Paul slapped his palms in annoyance and scolded, "What a damn! Then he quickly chased after Li Cheng, who had just run past half of the court at the moment.

Foster threw the ball directly to the frontcourt, because of physical reasons, Foster did not control his strength, and the pass was a little too big.

"Paul's layup was an amateur mistake, and you're going to do it too? Such a long pass can be spread big. O'Brien jumped straight on the sidelines, but Li Cheng didn't have time to think about it, he endured the suffocation in his chest, and kept accelerating under his feet, chasing after the basketball.

Li Cheng felt that if he didn't take a breath, a hot feeling would come out of his trachea, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted, he was still accelerating, and his target was only the spherical object in front of him.

"Ahh Li Cheng roared, and his feet were a little faster, and he finally controlled the ball before it went out of the bottom line.

The chasing soldiers behind him are approaching, and Li Cheng is too late to go to the basket. He adjusted it casually and shot directly.

Li Cheng's body shook a little when he jumped, but he still stabilized the hand shape of the shot, and the shot hit steadily. With 46 seconds left in the game, the Pacers led by six points.

"Boom!" Once again, the fans erupted with tremendous energy, and the Center for Consex resembled an erupting volcano. The ferocious magma possessed the power to drown out a qiē, and the roof of the arena seemed to tremble, as well as the floor of the arena.

Li Cheng gasped heavily, and the huge heaval of his chest was no longer hidden, mainly because he couldn't hide it anymore.

In fact, Li Cheng is not the only one who is close to the limit of physical fitness on the field, and everyone is not much better. This time, the Hornets attacked and did not find a chance. In the end, Chris Paul's forced jumper helped the Hornets retain a glimmer of hope.

"This game has come to this point. I don't know what words to use to put it. Zhang Lili of Celestial Empire 5 sighed.

"This game can really only be described as miserable, and this kind of fierce fight may only be seen in the playoffs."

"It's a game where both teams really want to win. But there can only be one winner in the end. This is the cruelty of competitive sports, but also the charm of basketball! ”

The Pacers' offense was then ruined by a foul by the Hornets. The game has entered the moment of foul play.

Lee Cheng and Granger were sent to the free throw line in succession, and they both hit the free throws steadily, leaving no chance for the opponent.

In the end, the Pacers won 132-123 at home against the visiting Hornets.

When the game ended, Li Cheng's feet went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

Li Cheng said a few casual words to Nissa and then returned to the locker room, he was too tired.

In this game, Li Cheng scored 41 points, 3 assists and 1 rebound. And Chris Paul chipped in a big double-double of 33 points and 16 assists. Both Li Cheng and Paul had impressive numbers, but in the end, it was the Pacers who played at home who came out on top.

Won at home against the Hornets. The Pacers will travel to New Jersey overnight, where they will challenge the New Jersey Nets.

Speaking of the game with the Nets, Li Chengcheng couldn't help but want to complain. The Pacers have four games with the Nets this season, but all four games have been played in pairs. The Pacers will take on the Nets back-to-back on the road tomorrow, and they will face the Nets again on their home court in two days' time.

Such a schedule may seem strange, but it doesn't really matter to most people. After all, all teams in the league can't miss one of the 82 regular season games a year, and who the opponent is. When you meet what kind of opponent, in fact, the impact is not very large. It's just that meeting the same opponent in two games in a row is an aesthetic fatigue for the players.

Li Cheng fell asleep as soon as he got on the plane, waiting for him to enter the "Top of the Basketball System" to see if his task was completed. All the walkers have already checked into the hotel.

As soon as you enter the "Top of the Basketball System", a prompt window pops up when the achievement task is completed.

"Achievement task, in the place where Jordan was glorious, the second stage of the wilderness stage - old and strong. The mission to go wild in the place where Jordan was glorious is completed. Gain system time consumes 15 days. 1500 gold coins, 1 attribute point. Experience 2W points. ”

Seeing the task reward, Li Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. Because after the game, he didn't know if he had completed the task. Now it seems that he has successfully completed this achievement. And the reward for this mission is not bad. Something like system time consumption is naturally as good as possible, and it should be very nice to be able to get 15 days at a time.

However, like the gold coins rewarded by the system, Li Cheng really doesn't dare to use them now, after all, this is something directly linked to his life, and he can't afford to be careless.

