On New Year's Day on January 1, Li Liang spent the New Year with Zhu Shu in Indiana.

Wei Dazhi and Bai Xiaoting both traveled from Los Angeles to meet the arrival of 2015 on a farm on the outskirts of Dayin Village.

Time flies quickly, and three years have passed since Li Liang decided to join the NBA.

The fates of all four have changed a lot, but their friendship endures.

For example, Bai Xiaoting continues to look at Li Liang in all kinds of unpleasant ways, even if he becomes the most famous basketball player in the United States now, in Bai Xiaoting's eyes, Li Liang is still not as handsome as Kobe Bryant.

"What's so handsome about Kobe? Yes? It's not black, it's still bald! Do you like bald heads? Of course, he is at most a little more handsome than me, I have no doubt about this, but if you want to say handsome, I don't accept it. ”

"Hmph~ Don't be ashamed, you're already angry, you know?"

"What? Lao Tzu is only in the third grade, why is he outdated? Kobe Bryant is out of breath, okay? ”

"Do you know what aesthetic fatigue is? You've taken everything you should have taken, and everyone has no sense of expectation for you, do you understand? Don't you see that your jersey sales are declining right now? Walkers' ratings have not improved significantly anywhere except in the Indiana region and China. You don't have very many live broadcasts in the United States, why do you think that? It's not that your top card isn't attractive enough. Also, Under Armour's shoes are selling the best right now? It's Curry! You're not the best at Under Armour's shoes. ”

Bai Xiaoting's words were reasonable, and Li Liang didn't know how to refute them for a while.

Li Liang became popular all of a sudden, regardless of whether he was still a superstar, Kobe's former teammate, and began to recite poems:

"The boss did his best, and he is not to blame for losing. On the field, there are a dozen five, and thirty plus slashes. Looking at his teammates again, it's purely a battle scum......"

This is a limerick poem that Chinese fans once used to bring to Black Kobe, and it seems that Li Liang is really anxious.

Looking at the alliance, only Bai Xiaoting and Crawford can make Li Liang anxious.

Zhu Shu on the side couldn't stand it, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, what are you doing, whoever hacks you, you will hack Kobe?" How is it the same as a child? ”

Li Liang is now whoever hacks me, I will hack Kobe.

Wei Dazhi, who was sitting opposite Li Liang, silently recorded: Bruce Lee was celebrating and chatting with friends at home in the New Year, and had an argument when he disagreed, breaking the inside information of the Lakers that year, pointing out Kobe's various dominance behaviors in the championship season......

"Hey, what are you writing about?" Li Liang stopped reciting the poem and leaned over to ask Wei Dazhi.

"Huh? No, I'll just write some essays...... Don't rob, don't rob! Essay! It's an essay! ”

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After celebrating the New Year with his friends, Li Liang returned to the team, and the Pacers began their 2015 expedition.

In the new year, the whole team will immediately devote themselves to a round of away games.

The first stop is Milwaukee.

Milwaukee in January was still very cold, and like Indiana, it was a hot spot for basketball, but it was indeed a small ball city, and Li Liang's arrival made the attendance of the arena very good.

There used to be a Chinese player here, and that was Yi Jianlian.

Although he did not play a satisfactory performance, Yi Jianlian was by no means a passerby sitting on the bench.

He also once blew a whirlwind on the Bucks, but unfortunately because of an injury, he was injured every time he got better.

After all, the intensity of the NBA is quite high, and injuries can indeed ruin a player.

This hint of Chinese plot was stimulated with the arrival of Li Liang.

There were many fans holding Chinese slogans, some welcoming, some joking, and some mocking.

Although Bai Xiaoting ridiculed Li Liang's declining popularity in the New Year, the actual situation is that after Li Liang came to the Pacers, the overall ratings of the Eastern team and fan attendance are increasing.

It's just that the exposure rate of the walkers is relatively small, which makes people feel that Li Liang's popularity has declined.

Anyway, in China, Li Liang's popularity is still unbeatable, and all the stars combined are not enough for him to play alone.

Li Liang felt the enthusiasm of the Milwaukee fans, but he still hoped that the Bucks fans could contribute some anger to him.

In this regard, Jazz fans are the most popular with Li Liang, but unfortunately when they go to the East, they can only go to Salt Lake City once a season.

is also in the north, and the combat effectiveness of Bucks fans is not very satisfactory to Li Liang.

The game started at half past seven in the evening.

The home court of the Bucks has been replaced with a new floor this year, using a retro triangular floor, which is the floor CCTV of the Bucks in the 80s, and the logo in the middle has also been changed.

