Chapter 598: Embark on the path of center

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Pacers lined up a small lineup.
Byrd did not put Hibbert back on the court, but let Li Liang play on the fifth position.
Scola on the 4th, Copland on the 3rd, CJ-Myers on the 2nd, and Stephenson on the point guard.
This lineup is completely an offensive lineup.
Myers has a relatively strong shooting ability, and Scola is also offensively strong and defensively weak.
Stephenson is a fully weakened version of James, of course, not less temper than James.
This rather strange lineup, except for Li Liang's point of view, gives the impression that it is uncompetitive.
After adding Li Liang... it still seems not competitive.
However, if Scola is replaced by West and CJ-Myers is replaced by George Hill, then...
How do you feel still not competitive!
When the Pacers eliminated this lineup anyway, it felt a little weird and not very reliable.
But Li Liang came up and immediately hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc to warn the Grizzlies.
Then in defense, the Pacers suddenly used a seldom used tactics.
The outside line included Kang Li, and the inside line was handed over to Li Liang to protect the basket.
When Li Liang came up, he first made Gasol Jr. an offensive foul.
He made a timely replacement and was pushed up by Xiaojia's turned elbow and fell to the ground.
Then, Li Liang served quickly in the backcourt. After giving Stephenson, the Pacers quickly counterattacked.
Finson rushed to the rim after halftime and returned the ball to Li Liang who kept up.
Li Liang held the ball at the top of the arc and the Pacers' offensive lineup was completely pulled away.
Only Scola was a little bit inside, and Li Liang scored the ball to the winged CJ Myers.
Myers used Fenson's cover to find the shooting space in the bottom right corner and hit a 3-pointer!
With two consecutive three-pointers, the Pacers re-established their advantage in the score.
After this small lineup was used, the Pacers' offense suddenly became smoother.
Li Liang has an unparalleled ability to pull open space, four of the Pacers have a three-point ability, and the Grizzlies continue to use the twin towers, the result is that the defense cannot be expanded.
But the Grizzlies head coach didn't realize the problem. He thinks that although the Pacers have an advantage on the offensive end, the defensive end is still very big.
Gasol Jr. and Randolph could go through the walkers.
Indeed, Randolph then scored and scored two points.
But turning around, the Pacers quickly counterattacked. Li Liang was a center in defense and became a power forward in offense.
According to Mike Brown's instructions, Li Liang no longer rushed forward, but dragged on, attracting the Grizzlies' defense and making the Grizzlies' defense empty.
The Grizzlies are indeed empty, and Gasol Jr. and Randolph are hard to come out inside, and can't go back when they come out.
Li Liang responded from a high position and scored the ball, as if returning to the work he had done in the Lakers.
Unfortunately, Stephenson missed a three-pointer from outside.
The Grizzlies counterattacked the ball and Li Liang, as a power forward, immediately ran back to the backcourt to defend.
After three seconds, Li Liang vomited in his heart, "Damn, I really use Lao Tzu as a dog..."
Li Liang carried the two Gasol and Randolph alone on the inside. It was indeed a bit laborious, quite laborious.
Gasol Jr. responded from a high position and passed the ball to Randolph who moved to the top of the basket.
Randolph took the ball and turned to score another two points.
Seeing the Grizzlies catching up again, Stephenson made a three-point shot from the outside!
He used Li Liang's cover to find the mobile phone meeting.
The Pacers made three consecutive three-pointers and scored nine points.
The Grizzlies scored twice, only scored 4 points, 5 points difference.
This offensive efficiency is really different.
After Finson made this three-pointer, Jorge finally felt a bit wrong and called a timeout.
The Pacers are not a team that is good at three-pointers, and their defense is not this routine.
This suddenly changed, and after a few rounds, Jorge discovered the problem.
The Grizzlies' defense feels uncomfortable.
You are going to fight, why?
The Pacers' outside line is conduction, using mutual cover to wait for an empty cut or to make a three-pointer.