At the end of this game and the completion of the task, Li Cheng successfully rose to level 21, but his experience was only a little bit higher than level 21, and it was enough to see from here that the difficulty of his next upgrade must not be low.

Upgrading rewards 3 attribute points, and there is a reward of 1 attribute point for completing the task, Li Cheng allocated one of these 4 attribute points to agility, and the other three points were added to energy. Like the feeling he had fought to the end of his life in the last fight, he really didn't want to have a second time.

After completing the task, Li Cheng didn't look at anything else, and fell asleep directly. He was so tired from the night game that he couldn't recover after sleeping on the plane.

The quiet night passed peacefully, and when the sun rose again and the world regained its vitality, Li Cheng's life entered the usual rhythm again.

The game was played in the afternoon, so there wasn't much time left for the Pacers to practice. However, this has no effect on the Pacers, after all, the season is nearing the end, and the team will no longer do frequent physical training, they are more just doing some tactical training, which does not consume much time.

In the afternoon, when the walkers came to the Continental Airlines Center to warm up, Li Cheng saw Carter and went up to say hello to him. For this player who always has a smile on his face. Li Cheng still has a good impression. At the same time, Li Cheng still remembers that there is a bet contract between him and Carter!

The Pacers are now sixth in the East, before the end of the season. The chances of them finishing in the top four are not out of the question. The Nets, on the other hand, plummeted after Carter missed three games due to injury, and now the Nets have little hope of making the playoffs. Li Cheng saw some loneliness on Carter's face.

Carter's career was at its peak. But he could feel that he wasn't in the same shape as he used to be. The crazy dunk of his youth made his knees a little unbearable. Carter wants a ring very badly right now, but the Nets don't have any hope of winning the championship right now. After sending Kidd away, it is very difficult for the current Nets to even make the playoffs.

"If Tracy (Maddie) hadn't gone, what would have happened now?" I don't know when Carter began to have such thoughts in his head.

Seeing Li Cheng greeting him, Carter smiled and waved his hand, "Your progress is too fast." ”

"I'm still a long way from an all-star like you!"

"Don't be modest, you're definitely going to be an All-Star starter next season." Carter laughed.

"When we get to play. If you want to detain me, say hello in advance, I'll go out of the way, I don't want to give you a background. Li Cheng made a joke.

"It's cool to have the most popular rookie in the league right now be my dunk background. Ha ha! ”

Li Cheng pursed his lips and said, "Don't talk about it, I have to warm up." ”

"When the game is over, we'll get together." Carter said.

"No problem." Li Cheng made an "OK" gesture.

……

The game of the Indiana Pacers at the New Jersey Nets started quickly, and as soon as the game came up, Carter started to go into crazy offensive mode.

A player of Vince Carter's calibre. As long as he is 100% in form, there are really few people in this league who can stop him one-on-one. At least for now, no one on the Pacers can stop him in a 1-on-1 situation.

The Canadian Flyer scored six points in a row as soon as he came up, and then one of his breakthroughs caused Li Cheng's foul.

The Pacers, who were opponents tonight, were slow to get into the groove. Their consumption last night was too great, even Li Cheng hadn't recovered yet, let alone the others?

As soon as the Nets came up, they beat the Pacers 8-0. And all those eight points came from the relationship with Vince Carter.

Carter's outbreak showed signs from the beginning, and this sign was not suppressed at the beginning. Then I couldn't hold it down at all. By the time the Pacers were in shape and ready to organize a counteroffensive, the Nets had extended the margin to double digits.

The Pacers did little to put up resistance in this game. was taken away by the big outbreak of Carter.

In the end, Carter, who scored 47 points in the game, won a victory on his home court, and the Pacers, who fought for the last bullet yesterday, would lose this game as expected. Not to mention that the Pacers can't recover, even if they do, they probably won't fight hard for this game, after all, sometimes it's normal to strategically give up some games.

Li Cheng scored 23 points in this game, and his condition was not too good.

After the game, Li Cheng did not have the frustration of losing the game at all. He went to Carter with a hippie smile and pulled him away.

There weren't too many people they went to play tonight, just Lee Cheng, Granger, Carter and Harris. However, under the leadership of an experienced veteran driver like Carter, everyone had a great time.

