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Li Liang is still very impressed with the Pacers team.

Last season, the Lakers' winning streak at the beginning of the season was ended by the Pacers.

Their lineup is quite reasonable and balanced. The five starting players are all capable and have strong defensive capabilities.

The Pacers have always been very similar to the Detroit Pistons in terms of team building style.

The Pistons, who were famous in the league at the beginning, were the strongest opponents in the East, and they were the Pacers, which had no less than the starting lineup of the Pistons.

Just one Auburn Hills throwing the Pacers back.

Now that the Pistons have fallen with the decline of the city of Detroit, the Pacers have successfully rebuilt.

This season they will start to hit the championship.

This Pacers VS Clippers game is even called one of the previews of the finals.

This is too despised James.

But the media always want to come up with some gimmicks.

After the opening ceremony, the game will begin.

Li Liang and his teammates stood on the court. Tonight, the Clippers were wearing a new sky blue T-shirt jersey, and the Pacers were wearing a traditional yellow jersey.

Jordan lost a rare scrimmage against a taller and stronger Hibbert.

Like Hibbert, if you want to win him in the scrimmage, you can only rely on Li Liang and use his "indisputable struggle" method to win.

On the first offense, the Pacers chose the inside to let Hibbert play Jordan one-on-one.

The Clippers did not take any countermeasures, and let Jordan defend Hibbert alone. This is a contest between the giants.

And Hibbert took advantage of his weight and wingspan, squeezed in twice, and then hit a hook with his right hand, scoring the first point in the opening game.

There are fewer and fewer teams in the NBA that start from the low post like this.

Going forward seven or eight years, when Yao Ming was still active in the league, when a regular season started, most of the offense would start from the inside, let the energetic big center get the ball in the low post, and dig in like a bull. , Open the team's offense from the inside.

Only a few years after the retirement of Yao Ming and O'Neal, the league's offensive tactical style has changed greatly. There are fewer and fewer teams like the Pacers and Grizzlies that use low-post offense as an important tactical axis.

At least the Clippers are not such a team, although Griffin is a good low-post attacker.

The Clippers used a pick-and-roll tactic for the first attack in the opening game, and Li Liang stepped forward to cover for Paul.

Li Liang's screen quality is generally quite high, not only because of his solid core and technical moves, but also because his offensive threat is great, and opponents must switch defenses or pursue defenses.

Otherwise, with a pick-and-roll, Li Liang will have a chance immediately. His three-pointer is too deadly.

However, the Pacers' defense against the pick-and-roll is in place. Paul George is the main follower. He is not sticking to Li Liang, but standing on Paul's passing route to interfere, preventing Paul from easily passing the ball to Li Liang.

Seeing no chance, Paul passed the ball to Barnes, and Barnes was leading to Griffin on the wing.

Jordan sets a screen for Griffin, blocking both David West and Hibbert.

But Griffin's 45-degree mid-range jumper missed.

The first offense of the two sides in the opening is actually the keynote of the two teams' offense.

The Pacers will start from the inside and then gradually move to the outside.

This is a very traditional team play, similar to the Grizzlies.

The Clippers' style of play is more modern, and the pick-and-roll is their offensive engine.

The fast transmission of the ball from the outside, the three-pointer from the bottom corner, the middle road, and the 45-degree mid-range are the weapons of the Clippers.

After Hitberg scored the first goal, the two sides failed to score for several consecutive rounds.

Hibbert hurried down to catch the ball and rush to the basket, but the pass was destroyed by Li Liang.

During the Clippers counterattack, Griffin received a pass from Li Liang and tried to make a layup, but was blown away.

During the offense, the Pacers wanted to turn back to Paul George, but Li Liang once again destroyed David West's pass.

The Clippers' defensive preparations before the game are still quite sufficient, and they have taken precautions against the Pacers' high play and inside pass penetration.

In the two offenses, Li Liang judged the Pacers' passing intention very well and cut off their passing line.

