At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers led the 76ers by seven points at 28.

For the Clippers, 28 points in one quarter is a few.

Last season, the Clippers often scored more than 30 points in the first quarter, or even 40 points.

Li Liang brings something different to the Pacers' offense.

And this thing was not common in Li Liang's body in the past.

The audience and commentators were surprised to find that Li Liang's ability to hold the ball was so strong?

Last season, his ability to handle the ball was limited to a stop-and-go jump shot after a tentative step, and there were basically not many changes, and he opened up one-on-one, and it was difficult for him to break through the defense without a pick-and-roll screen.

As a result, in the first quarter of the first game of the new season, Li Liang broke through the inside line and scored continuously, making Noel dizzy.

Noel is inexperienced, and he is facing a senior who has had a shadow.

He was educated by Li Liang's three points before, and after two years, will he break through?

And Li Liang's breakthrough is very weird, everyone else rushes into the basket to make a layup and dunk, but this thing always suddenly makes a close-range pull-up jump shot.

Li Liang's stop-and-go jump shot rhythm is very unique, and ordinary people are really unpredictable.

In fact, Li Liang himself is unpredictable.

This trick has already been lost, and the emergency stop board has long been useless.

Li Liang became more and more proficient last season, and this season combined it with the breakthrough, and the teams have not yet begun to study him, how do you let Noel defend.

For Li Liang, the difficulty of this move lies in the timing of the emergency stop and the impact of the emergency stop on the knees and ankles.

Fortunately, Li Liang has equipment and does not have to worry about the accumulation of injuries.

As for the control of timing and rhythm, Li Liang has reached a very high level through repeated training in the system and in reality.

Li Liang scored 12 points in the first quarter, shooting 1-of-2 from three-point range, 4-of-4 from two-point range, and hit a free throw.

It's still Li Liang's efficiency, unstoppable.

Li Liang played the first quarter and sat on the sidelines to rest.

"Hey Larry, how am I doing?" Li Liang took a sip of water and asked Larry Bird for advice.

"So-so." Bird didn't even look at Li Liang, and threw a sentence to Li Liang.

Is this so-so?

Li Liang is disdainful, can't you see that I have used my new tricks to break up the 76ers' defense?

So, Li Liang began to chant in his mouth: "8, 60, 8, 60, 8, 60......"

Bird turned his head to look at Li Liang and said, "What are you talking about?" ”

Li Liang said: "It's nothing, it's just a set of numbers, 8, 60, 8, 60......"

Bird is such a smart person, the numbers 8 and 60, he immediately remembered in his mind, it was his score in the finals in 1981, and 60 needless to say, it was Li Liang's score in the finals.

Bird laughed angrily, this kid actually used this to mock himself?

It's really a talent.

Of course, Bird didn't know that this was what he himself in the system had taught Li Liang.

Who could know Bird better than Bird?

"OK, you're playing well, take two minutes of rest and get ready to play, I think you'd better end the fight in the first half, otherwise I'll think you're not too good for that."

Li Liang shrugged, "Then the first half is over, I feel like I'm in good shape today." ”

Li Liang is indeed in good shape today.

After holding back for a summer, after experiencing the knight's short wrong choice, Li Liang devoted himself to training.

This summer he had worked harder than the last.

He had returned to his hometown the previous summer and spent some time in China.

This year, he stayed in the United States for more than two months to improve his strength.

His physicality, skill, and experience have reached a new peak in his career.

After four minutes in the second quarter, the Pacers turned the score to 34-23 and brought the lead to nine points.

The 76ers really didn't have anyone, and Tony Roten became their most reliable point of hand.

When Li Liang reappeared, the 76ers couldn't find anyone to oppose Li Liang at all.

The 76ers let Chris Johnson, who is 198 tall, deal with Li Liang.

He entered the NBA in the same year as Li Liang, but he was even worse than Li Liang and was a draft loser.

In the scouting evaluation, Chris Johnson was rated as having a positive defense but lacking confrontation......

Lack of confrontation, in the face of the current Li Liang, that is the result of being hit and killed.

