The Pacers, who found their form, swept across the East Side in the next period.

On January 24, the Pacers moved to Miami, and the Heat had dropped out of the ranks of the powerhouses without James.

At the American Airlines Center, which Li Liang is familiar with, he scored 31 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks in a single game, helping the Pacers defeat the Heat 97-87.

On January 26, Orlando, the last stop of the Pacers' southern expedition, Li Liang used another 40-point break magic to win 111-95, a 16-point victory.

On the 28th, back at home, the Pacers scored 15 points to beat the Raptors.

At No. 30, the Pacers easily crushed the Knicks with another 12-point advantage.

Compared with the Warriors in the West, the Pacers, as a defensive team, do not have the kind of 20-point or 30-point win in a game.

But fans who watched the whole game will know that the Pacers are very pressing.

In these few games, Li Liang broke out and led by about 10 points, and then the opponent was never able to get closer, and he was pressed underwater until the end of the game, and he was suffocated to death.

On February 1st, Javier McGee finally recovered from injury and returned to Sacramento to challenge the Kings with the team.

In the game against the Kings, McGee and Cousins clashed, and both were whistled for technical fouls.

Later, Cousins was whistled for a technical foul for scolding the referee and was sent off.

The reason why he scolded the referee was because Li Liang made two offensive fouls on Cousins in a row, and Cousins was not convinced.

Defy?

If you don't accept it, go out!

As a result, the Kings lost to the Pacers by a two-point deficit of 99-101 at home.

Maybe McGee just came back, and the Pacers are a little uncomfortable with having a lineup with a big center.

During the period when McGene was out injured, Li Liang completed his interior defense task well.

As he plays, he continues to improve his interior defense in the system.

raised his [weak side defense] to 60 points - his teacher has changed from Bill Russell to Warriors legend Nate Thurmond, of course, with Li Liang's height and arm span, he is basically playing tricks in the game and trying to complete the task.

He also improved his [defensive rebounding] ability to 70 points, and the teacher in this game turned out to be Bill Lambir...... He played for the 1987 Pistons against the Boston Celtics in place of Ranbill, demanding more than 15 defensive rebounds in the game.

Li Liang was very happy, and followed Ranbier's example, first of all, he made good use of his six foul quotas.

The key opponent is still the Celtics, and they also ran into Bird, and the first elbow made the corner of Bird's eye bloom.

In the second quarter, McHale was knocked out of bounds with a butt.

In the third quarter, he twisted with Robert Patrick under the basket - he was short, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to grab the rebound!

Li Liang also studied the video of Ranbir's game and wondered how he grabbed backcourt rebounds during the game.

Elbow first, then pout your butt, put your hands back, and make an open space so that the ball falls in front of you.

Whoever stepped forward, elbowed out, butt arched, and didn't jump much at the end, the rebound was in hand.

Li Liang is good and doesn't learn bad, this set of things can be learned in two mission matches.

He is very happy, not only has his defensive rebounding ability improved, but he has also accumulated a lot of experience in grabbing backcourt rebounds.

Of course, in the fourth quarter, Li Liang completed the task, and when the six fouls left the court, he went to the bench and scolded Danny Angie a few words.

Then, at the Boston Garden Arena, he bowed to the fans and exchanged cordial words with some Celtics fans in the players' tunnel.

The game was over, the task was completed, and Li Liang also gained nearly 20,000 anger points.

This is the coolest task Li Liang has completed in recent times!

Beat and beat, scolded and scolded, the task was completed, and the anger value was collected, which was really a lot of money.

I wish there were more missions like this.

After such a "hard struggle", Li Liang has quickly grown into a qualified blue-collar center.

The pace of change and growth has made Larry Bird feel, "It's so adaptable, and I'm seeing my youth again." ”

TM like you again?

The Pacers have also gained more attention across the United States because of their strong performance during this period.

Li Liang re-climbed to second place in the MVP rankings, just behind Curry.

The Pacers also moved up to third place in the East, right ahead of the Hawks, who are first in the East.

By February 5, the Pacers defeated the Detroit Pistons on the road, 126:105, and the 21-point advantage was already the largest margin won by the Pacers this season.