These two defenses caused the Pacers to dare not pass and penetrate again.

The Clippers' first goal came from Paul's midrange.

With the help of Jordan's cover at the top of the arc, he found a mobile phone opportunity, and hit a mid-range jumper with a step inside the three-point line. This is Paul's offensive point.

The Pacers still chose to let Hibbert hold the ball in the low post on the left side, using the same starting style as the first offense.

But the backhand is different. Stephenson, who is passing the ball, chooses to cut in. Hibbert passes the ball hand-in-hand. After Stephenson receives the ball, he directly cuts for a layup!

This is a very classic guard-center low-post hand-off pass screen combination, which is used by most teams with tall centers, but now this tactic in the league is becoming less and less with the decline of big centers.

But this ball Stephenson did not make progress, because Li Liang on the weak side came to help defend and interfered with Stephenson's layup, and then Li Liang also scored a backcourt rebound.

Stephenson looked in disbelief, didn't he score this goal?

He also vainly pulled back at Li Liang, but of course it didn't make any sense.

After three consecutive offenses, the Pacers' intention to play inside was destroyed by Li Liang.

This caught Pacers coach Frank Vogel by surprise.

The Pacers coaching staff carefully studied the clips of the Clippers before the game, especially the two games the Kings played against the Clippers. Thompson and Cousins ​​caused a lot of trouble for the Clippers.

The Pacers also believe that penetrating the Clippers' seemingly thick interior is the best way to beat them.

Who knew that Li Liang's defense at the beginning was everywhere.

Then, Li Liang used Jordan's cover in the counterattack, found an open space outside the three-point line, and directly hit a three-pointer!

The Clippers took the lead 5:2.

But Li Liang was immediately called a blocking foul on the defensive end.

Originally, Paul George received the ball and broke through, Li Liang blocked George, George elbowed Li Liang, Li Liang fell all of a sudden, causing George's offensive foul.

Unexpectedly, the referee blew Li Liang's blocking.

Of course Li Liang was not happy, I moved so fast and my acting was so realistic, you actually called me blocking a foul?

And Paul George elbowed your sister to see it?

This kind of foul that can be blown or not, the referee obviously wants to control the field.

If the Pacers make another offensive foul, the game may not be played.

The referee finally appeased Li Liang. The Pacers sent the ball from the sideline and attacked the position. David West held the ball in a high position, and then passed it to Stephenson who was under the basket.

Stephenson received the ball, Barnes clung to it, and there was no chance on the first down.

But Stephenson dribbled the ball a little, turned around suddenly, returned to the horse and shot to the basket, throwing away the slow-moving Barnes, and Jordan had to come to defend.

Then Stephenson passes to Hibbert who is free on the other side.

Hibbert finally succeeded in a one-handed dunk!

After three penetration attacks, the Pacers finally made one.

This time Li Liang was transferred to the flank by Paul George, beyond his reach.

As for Griffin, he was completely watching in the middle, and he didn't know that he was going to rotate to make up defense.

No way, it's not a matter of attitude and enthusiasm, but a complete lack of awareness.

From high school to college, Griffin has played the core of the offense in the team. Relying on offensive talent, he can crush his peers, without having to think about how to supplement and assist defense.

It was only when I arrived in the NBA that I realized that there are many things I want to practice, especially the consciousness, which is difficult to practice.

Li Liang shook his head, knowing that this kind of ball scolding was useless, even if it was him, it would probably be a foul to charge up.

But Li Liang wanted to avenge Paul George's foul just now.

He received a pass from Paul, counterattacked and advanced in the middle, suddenly accelerated to Paul George's left side, and then rubbed his body against George.

After this rub, the referee immediately blew his whistle and called George a defensive foul.

George was very helpless, knowing that this was the foul just now.

Referees are like this sometimes, blowing one, and then finding another, the two ends are not on the right track, and they don't know what to think.

However, although George's foul was caused, the Clippers' offense missed.

