At the end of the half game, Li Liang and his teammates returned to the locker room together.

Li Liang performed very well in the first half, scoring 14 points and snatching 5 rebounds.

But the defensive task has not made any progress, and there has not been any of the three steals yet.

Logically speaking, Li Liang's defense is already good, but unfortunately his outside defense ability is not very useful in this era.

In the 1960s, players had few outside ball breakthroughs and long-distance shots.

What is the case of creating an offensive foul, and it is almost always blocked.

The offense on the outside is simple, there are few physical confrontations, many passes, and the offense on the inside is the majority.

Li Liang's one-on-one strong defense cannot play a big role, and the opponent will not attack you at all.

The defense is indeed passive. If your opponent doesn't hit you, you can't take the initiative to hit him, right?

In comparison, the inside line is more important to make up for defense, assist in defense, and rebound positioning.

The Celtics have one Russell and one pillar in the inside, plus Heinthorne and Sanders.

Jones and Cousey don’t need to defend well on the outside, just lead the offense.

With such a reasonable and consistent with the trend of the times, no wonder Kaizi has won 11 championships in 2013 and cannot wear both hands.

Back in the locker room, Li Liang thought about how to play in the second half.

Tom Heinthorne was addicted to smoking and began to suck in the bathroom of the locker room.

This big smoker retired until he was thirty years old and his body was broken.

Li Liang was alone and thought of something. Auerbach stepped forward and said, "Boy, what are you thinking about with a frown? You performed well in the first half."

Li Liang said: "It's okay, but the touch is OK, but I don't defend Robertson."

Auerbach said: "It is normal to prevent it from being well. Who can easily defend Robertson?"

Li Liang said: "But, is there no good way to deal with him?"

Li Liang wanted to learn some experience from Auerbach.

If there are many ideas, Auerbach is the first in the entire NBA history, but no one dares to be the second.

This cunning Jew had as many crooked ideas as the ones on his suit.

However, Auerbach did not give Li Liang a trick, but said patiently: "Robertson is the best point guard in the league. His threat comes from his vision and passes, not just offense. You have to pay attention to cutting off the connection between him and his teammates. You don't have to deal with him one-on-one, do you understand?"

After hearing this, Li Liang thought about it carefully.

He looked out the task prompts again, and the task requirements were: replace Havrichek's position, use your defense to limit Oscar Robertson, and complete at least three steals against him.

Yes, it was not said in the mission, you must compete with Robertson.

Just steal three balls from him, and I didn't say that I had to break face to face.

Another point is that the task is called "Play Ball Like Havrichek".

Havrichek is known for his omnipotence and iron man (he can both make iron and iron).

As a white player, he is not the kind of counter-defensive biter who is good at pestering and fighting.

It's a stadium elves who can appear in the right place at the right time.

Thinking of this, Li Liang had a deeper understanding of this task.

"Ok, I get it! I will do it."

At the beginning of the second half, Auerbach decided to let Li Liang start and directly replace Heinthorne.

Heinthorne smoked high during the intermission and was still coughing before going on stage.

Li Liang started the game and decided not to misplace Robertson, but instead set his target on Jack Tweman.

Tweman is an old player of the Royals and a star scorer.

His best-known deed was to take care of his teammate Stokes who was hit and paralyzed until his death.

Tweman performed very well in the first half, making 7 of 9 shots from the outside, and hit a high percentage.

Li Liang focused his defensive attention on Tweman.

He began to use the defense technique and followed Tweman closely anytime and anywhere.

At the same time, Li Liang did not relax his attention to Robertson, stared at his passing line and judged his passing intention.

The NBA tactics in 1962 are relatively simple, and Li Liang has already figured out the basic routines of the Royal Team.

Robertson cuts in the middle, then passes the ball to both sides, or cuts from the bottom and passes back to the middle.

These two tricks are used the most and the effect is very good.

Li Liang waited for an opportunity to move. Seeing Robertson walking in the middle, he stared at Tweman on the flank.

Robertson walked from the bottom, and Li Liang looked towards the middle.

Intercept the ball!

Robertson's ball passed to Tweman was cut off by Li Liang!

Li Liang passed the ball to Cousi and launched a quick counterattack!

Li Liang ran to the frontcourt, received a pass from Cousi, and made a one-handed dunk!

He, Li Liang, can also hit a fast break and dunk!

The steel-beam basketball stand at the Boston Garden Arena was buzzing by Li Liang.

I don't know if Auerbach has ripped on this basket.

The fans in Boston were very crazy, and the old lady watching the game on the spot waved her handkerchief at Li Liang.

It's not over yet, and under the leadership of Li Liang, the Celtics' defense is getting tighter and tighter.

Robertson was double-teamed by Cousey and Jones from the outside and shot in a hurry.

Li Liang kept staring at him, jumped up and intercepted the ball in the air!

It was another fast attack opportunity, and this time Li Liang did not play on his own.

He dribbled the ball near the three-second zone and saw Russell following behind and a pass from behind.

Russell took the ball and jumped high.

This guy's bounce is simply terrible.

He smashed the ball into the basket with both hands!

After scoring the goal, Russell raised his left arm high and pointed at Li Liang.

The atmosphere of Boston Garden Gallery has reached a small climax.

The Celtics successfully fought back continuously and overtook the score.

The Royals called a timeout, but failed to stop the decline.

Li Liang completely ignited the passion of Boston Gardens.

In this game in history, the Celtics played very dull.

Their shooting percentage was not high in the first half, and they were defeated by the Royals in the third quarter and never turned over again.

In that game, rookie Havrichek had already performed well but failed to win the team.

Li Liang did better tonight.

His own emotions were also ignited.

The noise from Boston Gardens stimulated his adrenaline.

At this time, Robertson, who was repeatedly intercepted, turned on the singles mode.

Drop the ball on your back and bulldozer to about 10 feet.

Then he turned around and a one-armed master shot, and he shot very accurately at this distance.

The strong body, accurate shooting, and excellent passes made the Celtics dare not double-team easily.

Robertson's continuous attacks helped the Royals stabilize the situation.

In the third quarter, the two sides were indistinguishable, and the Celtics had a slight advantage.

The game entered the final quarter, and the two sides fought extremely fiercely, with scores intertwined.

In the last period, the score reached 128:128, and the two sides tied with the Celtics.

Jones missed a jump shot, but Russell struggled to hit the frontcourt rebound.

Sanders got the ball, passed it back, and reorganized the attack.

Kuxi's ball was not touched and immediately passed to Li Liang, who was standing 27 feet away from the basket.

This is a very far position, but Li Liang is confident and takes the ball directly at this position!

Auerbach almost rushed up and kicked Li Liang, but he held back, knowing that Li Liang's long shot was very accurate.
To be continued...