Chapter 687 Psychological Shadow

As soon as Li Liang scored a super long three-pointer, the audience sighed again.

Some fans are already hugging their heads, please, it's only the beginning of the first quarter, why don't you hug your heads?

Even if you get to the end, you probably won't be able to relieve the depression in your heart even if you hug your butt.

Li Liang has always been unmatched in the league in terms of hitting the morale of opponents.

He had a nickname before, "Lucky Bruce", and someone on Youtube made a collection of all kinds of miraculous goals about Li Liang.

The buddy who made this video has now made it to the tenth episode, and has become a quite famous video host on Youtube.

In his words, "Bruce is an inexhaustible treasure. He looks amazing at first glance. If you dig carefully, you will find that it is more than magical."

This careful anchor did discover a lot of magic through the game video.

Those incredible long three-pointers, those short-lived superb skills, and of course, that ugly smile, are always accompanied by a key goal.

The opening three-pointer in today's playoffs undoubtedly provided him with material again.

Li Liang's barrel is still hot.

The Bulls made another mistake on the offensive end. Noah took it for granted that he hit the ground and passed the ball to Rose, who was running back, but was cut off by Li Liang.

The Bulls' defense was very fast, but it was useless for you, Li Liang's shot was even faster.

He received a pass from Hill, two steps outside the three-point line, a position where no one else could initiate an attack, and directly shot a three-pointer after receiving the ball!

Hit again!

This time, the Bulls players didn't have time to pounce on the defense, and they were shot heartbroken.

The biggest effect of Bird's insistence on starting with Li Liang is that Li Liang's three-pointers are difficult for the Bulls to defend.

Who do you ask to guard against it?

Let Butler defend, and the result is that you must miss one of the two points of JR-Smith and Danny Granger.

But let Noah or Gasol defend, the result is that they can't follow at all, and Li Liang is biubiubiu on the outside.

Two consecutive three-pointers were hit, and the Bulls have not opened yet.

Thibodeau panicked again, Bruce Lee really didn't play his cards according to the routine.

He shot a three-pointer in the first half of the last game, why did he start shooting three-pointers non-stop this time?

Outside the Bulls, Jimmy Butler, with the help of Gasol's screen, made a high pull-up jump shot...and missed.

Under the basket, Noah grabbed the offensive rebound, and the layup with his left hand was interfered by Li Liang and missed.

Gasol followed up with a tip-up, but still missed!

Noah grabbed the frontcourt board again and made up again. The ball bounced twice on the basket and still slipped out.

Li Liang blocked Noah's layup for two consecutive times at the basket, and then he did not lose the rebound and firmly controlled the ball.

This bull's offense is really too difficult.

Unexpectedly, Li Liang could provide such a high-quality basket protection at the basket, which made the fans feel a sense of despair.

After all, Li Liang has the skill bonus of [Fear in the Three-Second Zone], and Noah's offensive state has been poor all year.

He was affected by injuries, and his footwork and knees were obviously sluggish. He still had consciousness and feeling at the basket, but his body couldn't keep up.

The arena is so cruel, and the 0.1-second speed impact caused by injuries will make you no longer what you used to be.

The morale of these teams for the Bulls has been greatly affected, and Noah has no confidence in the basket.

I thought it was an advantage against Bruce Lee, but I didn't know that this guy has a good defense at the basket.

Afterwards, Li Liang received the ball again from a high position, and Noah stepped up to defend. This time Li Liang chose to break through and kill the basket!

Noah couldn't catch up and squeezed Li Liang under the basket, and was called a foul by the referee.

penalty.

Li Liang made two free throws and beat the Bulls 8-0 in the opening game. Thibodeau called a timeout.

To be honest, Thibodeau has no tricks to suspend him, nothing more than playing more inside and expanding the defensive surface in defense.

All of this was in Li Liang's expectation. After all, it's not like he hasn't played against the Bulls in the regular season. Thibodeau just put it bluntly.

Sure enough, after the timeout ended, the Bulls put the main point of attack on Gasol.

Gasol hit McGee with a back and single, but he caught the ball at the waist, dribbled the ball with his back, and then was pushed to the free throw line by McGee when he turned around...

Gasol made a very reluctant turnaround jumper that didn't even touch the basket.

But Noah really persevered, picked up the ball again, and then made a backhand layup.

This time Li Liang made a defensive foul and sent Noah to the free throw line.

"Shit!"

Unable to defend and pay for the last foul, Li Liang cursed.

Noah made two free throws and the Bulls finally scored.

This is not over yet, Hill received the ball halfway and passed the ball to JR-Smith.

Li Liang and McGee came over to cover for Smith, but Smith didn't go in, he passed the ball.

