Chapter 735 It's Not That Simple

The shot of Li Liang's last-minute layup to kill the Warriors quickly made the headlines of major TV stations in the United States.

NBA officials have been confused. This is the first time Bruce Lee has dominated sports headlines.

Now Xiao Hua must be very entangled. On the one hand, Li Liang's phenomenal performance has expanded the influence of basketball in the United States.

On the other hand, Li Liang's presence is likely to cause the NBA to shrink in its home market in the United States - which is almost predictable, because most Americans don't want to see an American league dominated by Chinese players.

Some young, open-minded fans may love Bruce Lee, especially those influenced by the Internet.

The birth of Li Liang and his three consecutive championships is simply too exciting.

However, many local, conservative middle-aged and elderly fans, some fans who pay special attention to tradition, may feel that "one generation is not as good as one generation", and these people are the invisible main force of NBA consumption.

Of course, there is another foreseeable situation that the overseas market, especially the Chinese market, will further expand.

So from a business point of view, Xiao Hua is very entangled now. It's just that he didn't know that Li Liang was thinking about bringing down the NBA in the future, and he was using a method that he couldn't even think of.

After Li Liang beat the Warriors in the second game, many websites on the Internet in China directly crashed and their servers went down.

This lore not only took away the victory of this game, but also almost made Li Liang's third championship ring about to be worn on his hand.

With a 2-0 lead in the away game, the next game will return to Indianapolis. The question the Warriors have to consider now is whether they will be swept.

They really have to think about it and prepare.

The first game was hit by a three-pointer, and the second game was a lore. The psychological trauma is really not ordinary.

At the press conference after the game, when Curry was interviewed, he almost jumped out word by word.

He was obviously very, very depressed, too depressed to talk.

And Cole felt that he could take out the post-match interview video of the last game and replay it again, and the audience probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

As for the press conference after the Pacers game, that goes without saying, and the cross talk started again.

This time there was one more person attending the press conference——Mike Brown, who only praised Li Liang's stinky feet.

Whether it is a big victory or a lore, the Pacers took a 2:0 lead. They have never been so close to the championship.

After this game, some media people have already started to crown Li Liang in advance, saying that this is Bruce's 1993.

When Michael Jordan won three consecutive championships in 1993, they met the league's No. 1 Phoenix Suns and MVP Charles Barkley in the finals.

In the two home games of the Suns, Jordan and the Bulls directly supported the Suns and sent the MVP a 2:0.

Although Barkley and the Suns resisted desperately later, the 0:2 disadvantage was too great after all, and it was a pity that Jordan achieved his first three consecutive championships.

Li Liang's current situation is very similar, leading 2:0 with a big score. On his way to the championship three times, no team can even force him to the tiebreaker.

In fact, before the finals, Li Liang used system tools to predict, and the score he got was 3:4 to the Warriors...

This shows that the Warriors are really strong, and the system is not optimistic about the Pacers.

However, Li Liang is really fierce. Before the last attack, he directly used the [Ball Blind Detector] to steal Curry's dribble, and then used the hand of God to lay up with his left hand. Who can stand it?

This is all right, a solid step has been taken towards the road of being defeated 3:4, and one more win will complete the mission of winning 3 games.

With such a good attitude, Li Liang left Oakland with his teammates and flew back to Indiana overnight.

Indiana fans don't think so. They are already excited and can't wait for the Pacers to sweep the Warriors 4-0 and win the championship directly at home. At that time, the most important moment in Indianapolis basketball history will be born.

For the Warriors, they have no retreat, not even a single retreat.

Losing in the third game is really an abyss, and no team can escape the fate of being defeated.

The match was scheduled for June 9, and the players only had one day off.

This is a game that determines the direction of the series, and the Conseco Arena is full tonight.

Not only inside the arena, but also outside the arena were packed with fans, and Indiana's basketball enthusiasm was fully aroused.

It's really stressful for the Warriors players.

