After the start of the fourth quarter, the Pacers fielded a small lineup.

Bird didn't put Hibbert back on the court, but let Li Liang come on to play the number five position.

Scola at No. 4, Copeland at No. 3, CJ Myers at No. 2, and Stephenson at point guard.

This lineup is completely an offensive lineup.

Myers has a relatively strong projection ability, and Scola is also strong in attack and weak in defense, and can shoot from mid-range or attack in the low post.

Stephenson is a fully weakened version of James, of course, no less tempered than James.

Such a rather strange lineup, except for Li Liang, gives people the feeling that it is not competitive.

And after adding Li Liang...... It still doesn't seem to be competitive.

However, if Scola is replaced with West and CJ Myers is replaced by George Hill, that ......

How do you feel that there is still no competitiveness!

Anyway, when the Pacers put out this lineup, it felt a little weird and not very reliable.

But as soon as Li Liang came up, he immediately hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc to give the Grizzlies a warning.

Then on defense, the Pacers suddenly resorted to a rarely used bag-and-pinch tactic.

The outer line is wrapped in Conley, and the inner line is handed over to Li Liang to protect the basket alone.

Li Liang came up and made an offensive foul on Gasol Jr. first.

He made up for it in time, but was pushed by the elbow that Xiao Jia turned around, and fell to the ground.

Then, Li Liang served quickly in the backcourt and gave Stephenson a quick counterattack from the Pacers.

Finsen rushed to the basket after half court and returned the ball to Li Liang, who was following him.

Li Liang held the ball at the top of the arc, and the Pacers' offensive lineup was completely and completely stretched.

Only Scola was a little bit inside, and Li Liang distributed the ball to CJ Myers on the wing.

Miles used Finson's cover to find space in the bottom right corner and hit a three-point shot!

With two consecutive three-pointers, the Pacers re-established their advantage in the score.

After this small lineup was used, the Pacers' offense was a lot smoother all of a sudden.

Li Liang has an unmatched ability to open up space, the Pacers have four three-point ability, and the Grizzlies continue to use the twin towers, and the result is that they can't expand the defense.

But the Grizzlies head coach didn't realize the problem, and he believed that although the Pacers had an advantage on the offensive end, there were still big holes on the defensive end.

Gasol Jr. and Randolph can chisel the Pacers through.

Indeed, Randolph then forced Scola with his back to score and scored two points.

But turning around, the Pacers quickly counterattacked, and Li Liang was a center in defense and a big guard in offense.

According to Mike Brown's instructions, Li Liang no longer rushed forward, but dragged back, attracting the Grizzlies' defense and making the Grizzlies' defense empty.

The grizzly bear is indeed empty, and it is difficult for Gasol Jr. and Randolph to come out inside, and if they come out, they can't go back.

Li Liang responded with a high position and divided the ball, as if he had returned to the work he did when he was with the Lakers.

Unfortunately, Stephenson missed a three-point shot from the outside.

The Grizzlies counterattacked with the ball, and Li Liang, as a big defender, immediately ran back to the backcourt to defend.

As soon as he returned to the three-second zone, Li Liang complained in his heart, "Damn, I really use Lao Tzu as a dog......"

Li Liang carried little Gasol and Randolph alone on the inside line, which was indeed a bit difficult, quite difficult.

Gasol Jr. responded with a high post and passed the ball to Randolph, who was in a position to move horizontally under the basket.

Randolph received the ball and turned to score two more points.

Seeing that the Grizzlies caught up again, Stephenson hit an outside three-point shot!

He found an opportunity to make a move with the help of Li Liang's cover.

The Pacers made three straight three-pointers and scored nine points.

The Grizzlies, on the other hand, scored only 4 points and were 5 points apart in the middle.

This offensive efficiency is really incomparable.

After Finson hit the three-pointer, Jolg finally felt something was wrong and called a timeout.

The Pacers aren't a three-point team, and neither is their defense.

This changed suddenly, and after a few rounds, Jorg noticed that something was wrong.

The Grizzlies' defense felt like they weren't working.

If you want to go to the confrontation, why do you want to do it?

