Li Liang actually has no pursuit of what kind of shooting is picturesque.

Shooting, just go in, what's the use of being beautiful or not?

A free throw like Rick Barry's urinal, with a surprisingly high shooting percentage, is it beautiful?

If you shoot like Marion, you can get a higher shooting percentage, but Li Liang doesn't mind shooting like that.

It's a pity that the conditions and strength don't allow it, and the actions of talented people are so handsome.

If there is any difference between Li Liang's jump shot and Jordan, it may be that Li Liang still prefers to be closer in the choice of projection distance.

After all, the Chicago typewriter is a submachine gun, not a sniper rifle, and it is not accurate if it is far away.

Li Liang made 4 of 5 three-pointers in the first quarter, giving the Bulls and Thibodeau the illusion that "this guy is going to explode at three points".

Therefore, after Li Liang reappeared in the second quarter, Butler and Noah used close defense against Li Liang, no matter how far and as far as they went, leaving him no space.

Li Liang did not stumble on the three-point shot in the face of this kind of defense, but kept choosing to break through, and then made a stop-and-go jump shot, a breakthrough, and a stop-and-go jump shot.

At two 45 degrees on the left and right, Li Liang's playing and shooting have been practiced in the system.

Tonight he was so hot again that the Bulls couldn't stop him from scoring.

Butler's defense is very tough, but his arm span is his hard injury, and he can't effectively interfere with Li Liang's jump shot.

When Li Liang hit four mid-range jumpers in a row on the offensive end, three of which hit the board, Thibodeau shook his head and called a timeout.

In these two games, the pauses were basically called by the bulls, and Li Liang was about to be stopped as soon as he exerted his strength.

The situation on the court was moving in the direction of the Bulls versus the Bulls.

The referee's blowing scale is biased towards the Bulls, the Pacers' offense is habitually constipated, the morale of the Bulls is rising, and the defensive intensity and range of action of the whole team are increasing simultaneously.

But as soon as Li Liang came up, he had four middle distances in a row, so that the bull had no way at all.

This kind of ball, to be honest, the referee can't help it.

People are CIC, what can you do?

If he breaks through, the Bulls' defensive move is pressed down a little bit, and the referee turns a blind eye and passes.

The mid-range pull-up jump shot, clean couldn't be cleaner, Butler wanted to hit the hand and elbow, but he didn't get the opportunity.

At 30:22, the Pacers still led the Bulls by 8 points, and the scores of the two sides were really low enough.

The second quarter was almost halfway through, and the Bulls didn't even score 30 points.

During the timeout, Bird replaced Garnett and brought on McGee.

Bird seems to have seen the power of Li Liang after returning to the No. 3 position, and decided to continue with the big man lineup.

It must be admitted that Li Liang is in the No. 3 position, and the offensive end is definitely more free and relaxed.

And on the defensive end, he can also be more relaxed, no longer need to protect the basket, no longer have to help defend a lot.

It's just that in terms of the overall tactical effect of the team, the traditional lineup is not so flexible, not powerful enough, and does not have that kind of offensive explosiveness.

Bird thinks it's okay to get out of the way tonight at the United Center in Chicago and not pursue any explosiveness.

This is the case in the playoff series, where you can play a little more aggressively at home and a more conservative and steady away game.

Bird has a lot of experience, and he knows that Li Liang is in good form at the moment, but his high shooting percentage will not last the whole game.

In order to support Li Liang as much as possible, other aspects must untie him, and he can't be consumed too much in the interior defense.

At the end of the timeout, Derrick Rose attacked with the ball and pulled out his shot directly from outside the three-point line on the right side, missing it.

The basket is scrambling, and Noah has nothing else to do in the offense tonight, which is to desperately grab the frontcourt rebound.

Under Noah's scramble, the ball was touched out of the bottom line by West, and it was still the Bulls' possession.

On the baseline serve, Mirotic received the ball and wanted to shake the space with his feet to shoot, but West was not shaken at all.

Mirotic forced his hand and was slapped off by a big hat from McGee in the back.

Li Liang pushed the ball and counterattacked, and the Bulls' defense immediately pasted up.

Li Liang didn't pass the ball either, he used the cover in the middle to burst into the three-second zone, and shot a stop-and-go jump shot in the front.

As a result, it was interfered with by Mirotic, who came from the flank to help the defense, and missed.

This was the first mid-range jumper thrown by Li Liang in the second quarter, which finally made the Bulls fans at the scene breathe a little relief.

If you go any further, it will really explode.

But Li Liang knew that he had to make more shots and digest the ball more tonight.

During the timeout, Boldra passed Li Liang and said to him, the defensive intensity of the Bulls tonight, let others play is not as good as letting you play.

