Of course, Li Liang is not a genius, but he thinks that if a system falls from the sky to him, it can be regarded as a natural talent, but the acquired genius is not good?

With a huge advantage of 30 points, the Pacers basically won the game, unless there were some unexpected factors in the second half that caused the situation to change abruptly.

Of course, anything is possible in the NBA, and a look through the history of the NBA will show that 30 points is not an insurmountable chasm.

In 1996, the Utah Jazz once completed a comeback after trailing by 34 points at halftime and trailing by as many as 36 points.

There was also the 2009 Kings vs. Bulls, with a maximum margin of 35 points, which also turned the game around.

More recently, in 1977, the Milwaukee Bucks trailed the Hawks by 29 points with more than eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, and finally managed to use a 35-4 super attack wave to win the victory.

Therefore, even if you are 30 points ahead, it does not mean that you are in the safe.

Li Liang's personality has always been bold and unrestrained on the basis of prudence.

It can be seen from the protection of his body, fully armed, and never careless.

This is a playoff game, and if the Pacers can be turned over by the Bulls this time, it will really not be a little bit of a blow to the morale of the whole team.

So before the start of the third quarter of the game, Li Liang reminded every teammate that the third quarter cheered me up.

As a result, at the beginning of the third quarter, Li Liang did not make a three-point shot from the outside......

Are you embarrassed to talk about others, look at your three-point shot today?

Li Liang scored 24 points in the first half tonight, but only one three-pointer was scored in all the points.

This is really very rare for Li Liang.

He hit the Bulls more tonight with mid-range, breakaways, and fast-break layups.

In the second half, with so much lead, he could wave a little bit of three points.

It can be seen from the first offensive and defensive alignment in the second half that Thibodeau made a new adjustment in defense, that is, to use Rose to defend Li Liang.

Butler's defense against Li Liang in the first half was not good, although his hardness and strength were enough, but the speed could not keep up.

What a hell of a thing.

Therefore, Thibodeau switched to Ross defense in the second half, hoping that Rose could keep up with Li Liang and not let him easily break into the basket and launch a fast break easily.

It can only be said that Thibodeau's strategy is really a bit of a headache, don't you know that Li Liang's three-point shot is terrible?

It's really damning.

But think about it, the bull is about to die, and the dead cow should be a live cow doctor.

Li Liang's first three points really didn't hit.

Instead, Rose hit a pull-up jump shot in the middle of the offense.

Rose was in the best form of the Bulls tonight.

But Li Liang has long proven that any team that dares to ignore him outside the three-point line will inevitably pay an extremely heavy price.

Although the first shot was missed, Li Liang already knew the defensive strategy to adopt for the Bulls in the second half.

He decisively took off [Iron Body] to make his muscles more relaxed and more suitable for shooting three-point shots.

Then, the whole Pacers team began to cover for Li Liang.

McGee, Granger, J.R. Smith, continuous cover, followed closely down, unpacked, went to the basket, went to the bottom corner.

This tactical combination is very simple, but very effective.

Because Li Liang's three points are too accurate.

After a pick-and-roll cover, shoot as soon as you have the chance.

Li Liang, who swallowed the [Three-point Shooting Rate Improvement Post], hit two ultra-long-distance three-pointers in a row, causing the Bulls to have to come over to wrap up.

A pack of clips, finished, Li Liang hit the inside line, McGee caught the ball and dunked.

After wrapping the clamp again, Li Liang divided the ball again and gave it to Granger in the bottom corner.

Granger faked to shake off the defender and burst into the basket, the Bulls flinched again, Granger gave George Hill to the baseline, and Hill received the ball and made a layup.

The Bulls' defense is considered to be in a tight formation, and the rotation is in place, but once there is a point at the beginning that needs to be clamped, there will definitely be problems in the later rotation - because of Li Liang's point, the space to open up is too big.

The Pacers actually played a series of passes in the third quarter, and finally attacked the basket in the open space, and it can only be said that when the game is smooth, anything good will come.

The Bulls played very tough, they didn't give up, and Rose didn't give up.

However, Rose's good form came to an end in the middle of the third quarter.

