The Pacers extended their lead in the second quarter.

The second lineup composed of Vitesse, Rudayi, Copeland and others ushered in a big explosion in the connection between the first and second quarters.

The Grizzlies fell into an offensive slump again, and the Pacers hit an 18-5 attack climax from the Grizzlies to open up the difference in one fell swoop.

After the Grizzlies took a timeout, Li Liang re-entered the game and led the Pacers to continue to extend their advantage.

Young players such as Vitesse and Rudaige are very brave, and Li Liang is also willing to pass the ball.

The wild passing style he developed during his time with the Clippers allowed the Pacers to play beautiful quick counters.

In the first quarter, the Pacers were still playing the positional battles of previous seasons to defend basketball, but as a result, they began to become manic.

As long as Li Liang wins the backcourt rebound, he will definitely quickly push the counterattack and yell "run" at the whole court.

Then the young players of the Pacers, like Forrest Gump, were pushed to the frontcourt, and once the opportunity came, Li Liang did not hesitate to pass the ball over.

It's just that Li Liang's long pass level is not enough to get home, and there are always mistakes.

After stabilizing their position, the Grizzlies took advantage of Li Liang's mistakes to play a few counterattacks and recover some of the difference.

By the end of the first half, the two sides were tied at 57:47, and the Pacers still led the Grizzlies by 10 points.

By the start of the third quarter, the Grizzlies had finally started to fight back.

Conley scored back-to-back points from the outside, taking advantage of George Hill's absence and constantly hitting Sloan with his individual ability.

Randolph and Gasol Jr. both pulled away, especially Randolph, gave up the plan to fight Li Liang hand-to-hand, and mobilized Li Liang as much as possible to give the defenders a chance to attack.

The Pacers' guard line lacked Hill, without George, and Li Liang was sent to the power forward position, and the Pacers' defense collapsed.

Worse came midway through the third quarter.

Hibbert was hit by Gasol Jr. in succession, and after two fouls in the first half, he received two consecutive fouls in the middle of the third quarter and had to go off the court for four fouls.

Hibbert's performance against the black and white bears today was a bad one.

In the first half, except for eating a piece of cake given by Li Liang, there were no scores.

At the beginning, he was expecting him to open up an embarrassing situation in the attack, but it was useless against Gasol Jr.

On the defensive end, he's still useful and plays a good role in protecting the basket.

But last season's new defensive rules made Hibbert uncomfortable, and the result was an old foul, and then he didn't dare to go up against it in the face of breakaways as much as he did in the past.

In the last game against the 76ers, the offensive end can bully Noel, and the defensive end of the 76ers is really nobody.

In this game against the well-balanced Grizzlies, Hibbert's performance was greatly reduced.

After Hibbert went off, because Masimmi was traded to the Cavaliers, the Pacers didn't have a good backup center inside.

In this case, Bird had no choice but to replace Rudeří and let the young lad play centre-forward.

Rudej is 2.08 meters tall, a former Yugoslav and now Croatian, and is a typical European interior player.

Like many European insiders, he plays smart, has a thick body, has outside projection, can pass the ball, and so on.

But there are also white players who are often criticized for one of the biggest weaknesses, which is "soft".

When he plays as a substitute, he eats cakes on the offensive end and cuts in the air, and he can still score points.

But let him be the main center and Gasol Jr. and Randolph are tough, and it will be difficult for him.

After Lu Dairi came on the court, a big problem was that he couldn't protect the backcourt rebounds.

Then he was eaten by Gasol Jr. in a row, allowing the Grizzlies to chase points all the way, chasing the difference to only 1 point in the second half of the third quarter.

At 75:74, with the Pacers leading by just one point, Bird called a timeout.

Mike Brown was on the bench and was on the fidget, reminding Bird, "Let Bruce play center, let Bruce play." ”

Brown wants Li Liang to play center.

In the summer training camp, Brown made this suggestion to Bird, giving a new offensive system with Li Liang as the core.

Bird tried a few training sessions and felt it worked well, but it never worked.

Because Li Liang is still more resistant to playing inside.

Brown thinks it's a good opportunity to try this lineup.

But Bird was unmoved, and had no intention of letting Li Liang reach the No. 5 position at all.

He just said a few words during the pause, asking to strengthen the defense, reminding Li Liang to strengthen the rebounding scramble, and didn't say anything else.

After then coming on the court, Li Liang broke through the basket and hit a jumper.

But immediately Conley hit a three-pointer on the counter-attack, and the score was levelized.

After that, Li Liang tried to shoot a three-point shot, but missed.

The Grizzlies took the backcourt rebound and played the offensive position.

Gasol Jr. forced Lu Daige in a low position, and Li Liang came to visit the block, interfering with Xiao Jia's hook.

Didn't hit.

But Randolph cut in from the wing, grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and made a layup.

Grizzlies overtake!

Li Liang is on fire now, and the trolls are in full swing.

"None of you bitches can grab rebounds! What about the card slots! Card slot! Have you lost your ass! ”

The whirring of this hair dryer can make the players on the field feel the warmth of spring in the noisy scene.

The Pacers were visibly a little stunned by the Grizzlies' high-pitch confrontation in the third quarter.

Sloan and Stephenson didn't know how to grab backcourt rebounds, so it's no wonder they were yelled at.

Lu Dairi was scolded a little depressed.

In fact, in terms of age, Lu Dairi was born in 86, is 28 years old this year, and was born in the 08 draft.

But in the NBA, the strength of seniority depends on voice and appearance.

Li Liang thinks that when the three are combined, he has the highest score, so he has the highest qualifications.

Just when Li Liang was angry, after a ball out of bounds, Bird replaced Li Liang.

After replacing Li Liang, Bird let Li Liang sit on the sidelines and watch, watching the Pacers' scores being overtaken, and the interior defense was all holes.

Seeing the end, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Liang finally couldn't help it and said to Bird: "Coach, I want to play center." ”

Bird spread his hands and said, "You're not suitable." “

"Why don't you go up?"

"If I could get on, I'd be on it a long time ago, do you think I haven't been?"

Bird really did.

It was in the 1981 Finals between the Celtics and the Rockets that when Moses Malone was frantically grabbing frontcourt rebounds on the inside, Bird stepped up and fought with Malone on the inside, fighting for backcourt rebounds.

So although he had a black history of 8 points in the Finals, he averaged 15 rebounds per game in 1981, and grabbed 21 rebounds in the first and second games!

This kind of rebounding ability is definitely at the level of a super center.

When Bird first entered the NBA, he started playing at the No. 4 position, and sometimes he would go up to the No. 5 position.

After listening to Brown's advice, he knew that the idea of letting Li Liang combine inside and outside and play the No. 5 position was likely to be groundbreaking.

But he doesn't want to be strong, and he can't force a superstar to do what he doesn't like to do.

He wants Li Liang to play the center by himself, to play the No. 5 position by himself, and to develop and understand the new system by himself.

Sit on and move yourself!

This is where Larry Bird is more clever than Mike Brown as a babysitter.

After two seconds of eye contact, Bird said, "Okay, then I want this one to win, and it to win beautifully." ”

Li Liang nodded and said, "I'm very beautiful, so if I win, I must be beautiful." ”

Bird smiled, bragging, not drafting, and a little narcissistic.

But I like it.

Because it's like me.