In the first quarter, the Cavaliers had already faintly revealed their killing moves.

Blatter made a small adjustment to the rotation, and James went off the court after playing less than five minutes in the first quarter, then took a break of more than two minutes off the court and returned to the court to continue playing.

Blatter deliberately staggered the playing time of James and Li Liang, and Bird's side still rotated according to the normal personnel, allowing Li Liang to play until the end of the first quarter and went to rest.

And James continued to stay on the court to lead the team after the start of the second quarter.

This is an advantage for the Cavaliers in the backcourt, because James is not there, and George can play against Li Liang, so that Li Liang will not be left unmanaged.

And when Li Liang is not on the court, who will deal with James? J.R. Smith? Or Danny Granger?

Without Li Liang's response, James can obviously play more calmly.

Blatter's second adjustment was to start playing one big and four small on the court.

With Mozgov off the floor, Thompson moved to the center position and James moved to the No. 4 position against David West.

It's an offensive lineup, and Blatter also believes James can hold off West.

These two adjustments allowed the Cavaliers to begin to turn the tide of the court in the first few minutes of the second quarter.

The Cavaliers started to play fast, and after two rounds of iron fighting, James and Dellavedova blocked and coordinated at the top of the arc, only to James to go down and Dellavedova's pass was tackled by Granger.

It was a good steal, and then Granger was a little more anxious, and the pass to Stephenson was too casual, and it was broken back by James, who broke through the middle with the ball and distributed the ball to Dellavedova on the flank.

Dellavedova shot feints to shake Stephenson away, and then hit a 45-degree three-point shot from the right side!

The Cavaliers struggled and finally made a three-pointer.

Then, West received the ball in the low post and hit James strongly, but sure enough, he didn't push it, and the throw after turning around didn't hit.

On the counterattack, James held the ball to the basket and gave the ball to Thompson, who caused McGee's defensive foul and wanted to make a free throw.

The Cavaliers had a chance to overtake, but unfortunately, Thompson missed two free throws, giving the Pacers a chance to fight back.

Shambaugh received a pass from Stephenson on the right wing and hit a direct three-point shot.

But James immediately returned the color and hit McGee under the basket, and while the layup was successful, it also caused McGee's foul.

McGee's third foul, he's going off the break.

This kind of foul is the most pointless and hurtful, and the opponent scores a free throw, and you pay for a foul yourself.

According to Bird's rotation, Li Liang has not yet reached the time to play at this time, he has to rest and rest, and then squeeze him dry in the second half.

But in this situation on the court, after James hit a free throw, the difference between the two sides was only 1 point, and Li Liang had to play.

replaced McGee on the field, and Li Liang went to the center position again......

"I'm Gan Li Liang, this stupid McGee, and I want Lao Tzu to be your center, ...... slot"

Li Liang didn't have a problem, the small forward played very well in the first quarter, and he was automatically sucked into the center position in the second quarter.

You can't let Granger play center, right?

And that's exactly what Blatter and James want to see.

Li Liang didn't foul in the first quarter.

As soon as Li Liang came on the court, he missed a three-point shot from the outside.

And James counterattacked with the ball in a high position, forced the basket, and after continuous back turns, found a gap, and scored two points with a right-handed throw in the three-second zone, overtaking!

Obviously, James took a two-minute break in between, and then played back-to-back to make him even better on the court.

Li Liang still has to heat it up a little.

The Cavaliers' defense was a little loose at this point, and Stephenson seized the opportunity to give David West a high hang, and West cut inside to catch the ball and make an easy layup to regain the lead.

A tug-of-war began between the two sides with a one-point difference.

At this time, Blatter began another offensive adjustment of his game - using the blocking and pick-and-roll to attack Li Liang frantically.

The Cavaliers have clearly tasted the sweetness of the foul trouble caused by Li Liang in the last game, and Li Liang is too important for the Pacers' offensive and defensive system.

It is equivalent to a single-engine fighter, and once the engine is damaged, it is finished.

Therefore, it is necessary to keep an eye on their engine and try to shut him down.