……

After losing on the road, the Pacers returned to their home turf and after a day of rest, the Pacers played the New Jersey Nets again. This time, the energetic Pacers couldn't have let Carter kill seven in and seven out alone.

It was a more exciting game, and Li Cheng's table was very decent, but an unexpected person broke out.

Mike Dunleavy came off the bench in the second quarter and felt hot in his hands, and sometimes you would worry if his hot hands would melt the ball when he passed the ball to him.

O'Brien saw that Dunleavy Jr.'s hand felt hot, so he didn't rush to replace Li Cheng again, but let Dendleavy Jr. stay on the court.

In this game, Dunleavy Jr. scored 36 points, while Granger and Li Cheng also combined to contribute 51 points. The three of them alone scored 87, although Carter and Harris on the opposite side combined to score 58 points. But it still didn't help.

In the end, the Pacers won 123-115 on their home court.

After the game. Li Cheng also invited Carter to go out for the night. Recently, Li Cheng has been going out to play more frequently. But even so, he didn't fall behind in training, and it didn't affect his form. After all, with the improvement of the attribute of "perfect body", Li Cheng's body is getting better and better, and his energy is getting better and better.

After seeing off the New Jersey Nets on their home court, the Pacers will face Miami next.

Now this Miami team is not the defending champion of last year, and after the sharks swam away and Wade was out for the season, Pat Riley shamelessly chose to swing the slump.

How can this messy Miami team be the opponent of the Pacers, and the Pacers went on a rampage after the game began. The margin was widened to double digits. By halftime, the Pacers had a 20-point lead over their opponents. After three quarters, the game went into garbage time, and the Pacers won 105-85 at home.

With a home win over Miami, the Pacers have moved up to fifth place in the East, but they are only half a win ahead of the Atlanta Hawks in sixth, and their position is not too secure.

There are now eight games left until the end of the season, and according to O'Brien, try to fight for the fifth position. In that case, their opponent is likely to be the Cavaliers.

Although LeBron James, who has a small emperor, is not easy to play. But compared to the previous opponents, O'Brien believes that he still has a better chance of winning against the Cavaliers. After all, this season, the Pacers swept the Cavaliers in 3 games, on a psychological level. They also have some advantages.

April 1 is April Fool's Day, and the team doesn't play on that day, but they will make it to Boston in the afternoon. Challenge the Celtics. In the morning, the team had a holiday, but O'Brien still brought Li Cheng, Granger, and Tinsley to the training hall.

The playoffs are approaching. O'Brien has to have some secret weapons in place for the team, and he's relying on their backcourt combination the most. Especially the combination of Lee Cheng and Granger. These will be the Pacers' two big killers in the playoffs.

The three of them practiced in the training hall all morning, and O'Brien came up with some routines.

In the afternoon, the entire Pacers boarded a plane to Boston.

Boston is the largest port city in North America, and the "tea party" that once occurred here was also an important turning point in American history.

In the NBA, there are two teams with exceptionally illustrious histories. One is the Los Angeles Lakers and the other is the Boston Celtics. Compared with the elegance and aristocracy of the Los Angeles people, Boston, which is fierce and tough.

The Los Angeles Lakers represent grace and luxury, while the Boston Celtics represent toughness and unyieldingness.

The two teams rose to prominence this year, starting with the Celtics' outrageously formidable Big Three, and then Los Angeles' robbery of All-Star forward Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies.

This year's Finals are likely to be between the Celtics and the Lakers, but the season isn't over yet, and the Celtics will first face the Indiana Pacers on their home court.

The North Shore Garden Course is definitely a fixture for all players, and although the arena looks a little shabby, its real beauty is the retired jersey that hangs from his roof and the 16 championship flags.

The first time Li Cheng walked into this arena, he felt a different atmosphere. The air here is full of the smell of history.

"I'm really looking forward to tonight's game!" Li Cheng said.

Granger shook his head and said, "I don't want to play with those old guys, each one is more difficult than the other. ”

Lee Sung-jeong was talking to Granger when the locker room door was pushed open and it was Larry Bird who came in.

"Mr. Bird." The League of Players in the locker room greeted Larry Bird.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just casually strolling around, and I really miss this stadium very much!" Bird said, looking around.

