Chapter 725

The third quarter fell into a state that made the Warriors most entangled and disgusted.

The Warriors' offense is indeed recovering. After Curry made a successful three-pointer, he made a mid-range shot, and after making a mistake, he assisted Thompson to make a three-pointer.

He also relied on continuous screens in the offense and hit three-pointers.

But when the third quarter was halfway through and the two sides entered an official timeout, they looked up at the score: 89:73, the point difference was still stable at 16 points!

Whenever the Warriors score, the Pacers, or Li Liang, can definitely respond.

Correspondingly, when the Warriors make a mistake or fail to advance, the Pacers will most likely not advance.

This once gave Cole a bold idea. In order to contain the Pacers' offense, it is better to contain our own offense first.

Of course, the thought had only been in Cole's head for less than a second, and it was suicidal.

Li Liang didn't hit a three-pointer in the third quarter, which made the Warriors' defensive pressure a lot less.

However, he played a more comprehensive role, passing and assisting his teammates with a very stable posture of controlling people.

He contributed 4 assists in the third quarter. Although he also had two turnovers, the Warriors failed to seize the turnovers to create offensive shock waves.

Because the Pacers did a very good job of retreating and man marking.

The advantages of man-to-man defense are undoubtedly revealed in this game.

It may not be the most capable of containing scoring, not the most pressing, not the most extreme, but it must be the most resilient.

Li Liang, who graduated from Kentucky and studied with his grandfather coach Rupp in the system, executed Vogel's man-to-man defense command very well. The Pacers' defense did not suffer at all due to the outbreak of certain points. Loosening occurs.

The Warriors were unable to form a comprehensive offensive and defensive suppression, which led to a see-saw between the two sides.

Time is consumed little by little, which is fatal to the warriors.

Kerr knew that at the end of the third quarter, he had to give it a go.

After the timeout ended, the Warriors started a three-pointer tactic.

What pass and cut, what running, all go to hell with me, let's shoot three-pointers!

The inside offensive rebounds rush up!

Thompson took the lead from the outside and hit a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Curry on the right.

Thompson is the Warriors' most reliable outside three-pointer tonight.

Subsequently, the Warriors double-teamed Li Liang, and Li Liang scored the ball to Smith in the middle.

Smith missed an open three-pointer.

Chance for the Warriors.

Curry threw another three-pointer from the outside line, but missed.

But inside, Green grabbed the offensive rebound and gave the ball to the outside. Barnes caught the ball in the middle and shot a three-pointer!

Finally put in!

Barnes' first three-pointer of the field!

After scoring two three-pointers in a row, the efficiency of these three-pointers is different, and the point difference suddenly came to 10 points.

A burst of cheers broke out in the Oracle Arena, and the morale of the Warriors was rising.

Li Liang took the ball, and the Warriors double-teamed without hesitation!

Cole didn't pretend to be aggressive anymore, why let Iguodala continue to come in the second half, and let Iguodala defend alone, which gave Li Liang too much space.

Li Liang passed the ball again, this time to Granger.

At this moment, he had to trust his teammates.

But Granger made a sudden step with the ball, unguarded, and hit a mid-range jumper from the left corner.

No matter how Li Liang can carry it alone, it is impossible for a team to score all the points by him alone.

Granger and JR-Smith in the backcourt are still his most reliable double guards with swords.

But at this moment Li Liang knew that the most ferocious counterattack of the Warriors was coming.

In the last five minutes of the third quarter, the struggling beast must survive.

Li Liang yelled, asking the players to concentrate, concentrate, and devote themselves to defense.

At a certain moment in the finals, the test is not only offense and defense, but also willpower.

The 12-point difference and more than one quarter is an advantage and pressure for the leading team, and pressure and motivation for the lagging team.

Curry directly wiped it in after using the pick-and-roll in the high position, and faced McGee's defense with a high-arc throw!

Didn't make a shot...but Bogut followed up and made a tip-up. Without Li Liang's interference, he still missed.

Green came up and clicked, but still didn't make it. McGee waved his big fly swatter under the basket, wishing to cover the entire basket.

