On November 3, Li Liang and his teammates set off from Atlanta to return to Indiana.

The Pacers did not play on the 3rd and 4th days.

Team No. 3 had a day off, and Li Liang was at home concentrating on McGinnis, the little bull.

McGinnis's book is likewise made up of several tasks.

The first of these missions was a game for McGinnis in college.

He played for Indiana University, which was the 1970-1971 season, before Bob Knight came to Indiana University, and McGinnis was an Indian basketball hero.

As a result, in the game against Kentucky, McGinnis raised his hand to call a timeout in the final moments of the game when his teammates hit a killer, which caused Indiana University to lose the game.

This timeout, like Webb's non-existent timeout, became a story in basketball history.

The first task was to get back to the old Field House in 1970 and stop it from happening.

For Li Liang, this task is still very simple.

I don't have to call a timeout, can't I just beat Kentucky up?

Although I am a player in Kentucky and know Coach Rupp, I will not show mercy!

The NCAA in the '70s certainly didn't have a three-point line.

But at this time, Li Liang was no longer the player who needed to shoot three points to solve all problems, and his breakthrough was also very good at that time.

Li Liang, who replaced McGinnis, helped Indiana University defeat Coach Rupp's University of Kentucky 87:80, successfully completed the mission, and obtained [McGinnis's left hand of steel body].

I got a left hand, and it looks okay.

When equipped, it can increase the strength attribute by 5%.

Still, it's good.

After returning to his home in Indiana, Li Liang opened the book again and entered the second mission.

The second mission was in the 1974-1975 season, McGinnis was his fourth season with the Pacers, who were still part of the ABA league at the time.

The Pacers were the undisputed champions of the ABA at the time, winning back-to-back ABA championships in 1972 and 1973, and McGinnis grew into the heart of the team.

By 1974 the Pacers had begun to decline, and in 1975 they reached the Finals again, the year McGinnis reached his peak in form.

However, they lost to the Kentucky Colonels led by Dan Isele in the finals.

Yes, Kentucky, Kentucky again!

Li Liang thought to himself, Lao Tzu, a player who graduated from Kentucky, how can he always do things like eating inside and out, dealing with Kentucky?

If Kalipari knew about this, he would not be called a traitor.

It doesn't matter, the system task, just hit it.

This Dan Isel is still Li Liang's hanging teacher.

He and McGinnis are two completely different styles of players.

And Li Liang's task in the game is to use McGinnes' ability to help the Pacers change their lives against the sky.

This is still not a problem for Li Liang.

The level of competition in ABA is honestly not very good.

There are a lot of stars here, they look good at playing, and they have long had three-point shots, and the game is still played with tricolor flower balls, and the jersey is of course sexy little shorts.

For Li Liang, this kind of performance is of a strong nature, and there is a three-point game, and it is too simple to control it.

This three-point biubiu, shot Dan Iseel and Kentucky Colonels are scalp tingling, is this still McGinnis?

McGinnis has always been known for his poor shooting.

The posture is not ugly, like pushing the shot put, not to mention the hit rate.

However, in the 1975 season, McGinnis shot 35 percent from three-point range, which was still very good.

Tonight's McGuinness seems to have a scope, and the three-pointers go in one after the other, which is 35 percent, 53 percent.

Colonel Kentucky is stronger than the Pacers in terms of overall strength and offensive fluency.

Historically, they have easily beaten the Pacers 4-1 to win the championship.

As a result, Li Liang really changed his life and used his personal ability to win one of the key matches, which changed the situation of the entire series.

On the 4th, the team was training, but Li Liang didn't go.

Bird waited in the training hall for an hour and didn't see Li Liang, and wanted to call him.

Mike Brown stood up to stop him and said, "Larry, don't call him, he must be working hard at home, don't worry, if he doesn't come to training, it means that he is going to improve." ”

Bird had never heard of such a thing?

Don't come to train but want to improve?

Mike Brown explained again and again, he couldn't figure out the principle anyway, he just wanted Bird to believe in himself.

Bird still heard of Li Liang's style, and he is a person who is often late for training or even does not come, which Bird is a little unbearable.

Bird usually pretends to be forced, and pretending to be forced needs strong strength to support.

His training volume is definitely one of the largest among NBA players.

Even his training method is a bit like the "three from one big" in China back then.

In the summer of losing the championship, punish yourself for running long distances on hot roads to improve your physical fitness and hone your willpower.

So for people like Li Liang who don't come to normal training, of course, it is incomprehensible.

Of course, for Li Liang, I don't care if you understand it or not, and when the time comes, I will let you see Lao Tzu's ability.

On November 5, the fourth game of the new season for the Pacers, they played at home against the Milwaukee Bucks.

It was a defensive battle, and both sides didn't hit well in attack.

The Pacers opened the game with the help of Hibbert and Leung to score a 10-0 run against the Bucks.

Then the Bucks launched a counterattack led by Knight, Li Liang's old classmate.

The Pacers led the Bucks by three points at 48:45 in the first half.

On the Pacers' side, Li Liang alone scored 18 points, accounting for one-third of the team's scores.

In the second half, the Pacers were soaring, and Bird sacrificed a small lineup, a wave of 17:6 offensive shockwaves, almost crushing the Bucks.

But after the Bucks bench forward Antetokounmpo came on the court, he played opposite Li Liang and once restrained Li Liang at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

He scored back-to-back points in the fourth quarter, then blocked Li Liang's pull-up jumper in defense, and countered with an assist for Jabari Parker to help the Bucks narrow the gap to just two points.

At the critical moment, Li Liang was still very stable.

First, a Kassel's ugly smile followed up with a pull-up jumper to score points to stabilize the situation.

Then he made two steals on the defensive end, counterattacked and assisted Stephenson to score, and then counterattacked and scored a dunk under the basket, helping the Pacers to win the game!

In the end, the Pacers defeated the Bucks by 90-85, 5 points at home.

Li Liang scored a game-high 33 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, and handed out 3 assists, but he still felt almost unable to move!

Li Liang's assists have been less than five times in two games, it's not that he is abnormal, but he can't catch the opportunity to pass to his teammates!

is really anxious Li Liang is bald, even if he uses gravity to suck everyone else to him, what can he do if his outside teammates can't throw him?

In fact, the Pacers are not a team with strong three-point shooting in the first place.

In terms of the playing style of the whole team, the three-point shot is the auxiliary, and there is less practice at ordinary times, and it is impossible to adjust it in a while and a half.

Li Liang fought so hard.

He is the only one who really holds the ball, no Kobe, Nash, no Paul, no Griffin to help him digest the ball.

Hibbert is basically half-useless, scoring a few low-post singles and grabbing two frontcourt rebounds per game, and the task is done.

Lance Stephenson can digest the ball, but his efficiency is really ...... It can be described as miserable.

As soon as Bird and Li Liang saw Finson handling the ball by himself, their heads began to hurt.

Bird's mind is no longer about the team's tactics, but about how to get rid of Hibbert and Finson!

Because of Li Liang's arrival, it disrupted Bird's team building plan.

The contract given to Stephenson was too rushed and rushed.

44 million in 5 years, the amount is not large, but the years are too long.

Although after some bargaining, it was changed to 36 million for 4 years, four years is still a long time.

If there were only two years left, it would be much easier to deal with.

Your four-year contract has just begun, which team is willing to take over?

I can only find the wrongs, and at the same time hope that Bruce Lee can really complete the evolution.