The first quarter of the game was a bit of a back-and-forth, with the Clippers taking the lead, but the Pacers relied on the play of George and backup point guard Orlando Johnson to bite the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides battled to 27:29, and the Clippers temporarily led by two points.

Li Liang went off the break with one minute left in the first quarter, and he scored 13 points in the first quarter, almost half of the team's scores.

The Pacers obviously have some problems defending Li Liang, and after Li Liang came to the No. 4 position, David West had no way to defend Li Liang's projection ability.

However, the Clippers' restrictions on George were also limited, and George scored 8 points in the first quarter.

The second quarter of the game began, and the second lineup of both sides came on.

The Clippers attacked, and Crawford tried a three-pointer from the outside, but missed.

However, Griffin grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt and distributed the ball to Willie Green on the outside.

Green shook off Stephenson with a false flick, drove inside with the ball and made a layup, and drew a foul on Marcinmy.

With a free throw, the Clippers stretched the margin to four points.

The Pacers attacked, and Stephenson held the ball in the corner and began to show off the dribble.

He continued to crotch, turned, and then shook off Green from the baseline to the basket and hit the ball to Masimmi.

As a result, Masimmi missed the ball and the ball flew into Scola's hand.

Scola also showed off against Griffin's defence.

Dribble, feint, turn, feint, to the other side, turn again, step up...... Walked.

The referee blew Scola for his walk.

Scola's footsteps are actually very solid, but this ball Griffin defends very well and sticks very tightly, causing Scola to spin too much in circles and move his center foot.

Then the two sides began to peck each other.

First, the Clippers Green gave the ball to Jamison, and Jamison received the ball and made a layup, without any interference, a bridge ......

You can't even get into this?

The Pacers got the backcourt rebound and launched a counterattack, only to have Scola make a random pass that was re-cut by the Clippers.

There was chaos on the court, the Pacers' defensive positioning was all in disarray, and Crawford had a big open space in the bottom corner and missed a three-point shot.

Li Liang looked straight at himself and wanted to poke himself in the eyes, you can't even shoot this ball?

The bottom corner of the left side, Lao Tzu can throw it with his eyes closed.

And that wasn't the end of it, the Clippers got the rebound in the frontcourt, causing the Pacers to foul.

Re-serve to organize the offense, this time Jamison had an open opportunity in the bottom right corner and missed a three-point shot.

It's too hard, Jamison's form is a little worse than last season.

He can play tonight, mainly because Caron Butler has a calf strain in training, otherwise he should be on the bench and waiting to die to cheer for Li Liang.

Rivers was obviously not satisfied with the performance of the second team, and Griffin was obviously on the court, so why didn't he play Griffin more.

However, the Clippers player selection is actually no problem, and the outside opportunity does come out, but it can't be shot.

The more this is the case, the more the Pacers can shrink unscrupulously when defending and not give Griffin a chance.

Of course, the Pacers' offense wasn't much better.

Stephenson is the Pacers' commander on the court at this point.

He dribbled all the way through the half, got to the flank, and suddenly a no look pass was passed to Solomon Hill on the other flank.

As a result, the ball passed under Hill's crotch and went out of bounds......

Li Liang almost died of laughter, Stephenson still played no look pass, he was really no look, and it was directly out of bounds.

Pacers coach Vogel is also speechless, and Stephenson is a player with a lot of spirit, but his brain is not very good.

Sometimes you can play a good ball that you will be amazed at, and sometimes you don't know what this person is doing on the field.

The scores slowly rose by the substitutions of the two sides, and by the time the substitutions began in the second quarter, the score of the two sides came to 33:36, and the Clippers still led by 3 points, which was not much changed compared with the first quarter.

The main players of both sides are back in the field.

As soon as he came up, Hibbert caught the ball in the low post and hit Jordan Jr. again.

It was exactly the same as the position of the first goal in the opening game, and even Hibbert's hook shot was the same.

It's just that the result is different, and Hibbert didn't make it.

Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound.

That's the gap between Hibbert and the super inside.

Super inside, you will use singles to hit until you have to come to the bag, you have to come to assist in defense, you have to change your defensive layout and formation, and you can choose one of the two glasses of poisoned wine to drink.

