Chapter 723: Disappearing
Li Liang was stunned for five seconds, and his three-point shooting percentage improvement post was gone?
This is what he relied on, when he first entered the league and his three-point shooting rate was not stable enough, he relied on the large three-point shooting improvement brought by the three-point shooting percentage improvement post, which allowed him to gain a firm foothold in the Lakers and the league.
Every time he goes to a critical moment, Li Liang will use this easy-to-use prop reasonably, improve his three-point shooting rate in a short time, and deal a heavy blow to the opponent.
And this prop is no longer a simple increase in the hit rate, but more can boost confidence, after using him, his own shot will be more resolute, a resolute will be more accurate, the more accurate, the more resolute...... It's a virtuous circle anyway.
In the second quarter of this finals, when Li Liang decided to deal a blow to his opponent, it disappeared?
Li Liang really wants to sleep now, go to the system to see what is going on.
However, the game did not allow it, Li Liang reappeared, and the second quarter continued.
However, Li Liang quickly calmed down, because there had been cases where the [Garbage King] medal had disappeared before, and then he found out that the medal had been integrated into Li Liang's body and became part of his entire competition state, which was actually a good thing.
Because the [Trash King] medal can only be used during garbage time, after becoming a part of himself, when the critical state comes out, he will get a powerful bonus.
It's just not that easy to come out.
Will the disappearance of the three-point shooting percentage improvement post have the same effect?
Li Liang doesn't know yet, but he has to focus on the game.
In the second half of the second quarter, the Warriors continued their frantic comeback, while the Pacers stuck to a tough defense, began to drag the tempo, grind the positional battles, and prevent the Warriors' offensive machine from running smoothly.
For this rhythm of the game, the Warriors are really a little uncomfortable.
Theoretically speaking, in the first game, both sides are in a period of adaptation, and they should test each other's tactics, and various personnel and lineups take turns, after all, they are both teams that have just reached the finals recently.
Who knew that the walkers, under the leadership of Li Liang, first strafed with machine guns, and then rushed directly to fight with the warriors with bayonets.
The Pacers insist on man-to-man defense, only McGee and Li Liang on the inside will carry out limited assistance defense to prevent the Warriors' air cuts and counter-runs, and the outside line will implement resolute man-to-man defense against Thompson and Curry.
And for Curry, he changed the defense as soon as he blocked and dismantled, McGee, Garnett, and Li Liang resolutely defended the small and did not let go.
Once Curry breaks through, he will face two problems - strong baskets, the Pacers' three interior lines are flexible and fast, can keep up, and can interfere with Curry's layups as much as possible.
The second problem is that if Azeli and Bogut don't have the ability to block and dismantle, or Green comes to block and dismantle, the Pacers simply let him shoot and the two of them sandwich Curry.
You let Green shoot, he can go in, but it's not stable, and the Pacers aren't afraid.
As a result, the Warriors can still score, but they can't do it consistently, quickly, and in a three-dimensional way like the regular season.
And the Pacers didn't score well, and basically had to hand the ball to Li Liang - but it was enough.
Li Liang couldn't use the three-point shooting percentage to improve the post in the second quarter, so he decisively put on the [Man of Steel] suit, faced Iguodala and began to use his physical fitness to fight hard.
If there is a slight flaw in Iguodala's defense, it is that the strength is relatively lacking, although the muscle line is very beautiful, but the weight is not enough.
After all, Li Liang is the nominal No. 4 position, and his weight this year is basically inferior to James and Durant among all the No. 3 players.
The Warriors were scared of Li Liang's five three-pointers in the first quarter, and they defended him with three points.
But Li Liang didn't shoot, he just broke through, using his unfancy straight line to break through, plus a stop-and-go jump shot to impact the Warriors' inside.
Physical strength or something, he doesn't care, what physical strength to save, in the second half, a bottle of Gatorade was drunk, and he was resurrected with full blood.
Therefore, in the last 3 minutes of the second quarter, the Warriors not only did not further close the score, but after Iguodala made a defensive foul, Li Liang hit both free throws, and the score of the two sides has come to 67:50, and the Pacers have a 17-point lead.
Kerr paced back and forth on the sidelines, while Bird sat on the sidelines and went into spectator mode.
It's not easy for Bird to be honest, he carried the whole regular season and did his coaching job brilliantly.
In the playoffs, he was also at the helm of the team, and finally he couldn't hold it up in the finals and began to brown.
Brown, on the other hand, sat next to Bird, looking more secure than anyone else, and in the year he had been in Indiana, he had gained some weight, a bigger face, and a bigger smile.