In addition to Li Liang and Paul's personal offense, the Clippers' pick-and-roll and pass-through mode did not tear their space under the Pacers' ultimate one-on-one defense.

The Clippers need to speed up, they need to gain a foothold, and they need to seize the loopholes in the Pacers' tight defense.

But everything seems not so easy.

The Pacers are currently one of the strongest defensive teams in the NBA. In the East and the Heat, they can be said to be typical representatives of the hardline defense in the East.

But the Pacers' defensive strategy is quite different from that of the Heat.

Because the Heat lack an excellent frame-protecting inside line, they have to rely on a lot of rotation and outside oppressive defense to contain the opponent's offense, causing the opponent to make mistakes, and cooperate with the team's super fast counterattack ability to hit the opponent.

The overall configuration of the Pacers is more balanced, and players in each position have good personal defensive capabilities.

The center has Hibbert, power forward West, small forward Paul George, shooting guard Stephenson, and point guard George Hill.

Therefore, the Pacers adopted the simplest, but also the longest, one-on-one defense with the fewest loopholes.

One-on-one marking seems to be the simplest, but it also has the most changes.

Adolf Rupp, the famous coach in the history of American basketball, is a master of one-on-one marking—oh, Li Liang took his class in the system, and carefully studied the tips and techniques of one-on-one marking.

The first quarter lasted 6 minutes, the score of the two sides was 10:9, and the Clippers led the Pacers by 1 point.

The offensive success rate of both sides was not high, but the game process was quite smooth, neither side called a timeout, and the game entered an official timeout.

The Clippers carried out a personnel rotation, Crawford replaced Griffin, and Li Liang mentioned the fourth position.

During the timeout, Rivers asked the team to speed up the offensive rhythm, play more quick counterattacks, and strengthen the players' personal offense to break the Pacers' one-on-one marking.

But Paul and Li Liang didn't listen at all, and they talked with each other during the pause.

Li Liang believes that although the Pacers use one-on-one marking, they will not completely avoid double-teaming and rotation.

They will only target targeted double-teaming, supplementary defense, and assisting defense, such as dealing with Paul.

Control Paul's passing lanes and hinder Paul's movement with the ball.

Paul deeply agrees with this, thinking that Li Liang can increase his pick-and-roll cooperation.

"You have to cut inside, go inside, you can't cut outside anymore, the passing line of outside cut is too easy to be judged." Paul said to Li Liang.

"Yes, I can increase the inside cut. If they double-team me, I will pass the ball to Jordan, or to the bottom corner... Well, I am not very relieved of Barnes' three-pointer. I might as well do it myself..."

The two had a great discussion, and they didn't take Rivers' words to heart at all.

There is no way, the two people's understanding of tactics is quite deep and in place.

Rivers said to play fast because he felt that it was really difficult to attack the Pacers' defense in positional warfare.

To be honest, the Clippers lineup is not weak, but they do not have a very reliable singles master in the true sense, high enough to penetrate the defense at will.

Li Liang is half, he is weak in holding the ball.

Paul is half, he is weak in height.

Crawford... It's barely half, it's pretty weak everywhere.

Therefore, Rivers hopes that the team can play fast, and play fast to avoid the edge of the Pacers.

But Paul and Li Liang don't believe in evil, so can't we play tactics and cooperate?

If you have to run all at once and bring up the rhythm, can you play like this in the playoffs?

So after some discussion, Paul and Li Liang didn't listen to Rivers' command at all.

In the first attack after the timeout, Li Liang and Paul picked and rolled.

After the pick-and-roll, Hill and West encircled Paul, Li Liang cut inside, Paul passed the ball, Li Liang received the ball, and hit a two-pointer with a close-range emergency stop jumper.

Classic and smooth pick and roll.

Then, Paul George made a mid-range jumper after running around the pile at the top of the high arc.

On the offensive end, in addition to the low-post attack, Hibbert is also a very useful big iron pillar to use him as a screen.

Barnes couldn't squeeze his way through.