And Hibbert can score, but the Clippers are not afraid, they just insist on letting Jordan Jr. defend one-on-one, and Li Liang occasionally comes over to interfere.

Rivers believes that with Hibbert's ability, he can't beat the Clippers.

Li Liang handed the ball to Paul, Paul blocked and dismantled with Li Liang in the high post, and the Pacers' defensive handling was different from the first quarter.

Directly switch defenses, West and Paul, Hiltier Li Liang, and the inside Hibbert moves to the strong side to form an inside barrier, ready to defend at any time.

Hill was born with the Spurs, and although he is a point guard, his height and strength can interfere even if he is misplaced at the No. 3 position.

The two didn't have a chance to block and Paul wisely chose to move the ball to Crawford on the weak side.

Crawford received the ball and broke through directly, and hit the basket on the right side, but the layup was interfered with by Hibbert and missed.

Hibbert was a real Optimus Prime under the basket, although the ball interfered with a foul because he was pressed down.

But the referee didn't blow it, it was a good shot.

The Pacers attacked, and they opted to let Solomon Hill shoot a three-pointer from the bottom corner and missed.

At this time, Paul George is still on the court, and the Pacers are different from the Clippers in terms of roster rotation, and Vogel will let George and West play the first quarter, and then rest for more than half a quarter in the second quarter, and then send them on the court in the last four or five minutes.

This kind of rotation gives players more time to play, which is conducive to the players' form.

The flaw, of course, is that there will be problems with the connection, and the five main forces on the Clippers' side are going to be on the board, and the Pacers are still three with two.

The Clippers certainly have to take advantage of their chances to steal points.

Li Liang quickly realized this, and after getting the rebound, he did not pass to the Paul organization, but dribbled the ball himself.

He used his skillful dribbling skills to make his way into the Pacers' restricted area and then hit a pull-up jump shot from the board.

Li Liang's dribbling techniques and finishing defense are quite classical.

His dribbling is still influenced by Fraser, one-handed, steady, not fast, and with a good tempo.

As for the quick counterattack with a pull-up jump shot, almost no player in the league will play this way except for a veteran like Terry.

Seeing this, Vogel knew that he had to change the main force to play, otherwise he would miss again and be chased by Li Liang.

Li Liang is more flexible and changeable in his style of play this season, and his three-point shot is still sharp, but his dependence on three-point shooting is not so strong.

It became more difficult to defend Li Liang.

Vogel called a short timeout.

At the end of the timeout, the Pacers finally returned to full capacity, and the Clippers brought Griffin back on and replaced Crawford.

Li Liang and Paul George rematched.

As soon as he returned from the timeout, George Hill hit a three-point shot from the outside with Hibbert's cover.

And after continuous interspersing and covering, Paul found Jordan Jr. under the basket, a high hanging pass, and Jordan Jr. received the ball and dunked it with one hand!

At 36:40, the Clippers maintained a four-point advantage, with more than four minutes left until the end of the second quarter.

The Pacers still opted to let Hibbert eat in the low post.

This time, Hibbert switched to the right side to catch the ball, and after continuous feints and footsteps, Jordan Jr. did not lose his position at all, but forced Hibbert to die.

But Hibbert took advantage of his height and arm span to forcibly hook his hand and actually entered?!

Hibbert's hand feels really good today, and the title of Hei Yao Ming is well deserved.

Clippers, Paul and Griffin block pick-and-roll.

As soon as it was Griffin and Paul's turn to block and pick-and-roll, the Pacers didn't switch guards.

Paul held the ball and went inside, had no chance, and returned the ball to the outside.

The ball was originally passed to Li Liang on the wing, but Jordan Jr. stood on the passing line and took the ball......

"I... Why are you stealing my ball! ”

Li Liang originally wanted to catch the ball for three points and threw it, but it was good, but he was stealed by Jordan Jr.

What's the use of you taking the ball in that position?

Little Jordan couldn't break through, and he couldn't shoot at a middle distance, so he finally poured a hand, and he still had to pass it to Li Liang.

Li Liang has lost the opportunity and can only use his personal ability to solve the problem.

