Chapter 734: Believe in Your Teammates
After the start of the fourth quarter of the game, Li Liang was right, and he did not play easily.
The two sides ended the first three quarters of the game 67:67, and Li Liang missed the ultra-long three-point shot at the last moment, brushing out the basket, which made the Warriors fans at the scene breathe a sigh of relief.
In the fourth quarter, the Warriors still kept five small on the court, and the same was true for the Pacers.
Both sides did not dare to make substitutions, because the result of substitutions was likely to be played by the opponent in two or three minutes, and the point difference was widened, and it was very difficult to chase in the fourth quarter.
On the first ball at the start of the first quarter, the Pacers made a stupid mistake.
Thompson received a pass from Green on the right and immediately made a three-point shot, while Shambaugh chased a layup from the side and rubbed Thompson in the air.
Thompson still hit the ball while the referee blew the whistle and blew for a defensive foul on Shambaugh!
The opening game was to score a four, and the Oracle players were boiling all at once.
Thompson's play today was definitely superstar-calib.
And after the three-point success, he was still expressionless, as if nothing had happened.
As a shooter, he is absolutely calm, absolutely ruthless, and his expression is as steady as his shooting hand.
At the free throw line, Thompson's free throw hit steadily, 67:71, and the margin stretched to four points in one round.
This is already the time when the Warriors have taken the most lead in this game so far.
Thompson has scored a game-high 26 points so far.
The atmosphere at the scene became more and more tense and intense, and Li Liang stepped forward to comfort Shambaugh and signaled him not to care about the ball.
"Cheer up! Concentrate your attention! ”
Li Liang reminded his teammates while serving.
Against the Warriors' five-man lineup, the most important thing is that you must always be focused.
The five players on the field can't relax for a moment for the person staring in front of them.
Like if Bogut is on the court, it doesn't matter if you slack off, one is that the Warriors are running slowly, and the other is that the five defenses are four, and teammates can help.
Five small is not good, you must be highly concentrated all the time, a second of distraction, the result may be to lose position, lose points.
Correspondingly, the same is true for the Warriors, the difference is that the Warriors players have to pay a little more attention to Li Liang.
Li Liang did not force the attack, but held the ball in the left corner position as a shaft, covered George Hill, and then passed the ball to Hill.
After Hill holds the ball and kills the basket, a difficult throw, hit!
Hill's role became more and more important after the Eastern Finals.
In the Eastern Conference finals, Hill has to defend Irving and attack Irving at the same time, and in the Finals, Hill's task is the same.
Curry, the most important figure in the defense of the Warriors, and in the Warriors' five-small lineup, Curry is also a weaker link in defense.
It can be said that Hill took on the responsibility that his ability and salary should not bear.
But this is the Grand Final, and if a team wants to win, if you want to win a championship, everybody has to play something extraordinary.
Li Liang is a god, if you ask him to bring four Polish players, he won't be able to win the championship.
Hill then made another comeback on defense, using a kraft candy style of defense that led to Curry being fouled when he got rid of him.
There was a lot of boos at the scene, but watching the slow-motion replay, Curry did have movement on his hands.
Hill has amplified his abilities to the limit, both offensively and defensively, and there is no telling how long he can hold out.
Next, Hill once again used Li Liang's cover to kill the inside line, and once again completed a difficult throw, and hit again!
71:71Flat!
It was two golden goals that sounded the alarm for the Warriors' defense.
They put too much energy on Li Liang, and after a block, Green didn't want to delay Hill because he wanted to watch Li Liang.
So Hill was given a chance.
But Kerr shouted from the sidelines, demanding to stay on the defensive.
Just as the Pacers defend Curry, the Warriors have to defend Li Liang.
Others score, you're good to go.
The question is whether Green can suppress Li Liang.
When it came to the Warriors' offense, Klay Thompson hit another mid-range jumper!
This time he took Iguodala's pass and hit the ball against Shambaugh's defense.
Shambaught didn't dare to defend too tightly, for fear of fouling again to give Thompson a chance to make free throws.
It was a difficult shot and the Warriors regained the lead.
Hill's two attacks gave Li Liang a good respite, and it was finally his turn to make a move.
