Chapter 691: Miss twenty-three

After the arrival of Li Liang, the Pacers have become the most suitable shape.
In the 82 games of the regular season, they found the most suitable tactical system, a relatively simple but very effective tactical system.
Everything revolves around Li Lianglai, his passing, his three-pointer, his defensive tension, and his close jump shot.
You can pass the ball, but it is not as good as James and Nash, then give you some three-pointers with autonomous offense.
JR-Smith, Granger, and Stephenson are all players who can catch and throw, but can also attack themselves under poor circumstances.
You have the strongest three-point history and open enough space for the team, so tactically increase singles and reduce all kinds of bells and whistles.
You can do a lot of things on the defensive end, that is, the basket is more general, give you a McGee that has no advantages in addition to the basket, and then get a historical Garnett.
Then you have to do everything except the basket.
What did you learn to protect the basket?
Okay, you're here at number five.
You still have a beautiful break after the retro emergency stop board jumper.
No problem, David West came off the bench and Scola traded away, clearing the left and right ribs and giving Li Liang a jumper.
It is no longer the mainstream tactics for the Pacers to eat at a low position and cooperate at a high or low position.
It can be said that the Pacers' lineup and tactics are all set around Li Liang's support.
Li Liang is Indiana's single-core CPU. This CPU works well, has a low failure rate, and sometimes the calculation peaks will exceed your imagination.
From this point of view, Bird's vision is really unique.
Perhaps as a coach, he is no better than some excellent coaches in the league in terms of tactical richness and detail.
But he is first-rate in strategic choice and control.
As a manager and a coach, he does not lack honour, ability, and opportunity.
Li Liang is his chance.
In the third game of the semifinals, the game went to the second quarter, and the first half of the game was almost over.
The score on the field has reached 43:35, the Pacers lead the Bulls by 8 points.
The Bulls scored so badly, but the Pacers didn't get any better.
Li Liang in the second half of the second quarter, as expected by Bird, when his shots began to increase, the amount of iron also began to increase.
But the Pacers have maintained their advantage because the Bulls are also playing iron, and their offense is even slower than the Pacers.
Ross had no feeling in the first half. In this situation where the sharp knife didn't work, the Bulls didn't have a real blasting point. Butler hasn't been able to attack since he and Li Liang played.
The Bulls can only rely on the tactics of the positional battle and the Pacers, and there is the basket, Noah desperately grabbed the offensive rebound to give the Bulls a life.
Noah Guang grabbed four offensive rebounds in the second quarter.
After arriving at home, the Bulls team has a morale bonus, playing very desperately.
It's a pity that sometimes the Bulls struggled for a long time, and Li Liang turned his back on a jumper, and hit the team very hard.
Moreover, the Bulls have to guard against Li Liang's three-pointer, his three-pointer is terrible.
In the last minute of the second quarter, Bird replaced Li Liang and took a break.
It stands to reason that Li Liang will play the second quarter in the normal rotation.
Today, he ended early in the first quarter, but Bird still replaced Li Liang in advance to protect their core.
In the second quarter, Li Liang shot 6 of 13 shots. He shot 20 shots in the first half and scored 29 points.
He's scoring alone is almost catching up with the Bulls.
At the end of the second quarter, the Bulls barely scored 40 points.
At 48:40, the Pacers still maintained an 8-point advantage, and both sides entered the intermission.
Li Liang managed half of the Pacers' score in the first half.
The single-core team is relatively unstable.
Even if your core play is very stable, the role players' ups and downs are relatively large.
Especially like the Pacers' nerve knives, JR-Smith made 5 three-pointers in the last game. So far, he has made 1 three-pointer. Other shots made all irons.
Needless to say, Stephenson scored 2 points and made 3 turnovers by the way.
The outside 3-pointer missed none.
It’s just that the Pacers defensively bite, no matter how fierce the Bulls grabbed the offensive rebounds. After losing the rebound, the Pacers still maintained their defensive formation, and they bite very toughly at the basket, without giving the Bulls easy to score. opportunity.
The second half of the game is destined to be even harder.
This will be a huge test for both physical and willpower.
After the short break, the players from both sides re-entered the scene, and Li Liangneng felt that the air in the United Center was getting hot.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Pacers made a mistake in defense, or Li Liang made the mistake.
He was careless when defending Noah. He was caught by Noah and found a gap in the middle. He caught the ball and broke the layup.
This is Noah's first sports goal in this game.
Li Liang was careless, starting in the second half, Li Liang returned to the fourth position.
He was a little unaccustomed for a while.
Subsequently, Li Liang was surrounded by three people.
The bull is also a showdown. I don’t care anymore. Three or four people just want to surround you.
What defensive traps and messy defensive strategies are people.
Anyway, Laozi rotates fast.
Li Liang still had to score the ball after the three men joined together.
