The third quarter fell into a state that made the Warriors most entangled and disgusted.

The Warriors' offense was indeed recovering, with Curry hitting a three-pointer and a three-pointer after a turnover, and then assisting on Thompson's three-pointer.

He also relied on continuous coverage on offense and hit three-pointers.

But when the two sides entered an official timeout halfway through the third quarter, look up at the score: 89:73, the difference is still stable at 16 points!

Whenever the Warriors score, the Pacers, or Lee Leung, can respond.

Correspondingly, when the Warriors make a mistake or don't score, the Pacers will most likely not score.

This gave Kerr a bold idea that in order to contain the Pacers' offense, it would be better to contain our own offense first.

Of course, the idea was only in Cole's mind for less than a second, and it was nothing short of suicidal.

Li Liang didn't hit another three-pointer in the third quarter, which made the Warriors' defensive pressure much less.

However, he took on a more well-rounded role, playing the ball and assisting his team-mates with a very solid control.

He had four assists in the third quarter, and although he had two turnovers, the Warriors failed to capitalize on the turnovers to create an offensive shockwave.

Because the Pacers did a very good job of retreating and marking people.

The dominance of the man-to-man defence was evident in this game.

It may not be the most capable of curbing scoring, not the most pressing, not the most extreme, but it must be the most resilient.

Li Liang, who graduated from Kentucky and studied carefully with Coach Rupp, the system, executed Vogel's man-to-man defensive command very well, and the Pacers' defense did not loosen at all because of the outbreak of certain points.

The Warriors were unable to form a comprehensive offensive and defensive press, which led to a see-saw between the two sides.

Time is consumed little by little, which is fatal for the warriors.

Kerr knew that in the final minute of the third quarter, he had to give it a go.

After the timeout, the Warriors turned on the three-point shooting strategy.

What passes, what runs, to hell with me, three-point shooting!

Inside frontcourt rebounds rush up!

Thompson took the lead from the outside, receiving a pass from Curry on the right side and hitting a three-point shot.

Thompson was the Warriors' most reliable three-point player from the outside tonight.

Subsequently, the Warriors wrapped up Li Liang, and Li Liang distributed the ball to Smith in the middle.

Smith misses a three-point shot from an open position.

Warriors' chances.

Curry threw another three-pointer from the outside, but he didn't score.

But on the inside, Green grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, distributed the ball to the outside, and Barnes in the middle received the ball for three points and then shot!

Finally cast in!

Barnes' first three-pointer of the game!

hit two three-pointers in a row, and the efficiency of these three-pointers is different, and the difference suddenly came to 10 points.

The Oracle Arena erupted in cheers, and the morale of the Warriors was rising.

Li Liang took the ball, the warriors did not hesitate, double bag!

Kerr didn't pretend to be forced anymore, why did he continue to let Iguodala come in the second half, let Iguodala defend alone, and give Li Liang too much space.

Li Liang passed the ball again, this time to Granger.

In moments like these, he has to trust his teammates.

Granger took a step forward with the ball, unguarded, and hit a mid-range jumper in the left bottom corner.

No matter how Li Liang can carry it alone, it is impossible for him to score all the points of a team alone.

Granger and JR Smith in the backcourt are still his most reliable two-guard with knives.

But at this moment, Li Liang knew that the warriors' most ferocious counterattack was coming.

In the last five minutes of the third quarter, the trapped beast struggled and had to be overcome.

Li Liang shouted, telling the players to concentrate, concentrate, and devote themselves to defense.

When the finals reach a certain moment, it is not only the offense and defense that are tested, but also the willpower.

A 12-point difference, more than a quarter, is an advantage and pressure for the leading side, and pressure and motivation for the lagging side.

Curry wiped it in directly after the help of the block in the high post, and faced McGee's defense with a high-arc throw!

Didn't throw in...... But Bogut followed up with the basket, and without Li Liang's interference, he still didn't score.

Green came up and clicked, but still didn't go in, and McGee waved his big fly swatter under the basket, desperate to cover the whole basket.

