In the first quarter of the game, the two sides played 25:29, and the Trail Blazers led by 4 points into the second quarter.

It was the first time in the series that the Trail Blazers had maintained their lead after the end of the first quarter.

It's not easy.

After the start of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers played very carefully.

Yes, their offense and defense can be described as cautious.

In fact, when it comes to the playoffs, the game should be careful, whether offensive or defensive, no mistakes can be made.

It's a pity that the Trail Blazers were brought into the pit by the Rockets in the first round, and the frizzy ones won anyway.

The result was 0:3 by the Clippers, and it took me to find some real playoff feeling.

The Trail Blazers cut down on too much cover and unnecessary movement in the offense, trying to make the team's offensive routine a little more concise.

In this way, the team can focus more on the defensive end, allowing the pace of the game to be slower and allowing the players to take more initiative on the field.

It's a bit of a playoff powerhouse, and the Clippers players are finally feeling the resistance on the court.

Originally, the players' hand felt average, and although the game was close in the second quarter, they were never able to equalize or overtake.

The first three games of the Trail Blazers were broken by a wave in the second quarter, trailing by more than 20 points early, and entering the second half extremely passively.

This time, the Trail Blazers have learned a lesson, and the two sides have had back and forth, and the Trail Blazers have always maintained a lead of more than 3 points.

Li Liang didn't take advantage of the Trail Blazers in the second quarter.

His most intuitive feeling is that the Trail Blazers team will finally play.

In defence, attention to detail began to be paid attention to, rather than empty confrontations.

The scramble for all kinds of floor balls, the deadly backcourt rebounding protection, and finally the appearance of defending the home court to the death.

In attack, there is less complicated tactical coordination and more use of the individual ability of the players.

Ade's several strong attacks were to go to the basket, instead of always stepping back and jumping, which was obviously a lot tougher.

The team's overall rhythm is relaxed, and they are no longer led by the nose by the Clippers like in the first three games.

Lillard, in particular, who has the ball, has made a lot of progress in offensive options.

After three games of confrontation with Paul, and three times of abuse, I can finally learn something.

Lillard, as a point guard, the Trail Blazers' offense was basically not sorted out, they didn't pass the ball well when they should have passed, and they didn't shoot accurately when they should have attacked.

Lillard played a lot better in this game, finishing the first half, scoring 15 points and six assists, helping the Trail Blazers lead the Clippers by one point at 52:53 into the second half.

It's only one point ahead, but it's a huge improvement.

It was not easy to fall behind by 25 points at halftime before, but this time it was able to take the lead.

Even a one-point lead is a huge psychological comfort.

The Clippers didn't play well in the first half, and the best guy was Griffin.

Griffin took the bench and took advantage of the Trail Blazers' second-team disadvantage to score some points.

In the final moments of the second quarter, it was also Griffin's mid-range whistle that put the Clippers down by one point.

Li Liang and Paul played averagely, and Li Liang even found that he was not in good shape, so he decisively retreated, concentrated on defense, and accumulated physical strength to prepare for the second half.

The two sides are finally going to set up a battle and have a good third quarter and the second half.

At halftime, the locker room was finally no longer so relaxed, but slightly tense.

Rivers spat on the issue of the team's problems on both ends of the floor in the first half.

"I don't want to bring the game back to Los Angeles, I want us to go home to take a vacation to prepare for the game, not to prepare for the next game." ”

Rivers said this, but in his heart, he was already planning for the next game.

He knows that it may not be so easy to really sweep his opponent.

The referees were clearly biased in favor of the Trail Blazers in the first half, and basically some fouls that could be blown or not blew were blown by the Clippers, while the Trail Blazers did not.

As Rivers expected, as Rivers expected, as soon as the third quarter began, the tide began to turn against the Clippers.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Li Liang was whistled for a foul in defense.

So he had three fouls, and the defense needed to be careful throughout the third quarter.

Regarding the deployment of Li Liang's offensive and defensive responsibilities, it is still difficult for Rivers to solve.

It's mainly because Li Liang is too aggressive, and what he offers on the defensive end is too important for the Clippers.

The award for the best NBA defensive player in the past two days was also released, and it was Joakim Noah who won this award.