Li Liang himself also knew in his heart that since he returned to the No. 3 position, of course he had to take on more offensive responsibilities.

Many times, there is a player in the team who is crazy about playing iron, not because he is alone, but because the team's tactics and the situation of the game at that time require him to make more shots.

Especially in the playoffs, even Michael Jordan has had crazy iron games, but he should still shoot.

Because you throw it and adjust it, there is still hope of winning the game.

If you don't shoot because you don't score, and you turn to a lot of passing, then the whole team's operating system may collapse in this game.

Playing away from home, resoluteness is sometimes more important than reason.

After all, Li Liang is a teammate with Kobe, and he understands this truth.

Li Liang missed, the Bulls counterattacked, and after Rose received the ball, he shot directly from the outside three-pointer!

In fact, Ross has the same idea as Li Liang, and he must be resolute.

It's a pity that the ball still missed, but Noah desperately grabbed the rebound in the front court again!

The Bulls got another offensive opportunity, Mirotic's singles in the low post, this time in the low post against Li Liang.

Mirotic resisted for a long time, but he didn't move, because Li Liang had already lit the [Heinsohn's big smoking gun].

In the end, Mirotic barely made a shot, and the ball didn't touch the basket......

The referee didn't blow the foul, Li Liang handled the ball very well, and the referee couldn't blow the foul anymore.

Noah still tried desperately to grab it, but this time West controlled the ball.

The scramble between the two sides on the field has reached a white-hot level, and it can be said that every inch of land is in contention.

Li Liang was surrounded by three people in the attack, and this time he had to pass the ball to Stephenson.

Stephenson broke through and knocked down Noah, and was blown by the referee to hit the man with the ball.

Stephenson was extremely upset because the ball was clearly moving, and it hit not the front but the side.

Li Liang and West hurriedly stepped forward to pull Finson away, otherwise another technical foul would be in trouble.

The Bulls' defense has been suffocating during this period, but they need to score.

This time, Noah responded with a high position, or gave Mirotic, and the low position forced West.

This time Mirotic didn't have the same hard top as he did on the last two occasions, he pulled a little distance, then turned and swiped under the basket with a nimble back, and made a layup with a gentle right hand.

At 30:24, the Bulls finally scored, and it was so tough.

Immediately after that, Li Liang showed the bull what a simple score is.

He first slipped around the Bulls inside with the ball, and then came out, and McGee came out to block and cover.

Li Liang then held the ball to the inside line, and then found an opportunity from the gap, and shot a 45-degree pull-up jump shot on the right side.

Another hit from mid-range on the board! It was still a buzzer-kick that went in at the 24-second mark when the attack time was on.

Many Bulls fans at the scene began to hug their heads again.

Li Liang watched his anger rise.

This kind of ball is really frustrating and infuriating.

His own team wasted all his efforts, grabbed N frontcourt rebounds, and scored a goal in a desperate low-post attack.

You're good, take the ball over half court, slip around your back garden like a corner, run out and make a pick-and-roll mid-range jumper.

It's so unfair!

But Chicago fans, don't forget that you've enjoyed the greatest injustice in NBA history.

In terms of singles with the ball, Li Liang and Jordan are far behind, but using tactics, using cover, using the attraction and threat of teammates to create opportunities for themselves, from this point of view, Li Liang is very good.

After all, the scoring champion of the regular season didn't fall from the sky.

Li Liang is not only the scoring champion, but also has a set of defense.

The Bulls' side is rigid and has to go low, and they have to beat Mirotic.

I don't know what Thibodeau is thinking in his head.

This time he passed the ball to Mirotic in the low post, and Li Liang directly judged it accurately and broke the ball.

As a result, on the counter-attack, Li Liang split the ball to Stephenson, and Finson passed the ball to George Hill in the bottom corner.

Hill catches the ball and hits a three-point shot!

At 35:24, the score difference became double digits again.

Desperate, halfway through the second quarter.

The Bulls scored 24 points.

The referees have helped, but they still can't withstand the Pacers' offense and defense.

However, the Bulls players gritted their teeth and persevered, and they continued to insist on attacking from the low post.

This time it was Butler, who held the ball low on the left side and made a pass inside, and Dunleavy cut from the baseline to catch the ball.

With the first shot covered by McGee, he got the ball back and scored the second layup.

It's a standard baseline backdoor cut, and it's a tactical good shot.

But such a tactical good shot, in the current NBA, always makes people feel a little outdated.

Last season's Pacers were also very good at playing such tactics.

This season, similar tactics have all but disappeared, and West and Finson have occasionally played one of these combinations, as if they were the tactical inertia left over from the previous Pacers.

I really don't know if this change is progress or regression?