Chapter 670: Punished

James' evasion of Li Liang allowed the Pacers to further widen the gap between the Pacers and the Cavaliers.

The high-spirited Pacers then embarked on their winning streak in March.

On March 2, they swept away the 76ers at 100-70 at home with a 30-point advantage.

To be honest, there is such a stubborn problem in the NBA without a relegation and relegation system, that is, at the end of the season, once a team is determined to put its mind on it, it will lead to many games completely losing their highlights.

It is said that there is no weak team in the NBA, but if one party has a clear mind and does not want to win, then the game is really impossible to watch.

The 76ers are like this, after the All-Star break, the whole team has no intention of playing, just playing casually, winning if you lose less, and even if you really win, you lose.

Then after the Pacers finished the 76ers, the next one to come over was the Knicks.

If you want to say that the Knicks are bad, in fact, there is really none, people are really bad.

Last season, the Knicks were second in the East, and this season has fallen apart and swooped down towards the lottery.

Facing a well-formed and morale-boosting Pacers, how could the Knicks be an opponent.

108:82, another big win.

It is said that they are all running in before the All-Star Game, and they start sprinting after the All-Star Game.

As a result, after the Pacers arrived at the All-Star Game, the number of games won by big scores increased.

Li Liang sighed silently after the game, this eastern game is easy to play.

If this were in the west, it is estimated that there would not be so many relatively easy games.

After all, Western Conference teams will fight for a playoff spot.

Often, the 7-11 places have the qualification and chance to make the playoffs, so every game is difficult to play.

The east is different, the competition is not fierce, there are a few perennial rotten, and there are a few perennial tepid.

Overall, the schedule is much easier, and with the Cavaliers' inconsistent performance this year, the Hawks, while strong, don't pose a real threat to the Pacers. The Raptors started the season quite strongly, but in the middle and late stages of the season, they began to drop the chain, losing one wave after another, and whether they could get 50 wins by the end of the regular season is a question.

So, the whole month of March became a training for the Pacers.

Bird finally took up the advice given by Li Liang, and the Pacers should indeed strive for 60 wins.

Bird himself didn't expect the Pacers to have a chance to win 60 this season.

In fact, the Pacers were very likely to win 60 wins last season, but the result was a wave of blood collapse after the trade.

Now, with his strong integration (swearing) ability, Li Liang has made the Pacers quickly go through turmoil and become a team again.

On March 7 and March 8, the Pacers defeated the Bulls 101-85 home and away, and then defeated the Knicks again.

After playing the Knicks, with the Hawks losing, the Pacers topped the top in the East!

Li Liang's scoring in these games has declined slightly.

Because the game was too easy, it was a big win of more than ten points and twenty points.

Sometimes I clock in three quarters and don't have much playing time to perform.

Li Liang left more energy on sitting on the bench and Garnett's bad mouth.

The two of them are really chess opponents, they will meet good talents, wine will meet confidants, and they smell like each other.

The joy of bad mouth is really unimaginable.

Anyway, as soon as it was garbage time, the two of them were not idle, and began to sit on the sidelines and spray trash talk on the field.

Garnett is old, and he often jumps up from the bench to "cheer up" young people.

The two of them are like cross talk, you say a word to me, and sometimes they will quarrel while talking.

At the end of the quarrel, he was usually choked back by a word from Larry Bird, who was watching coldly from the sidelines.

After all, their head coach is a foul-mouthed guru.

It's easy not to speak, and when you speak, you want to look good.

In this joyful and peaceful atmosphere, walkers continue to dominate the east.

On March 11, the Pacers returned to their home court and swept the Orlando Magic by 26 points at 123:87.

After the trade, the Pacers' firepower increased significantly.

It's not because of Garnett's offense, but after Scola and CJ left, the Pacers' rotation was tighter, the pace of the game was faster, and they shot more three-pointers from the outside, making their points per game average go up all the way.

