If Li Liang were to say that he was self-taught, Mike Brown would be the first to stand up and disagree.

If I hadn't let you learn, you would have mastered so many skills?

Thankfully, Mike Brown didn't hear it, as he sat on the sidelines and discussed the team's defensive strategy with Vogel.

As a cold, nonchalant head coach, Bird's tactical side of the team was left to the two assistant coaches.

In terms of strength, Brown and Vogel are both at the level of head coaches, and both have proven themselves in the head coach position.

And both are known for their good defense, but the two have different defensive philosophies.

Not only are they different, they can be said to be very different.

Mike Brown is particularly obsessed with packing, co-defending, and space compression, which is the quintessential Spurs defense.

And Vogel is from Kentucky, who is the ancestor of Kentucky? Ah, Adolf Rup, the Brown-clad Godfather.

What is Rupp best known for? Isn't it his man-to-man defense, which carries forward this simplest and most primitive defensive strategy.

Li Liang had also trained with Coach Rupu in the system, and he had a deep understanding of the essence of man-to-man defense, which was also very helpful for him to improve his defensive awareness.

Vogel inherited Rupp's defensive thinking and built the Pacers into a strong team for man-to-man defense in the past few seasons.

Now, the Pacers' lineup is different from what it used to be, and Coach Brown and Vogel have disagreements on how to develop a defensive strategy.

The divide was not resolved in the offseason.

At that time, because the team changed its style and took the offensive route, it was not discussed in depth.

With the Pacers starting to pick up defense recently, the two coaches are back to worrying about their defensive strategy.

Brown believes that he should take the route of collective defense, play the role of Li Liang's defensive core, and use sweeping defense to suppress the opponent's offensive fluency and shooting percentage.

Vogel believes that Li Liang has been under a lot of pressure on the offensive end and should be de-pressurized on the defensive end.

Man-to-man pressure is the most uniform for individual defenders, and the consistency of the defense is excellent.

The two are at loggerheads, and Bird is not involved in their dispute, and is now watching the results.

After Li Liang appeared on the court in the second quarter of the game, he first played Kobe Bryant with worshipping Buddha.

Then, Bryant began to be surrounded by the Pacers' defense on the offensive end.

At this time, Kobe Bryant gave Clarkson a chance by transferring the ball in time, allowing Clarkson to find an opportunity in the bottom right corner and hit a three-point shot.

Vogel saw Clarkson score a three-pointer, turned his head to look at Brown, and gave him a look, as if to say, "Look, your defensive strategy is not working." ”

Brown pushed his glasses and didn't speak, and the two coaches were just as angry as children.

Bird saw the "contradiction" between the two generals under him, and still didn't say anything.

He knew when to step in to solve the problem, not now, anyway.

Bryant's continuation of the good form of the first quarter.

And Li Liang's condition is also excellent, he let go of his firepower, and in the face of Kobe's defense, he did not hesitate to shoot.

"Bang!" Striking iron, did not enter.

It doesn't matter if you don't enter, Li Liang also said to Kobe, "Salute to you".

The Lakers had a good chance to fight back, but this time Li Liang personally came to defend Kobe.

At the point where the situation of this game is changing, Li Liang will never be stingy with his skills, whether it is the beginning or the final stage of the game.

If you grasp these nodes, you will be able to keep the trend of the game in check.

Therefore, Li Liang immediately released a [Death Entanglement]!

A powerful aura surrounded Kobe, who felt stiff, but still protected the ball.

But Li Liang still touched the ball and poked it off Kobe's hand.

Kobe Bryant is experienced after all, and he immediately blocked Li Liang with his body and didn't let him catch the ball.

Both of them fell to the ground, and Danny Granger on the side rushed over to pick up the ball and kill it towards the frontcourt.

Clarkson chases and defends, but where can Clarkson stop Granger, Granger jumps in the three-second zone, and directly wins a violent dunk!

The Consec Arena is jubilant and Danny Granger is back!

He's not just the person who came back, his performance, his state, his heart came back with him!

This goal was definitely a morale-boosting goal, it was Granger who dunked, and Li Liang was the one who stealed.

After Granger scored, he stepped forward and high-fived Li Liang.

He felt that since he met Li Liang, his basketball life had taken a turn for the better.

The Lakers' counterattack momentum was interrupted, and Kobe's good form was also cut off by Li Liang's steal.

Kobe Bryant immediately hit two irons in a row, including a three-point three-pointer, proving that he is really Kobe.

And Li Hao seemed to be infected by Kobe, and he didn't hit the shot.

However, the Pacers maintained their advantage in the first half, finishing the half with a 59-50, nine-point advantage.

Bryant scored 20 points in the half, as if he was back in his prime.

Of course, in the second half of the second quarter, he hit three irons in a row, which also made people feel like they were dreaming of returning to the top.

Li Liang was affected by Kobe, scoring 15 points on only 6 of 15 shots in the half, along with 5 assists and 2 steals.

The Pacers played the best game with Granger, scoring 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the half, making him the team's most efficient bench player.

Seeing Granger's performance, Bird was already considering whether to send him to the starting line-up.

It's really amazing, it's a miracle of life that Granger is back in the Pacers and recovers so quickly and so well.

Bird, where do you know that this is not a miracle of life, it is a miracle of science, science!

At halftime, Mike Brown and Vogel were still debating whether to use a space-pressing-rotation defense or a man-to-man defense.

