Mike Cullen's work efficiency is indeed high, and the matter between Li Cheng and Jiang Xinghan is not complicated. He found Jiang Xinghan privately and communicated with him to solve the matter, and Li Cheng only paid a little symbolic liquidated damages in the end.

However, on the night when the matter was resolved, Li Cheng received a text message from Jiang Xinghan - "Little bastard, let's see, Lao Tzu will clean you up." ”

For Jiang Xinghan's text message, Li Cheng just laughed it off. A villain like Jiang Xinghan, Li Cheng didn't take him to heart anymore after he decided to terminate the contract with him.

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On February 19, 2008, the Indiana Pacers will play their first game since All-Star Weekend when they travel to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

In the away team's locker room at the Quick Loan Stadium, Li Chengzheng tied his shoelaces very seriously. He thought that after Jiang Xinghan spread rumors and put pressure on the team, he would at least have to explain, but since the team started training the day before yesterday, his teammates didn't seem to react, only O'Brien talked to him for a while.

"Li, it's just a shoelace, are you going to do it?" Granger found out that he had been out for a few days, and when he came back, Li Cheng seemed to be very serious about everything.

Li Cheng nodded slightly and did not speak. At this time, a very discordant voice came out from the side.

"Danny, people are just pretending, what do you care about him?"

Granger glared at Dunleavy Jr., who spoke, and said, "Mike, what do you mean?" ”

Li Cheng took Granger's hand, shook his head, and motioned for him to stop talking. Granger opened his mouth and swallowed the words that reached his throat.

Little Dunleavy snorted coldly and didn't speak. The others didn't speak, and Li Cheng felt a strange atmosphere. His popularity in the team was not very good, and what Jiang Xinghan said in front of the media seemed to have caused some bad effects on him. He realized what he had to do, for the sake of his relationship with his teammates. Basketball is, after all, a five-man sport, and if he's isolated in the locker room, it's harder to make a difference in the game, let alone a pitcher who needs a lot of teammates.

O'Brien returned to the dressing room, not noticing anything unusual in the dressing room, and simply rehashed the tactics set up before the game. Today, the return of Daniels and Diner gives him more options in his employment, but in his O'Brien's heart, Li Cheng's tactical position has not wavered in the slightest.

He had talked to Li Cheng before, and in Li Cheng's sincere eyes and sincere words, he heard a sunny and sincere young man, and he chose to believe in Li Cheng. He believes that Li Cheng will not turn against the team for the starting position and money, and the current Li Cheng has not yet become famous, and he also believes that Li Cheng will not be the kind of short-sighted person. In addition, Li Cheng's training attitude in the past few days is very good, and when he warmed up before the game today, Li Cheng was also very serious. This deepened O'Brien's good impression of Li Cheng.

The staff came to the locker room to remind them that the game was about to start and told them to go out and prepare.

Today was the Pacers' first game after the All-Star break, and with all the teams starting their final sprint after the All-Star break, O'Brien wanted to win today's game very badly.

'Boys, we have to win today's game.' O'Brien shouted. O'Brien rarely felt so excited, and the Pacers' players also felt a hint of pressure invisibly, and these pressures also stirred up their fighting spirit and morale.

The players stood in a circle in front of the locker room door, and Granger was surrounded in the middle. Granger raised his right hand and shouted, "Brothers, who will victory belong?" ”

"Victory belongs to Indiana!" Everyone responded loudly.

O'Neal Jr. didn't come to Cleveland with the team today, and there have been many rumors that the Pacers will be rebuilding next season, so Granger has gradually replaced O'Neal Jr. in the Pacers' place.

The players walked out of the locker room and lined up in front of the tunnel and the game soon began as the live DJ began to introduce the players.

Li Cheng sat on the sidelines and watched the game, but at this time his mentality had changed drastically. Now he doesn't worry about his playing time at all. First of all, he has proven his ability after the previous games, and secondly, he has confidence in his ability, and the impact of confidence on a person is really unimaginable.

Soon Li Chengcheng waited for his opportunity to play, and in the fourth minute of the first quarter of the game, Dunleavy Jr. fouled twice and ended his first quarter of the game.

O'Brien was increasingly unhappy with Dunleavy Jr.'s appearance, and he was fouled twice against a defensive stalwart like Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes is a guy who only breaks through on the offensive end, but it was this guy's breakthrough that caused two fouls from Dunleavy Jr.

Li Cheng's appearance made the Cleveland commentator wonder, "Indiana has replaced a Chinese player, and I have never heard of this Chinese player." Daniels has returned from injury, why didn't O'Brien replace Daniels? Let me look up the information about the Chinese player. "A lot of fans have this kind of doubt in their minds, but the commentator will soon look up the information and give an answer, they just need to press the doubt in their mind a little.

The commentator then began to look up the information, and soon he said: "The Chinese player named Li has been inactive for a long time, but he has been impressive in the last three games, scoring 6 points, 19 points, 18 points, and contributing to the stunner against the Trail Blazers to avoid a 10-game losing streak against the Pacers." ”

However, by the time the commentator said this, fans no longer felt that O'Brien's replacement of Li Cheng was a puzzling move.

Lee Cheng started to run very aggressively as soon as he came on the court, he ran out of space through Guò Foster's screen, and Granger held the ball on the other side to attract the center of gravity of the defense. When he saw Li Cheng's vacant seat, he didn't hesitate to hold the ball and throw it at Li Cheng.

Li Cheng's unobtrusive shooting after receiving the ball made the fans of the Quick Loan Arena see his strength. And when the commentator told his information, the fans at the scene had put away their previous contempt and began to regard Li Cheng as another fierce rival besides Granger.

O'Brien's eyes flashed with surprise on the sidelines, "I heard that this kid trained crazy during All-Star Weekend, and it seems that this is the result of his training." ”