Larry Bird is definitely one of the most famous superstars in Celtic history, and his entire career has been dedicated to this team, where he has created one legend after another. His matchup with the Magic has become an eternal classic in the NBA.

Take a walk around the visiting team's dressing room. Bird said hello to the players and pushed the door open.

Bird's presence was just a small episode, and the players were still preparing for the game at their own pace.

Soon the game began. In the eyes of many people, this game is also a duel between pitchers, but I don't know if the head coaches of the two teams will become a global fan.

Ray Allen. Billed as the best pitcher in the league after Miller. But Li Cheng has always had the halo of "Miller's heir" on his head. The matchup between these two is the biggest attraction of this match.

As for the result of the match...... The Pacers are really not too fancied. After all, the current Celtics give people a feeling of sweeping the whole league, although the Pacers have won the Celtics once before, but this time they really don't have the slightest advantage when they come to the road.

As soon as the game began, the Pacers felt a lot of pressure from their opponents. The Celtic defense gives a feeling of suffocation. It's not the playoffs yet, but the Celtics have come up with this level of defense, and it's certainly not going to be their limit, so what does it feel like when they push the defense to the limit?

In the game against the Hornets. The two teams fought against each other, the game was very intense, and the scene was very spectacular. But in this game, the Celtics limited the Pacers as soon as they came up, so that the Pacers couldn't attack if they wanted to, and the rhythm was completely controlled by the opponent.

The Pacers aren't afraid of opponents against them, and they're afraid of a team like the Celtics who put defense first.

In front of a defensive rating like the Celtics, Lee Cheng and Granger became the Pacers' only remaining solid scoring points.

Granger needs to tangle more with Pierce, in this case. More scoring pressure was on Li Cheng's shoulders.

It was Ray Allen who defended Li Cheng, and the long-awaited matchup for the media and fans finally appeared.

Lee Cheng used his erratic movement to find an opportunity, and he shook off Ray Allen and hit a jumper.

Soon, Ray Allen returned to color. And Ray Allen's offense is even more unreasonable than Li Cheng's. Li Cheng at least used his running position to shake off the opponent before shooting. And Ray Allen directly hit Li Cheng with his body, and then jumped up with a little backward with his body, and finally hit the shot easily.

In the attack, Li Cheng used more of his own skills. Defensively, he really can't do anything against an unreasonable player like Ray Allen. So he generally defends with his eyes on the court, not a strong opponent. He's not going to try to defend.

Being bullied in defense, Li Cheng decided to find his way back on offense.

Ray Allen is still relatively close to Li Cheng, and he can not only prevent Li Cheng's shots at this distance, but also react as soon as Li Cheng wants to break through.

I have to say that Ray Allen knows Li Cheng very deeply, and Li Cheng's shooting is extremely accurate, so it is impossible to let go of his shot. But Li Cheng can break through, so he can't stick to him tightly. And the choice of Ray Allen's distance is just right, almost without delay.

Ray Allen is a great shooter, but he's a dunk when he's more in the league, and he's not bad at physically. And his defense is not as bad as people think, and it can be said that Ray Allen is an all-rounder with no particular shortcomings.

In the face of Ray Allen's defense, Li Cheng did not give up his decision to attack, he wanted to get back on the field.

The shoulder shake was about to break through, and at the same time his right foot stepped forward, and Ray Allen subconsciously moved back a small step. And at the moment when Ray Allen retreated, Li Cheng stepped forward with his right foot and stared back, and his whole person was just in the air.

Step-back jumper! This technique has become Li Cheng's stunt, and this kind of step-back jumper with a huge angle has firmly marked Li Cheng's label.

Ray Allen desperately reached out to block it, but to no avail. Li Cheng successfully completed a bukkake on the top of Ray Allen's head, and just when the audience was hooked, they didn't realize that this was the last time Li Cheng and Ray Allen collided.

Next, Pierce switched to defend Li Cheng, and his thick body squeezed all of Li Cheng's offensive space all the time. You must know that even at this time, James has no temper in front of Pierce, this kind of man who can't die with 18 knives in his body, you really can't reason with him. The same goes for Li Cheng, in front of Pierce. He doesn't have any temper either, and he can only rely on his running to find a little shot.

