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Kidd's coaching with the Nets last season was quite successful.

Thanks to the Pacers' civil turmoil, the Nets reached the Eastern Conference finals, and then were beaten by the Heat and eliminated.

Because of the relatively successful performance, the Bucks used two future draft picks during the offseason to replace Kidd to preside over the overall situation and help the Bucks youth army rebuild.

However, after Kidd's arrival, the performance of the Bucks in the new season is not very satisfactory.

The record so far is 17 wins and 16 losses, which will exceed 50% of the winning rate.

Kidd has never helped the Bucks figure out.

So-so offense, so-so defense, so-so overall.

Of course, the Bucks' lineup is also so-so, especially after Parker was injured. The team's player training plan has been greatly affected.

After returning from the timeout, the Bucks' offense didn't improve much. The Pacers insisted on one-on-one defense, and the Bucks couldn't pass the ball smoothly enough from the outside. How can they organize an offense?

Finally, after passing for a long time, Pachulia caught the ball in the middle and shot a jumper, but he still didn't make it.

McGee grabbed the backboard and Li Liang took the ball carefully.

He didn't want to be smashed by McGee again.

Li Liang passed the ball to Hill on the flank. After holding the ball for halftime, Hill caught the screen at 45 degrees and walked in, then suddenly returned the ball to Li Liang who was following up in the middle.

Li Liang received the ball, two steps away from the three-point line, and shot directly with the ball!

"Shua!"

Come on!

Kidd sat on the bench and rubbed his face.

What kind of play is this? Why did you start shooting three-pointers again? Are you being unreasonable again?

For a period of time at the beginning of Li Liang's season, the number of three-point shots and shooting percentage decreased, while his shots and scoring at the basket increased.

After the return of Hill and Granger, Li Liang began to consciously reduce his activities at the basket and return to his old three-point line.

This will kill the teams. Li Liang's three-pointer can really kill people.

In response, Antetokounmpo also shot a three-pointer on the left side, and it turned out... It didn't make sense at all, and the shot was crooked.

Li Liang didn't even jump up, and went directly to grab a rebound. After taking the backcourt rebound, observe, a long pass to JR-Smith that looked at the audience.

Smith caught the ball for a layup, which should have been a surefire ball. Unexpectedly, Antetokounmpo made a layup from behind, and a big cap blocked Smith's layup!

This ball is really beautiful, and Antetokounmpo's physical fitness is even more obvious.

Li Liang remembered that Antetokounmpo was about the same height as himself last season, and felt that he had grown taller and stronger this season.

Li Liang can become stronger through the system, but there is no way to make himself grow taller.

Antetokounmpo's block is really a talent.

Then in the counterattack, Middleton passed the ball to Antetokounmpo, facing Li Liang, Antetokounmpo dribbled the ball under his crotch, and the ball flew...

Out of bounds.

This may also be a talent.

After playing back and forth for several rounds, the Bucks still didn't score a point.

Kidd is so anxious, he can't call a timeout anymore, right?

Fortunately, the Bucks' defense has not let up.

Li Liang tried to lob McGee in the high post, but McGee got the ball, but was intercepted.

During the counterattack, Middleton received the ball from the left, made a three-pointer and made a hit.

The Bucks finally broke the scoring drought and scored the first point of the game.

Later, the Bucks defended Li Liang's breakthrough with the ball. Kidd's defensive strategy against Li Liang was very clear, that is, to block Li Liang at all costs and pile up the numbers.

Li Liang played the ball a bit directly. He missed a jumper with an emergency stop, and the Bucks quickly counterattacked.

Antetokounmpo walked in the middle, took advantage of his height after receiving the ball, pushed with one hand, hit the board and scored two points.

The Bucks scored 5 points in a row, and the Pacers needed to score.

Li Liang received a pass from Hill in the middle and chose to break through again. This time he caused a foul by Antetokounmpo, went to the free throw line, and made two free throws.

Antetokounmpo delayed Li Liang's entry into the NBA by a year, but the feeling is that this is still a young, fledgling rookie, and Li Liang has been a veteran of the vertical and horizontal league for several years (two and a half years).

