Kidd was relatively successful with the Nets last season.

Thanks to the Pacers' civil unrest, the Nets reached the Eastern Conference Finals, and then were beaten by the Heat and eliminated.

Because of the relatively successful performance, the Bucks traded Kidd with two future draft picks in the offseason to preside over the overall situation and help the Bucks Youth Army rebuild.

However, after Kidd's arrival, the Bucks' performance in the new season is not very satisfactory.

With a 17-16 record so far, it will be over 50 percent of the winning percentage.

Kidd never helped the Bucks figure it out.

The offense is so-so, the defense is so-so, and the overall is so-so.

Of course, the Bucks' own lineup is also so-so, especially with the injury to Parker, the team's player development plan has been affected a lot.

After the timeout, the Bucks' offense did not improve much, the Pacers insisted on one-on-one defense, and the Bucks' several passes from the outside were not smooth enough, how could they organize the offense?

In the end, he passed for a long time, and Pachuglia received the ball in the middle and made a jumper, but he still didn't score.

McGee grabbed the backcourt rebound, and Li Liang took the ball very carefully.

He didn't want to be smashed by McGee again.

Li Liang gave the ball to Hill on the wing, and after Hill held the ball through half court, he caught the cover at 45 degrees and went inside, and then suddenly returned the ball to Li Liang, who was following in the middle head.

Li Liang received the ball, two steps away from the three-point line, and shot directly with the ball!

"Huh!"

Again!

Kidd sat on the bench and looked straight at the face.

What kind of play is this? Why did you start shooting three-pointers again? It's starting to be unreasonable again, huh?

For a period of time at the beginning of Li Liang's season, the number of three-point shots and shooting percentage decreased, and the number of shots and points under the basket increased.

After Hill and Granger both returned, Li Liang began to consciously reduce his activities under the basket and returned to his old three-point career.

This is going to kill the teams, and Li Liang's three points can really kill people.

In response, Antetokounmpo also shot a three-pointer on the left side, and the result was ...... There's no score at all, and it's crooked as soon as it hits.

Li Liang didn't go up to pounce, he went back directly to grab the rebound, and after winning the backcourt rebound, he observed that a long pass throughout the court was given to JR Smith.

Smith received the ball and made a layup, which was supposed to be a nine-ten-ten, but Antetokounmpo actually jumped from behind to make a layup, a pegboard cap, and covered Smith's layup!

The ball was really beautiful, and Antetokounmpo's physicality was on full display.

Li Liang remembers that Antetokounmpo was about the same height as himself last season, and he feels that he has grown taller and stronger this season.

Li Liang can become stronger through the system, but there is no way to make himself taller.

Antetokounmpo's cap is really talented.

Then on the counter-attack, Middleton passed the ball to Antetokounmpo, and in the face of Li Liang, Antetokounmpo dribbled under his crotch and the ball flew away......

Bounds.

Maybe it's a talent, too.

After several rounds of back and forth, the Bucks still didn't score a point.

This makes Kidd anxious, can't he call a timeout again?

Fortunately, the Bucks' defense didn't let up.

Li Liang tried to give McGee a lob in the high post, but McGee got the ball, but was tackled.

On the counterattack, Middleton received the ball on the left side, made a three-point shot, and hit.

The Bucks finally broke the scoring drought and scored their first point of the game.

Subsequently, the Bucks defended Li Liang's ball-holding breakthrough in defense, and Kidd's defensive strategy for Li Liang was very clear, that is, to block Li Liang at all costs.

Li Liang hit the ball a little directly, missed the emergency stop jump shot, and the bucks quickly pushed and counterattacked.

Antetokounmpo went to the middle, took advantage of his height after receiving the ball, pushed with one hand, and hit the board to score two points.

The Bucks scored five straight points, and the Pacers needed to score.

Li Liang received Hill's pass in the middle and chose to break through again, this time he caused Antetokounmpo to foul, went to the free throw line, and hit both free throws.

Antetokounmpo put Li Liang into the NBA a year late, but it gives the impression that this is still a young, fledgling newcomer, and Li Liang has been a veteran in the league for several years (two and a half years).

