The Trail Blazers really didn't have a good game, and in the end they relied on Aldridge to come on and shoot a three-pointer from the outside to break the deadlock.

This is the second time the Trail Blazers have fallen into a scoring drought in this game, and then they have to rely on the individual ability of the players to break the situation.

Stotts didn't want to see that at all, which meant the Trail Blazers' Flow offense wasn't flowing.

With more than ten points behind, their offense cannot flow completely, and the final result can only be death.

At this time, Stotts only had two cards in his hand, and that was Aldridge and Lillard.

At this moment, they have to rely on their individual ability to bite the score and close it, so that by the end of the game, the team still has a chance.

The Clippers played very smart, and after taking the lead, the Clippers started to play the rhythm and started giving the ball to Paul.

Paul blocked and dismantled with Li Liang in the high post, Li Liang first pretended to cut outside, and then suddenly accelerated and rushed in, and then Paul made a beautiful ground pass to Li Liang.

Li Liang did not make a layup after receiving the ball, but suddenly made a stop-and-go jump shot and hit the board into the basket from close range.

This ball almost fell with Robin Lopez, who defended Li Liang, this kind of blocking and dismantling inside cut not to make a basket but a jump shot, Zhen Nima has never seen it!

But Li Liang is like this, the pull-up jump shot is more certain for him, and he can't be beaten.

Do you want to follow me in the back of my ass and cap me? There are no doors.

Later, Matthews fouled Crawford's three-pointer in defense, sending Crawford to the free throw line and making three free throws.

At this moment, the pioneer is faintly about to collapse, and he can't hold it anymore.

They also fell behind in the Rockets, but when it came to 10 points, they were able to catch up quickly.

Playing the Clippers feels completely different, there is a feeling that you can't catch up no matter how much you can't catch up.

The Clippers' defense is not only better than the Rockets, but it's more targeted.

Li Liang is quite familiar with this so-called Flow attack, Li Liang is like a firefighter, where there is a blockade and dismantling, there is him.

Anyway, his defense is inside and outside, all-purpose glue, aren't you flowing, I won't let you flow.

As for Batum, Li Liang doesn't bother to care about him, let you go, you have a kind of death for me.

As a result, Batum didn't score a point in the first half, shooting 0 of 2 three-pointers, 0 of 3 two-pointers, and 0 of 5 shots.

And Li Liang shot 3 of 6 three-pointers and 4 of 7 two-pointers in the first half, which was very efficient.

Li Liang scored 20 points in the half, helping the Clippers 65:40 and leading the Trail Blazers by 25 points!

25 points, the Trail Blazers scored a total of 1 three-pointer in the entire first half, and Aldridge threw it in.

You know, in the first round, the Trail Blazers averaged nearly 10 three-pointers per game, an average of 5 per half.

Five three-pointers are 15 points, and the Trail Blazers have 12 fewer points.

Back in the dressing room at half-time, the solemnity before the start of the game has long been swept away.

What a trailblazer, it turned out to be at this level, half-time bang, 25 points difference, basically announced the end of the game.

But at this time, Li Liang stood up again and warned everyone, "The game is only half played, even if we win this game, there are still three games left." Believe in yourself before the game starts, and you can't take your opponent lightly after the game starts. ”

As the core of the Clippers, Li Liang not only played a leading role, but also played the function of a political commissar.

Sure enough, it's for the team, for the Clippers.

Rivers agreed with Li Liang and spent five minutes carefully arranging the offense and defense in the second half, dissecting some of the problems that occurred with the Clippers in the first half.

The biggest problem the Clippers are facing right now is turnovers.

Ever since Li Liang was the core and engaged in a comprehensive offensive strategy, the Clippers' mistakes have been on the rise.

The regular season is nothing, but in the playoffs, mistakes are very fatal.

Maybe it doesn't matter to a team like the Trail Blazers with a relatively large gap in strength, but in the face of the Spurs and the Heat, if there are still many mistakes, the positive impact of the whole team organization is likely to be offset by the negative impact of the mistakes.

Even in some key battles, high-versus low-scoring matches, the destructive power of high mistakes will be even more terrifying.

Of course, there is such a thing as a high turnover, which is not something that will disappear after being emphasized at halftime.

As long as you value coordination, pay attention to the transfer of the ball, and sacrifice rigor for speed, mistakes are inevitable.

If you really want to avoid it, it comes down to the tacit understanding between the players and the concentration of the game.

Rivers decided to remind the team of this issue repeatedly throughout the series, hoping that the team would make a breakthrough if necessary.

The Clippers are already thinking about the overall team strategy and playoff direction, while the Trail Blazers are thinking about how to turn the game around in the second half.

In fact, as with the Clippers' thinking, there is no problem at all in a short period of time.

If you can't shoot a three-pointer yourself, what can you do?

The same game, the same basket, in the face of the Rockets, in the face of the Clippers, just not in.

The Clippers' defense is better than the Rockets' for one reason, and another reason is that the Trail Blazers can't keep up with the Clippers.

