To be honest, the Trail Blazers' strategy of using Lillard to exchange Li Liang was quite successful, because they really exchanged Li Liang.

In the first half, Li Liang scored a total of 8 points, did not score a three-point shot, and shot a total of one, and stopped shooting after not throwing.

Four of the eight points scored came from free throws, and all that was scored in the field was a layup and a jumper from the high post.

As a result, at halftime, the Clippers led the Trail Blazers by 25 points......

It's 25 points again, and now Trail Blazers fans and players have a physiological reaction when they see the number 25, just like a lot of people see 58.

After the start of the second half, the Trail Blazers struggled a bit.

Lillard hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, and then the Clippers missed the attack, and Lillard quickly pushed back and passed the ball to Matthews, who was following up.

Matthews finally hit a three-pointer too!

With two consecutive three-pointers, the score became 63:44, and the difference suddenly became 19 points!

19 points, it's not easy, less than 20 points.

It feels as if victory is not far away.

When the Clippers missed two consecutive offenses, Paul pulled Robin Lopez out of military training through repeated pick-and-roll covers.

After pulling away the distance, Paul used his speed to force Lopez and then rushed to the basket with a low right hand to make a layup.

Paul's control of the tempo when the score is leading is really superb.

The Trail Blazers played fast and used a quick counterattack to form a misalignment, and Lopez forced Li Liang and hit a hook shot.

Then Paul turned around and hit a pick-and-roll mid-range jumper......

In the last game, Paul threw himself into the graveyard in the middle distance, and this time he will send the Trail Blazers to the graveyard.

The Trail Blazers did not give up, and with the experience of trailing by more than 20 points at halftime in the first two games, the Trail Blazers players were much calmer and more rational in this game.

It should be said that he played very tough, very good, and began to gradually find some ways to deal with the Clippers.

Sometimes the things on the field of play, just the coach says that it is useless, the players must experience it on the field, think and ponder it by themselves.

There are five people and five brains on the field, but to become a team, it takes five people to have the same thinking and tacit understanding.

The reason why the Trail Blazers always trail by more than 20 points at halftime is because every second quarter, when the Clippers exert their strength, the tacit understanding of the Trail Blazers' offense and defense is all messed up.

You want to be fast, he wants to be slow, you think you should fight like this, I think it's better to fight like that.

Although everyone will communicate repeatedly on the field, and the coach will advise off the field, the situation is changing rapidly.

Once everyone is not tacit enough to have chaos, the offense and defense will definitely collapse.

The Clippers don't have this problem, it's rush!

It wasn't until the third quarter of Game 3 that the Trail Blazers finally got their way.

In fact, the blame is that the Trail Blazers beat the Rockets in the first round.

What team are the Rockets? A grandmaster-level team that fights a few blindly.

The rocket is blind and hits a few times, and you also follow the blind a few fights, and you find that you still win, and you can listen to it easily.

So in the second round, it was still the same set, and the result was a big loss.

This loss is a three-game loss, and it looks like it's about to be made up for and can't be recovered.

At this time, the referee suddenly began to wield power.

First, Jordan Jr. was blown a defensive foul on the inside, and Lopez hit both free throws.

Then the Clippers blew Barnes for a covering foul on the offensive end.

Well, anyway, this is also the home of the Trail Blazers, Portlanders don't want to lose face?

Clippers, if you continue to fight like this, what will happen to the ratings?

Therefore, as a messenger of justice, of course, the referee can't stand it and wants to come out to defend fairness and justice.

And the Trailblazers seized the opportunity.

Batum hit a three-point shot from the top of the front arc through repeated runs!

The difference between the two sides has narrowed to less than 15 points.

Now that Rivers is about to call a timeout, the Clippers need to reassert their advantage.

This is the Moda Center, not Stamps, who led by more than ten points on the road, and it was unstable not long after the start of the third quarter.

And the Moda Center finally erupted in a long-lost cheer, which had been pressed underwater for too long, and it was really uncomfortable.

After the timeout, the Clippers' offense didn't pick up immediately.

Li Liang and Paul tried a high block, and Li Liang also repeatedly ran and cut to the basket for layups, but both offenses missed.

Instead, it gave the Trail Blazers a chance to counterattack with a long pass, allowing Matthews to pick up Ade's pass and make a layup.

The difference has narrowed to just 10 points.

The Trail Blazers have finally found a little bit of a game feel!

And the Clippers are starting to get into a scoring drought.

Several offensive opportunities came out, including Paul's basket, Li Liang's 45-degree three-point shot on the right side, and Griffin's rebound after grabbing the frontcourt, but they didn't hit.

