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On October 8th, the Conseco Arena in Indianapolis, where the 2014-2015 preseason will kick off.

For Pacers fans, they have been looking forward to today's game for a long time.

From the end of the big deal in the summer to now, two months have passed, and the people of Yincheng are already hungry and thirsty!

In the past two months, Li Liang seemed to have disappeared from the world. In addition to filming two sets of Under Armour sneaker advertisements and posting a smiling photo on Twitter, he seemed to be driving a tractor. He never appeared in the public eye.

The fans are very anxious. During the long summer, they can't wait to watch their players practice hard every day. Through the videos of various training camps, they can infer whether the players have become stronger, whether they have learned new skills, Are you in a good state of mind?

Of course, when the new season starts, you should know that those who should be awesome will still be awesome, and those who should have diarrhea will still have diarrhea.

Some young players will suddenly rise, and some veterans will fall quietly, completing the metabolism in the NBA ecosystem.

The Cavaliers next door to the Pacers, James has long dominated the headlines since his return.

Paul George played well at the World Championships and returned to the United States to train with James.

The Cavaliers have greatly increased their combat power, and James has changed a lot compared to the Heat.

For example, he removed the hair band on his head and chose a hair transplant to cover up his baldness!

In terms of body shape, James has carried out further control and controlled his weight in a more reasonable state.

In short, James reported his situation after returning home, which made Cleveland fans full of confidence in the new season.

In comparison, Li Liang disappeared for too long, which made Pacers fans and Chinese fans quite anxious.

Will this guy swell after winning two championships?

Do you not train to drive a tractor every day in summer?

After the training camp started, he also said that he has not improved, but he has gained weight.

Is it going to be like Anthony back then, coming back from an off-season, eating too much fat and declining?

The competition in the NBA is extremely cruel, just like the African savannah, if it fails, it will be eliminated immediately.

Even if you were a superstar last season and did not play well next season, at most everyone will give you some patience and time, and it is impossible to support you forever.

Such worries pervade Pacers fans and Chinese fans.

By the time of the preseason game on October 8, I can finally see Li Liang's performance and the Pacers' state and feeling in the new season.

The Conseco Arena was renovated in the summer, from the locker room to the seats to the court.

Although it was only a preseason game, there were a lot of fans who came to the arena tonight, and everyone wanted to see their new core Bruce Lee.

There are not many Chinese in Indiana. This is an inland city in the United States, unlike the east and west coasts where there are Chinese gathering areas.

Even so, Li Liang still attracted Chinese fans from surrounding cities and even surrounding states to Conseco to watch his new season debut.

When Li Liang came to the arena to warm up in his sportswear, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.

Many fans held signs and waved vigorously, with slogans such as "Welcome to Indiana," "There are champions with you," and other slogans.

Li Liang felt very happy in his heart, Lao Tzu is so popular!

Fans are just that simple.

How much booing Li Liang suffered in the Conseco Arena in the past, how much cheers he will win here this year.

The Pacers' first opponent of the new season is the Timberwolves.

At the beginning, Li Liang was almost traded to the Timberwolves for Love.

If it weren't for the right to veto the transaction, Li Liang would already be wearing a Wolves jersey, gnawing snow in the icy Minnesota.

The Timberwolves are still the same as in the past. The mud cannot support the wall, but they are stable anyway.

Love failed to get out of this quagmire, and continued to be the boss of the Wolves, adding to his data.

The Pacers started with a lineup similar to last season, center Hibbert, power forward West, small forward Li Liang, shooting guard Stephenson, and point guard George Hill.

I don't know how much change it will bring to the Pacers by replacing George with Li Liang.

Anyway, you can't see it in the preseason.

The main players of both sides obviously did not fight seriously.

After the start of the first quarter, the ball was in Stephenson's hands for more than half of the time. He could play however he liked, and Li Liang didn't even bother to care about him.

At 4 minutes into the first quarter, Li Liang received a pass from George Hill on the wing and hit a three-pointer, making his first goal since coming to the Pacers!

There were cheers in the Conseco Arena, three-pointer, Li Liang's three-pointer is still so sharp.

The Pacers are generally an offensively constipated team.