They gave up the low position and a large number of breakthroughs, and made full use of the role of Li Liang, the high battery, to radiate his influence to the entire half.
Moreover, Li Liang now has the ability to break through, and the difficulty of defending him is doubled.
It is conceivable that if LeBron James has Li Liang's superb three-point ability, what effect will his passing and response be?
Li Liang's passing summer has also been strengthened, not to mention several passing skills.
When the Grizzlies came back from time to time, replaced Randolph, and used Gasol to play one of the four teams, Li Liang's flexibility in the offense showed.
After using [Death Coil] to steal the ball from Gasol, Li Liang did not counterattack.
He controlled the rhythm by dribbling himself, observed the dribble from outside, and then suddenly accelerated with the ball.
Midway directly to the basket, Gasol Jr. assisted defense, Li Liang hit the ball and gave it to Scola, Scola easily layup.
This lineup is slowly showing its power.
The reason why Mike Brown is in charge of this style of play is to maximize the role of Li Liang.
This is the same as the idea of ​​building a lineup for James in the Cavaliers.
The difference is that James wants a shooter and a power center.
And Li Liang himself is the league's best shooter, and the center is already in the league.
Mike Brown’s idea is to match Li Liang with a few defensive outside lines, with three-point and breakthrough capabilities, with an inside player who can eat bread, can shoot long and medium distance, can make four and five forwards, and then how to play specifically, just It all depends on the opponent's configuration and Li Liang's feeling on the field.
On the defensive end, let Li Liang top the center, to achieve the lightweight and flexibility of the entire lineup.
This is Brown's improvement based on the failure of the Cavaliers-James model.
He believes that the current lineup of Pacers can allow Li Liang to really play.
In the fourth quarter, the Pacers began to slowly pull the difference to 10 points.
The Grizzlies can still score, but their defensive efficiency is simply not good, completely unable to prevent the Pacers.
This is fatal to the Grizzlies.
Grizzlies' offense is just that.
Three points less, more offensive inside, slow pace, certainly not high score.
Their magic weapon to win, or let the opponent's score lower than their own.
Once the defense cannot find a way to drag opponents into the quagmire, the Grizzlies will lose their ability to control the situation.
Of course, the Pacers were not able to pull the score further.
The Grizzlies soon started to defend Li Liang.
Li Liang kept passing to CJ Myers, Copeland and others, but they couldn't make a 3-pointer!
Give you a chance you are not useful, then what is the solution!
The Grizzlies once narrowed the point difference to 2 points.
At this time Li Liang was no longer silent, and I came by myself!
Nibbling the three-point shooting percentage improvement post, grabbing two holes in the Grizzlies defense, hit two consecutive three-pointers.
Then a ground pass pierced the Grizzlies' defense and assisted Stephenson to catch the layup.
The Pacers scored 8 points in a row and immediately locked the victory.
At this time, Hibbert sat off the field for almost the entire fourth quarter.
Until the last three minutes, Bird put Hibbert back on the court.
The leading Pacers returned to their previous style of play. The positional battle slowly grinded, and the Grizzlies finished the last three minutes.
In the end, 97:92, a 5-point advantage, defeated the Memphis Grizzlies at home ~EbookFREE.me~ got two consecutive victories.
The game was very difficult.
Li Liang played for nearly 40 minutes. At the end of the game, the camera zoomed in and cut him. You can see that there are scars on the strong arm, all of which are left by the inside card position and the rebound.
In this game, Li Liang grabbed 14 rebounds and sent 2 blocks. The offensive end scored another 30 points.
These 30 points can be different from the 30 points on the Clippers.
In the Clippers, the team has 120 points online, and 30 points account for a quarter.
The Pacers' game is more than 90 points, less than 100 points, 30 points can account for a third.
After winning the game, Li Liang won the title of best player in the game.
He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, I really don't want to play the center.
However, his path to center was opened.