O'Brien didn't care about the rookie workout in this game, and the Pacers' style of play in this game was still very focused on Li Cheng and Granger.

In front of the Pistons' group of veterans, Li Cheng and Granger could not achieve some overwhelming advantages.

For a defender, being young means he can run and jump, but it also means that he has no experience. And for an aging defender, age means he can't run, he can't jump, but they have a lot of experience.

So Lee and Granger didn't gain an advantage against Loops, Hamilton and Prince. But they're young, so they're more able to run and jump than the Pistons veterans.

Lee and Granger have kept the lead by playing more minutes than the Pistons' veterans.

At the end of the first half, the Pacers led the Pistons 49-46. In the locker room, O'Brien made a lot of sense, "You're younger and more fit than they are." So even though we only have a three-point lead right now, as long as we keep our attacking consistency, our advantage will grow bigger and bigger over time. ”

"Those old guys from the Pistons are all retiring, and there's no reason we can't win against them!"

The biggest advantage of the Pacers compared to the Pistons is their youth.

O'Brien didn't make any substitutions that interrupted the team's offensive coherence in this game, and he has been very cautious with his substitutions.

Serge Ibaka and Hibbert can still be substituted, while Lopez is out of the game.

MoneyMoss only got a little playing time in the second quarter, and Rush only got a little playing time after Lee Cheng and Granger got tired.

O'Brien still reuses the more experienced McRoberts and Foster.

And more importantly, the Pistons' interior strength is not very strong. Prince has a regular cameo appearance at the No. 4 spot on the Pistons' lineup, and Rasheed Wallace is also a more perimeter player. Therefore, even if the Pacers' weakness is exposed in front of the Pistons, the Pistons will not be able to give the Pacers a fatal blow.

In the third quarter, Granger began to explode before Li Cheng. For the first time this summer, Granger's training sessions showed results, starting with hitting a mid-range shot from Hamilton's blinded defence.

This mid-range shot completely opened Granger's scoring account in the second half of this game. He then hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, then broke inside and drew a foul on Rasheed Wallace and hit a layup.

If Granger's ball is placed on the Pistons at the peak moment, it goes without saying that it is definitely a big hat. The Pistons had Ben Wallace, known as the No-Fly Zone, and how many guard nightmares did Rasheed Wallace's long arms cause back then?

It's just that time is ticking now, Big Ben has removed the arms of the no-fly zone, and Rashid Wallace is already in decline.

When he saw Granger hit a layup and beat his chest near the baseline and roared, Roar Tianzun didn't open his big mouth to angrily scold Hamilton who was passed by Granger, he just stood there with his waist crossed. Look at Granger. The body he stood there exuded the helplessness of a hero in the twilight.

But Granger's performance is not over, Granger's style of play is unpretentious, but at times extremely lethal.

Granger shot inside and outside, and he scored 18 points in the third quarter, while Li Cheng took the remaining 12 points of the Pacers in this game on the sidelines.

The Indus Twins combined for 30 points in the quarter, and the Pistons were a little less efficient in the quarter than they were in the first half. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers led by 11 points, 79-68.

The Pistons, who often limited opponents to 80 points, are gone, and the Pistons are really old. The grassroots champion who almost swept the Lakers in F4 that year has completely aged.

In the final fourth quarter of the game, Li Cheng and Granger each played 3 minutes. Li Cheng shot 4-of-4 in the first three minutes, including a three-pointer, and scored a total of 9 points. After that, Granger also shot 4-of-4. Scored 8 points.

The perfect play of the Indian City duo allowed the game to end six minutes early, and in the end, O'Brien sent the Pacers' purest bench to brush up on experience.

In the end, the Pacers defeated the Pistons 106-97 on the road, making it two consecutive wins since the new season.

In this game, Granger scored 34 points, and Li Cheng scored 33 points. The two of them combined to contribute 67 points, and their terrifying scoring explosiveness was fully revealed.

In this game, Granger squeezed out Li Cheng and was elected the best player of the game, but for the best player in a single game. Li Cheng didn't care for a long time.

In the final games of last season, the Pacers' best player in a single game was basically Li Cheng. At that time, his rise was amazing, and his contribution to the team in every game did not need to be entangled at all, and the best player on the match was definitely his.