Rhythm is very important for pitchers, if the rhythm is right, how to shoot, how to have, if the rhythm is not right, there will be no vacancy.

Starting from Stotts on the second lineup bench in the middle of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers' rhythm was actually out of order.

In the second half of the second quarter, when the Clippers' offense blossomed, the Trail Blazers were even more at a loss.

Especially Aldridge's point inside line has never been opened, Jordan Jr. and Li Liang take turns to defend Ade, and this defensive pressure is not comparable to the Rockets' Smith and Jones.

And Lillard, needless to say, you're still too tender in front of Paul.

Paul didn't play much of a role on the defensive end in the first round, because the Mavericks' point guard was weak, and in the end Carlisle didn't let Calderon play.

By the second round, Paul's cunning on the defensive end was on full display.

pestered Lillard, constantly disrupting Lillard, and kept making small movements.

Lillard played comfortably in the first round, but in the semifinals he began to get used to it.

He was bullied by Paul physically and humiliated by Li Liang mentally.

Don't break out in silence, strike iron in silence!

At the beginning of the third quarter, Lillard used his pace and cover to go around in a big circle, and then made a pull-up jump shot in the bottom corner, only to Bang to hit the iron with a bang.

Lopez on the inside worked hard to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, but in the end he got two hats and a strong third time, which caused Griffin's foul.

The arm is still not long enough, otherwise Griffin would have snatched the ball a long time ago, so why foul.

Lopez hit one of the two free throws, but missed the second free throw, Li Liang accidentally touched the ball out of the bottom line, and it was still the Trail Blazers ball.

The Trail Blazers had the ball, and as a result, the offensive method they chose was to serve the ball to Batum who was running empty-handed, and Batum received the ball C&S, but under Li Liang's defense, he made a three-way shot......

If you don't have diamonds, you don't have to work on porcelain.

What are you throwing a few handfuls of?

Li Liang can't stand it anymore, Batum, you haven't scored a goal so far!

In response, Li Liang showed Batum what C&S is on the offensive end.

He continued to use Jordan Jr. and Griffin's cover to find opportunities in the bottom right corner, and after receiving Paul's pass, he received the ball and shot a mid-range jumper and hit it steadily.

Compared with the impatience of the Trailblazers and Batum, Li Liang's running and shooting are unhurried and methodical.

Including his running position, Li Liang has never accelerated or changed direction at will in order to get rid of his opponent quickly.

Because Li Liang knows that compared with getting rid of his opponent, it is more important to maintain his sense of rhythm.

If you lose your sense of rhythm in order to get rid of it, you won't hit the last shot.

The Trail Blazers are now out of rhythm as a team, and their offensive options are not on the spot, because Ade can't open this point.

The players became impatient in attack because they wanted to chase the points quickly, and the result was only a bigger and bigger point difference.

Three minutes into the third quarter, the margin was almost 30 points.

The Trail Blazers scored two points on Lillard's free throws, and then Matthews hit a pull-and-shoot jumper after a pick-and-roll.

But on the Clippers' side, Paul assisted Griffin to dunk under the basket, and then Li Liang faced Batum and made a quick stop to hit a mid-range shot.

With such an attack, the Trail Blazers will not be able to beat the Clippers.

The Clippers took advantage of this small cooperation and personal ability to slowly exhaust the game, and the Trail Blazers did not see any chance and hope.

Jio Look, the real Jio Look.

There was a ball attack that was particularly noticeable.

The Trail Blazers have been on defense with all their might, doing their best at every point and suppressing the Clippers' positional offense very well.

But in the end, when Li Liang missed a jumper, Jordan Jr. pulled out the rebound, and Paul reorganized the offense.

Then he broke through the basket and distributed the ball to the perimeter, Barnes received the ball and relied on the screen to kill the basket and missed the layup, 24 seconds later.

But Li Liang followed from the flank, and made a basket with a light click......

I'm beating Nima!

That's how the mood of the Trail Blazers players looks.

This offensive and defensive battle took nearly a minute, and the two defenses were successful until the last minute, one frontcourt rebound, one rebound, and one rebound, which was completely lost.

The morale blow to this kind of ball is huge, and by the time the ball was scored, the Trail Blazers were already trailing the Clippers by 30 points.

At this point, there were still 3 minutes left until the end of the third quarter.

Stotts called another timeout, which was already a hopeless timeout.

I can't beat it, I really can't beat it, and I feel like the Clippers haven't really made any effort yet.

And Li Liang had already scored 30 points at this time.

At this time, he was still ashamed on the bench and said to his teammates: "You have to work hard and play hard, you see, if it weren't for me, you and the Trail Blazers wouldn't be tied!" Come on! ”

Your algorithm is really simple enough, if you lead by 30 points, you get 30 points, and you will be evenly divided without you.

But when these words came out of Li Liang's mouth, using a hair dryer to process it like this, it felt like there was a little bit of truth?

Reasonable.