George's rise to prominence last season was sudden.

After Granger was injured, Paul George suddenly emerged and started his solo performance in November of 2012.

George jumped at that opportunity and catapulted to stardom on the Pacers.

Granger has been benched by George this season.

George's technical characteristics are not outstanding in all aspects, but he has no obvious shortcomings.

His off-the-ball movement and catch-and-shoot are excellent. After Li Liang mentioned the 4th position, Barnes struggled to defend him.

But the Pacers also have to face a problem. David West is also struggling to defend Li Liang.

Li Liang's attack range is really too big. He and Paul have a pick-and-roll. It is impossible for the Pacers to stick to one-on-one defense.

If you insist on single defense and do not switch or double-team after the pick-and-roll, Li Liang will immediately have a chance when he cuts in or withdraws.

And Paul can also use the gap to tear apart the Pacers' defense.

Although the Pacers have Hibbert inside, Hibbert's characteristic is to defend against the impact of the basket, rather than expanding to fill the gap.

Li Liang doesn't rush to the basket at all, he just makes a tricky close-range emergency stop jumper.

He and Paul repeated the same trick, cutting in the middle, hitting the ground and passing the ball. Facing Hibbert who was hiding inside, Li Liang hit a two-pointer with an emergency stop jumper.

His touch is really soft, and his shooting shape is quite stable.

On the Pacers side, Paul George is feeling it.

With the help of the screen again, he came out of a large circle from the bottom line. With the help of David West's screen, he received a pass from George Hill at a 45-degree angle on the wing, and made a mid-range jumper, which was also hit!

George and Li Liang are on the bar.

Li Liang thought, I will be afraid of you?

Isn't it just shooting, when it comes to shooting, Li Liang has never been afraid of anyone.

It was still the pick-and-roll with Paul. This time the Pacers learned how to behave. West chased Li Liang, and Hibbert came to set up the formation early.

Paul didn't pass the ball this time. He took the ball to the inside, circled around, jumped up in the crowd and passed the ball to Barnes in the corner.

Barnes didn't dare to shoot the ball, so he passed it to Li Liang who was at 45 degrees.

Li Liang received the ball from outside the three-point line, one step away from the three-point line, no matter what happens, I made the shot!

David West couldn't defend against this ball at all, so he could only watch Li Liang make a three-pointer and hit it!

The Clippers fans cheered, this is the offense they like to see.

On the sidelines, Rivers had an expression of "Huh? What happened?" Is this a tactic arranged by Lao Tzu?

I asked them to fight fast, but what about those who have not yet gained a foothold?

How come the pass is so smooth, so fluent, so crisp?

Is this the team I coach?

Rivers had a momentary doubt about his coaching, but he quickly walked out of this doubt.

Mike Brown, who is sitting on the bench, can understand this kind of mood.

When you have tactical generalists like Paul and Li Liang under your command, as the head coach, just watch the football.

Brown thought to himself that Rivers must not have gotten used to watching football.

Li Liang scored three goals in a row, pushing the atmosphere of Staples to a climax.

Paul George also scored two goals in a row, of course he also wanted to return an answer ball to Li Liang.

This time he received the ball at a high position, David West picked and rolled, and the Clippers resolutely switched defenses.

Li Liang directly switched to George. George broke through with the ball on the left, but couldn't break through!

Is Li Liang's perimeter defensive ability a joke?

You, Paul George, are not James, so it is impossible to surprise you casually.

The breakthrough failed, Paul George chose to take a step back and add a fadeaway jumper.

It can be seen that George really wanted to hit a hero ball for Li Liang to fight back.

It's a pity that the shot was too difficult, the ball hit the neck of the basket and missed, and Jordan got the backcourt rebound.

Seeing this, Li Liang shook his head, and said to George: "This is the gap, the gap between a genius and a mortal."

After speaking, Li Liang ran away proudly.

I'm the chosen one of heaven, how can you, an ordinary man who can be compared casually, still want to hit my answer ball?