After Li Liang gained weight, the impact of the breakthrough was greatly strengthened.

In the first quarter, he made a foul by Chris Johnson and scored a three-pointer.

At the start of the second quarter, Hibbert attempted a mid-range jumper and missed.

Li Liang rushed to the inside, grabbed the frontcourt rebound, and then made a layup.

Chris Johnson was directly squeezed by Li Liang, and he couldn't squeeze it at all.

Tony Roten tried again to make a quick kill on the inside, only to be blocked in the middle.

Luo Teng could only use a difficult step-back jumper to shoot and miss the board.

Scola grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and the ball went to Stephenson.

Stephenson was still thinking about slowly advancing through the half, and Li Liang was already yelling, "Run!" ”

So, Stephenson, who received the command, suddenly accelerated, and then rushed all the way to the basket and made a layup!

Didn't make ......

Li Liang followed behind and wanted to make up the basket, but this time it was unsuccessful.

During the defense, Li Liang asked: "Why did you rush by yourself?" ”

"You made me run."

"I let you run, I didn't let you go straight to the basket! What about your passes? ”

It's hard to communicate with this kind of stupid guy in a game.

If you let him run, he will run, Li Liang runs means to fight a quick counterattack, how do you know that you are rushing?

Noel got the rebound and dribbled across the half court.

Getting to the three-point line and dribbling continuously, it felt like he was going to do something!

Then the ball was stopped and nothing was done.

After a few strokes outside, I realized that I couldn't.

Maybe in a low-pitch or training session he can change direction and then kill the inside, or make a mid-range shot.

But this is the NBA, NBA-level confrontation, and if Noel wants to attack with the ball himself, the result is to lose the ball.

Noel was robbed, he barely passed the ball out, but the ball was broken by Li Liang in the middle!

Li Liang broke the ball, accelerated, and ran wildly towards the front court!

He glanced at Noel, who was following behind, and Noel wanted to come up from behind to block it.

I don't know how thick the sky is, you're giving points.

Li Liang slowed down and let Noel catch up.

The two jumped at the same time, Li Liang had a backward movement in the air, hit Noel, and then stretched out his arm to avoid Noel's block, and a low-handed basket was successful.

And Noel couldn't control his body in the air, hit Li Liang, and was blown a defensive foul by the referee and had to be penalized.

Li Liang couldn't play such a ball last season.

This season, he is more experienced and stronger.

Li Liang landed very steadily and was not knocked down because of Noel's foul.

Li Liang stood on the free throw line and hit a free throw, stretching the difference between the two sides to 12 points.

The 76ers called a timeout, but it didn't help.

Because the 76ers have no cards to play.

They are all a group of third-rate and below-third-rate players, and the Pacers are still strong enough to beat the 76ers despite the absence of two big players.

The second half of the second quarter became a testing ground for Li Liang's new weapon, and he began to use his ball to break through the interior line of the 76ers, especially Noel.

The 76ers made preparations before the game, and the main preparation was to guard against Li Liang's three-point shot, and use the interference of backcourt players to create obstacles for Li Liang to shoot three-pointers.

Who knew that Li Liang didn't shoot three points, a crazy breakthrough, and the efficiency was surprisingly high.

The 76ers can only change their strategy and shrink.

By the last two minutes of the second quarter, the Pacers were 56-40, leading the 76ers by 15 points.

But 15 points, how can it meet Bird's requirement of "defeating the 76ers in the first half"?

Li Liang finally remembered at this time that Lao Tzu would still shoot three-pointers.

I'm the NBA's three-point king!

So, in the last two minutes, Li Liang shot four three-pointers in a row, hit three in a row, and scored 9 points, stretching the difference between the two sides to 22 points in one fell swoop!

At halftime, the Pacers led 65-43.

Li Liang scored a staggering 28 points in the half, the same as his own jersey number.

At the end of the break, Li Liang asked Bird: "Look, I did it, in the first half, I defeated the 76ers." “

Bird let out an "oh", "I thought it would be 50 points ahead, only half." ”

Fifty?

"60 minus 8 equals 52." 8)