Li Liang's ideal is great, but he still has a lot of work to do in order to realize this great ideal.

For example, what we have to do now is to beat up the visiting Celtics at the Consec Arena tonight.

Before the start of the game, Li Liang also shook hands with Celtics head coach Stevens.

Stevens has made a name for himself in the league this season, and he does have something in his belly.

Under his tutelage, the Celtics are well-founded, tactically organized, and a real team basketball.

It's very much in line with the traditional Celtic style of play.

The team stood out in the East and squeezed into the playoffs despite having few talented players.

You know, the Celtics still have a lot of draft picks in their hands.

They don't have to be like the Philadelphia 76ers to fight for draft picks on their own.

They found a "substitute training", and on the one hand, they trained the team to enter the playoffs, and on the other hand, the substitute training team was rotten, so they would naturally give the draft pick to the Celtics.

It's really a good deal, Danny Angie, the old fox, lives up to his name.

Of course, Angie is not a fool, he knows that the so-called draft picks, to put it bluntly, are still lotteries.

Lottery tickets, how can there be real cash?

Now the most valuable person in the league is Bruce Lee.

Anji Summer has already targeted Li Liang, so he also instructed Stevens to contact and communicate with Li Liang.

Make a good relationship, maybe Li Liang can come over?

Seriously, if Calipari hadn't been too comfortable in Kentucky, Angie would have really wanted to poach Calipari as head coach.

relied on the friendship of teachers and students in the university to seduce Li Liang.

But Anji also seems to be smart, not to mention that Kalipari doesn't want to come, even if Kalipari comes, a strong-willed player like Li Liang will be influenced by outsiders in his choice?

Besides, if you really want to use the coach to seduce Li Liang, you might as well invite Mike Brown to the Celtics.

Li Liang and Stevens exchanged pleasantries, and Stevens had a charming smile on his face.

Not to mention anything else, Stevens' appearance is indeed unique in the NBA.

The basketball court is not as good as the football field, there are really few handsome guys, Durant can be regarded as handsome, where do you say the appearance can be high.

Stevens is a breath of fresh air.

However, after the greetings, as soon as Li Liang turned around, the smile on Stevens' face disappeared cleanly.

For Stevens, Li Liang is definitely the toughest player in the league to play against - the second most difficult player to play against is James.

This product is changeable, and there are often all kinds of unreasonable performances, which makes people scratch their heads.

If you let a coach like Tyronn Lue deal with Li Liang, it's very simple, just get on James.

I'm using my best players to defend against the best players, what's the problem?

Stevens is different, he wants to study the characteristics and changes of Li Liangqiu's path, and prescribe the right medicine.

But you can't find this disease, this thing is inside and outside for a while, and it is a forward and a center for a while.

The occasional popping up of a few techniques that had never been used in the past (stolen with a ball blind examiner) was crazy for an academic like Stevens.

Anji also instructed him to have more contact and communication with Li Liang, and if he had more in-depth contact and understanding, Stevens' beliefs and opinions on basketball might all collapse.

Thinking of this, Stevens took out the tactical strip from the pocket of his suit and looked at it, making sure that there were no major problems with his setup tonight.

The race is about to begin.

The Celtics started a mediocre start, with Evan Turner, Brandon Buss, Marcus Smart, Bradley plus Tyler Zeller.

With this lineup, it doesn't look much different from the 76ers' messy lineup.

There is no real strong point, let alone a strong point, and there is nothing that looks a little strong.

Turner is a pseudo-all-rounder who drops the chain as soon as he reaches a high level of confrontation.

Brandon Buss, Smart, Bradley and others have no celebrity statues.

As for Tyler Zeller, the moniker of a "Native American white center" speaks for itself.

is such a talentless lineup, Stevens can lead the whole team to the playoffs, I have to say that there are really two brushes.

It was because he saw the potential in Stevens that Angie traded Rondo to the Mavericks in December last year.

A team can have two center forwards, but not two head coaches.

As soon as Rondo left, it meant that the Celtics in the Big Three period were completely over and turned the page.

Of course, the Celtics also have players on the bench such as Thomas Jr., Jae Crowder, Olynyk, and Jack Bray.

They may not be stars, but they are definitely very good players, and this kind of team is the right team for Stevens to play his tactical role.

The Pacers' starting line-up is a good one.