Hill's relentless clinging harassment of Rose, and Thibodeau's ability to put Rose against Li Liang in defense, finally made his offensive feel completely lost.

I really don't know what Thibodeau thinks, knowing that using Ross to defend Li Liang is also blind, it is better to let him play more in the offense and pray for a miracle.

As a result, the miracle did not happen, but the bad deeds were about to appear.

By the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two sides had stretched to 45 points.

This is really going straight to 58, and the 45-point difference is also the largest point difference in this playoffs.

By the end of the third quarter, Bird had replaced all the main players, let everyone come down to rest, and replaced the players at the end of the bench.

Thibodeau finally gave up, and he sat down to sit down on the sidelines, also replacing the water cooler caretakers.

In fact, in some games with a large score difference, the key is to see how the garbage players in garbage time perform.

If the garbage players are not so trash, then the laggard team can make their death less ugly.

If the garbage players are really garbage, then the score probably won't make you look good.

The largest point difference in the playoffs in NBA history is 58 points.

There have been two times in history, one in 1956, but that time was not a proper playoff game, but a qualifying match after the regular season, between the Lakers and the Hawks, and it was between teams with the same record to determine the playoff standing.

This kind of event was canceled in the future NBA with the refinement and refinement of the regular season ranking rules.

At that time, the Lakers won the Hawks by 58 points.

Needless to say, the 2009 Hornets vs. Nuggets game.

Chris Paul only had 4 points and 6 assists in the game, but at the end of the third quarter, the Hornets were actually only 38 points behind.

Unexpectedly, in the fourth quarter, the substitute came on the bench, and the substitute played worse than the main team, scoring two goals in the first quarter.

The Nuggets opened up instead, and with a mess, they beat the Hornets into a hornet's nest and made a 58 tragedy in the playoffs.

Li conscience thought, I want to avenge Paul!

Paul wants to know that I really want to thank you, damn I was Nuggets 58, what kind of revenge is it for you to beat the bull violently?

Moreover, the final point difference is not decided by Li Liang, it depends on the performance of the Pacers bench.

To be honest, the Pacers' players are still not as wild as the bench bandits of the Nuggets, like Ludayi, it would be good to be able to walk two laps in the playoffs, why are they playing so fiercely.

Rao is so, the advantage of 45 points in the first three quarters is still too big, and the Bulls really can't do it tonight.

The main force is impotent, the substitutes are even more wilted, and the offense of the whole team is not in shape.

As a result, they lost by 9 more points in the fourth quarter, and lost to the Pacers by 54 points in the whole game!

Compared with 58 points, it is still 4 points less, and it can only be said that there are some numbers that you can't achieve if you want to.

However, the difference of 54 points is enough to leave a name in history.

(In the real-world 2015 playoffs, it was the Bulls who slaughtered the Bucks by 54 points in the first round.) ）

At the end of the game, Li Liang scored 35 points, shot 70 percent from the field, and also handed out 11 assists.

He proved his quality with his unbeatable performance and proved that the first match was nothing more than an accident.

In an interview with reporters after the game, Li Liang said modestly: "There is still a gap between me and Paul. ”

……

Paul was really lying down and getting shot, and you're out of Los Angeles, so you can't say a few words of nonsense?

While the Pacers slaughtered the Bulls at home, the other semifinals of the East and West were also in the second game.

The Los Angeles Clippers beat the Spurs in the first game at home, and then were pulled back by the Spurs in the second game, and the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw.

The Clippers exposed a huge problem in the game — without Li Liang.

On the other hand, the Warriors and Grizzlies also played to a 1-1 draw.

The Warriors were countered by the Grizzlies in Game 2, and they used their hard defense to keep the Warriors' single-game scoring at 90 points.

The power of the black and white bears should not be underestimated, and the Warriors' offense is not invincible.

All three series were tied 1-1, with the only difference being James.

The Cavaliers face the Hawks, with their first two home games in Atlanta.

As a result, the Cavaliers didn't give the Hawks a chance at all, a 97-89 game, a 94-82 game, all of which were overwhelming victories without much suspense.

The Hawks couldn't even score 90 points, and their so-called team offense got extremely tough in the playoffs.

After all, the playoffs are the stage for superstars.

Without superstars, the realm is completely different.