But in the end, Iguodala jumped up, grabbed the rebound, turned and made a step-back jumper, and hit two points.

It's really a cool choice, knowing that you may not be able to make up for it under the basket, so you just come out and shoot one.

After all, the basket was shrouded by Li Liang's [Russell's three-second zone fear].

The difference is 10 points, which is a line.

The Warriors wanted to break through that line, and the Pacers desperately held it for the fourth quarter.

Around the 10-point gap, the two sides began a high-intensity confrontation.

The Warriors began to fight the Pacers with bayonets, but the Pacers had already put their bayonets on the shelves from the beginning of the game.

Li Liang was caught again and still passed to Danny Granger.

Granger hit hard with the ball on his back and missed a turnaround jumper.

But Li Liang grabbed the rebound in the front court and passed the ball to JR Smith on the outside.

Smith opened his hand to shoot a three-pointer, but still missed.

The effects of declining physical strength.

But the Pacers' inside rush was just as relentless.

Li Liang gave the ball to McGee, McGee took the ball and won it with a violent dunk through Bogut's one arm!

It also caused a foul on Bogut!

McGee took advantage of his long arms and even beat his chest and roared after the goal.

It's a real example, and you have to pay royalties to Garnett.

The earth-shattering snap made Bogut tremble.

Five minutes into the first quarter, Bogut's shortcomings in moving slowly in defense, his lack of independent offensive ability and average finishing ability began to be exposed.

And McGee is fast, flexible, and doesn't care about 3721 in the offense, receives a pass, rushes and dunks.

He hit a free throw to pull back to 13 points.

Cole replaces Bogut and brings on Aizeli.

Curry then cleverly drew the Pacers' defense on offense, giving a no-look-pass to Barnes who slipped to the baseline.

Barnes makes a layup.

Li Liang immediately received the ball on the right side and singled Barnes in the basket - the Warriors no longer dared to wrap the clamp.

As a result, after Li Liang broke through with the ball, he hit a stop-and-go jump shot from the bottom line.

He's got a great touch tonight.

At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers had already scored more than 100!

101:87, a 14-point difference, Li Liang has already scored 38 points efficiently, and the third quarter is almost 40 points.

The 100 points in the third quarter were really the first of the season for the Pacers.

No one expected that this would be the first time it would appear in the finals.

Li Liang's efficiency is even more surprisingly high, and he has hardly missed.

It means that he still scores a lot of points without dominating a lot of possession and shooting.

Where can this opponent withstand it?

If you continue to play like this, 50 points will not be a problem at all.

At this time, Kerr realized that if he wanted to stop Li Liang from scoring 50 points in the finals, the best way might be: surrender.

Surrendered in the fourth quarter and entered garbage time, as long as Li Liang was not so thick-skinned and stayed on the court to score points, then he should not be able to score 50 points.

However, judging from Li Liang's past deeds, it is really difficult to say.

When the third quarter was about to end, Li Liang grabbed the frontcourt rebound in the offense, hit a layup and caused Green to foul, scored another 1 point on the free throw line, scored three points, and scored as many as 41 points in the third quarter!

The score of the third quarter was fixed at 104:87.

Warriors fans were dumbfounded, saying that it was good to chase points, that it was good to explode in the third quarter, and that it was good to punch in the third quarter......

That's right, it's really time to punch in, it's just that the opponent punches in.

In the third quarter, the Warriors scored one point less than the Pacers, and the difference widened!

The frustration of the Warriors' players can be imagined, as they sat on the bench at the end of the third quarter and felt like the game was simply unplayable.

The 10-point line was close at one point, but it just couldn't be broken.

Then the offensive feeling faded and the Pacers regained distance.

The rhythm of the game was completely controlled by Li Liang, and the Warriors, from the players to the coaches, were being led by the nose.

Kerr vowed before the start of the Finals that he was determined to "put me first" and "not change the team's defensive strategy for the sake of Bruce Lee." ”

As it turns out, you can't help but revolve your tactics around this person.

To be honest, Kerr was already thinking about what to do in the next game, and he had to start targeting Bruce Lee in the first quarter.