Chapter 434 Conscience Doesn't Pain

In the first quarter, the two sides played back and forth, and the Clippers had the advantage, but the Pacers relied on the performance of George and backup point guard Orlando Johnson to bite the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the battle between the two sides reached 27:29, and the Clippers temporarily led by two points.

Li Liang took a break with 1 minute left in the first quarter. He scored 13 points in the first quarter, almost half of the team's points.

The Pacers' defense against Li Liang obviously had some problems. After Li Liang came to the fourth position, David West had no way to defend against Li Liang's shooting ability.

However, the Clippers' restrictions on George are also limited. George scored 8 points in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the second team of both sides appeared.

The Clippers attacked, Crawford tried a three-pointer from the outside, but missed.

But Griffin grabbed the offensive rebound and gave the ball to Willie Green on the outside.

Green swayed away from Stephenson, took the ball to the inside line and made a layup, which also caused a foul by Mahinmi.

With an additional penalty hit, the Clippers opened the point difference to 4 points.

The Pacers attacked, Stephenson held the ball in the bottom corner and began to show off his dribble.

He hit the crotch continuously, turned around, and then threw off Green to break through from the baseline, and hit the ground to the basket to pass the ball to Mahinmi.

As a result, Ma Xinmi did not catch the ball firmly, and the ball flew into Scola's hands.

Scola also showed his footsteps in the face of Griffin's defense.

Dribble, feint, turn around, feint again, go to the other side, turn around again, step up... walk.

The referee blew Scola's walk.

Scola's footsteps are actually very solid, but Griffin defended the ball very well, and it was very tight, causing Scola to turn too much in circles, and the pivot foot moved.

Then the two sides began to peck at each other.

First, Green of the Clippers gave the ball to Jamison. Jamison caught the ball and made a layup. Without any interference, he crossed the bridge...

Can you even get in here?

The Pacers got a rebound from the backcourt and launched a counterattack. As a result, Scola made a random pass and was cut off by the Clippers again.

The court was chaotic, the Pacers' defensive positions were all messed up, and Crawford had a wide open corner and missed a three-pointer.

Li Liang looked at it and wanted to poke his eyes, you can't even make this shot?

The bottom corner on the left, I can shoot it with my eyes closed.

This is not over yet, the Clippers got an offensive rebound and caused a foul by the Pacers.

Re-serve to organize the offense, this time Jamison had an open opportunity in the right corner, and missed a three-pointer.

It's too difficult, Jamison's state is worse than last season.

He can play tonight mainly because of Caron Butler's calf strain in training and a truce, otherwise he should just sit on the bench and wait to die, cheering for Li Liang.

Rivers is obviously dissatisfied with the performance of the second team. Griffin is clearly on the court, so why not play Griffin more.

However, the choice of Clippers players is actually okay. Outside opportunities have indeed come up, but they just can't make shots.

The more so, the Pacers can shrink unscrupulously when defending, not giving Griffin a chance.

Of course, the Pacers' offense wasn't much better.

Stephenson is the Pacers' commander on the field at this time.

He dribbled the ball all the way across half court, reached the wing, and suddenly passed a no look pass to Solomon Hill on the other side.

As a result, the ball passed through Hill's crotch and went out of bounds...

Li Liang almost died laughing, Stephenson was still playing no look pass, he was really no look, and passed out of bounds directly.

Pacers coach Vogel is also very speechless. Stephenson is a very spiritual player, but his mind is not very good.

Sometimes it's amazing how good the shot is and sometimes you don't know what the hell the guy is doing out there.

The two sides made one pass from the bench, and the score rose slowly. When the substitutions began in the second quarter, the score of the two sides came to 33:36. The Clippers still led by 3 points, which did not change much from the first quarter.

The main players of both sides re-appeared.

As soon as he came up, Hibbert caught the ball in the low post and beat Jordan again.

The position and style of play are exactly the same as the first ball in the opening game, and even the action of Hibbert's hook is the same.

It's just that the result is different. Hibbert didn't make the ball.

Li Liang scored the backcourt rebound.

This is the gap between Hibbert and the super inside.

The super insider will use singles to hit you so that you have to double-team, help defend, change your defensive arrangement and formation, and choose one of two poisoned wines to drink.

While Hibbert can score, the Clippers are not afraid, they just insist on letting Jordan defend one-on-one, and Li Liang occasionally comes to interfere.

