Li Liang's ideal is great, but in order to realize this great ideal, he still has a lot of work to do.

For example, what you need to do now is to beat up the visiting Celtics at the Consecco Stadium tonight.

Before the game began, Li Liang shook hands with Celtics head coach Stevens.

Stevens has gradually gained some reputation in the league this season, and he does have something in his stomach.

Under his training, the Celtics have a solid foundation in advance and retreat, and have regular tactics, and are a real team basketball.

This is very consistent with the traditional Celtic style of play.

Without any talented players, the team still stood out in the Eastern Conference and squeezed into the playoffs.

You know, the Celtics still hold many draft picks in their hands.

They don't have to play bad things like the Philadelphia 76ers, but they also have to play bad things and fight for draft picks by themselves.

They found "practice agents". When they trained their teams and entered the playoffs, they would naturally give the draft picks to the Celtics if they failed.

This is really not a problem. Danny Angie, the old fox, is well-deserved.

Of course, Anji is not a fool either. He knows that the so-called draft pick is just a lottery.

How can there be real cash for lottery?

The most valuable thing in the league now is Bruce Lee.

Anji Xiatian has already set his target on Li Liang, so he also instructed Stevensto to contact and communicate with Li Liang.

If you have a good relationship, maybe Li Liang can come here?

To be honest, if Calipari hadn't been too comfortable in Kentucky, Angie really wanted to poach Calipari as the head coach.

Relying on the friendship between teachers and students in the university, Li Liang was seduced.

But Anji also seems smart. Not to mention that Kalipari doesn't want to come, even if Kalipari comes, will a player like Li Liang, who is determined to be a player, will his choice be influenced by outsiders?

Besides, if you really want to seduce Li Liang with your coach, you might as well ask Mike Brown to the Celtics.

Li Liang and Stevens exchanged greetings, and Stevens had a charming smile on his face.

Not to mention anything else, Stevens's appearance is indeed unique in the NBA.

The basketball court is no better than the football court. There are really few handsome guys. Durant is considered a little handsome. How good are you?

Stevens is a clear stream.

However, after the greetings, Li Liang turned around and the smile on Stevens's face disappeared completely.

For Stevens, Li Liang is definitely the most difficult player in the league to deal with - the second difficult one is James.

This guy has many changes and often shows various unreasonable manifestations, which makes people confused.

If you ask a coach like Tyron Lu to deal with Li Liang, it's very simple, just fight with James.

I use my best player to defend against the best player on the other side. What's the problem?

Stevens is different. He wants to study the characteristics and changes of Li Liang's football path and prescribe the right medicine.

But you can't find this disease. This guy is inside and out, and the forward and the center.

Occasionally, a few techniques that have never been used in the past (stolen with a ball blind appraiser) are really crazy for an academic like Stevens.

Anji also told him to have more contact and exchanges with Li Liang, and to have more in-depth contact and understanding, Stevens's beliefs and opinions on basketball will collapse.

Thinking of this, Stevens took out the tactical bar from his suit pocket and looked at it, making sure that there were no major problems with his arrangement tonight.

The competition is about to begin.

The Celtics' starting lineup was mediocre, Evan Turner, Brandon Bass, Marcus Smart, Bradley and Taylor Zeller.

With this lineup, it seems that it is not much different from the 76ers' bad lineup.

There is no real strong point, let alone stronger, there is no strong point.

Turner is a pseudo-all-rounder, and he loses his chain as soon as he reaches a high level of confrontation.

Brandon Buss, Smart, Bradley and others are even less like stars.

As for Taylor Zeller, the title of "a native white American center" is enough to tell everything.

It is such a talentless lineup that Stevens can lead the entire team into the playoffs, and it has to be said that he really has two tricks.

It was precisely because he saw the potential in Stevens that Angie traded Rondo to the Mavericks in December last year.

A team can have two centers, but not two head coaches.

Once Rondo leaves, it means that the Celtics during the Big Three period will be completely over and turn the page.

Of course, Thomas Jr., Jay Claude, Olynick, Jack Bray and other players were also sitting on the bench of the Celtics.

Although they are not stars, they are definitely very powerful players. This kind of team is suitable for Stevens to play his tactical role.

The Pacers' starting lineup is a past.

McGee did not lose the starting center position because of Garnett's arrival.