After Li Liang replaced McGee, the Cavaliers tried their best to use blocking and substitutions, so that James and Paul George took turns to impact the basket with breakthroughs.

As a result, the foul was not caused, and Li Liang was given two blocks......

After Li Liang appeared on the court in the second quarter, he did not rush to attack, but patiently did a good job of defending under the basket first, and handed over the offensive end to Stephenson, West and Granger.

Since I am asked to play center, I naturally have to do a good job as a center.

Li Liang's basket protection level has reached a good level after repeated tempering in the regular season and the improvement of the system.

Defending this thing is very draining.

A lot of players, especially offensive players, don't seem to be good at defending and directing traffic, but in fact, the main reason is that they consume too much energy in the offense and can't evenly distribute it to the defense.

If he hands over the offensive end for the time being, he won't be able to play at the level of the best defender on the defensive end.

Li Liang contributed the best defensive player-level interior basket defense in the middle of the second quarter, and under the impact of James and George in turn, he only fouled once, blocked twice, and interfered with the opponent's layup twice.

Of course, because Li Liang did not score in the offense, the scores of the two sides rose alternately, the Cavaliers did not completely turn over, and the Pacers had no way to pull the difference apart, but they had to be careful of being overtaken by the Cavaliers.

Li Liang's excellent performance on the defensive end surprised the Cavaliers.

The score came to 38:37, and the Cavaliers had already overtaken the Pacers by one point, but Blatter still called a timeout.

The Cavaliers lead, but the lead is so small, and James is going to rest.

Of course, James can rest with confidence, because without James, there are two people on the court, Irving and George.

The triple-core processor is awesome.

James Jones replaced James, Mozgov replaced Thompson, and Irving returned to the court to take control.

The starting lineup for the Pacers is also returning, with Kevin Garnett replacing Danny Granger and Hill and J.R. Smith both back on the court.

Li Liang returned to the No. 3 position, and the center of these few minutes finally let him pass through.

Fortunately, there is [Russell's Three-Second Zone Fear], if there is no passive skill, Li Liang will definitely be even more passive.

Now he's back at small forward and thinks, 'It's my turn to fight back, right?'

So far, Li Liang has scored a three-pointer and scored five points, and the second quarter of the game is over with five minutes left.

After the timeout, Irving held the ball from the outside, switched defenses after blocking and dismantling, and Irving used continuous changing footsteps to hit a high-toss board and hit a small angle after hitting the basket.

The whole process was done in one go, and the footsteps of both West and Garnett seemed a little too old and slow in front of Irving's dribble.

This is also the reason why Bird sometimes has to use Li Liang as a center.

McGee will be stupid, Garnett and West are old, and he will have to fill the vacancy.

At 40:37, the difference was stretched to three points.

Just as the Cavaliers fans cheered on the beautiful goal and the commentator marveled at Irving's dribbling skills, Li Liang fought back.

He also cut in from the middle, then made a clever back-dribble, crossed the crotch crossover and easily passed Mozgov, and then scored with a light pick with his right hand.

The whole action is done in one go, and the flow is so smooth that people feel stunned, is this Bruce Lee?

It's too fast, it's too smooth.

Of course, he was grabbing the gap in the Cavaliers' defense's lack of concentration, yes, it must be.

However, Li Liang's performance is not over yet.

Owen attacked again with the ball, but his pull-up jump shot was interfered with, and seeing that he was about to be blocked by Li Liang, who was about to make up the defense, he dodged in the air and passed the ball out.

In the end, George was given an open three-point opportunity, but he didn't make it......

George's three points really dragged the Cavaliers back, and many good chances couldn't be scored.

Li Liang grabbed this long rebound, he held the ball again and accelerated the counterattack, first dribbling past Jones with a crotch, then turning his back past George, and finally facing Mozgov with a sudden pull-up jump shot!

Mozgov pounced and knocked down Li Liang, and the referee blew a foul!

And the ball hit the rebound, bounced into the basket, and hit a three-pointer!

Li Liang's series of operations is amazing.

Is this still Bruce Lee?

This is obviously a large Owen.

When did he learn this again?