Rivers believes that with Hibbert's ability, the Clippers cannot be defeated.

Li Liang handed the ball to Paul. Paul picked and rolled with Li Liang in the high post. The Pacers' defensive handling was different from that in the first quarter.

Directly switch defenses, West and Paul, Hill posted Li Liang, and the inside Hibbert moved to the strong side to form an inside barrier, ready to defend at any time.

Hill was born in the Spurs. Although he is a point guard, his height and strength can interfere even if he is misplaced to guard the third position.

The pick-and-roll between the two had no chance, and Paul smartly chose to transfer the ball to Crawford on the weak side.

Crawford broke through directly after receiving the ball, and went to the basket on the right. As a result, Hibbert interfered with the layup and missed.

Hibbert is really Optimus Prime at the basket, although this ball interference is suspected of fouling, because his body is pressed down.

But the referee didn't blow it, it was a good shot.

The Pacers attacked, they chose to let Solomon Hill take a three-pointer from the bottom corner, but missed.

At this time, Paul George was still staying off the court. The Pacers have a different lineup rotation than the Clippers. Vogel will let George and West play the first quarter, and then rest for more than half a quarter in the second quarter. Send them back in four or five minutes.

This kind of rotation gives players more time to play, which is conducive to the players' performance.

The disadvantage is of course that there will be problems with the connection. The Clippers will have five main players, and the Pacers will still have three belts and two.

Of course, the Clippers must seize the opportunity to grab points.

Li Liang quickly realized this, and instead of passing the rebound to Paul's organization, he dribbled the ball himself.

He used his skilled dribbling skills to get all the way into the Pacers' penalty area, and then made an emergency stop jumper and hit the rebound.

Whether it is Li Liang's dribbling technique or his finishing defense, they are quite classical.

His dribbling is still influenced by Frazier, one-handed, solid, not fast, and has a good rhythm.

As for the quick counterattack to end with an emergency stop jump shot, at present, except for veterans like Terry, almost no player in the league will play this way.

Seeing this, Vogel knew that he had to change the main force to play, otherwise it would be bad if he missed and was chased by Li Liang.

Li Liang is more flexible in his style of play this season, and his three-pointers are still sharp, but he is not so dependent on three-pointers.

It became more difficult to defend Li Liang.

Vogel called a short timeout.

The timeout ended, the Pacers finally returned to their positions, and the Clippers also took Griffin back and replaced Crawford.

Li Liang and Paul George face off again.

As soon as the timeout came back, George Hill used Hibbert's cover from the outside and hit a three-pointer.

And Paul, after continuous interspersed and screened, found Jordan under the basket, made a lob pass, and Jordan caught the ball and dunked with one hand!

At 36:40, the Clippers maintained a 4-point advantage, with more than 4 minutes left before the end of the second quarter.

The Pacers still chose to let Hibbert attack in the low post.

This time Hibbert switched to the right side to catch the ball. After continuous fake moves and footsteps, Jordan did not lose his position at all, but forced Hibbert to kill the ball.

But Hibbert took advantage of his height and wingspan to force a hook shot, and it went in? !

Hibbert's touch today is really good, and the title of black Yao Ming is well-deserved.

Clippers, Paul and Griffin pick and roll.

When it came to Griffin and Paul's pick-and-roll, the Pacers didn't switch defenses.

Paul held the ball and went in. There was no chance, and the ball was returned and passed to the outside.

The ball was originally passed to Li Liang on the wing, but Jordan stood on the pass line and took the ball...

"I...why are you grabbing my ball!"

Li Liang originally wanted to catch the ball for a three-pointer and threw it away, which was good, but was intercepted by Jordan.

What is the use of you having the ball in that position?

It was impossible for Jordan to break through, and he couldn't make a mid-range shot. In the end, he fell and had to pass it to Li Liang.

Li Liang has lost the opportunity and can only use his personal ability to solve the problem.

He took a tentative step with the ball, then used Jordan's cover to break through a step in, and made a mid-range jumper at a point on the free throw line, and the ball scored!

Originally a three-pointer, the operation turned into a two-pointer.

On the offensive end, there is a little Jordan who can only eat cakes, and he will indeed get into four-on-five trouble.

If he was smart enough to steal chickens, it would be fine, but unfortunately, his brain is not good, not only can't steal chickens, but also steal the opportunities of his own players.