The 126 points also set a record for the Pacers' most points in a single game this season.

That means the Pacers' form has reached the peak of the season.

With the efforts of McGee and George Hill, the Pacers have faintly taken shape as a championship-level powerhouse.

This made many football critics sigh that Bruce Lee may really be a championship team maker, wherever he goes, which team can have a championship appearance, maybe this is the person with the championship gene, right?

On February 7th, the East is finally going to usher in a major event.

The Indiana Pacers will host the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This is arguably the most anticipated matchup in the East.

After an inconsistent early part of the season, the Cavaliers saw an explosion in December and January.

James, George and Irving make up the backcourt combination, which is also invincible in the East.

The combination of the three allowed the Cavaliers to win a wave of 12 consecutive wins and a wave of 8 consecutive wins.

Because of too much debt at the beginning of the season, the Cavaliers are still in fourth place in the East.

But they've joined the third-placed Pacers as the top contenders for the Eastern Conference title.

The game was treated as a national live broadcast.

On the evening of February 7th, the Consec Arena was bustling with activity.

The media is constantly building momentum for this game.

Several major television stations projected poster portraits of James and Li Liang on the background screen.

In the last game between the two teams, the Pacers suffered a heavy loss to the Cavaliers in Cleveland.

At the time, the Pacers weren't at their best, and the Cavaliers weren't at their best.

After two months, when the two sides meet again, they are not their former selves.

Who is the real king of the East, there may be a clue from this game.

……

Before the start of the game, Li Liang came to the Consec Center early to warm up.

It was Zhu Shu who drove him over, and as the season entered the middle and late stages, the agent began to enter a relatively idle time period.

Zhu Shu went to the Consec Arena tonight to watch the game, of course, not mainly to see Li Liang, but to see Julius Randle.

Randle was unexpectedly drafted by the Cavaliers and did okay in his rookie season.

However, there is individual ability, and the teamwork seems to be insufficient, and he always plays by himself in the limited game time.

Zhu Shu has been an agent for three seasons, and she still doesn't know much about basketball.

But she understands public opinion, public evaluation, and the direction of the fans, which is more important to the agent than basketball.

When Li Liang was warming up and resting, Zhu Shu came over and said, "Li Liang, I want to discuss something with you." ”

"Wow, you're still talking to me? Never all of you ordered? Such an honor today? ”

Zhu Shu knocked Li Liang.

With the formal establishment of the relationship between the two people, the opposition party has become the ruling party, and the promises made before taking power will be more or less discounted.

Moreover, in the broker market, Zhu Shu's personality has also changed a lot compared with the past.

No longer shy and sluggish, but vigorous and resolute, direct and sharp.

Because Li Liang concentrates on basketball, all the things in this small family are handled by Zhu Shu.

Dealing with family affairs is not easier than foreign affairs, but the two still trust each other very much.

"I'm serious, tonight's game, you definitely want to win, but if you face your junior brother, can you ......?"

The junior brother in Zhu Shu's mouth of course refers to Randall.

Li Liang immediately understood what Zhu Shu meant, "Wow, do you want me to release the water?" How is it possible, I, Li Liang, have always gone all out when I play. ”

Zhu Shu said: "Oh, I don't want you to release the water, I mean, you are in a position with him on the field, don't beat him too badly." Also, you can give him a little guidance. ”

Women's demands are always so unreasonable.

"If you want to guide me off the field, how do you guide in this game? And he's a substitute, I'm a starter, and I won't be with him for too long. ”

"You have to think about it, I feel that his recent public opinion is not very good, and his playing state is not right."

"Then you just let him adjust, he has trainers, teammates, coaches, and family, and it's not my turn to help."

"I'm his agent, aren't I just figuring out a way now?"

A woman's brain circuit, Li Liang really doesn't understand, what is this called?

Li Liang couldn't refuse Zhu Shu for a while, he thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll help him on the field then." Don't think about such crooked ideas in the future. ”

Zhu Shu nodded, because Randle is currently the most important training player in her hands, so she is so concerned.

But Li Liang thought in his heart, then I will give my dear Kentucky junior brother a collapse therapy.