Chapter 605 Overflow

Stevens is in a complicated mood now. Faced with Li Liang's sudden "brute force burst" in the middle and late part of the first quarter, he only has one thing in his mind to say to him: "You can always give me something new. .”

Coach Stevens can be regarded as a representative of the current league's academic coaches.

Although he has just coached the Celtics not long ago, his skill in adjusting the team's tactics and player combination was quickly revealed.

He has a solid foundation of tactical knowledge, very good on-the-spot scheduling ability, and is very good at designing ingenious tactics to make up for the lack of player ability.

After his training last season, the Celtics have made great progress overall.

In the case of insufficient overall talent of the players, the Celtics were integrated into a team with strict discipline and well-organized tactics.

And this is the only way for a team to grow into a strong team.

Before the game, Stevens conducted a detailed study on Li Liang. Now all the teams are making great efforts to find out Li Liang's playing style and characteristics. This is the treatment that the league's top superstars deserve.

But Li Liang still couldn't restrain himself, why?

The progress is too fast, and the cards are often not played according to the routine. There are often unprecedented things in the arsenal, which makes the research on Li Liang very difficult.

For example, in the games where he used to take Yin-Yang Harmonization and Dabu Pills, he often made a few random hits, hooks, super long-distance throws, but he just made it!

What do you ask the targeted videographers and assistant coaches to do?

Stevens and his team managed to sum up the characteristics of Li Liang's current style of play with great difficulty. The targeted training in training and the targeted arrangements before the game have worked for half a quarter?

During the timeout, Stevens took out the tactical board and remained silent for a long while.

What are you talking about? What do you say?

Li Liang suddenly turned into a brute, and his strength dropped ten times. Is this to use the routine of defending James to defend against him?

But James' three-pointers are not so accurate.

Stevens was still Stevens, and calmly came up with a strategy.

That is, don't let Li Liang catch the ball.

He asked Bradley to defend Li Liang close to the front, prevent Li Liang from receiving the ball easily, let the rest of the Pacers attack, and try to isolate Li Liang from the Pacers' offense.

This trick has indeed played a certain effect.

In the last few attacks of the first quarter, Li Liang was surrounded before he even got the ball. Others had the opportunity to attack by themselves, and the Celtics could accept their goal.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers overtook the score and led the Celtics at 25:23.

Li Liang went to rest, and Bird asked, "Bruce, how did your strength become so strong?"

Li Liang wiped off his sweat, and said, "I got it through training, what do you think? Could it be that I'm wearing Iron Man's suit?"

Bird said: "How to practice, teach me?"

Li Liang said: "You are useless and can't play anymore, what do I teach you?"

"Then can you teach your teammates?"

"My teammates have me, what else do I need to practice?"

"..."

Bird suddenly had a feeling that he didn't want to speak.

As a well-known trash talker in NBA history, he didn't know what to say to Li Liangbird.

After all, he is not an opponent, but the top card in the team, so he still needs to be coaxed.

At this time, the second quarter of the game began soon, and the substitute lineups of the two sides continued to compete on the field.

Due to the shortage of major generals, the Pacers were once again at a disadvantage in terms of combat power, and the score quickly fell behind.

The Celtics scored consecutively on the offensive end, and the Pacers had problems with their defensive strength.

It's still a problem with the back line. Without George Hill, without Paul George, and with Li Liang resting off the court, the Pacers' defense was completely weak, and the Celtics scored consecutively and easily.

When the score reached 27:31, when the Celtics went ahead by four points, the Pacers paused and Li Liang was about to enter the field to fill in the hole.

Going to play center again.

Li Liang didn't sigh this time, thinking that the center is the center, and I'm too energetic to do anything now.

And the Celtics also made a small lineup to deal with it.

Stevens knows that the Pacers have now created a small lineup with Li Liang playing center, which has a certain power.

He watched the video of the two games and believed that the essence of the Pacers' small lineup lies in "space".

Five players stretch the space to the extreme on the court, allowing the players to have the full ability to find opportunities, making empty cuts to the basket and open three-pointers, which are the two most efficient means of scoring.

The small lineup is to bring out these two efficient offensive methods to comprehensively improve scoring efficiency.

If the Pacers hadn't had a small number of shooters and poor quality, the previous games would not have been so hard to win.

Stevens is full of confidence and believes that the Celtics' small follow-up tactics can be effective.

Turns out Stevens was wrong.

Li Liang didn't even think about playing Brown with such a small lineup tactic, because outsiders couldn't make shots!

It's so easy to run out of a big open space, but you can't make a shot in the end, what use are you?

It's better to use the oldest and most effective tactic in the NBA-the center's hard chisel.

Li Liang learned how to position himself for a period of time in the summer, and then lightly lit himself a [Heinsohn's cigarette], and easily got stuck in the basket.