However, Rivers said "unashamedly" in an interview, "The title of the best defensive player should be given to Bruce Lee." ”

Although Rivers said this because he was suspicious of sycophants (the ghost knows why he would like a championship coach to pat the ass of a sophomore rookie), on the other hand, it is also because Rivers knows the importance of Li Liang in the Clippers' defense.

The basis for the Clippers to get 70 wins is not Li Liang's three-point shot, but Li Liang's filling of the vacancy in the forward defense after coming to the Clippers, so that the team's defense has always maintained a stable operation.

So Carlisle thought of making Li Liang foul before, causing him to get into foul trouble and destroying the Clippers' defensive foundation.

Stotts played a few games and finally figured this out, and with the referee giving face, Li Liang faced a foul problem at the beginning of the second half.

Subsequently, the Trailblazers took advantage of the problem of Li Liang being plagued by fouls, and began to use the outside blocking and dismantling to hit Li Liang.

Batum kept coming out to make a wall to mobilize Li Liang, and after blocking and demolishing, let Li Liang change the defense.

As soon as Li Liang changed defenses, Matthews or Lillard burst through.

Li Liang knew that he couldn't play with fouls on his back, so he defended twice, but he was still beaten several times in a row by Lillard and Matthews.

Five minutes into the third quarter, the Trail Blazers turned the score to 64-70 and led the Clippers by six points.

There have been no tactical changes in the Trail Blazers' defense, only attitude.

And when it comes to defense, attitude change is the most immediate.

Once a throw-in, the Clippers made a mistake, Batum looked for Li Liang to get the ball, but Li Liang just didn't give it.

Batum directly stepped up and made physical contact with Li Liang, trying to snatch the ball from Li Liang's hand.

Can Li Liang be snatched away by you?

Pushed Batum away with a direct elbow and then handed the ball to the referee.

Batum also looked very innocent and spread his hands and said to the referee, "Technical foul." “

"Fuck you tech foul." Li Liang scolded Batum unceremoniously.

The referee ignored it, as the throw-in was meant to be in the hands of the referee.

There was clearly a smell of gunpowder on both sides.

Li Liang's state tonight is indeed not good, but he is trying to adjust.

His shooting feels average right now, and the defense is stuck in fouls and doesn't dare to go all out.

The rest of the Clippers players were clearly not comfortable with the Trail Blazers' changed defensive attitude and played very disorganized.

The game was completely out of the Clippers' control.

Li Liang thought, we must get the initiative back.

How to find it, start with this Batum.

Li Liang silently took out one of [Gary Payton's Chewing Gum] from the system's exchange center, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

Don't you want to fight me? Didn't you keep covering and mobilizing me, and let the backfield come to train me?

Then let's have an all-round duel to see who is better.

In the first few games, Li Liang didn't take Batum to heart at all.

And it's true that Batum is playing better than one game.

Batum's performance in this game is very good, and the defense of Li Liang is getting more and more energetic, he is here to feel and dry.

You're dry, I'll give you the fire.

The Trail Blazers take the throw-in.

Batum and Li Liang are opposed, and find that Li Liang's mouth is moving?

Chewing gum? But he doesn't seem to have a habit of chewing gum.

Then, Batum heard a series of various curses flowing out of Li Liang's mouth.

It really flows out, and it flows very naturally, and if you don't care about the content and just listen to the tone, you will feel like he is chatting with you.

But as soon as you listen to the content...... All kinds of black slang, slang, and swear words are in a series to greet Batum.

The basketball court is actually very, very noisy.

The sound of whistles, the noise of spectators, loud exchanges between players, rackets on the floor, and the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor.

Playing a game, a player's eardrums are a lot of tests, especially in the playoffs.

But when Batum stood beside Li Liang, he felt that Li Liang's trash talk was simply a magic sound, which could block all other sounds, so that you could listen to those trash words, and your mind would explode.

Batum just wanted to turn around and tell Li Liang to stop talking, but Matthews's ball passed.

Batum didn't pay attention to being cut off by Li Liang, Li Liang took the ball and rushed forward, and Lillard had no choice but to stop Li Liang and foul.

Li Liang rubbed his mouth, thinking to himself, the feeling of scolding people is really refreshing.

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