Chapter 678 The King of Sweeping

The first round of this year can be said to be uneventful.

The miracle of black eight does not exist. The two eighth-ranked teams in the east and west, let alone black eight, even win a game.

In other matchups, only the Spurs have the possibility of defeating the Rockets. The other teams in the upper half have an advantage over the lower half, and they are still superior.

How else can we say that the Rockets team is miserable, winning the championship every year, making a round of rounds every time, and reaching the semifinals of the division is equivalent to celebrating the New Year.

If you lose the series, you will be a hero again in the offseason. Other teams can make money, and the Rockets will never lose money.

After the draft, the summer league can rule for a while, creating a summer dynasty and giving fans a little room for imagination.

As for Li Liang, he is already thinking about his opponent in the next round.

During these two days in Boston, Li Liang did not receive the bad treatment he imagined.

There is no doubt that Bostonians have been brainwashed by Bill Simmons' article, thinking that Li Liang can come to Boston.

It could be next season, it could be the next season.

Some fanatical fans even made a website to recruit Li Liang, and PS many pictures of Li Liang wearing a Celtics jersey on the website.

Wei Dazhi sent this website to Li Liang, and Li Liang looked at it, thinking that this P is not good at all.

Is this what I look like in a Celtics jersey? It's much more chic and handsome.

After thinking about it, on April 27th, the day of the fourth match between the two sides, Li Liang did not show mercy in the match.

The duel between the two sides was much more intense than the previous one.

The Celtics let go of their psychological baggage, and Stevens stopped racking his brains to focus on this and that.

What is there to target? Let go of your hands and feet, and the whole team will try their best to play, the last home game.

Unexpectedly, this kind of free-handed strategy inspired the fighting spirit of the Celtics players.

TD North Shore Garden Arena ushered in a fierce and exciting playoff battle.

The Celtics once suppressed the Pacers in the first half.

The Pacers' man-to-man defense was less effective against the explosive Celtics.

Sometimes it is actually quite simple to crack the man-to-man defense, and the player is over.

Do you still dare to stare at people? Dare not to double-team? Dare not to rotate.

Once you start double-teaming, rotating, and strategically switching defenses, the defensive system will flow.

Once there is a flow, there will naturally be other opportunities, and players from both sides can face each other on the court, and see each other.

The Celtics even led the Pacers by 3 points in the first half.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Li Liang made a three-pointer and evened the score.

Li Liang scored three three-pointers from the outside line, which brought the game back to the Pacers in a short period of time.

Larry Bird watched from the sidelines and admitted in his heart that the third-year Li Liang's ability to read and control the game is really a superstar level.

The timing of his shots is really good, and he always hits his teammates at important game nodes.

Even when he is on the court, he knows when to call a timeout. Sometimes Bird will give the timeout right to Li Liang.

He called a timeout when he thought it was necessary, and continued playing if he didn't think it was necessary.

Players on the field often have a more intuitive and profound feeling about the situation than the coach.

In the third quarter, Li Liang quickly turned the situation around with a three-pointer, putting the Pacers in a tailwind.

Playing against the Celtics in this way, the pressure on the whole team will be much less, and then the snowball can start.

As for the Celtics, it was so easy to gain an advantage in the first half, but the advantage was gone in an instant, and their mentality would definitely be affected.

As a result, in the third quarter, the Celtics attacked with constipation and started a frenzied strike.

Especially Smart...

The Pacers adopted a short-selling strategy for Smart, which is to vote for him and shrink and concentrate more defensive forces.

As a result, Smart made 4 three-pointers from the outside in the third quarter and missed one.

One of the balls fell out and returned to him, and the wide open continued to shoot.

The Pacers defenders ignored him, and Li Liang yelled at him directly: "You shoot, let's grab a rebound!"

As a result, Smart made a shot, but he missed. Li Liang grabbed the rebound and fought back.

After the counterattack succeeded, the Pacers opened the point difference to more than 10 points for the first time, and now it is time for the Celtics to call a timeout.

However, the Celtics did not collapse in the third quarter as they did in the previous game, and they collapsed in the fourth quarter.

After all, this is a highly disciplined and fighting team, even if they die, they will die standing up.

Stevens did not arrange anything, but encouraged the players to let go and fight.

At the end of the third quarter, Li Liang was strictly guarded by the Celtics. Every time, three players came up to attack him.

The Celtics raised their defensive intensity to another level all of a sudden, and it was inevitable that there would be some rough moves.

The Pacers' originally smooth rhythm of the game was disrupted. Li Liang passed the ball to his teammates several times, but he missed the open space outside.

The Celtics seized the opportunity to chase points. At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics trailed by 7 points.

The fourth quarter, the final decisive battle.

The Pacers dare not be careless.

The so-called trapped beasts will still fight, once you give the opponent a little hope, the morale of the opponent will return, and the battle line will be prolonged.

Kevin Garnett dominated the game early in the fourth quarter, using his defense.

The Pacers are defense against defense.

Didn't you let me score?

I don't let you score either.

Everyone don't score goals, all defend high-intensity, and see who consumes more.

Anyway, the Pacers are leading, and time is in the Pacers' favour.

With Garnett's current physical fitness, he may only be able to defend for 5 minutes at his peak.

But five minutes is enough.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Celtics did not score directly for three minutes.

The Pacers also only scored 2 points, but the Pacers are ahead.

By the time the Celtics finally broke the scoring drought, Li Liang had already reappeared, and there was not much time left for the Celtics in the fourth quarter.

After Li Liang came on the field, he inherited Garnett's defensive rhythm, and together with Garnett, continued to exert high pressure on the Celtics.

This high-pressure defense is about to become the regular rhythm of the Pacers in the playoffs.

Defending this thing is addictive.

If offense is construction, defense is destruction.

The desire to destroy in the human body often overwhelms the desire to construct.

Brandon Bass made a desperate breakthrough and was blocked by Garnett, who was helping to defend behind the basket.

Bass grabbed the ball again and went up again, but was pushed down by Li Liang.

The ball fell to the ground, and the two sides looted.

Olynyk has quick hands and quick eyes, grabs the ball, and there is not much time, so he gets up and lays up immediately.

The result was blocked by Kevin Garnett again.

The ball flew toward the sideline, and Garnett was desperate and flew out of the sideline to save the ball.

It's a pity that the body is old after all, the person flew out, and the ball didn't come back.

Garnett slipped out of the baseline.

But the time left for the Celtics to attack is only 1 second.

Garnett turned over and did three push-ups in a row to vent the excess defensive passion in his body.

Such a scene is so familiar to fans of TD North Shore Garden, and how nostalgic it is.

Li Liang stepped forward and pulled Garnet up, "It's cold on the ground, don't freeze."

Li Liang is quite concerned about the health of the elderly.

This goal completely killed the Celtics' desire to thump again.

With Garnett's passion added, the Pacers maintained their advantage until the end.

At 98:87, the Pacers won the fourth game at TD North Shore Garden, and also lost their ticket to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

4:0, on Li Liang's big broom, there is another team's name.

The King of Sweeping, Li Liang is about to get this title.

After the game, Li Liang and the Celtic players shook hands and hugged one by one.

Stevens enjoyed Li Liang's head-touching kill for the first time.

The mood is calm, and the head... such a handsome person, why can't he be bald?

Television footage also captured Larry Bird walking toward the audience, shaking hands with Celtics general manager Danny Ainge and whispering.

I don't know what the two old foxes are discussing.

It may be that Angie hopes that Bird will use up Li Liang and send it to the Celtics to support the sports construction in the Northeast.