The Pacers used defense to destroy the Celtics' will to resist in the third quarter.

The playoffs in the East have always been like this, full of confrontation, scramble, and desperate defensive struggle.

Even though the general trend in the league is to focus on offense and defense, that's just the regular season.

In the playoffs, the referee's blowing penalty scale is different from the regular season, and it is obviously much more lenient.

Li Liang gave an elite level of defense in the third quarter, and even Garnett was full of praise when he took a break off the court.

"You're almost at my level, you're almost at my level, boy."

Li Liang thought to himself, how can TM be the same as Bird?

Do you Americans boast like this?

Do you praise me, or do you praise yourself?

Li Liang accepted praise from the old-timers.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Garnett came on the court and led the team's second team to continue the battle on the court.

With Garnett in the second lineup, the overall offensive and defensive strength of the Pacers' bench has steadily increased.

Garnett is a hardener, and if you just look at the data, you won't be particularly outstanding—even at the peak, Garnett is not a data maniac.

What he's good at is still doing some work that can't be reflected in data.

Stuck positions under the basket, fills in defense, covering, blocking people in offense, and command in defense, and bad mouth.

These have greatly enhanced the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the second team.

The advantage is that KG can suppress Stephenson, so that Finson is not so easy to go brainless, so that the stability of the second team has been strengthened.

Bird doesn't have to get up from the bench to remind Finson anymore, just sit there and direct.

In the NBA, players like Nash, Garnett, Paul or Rondo can really save a lot of effort when they're on the court.

Not to mention Li Liang, if you let him play for a few more years, he can be a player and coach.

Li Liang has already discovered that in the [David Stern's Simulation World], the room that is too large can open the coach attribute! And the current room is related to the attributes of the management.

However, Li Liang is not interested in these two for the time being.

As for the door in the future, it has not yet been opened, and it is possible to make Li Liang the president.

But what's so great about the president? You can help me become a president, and I can think about it.

Garnett led the second team to further widen the gap.

The Celtic offense has completely collapsed, there is no way to reorganize and integrate, and it has become a mess.

Stevens has Zhuge Liang's tricks, and he is also a clever woman who has no rice, and the player's heart is lost.

Li Liang scored 25 points in the whole game, and in the fourth quarter, as the score difference became bigger and bigger, Li Liang rested directly and didn't have to go.

The Pacers took the Celtics a quarter of time.

It proves that in the face of absolute squad superiority, all tactical strategies are fake.

At 98:85, the Pacers won the Celtics by 13 points at home, and the series took a 1-0 lead.

After the game, Li Liang was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines.

The bad water in this belly is brewing again.

As for him, who has released a lot of shocking remarks, it doesn't hurt to say two more.

As the best player of the game, the reporter asked how Li Liang saw the opponent of Celtic.

Theoretically, when faced with this kind of problem, the players will say "they are tough opponents, they cause us a lot of problems, they play tough, they deserve respect......"

Anyway, it's just a bunch of empty words, the players just say it, and everyone listens to it.

With the deepening of the transformation of the NBA, the players are getting richer and richer, and the education and training they have received since childhood are getting better and better.

Players are not like in the past, there are grievances on the field, and they will take them off the field.

Some shrewd coaches will take advantage of such contradictions and grievances to create emotions to create an advantage for their teams.

For example, Pat Riley is a master of this.

Today's players may fight to the death on the field, but off the field are brothers.

Anyway, it's all about making money, hello, I'm hello, everyone, why fight each other and affect the mood?

Occasionally, a few dare to speak out, which is often needed for the effect of the program, or some "personality" needs.

It's still a good relationship in private.

Li Liang is different, he is a turbid current in the NBA, what he says depends on his mood and what tasks the system gives.

This time, Li Liang is going to criticize the Celtics.

"Hmm...... I think Celtic used to be a great team, and I know a little bit about their history, but I don't think any team, collective, individual can live on the laurels of the past. The past is over, just think of me, I've won two championships, but I never mention it, I'm still hungry for a third championship. If I still want to say, my motherland China also had a glorious history, but the result of indulging in the past history is backwardness and being beaten, so we have gone through the dark years and stood up again. I think the Celtics have a similar experience, they have a process like this, it's just that their rise is a little bit short, they start to rebuild again, I think... I'm not particularly optimistic about them, and although they are in a good situation, I have a hunch......"

Li Liang said a lot, and finally came to a sentence I have a hunch that the Celtics will not be better.

Aren't you talking nonsense, what kind of premonition did you come from?

Li Liang was originally talking nonsense, and this product just wanted to arouse the indignation of Boston fans.

It's better for the Celtics players and managers to come out and accuse each other, quarrel with each other, and make things bigger.

In that case, waiting two days to go to Boston, Celtics fans will be full of anger.

When the time comes, Li Liang can meet the anger from the Boston fans, beating the opponent to a pulp on the one hand, and charging a large amount of anger points on the other, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone?

The reporter was stunned when he heard Li Liang's words, such a controversial remark?

However, she reacted quickly, and immediately continued to ask a few more questions, asking Li Liang to say more.

This product is a traffic pioneer, needless to say, the TV station has a topic to discuss.

However, Li Liang felt that he had said enough, and it was up to the Celtics to pick up.

……

After the Celtics and Pacers game is over, there are a few more games in the playoffs that have also been decided.

On April 18, before the Pacers' game, there were already four matchups.

In the West, the top-ranked Golden State Warriors defeated the Pelicans 106-99.

In the playoffs, the opponent is not so easy to deal with, and the Warriors can't clock in the third quarter, even if the opponent is the Pelicans, who are eighth in the West.

The Clippers, who are second in the West, beat the Mavericks by 9 points at 109:100.

In the East, the Bulls beat the Raptors and the Hawks beat the Bucks.

All teams at the top of the rankings have kept their home turf.

By April 19, three more games will be played at the same time as the Pacers.

The Cavaliers beat the Wizards by 20 points at 115-95.

James is really different in the playoffs, after all, he is a man who has never fallen in the first round.

In the West, the Grizzlies defeated the Trail Blazers at home, and although the Trail Blazers are in fourth place, they are actually quite inferior to the Grizzlies.

The third-placed Rockets were more unlucky, meeting the Spurs.

As a result, the Rockets lost the first game, 107:111, and lost to the Spurs by 4 points, becoming the first team to lose home-court advantage in the first round......

Miserable!

Of course, the first game of the first round has just ended, and there are still many variables to come.

And the media has already focused on Li Liang's post-match speech.