On October 8th, the 2014-2015 preseason season kicks off at the Conseco Arena in Indianapolis.

For Pacers fans, today's game is something they've been waiting for.

Two months have passed since the end of the big deal in the summer, and the people of Yincheng are already hungry and thirsty!

Li Liang seemed to have evaporated from the world in the past two months, except for shooting two sets of advertisements for Under Armour sneakers, and being posted on Twitter with a photo of a smile on his face suspected of driving a tractor, he did not appear in the public eye.

Fans are very anxious, in the long summer, they can't wait to watch their players study hard every day, through various training camp videos to infer whether the players have become stronger, whether they have learned new skills, and whether their mental state is good.

Of course, when the new season starts, you should know that what should be awesome will still be awesome, and what should be strained will still be strained.

Some young players will suddenly rise, while some veterans will also fall silently to complete the metabolism in the NBA ecosystem.

The Cavaliers, right next door to the Pacers, have long dominated the headlines after James' return.

Paul George played well at the World Championships and returned to the United States to train with James.

The Cavaliers have greatly increased their strength, and James has changed a lot compared to his time with the Heat.

For example, he removed the headband on his head and chose a hair transplant to cover up his baldness!

In terms of body shape, James has further controlled his weight to a more reasonable state.

In short, James reported on his situation when he returned home, which made Cleveland fans full of confidence for the new season.

In comparison, Li Liang's disappearance took too long, which made Pacers fans and Chinese fans quite anxious.

Will this thing swell after winning two championships?

Don't train to drive a tractor every day in the summer?

After the training camp started, he also said that he had not improved at all, but that he had gained weight.

Do you want to be like Anthony back then, coming back one offseason and eating too fat and declining?

The competition in the NBA is extremely cruel, just like the African savannah, once it fails, it will be eliminated immediately.

Even if you were a superstar last season and don't play well next season, everyone will give you more patience and time, and you can't hold you forever.

Such worries permeate Pacers fans and Chinese fans.

In the preseason game on October 8, I can finally take a look at Li Liang's performance and the state and feeling of the Pacers in the new season.

The Consec Arena was renovated in the summer, from the locker rooms to the seats to the court.

Although it was only a pre-season game, there were a lot of fans coming to the arena tonight, and everyone wanted to see their new centerpiece, Bruce Lee.

There are not many Chinese people in Indiana, and it is an inland city in the United States, unlike the East and West Coast where there are Chinese communities.

Rao is like this, Li Liang still attracted Chinese fans from surrounding cities and even surrounding states to Consec to watch his new season debut.

When Li Liang came to the arena in sportswear to warm up, a burst of cheers broke out at the scene.

Many fans held up signs waving vigorously with slogans such as "Welcome to Indiana," "Champion with you," and so on.

Li Liang felt very happy in his heart, Lao Tzu was so popular!

The fans are so simple.

How many boos Li Liang has suffered at the Consec Arena in the past, how many cheers will he win here this year.

The Pacers' first opponent of the new season is the Timberwolves.

At the beginning, Li Liang was almost traded to the Timberwolves for Lefou.

If it weren't for the veto of the trade, Li Liang would now be wearing a Wolves jersey and nibbling on snow in the icy Minnesota.

The Timberwolves are still the same as in the past, the mud can't hold up the wall, and it's very stable anyway.

Love has not been able to get out of this quagmire, and continues to be the boss of the Wolves team, adding to his own data.

The Pacers started with a similar lineup as last season, with center Hibbert, power forward West, small forward Li Liang, scoring guard Stephenson, and point guard George Hill.

George for Li Liang, I don't know how much change it can bring to the Pacers.

Anyway, in the pre-season, I didn't see much of it.

The main forces of both sides obviously did not fight seriously.

After the start of the first quarter, the ball was in Stephenson's hands for more than half of the time, and he could play as much as he liked, and Li Liang didn't bother to care about him.

In the 4th minute of the first quarter, Li Liang received a pass from George Hill on the wing and hit a three-point shot, hitting his first goal after coming to the Pacers!

There was a cheer in the Consec Arena, three-point shots, Li Liang's three-point shots were still so sharp.

