Knights willfully, and then traded the Pacers.
If I had known it, it would be better to propose a deal with the Clippers directly, and I could also give the Clippers another Paul George.
If George can get to the Clippers, the Clippers' hope of defending their title will increase greatly, and he is like the Clippers' perfect fit.
But Ballmer did not blame Li Liang, he was still a fan of Li Liang.
"Bruce, I have bought your Pacers' jersey, but it's not easy to wear, and I think the Clippers jersey is a little better." Ballmer told Li Liang.
Li Liang replied: "If you buy the walker, you will feel it looks good."
"Hahaha, I want to do it too, but I'm afraid that you will leave again when I buy the Walker!"
The two had a great conversation. Ballmer also told Li Liang that his championship ring was still on the team and that a ring award ceremony would be held for the Pacers when they visited Los Angeles.
Of course, Li Liang thanked Ballmer very much and had a great chat with his former teammates. Before leaving, he secretly touched Paul's head, increasing the probability of Paul being bald.
"I'm sorry I can't continue to be teammates with you, but I will fight for you in the evening."
Fight for me?
When Paul heard this, why did he feel something was wrong?
Chapter completed!