After an unexpected upset loss to 76ers, the Pacers were then exposed to an upset on January 13.

They actually lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves 109:113 at home?

The Timberwolves' record this season is outrageously poor, with a record of 5 wins and 31 losses before playing against the Pacers.

If it can be reversed, it will be the first in the league, and now it will be the last in the league.

Just such a team actually overturned the Pacers at the Conseco Arena.

Because the Timberwolves' point guard Mo Williams ushered in a super explosion.

He felt a lot of touch tonight, scoring 52 points!

Because George Hill was absent due to injury tonight, no one cared about Williams.

Williams' outbreak led to the Timberwolves' outstanding performance.

The Pacers failed to hold down the Timberwolves and ended up losing at home.

He really won the first place in the league and lost the last place. The Pacers are really hard to save when they become unstable.

Li Liang's performance in this game was still stable, but he didn't seem to be in a state and he played without any passion.

After the game, Bird saw that Li Liang was not energetic and asked him if he hadn't had a good sleep after he returned home.

Li Liang replied: "I am in a bad state because I have a good sleep."

Just after he finished speaking, Li Liang yawned again...

After Li Liang came back from Philadelphia, he started to do tasks in the system.

He first did the task of basic defensive ability in the inside line, increasing his ability value from 50 points to 60 points.

As a result, in the mission, he participated in the 1969 NBA debut, preventing Kareem from scoring 20.

Li Liang came to the Detroit Pistons in the 1969 season and replaced Walter Bellamy. On the first day of the mission, Jabbar's scalp was numb and he wanted to rush up and give him a elbow.

The next day, he still failed to stop Jabbar from scoring 20. In that game in history, Jabbar easily scored 29 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.

Li Liang gritted his teeth and on the day of the game, he took a nap and risked the "self-destruction" method. During the game, he quietly dug a hole for the Detroit Pistons, allowing the Bucks to lead by more than 20 points early in the first half. In the fourth quarter, Jabbar scored exactly 20 points. He stopped playing in garbage time!

With this "dirty" method, Li Liang successfully improved his basic inside defense ability to 60 points.

It's difficult, it's too difficult.

For Li Liang, he has inherent disadvantages in completing the inside task.

After all, I am not from a center, so I have to go to historical competitions to fight against those excellent super insiders. How can I not use some tricks?

In this way, although Li Liang was taking a nap, he actually consumed a lot of energy. He participated in the game against the Timberwolves at night with dark circles. As a result, his opponent broke out and lost another game.

However, Li Liang felt that it didn't matter if he lost to his weakness.

Thinking about the 72-win season of the Chicago Bulls, the 10 games they lost to the weak team in several games.

Just treat it as a warmth, to accumulate character and win the hearts of the people.

After losing to the Timberwolves, the Pacers received another two days of rest.

Li Liang continued to upgrade his inside defense ability.

First of all, what he needs to improve most is weak side defense. McGee is not here now, and the Pacers have a lot of demand for internal defense.

Li Liang's current weak side repair ability is only 20 points. The repair defense he shows during games are all outside.

It has fast speed and strong surround ability, but it does not have a basket protection, a cap or other things, and does not have many skills.

The assisted defense in the inside requires good prediction and air interception. While assisting defense, it does not leave too much space for the opponent to transfer the ball.

In two days, Li Liang represented the Celtics in 1962 and the Celtics in 1966 respectively, replacing Bill Russell in the NBA regular season at that time. He was required to block 5 in two games and suppress his opponent's three-second score.

Although Russell was the greatest defensive center in history, the game in the 1960s was quite simple for Li Liang.

The key is that it means Celtics. Damn, if you hit a few more times, you will have to become good friends with NPCs in the mission.

In this way, I played games all the way, plus the use of value-added agents, and in two days, my weak side coordination ability value increased to 40 points.

On January 16, Li Liang took a break this time and showed great power at home.

He made 7 of 11 three-pointers, scored 45 points in a single game, and contributed 2 blocks and 17 rebounds on the defensive end.

In the third quarter, Li Liang beat the Pistons with his own strength. Even if Jennings scored 37 points on the field, he could not stop the Pacers from defeating the Pistons at 112:97 at home.

Of course, George Hill was still absent due to injury in this game, which caused problems in the Pacers' No. 1 defense.

Li Liang's inside defense improvement was not very obvious in two games.

Originally, defense is not like offense, with the most important and conspicuous data display.

Sometimes a player has more blocks and more rebounds, which does not mean that his defense is good.

Less blocks and few rebounds does not mean that his defense is poor.

After winning the Pistons, the Pacers will start another away game.

Starting from January 17th and until January 25th, there are five away games.

The opponents are the Hornets, Rockets, Hawks, Heat and Magic.

The schedule is not very difficult. These cities are located in the southern part of the United States, which is equivalent to a weekly trip to the south.

Li Liang made a plan for himself, and in one week, the competition must be played and the tasks must be done.

He wants to strive to build himself into a socialist good center who is both offensive and defensive, and can be both inside and outside...

No, Li Liang thought, I'm not the center, I'm not the center, I'm just trying to help McGee push the cylinder.

After playing against the Pistons on the 16th, the Pacers flew to Charlotte overnight.

Because on the 17th, they had to play the Hornets back-to-back.

Every season is at this time, it will be a huge test for the players' physical strength, energy and morale.

Many strong teams can rely on inertia to survive this difficult period. Even if the players are in poor condition, they can still win continuously.

The Pacers are obviously not as strong as this is because they are single-core teams.

A single-core team has only one core, just like an aircraft with only one engine, and the failure rate will always be a little higher than that of a twin-engine aircraft.

I flew to Charlotte in the early morning, and the players got up at noon, and they had to participate in the competition in the evening.

Facing Boss Qiao's team, the Pacers are not in good shape - except for Li Liang.

This guy is really energetic, worthy of being a man who has the energy, full of energy, and occasionally gets a bottle of Gatorade.

When the team's offense was extremely sluggish, except for Li Liang, the others only scored 1 of 11 three-pointers.

Li Liang still scored 30 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, and sent 4 assists - the few assists were because his teammates really couldn't make a shot.

Both sides contributed an ugly game.

The Pacers scored 80 points, while the Hornets scored only 73 points.

80:73, the Pacers won a victory in the away game.

The 80-point score also created the Pacers' lowest score in a single game this season.

jr-Smith and Stephenson two guys, there are all kinds of iron on the outside. The iron Li Liang felt that his ears were deaf under the basket.

I hope they can finish the regular season, and they can't be more solid in the playoffs.

After playing against the Hornets, the Pacers moved to the Aerospace City and were embarrassed to challenge the Rockets away.

The Rockets' performance this season is still very eye-catching. In the West, except for the Warriors, it can be said that they are competing for power.

Teams such as Rockets, Clippers, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies, Lakers and other teams all performed well.

Among them, the Thunder fell behind due to Durant's injury and basically withdrew from the championship.

The Clippers have the championship background of last season, and even without Li Liang, they still have strong strength.

After experiencing ups and downs at the end of 2014, starting from 2015, with Kobe's recovery in form and Howard's gradual stability, the Lakers' record began to rise all the way and slowly climbed to the sixth position.

The Trail Blazers and Grizzlies occupied the top spots in the Northwest and Southwest areas respectively.

After experiencing the failure of last season, the Rockets regrouped, Harden became more mature, and his explosive power became stronger, and he was like a strong team in the West.
Chapter completed!