But in the end, Iguodala jumped out, grabbed the offensive rebound, turned around and made a fadeaway jumper, hitting two points.

It was a calm choice. Knowing that he might not be able to make up for the basket, he simply came out and shot one.

After all, the basket was shrouded by Li Liang's [Russell's three-second zone fear].

10 points difference, it's a line.

The Warriors wanted to break through that line, and the Pacers were desperate to hold it going into the fourth quarter.

Around the 10-point gap, the two sides began a high-intensity confrontation.

The Warriors began to fight the Pacers with bayonets, but the Pacers had put the bayonets on the shelves as early as the beginning of the game.

Li Liang was double-teamed again and still passed to Danny Granger.

Granger hit with the ball behind his back and missed a jumper with a turn around.

But Li Liang grabbed the offensive rebound and passed the ball to JR-Smith on the outside.

Smith opened his hand and made a three-pointer, but still missed.

The impact of physical decline.

But the Pacers' inside rush is equally unyielding.

Li Liang gave the ball to McGee, and McGee took the ball and succeeded in a dunk through Bogut's single arm!

Also caused Bogut's foul!

McGee gave full play to the advantages of his long arms, and even beat his chest and roared after scoring.

This is really a model, and Garnett has to pay the copyright fee.

The stone-breaking dunk made Bogut tremble.

Five minutes after the start of the first quarter, Bogut's shortcomings of slow movement in defense, lack of independent offensive ability in offense, and average finishing ability began to be exposed.

And McGee is fast and flexible, and he doesn't care about anything in the offense. After receiving the pass, the rush is over, and the dunk is over.

An additional penalty hit and reopened to 13 points.

Kerr replaced Bogut with Ezeli.

Curry then cleverly attracted the Pacers defense in the offense, and a no-look-pass was given to Barnes who slipped to the bottom line.

Barnes made a layup.

Li Liang immediately caught the ball on the right side and singled Barnes to the basket—the Warriors no longer dared to double-team.

As a result, after Li Liang broke through with the ball, he made a jump shot from the bottom line.

He felt great tonight.

Towards the end of the third quarter, the Pacers had scored over 100 points!

At 101:87, with a 14-point difference, Li Liang has already scored 38 points efficiently, and it is almost 40 points in the third quarter.

One hundred points in three quarters is really the first time of the season for the Pacers.

No one expected that this first round would appear in the finals.

Li Liang's efficiency is surprisingly high, and he hardly misses.

It means that he still scores a lot of points without taking up a lot of possessions and shots.

How can this opponent stand up to it?

If this continues, 50 points will not be a problem at all.

Cole realized at this time that if he wanted to prevent Li Liang from scoring 50 points in the finals, the best way might be: Surrender.

Surrendering in the fourth quarter, entering garbage time, as long as Li Liang is not so thick-skinned and stays on the court to collect points, then he should not reach 50 points.

But judging from Li Liang's past deeds, it's really hard to tell.

When the third quarter was about to end, Li Liang grabbed an offensive rebound in the offense, made a layup and caused Green to foul at the same time, and scored another point at the free throw line. He scored 41 points in three quarters !

The score of the third quarter was fixed at 104:87.

The Warriors fans were dumbfounded when they saw it. They agreed to chase points, agreed to explode in the third quarter, and agreed to clock in in the third quarter...

That's right, it's really time to punch the card, but it's just the opponent punching the card.

In the third quarter, the Warriors scored one point less than the Pacers, and the point difference widened!

The frustration of the Warriors players can be imagined. At the end of the third quarter, they sat on the bench and felt that the game was almost impossible to play.

The 10-point line was once very close, but it just couldn't be broken.

Then the offensive feel faded and the Pacers opened up again.

The rhythm of the game is completely controlled by Li Liang, and the Warriors are being led by the nose from players to coaches.

Cole vowed before the start of the finals that he was determined to "focus on me" and "will not change the team's defensive strategy for Bruce Lee."

It turns out that you can't help but develop your tactics around this person.

To be honest, Cole is already thinking about what to do in the next game, and he must start targeting Bruce Lee in the first quarter.