Li Liang used a very simple breakthrough after a single block cover - a major feature of the Pacers' lineup is that everyone can attack with the ball, and everyone can do blocking and covering for the ball carrier, even George Hill.
It's not an outlandish tactic for point guards to cover the interior.
Many people only know that Malone covers Stockton, but they don't know that Stockton has done a lot of walling.
Li Liang is not fast, but his rhythm is well controlled, and he makes a jumper after hitting the basket!
This time, Green stepped on a good step and successfully interfered with Li Liang's shooting, but did not score!
But the ball popped out, and Li Liang overpowered Green and grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt!
Surrounded by three Warriors players, Li Liang grabbed a frontcourt rebound, and then pushed three people to make a layup, causing Barnes to foul.
The referee blew the whistle, and of course there was another boo on the scene.
Cole yelled "shit" and then muttered, "How is this guy as strong as a cow?" ”
At this time, Li Liang was as strong as a bison, but his excessive strength and fierce confrontation affected his feel.
On the free throw line, Li Liang hit one of two free throws, which was quite rare, 72:73, and the point difference came to a terrible 1-point anxiety.
Next, the two sides began to alternate leads.
Li Liang made a layup on the inside hat Andrea Iguodala, and then on the counterattack, dodged the defense of three people and completed a close-range pull-up jump shot from the baseline.
This is a difficult shot, and when he shot at a zero degree angle close to the bottom line, Li Liang actually completed a shot that hit the board.
At this critical moment, when the defensive intensity was so strong that there was no edge, Li Liang's stop-and-go jump shot became a magic skill for attacking.
Whether it's a layup or a three-pointer, it's easy to be distracted.
Only this elusive pull-up jump shot, the scalp of the warrior who threw it was numb.
The big screen at the scene replayed the shot, and at a small angle, the ball lightly grazed the rebound, and then changed course and fell into the basket.
"Unbelievable, it was an unbelievable shot." Van Gundy commented.
But soon, Curry also completed an incredible goal.
He got rid of Hill's defense after consecutive crotch dribbles.
Then burst under the basket to face Li Liang, dribble behind his back, change direction, turn around, followed by a feint of stepping up and down, after wiping into the basket, dodging Li Liang's block, and hitting a basket with his right hand!
Li Liang has defended the ball to the limit, but he still couldn't stop Curry's layup!
It was the most beautiful goal Curry scored tonight, but you can see how hard he struggled to score a goal.
Dribble to get rid of, to turn around, to step up and down feints, and finally barely dodge, and the difficult basket is successful.
After the ball was hit, Curry fell out of the bottom line, and in order to win the shooting space, the center of gravity was completely lost.
No way, elementary school students are short.
The impact of height on basketball is indeed too great.
The Warriors regained the lead, and then began to pack Li Liang with a three, and they did not get the ball in advance.
Iguodala, Green, Thompson, the three best defenders all came to target Li Liang.
Li Liang passed the ball out, and JR-Smith missed a three-point shot.
Coming back, Thompson didn't make a quick three-point shot from the outside.
The decline in hand feel due to high intensity is affecting the outside shots of both teams.
Bird called a timeout first to ease the game, and the players needed a break.
During the pause, the drums performed and the fans chanted "lets go warriors!" to the beat of the drums. ”
On the Pacers' bench, Bird is making tactical arrangements.
At such a moment, Director Li also had to shut up and listen carefully.
'The momentum is on our side, remember that, everybody remember that. So we have to take the initiative, we have to fight more under the basket, more hard work in defense, and put enough pressure on the opponent. Rebounding, be sure to grab more rebounds, that's our advantage, get it, advantage! ”
Bird's most emphasis on the tactical arrangement is rebounding.
Bird sees it very accurately, and the rebounds of the five-small lineup will inevitably become a weakness.
The Pacers players are very engaged on the court, so they don't realize this, and basically no one takes the initiative to rush for rebounds in the frontcourt.
Bogut and Azeli are not there, and the rebounding ball must be used.
Li Liangxin was originally planning whether to use [Cutdinger's dice] to determine the winner in one fell swoop.
He looked at the game time and decided that he should wait patiently and trust his teammates.