They rely on oppressive defense to win.

And what kind of changes can Li Liang's three-point whirlwind bring to the Pacers?

Everyone is looking forward to it.

Li Liang played for a quarter and then rested.

It wasn't until the second half that he played again, and showed off his new summer skill - post-up singles.

He received the ball with his back at the waist, facing the defender, turned around from the baseline, and scored two points with a light basket with his left hand.

This skill made the fans at the scene and those who watched the video on the Internet very excited.

"Gan Liliang has learned to back up! It turns out that he has been improving his back up skills for two months, and he has watched some in the new season."

"But I don't think backing up is of any use. What era is it now, can backing up still be as effective as before?"

"I think so too. I think that instead of improving his post-up ability, Li Liang should practice holding the ball well. James doesn't use post-up much anymore. Besides, the Pacers have West and Hibbert. How can there be room for Li Liang to play a post-up on the inside? The whole team is behind-the-back? Don’t you watch the basketball team?"

"Didn't everyone say that backing up is a necessary skill if you want to achieve great success? Why do you say backing up is useless?"

"Times have changed, sir. Li Liang himself started the era of three-pointers. He didn't know how useful three-pointers are, and he even ran to practice his back."

After the first game, the Pacers easily defeated the Timberwolves 105:91.

Of course, the outcome of the preseason is uncountable. Li Liang's performance in the first game was quite satisfactory, scoring 10 points, grabbing 5 rebounds, and sending out 2 assists.

The most dazzling person on the Pacers side is Stephenson, who scored 21 points, and then mainly those players with short contracts performed.

In the following preseason games, Li Liang's performance on the field made his fans worry.

People kept asking, "Has Li Liang improved this summer? Did he just practice a back?"

Doubts about post-up singles ran through the preseason.

From time to time, Li Liang will show off his back-up positioning skills and score a few back-up goals.

It's kind of reminiscent of Dwight Howard after the summer of 2009.

In the 2009 Finals, Howard became a defensive blue-collar in front of the Lakers' top three.

In the summer of 2009, Howard worked hard on his post-up skills and close-range jumper skills.

At the beginning of the 2009-10 season, Howard did show his rebounding jumper. Although it was very stiff, the effect was not bad. Everyone believed that Howard had mastered the new technology.

As a result, as the season progressed, Howard lost all of his skills and returned to the previous three tricks.

Every summer, there are players who vow to practice their backs and footwork, and in the end they are still the same as before when they arrive on the field.

Confrontation and no confrontation, low confrontation and high confrontation are completely two concepts.

The concerns of fans and the media are justified.

Not only they were worried, but Larry Bird was also worried. What kind of medicine does Li Liang sell in his gourd?

In fact, Li Liang didn't sell medicine, he was just doing tasks in the system while training!

Li Liang has now raised his [Ball Acceleration] ability to 60 points, and is currently working towards the 70 point mark!

During this period of time, he was stuck in a task. In 1982, he participated in the 76ers VS Celtics game as Julius Erving, requiring him to use breakthroughs to score at least 16 points in the game!

16 points, eight breakthroughs, an average of two breakthroughs per quarter, and the opponent is still the Celtics.

Isn't this fatal?

The NBA in the 1980s did not have three seconds of defense, and the Celtics were the team with the best frontcourt configuration in the 1980s.

It was Larry Bird who was still very young in 1982 and was in the third season of his career.

Li Liang rushed for two weeks in a row, but failed to complete this task.

Li Liang, who was so angry, now saw Bird sitting on the sidelines with a bench, as if the ball hit his head.

And on October 28, the day before the official start of the regular season, Li Liang finally completed this task in the system.

[Congratulations, you have completed the mission "Dr. J's Assault" and received rewards, ball control acceleration ability +10, ball control ability to change direction +5, ball control ability to turn +5. 】

The three abilities reached 70 points at the same time, and the hard work of the summer was finally not in vain.

"Huh, finally, this small goal has been achieved."

At night, Li Liang came out of the system in his new apartment in Indianapolis, heaved a sigh of relief, and fell asleep.

A new Bruce Lee is about to appear in front of Indian City fans and the NBA.