On the contrary, McGee made fewer mistakes in the game because of Garnett's arrival.

Because in the past, Li Liang was scolded by himself if he couldn't beat him, but now, if he couldn't beat him, he would be scolded by two stinky kings.

The role of veterans is still very significant, especially Garnett, a former superstar and fan idol.

McGee also watched Garnett play when she was a child and admired him. She is in the same team as her idol. Can he not perform well?

Garnett accepted his role well for two months, shining on the bench, and smelling hot and smelly.

I went into two middle distances on the court, occasionally made a steal, and hit my chest with a small fist, fell to the ground and did two push-ups, and the task of the day was completed.

After looking at the data, it was 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, which was not bad.

Then off the court, during training, I can give my teammates a lot of help.

Including Li Liang, he also received a lot of guidance from Garnett. This guy has bad experience... no, he has rich defensive experience.

Except for the center position, the other positions are still Li Liang, Granger, Smith and Hill.

Li Liang, who was a small forward, has now been successfully transformed into the No. 4 position and has become the shape Mike Brown wants.

Li Liang thought that it was a big shot. When he was in school, he thought that his future goal was to be a swaying man in the front guard.

From 2000 to 10, it was the time when this concept was popular. How handsome the super outside line represented by McGrady felt.

Li Liang dreams of being such a team.

Damn, he has really become a swinger now, tm's 4 and 5 positions swing, power forward or center!

This span is really unacceptable. I am still the NBA three-pointer.

Li Liang had to play the game with such doubts every day, and once the game started, all the distractions were thrown away.

As a result, at the beginning of the game, the Celtics actually had an advantage.

The walkers don’t know if they have rested or are too relaxed.

After the opening game, he failed to succeed in four attacks.

On the contrary, the Celtics turned away, first Bradley hit a three-pointer from the outside and started the first record.

Then Brandon Bass grabbed the frontcourt rebound at the basket, and made a layup while causing McGee to foul, making a free throw.

The Pacers were unable to start the situation for a long time, and Li Liang broke through the basket twice, but he didn't succeed.

The Celtics did a good job in the opening defense, defending two rounds of joint defense, and then immediately changed to a half-time press.

The Pacers didn't make the first goal until 4 minutes into the opening game, but Danny Granger made the jump shot from the middle distance.

The score between the two sides is already 10:2, and the Celtics lead by 8 points.

Then, the Celtics changed again on the defensive end, changing from a half-time press to a full-game press.

The whole audience pressed tightly for not long, and it turned into a man-to-man, and then double-teamed Li Liang.

After the man-to-peer, it continued throughout the first quarter.

After the first quarter, the score was seen, the Celtics actually led the Pacers by 7 points 27:20.

Stevens changed his defensive posture continuously at the opening game, disrupting the Pacers' offensive rhythm.

Stevens believes that although Li Liang is the absolute core of the Pacers, the Pacers' offense is still relatively scattered.

Granger and JR Smith both have relatively large power to dominate the ball.

So Stevens did not rashly adopt the strategy of directly applying pressure on Li Liang, but kept changing his defensive strategies to destroy the Pacers' offensive rhythm.

At the same time, the Celtics felt very good tonight on the offensive end, and they were very active in fighting for rebounds in the frontcourt, not giving the Pacers a chance to counterattack quickly.

Some of the Pacers' old offenses were exposed - they did not have a real offensive sorting, organization master.

Once it is messed up, it will be messed up.

After the second quarter started, the Celtics opened to slow down the pace and the Pacers fought for defense.

Stevens knew that the advantage of 7 points would be gone in a flash if he attacked.

The Pacers wanted to chase points, but the attack became more and more chaotic. Stephenson, who came on as a substitute, was hot-headed again and made consecutive mistakes to give the Celtics a chance to counterattack.

Thomas Jr., Claude seized the opportunity and hit three-pointers in a row in counterattack.

When the score difference was the largest, it was once widened to 12 points.

At this time, Li Liang stood up and used his three-pointer to stabilize the situation.

However, the score difference has remained above 5 points, and the Pacers are a little impatient and hard to catch up.

At the end of the first half, the Celtics led the Pacers by 6 points 56:50.

No one expected this situation.

The Celtics gave the Pacers a blow with their excellent team performance.
Chapter completed!