After receiving the ball, he turned around and made an emergency stop jumper, just like Bob McAdoo was reborn.

Like this kind of low-post card position, the technique of making an emergency stop jump shot from close to the distance after turning around is no longer used by anyone in the league.

Because there are many technical action links, it is more complicated, which is the so-called "low efficiency".

You get in position first, then you catch the ball, then you turn and squeeze out of position, and then you make a jump shot.

Today's players would rather take the ball and shoot directly, or simply break through for a layup, which is simple and quick.

As a result, Li Liang came to such a set. He hit three goals in a row in the low post, two low-post catches and strong hits, and one shot after grabbing an offensive rebound.

Scoring 6 points in a row helped the Pacers regain the lead.

Stevens stood on the sidelines, looking straight up, what kind of trick is this?

This Larry Bird really deserves his reputation, can he train Bruce Lee to this level?

In fact, Bird felt strange watching it off the court. How could Bruce Lee still do this trick?

This trick was used by many players in the 1980s, especially some small forwards who are good at low singles, such as Adrian Dantley and James Worthy, and it has been eliminated by now.

In the first two seasons, Bird knew that Li Liang often came up with some retro techniques, but he didn't expect to use them in combination now.

Thinking of this, Bird turned to look at Mike Brown sitting next to him.

Brown noticed Bird's gaze and pushed his glasses, feeling like he wanted to say something.

"Shut up Mike." Byrd said.

"..." Brown didn't say anything yet.

...

Things got out of control for the Celtics once again, and Stevens' calculations fell through again.

what happened? what is going on?

What is the background of Li Liang?

Stevens stood on the sidelines and began to doubt his life.

Is the earth flat? Is there an end to the universe? Where do people come from and where are they going?

What the hell am I doing standing here? Just five guys running around the field chasing a brown ball, just to get it into that little basket?

His mind was in a mess, Li Liang stole the ball directly from Rondo on the defensive end!

Then, like a locomotive, he sprinted towards the basket in a straight line, and succeeded in a heavy dunk with both hands!

The hoop at TD North Shore Gardens is shaking.

After scoring the goal, Li Liang sent a sharp stare to the audience, just like James' death stare in 2012.

Is there anger coming from the scene?

NO, no, not at all.

On the contrary, after the heavy dunk, the crowd cheered, and many young fans stood up and shouted.

Li Liang's dunk is still rare.

The sharp gaze lasted less than a second, and Li Liang put it away.

Damn, it can't play the role of pulling hatred.

After the ball was dunked, Stevens called a timeout again, and had to change his strategy again.

One thing about a team led by a coach is that it is not good. The coach has a strong desire to control and has too many ideas in his mind. If something goes wrong, he wants to adjust the lineup and change tactics.

For players and teams with high obedience, such a coach will be handy, which is especially common in the NCAA.

But in the NBA, players often dominate the game. For some stars, they like to rely on their own abilities to solve problems on the court, rather than being fiddled with by the coach like chess pieces.

Rondo was a little annoyed by this situation, and argued with Stevens during the timeout.

Rondo has always had his own ideas. He feels that the team does not need to be led by the nose by Li Liang. The Celtics play an efficient offense according to their own tactics, and they can still win the game with an advantage.

Instead of arguing with Rondo, Stevens made a simple substitution, replacing Olynyk with Sullinger, who had to match up with Li Liang.

Both Sullinger and Li Liang were rookies in 2012. He is also 206 tall and weighs 260 pounds. He is a heavy fourth.

Since Li Liang wanted to dig inside, he should send him a meat shield to resist him.

Sullinger did have weight and strength, but Stevens still underestimated the energy burst out from Li Liang's body after wearing the "Man of Steel".

He has practiced all kinds of strength very well, especially the core strength, which is very beneficial to the confrontation.

After the timeout ended and the game resumed, Sullinger used Rondo's small-scale hit to the ground to cooperate with the pass, and scored two points by attacking the basket.

But then Sullinger was knocked away by Li Liang on the defensive end.

In a real crash, after Li Liang received the ball in the middle, he faked a shot and made a frontal breakthrough with the ball.

Sullinger stepped forward to block Li Liang, but was pushed from the side by Li Liang, and he fell back and fell to the ground.

Sullinger did not expect that Li Liang's impact would be so strong, and he also wanted to make an offensive foul.

As a result, the foul was not caused, and he was bumped into a big horse, and fouled, sending Li Liang to the free throw line.

This is the third time Li Liang has scored a three-pointer tonight, and the first half of the game is not over yet.

Li Liang stood at the free throw line, but missed a very, very rare free throw.

Maybe it's because the overflow of power is a little out of control.

For the first time this season, he missed a free throw, a little earlier than in previous years.