The Pacers are generally a constipated team on offense.

They relied on an oppressive defence to get the win.

And what kind of change can Li Liang's three-point whirlwind bring to the Pacers?

Everyone is looking forward to it.

Li Liang played a quarter and then went to rest.

It was only in the second half that he returned to the court and showed off his new summer skill - back-to-back singles.

He received the ball with his back to the waist, faced the defender, turned around at the baseline, and scored two points with a light pick-and-roll in his left hand.

This skill was very exciting for the fans at the scene and the fans watching the video online.

"Gan Liliang has learned to turn his back! It turned out that he had been improving his back skills for two months, and he had watched the new season. ”

"But I don't think the back is of any use, what era is it now, can the back still be as effective as before?"

"I think so, I think Li Liang should practice hard with the ball instead of improving his back ability. James doesn't use his back much anymore, besides, the Pacers have West and Hibbert two back-to-back singles, where is there room for Li Liang to carry his back? The whole team is a monster? Don't watch the basketball team? ”

"Don't they all say that backing is a necessary skill if you want to become a great success? Why do you say that the back is useless? ”

"The times have changed, Li Liang himself opened the era of three points, he didn't know how useful three points were, and he ran to practice his back."

After the first game, the Pacers easily defeated the Timberwolves 105-91.

Of course, the wins and losses in the preseason are incalculable, and Li Liang performed well in the first game, scoring 10 points, grabbing 5 rebounds and dishing out 2 assists.

The brightest man on the Pacers' side was Stephenson, who scored 21 points, and then it was mainly the players on short contracts who performed.

In the following regular preseason games, Li Liang's performance on the field made his fans worried.

People kept asking, "Has Li Liang made any progress this summer?" Did he just practice a back? ”

Doubts about back-to-back singles continued throughout the preseason.

From time to time, Li Liang will show his back-to-back position skills and score a few back-to-back balls.

It's a bit reminiscent of Dwight Howard after spending the summer of 2009.

In the '09 Finals, Howard became a defensive blue-collar in front of the Lakers' three highs.

In the summer of '09, Howard worked his back-to-back skills and close-range jumpers.

By the beginning of the '09-10 season, Howard did show off his striking, stiff but effective, and everyone thought Howard had mastered the new technique.

As a result, as the season progressed, Howard's technology was lost, and he still returned to the previous three-board axe.

Every summer, there are players who swear to practice their backs and feet, and finally when they arrive at the playing field, they are still the same as before.

There is confrontation and no confrontation, low confrontation and high confrontation, which are completely two concepts.

The concerns of the fans, the media, are justified.

Not only are they worried, but Larry Bird is worried, what kind of medicine is sold in Li Liang's kid's gourd?

In fact, Li Liang didn't sell medicine, he was just training and doing tasks in the system at the same time!

Li Liang has currently increased the ability of [Ball Control Acceleration] to 60 points, and is currently moving towards the 70 point mark!

During this time, he was stuck in a mission, and in 1982, he participated in the 76ers vs Celtics game as Julius Irving, requiring him to score at least 16 points on the breakaway!

16 points, eight breakaways, an average of two per quarter, and the opponent is still the Celtics.

Isn't this going to be fatal?

The NBA in the 80s didn't defend three seconds, and the Celtics were the best team in the 80s with the best frontcourt.

Opposite Li Liang on the court was Larry Bird, who was still very young in 1982 and was in the third season of his career.

Li Liang rushed for two weeks in a row, but he didn't rush through this task.

Li Liang, who was angry, now saw Bird sitting on the sidelines with a bench, like the ball hitting his head.

And on October 28, the day before the regular season officially began, Li Liang finally completed this task in the system.

[Congratulations, complete the quest 'Dr. J's Assault' and get a reward, +10 acceleration ability with the ball, +5 ability to change direction with the ball, +5 ability to turn with the ball.] 】

The three abilities reached 70 points at the same time, and a summer's hard work was finally not in vain.

"Whew, finally, this little goal has been achieved."

At night, Li Liang came out of the system in his new apartment in Indianapolis, breathed a sigh of relief, and fell asleep.

A new Bruce Lee is about to be presented to Print City fans and the NBA league.