However, this season, Li Cheng's watch is already ordinary in the eyes of many people, and Granger has grown a lot this summer.

However, this phenomenon is an absolutely good thing for Li Cheng, after all, Granger's strength shows that the Pacers team is even stronger. And the Pacers are stronger, which is their most straightforward weight in the championship competition.

After the game against the Pistons that night, the Pacers immediately boarded a plane bound for Indianapolis. By the time they returned to Indianapolis, it was the second day of their game against the Pistons, and they were going to collide with the Celtics that night.

All of the Pacers dragged their tired bodies back to the hotel, and the team didn't have a very heavy workout on the day, just some shooting drills after the afternoon assembly.

The players were already asleep, and after a fierce game, they didn't have the strength to run out and fool around.

However, O'Brien still didn't sleep after the player fell asleep, and he was in the room chatting with John Stegan.

"Jim, here's my training plan, look." John Stegan gets straight to the point.

O'Brien took a look at Stegan's training plans, most of which were aimed at the rookies on the inside, which was O'Brien's headache, but someone came to take on this problem for him, and O'Brien was happy to be idle.

"Your plan is detailed, so do it! I'll leave it to you, these boys. O'Brien said.

"There is another person, you can also hand it over to me!" Stegan rubbed his palms and said.

O'Brien glanced at Stegan with an inquiring look, and Stegen smiled: "Leave Li Cheng's training plan to me too!" ”

Li Cheng is now the number one star in the Pacers, and O'Brien can't worry about trading Lee to a young man like Stegan! If there is a problem with Stegan's training plan, and Li Cheng is injured, then the Pacers can be said to really have no generals in the army, and they will be bullied.

"This is my tailor-made training plan for Li Cheng, you can take a look first." Stegan handed O'Brien another copy of the paper.

O'Brien glanced at it twice and said, "You want to strengthen Li Cheng's breakthrough?" ”

"That's right, now Li Cheng's average of free throws per game is only 2.5, and he only made five free throws in these two games, which is too few for a star of his level." Stegan Road.

"But in these two games, Li Chengjing can score 33.5 points, and his number jù is already the top scorer in the league." O'Brien Road.

"But scoring more points doesn't mean that his lethality is strong enough, and now the Pacers' interior line is still relatively weak, if Li Cheng can inflict enough damage on the opposing players to get them into foul trouble at critical moments, we can have a big advantage." Stegen said: "Think about it, if Garnett were to foul early in the fourth quarter in the playoffs against the Celtics, how much of an advantage would that be for the team? ”

O'Brien thought for a moment and didn't speak. Now his heart is very entangled, according to his arrangement, Li Cheng's growth will let him go with the flow, and it is best not to interfere. Li Cheng's progress is already very fast, and there is no need to tailor a training plan for him at all.

But Sterngen's plan also seems to be attractive, if he can really build Li Cheng into what he says in his plan, Li Cheng, the sharpest spear of the pacers, will be upgraded, and this spear will be even sharper when the time comes.

O'Brien is a relatively safe person, and he doesn't like to take risks. But using this plan to build Li Cheng was not a risky thing for Stegan.

After thinking for a while, O'Brien asked, "How sure do you think you are?" ”

"8 percent."

"If Li Cheng trains according to your plan, will it affect his game form. If so, how much? O'Brien asked again.

Stegan felt that it was a real problem to face this old man, and that was the trouble that came with him not being the head coach of this team. If he's the head coach of the Pacers, where is he going to fight this old man in front of him here? Just go straight to it.

However, under the roof, Stegan still replied very patiently: "This question depends on Li Cheng himself, but according to my observation and collected information, Li Cheng's physical recovery ability is very strong, he played the whole game in every game in the playoffs last season, and this does not seem to affect his physical fitness." And my training is not to change his style of play, but to make more breakthroughs. So as long as his body is not dragged down by fatigue, his game will not be affected. ”

O'Brien's brows furrowed, and he thought for a long time before he replied, "Tomorrow, you go and talk to Li Cheng!" I'm okay with that. ”

Stegan let out a long breath, then nodded excitedly. (To be continued......)