Brown was pleased with Li Liang's performance, and his "Player of All Time Program" felt like a big step forward.
The number one problem for the Warriors right now on offense is that Curry hasn't made a three-point shot yet.
That's right, the first half of the game is almost over, and Curry still hasn't made a three-point shot.
The Pacers have defended Curry the most tightly as a team, and continue the Eastern Conference Finals idea in the offense - use Hill as a point to attack Curry as if it were Irving.
Curry's defense is better than Irving's, but he is already the weakest point among starters.
The Pacers repeatedly used the pick-and-roll to let Hill go to force Curry, and if he couldn't attack, he handed the ball to Li Liangqiang.
Although Hill's offensive success rate is not high, Curry is constantly being attacked, and the physical strength on the defensive end is a great drain.
This offensive idea was designed by Mike Brown before the game.
Brown still has goods in his stomach, especially after following Li Liang through the two finals, the overall situation is still like that, but in terms of targeting, he is indeed very skilled.
At the time of the East Finals, it was proposed to liberate the No. 1 position, let Hill and Stephenson increase the ball and relieve the pressure on Li Liang.
J.R. Smith and Danny Granger have to step back a bit, more as assaulters and ambushers, and don't challenge the Warriors' forward defense.
There is only one person who can shake the Warriors' forward line, and that is Bruce Lee.
And the Warriors' most accurate three-point shot is still Klay Thompson.
After the margin reached 17 points, he caught the ball on offense and hit a quick three-pointer.
But immediately, Hill took advantage of Li Liang's blocking and dismantling to break through the basket and missed the throw, but McGee followed up and made a dunk.
This kind of tug-of-war in which you enter one and I enter one makes the warriors feel tired.
It became incredibly difficult for the Warriors to score.
High pick-and-roll, now Curry has to complete a pick-and-roll, and it feels like there are two or three people in front of him.
Then he gave the ball to Green, went down, wanted to go to the basket, was covered by Li Liang, and then passed the ball to Bogut on the inside, and missed the layup!
Bogut grabbed the rebound in the front court and tried to pass it out, but the ball was cut off.
The Pacers counterattacked, a little impatient, and there was a mistake in the pass, and Curry snatched the ball back.
The situation on the court was quite chaotic, and Curry tried to give Bogut an aerial relay, but Bogut didn't bounce enough to catch it, but didn't put the ball in the basket.
had to pass it to Thompson, and Thompson made three points...... No.
Bogut grabbed another frontcourt rebound and wanted to pass, but this time he was cut off by Li Liang.
This time and again, you broke me to rob, and the time was consumed, but the score was not moved, and it took a long time on both sides to score.
But the Pacers are leading by more than a dozen points.
This kind of chaotic battle is not what the Warriors like at all, and they need to organize their offense in an orderly manner, rather than wrestling in the mud with defensive teams.
The Pacers are used to this kind of rhythm, and they win with the Bulls and the Cavaliers.
Li Liang had already scored 25 points in the half, five three-pointers, but did not shoot a three-pointer in the second quarter.
At the last minute, both sides were desperate, you grabbed me, every inch of land must be contested, Li Liang's breakthrough was not very easy, after the killing, in the face of multiple packs, the shooting became very difficult, and the teammates who passed it out could not shoot.
High-intensity defense is not only the Warriors' offensive feel, but also the feel of the Pacers.
The score was fixed at 69:53, a 16-point difference, and the Warriors still wanted to score one.
Curry continued to use pick-and-rolls on the outside, and Bogut felt that he was not covering, but that he was going to pick up Hill and move him directly from the front of Curry.
Just like that, Curry seized an opportunity, made a quick three-point shot on the left side, and finally hit!
The Oracle Arena was jubilant, and Curry finally scored a three-pointer, which was a huge boost to the confidence of the whole team.
At 69:56, the margin also came to within 15 points, and there were less than 5 seconds left in the second quarter.
The Pacers didn't call a timeout, and a quick free throw in the backcourt made a quick free throw, and JR Smith held the ball, was trapped, and passed the ball to Li Liang.
Li Liang squeezed Iguodala away, jumped up to catch the ball in the corner of the halfway line, landed with one foot and turned around and threw the ball towards the basket.
It was the only three-pointer he threw in the second quarter, and he shot it haphazardly and relaxedly.
He didn't have a three-point shooting percentage improvement, but he didn't hesitate at this moment.
Anyway, just try it, try it.
The ball hit the rebound and bounced into the basket.
The goal was scored and the first half was over.
At 72:56, the Pacers continued to lead by 16 points.