Coupled with the opponent's non-resistance, the Pacers' score is swishing upward.

Of course, that doesn't make much sense in the regular season.

Immediately after, the Pacers defeated the Bucks, Celtics and Raptors at home in a row, winning 9 in a row!

The Pacers' soaring ranks in the odds to win at gambling sites.

Now I can't make much money by buying Pacers to win championships.

To tell the truth, if Li Liang uses his own money to gamble, he will buy his team to win the championship, and buy it before the start of the season, and it is estimated that his assets will be two or three times more than doubled.

Of course, the gambling companies not only opened the championship, but some also opened the next season where Li Liang will go.

Among them, the lowest probability is not another team, but the Pacers.

In short, as the regular season draws to a close, the Pacers have won consecutive battles and become popular, and various public opinions about the Pacers and Li Liang have also been heated up.

On March 19, the Pacers' winning streak was ended by the Chicago Bulls, the "Terminator of the Streak".

It's still an old problem, and all the staff are striking iron - except for Li Liang.

The Pacers, who had scored 110 points in the previous games, have become blacksmiths again.

The team shot less than 20% from three-point range and less than 40% from two-point range, scoring only 90 points in the game.

This is still the result of Li Liang's normal performance and 27 points.

90:107, 17 points lost to the Bulls on the road.

It's really confusing.

Two days later, the Pacers visited Cleveland to challenge the Cavaliers.

This game really made Li Liang angry.

The two sides fought extremely fiercely, with James and Irving, who had previously rested due to injury, both returning, and the two sides contributed a high-level confrontation.

The Pacers took the lead from the third quarter onwards, gradually widening the gap until they had five minutes left in the fourth quarter, and the Pacers led the Cavaliers by eight points.

As a result, the referee began to perform.

first blew Li Liang two fouls in a row in defense, allowing Li Liang to receive his fifth foul and had to rest early.

The Cavaliers seized the opportunity to hit the Pacers on an 8-0 spurt and tied the score with two minutes left in the game.

Li Liang had to re-enter the court, carrying five fouls with caution, and hit a three-pointer to help the Pacers regain the lead.

But then Li Liang blocked James's layup in defense, but he heard the whistle again!

This ball is Garnett and Li Liang wrapping James one after the other, judging from the slow-motion replay, Li Liang's hand did touch James's wrist, but it only rubbed a little.

The referee still blew Li Liang for a foul.

This is over, and Li Liang was sent off.

Needless to say, Li Liang, who was extremely dissatisfied, was a three-character scripture in front of the referee.

Not only Li Liang's three-character scripture, Garnett also followed up and theorized with the referee.

The referee also gave Garnett a technical foul.

Garnett, on the other hand, had already received a technical foul in the first half.

It's okay now, the stinky brothers both left the field, and only the three fools of Yincheng were left on the field.

How is this game still played? The spiritual pillar is gone.

Bird couldn't play off the field, but he could play in the morning.

Rao was so, and the Pacers were still very tenacious until overtime.

JR-Smith hit a mid-range jumper in the final moments to equalize the score.

When it came to overtime, the Pacers, who lacked the backbone, couldn't do it and collapsed all at once.

was beaten 12:4 by the Cavaliers, and lost the game without any suspense.

After the game, Li Liang openly criticized the referees in the post-game interview, thinking that when the referees blew the penalty, "they only pay attention to fairness and justice in their eyes, and it is normal for players to be swayed by emotions, but referees can't, I think most referees in the NBA don't do this, sometimes they are more emotional than the players." ”

As soon as this remark came out, the NBA office of course had to fine Li Liang.

How bold is it to dare to criticize the referee?

Especially you, Bruce Lee, are the least qualified to criticize the referees.

Do you know that the referees are looking at you a lot, and they are about to train you as a successor, and you are not satisfied.

If it weren't for Crawford, would you have been sent off?

Soon, the fine money Zhu Shu helped to pay it all, needless to say, he would be punished when he went home.