2003, Auburn Hills Palace Arena, Detroit, Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs.

Detroit Pistons vs Orlando Magic.

For this year's playoffs, Li Liang is still very impressed.

Because this is the year he started following NBA games.

This year, the Lakers, who won three consecutive championships, lost the semifinals, and Kobe Bryant burst into tears.

This year, the Pistons reversed the Magic, but they are still not the opponent of the New Jersey Nets.

This year, Duncan led the Spurs to the beginning of the San Antonio's most glorious years.

This year, Yao Ming entered the NBA for the first time and unfortunately did not enter the playoffs.

In short, the 2002-2003 season was the year when many Chinese fans began to really pay attention to the NBA.

Li Liang stood on the floor of the palace in Auburn Hills, warming up before the game, but his mind was not thinking about the past.

He just thought about how to deal with Maddie in this game.

It's been a long time, and it's time to get this mission over.

The atmosphere at Auburn Hills Palace Arena was extremely lively, with wild Detroit fans frantically waving their white foam sticks.

In a sea of white, the dark blue magic seemed a little helpless.

Maddie is undoubtedly the only focal point of the Magic.

He averaged 32 points per game in the regular season this season, while the team's second-leading scorer, Good, averaged just 12 points per game.

So, it's undoubtedly a team that relies heavily on Maddy.

If Maddie plays well, the Magic have a chance to win.

Maddie's performance is average, and the magic is very dangerous.

After the appearance ceremony, the game began quickly.

The Magic's starters are Maddy, Gooden, Jacques Vaughn, Gordon Girisek and Andrew De Klerk.

To be honest, in this lineup, except for Maddie, they are all stinky fish and rotten shrimp.

It is also that Gooden has some strength and can share Maddie's worries.

So in the first game, the Magic was able to win the Pistons, relying on Maddy's supernatural play.

The rest of the players, except for Gooden, scored 18 points, and none of the rest scored in double figures.

On the Pistons' side, the starting lineup is Ben Wallace, Leung Leung, Billups, Hamilton plus Michael Curry.

The player that Li Liang replaced was Cliff Robinson, the same Trail Blazers player who was once shrugged off by Jordan's three-pointers, an evergreen.

In terms of strength, Robinson must have it, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to play in the NBA until he was 40 years old.

However, Carlisle, the starter, obviously didn't target Maddie enough defensively.

Billups is the point guard, Hamilton is the quarterback, and Curry is a 6-foot-5 swingman.

Let him defend Maddie, he will not be qualified in height.

Then Carlisle hadn't played Prince in the first game, and it wasn't until he was beaten by Maddie that he remembered to use Prince as a young man.

Without being defended in a targeted manner, or even a person who could play against him, Maddie was superb.

The game got on, Ben Wallace took the lead on the jump ball and the Pistons got their first offensive opportunity.

This first attack Li Liang has experienced several times, and he stood in the bottom corner of the left side after half-time.

Because the Pistons' first offensive option was to have Ben Wallace single with the ball in the low post on the right side......

For Carlisle's tactical arrangement, Li Liang was speechless.

On the first offense, the ball was passed on the outside two or three times before finally being given to Wallace.

Wallace also turned his back inwards like a decent, shook off the defender with his footsteps, and finally ate a big hat from Gooden who came to help the defense!

The ball flew off the baseline and Wallace fell to the ground.

Li Liang stood in the bottom corner with his waist crossed, holding his forehead, and in the previous game he tried to correct the Pistons' first attack, but to no avail.

I really don't know what kind of fairy tactic this is, maybe the Pistons are too careless and think that the magic is very easy to handle.

The ball was still on the Pistons' side, Li Liang used the cover to slip to the bottom line, ran to the bottom corner of the right side, and made a mid-range jumper after receiving the ball.

Hit!

A neat catch-and-shoot jumper to score two points.

That's called tactics, what are you Carlisle going to do with Wallace alone?

Of course, offense is not Li Liang's main task, defense is.

Magic's first offense, Maddie dribbled across the halfcourt.

Li Liang didn't post it because he knew that Maddie wouldn't score the first goal.

Sure enough, after the Magic's continuous cooperation on the outside, Maddy received the ball with his back on the right wing and turned to beat Hamilton.

The inside-turned-forward jumper was interfered with by Wallace and missed.

Li Liang won the backcourt rebound.

In fact, Maddie's back-to-back attack is very much, and his back-to-back skills are also very good.

He has extremely wide shoulders and a super long arm span, and one or two players can't defend him at all.

Then the Pistons countered, and Hamilton drew a foul on the opponent.

Hamilton then used his run to open space on the left side and took a step to get on the ball for a jumper.

Girisek rushed forward and sent the ball flying from the side with a block.

Not long after the game started, the Magic had already blocked twice.

This is the playoffs, or the 2003 playoffs with a stronger defense.

Even if it's a weak chicken like the Magic, every player will do their best in the playoffs.

Maybe the regular season is just reaching out to interfere with the defense, and in the playoffs, it's trying to block with all your might.

It's the East again, and the team's style is all defensive first, and the intensity can be seen.