Faced with Li Liang's strong style of play, Antetokounmpo was a little helpless.

When he first entered the league last year, this guy wasn't that strong, was he?

In the summer, Antetokounmpo has been practicing desperately to improve his muscles and strength, but there is still a big gap, and he must continue to work hard.

After that, the Bucks slowly regained their sense of offense.

They gradually adapted to the Pacers' one-on-one defensive strategy, opened up more space, and moved the ball more quickly.

But the Bucks found that it was still impossible to contain Li Liang.

Li Liang is now playing games with full firepower from the beginning, playing as much as he can, shooting as much as he can, and showing no mercy.

When the situation gradually opens up, more opportunities can be created for teammates.

Kidd asked to do his best to double-team and compress Li Liang's space for movement. As a result, Li Liang handled the ball very well several times.

Facing a three-person double-team, he played the ball calmly, and there was a beautiful pass through the crotch, which assisted Stephenson to make an air-cut dunk.

After Tomjanovich's training, Li Liang's ball awareness has improved.

For example, in the face of a three-person double-team, especially when the flank is encircled by three people, how to play the ball calmly is a great test of a player's psychological quality and tactical quality.

After Li Liang came to the Pacers, as the team's single core, the defensive pressure he received was much stronger than that of the Lakers and Clippers.

It is impossible for Li Liang to use the strategy of exchanging pieces. It must be double-teaming, multiple people double-teaming, and defending in advance.

At this time, Li Liang's awareness and ability to play the ball are particularly important.

Li Liang played the entire first quarter, scored 15 points and sent 5 assists, helping the Pacers 31:20 and leading the Bucks by 11 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the second team of both sides appeared.

The Bucks' backup guard OJ-Mayo opened the first ball, came out to catch a pass from Bayless, and made a mid-range emergency stop jumper.

Mayo was considered to be able to become an excellent player like Kobe, but he quickly disappeared after entering the league.

It is said that it was because he didn't grow tall after entering high school.

But Wade is not tall, so it is still a matter of talent and hard work.

Coming to the Bucks to play as a substitute, Mayo still has the strength, that is, his style of play, which is a bit to be eliminated by the current era.

There are too few three-pointers, and the defense is not good enough. He looks like a superstar, but his hair is getting longer and messier, and his beard is getting more and more sloppy. His image is rapidly pulling his hips just like his state.

On the Pacers side, Scola received a pass from Stephenson in the middle, slid into the basket with quick steps, and succeeded in licking the basket skillfully.

Immediately afterwards, the Bucks made a mistake on the offensive end.

David West caught Stephenson's touchdown pass in the high post, made a mid-range jumper, and made two more points.

Scola and West are both inside the second team, so there is no need to worry about offense.

As long as the two are given a chance, their skilled low-post skills and accurate mid-range jumpers will be a nightmare for opponents.

Kidd shook his head frequently off the court, how to play this game?

The Bucks missed another three-point shot from the outside, but the ball bounced farther, and Bayless got the offensive rebound.

The Pacers' basket was empty, and Bayless hit the ground and passed it to Henson who was plugging in. Henson caught the ball and dunked with both hands.

For the Pacers' second team, the height of the basket is indeed not enough, but this kind of scoring does not do much harm to the Pacers.

Compared with Kidd's sitting on pins and needles, Bird is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

For the first half of the season, Bird, as a coach, felt like he had done nothing.

There is no brilliant tactical design, no outrageous on-the-spot command, but he just silently integrates the team, slowly adjusts the lineup, waits patiently for the wounded to return, and comforts Li Liang, the most powerful Pacers man. One side, gradually revealed.

Just like he used to build the Pacers lineup, quietly, but quite effectively.

Unlike some teams, it always feels like a big deal, and when it's bad, it's earth-shattering, and then it's desperate to get a high pick.

After I get it, I won’t choose it. I choose randomly, and I will be laughed at in the end, and there will be another parallel import champion/second place.

Bird just quietly observed, fine-tuned, and did what he should do. This is the experience he has accumulated for decades since he started playing.

From this point of view, Jason Kidd, who is known as a smart man on the basketball court, is still a little bit worse than Bird.