The Pacers, who found their status, swept the East in the next period of time.

On January 24, the Pacers moved to Miami. Without James, the Heat have already withdrawn from the ranks of strong teams.

In the American Airlines Center that Li Liang is familiar with, he scored 31 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in a single game, helping the Pacers beat the Heat 97:87.

On January 26, in Orlando, the last stop of the Pacers' Southern Expedition, Li Liang used 40 points to break through the Magic again, 111:95, a 16-point victory.

On the 28th, back home, the Pacers beat the Raptors with 15 points.

On the 30th, the Pacers easily defeated the Knicks with another 12-point advantage.

Compared with the Warriors in the West, the Pacers, as a defensive team, don't have the kind of 20-point or 30-point wins.

But fans who have watched the whole game will know that the Pacers' suppression is very strong.

In these few games, Li Liang broke out and led to about 10 points, and then his opponent was never able to get close, and was kept under the water until the end of the game, and he was suffocated to death.

On February 1st, JaVale McGee finally recovered from his injury and ushered in a comeback. He followed the team to Sacramento to challenge the Kings.

In the game against the Kings, McGee and Cousins ​​​​conflicted, and both were called technical fouls.

Afterwards, Cousins ​​was called a technical foul for scolding the referee and was sent off.

The reason he scolded the referee was because Li Liang made Cousins ​​two offensive fouls in a row, and Cousins ​​refused to accept it.

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As a result, the Kings narrowly lost to the Pacers by two points at 99:101 at home.

Maybe McGee just came back, but the Pacers are a little uncomfortable with a lineup with a big center.

During the period when McGee was absent due to injury, Li Liang completed his inside defense task very well.

While playing, he continued to improve his inside defensive ability in the system.

He raised his [weak side defense] to 60 points—his teacher has changed from Bill Russell to Warriors legend Nate Thurmond. Of course, with Li Liang's height and wingspan, he is basically On the other hand, it means playing tricks and tricks in the game to complete the task.

He also raised his [Defensive Rebound] ability to 70 points. The teacher in this game was actually Bill Lambiel... He replaced Lambiel to represent the Pistons in 1987 and played against the Boston Celtics. Grab 15 or more defensive rebounds in a game.

Li Liang was very happy. He followed Lambir's example and first used his six foul quotas well.

The key opponent is the Celtics, and they even met Bird. In the first quarter, an elbow made the corner of Bird's eyes dry.

In the second quarter, he kicked McHale out of bounds.

Twisted with Robert Patry at the rim in the third quarter -- he's short, he wouldn't be able to grab the rebound otherwise!

Li Liang also studied the game video of Lambiel, wondering how he grabbed backboards in the game.

Put your elbows first, then poke your butt, hug your hands back, create an open space, and let the ball fall in front of you.

Whoever steps forward, pushes his elbows out, his buttocks out, and finally doesn't use much jumping, will get the rebound.

Li Liang is a good man who learns bad things instead of learning, and he learned this set of things in two mission matches.

He is very happy. Not only has his defensive rebounding ability improved, but he has also accumulated a lot of experience in rebounding in the backcourt.

Of course, when Li Liang completed his mission in the fourth quarter and the sixth offender left the field, he went to the bench and scolded Danny Ainge.

Then at the Boston Garden Arena, he bowed to all the fans, and by the way, had a friendly language exchange with some Celtics fans in the player tunnel.

The game was over, the task was completed, and Li Liang also gained nearly 20,000 anger points.

This is the happiest task Li Liang has completed recently!

Hit and hit, scold and scold, the task is completed, and the anger value is collected, it really serves multiple purposes.

I wish there were more missions like this.

After such and such "hard work", Li Liang has quickly grown into a qualified blue-collar center forward.

The speed of change and growth made Larry Bird feel, "The ability to adapt is really strong, and I saw my youth again."

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The Pacers also gained more attention in the United States because of their strong performance during this period.

Li Liang's ranking in the MVP rankings jumped back to the second position, only behind Curry.

The Pacers' ranking in the Eastern Conference has also risen to third, approaching the Eastern Conference's No. 1 Eagles.

