Chapter 653 Bruce VS James

In fact, Julius Randall is a fan of Li Liang.

At the beginning, Randall was willing to choose Zhu Shu as his manager, partly because Zhu Shu was Li Liang's manager and girlfriend, and he felt that he could get closer to Li Liang.

After Li Liang came to the Cavaliers, Randall was very excited.

It's a pity that the excitement didn't pass for a few days, and Li Liang acted brilliantly, applying for a deal and leaving.

This made Randall very depressed. He thought he could play with a great senior and learn from him.

In Kentucky, Li Liang has become a legend.

A guy who sat on the bench for four years and became an NBA superstar.

And he is Chinese.

Since Li Liang entered the NBA and made amazing achievements, Calipari often talked about Li Liang in normal times.

It made the players in Kentucky think that this brother is very amazing-in fact, when he was in Kentucky, he was really a water dispenser among water dispensers.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that Li Liang is so legendary.

A young man like Randall, of course, would like and adore him.

After coming to the Cavaliers, Randall's performance fluctuated.

The Cavaliers have James and George on the front line. As a rookie, Randall has limited room for development.

And Randall himself is a very thoughtful player, and he is not reconciled to just playing a supporting role in the Cavaliers-although James is destined to be a supporting role.

Randall played very hard, and the little playing time was also desperate performance.

However, he seems to be a bit too hardworking and independent, paying too much attention to his own performance, and ignoring the Cavaliers as a whole.

This is contrary to the goals of Blatter and the entire Cavaliers.

This is also the plight of rookies on many championship-level teams.

On the one hand, in a strong team, you can play and learn with superstars, and you may even gain experience in the playoffs and finals early, and even quickly win the championship honor that some players will never get in their lifetime.

On the other hand, because you are a rookie, unless you are a "heavenly genius" like Li Liang (a bad guy), then in order to win, you will definitely not get too much playing time.

Even if there is playing time, it is very likely that as a functional player, he will not be fully developed, and may be restricted instead.

Randall took Li Liang as an example and watched his senior brother make great achievements in the league. After he came to the Cavaliers, although Li Liang came and went, the Cavaliers are still a top team with hope of winning the championship.

Randall believes that he has every hope of playing the role of Li Liang when he was with the Lakers.

It's a pity that on the one hand, he is not capable enough, on the other hand, Blatter is not Mike Brown, and Randall can't even sit on the bench very firmly.

Out of long-term development considerations, Zhu Shu thought it necessary for Li Liang to mention her junior brother.

In the history of the NBA, there are actually quite a few such points, some in the game and some outside the game.

This is what is called "inheritance".

But Zhu Shu forgot that Li Liang was only in the third grade after all.

He is still so young, who is waiting for an old man to teach him the exercises, and ask him to teach others?

Sorry, don't have this feature yet, not old enough.

After the warm-up was over, at six o'clock in the evening, the Cavaliers arrived at the Conseco Arena.

The Pacers left the field to give the Cavaliers time to warm up. Before leaving, Randall took the initiative to find Li Liang to shake hands and hug him.

Li Liang said to Randall: "I will not show mercy tonight. If you have the chance to play, you must go all out, OK?"

For a passionate young man like Randall, hearing the old senior say this, of course it is a hundred OK.

He didn't know how miserable he would be after this OK.

Of course, the premise is that he has to earn playing time.

...

At 7:30 p.m., the Conseco Arena is about to usher in the Eastern Super War.

The full lineup of the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Indiana Pacers.

There are also many grievances between James and the Pacers.

And the bond between George and the Pacers is equally deep.

Standing on the court, George saw Danny Granger standing opposite him, and his mood was quite complicated.

In short, the two teams are really interesting.

James and Li Liang stood side by side, and they hugged each other before the game started.

Although the two Cavaliers can't tolerate each other, it's not because of their personalities, but because of other reasons.

Compared with the Heat period, James has a leaner figure, and he has removed the headband on his head, making him appear more mature.

It is said that his hair transplant was successful... But Li Liang touched the back of his head just now, and it is estimated that after a few more games, the back of his head will also have a hair transplant.

The Cavaliers' starters are Mahinmi, Thompson, George, James and Irving.

This is a relatively traditional starting lineup, with two defensive insiders, allowing the team's offensive pressure to come from the outside.

But the Cavaliers' outside line is really more luxurious, so even if the inside attack power is insufficient, the outside line can make up for it.

To be honest, the Cavaliers have some redundancy at the center position.

In addition to Mahinmi, Brandon Heywood, Perkins, Varejao, and Mozgov are also sitting on the bench.

They can all make up a top five of death, a top five of death with no offensive ability at all.

The backcourt and strikers that are really needed are only Dellavedova, Mike Miller, and James Jones.

And among them, there is no one who has the strength of the first mover and can be the sixth man. To be honest, none of them.

Like Marion signed in the summer, including Mike Miller, they are all old and it is difficult to play a big role.

Therefore, the Cavaliers' Big Three are luxurious, and the corresponding substitutes are quite weak.

As for the Pacers, McGee is the only center, a pure big center.

The strikers and ball holders gathered together, and the meeting can be held.

Among them, Li Liang is the leader of all forward ball holders. This is a three-headed monster game against the Unicorn Dragon.

McGee and Mahinmi walked to the middle circle and started jumping the ball.

The game started, McGee jumped high, got the ball first, and moved towards Li Liang!

The force was a bit strong, and it hit Li Liang's face!

However, Li Liang still "stopped the ball" steadily and controlled the ball.

"Sorry..."

"Run forward!"

Li Liang is used to such accidents. McGee's behavior shows that he is normal today.

The nose is a bit sour, I guess it's going to be in the top five again.

Since Sansa came to the Pacers, Li Liang is about to replace McGee as the top five embarrassing players.

People who have won MVP and FMVP, and finally won the first place in the NBA, it will be really embarrassing.

The masters played against each other, and both sides played a little stiffly at the beginning.

Li Liang may have been knocked out by McGee's opening ball in the face, and he made a pass error when he came up.

James also failed to counterattack with the ball. Li Liang followed up from behind and broke the ball.

Out of bounds, the Cavaliers still have the ball.

Returning to Conseco Arena for the first time since the Paul George trade, there may be some nervousness.

To be honest, George didn't feel sorry for the Pacers, it was Bird who traded him away.

So the fans at the scene also gave George enough applause.

George reciprocated, and missed a three-pointer in the opening game. The insider Thompson grabbed an offensive rebound and passed it out. George caught the ball and made another shot...still missed.

George's shooting is still not stable enough.

But on the defensive end, he put all his energy on dealing with Li Liang.

Blatt knew that it would be free to let Thompson defend Li Liang, and James was too expensive to defend Li Liang, so he must let George go.

George's defense was indeed excellent, and Li Liang gave Granger the main offensive right in the opening game, and let Granger attack Thompson.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the two sides played several rounds, and in three minutes, they didn't even score.

It wasn't until Granger broke through the basket and caused Thompson's foul to stand on the free throw line that the game was considered open.

The opening defense of both sides was very targeted.

The Cavaliers let George stick to Li Liang one-on-one, and the others surrounded him to help defend.

This move proved to be the most effective defensive strategy.

The Pacers' defense against James is even simpler-just Li Liang one-on-one.

James' strong passing and coping abilities will cause any double-teaming of him to pay a heavy price.

And Li Liang's powerful three-pointer will make any team that only dares to send one person to defend him pay a heavy price.

The collision between the two superstars was staged again.

After coming to the Pacers, the game between their teams can really be called "Bruce VS James".