The two chattered and discussed, and when they usually trained, the two often argued.

One of them is black, one is white, one is fat, one is thin, one wears glasses, one does not wear glasses, one is a man who loves to laugh, and the other is a coach who does not smile, and they feel that they are naturally a pair of contradictions.

Li Liang was a little annoyed when he heard it, this game is still being played!

"OK, OK, what are you fighting about, can't you just mix together and beat people and mark people around?"

Brown and Vogel both have question marks on their faces, man-to-man is man-to-man, and rotation defense is rotation defense, how can two completely opposite defensive strategies be mixed together?

Li Liang said: "Listen to my command, I said that people will mark people, and rotation will rotate, or other people will mark people, and I will be responsible for rotating and assisting in the defense of everything, isn't it over?" ”

Li Liang said it easily, in fact, in the game, it is basically impossible to switch defensive tactics freely.

This is a bit too much and unrealistic for the tactical literacy of the players.

However, Li Liang's later sentence reminded Brown that it was okay for others not to rotate, and Li Liang could just rotate alone, right?

Brown was lost in thought, and so was Vogel.

Bird still ignored the two, briefly laid out the tactical points for the second half, and made a plan for rotation in his heart.

Granger was going to play longer, giving him 10 minutes in the first half, which was very efficient.

Bird feels that it can be appropriately increased to 15 minutes, 30 minutes a game.

If the performance continues to pick up, you can consider promoting him to the starting lineup.

Of course, Bird is not considering replacing Smith with Granger, who is still playing very well.

Bird was wondering if he should let Li Liang play the No. 4 position and let Granger play the No. 3 position, and have a one-dozen and four-small starters.

Li Liang wants to know that Bird's idea must be scolded again, is it so difficult to let Lao Tzu play a small forward?

I'm in the No. 3 position, am I blocking the feng shui fortune of your coaches, right?

I just want to squat in the bottom corner with peace of mind!

Bird seemed to know what Li Liang's reaction might be, so he didn't say anything.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the first shot, the Lakers handed the ball to Howard in the low post to eat McGee.

Howard's low-post strength was still there, so he scored two points on a small hook shot after pushing McGee away.

On the Pacers' side, Sloan held the ball over the halfcourt and quickly countered to kill the inside, attracting the defense to move the ball to the top of the arc.

Li Liang received the ball and made a hand-to-hand pass and cover for Smith, who came over from the wing.

The Lakers' left side of the defense was ripped open with a hole.

Smith made a three-point shot directly in the open position!

Shoot Hit!

On the Lakers' side, Bryant continued to feed Howard.

As a result, as soon as the ball reached Howard's hand, Li Liang came from behind the side and clamped it and broke the ball out of Howard's hand!

As an old teammate, Li Liang is still very familiar with Howard's ball-holding habits, and the third steal of the game.

Kobe Bryant shook his head, a big problem that the Lakers are facing now is that the details of the game are getting worse and worse.

At the beginning of the season, there was a rush of talent and offense, and as the season progressed, these poor details were eating away at a team's fighting power.

Kobe couldn't help but start missing Li Liang again.

When he was with the Lakers, his attention to detail was absolutely excellent, with very few mistakes and very few mistakes.

Later, when he left the Lakers, when Li Liang began to need assists, there were more mistakes.

This season, Li Liang has begun to take control.

After he broke the ball, he quickly passed the half-time, but he was not frizzy at all.

Waiting for his teammates to settle down on the wing, he found that McGee had a chance in the middle, Li Liang immediately stuffed a pass to the inside, and after McGee received the ball, he took a big stride into the basket and scored with one hand!

Howard had already jumped up to block it, but McGee's height and reach were even more outstanding, and he buttoned one directly on Howard's head.

It was a beautiful shot, and the Pacers gave the Lakers a slap in the face in the third quarter.

With four minutes into the third quarter, the Pacers stretched the deficit to 13 points when D'Antoni called a timeout.

After the timeout, the ball still had to be given to Kobe.

Kobe Bryant scored two consecutive strong inside shots, one successful layup, and one successful foul.

Kobe's current breakthrough gives people the feeling that he has to accumulate power for a long time before he can launch it once.

It's not like when I was young, I can do it at any time, but now I have to take it easy, and I feel that my physical fitness is okay and then suddenly.

Then the Lakers ushered in another bright spot in the third quarter, which was the champion Wiggins.

In the first half, Wiggins didn't score a point under Li Liang's defense.

After two unsuccessful shots in the first quarter, Wiggins became cautious about his shot selection.

It wasn't until the third quarter that Wiggins finally let go, let go of his hands and feet, and in fact, his talent was really good.

When he seized the opportunity to burst out and rush in, Li Liang really couldn't stop it.

hit Li Liang three times in a row, and really beat Li Liang a little confused.

In the third ball, Li Liang also fouled while defending and sent Wiggins to the free throw line.

Unfortunately, the first penalty was not scored...... Wiggins closed his eyes, a little annoyed.

Before the second penalty, Li Liang walked over and said, "Play well, don't be impatient, the road is very long." ”

After saying that, Wiggins seemed to relax and hit the second free throw.

The hit was a hit, but in the next game, Wiggins's hard work disappeared again......

seems to have been recognized by Li Liang, and I feel that there is no need to fight anymore.

Bruce Lee is right, young people don't be impatient, there is still a long way to go.