After winning against the Hornets, the Pacers felt dangerous, but after ten games, they still had a good record.

They have a 9-3 record and are second in the East, behind the Atlanta Hawks, who have a breakout record.

But the Pacers weren't able to continue their victory, and after two days off after playing the Hornets, the Pacers hosted the visiting Phoenix Suns.

The Pacers, who also killed the Hornets with a three-pointer in the last game, had some problems on the defensive end in this game.

The Suns and the Pacers actually fought against each other, and the Suns pressed the Pacers from beginning to end.

Li Liang still gave a beautiful answer at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but he ......

"If you can't vote, don't vote! Do you have any feeling in your hands, whether you can enter yourself without points? ”

"Why don't you vote? If you can vote, you have to vote, what is a bad feeling, and if you vote, you will feel it! ”

"McGee, if you defend me again, or hit me in the head, I'll screw your head off and dunk."

Li Liang has to defend his opponent and teammates on the other hand.

If you want to say that the three fools can't do it, you will definitely wronged them.

The talents of the three people are actually very high, physically, and skillfully, they are all very good.

But it's basketball IQ...... It can't be said to be low, but there will be an inexplicable situation.

After Li Liang entered the league, he has been playing with teammates with very high ball quotients, such as Nash, Kobe, Paul and others, all of whom practice a little during training, and can play with a few movements with one eye in the game.

And like Stephenson, Li Liang has to keep reminding him not to burn the CPU.

After all, Finson needs to share some of the ball, but as soon as he burns his brain, this offensive option is spicy.

Smith's problem is to agree that he is a fan of offensive options, always playing not resolute enough.

Li Liangzhen hoped that the brains of the two people could overlap.

Forget it, overlapping, it could be even more terrifying.

Li Liang was so tired from playing for the first time after entering the league that he had to lower his experience to a level with them to devote himself to the game.

As a result, the Suns played beautiful offense and defense tonight, especially PJ Tucker, who marked Li Liang non-stop throughout the game, resulting in Li Liang's fatal mistake at a critical moment in the fourth quarter.

Li Liang had to foul and send the opponent to the free throw line.

Even if Li Liang assisted Smith to hit a three-pointer in the end, the Pacers still lost at home 104:106, a two-point disadvantage.

Li Liang scored 31 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds and got a triple-double.

He also had 7 turnovers and almost got 4 doubles.

The new lineup still has a long way to go in terms of the team's tactical operation and tacit cooperation.

……

After the game, back in the locker room, Li Liang went directly to Larry Bird and asked, "Larry, did you deliberately find some difficult players to toss me?" ”

Bird spread his hands, "You know, it's a good deal. ”

"I didn't agree to your deal, I want Danny."

"Danny has returned."

"But won't you let him play and come back as a mascot?"

"Bruce, now Danny's strength is not in the past, whether the player can play or not depends on his performance."

Bird didn't give Granger a chance to play in this game because he wasn't very happy with Granger's current performance.

And this guy has been having a little diarrhea recently, he said that it was caused by drinking the water handed by Li Liang.

Bird really didn't know what the point of Li Liang wanting Granger to come back was.

Let's say it's to boost the team's locker room atmosphere, to be honest, since Li Liang came to the Pacers, he has been the well-deserved boss here, and Granger can't be a locker room leader when he comes back.

And a player who has never been able to play and contribute is difficult to have prestige off the field.

Of course, Bird isn't in a hurry right now, as the Pacers' roster isn't complete yet.

When David West and George Hill return, the Pacers will be the real Pacers, and if the team has another problem at that point, it's not too late to rush.

Li Liang was indeed a little impatient.

There's no way, I played too smoothly in the Lakers and Clippers in the past, how can I encounter this situation now.

It can only be said that life is always full of challenges, and when you feel that there are no challenges, God will send you a few challenges.

After the audience left the game at the end of the game, Li Liang stayed to practice his three-point shot.

He has found that his three-point shooting percentage has declined recently because he has been playing more and more inside.

This shows that there are fluctuations in your hand feeling, and you must rely on a lot of practice to improve and maintain.

He was also trained with Granger.

Ever since he drank the water handed by Li Liang, he has been sick to his stomach, so he didn't train well or compete well.

After these two days, he finally recovered, and he felt that his physical condition was much better.

Granger is actually not very old, only 31 years old this year, and he is still on the tail end of the peak of a professional footballer.

It's just that injuries ruined his form, and after returning to the Pacers, Li Liang "encouraged (stimulated)" him as soon as he had time, asking Granger to train hard, "Maybe there will be a chance to catch up with me." “

Granger also wanted to go back to the place where the dream began, and he should fight again, so he trained very hard after he got better.

The two practiced until the early hours of the morning, then left the gym together and agreed to continue practicing tomorrow.

Li Liang could feel that Granger's state was slowly recovering.

The most important thing is that his self-confidence is gradually returning.

……

After losing the game against the Suns, the Pacers flew to Texas the next afternoon to take on the Texas Occults, the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs.

No. 22 is in Dallas, and the Pacers play the Mavericks on the road.