At the North Shore Garden Arena. The Bostonians taught the Pacers a good lesson with their defense. In the end, although Li Cheng still cut the number of 21 points. But his side still couldn't escape the fate of away drinking. The 79-point score was also a new low for them this season.

The Pacers left the North Shore Garden arena in frustration, and the only good news for them tonight may be that Atlanta have also lost, as they continue to lead Atlanta by 0.5 wins and remain in fifth place in the East.

After the Boston trip, the Pacers didn't return to Indianapolis, they flew to their next venue, Milwaukee.

Originally, this game would be another "Chinese derby", but Yi Jianlian's injury made this game lose its due aura. CCAV5 broadcast the match, which disappointed many fans who wanted to watch the "Chinese Derby".

However, after the start of this game, the scene was more exciting. Reed and their champion Bogut combine inside and out. For a while, it was also impressive. There are also some wonderful collaborations between Li Cheng and Granger.

The scores of the two teams in this game were staggered until the end of the half, and the scores of the two teams were still anxious.

As soon as the second half of the game began, the Pacers suddenly came into play. Murphy gave Li Cheng a block and then floated to the outside, Li Cheng dribbled with his left hand, shook his shoulder, and then he passed the ball out of his right armpit, and he also played a role in blocking and dismantling the ball at the same time.

Murphy's three-pointer hit directly, and it was this three-pointer that started a wave of Pacers' patterns.

Next, Li Cheng and Granger made their own efforts. The Pacers gave the Bucks a 14-3 wave, and the 11-point gap was not turned over by the Bucks until the end. In the end, the Pacers won 108-100 on the road.

On April 4, the Pacers returned to Indianapolis after an away win over the Bucks. Then they had a day off, on April 6. They will once again face the Bucks on their home court.

Playing the same team for two consecutive games, Li Cheng continued his spit mode.

In this match, there is an interesting situation in the number of the two teams. Last game. Reed scored 28 points and Bogut grabbed 16 rebounds. The man who scored 28 points in this game became Li Cheng. The man who grabbed 16 rebounds became Foster. However, the final score did not change, and the Pacers beat the Bucks 108-100 at home.

Two consecutive victories against the same opponent. The win gap between Indiana and Atalanta hasn't changed in the slightest. However, in the next match, the difference between the two of them is destined to change.

On April 8, the Indiana Pacers host the Atlanta Hawks. It's a playoff spot between the two teams, and the standings between them will depend on who their opponents will be. After all, no one wants to run into the Pistons or Celtics in the first round, and the best outcome is to run into the Cavaliers, and the next best thing to do is to meet the Magic, right?

In this game, which is about the final spot in the playoffs, both teams are more serious.

As soon as the game started, Joe Johnson turned on the mode of individual attack. He's not a player who can score 30 points every night, but tonight he looks like he's going for 30 points.

Soon the Hawks took the lead under their "Eagle King," but soon the Pacers' counterattack began. The Pacers' counterattack tonight wasn't led by one person, they were multi-point blossoms.

Granger scored the first goal for the Pacers, and then Lee made the equalizing goal for the Pacers. After that, the Pacers never fell behind.

Foster hit a hook shot from the inside, Murphy floated to the outside to hit a three-pointer, and Daniels, who came off the bench, scored a dunk as soon as the Pacers were on the court tonight.

In the end, the Pacers, who had seven players in double figures, won on their home court against the Atlanta Hawks, extending the gap between them to 1.5 games. Such a gap, with four games left in the season, is basically relatively safe.

The next four games are at home against the Sherlock Bobcats, away against the Washington Wizards, at home against the New York Knicks, and finally on the 76ers in the final game.

The four teams have two playoff teams and two lotto teams. But even the 76ers and Wizards, who can make the playoffs, are not strong teams. The Atlantans will face the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers in a row.

Compared to the opponent's schedule. The Pacers are already very advantageous.

The Pacers have all but locked up the fifth spot in the East, but O'Brien still doesn't let his players take it lightly. In the history of this world. There are many stories of capsized boats in the gutter.

Facing the Bobcats at home, Li Cheng, who has not broken out since playing the Nets, finally ushered in an outbreak.

Mainly, Lee Sung's dislike of Larry Brown. Let him always want to fight hard when facing this old man's team.

