Li Cheng spent the rest of the first quarter on the bench, and O'Brien didn't feel anything wrong with Li Cheng's abnormal play today. A player's state fluctuates, and Li Cheng is also affected by off-field factors, which O'Brien feels is normal.

A grand event in the eyes of the Chinese, but in the end it is made like this, the audience will feel uncomfortable, let alone one of the two protagonists of this grand event.

If Li Cheng can adjust in the next game, then O'Brien will look at this Chinese more highly, and if he fails to adjust, this is also a normal phenomenon.

O'Brien decided to give Li Cheng more time, and he wanted to see Li Cheng's self-regulation ability. In O'Brien's mind, there was already some idea, and that idea somewhat coincided with the team's manager, Mr. Larry Bird. Therefore, O'Brien wanted to use this game to examine Li Cheng.

It's not that the current Pacers can't afford to lose, not to mention that their opponent today is one of the best teams in the entire league, and this is a back-to-back away game, so it is very appropriate to use this game to examine and train a player with extraordinary potential.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Li Chengcheng was replaced on the court, and the Spurs are now substitute players fighting, and Bowen is not on the court, just so that Li Chengshang can find a feeling. It's just that now he has to face the "Demon Knife" Ginobili, which is not an easy player to deal with.

Ginobili can definitely play the main team on any team, but he is willing to play sixth man for the team, which shows his own sacrifice and Popovich's control of the team.

It is indeed difficult to deal with a team like this, not to mention that Li Cheng is not in shape.

"Lee was replaced again, and I really don't know what the point of him being on the pitch is. O'Brien doesn't want to walk away with a win here anymore? ”

O'Brien said in an interview before the game that Lee would not be affected in any way and that he would help the team in his own way. I'm curious to see what kind of help this Chinese player can bring to Indiana. ”

"Is he going to help the team by continuing to be stealth?"

"Haha, maybe you want to continue to be invisible! Amazing Stealth! ”

The commentary of the local TV station in San Antonio is undoubtedly the greatest mockery of Li Cheng. The Spurs' idea of building a team may never have a hot superstar like Kobe Bryant and Maddy. Their stars are incapable of making a splash, and their GDP mix has always been a "boiled frog" model, pushing opponents to the graveyard of destruction in a tepid manner.

Quds basketball has always been criticized for not being hot enough, and no one will like their basketball until this model becomes a legend. As for whether their basketball will become a legend in the future, and whether Popovich and his group of players will become the object of everyone's worship, it is a story for another time. This kind of thing is unpredictable, and you can only ask God.

Therefore, San Antonio's commentary has an innate rejection of players like Li Cheng.

And before this game, Indiana's media was not idle. In their report, there was a quote - "At the Toyota Center, Lee defeated Maddie in San Antonio with a one-man victory, and he will surely continue the winning streak for the team." ”

All kinds of things before the game, as well as Li Cheng's extremely hot appearance, also made him unable to get any praise from the local commentators.

At this time, as soon as the commentator's mocking words fell, Li Cheng received the basketball for the first time after returning to the court.

Ginobili stuck to Li Cheng and tried his best to limit Li Cheng's space to take the ball and prevent him from jumping. Now this kind of defense is recognized by the whole league as the best way to defend Li Cheng.

Restrict Li Cheng from taking the ball, use his body to hard top, and then compress his offensive space to prevent him from jumping. This has now become a basic routine for defending Li Cheng, but it is difficult to say whether this routine can limit Li Chengcheng.

Li Cheng was leaning on Ginobili, and his waist continued to exert force, trying to open up the space for attack.

Now that Li Cheng's "perfect body" attribute has risen, his body is much better than when he first started.

After pushing Ginobili hard, Li Cheng quickly turned around and prepared to shoot.

When Li Cheng turned around and made a shooting move, Spurs players immediately came over to help defend. Popovich's team, the speed of the players' defense is definitely the first time Li Cheng has seen it. But after adapting to the game in the first quarter, and Li Cheng is now playing with his life, his state has also adjusted in time, and in the face of the opponent's assistance defense again, Li Cheng quickly responded.

Because of Ginobili's limitations, Li Cheng's starting height is not high, but his angle of lean back is very large, but this is more convenient for the assistant defense players. In the first quarter of the game, he received a big hat from Duncan, which Duncan easily sent behind him.

A person will never fall into the same river twice, and Li Cheng will never make the same mistake again. He withdrew his raised hands and slid the ball out from under the armpit of the assistant defender.

He gave the ball to Dunleavy Jr., but Dunleavy Jr. never thought that Li Cheng would pass the ball to him. But he doesn't care who passes the ball now, all he wants is his own count.

Little Dunleavy is very single now, you give me the ball, I will shoot it when I have the chance, and it doesn't matter to me whether I shoot or not. As a result, he has a higher shooting percentage and is more efficient on the field.

This opportunity, too, was seized by Dunleavy Jr., who scored in the middle of the range and finally managed to score two points for the Pacers.

With a defense like the Spurs, it was too difficult for the Pacers to score, and it was not easy for them to score a single goal. An open opportunity like Dunleavy Jr. is arguably one of the Pacers' best chances on the offensive end so far.

O'Brien saw Li Cheng assisting Dunleavy Jr. on the sidelines, and nodded with great satisfaction.

"This kid is also broad-minded enough, and he is a piece of jade." O'Brien Road.

Hart laughed, "I was very optimistic about him from the beginning. ”

O'Brien blushed a little, he was not optimistic about Li Cheng at first, although Li Cheng was very diligent in training every day. "Ahem! This proves that you have a good eye. In addition, it is not easy for this child to suddenly rise from the end of the bench. ”

"But now he still lacks some boldness, a little bit of the temperament of a leader." Hart said worriedly.

"Just let him learn slowly! Compared to the first half of the season, he has improved a lot. ”

"That's right."

Just as O'Brien was talking to Hart, Lee Cheng sent another pass on the court. This time it was Rush who caught the ball, and he hit a layup after receiving a pass from Li Cheng. Judging by these two offenses, the Pacers' offense was very smooth and no longer like in the first quarter, where they were always on their own.

"Uh...... Lee delivered a beautiful pass and Rush hit a layup to score two more points for the Pacers. ”

"Now it's 18-25 and the Indianas have narrowed the gap."

The two commentators were a little embarrassed, and at this time they were praying in their hearts that Li Cheng's two passes were just accidents. Otherwise, they are really shooting themselves in the foot.