It's a big head to think about, Paul is really not easy.

38:42, still 4 points.

Then the Pacers still wanted to penetrate, and Stephenson couldn't get tired of slipping the bottom line.

Barnes followed up in time this time, preventing Stephenson from seizing the opportunity for an open layup, and turned into a low post-up single.

Stephenson carried it in twice, turned around and missed a throw.

Griffin received the backcourt rebound, Li Liang did not forget to laugh at Finsen: "Your hook is like Jordan."

Of course the Jordan Li Liang was talking about was Jordan Jr.

Needless to say, Jordan's offensive hook level, once in a game, if he can make it, he will win the Mark Six lottery.

Li Liang slandered two people, and even slandered his teammates. He wondered if his conscience would hurt.

Li Liang then made an excellent pass in the attack.

He received a pass from Paul in the middle, attracted two double-team defenses, and then made a very stealthy pass to the ground.

One shot into the soul!

The ball was given to Jordan on the bottom line, and Jordan caught the ball and dunked with one hand!

You see, from black to black, there will be a lot of assists for you.

It seems that Li Liang's conscience will not hurt at all.

But George quickly responded. He received Stephenson's pass from the right corner, caught the ball and made a three-pointer, and made a hit!

At 41:44, the point difference narrowed to 3 points.

Now, Li Liang was a little angry.

Throwing a three-pointer like this in front of me, don't you take my three-pointer into consideration?

He decided to let George feel what it means to shoot a three-pointer.

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At the end of the first half, the Clippers ended the first half with a two-point lead over the Pacers at 47:49.

This is destined to be a low-scoring game.

The defenses of both sides were very good, and they did not collapse from the beginning to the end, and did not give the opponent an offensive climax.

You have one ball, I have two balls, you have two balls, and I will return one ball.

The scores rose alternately, and the maximum difference did not exceed 6 points.

The Pacers' offensive points are quite scattered, and the starting five players all have strong personal abilities.

The core of the Clippers is Li Liang and Paul. Li Liang scored 17 points in the half, the highest in the game.

Paul has 6 points, 5 assists and 1 steal. The pick-and-roll between him and Li Liang is the most effective offensive mode for the Clippers.

In the second half, the Pacers will inevitably work hard on how to deal with Paul Li Liang's pick-and-roll.

On the Clippers side, Rivers has been emphasizing the vitality of the bench during the intermission.

The Clippers' bench is better than that of the Pacers. Although Butler was absent due to injury, Griffin and Crawford led the second team. As a result, the second team did not take advantage.

Rivers hopes that the second team can play a better offense in the second half, so that after gaining an advantage, the main lineup will play with the advantage, and the situation of the game will be in the hands of the Clippers.

Rivers spoke in detail, scribbling on the whiteboard and laying out the tactics for the second half.

Li Liang didn't listen at all.

Why do you want the second team to score points? I went up and suddenly, and the three-pointer instantly opened up the point difference. Believe it or not?

Rivers may not believe it, but Mike Brown must believe it.

Of course, Li Liang's performance this season is less than that of the Lakers.

Because there are three people in the Lakers who give him space, Li Liang now wants to give others space.

Especially today's opponent is the Pacers. The Pacers' defense is mainly one-on-one marking. This defensive strategy has the best effect against three-pointers.

This season, the Pacers rank in the top three in terms of stopping opponents' three-pointers.

Of course, the number one is the Clippers.

Don't look at the shorts on the outside of the Clippers, the Clippers are doing a good job of marking people.

So Li Liang was very dissatisfied with being shot three-pointers like Paul George in the first half.

He secretly pulled Paul over again, and discussed with Paul how to play the offensive tactics at the beginning of the second half.

The two of them were not very active in their discussion, so they pulled Griffin over again, and the three of them discussed in a small group what tactics to play in the second half.

Rivers talked for a long time, feeling that the three didn't hear anything.

Rivers couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He looked at Mike Brown, and Brown spread his hands to him, meaning "Bruce Lee is like this."

In the Lakers, he often pulled Kobe and Nash to discuss tactics.

Li Liang is convinced that no one knows better than the players on the field how to play.

An excellent coach should guide and encourage players to think about the situation on the court for themselves. Phil Jackson did this, so-called two great teams were cultivated.

Of course, an excellent ball master should also guide and encourage the coach to give up thinking, which is what Li Liang is doing.