On February 5th, the Pacers beat the Detroit Pistons in an away game, 126:105, with a 21-point advantage, which is already the biggest difference the Pacers have won this season.

126 points also created the Pacers' single-game highest score this season.

This means that the Pacers' state has reached the peak of the season.

With the contributions of McGee and George Hill, the Pacers have faintly formed the prototype of a championship-level team.

This made many ball commentators feel that Bruce Lee may really be a champion team maker. Wherever he goes, which team can have a championship appearance. Maybe this is the person with the championship gene?

On February 7th, the Eastern Conference will finally usher in a major event.

The Indiana Pacers will host the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This can be said to be the most anticipated matchup in the Eastern Conference.

After experiencing instability at the beginning of the season, the Cavaliers ushered in a record explosion in December and January.

James, George and Irving formed a backcourt combination, also invincible in the east.

The combination of the three has allowed the Cavaliers to achieve a wave of 12 consecutive victories and a wave of 8 consecutive victories.

Because of too much debt at the beginning of the season, the Cavaliers are still ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

But they have already become the most powerful contender for the Eastern Conference championship together with the third Pacers.

The game got the nationally broadcast treatment.

On the night of February 7th, the Conseco Arena was very lively.

The media continued to build momentum for this game.

Several major TV stations projected poster portraits of James and Li Liang on the background screen.

In the last game between the two teams, the Pacers lost to the Cavaliers in Cleveland.

The Pacers weren't at their best at the time, and the Cavaliers weren't at their best either.

After two months, the two sides met again, but they were not who they used to be.

Who is the real king of the Eastern Conference may be a clue from this game.

...

Before the start of the game, Li Liang came to the Conseco Center early to warm up.

It was Zhu Shu who drove him here. As the season entered the middle and late stages, the agent began to enter a relatively idle time period.

Zhu Shu came to the Conseco Arena to watch the game tonight, not mainly to watch Li Liang, but to watch Julius Randall.

Randall was accidentally selected by the Cavaliers, and his performance in his rookie season was not bad.

However, I have personal ability, but lack of teamwork. In the limited game time, I always try my best to play on my own.

Zhu Shu has been an agent for three seasons, but she still doesn't know much about basketball.

But she understands public opinion, public opinion, and fans' trends, which is more important to an agent than understanding basketball.

When Li Liang was warming up and resting, Zhu Shu came over and said, "Li Liang, I want to discuss something with you."

"Wow, you still discuss things with me? Didn't you always give the order? It's such an honor today?"

Zhu Shu tapped Li Liang.

With the official establishment of the relationship between the two, the opposition party has become the ruling party, and the promises made before the ruling will be more or less discounted.

Moreover, Zhu Shu's personality has changed a lot compared to the past after struggling in the brokerage market.

No longer shy and dull, but vigorous and resolute, direct and sharp in doing things.

Because Li Liang concentrates on basketball, Zhu Shu handles all the affairs of this small family.

Dealing with family affairs is not at all easier than foreign affairs, but the two still trust each other very much.

"I'm serious, tonight's game, you definitely want to win, but if you face your junior, can you..."

Of course, Zhu Shu's junior refers to Randall.

Li Liang immediately understood Zhu Shu's meaning, "Wow, you want me to let go? How is it possible, I, Li Liang, have always played with all my strength."

Zhu Shu said: "Oh, I don't want you to let the water go, what I mean is, you are facing him on the court, don't beat him too badly. Also, you can give him some pointers."

Women's demands are always so unreasonable.

"If you want to guide you, let me guide you off the court. How do you guide in this game? Also, he is a substitute and I am the starter. I won't be playing against him for too long."

"You think about it. I feel that his recent public opinion is not very good, and his playing state is not right."

"Then let him adjust. He has trainers, teammates, coaches, and family members. It's not my turn to help."

"I'm his agent, am I just trying to figure out a way now?"

Li Liang really doesn't understand the brain circuit of a woman, what is it called?

For a while, Li Liang couldn't refuse Zhu Shu, he thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll help him on the court then. Don't think about such crooked ideas in the future."

Zhu Shu nodded, because Randall is currently the most important training player in her hands, so she is so concerned.

But Li Liang thought in his heart, then I will give my dear Kentucky junior a breakdown therapy.

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