The Pacers' outside line is transmission, using each other's cover to wait for an opportunity to cut or shoot three-pointers.

They gave up the low post and a lot of breaks, and made full use of the role of Li Liang's high battery to radiate his influence throughout the half.

Moreover, Li Liang now has the ability to break through, and the difficulty of defending him is doubled.

Can you imagine if LeBron James has Li Liang's super three-point ability, what kind of effect will his passing and strategy be?

Li Liang's passing has also been strengthened in the summer, not to mention several passing skills.

When the Grizzlies came back from a timeout, replaced Randolph, and also used Gasol to play one big and four small, Li Liang's flexibility in the offense was reflected.

After using [Death Entanglement] to break the ball from Gasol's hands, Li Liang did not retaliate.

He dribbled himself to control the rhythm, dribbled on the outside to observe, and then suddenly accelerated with the ball.

Directly hit the basket in the middle, Gasol Jr. assisted in the defense, Li Liang hit the ball and passed the ball to Scola, and Scola made an easy layup.

This lineup is slowly showing its power.

The reason why Mike Brown advocates this style of play is to maximize the role of Li Liang.

This is the same idea as building a roster for James in the Cavaliers.

The difference is that James wants a shooter and a big center.

And Li Liang himself is the best scorer in the league, and the center is already weak in the league.

Mike Brown's idea is to match Li Liang with a few outside lines with better defense, with three points and breakthrough ability, and use a forward who can eat cakes, shoot from medium and long distances, and can four or five on the inside, and then how to play depends on the configuration of the opponent and Li Liang's feeling on the court.

On the defensive end, let Li Liang play the center to realize the lightness and flexibility of the entire lineup.

It's a refinement of Brown's failure in the Cavaliers-James model.

He believes that the Pacers' current lineup can allow Li Liang to really play.

More than halfway through the fourth quarter, the Pacers have begun to slowly stretch the margin to 10 points.

The Grizzlies can still score, but their defensive efficiency is simply not good and they can't defend the Pacers at all.

This is fatal for grizzly bears.

The Grizzlies' offense put it bluntly.

Less three-pointers, more inside strong offense, slow pace, and the score will definitely not be high.

Their magic weapon to win is to let their opponents score lower than their own.

Once they can't find a way to drag their opponent into a quagmire defensively, the Grizzlies lose control of the situation.

Of course, the Pacers weren't able to pull the score any further.

The Grizzlies quickly began to wrap up Li Liang.

Li Liang kept passing the ball to CJ Myers, Copeland and others, but they couldn't shoot three-pointers!

If you don't use the opportunity, what can you do!

At one point, the Grizzlies narrowed the gap to two points.

At this time, Li Liang was no longer silent, Lao Tzu came by himself!

He took a three-point shooting percentage booster, seized two holes in the Grizzlies' defense, and hit two three-pointers in a row.

Then a ground-hitting pass pierced the Grizzlies' defense, and Stephenson, who was in the air, received the ball and scored a layup.

The Pacers scored eight straight points to seal the win.

At this point, Hibbert sat off the floor for almost the entire fourth quarter.

It wasn't until the last three minutes that Bird put Hibbert back on the pitch.

The leading Pacers returned to their previous style of play, and the positional battle slowly grinded through the final three minutes with the Grizzlies.

In the end, 97:92, with a five-point advantage, defeated the Memphis Grizzlies at home and won two in a row.

It was a tough game.

Li Liang played for nearly 40 minutes, and at the end of the game, the camera zoomed in and cut to him, and you could see that his strong arms were full of scars, all of which were left by the inside card and competing for rebounds.

In this game, Li Liang grabbed 14 rebounds, and also sent 2 blocks, and scored 30 points again on the offensive end.

That's 30 points and 30 points at the Clippers.

In the Clippers, the whole team has 120 points at every turn, and 30 points accounts for a quarter.

The Pacers have more than 90 points, less than 100 points, and 30 points is a third.

After winning the game, Li Liang won the title of the best player of the game.

He breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, Lao Tzu really doesn't want to play center.

However, his path to center forward began.