The Bucks' starters, center Pachulia, forward John O'Brien, Antetokounmpo, guards Brandon Knight and Chris Middleton.

The Bucks were supposed to have a role model for Parker this year, but Parker was injured and couldn't play in this game.

Not good news for the Bucks, as Parker's injury is a severe cruciate ligament tear in the knee, a serious injury that could affect the player's career, which casts a shadow over the Bucks' rebuild.

On the Pacers' side, George Hill is back completely, and the starting lineup is stable, McGee, Leon, Granger, Smith plus Hill, this is a fairly combative and flexible enough lineup.

At the start of the game, McGee was the first to touch the ball in the jump ball!

But he tossed the ball to his opponent, Brandon Knight's hand......

Li Liang glared at McGee, "If you can't see it, you might as well not jump, Lao Tzu can fight for the ball without jumping!" ”

The first time the Bucks attacked, after two screens on the outside, the ball was given to O'Brien in the high post, and O'Brien faced Li Liang, and some stocked mid-range jumpers missed.

The Pacers' first offense, Hill organized, gave Lee Liang a high post.

Li Liang stood at the top of the arc, Granger went to the baseline and cut into the basket, and Li Liang passed the ball to Granger.

The Bucks defended the basket very hard, and Granger then distributed the ball to the outside line, giving it to JR Smith at 45 degrees on the right side, and Smith missed a three-point shot.

But Smith's space has been completely stretched.

Because Li Liang's defensive attraction is too strong.

It's a pity that Smith didn't feel good in the opening and didn't hit.

Li Liang glared at Smith, and Smith replied, "I'll try!" ”

…… Li Liang shook his head, and wanted to hear Smith say, "I'm sorry I didn't vote well", it seems that he thinks too much.

You try, you try.

Li Liang has now discovered that the hair dryer can only deal with normal people.

It is useless to deal with people who are unreasonable, illogical, and have very different brain circuits.

For example, Crawford in the referee, the ...... among the players Needless to say, the walkers came all at once, and it was really a sin.

Brandon Knight's breakaway layup was then missed by McGee's interference, and the ball flew off the boundary, giving the Pacers the ball.

This time Li Liang didn't pass the ball again, he received Hill's ball on the left side, and used McGee's cover to force a breakthrough from the middle!

Defending Li Liang was Antetokounmpo, Li Liang was wearing [Body of Steel], pressing Antetokounmpo all the way in, and after hitting the three-second zone, he made a quick stop jump shot, hit, and scored two points.

Antetokounmpo is tall and has long arms, and he still wants to block Li Liang, but he can't jump up at all when he is pressed.

The Greek lad felt the huge disparity in strength.

Li Liang's body was already very strong, and he was wearing a steel body, like a tiger.

The Bucks offense still missed, Li Liang got the backcourt rebound, and he held the ball to push the counterattack.

Still Antetokounmpo, Li Liang continued to rely on his body, one accelerated to open the defender, and after being caught under the basket, he passed the ball back to Granger, who was following him.

Granger dunks with both hands!

The Bucks had some trouble opening the offense, and they had terrible shots.

I missed a couple of shots in the opening game.

Three minutes into the game, the Bucks still didn't score.

In addition to the terrible hand, the Pacers' defense started the game really well.

After a back-and-forth argument between Vogel and Mike Brown, they finally really combined "man-marking" with pressing defense.

The method of combining is also simple, others are single-defense, Li Liang decides whether to carry out the bag clamp, how to pack the clip, and when to pack the clip!

Anyway, the bag is just Li Liang's business, and the others try not to rotate.

This gives Li Liang enough autonomy to command and judge on the defensive end.

Li Liang has changed from the number one defensive player in the Lakers and Clippers period to the defensive hub of the whole team.

This role change is crucial to Li Liang's career, meaning that he will truly grow into a pillar of the team, more than any backcourt player.

That's why, Mike Brown has always wanted Leung to go inside.

Only on the inside, on the defensive end, can there be enough impact.

Brown wants to build Li Liang into a unique, offensive and defensive, stadium Ultraman!

Li Liang understands Brown's hard work, but it's really tiring to play inside! It's tiring to run around on the defensive end and block the eye!

Fortunately, Granger's recovery has put a lot of pressure on Li Liang on the offensive end.

On the counterattack, Granger forced the basket and missed, but McGee got the rebound and passed the ball to Li Liang on the outside.

Li Liang did not hesitate to catch the ball and shoot three points, and then hit!

In the opening game, the Pacers beat the Bucks 7-0, and the Bucks didn't score a single goal in the first three minutes.

Kidd got up from the bench and called a timeout.

The Bucks need to make some adjustments offensively.