But Li Liang is not afraid.

Serving on the sideline, Li Liangdou came out to catch the ball, then shook it, dribbled a step in, and made a quick stop jump shot and hit.

This game has been played many times, and the Pistons' tactics are matched with what they already know.

Add peace of mind and score two more points.

Then, Maddy's offense, after receiving the ball with his back, turned around and broke through with the ball, and made a layup under the basket, but was interfered with by Ben Wallace again and missed.

Ben Wallace's basket help defense is really strong.

Although he is not tall, he is very quick to react because he is one size smaller.

Coupled with excellent reach and bounce, the blocking threat is huge, and it can cause great deterrence to opponents almost every time.

In order to make up for the lack of height, he also made an explosive hairstyle to make himself look bigger.

It was another Pistons counterattack, and Billups rushed to the frontcourt.

Li Liang followed, and received the ball at the front three-point line and shot directly!

"Huh!"

Hit!

7:0, Li Liang opened with a 7:0 against his opponent, and his offensive state was really good this time.

But Li Liang was not complacent, because he knew that Maddie's outburst was coming.

On the next offense, Maddy broke through with the ball and knocked down Ben Wallace in the three-second zone and was whistled for an offensive foul.

The Palace of Auburn Hills was a cheer, and they felt that the T-mac ravaging the East End was nothing more than that.

The first three attacks, all missed, and Maddie looked calm.

He was accumulating energy, while Li Liang stared at Maddie silently, waiting for his outburst.

Next, the referee returned an offensive foul for the Pistons, and Hamilton broke through and knocked down Girisek.

Then, Girisek hit a jumper on offense to finally help the Magic score points.

The two sides played very fast at the beginning, the physical confrontation was fierce, and the tactics were basically impossible to play.

Ben Wallace tried to cover Billups from the outside, but not once.

The Magic defense was very tight, stubbornly squeezed through, and did not give Billups any chance to break through or shoot from the outside.

The Magic side is also dominated by singles, and players get the ball and get one-on-one opportunities on their own.

Because in the high-intensity confrontation of the playoffs, the more passes, the greater the likelihood of mistakes.

Instead of making mistakes, it is better to play alone, and the success rate is higher.

Billups made a pass error on a breakaway breakaway and gave the Magic a chance to fight back.

Gooden drew a foul on a fast break and made both free throws, 7-4.

The Pistons haven't scored in three rounds.

And Maddie didn't touch the ball for three or four rounds after consecutive misses in the opening game.

The Magic replaced Armstrong, who hit a three-pointer and tenaciously helped the Magic equalize the score.

Carlisle, who had been sitting on the sidelines with peace of mind, began to stand up, his face heavy, feeling that the situation was a little wrong.

The Pistons' offense couldn't play at all.

Hamilton and Billups were both closely followed.

No matter how Hamilton runs, there will always be someone to help him.

And Billups didn't find a chance to block several times, and he couldn't attack it himself.

The two sides played the opening 5 minutes, 9-7, and the Pistons led by 2 points.

In addition to Li Liang, the Pistons only scored 2 points on Hamilton's free throws.

That's when Maddie finally started scoring.

He used the outside cover to go around to the left 45 degrees, and after receiving Armstrong's pass, he pulled up and made a two-point jump shot and hit!

Li Liang knew that Maddie was about to start.

Then, the garbage Pistons made another pass error on offense.

However, Li Liang snatched the ball back, passed the ball to Wallace under the basket, and Wallace dunked violently with both hands!

Flew ......

Nima is flying again!

Can this be deducted? Li Liang was speechless, the previous mission Wallace had to deduct the flight every time, this time it has been passed so well, still flying?

Then the Magic counterattacked, and the basket was also a mess, grabbing three rebounds and missing three layups.

It was a really ugly game.

On the Pistons' side, Billups countered with a three-point shot, which was short.

Li Liang followed, lightly clicked, and hit the basket.

The attack of the garbage piston can only rely on Lao Tzu.

In fact, it's not piston garbage, but the state of the piston is really bad in this game.

Then, Maddie got the ball on the flank again, and Li Liang stepped forward directly to take the initiative to face Maddie.

"You get out of the way!" Li Liang said to Michael Curry.

Can't let Curry defend anymore, and let him defend again, it will beat Maddie to Jordan.

Maddie holds the ball in the basket and faces Li Liang.

Li Liang's gaze was firm and steady, lowering his center of gravity and keeping an appropriate distance.

Maddie suddenly accelerated with his left hand to break through the baseline after continuous dribbling!

Li Liang followed as soon as possible, his hand kept on Maddie's waist, and he already sensed that he was going to take the left road.

But it was still a little slower, and Maddie hit the negative angle.

Li Liang almost forced him out of the bottom line, and in this case, the average player can only pass the ball.

But Maddie still jumped, made an extreme lever change in the air, switched from the left side to the right, and hit a reverse pick!

Li Liang had defended this ball to the extreme, but he still couldn't stop Maddie from scoring.

But Li Liang was not annoyed, the game was still long.