This gave the Trailblazers hope to turn around.

The Trail Blazers players began to relax and the game entered their senses.

They seized the Clippers' two-minute scoreless opportunity and used the counter-attack twice — including one foul free throw.

The difference was chased to only 6 points!

From 25 to 6 points, the Trail Blazers only had half a quarter.

The Clippers are finally in a bit of a crisis and trouble here.

In the middle of the quarter, Paul had the ball for too long.

The Clippers' quick offense, because of the quest for stability, has become a trick for Paul to run here and there with the ball, block it, and either attack himself or pass the ball separately.

This kind of offense has found some tricks for the Trail Blazers to defend, and the key is that they have gained confidence.

At this time, Rivers made a substitution and replaced Crawford, who scored two points with an unreasonable mid-range jumper as soon as he came up.

Finally alleviating the scoring drought, Crawford's goal was really crucial.

Then, Trail Blazer Lopez was whistled for a covering foul.

It is estimated that the referee also felt that the Clippers had blown a little too much for a while before, and they had to make up for it.

This is a good thing, the momentum of the Trail Blazers chasing points is broken.

5 points is a hurdle, once you chase 5 points, the situation of the game is completely different.

Crawford pulled the deficit back to eight points from a mid-range.

Immediately afterwards, Li Liang finally stood up, he held the ball at the top of the arc, little Jordan and Odom came to a double cover, Li Liang found an opportunity on the right side, and directly shot three points and hit!

This three-point score was extremely deadly, and the difference suddenly returned to more than 10 points.

And the morale of the Trail Blazers players that had just gathered was dissipated.

Attacking the position, Ade blocked and forced the ball to the inside, but was once again hit by Jordan Jr.'s ruthless hat.

It was Jordan Jr.'s fourth block of the game.

The Trail Blazers made another mistake on the defensive end.

Li Liang blocked and dismantled at the top of the arc, Crawford and Paul had a ball and a non-ball, and ran in with the help of Li Liang's cover, but the defense in front of Li Liang was empty when they ran......

Paul returned the ball to Li Liang, who received the ball at the top of the arc and made a three-point shot in an empty position and hit it.

Can Li Liang waste this opportunity that was brought to his lips?

After the goal, Li Liang shook his head, give you a chance, you are useless!

In the first quarter, Lillard was exchanged for Li Liang, which was good, but it seemed to be useless, so he let it go.

The score was much behind, and he seized the opportunity to chase back, and then was trampled back from the edge of the cliff by Li Liang's two three-pointers.

Stotts must be thinking at this time, if he insists that Lillard harass Li Liang and persist until the third quarter, will the effect come out?

I don't know, Stotts doesn't know, the Trail Blazers players don't think so much, the game goes on.

Of course, the players will not give up so easily, and Batum, who was a little miserable in the first two games, finally improved in the third quarter.

He hit an answer-ball and immediately responded to Li Liang.

But the momentum of the Trailblazers' continuous pursuit of points is gone, and the two sides are caught in a tug-of-war between you and me, you score a goal, and I score a goal.

Moreover, the Trail Blazers made another low-level mistake on the defensive end, allowing Li Liang to sneak under the basket, pick up a frontcourt rebound, and then easily make a layup.

The angry Stotts was spinning in circles on the sidelines, how could Li Liang be allowed to steal points like this?

The Clippers rebuilt their defense, and Lillard tried to challenge Jordan Jr.'s defense under the basket, but he threw a shot under the basket and was slapped out by Jordan Jr. with a volleyball hat.

The fifth block of the game!

After this block, Li Liang received the ball and made a long pass to the fast Griffin.

Griffin catches the ball and slams into a one-handed dunk!

Stotts paused, and during the timeout, he looked up at the ceiling of the Moda Center.

The Trail Blazers' best chance to turn the tide of the game was missed.

It doesn't seem like there's anything too much to pity, because there's a gap.

The Clippers were in danger of being chased for points in a row, and Rivers' timeout did work.

Li Liang's two three-pointers were even more cold-blooded.

After that, the Clippers did not blindly re-accelerate to play a quick counterattack, nor did they let Paul or Li Liang take over the game alone, but started from defense and used tough one-on-one marking to curb the wave of counterattacks by the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers have lost the momentum of their comeback after several offensive blockages.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers were scoreless for two minutes until the two sides began to come on the bench and began to enter the death tug-of-war of one goal and one goal.

When the fourth quarter began, look at the score, 88:73, 15 points.

It's a lot better than the 25 points at halftime, but the difference of 15 points is still huge.

Pioneers, let's stop fighting, let's go home...... I'm sorry, but this is your home.

Your home is gone.