Chapter 670 For Indiana
Although they encountered a small setback in March, the overall situation of the Pacers is relatively smooth.
Of course, there is no way to compare with last year's Clippers, but the Pacers still played a very good record in late March and early April.
Li Liang stopped the task training in the system after he committed a foul against the Cavaliers that day, and began to devote himself to the real game with all his heart, and began to make the final sprint for the playoffs.
Since then, the Pacers have been advancing all the way. In nearly a month, they only lost two games.
These include the last game of the regular season, when they challenged the Grizzlies in an away game, and Bird directly let the whole team take turns-except Li Liang.
Li Liang himself does not want to take a rest, he likes to compete.
As a result, Li Liang scored 34 points, and the Pacers still lost to the Memphis Grizzlies by 4 points.
The Pacers finished the 2014-2015 regular season with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses.
Together with the Golden State Warriors in the West, they became the only two teams in the league to break 60 wins in the regular season-the Warriors created their best record in history, 66 wins and 16 losses.
Looking at history, this record is also ranked first.
However, the Warriors suffered a home and away double play by the Pacers in the regular season.
Li Liang's team has won 60 games in the regular season for three consecutive years.
The record of 61 wins and 21 losses is also the best record in the history of the Pacers. It was created by the Pacers led by O'Neal, Artest and Miller in 2003-2004.
Before the official start of the playoffs, people are more concerned about who this year's regular season MVP will be.
When the Warriors took the lead in the middle of the season, Stephen Curry was almost certain to win the regular season MVP.
As a result, Li Liang worked hard in the second half of the game. Under his leadership, the Pacers' record continued to rise, and finally reached 61 wins.
To be honest, 66 wins still do not have an absolute advantage over 61 wins.
In 2008, the Celtics had 66 wins, but the MVP was given to Kobe, who won 57 wins.
Therefore, there is still a lot of controversy about the ownership of the MVP.
However, considering that Li Liang won the MVP last year, the main reason is that the bonus of 70 wins is too great to ignore.
This season "only" 61 wins, it is estimated that it will be difficult to win.
Li Liang didn't really care about the MVP, he had already won it anyway, and the championship was more important.
After the last game, the Pacers team put into the pre-game preparations for the playoffs.
At present, the health of the whole team is good, and the lineup is neat. At the same time, they only lost two games in a month, and the morale of the team is also very strong.
After the last game of the regular season throughout the 2014-2015 season, the East and West rankings and matchup tables were also released.
The first in the East is the Pacers, who will face the eighth-ranked Boston Celtics in the first round.
This made Li Liang very unhappy. He played against Boston in the first round, which was annoying, boring, boring, and fruitless.
Ranked second is the Atlanta Hawks who have risen this season. They have a record of 58 wins and 24 losses.
Their opponent in the playoffs will be the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Cavaliers ranked third. They scored 56 wins and 26 losses. Like the Pacers, they are working late.
The opponent in the first round was the Washington Wizards again. James was still in the Cavaliers, but Arenas was no longer in the Wizards.
This is James' third encounter with the Wizards in the first round of the playoffs.
At the 4th and 5th positions, the Chicago Bulls and the Toronto Raptors met.
The Raptors were in the limelight at the beginning of the season and once firmly occupied the top three positions in the Eastern Conference.
But in the middle and late part of the season, he started to loose all the way, and finally only got 48 wins, but it was enough to rank fifth in the Eastern Conference.
In the West, this record only deserves to be ranked eighth.
The competition for the Western Conference playoffs is obviously more intense.
The Warriors hold high the first place in the West, followed by the Clippers and Rockets, and the Trail Blazers are ranked fourth relying on the advantages of the division.
The fifth and sixth place Grizzlies and Spurs are only one game away from the third Rockets.
The seventh-ranked Dallas Mavericks have 50 wins, and the eighth-ranked Pelicans.
The Thunder, with Durant and Westbrook, failed to make the playoffs this year.
Kevin Durant decided to undergo surgery in March and was directly reimbursed for the season.
For the Thunder, they will have to seriously consider how to strengthen the team next season.
The Pacers' first game is set for April 19, and the players have three days off.
Li Liang didn't touch the system for three days, feeling itchy.
But there is no way, he needs to recharge his batteries for the playoffs.
Don't say that the system is still addictive when doing tasks.
Mainly every time the task is completed, the reward is immediate.
You think, it takes a year or two for most people to work out, and many people are addicted to iron.
The rewards given by the system task are so fast, there are no side effects, and the effect is really good. Can this not be addictive?
Can a woman have a system for fun?
So during these three days, Li Liang was really uncomfortable.
He participated in every daily training of the team on time, and after the training, he also had extra training, and after the extra training, he went to the gym to continue the extra training.
Bird was surprised when he saw it. It was really strange. Bruce Lee, who was always late, left early or even didn't come, what happened these two days?
Mike Brown explained that this is Li Liang's routine operation.
After three days like this, on April 19th, the 2015 season playoffs finally kicked off.
For Li Liang, the playoffs are his stage.
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For the Boston Celtics, on the other hand, their season is done.
Made the playoffs, trained the team, and proved the coaching ability of Coach Stevens.
If it can cause a little trouble for the Pacers in the playoffs, that would be great.
The Celtics and Pacers met in the playoffs for the sixth time in history.
The first five encounters were in 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Of these five encounters, the Celtics won the first three and the Pacers won the last two.
In addition to this sixth duel, the playoffs of the two sides will meet in the first round of the playoffs.
Among them, the two teams met in the playoffs for three consecutive years in the early 21st century, which can be said to have a deep relationship.
Moreover, they have always met in the first round, which proves that these two teams are good for you and I am not good, let alone for everyone to be good together.
This year, the Pacers occupy the first place, and the Celtics become the next dog.
On the night of April 19, the floor of the Conseco Arena was printed with the logo of the playoffs.
Then in front of the technical table, numbers from 1 to 16 were marked.
Because from the first round to the finals, to win the championship, you must win 16 games.
Every time you win a game, cross off a number with a spray gun. When you cross off 16, you will win the championship.
Li Liang came to the Conseco Arena early. To be honest, the overall level of the eastern team is not good, but the atmosphere of the game is absolutely fanatical.
Maybe the people of Yincheng really don't have any special entertainment activities, and they vent a lot of energy and enthusiasm into sports competitions.
People arrive late and leave early, and the Conseco Arena is almost full more than an hour before the start of the game.
Li Liang spent half an hour signing autographs and taking photos with the young fans, and once again made an emotionless group photo machine.
Many young fans asked, "Where are you going next, Bruce?"
Li Liang was a little helpless, I haven't left yet, so you ask me where is the next stop?
Are you a Pacers fan?
Are you a James fan?
"I don't know, I want to win a championship first, for Indiana."
"What about after winning the championship? Where are you going?"
Children don't care about you, they will ask the bottom line and seek the answers they want to know.
Li Liang thought for a while and said, "I will go where I am needed."
That's right, I, Bruce Lee, am a brick of the American basketball revolution, where I need to move it.
Promote the balance of championships in professional basketball in the United States, narrow the gap between the rich and the poor in the number of champions, lead the champions first, and finally achieve a common championship...
Thinking of this, Li Liang felt that his ideals and practice were higher than those of the stars in history.