At the beginning of the game, Li Chengcheng took the lead and hit a mid-range jumper first. Later, Li Cheng was under the stubborn defense of the Bobcats, and his desire to attack did not diminish in the slightest.

A barrage of shots smashed into the Bobcats' basket like a cannonball, and before halftime, Lee shook off his shoulders and shook off Okafor with a nice change of direction, and then he slipped from the baseline to the basket and went to the basket. The basketball wiped the board into the frame, and he also caused the opponent to foul.

While walking to the free throw line. Li Cheng stuck out his tongue at Larry Brown, which was an obvious provocation.

Lee Cheng has a certain prejudice against Larry Brown, and this prejudice, like his crazy love for the Los Angeles Lakers, is a concept he formed when he started watching the NBA, and it can't be changed.

After hitting the free throw, Li Cheng has scored 21 points tonight, and at this time, even half time is not over!

In the second half of the game, Li Cheng continued his fiery state and strong desire to attack in the first half.

"Your defense is paper-mâché?" Lee shouted at Larry Brown after a shot.

Because of his words. The referee gave Li Cheng a technical foul, but Li Cheng didn't care about the technical foul at all. In the face of someone he hates, he will definitely find a way to make that person uncomfortable. Looking at Larry Brown's face, Li Cheng was extremely happy in his heart.

In the end, the Pacers were led by Li Cheng, who scored 39 points. A comfortable home win over the Bobcats. The team won 4 in a row and also gave the opponent 5 consecutive defeats.

In the post-match press conference, Li Cheng turned on the taunt mode again, "I feel very good about tonight's game. I have a sense of giving and taking. Mr. Brown's team is supposed to be a very strong defensive team, but I scored close to 40 points. ”

After a pause, Li Cheng added, "It's a pity. My last shot was a bit careless and didn't go in. ”

Li Cheng didn't say that the last shot was okay. As soon as he said that Larry Brown had the last shot, he was even more angry.

Li Cheng used his agile footwork to trick Felton on offense, and then he received a pass from his teammate after getting an open shot. But he didn't shoot right away, and he waited for Felton to refill the position before jumping. And he didn't shoot with his right hand, but with his left hand.

Such a shot was not scored, and Li Cheng called it a pity.

Larry Brown suspects that Li Cheng threw it on purpose, and that the previous move was purely to humiliate him.

When the reporter told Larry Brown what Li Cheng said at the press conference, the veteran coach also bluntly said: "Such a player has no morality at all, and such a player does not deserve to appear in the NBA." If I had a player like that, I would have him at the very end of the bench until his contract expired. ”

Seeing Larry Brown's hideous face, the reporters at the scene shuddered. This old guy is so ruthless! I came up to abolish people!

The conflict between Lee and Larry Brown was the talk of the town again after the game, but many thought that Lee's approach was debatable. But there are also some people who think that Li Cheng's personality is straightforward, and he will never hide it, and he will retaliate against anyone who is unhappy.

Everyone's comments on Li Cheng have always been mixed, and in fact, you can't get everyone to say hello, even in your own country.

Yao Ming has always maintained a humble image in the NBA, and his diligence is also obvious to all. But there are still a lot of Yao Hei Cun zài in China, and some things are simply unavoidable.

Li Cheng didn't care about the comments at all, and he was sitting on a plane to Washington, D.C., where they were going to challenge the Wizards in the capital of the United States.

Lee Cheng had a second-round show storm in the NBA, and the last person to storm a second-round pick in the league is now with the Washington Wizards.

Arenas has missed most of the game this season due to injury, but he has recently returned from injury. The last game was the first game of the Wizards' return from injury against the Bucks at home, and he came off the bench to score 17 points in 19 minutes, and the scoring efficiency is still terrifying.

The Pacers will face Arenas won't be a 100% recovered "general," but he'll also cause plenty of trouble for the Pacers and Lee.

But don't worry about the fact that Arenas has recovered a few percent, and the media has long been focused on this match. It's the end of the season, and there aren't many games left to catch everyone's attention, and the Pacers' game against the Wizards is definitely the one that can get everyone's attention.

The battle between the two super second-round shows, is Li Cheng overthrowing his predecessors, or is he taught by his predecessors to be a man? The suspense of a qiē will be revealed in Washington! (To be continued......)