McGee didn't lose his starting center spot because of Garnett's arrival.

On the contrary, McGee made fewer mistakes in the game because of Garnett's arrival.

Because in the past, he was scolded by Li Liang alone, and now he will be scolded by two stinky kings if he doesn't beat well.

The role of veterans is still very significant, especially Garnett, a former superstar and fan idol.

McGee watched Garnett play when he was a kid and admired him, this is on the same team as his idol, can he not perform well?

And Garnett has accepted his role well in two months, shining and stinking on the bench.

Go into two middle distances, make an occasional tackle, punch your chest with a small fist, do two push-ups when you fall to the ground, and the day's task is complete.

Looking at the data, 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, not bad.

And then off the field, in training, you can help your teammates a lot.

Including Li Liang, he has also received a lot of guidance from Garnett, and this thing has a bad mouth...... No, there is a lot of experience in defending.

In addition to the center position, the other positions are still Li Liang, Granger, Smith plus Hill.

Li Liang, who was born as a small forward, has now been successfully transformed into the No. 4 position and has become the shape that Mike Brown wants.

Li Liang thought about it as a dog, and when he was in school at that time, he thought that his future goal was to be a swing man.

00-10 years, it was when this concept prevailed, and the super outside line represented by Maddie felt so handsome.

Li Liang dreams of being such a team.

Nima has really become a swing man now, TM's No. 4 and No. 5 positions are swinging, power forward or center!

This span is really a bit unacceptable, Lao Tzu is still the NBA three-point king.

Li Liang has to play with such doubts every day, and then once the game starts, all distractions are left behind.

As a result, as soon as the game started, the Celtics still had the advantage.

Walkers don't know if it's too much of a break or if it's too relaxing.

The opening four attacks were unsuccessful.

On the contrary, the Celtics dominated the game, first Bradley hit a three-pointer from the outside to open the scoring.

Brandon Buss then grabbed a rebound from the basket and made a layup that caused McGee to foul and hit a free throw.

And the Pacers couldn't open the situation for a long time, and Li Liang broke through the basket twice, but he didn't succeed.

The Celtics started the game defensively well, defending for two rounds before switching to a half-court press.

The Pacers didn't hit the first shot until four minutes into the opening stanza through Danny Granger's mid-range jumper.

The score between the two sides is already 10:2, and the Celtics lead by 8 points.

Then, the Celtics changed on the defensive end, from half-court pressing to full-court pressing.

It didn't take long for the whole audience to press, it turned into a person-to-man, and then the two wrapped Li Liang.

After the man-marking, it continued throughout the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics were 27:20, leading the Pacers by 7 points.

Stevens changed his defensive posture in the opening stanza and disrupted the Pacers' offensive rhythm.

Stevens believes that although Li Liang is the absolute core of the Pacers, the Pacers' offense is still relatively scattered.

Outside Granger and JR Smith both have relatively large ball dominance.

Therefore, Stevens did not rashly adopt the strategy of directly pressuring Li Liang, but kept changing the defensive strategy to disrupt the offensive rhythm of the Pacers.

At the same time, on the offensive end, the Celtics had a good hand tonight, and they were very active in rebounding in the frontcourt, not giving the Pacers a chance to counterattack quickly.

Some of the Pacers' old problems with offense have been exposed — they don't have a real master of offensive grooming and playmaking.

Once it's messy, it's all messy.

After the start of the second quarter, the Celtics opened up to slow down the tempo and fight the Pacers defensively.

Stevens knew that the 7-point advantage, if it was against the attack, would be gone in an instant.

The Pacers wanted to chase points, but the offense became more and more chaotic, and Stephenson, who came off the bench, was hot-headed again, and a series of mistakes gave the Celtics a chance to counterattack.

Thomas Jr. and Crowder seized the opportunity and hit three-pointers in succession on the counterattack.

When the score difference was the largest, it was once stretched to 12 points.

At this time, Li Liang stood up and used his three points to stabilize the situation.

But the point difference has been maintained at more than 5 points, and the pacers are a little impatient and a little hard to catch up.

At the end of the first half, the Celtics led the Pacers by six points at 56:50.

No one expected such a situation.

The Celtics gave the Pacers a blow to the head with their excellent team performance.

However, there is still a second half in the game, and the Pacers have plenty of time to adjust.