But he didn't know whether to pass the ball to McGee or to Li Liang, and he hesitated for a moment, as if making a fake pass.

In the end, he decided to pass it to Li Liang, but Li Liang was deceived by his fake action and was about to go inside.

Unexpectedly, the ball was passed, and it hit him in the face with a bang...

The ball bounced into Noah's hands, and Noah immediately passed the ball to Butler, who was about to play.

Li Liang was stared at by the ball, but still endured the pain and chased after him. Unfortunately, Butler finally succeeded in a layup and recovered two points again.

Li Liang was annoyed, "You two don't need to hit me with the ball, so the game is for nothing, right? Isn't it!"

Since McGee and Smith came to the Pacers, there have been many incidents where the pass hit Li Liang's head in the game.

Smith didn't speak, and silently took the ball to the bottom line to serve.

McGee said: "I didn't hit you today."

"Yes, sooner or later you will hit me!"

Li Liang said while rubbing his face, it hurts a lot from being hit.

The Bulls have recovered 4 points, and the United Center fans feel a little relieved.

This breath was relieved for about 10 seconds, Li Liang held the ball, high McGee and JR-Smith double screened, Li Liang got rid of the ball, forced a three-pointer at 45 degrees from the right, and hit it again!

Li Liang's third three-pointer in the first quarter!

At 11:4, the Chicago Typewriters really felt like they were about to shoot the Bulls through in the first quarter.

Li Liang's three-pointer tonight felt very good, and his mood was even better.

After making this three-pointer, another pile of anger appeared in front of his eyes.

Obviously, this kind of ball is quite demoralizing and will make fans feel powerless.

Powerlessness, and then anger.

In fact, the Bulls' defense is very good. They made a very good arrangement tonight, and every point is in place-except for Li Liang.

He throws a 3 right over your head, and you really don't have a great way to do it, and from that distance.

If two people chase and intercept, the result is likely to be the same as in the last game, when the Pacers broke out.

So in this normal defense, Thibodeau is hoping that Li Liangneng will not be so accurate in three-pointers as in the first game.

As long as Li Liang's three-pointer is a little out of order, the Bulls can still play.

As a result, Li Liang made a series of three-pointers, and the people who shot them were very desperate.

Of course the Bulls did not give up.

Butler then made a jump shot from the baseline in the middle of the offense, and the ball hit the backboard.

The Pacers counterattacked, Li Liang passed the ball to Hill, Hill went deep into the basket, came out and passed it to JR-Smith.

As a result, Smith's jumper was blocked by Gasol...

Granger grabbed the ball but had no chance, and finally threw it to Li Liang who was 45 degrees to the right.

The ball went round and round to Li Liang's hands, and he shot immediately after a short time, another ultra-long three-pointer...

"Shua!"

In again!

The fans are going crazy.

As a result, the referee saw it and waved his hand to indicate that the three-pointer was invalid, because it was already 24 seconds before Li Liang made the shot.

The Bulls' defense this time is very good, retreating quickly, rotating, following people, pressing, and assisting defenses within the three-point line.

But that's it, Li Liang took the pot from outside, but he still threw the ball in.

The big screen at the scene played back Li Liang's shot just now. Indeed, at the moment of the shot, the time was up, and 24 seconds was violated.

So Li Liang's three-pointer is not counted.

But the psychological shadow of this ball on the fans and Bulls players is infinite.

You have defended so well, you have tried your best, you are already perfect, and there is such a person on the opposite side, who can destroy everything about you with a flick of your hand. Is there no psychological impact?

But Li Liang just shook his head and thought it was a pity, it's a pity that he felt so good tonight, it doesn't count, I haven't taken drugs yet.

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In the first quarter, the Bulls fought tenaciously under Li Liang's huge shadow.

The Bulls back at home are indeed different from before, playing more resolutely and toughly.

Even though there are still not many tricks on the offensive end, the whole team is actively fighting for offensive rebounds.

Many times, one offensive rebound can solve many problems.

In the sixth minute, when Li Liang was fighting for a rebound inside, he was called for a second foul and had to take a break first.

The Chicago typewriter stopped a little.

In just six minutes, Li Liang made 4 of 5 three-pointers, and also made an illegal three-pointer, which should have been 5 of 6.

The fans and Bulls players on the scene, as long as they saw Li Liang holding the ball outside the three-point line, they would chrysanthemum tight.

You can't help it, it's going to stab you through.

When Li Liang was taking a break, he even heard some fans applauding from the sidelines.

Li Liang thought, thank you for applauding, I will continue my wonderful shooting performance then.

You know, Li Liang is not only good at shooting three-pointers, but he has actually been practicing seriously some time ago.