Reaching the playoffs last season, the Mavericks' strength is actually still very strong, but unfortunately they were bald when they met the Clippers.

The Mavericks have been on a strong start to the season, with a 10-4 start to the season and a top-half finish in the West.

Nowitzki is a year older, and in the summer Cuban signed back Tyson Chandler, the 11-year champion of the championship, anyway, he is determined to continue to maintain a certain combat effectiveness while Nowitzki can still play, and then wait for an opportunity to rebuild.

To be honest, Li Liang has always had experience in playing the Mavericks, and he knows where the strengths and weaknesses of this team are.

No matter how old Nowitzki is, the Mavericks' tactical dependence on him has never been able to shake off.

Nowitzki's defensive weaknesses are magnified with age, and it's not something that an aging Tyson Chandler can make up for.

So in this game, the Pacers played very targeted.

As long as Nowitzki is on the court, Stephenson, Sloan, and Smith on the outside will seize every opportunity to misplace and attack Nowitzki.

No matter how the Lone Ranger hides and how he makes up for it, the Lone Ranger's defense line is still full of holes because of Nowitzki's slow pace.

Nowitzki's performance on the offensive end is actually good enough, even if Li Liang comes to defend one-on-one, the old driver can still score points on Li Liang's head.

The elegant and silky golden rooster independence made Li Liang wonder when he would be able to obtain this skill in the system.

One day, if he learns it, he will use this trick to throw a dozen or twenty of him in Novitsky's head to relieve his hatred.

The Pacers had the advantage from the first quarter, and Li Liang was in control well.

In the past, he roared on the defensive end, defended on the offensive end, and now he has to roar on the offensive end.

Roaring and roaring, Stephenson and Smith slowly grasped Li Liang's intention and rhythm in the attack.

If a team can't grasp the brain's intentional signals in the limbs, the result will definitely be scattered.

Once there is a tacit understanding, the team's offense will be ever-changing, and the opponent will be at a loss in the attack.

In the past, the Pacers were a very dull team on offense, and the only one who was more creative was Stephenson.

It's just that his creativity often overflows, overflowing to other places.

Li Liang is teaching Stephenson better to control the ball through painstaking teaching.

"Damn, I'm only in the third grade, how do I feel like a forty-year-old veteran."

At the end of the game, Li Liang suddenly felt very tired.

It turns out that playing basketball is such a hard thing, where is the joy of the past?

The teammates were happy because the Pacers won.

They beat the Mavericks 115-101, 14 points on the road.

You look at McGee, you can't see the smiling eyes sitting on the bench.

Look at Smith again, he doesn't smile and he can't see his eyes.

Stephenson was in a daze with Bird, who always looked like a "pearl of wisdom", but Li Liang felt that he was in a daze, doing nothing, leaving everything to Mike Brown and Vogel to do, including the deployment of tactics during the timeout.

In the name of delegating power and giving full play to everyone's wisdom, Li Liang thinks he is lazy.

And Mike Brown...... Forget it, Li Liang didn't want to see him.

The only thing that made Li Liang look more pleasing to the eye was Vogel.

After moving from head coach to assistant coach, he has no complaints and continues to do his job.

Because he used to work in Kentucky, he and Li Liang naturally have a common voice.

Li Liang also thinks that his serious and meticulous work attitude is very good, and he likes to work with people who work seriously and meticulously.

So after the game, he discussed some game issues with Vogel to fill his empty mind.

And the teammates have already taken a shower, those who should get in the car get in the car, those who should be interviewed are interviewed, and those who should sleep have already run to the car and fall asleep.

If a person is too responsible, his life will definitely be more tiring than others.

Li Liang is like this, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, who made him want to be everyone's father and want to be the best player in NBA history?

……

While Li Liang and his Pacers were stumbling forward, there were two other teams in the league that were on the radar.

One is the Cleveland Cavaliers with the return of James, and after the start of the new season, the Cavaliers' performance has not been satisfactory.

After losing three of their first four games to the Knicks in the opener, the Cavaliers are on an embarrassing four-game losing streak by Nov. 24.

They lost to the Nuggets, Spurs, Wizards and Raptors in quick succession, scoring less than 100 points in a few games they lost, and in one game they scored just over 70 points.

It can be seen that the Cavaliers are going through a worse run-in crisis than the Pacers.

James, Irving and Paul George are really luxurious in the backcourt and look flawless.

But the distribution of the ball, as well as the imbalance between the inside and outside, as well as the problem of Blatter's tactics, are testing James and the Cavaliers.

Another high-profile one is the newly rising Golden State Warriors.

They started the season on a high stride, and every game they won was a big win.

It is often the third quarter to punch in, and the fourth quarter goes into garbage time.

It gives a glimpse of what the Los Angeles Clippers felt like last season.

New head coach Steve Kerr has been quick to dispel doubts and prove that he is taking the Warriors on a stronger path.

And Li Liang is not in the mood to care about the general trend of the alliance at the moment, and the issue of education has a long way to go, which is a top priority.