In the face of Li Liang's strong style of play, Antetokounmpo was a little helpless.

When I first entered the alliance last year, this person wasn't so strong, huh?

In the summer, Antetokounmpo has been practicing desperately to improve his muscles and strength, but there is still a big gap, and he still has to continue to work hard.

After that, the Bucks slowly regained their sense on the offensive end.

They gradually adapted to the Pacers' one-on-one defensive strategy, pulling more open in space and moving the ball more quickly.

But the bucks found that they could not contain Li Liang's point.

Li Liang is playing the game now, and he is full of firepower at the beginning, he can fight when he can, and he will throw when he can, and he will not show mercy.

When the situation gradually opens up, you can create more opportunities for your teammates.

Kidd asked to do his best to wrap and compress Li Liang's space, and Li Liang handled the ball very well on several occasions.

In the face of the three-man bag, he calmly played the ball, and there was a beautiful crotch-piercing pass that assisted Stephenson for an air dunk.

After Tomjanovic's training, Li Liang's awareness of the ball has improved.

For example, in the face of a three-person package, especially when the flank three-person is encircled, how to calmly play the ball is a great test of a player's psychological quality and tactical literacy.

After Li Liang came to the Pacers, as the team's single core, he was under much stronger defensive pressure than in the Lakers and Clippers.

What kind of redemption strategy, it is impossible for Li Liang to appear again, it must be a bag clip, a multi-person bag clip, and defend in advance.

At this time, Li Liang's ball awareness and ability are particularly important.

Li Liang played the full first quarter, scoring 15 points and dished out five assists to help the Pacers 31-20 and lead the Bucks by 11 points.

The second quarter of the game began, and the second lineup of both sides came on.

Bucks bench guard O.J. Mayo opened the first shot, went around to receive a pass from Bayless, and made a mid-range pullup jump shot.

Mayo was thought to be a player as good as Kobe Bryant, but he quickly disappeared into the league.

It is said that it is because I didn't grow tall after entering high school.

But Wade is not tall, so it is still a matter of talent and hard work.

Coming to the Bucks to play as a substitute, Mayo's strength is still there, that is, his style of play is a bit about to be eliminated by the current era.

There are too few three-point shots, and at the same time, the defense is not good enough, and he looks like a superstar, but his hair is getting longer and messier, his beard is getting more and more sloppy, and his image is rapidly pulling his hips like his state.

On the Pacers' side, Scola received Stephenson's pass in the middle, wiped his quick footsteps under the basket, and skillfully licked the basket.

Immediately after, the Bucks made a mistake on the offensive end.

David West received Stephenson's ground-and-ground pass in the high post and hit a mid-range jumper to add two more points.

Scola and West are the two inside of the second team, and the offense is not to worry.

As long as the two are given a chance, their skillful low-post skills and accurate mid-range jumpers will be a nightmare for opponents.

Kidd shook his head frequently off the court, how to play this game?

The Bucks' three-point shot from the outside missed again, but the ball bounced far away, and Bayless got the rebound.

The Pacers had an empty basket, and Bayless hit the ground to Henson, who received the ball and dunked it with both hands.

The second lineup of the Pacers, the height under the basket is indeed a little insufficient, but this kind of scoring does not hurt the Pacers much.

Compared with Kidd's pins and needles, Bird is firmly seated in the Diaoyutai.

Half a season, Bird, as a coach, feels like he has done nothing.

There is no wonderful tactical design, there is no amazing on-the-spot command, but he just silently integrates the team, slowly debugs the lineup, patiently waits for the return of the injured, and by the way, comforts Li Liang, the big guy, the most powerful side of the Pacers, is gradually revealed.

It's as if he used to build the Pacers' lineup, quietly, but quite productively.

Unlike some teams, they always feel like they are doing a lot of things, and when they are bad, they are earth-shattering, and then they are desperate to get a high show.

After getting it, I won't choose, I will choose it randomly, and finally leave people laughing, and there is another parallel import/list.

Bird just quietly observes, fine-tunes, and does what he needs to do, which is the experience he has accumulated over decades since he started playing.

In this regard, Jason Kidd, who is known as the smart guy on the basketball court, is still a little worse than Birdby.