But pressure is also a driving force. After the adjustment of the second game, Steve Kerr finally made a personnel change-abandoning Bogut's starting arrangement and directly adopting five small lineups to play against the Pacers.

Faced with the arrangement of the Warriors, the Pacers are still conservative and continue to maintain the original starting lineup, with McGee continuing to act as the center.

In the last game, after McGee went to rest in the third quarter, he never went up again.

Like the Oracle in Oakland, the Conseco Arena on the night of the 9th was also full of yellow, like a rapeseed field.

This feeling makes the Warriors players feel familiar, as if they feel at home.

As a result, the Warriors' five minors were indeed powerful. They changed the sense of stagnation in the previous two games, and their offense was extremely smooth.

And frequently pulled McGee out to beat the big ones.

Because McGee's opponent is Green. Green doesn't stay under the basket at all. He just runs to the high post and runs outside the three-point line.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Warriors beat the Pacers 15:7, leading the Pacers by 8 points.

The Pacers had to call a timeout, and then made a substitution. Bird was heartbroken, and you five and I are five.

But the Pacers immediately faced a problem with five small players-Li Liang's defensive pressure was too great.

In the fourth quarter of the previous game, Li Liang opened a shield for the first quarter, wearing [Man of Steel], withstood the attack of the Warriors Five.

In this way, he still paid the price of two fouls.

You let him top a game? The Pacers' offense is to stop playing.

Physical fitness is not a problem. Li Liang can drink Gatorade, but fouls are the problem.

The Pacers held on through the first quarter, trailing by six points at 31:25.

The Pacers held on to the second quarter, and at halftime, 60:54, they were still six points behind.

As a result, the third quarter couldn't last anymore. Li Liang drank Gatorade to make himself full of energy. As a result, he was called a defensive foul by the referee as soon as he came up-four fouls in less than 2 minutes of the third quarter!

Li Liang was still calm and restrained his temper. He knew that the Alliance TM wanted to mess with it again.

how? Don't you want to be swept away? RNM's.

Do you want to point ratings? To put it bluntly, this is also the Conseco Arena, the home of the Pacers!

But one thing that must be admitted is that the Warriors played really well tonight, which is indeed completely different from the previous two games.

The offensive lineup of the five small teams fully demonstrated Curry's advantages and the characteristics of the team's pass and cut cooperation.

The rhythm of the game changed from the quagmire of the first two games to a panting pursuit of the Pacers following the Warriors.

Kerr dropped Bogut entirely, didn't give Bogut a minute of playing time, and switched to David Lee.

Even Ezeli and Speights didn't give much time, just the little ones, Barbosa and Livingston.

In the third quarter, the Pacers without Li Liang for most of the time were finally overwhelmed by the Warriors' offense.

A 17:5 super shock wave widened the point difference to nearly 20 points in one fell swoop.

The Warriors finally showed their true strength in this game.

Smooth positional offense, devastating three-pointers, and super defensive ability.

This is a powerful team that opened three quarters of the regular season and won 66 wins.

Li Liang is still struggling. After all, he drank Gatorade and his energy is too high. If you don't struggle on the court, you still have to release it when you go home at night.

With a 20-point difference, Li Liang also fought hard in the fourth quarter, and once used a three-pointer to catch up with only 9 points.

Cole was so scared that he immediately called a timeout, and when he returned to the game, the referee whistled Li Liang's fifth foul in a timely manner.

Li Liang had to shrink back on the defensive end, and at the same time his teammates' physical fitness dropped sharply.

The Pacers' bench depth is still not as good as that of the Warriors. After five minutes, Finsen is the only backcourt substitute.

West, Garnett or McGee will be beaten if they go up, and Sloan can't make it to the finals at all.

In the end, the Warriors beat the Pacers by 109:95 in the away game with a 14-point advantage.

The five small powers of death have emerged, and the Warriors seem to have found the right way to open the game.

And the Pacers want to win the championship, it seems that it will not be that simple.