To Granger, Granger then passed the ball to McGee under the basket.
McGee turned to catch the ball, but Gasol capped it!
But this ball Gasol obviously had a beater action, the referee did not blow.
McGee said nothing, and Byrd couldn't help but made a thumping gesture towards the referee.
It's useless. The Bulls' counterattack has already started. Ross rushed to the basket and scored the ball to Dunleavy.
Dunleavy made a 3-pointer shot and hit it!
This ball is really terrible, the Bulls chase 5 points.
The key point is that these 5 points are too fast to chase. The Pacers' 8-point advantage leaves only 3 points at once.
In the first half, both sides often did not score in three or four rounds.
Bird's face sank like water, and Li Liang made a wink towards Bird, so that he should not rush to call a timeout.
Sure enough, Li Liang immediately turned his back on the offensive end. He and McGee made a strong layup after the pick-and-roll and leaned towards Gasol.
This time the referee played a foul. If he doesn't play again, it means the referee's business is not good.
You can do it on the home team, but it’s time to balance.
Besides, it’s Bruce Lee, don’t you look for curse?
Li Liang's two free throws on the free throw line stabilized the situation.
Then, the Pacers successfully defended the Bulls for a 24-second offense offense.
This time they still played a very clever cooperation, Noah received the ball in a deep position under the basket, you can directly layup.
As a result, Noah did not dare to take a shot under Li Liang's defense and returned the pass to Gasol who was plugged in. As a result, the ball did not pass well and Gasol did not catch it.
By the time Gasol saved the ball back, 24 seconds had come.
It can only be said that Li Liang's ability to adjust is really very strong.
Then, he seized the opportunity again and received Granger's breakthrough point in the corner, forcing a three-pointer shot!
The ball was really heart-warming, and I watched it catch up to 3 points, and after a round of tampering, it became an 8-point difference.
The Bulls persevered. Ross, who was in a bad state in the first half, broke through to kill the basket twice.
At this time, Li Liang called a timeout.
Back at the bench, Li Liang asked Bird, "It wasn't very good for me to play the third position in the first half. How could it be changed again? Won't you change? Does the change have no continuity?"
Byrd spread his hand, "I just wanted to suspend substitutions, and you refused."
"Is your head coach or your head coach? Besides, I didn't make foul free throws, did you give you a chance to replace?"
"If you say it again, I will replace you."
"proceed if you can!"
There was some dispute between the two, but nothing happened to everyone.
Normally, it is normal for Li Liang and Bird to quarrel when the game is not going well.
At first everyone was worried that the two would fight.
I gradually got used to it, and it was purely smelly. Take this to vent pressure.
Bird still made a substitution and replaced Granger with Garnett.
The Pacers used the twin towers inside to enhance inside defense and rebound protection.
But it turns out that the effect of this configuration is not as good as expected.
After the timeout, Li Liang began to be unscathed by the Bulls during the attack.
Thibodeau has figured it out, I can’t control how others play, I just want to kill you Li Liang.
Li Liang's scoring requires the use of screens and tactics. He can't, like Kobe, he can force the six people in front of him (add a referee).
Encountered this situation, the three people, Li Liang will pass.
As a result, two points, Garnett and McGee, you pass them, the offense is basically stagnation.
McGee does not have the ability to attack on his own, and Garnett is really old.
As a result, Li Liang scored the ball for Hill or JR-Smith, that is, meat buns playing dogs, whether or not to return.
The Hill series is very mediocre, and he has no use for the Bulls.
His defense against Rose is equivalent to a misalignment, and his offense is not stable enough. He is a bit lost in the face of the Bulls' strong defense.
Needless to say, Smith should be lost, and should not be lost. You think he is going to lose him, and another explosion will happen.
Relying on these two points, the Pacers' attack is very difficult.
Of course, the defensive effect is indeed good, but basketball is an offensive game after all, you have to score.
In the third quarter, Rose launched a death charge against the Pacers. No matter what his knee injury was, he desperately rushed in and either scored or caused a foul on the Pacers' inside and hit the free throw line.
Rose's struggles moved fans.
The atmosphere in the United Center is getting warmer, and the fans cheering for the Bulls are getting louder. UU Reading Books www.uukanshu.com
Although the Bulls have never reached the level of a championship-level strong team in recent years, they have always been tenacious and no one dares to underestimate.
They are really fighting tonight.
But that's it. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers were 5 points ahead of the Bulls.
5 points, not much, maybe you can get back in a few rounds.
But there are also many, because it is basically impossible to chase it back in one round.
The Pacers have always saved this little advantage.
Because of Li Liang, he can always use his jumper to pour cold water on the audience when the Bulls are about to start.
"Chicago's performance is good enough, but there is always a pressure on their heads, at this time they must think, if that number 23 should be so good."
Of course, the Chicagoans have missed the number 23 many times, but this time it seems particularly strong.