He tentatively stepped with the ball, then took a step inside with the help of Jordan Jr.'s cover, and made a mid-range jumper at a point from the free throw line, and the ball went in!

What was originally a three-pointer turned into two points.

On the offensive end, there is a little Jordan who can only eat cakes, and he will indeed get into trouble.

If he has a smart brain, he can steal chickens and touch dogs, but unfortunately his brain is not good, not only will he not steal chickens, but he also stole the opportunities of his own players.

It's really big to think about, it's really not easy for Paul.

38:42, still 4 points.

Then the Pacers still wanted to penetrate, and Stephenson was just happy to slip the bottom line.

Barnes was close this time, not allowing Stephenson to take advantage of the open layup and turn it into a low-post back-to-back single.

Stephenson slammed it in twice, then turned and threw it in.

Griffin accepted the backcourt rebound, and Li Liang did not forget to laugh at Finson: "Your hook hand is like Jordan." ”

The Jordan Li Liang said is of course Little Jordan.

Needless to say, the hook level in Little Jordan's offense, a game occasionally comes, and it can be regarded as a middle six lottery.

Li Liang is black, and he also hacks his teammates, and his conscience doesn't know if it will hurt.

Li Liang then made an excellent pass in the attack.

He received Paul's pass in the middle, drew the two-man to the pack and then made a very covert ground-hitting pass.

One shot into the soul!

The ball was given to Little Jordan at the bottom line, and Little Jordan received the ball and dunked it with one hand!

You see, black is black, and there will be no less assists for you.

It seems that Li Liang's conscience will not hurt at all.

But George was quick to respond, he received a pass from Stephenson in the bottom right corner, caught the ball and hit a three-point shot!

At 41:44, the margin narrowed to 3 points.

At this moment, Li Liang was a little moved.

Throwing a three-point shot like this in front of me, don't you take my three-point shot in your eyes?

He decided to give George a taste of what it means to shoot threes.

……

At the end of the first half, the Clippers ended the first half with a two-point lead over the Pacers at 47-49.

It was destined to be a low-scoring game.

The defense of both sides was very good, from start to finish, and did not give the opponent an attacking climax.

It's all you one goal, I have two goals, you have two goals, and I'll return one more goal.

The score is alternately rising, and the maximum score difference does not exceed 6 points.

The Pacers' offensive points are quite scattered, and the starting five players all have strong individual ability.

The core of the Clippers is still Li Liang and Paul, Li Liang scored 17 points in the half, the highest in the game.

Paul had 6 points, 5 assists and 1 steal, and his and Li Liang's blocking and pick-and-roll was the Clippers' most effective offensive initiation mode.

In the second half, the Pacers will inevitably work on how to deal with Paul Lean's pick-and-roll.

On the Clippers' side, Rivers has been emphasizing the dynamism of the bench at halftime.

The Clippers' bench is better than the Pacers, although Butler is absent due to injury, but Griffin and Crawford lead the second lineup, but the second team did not pull away.

Rivers hopes that the second team can play a better offense in the second half, so that after gaining the advantage, the main lineup will play with the advantage, and the situation of the game will be in the hands of the Clippers.

Rivers spoke meticulously, scribbling on the whiteboard and laying out the tactics for the second half.

Li Liang didn't listen at all.

What do you want the second lineup to pull the score, Lao Tzu went up for a sudden, and the three-point shot instantly opened up the point difference, believe it or not?

Rivers may not believe it, but Mike Brown must believe it.

Of course, Li Liang's performance this season is less than in the Lakers.

Because there are three people in the Lakers who want to pull space for him, Li Liang now has to pull space for others in turn.

Especially today's opponent is the Pacers, whose defense is dominated by one-on-one marking, and such a defensive strategy is the best against three-point shots.

This season, the Pacers are in the top three when it comes to containing opponents' three-point shooting percentage.

At the top of the list, of course, is the Clippers.

Don't look at the Clippers with short men on the outside, the Clippers do a very good job of marking people.

So Li Liang was very dissatisfied with being shot by Paul George in the first half.

He secretly pulled Paul over again and discussed with Paul how to play the offensive tactics at the beginning of the second half.

The two of them were still discussing energetically, and pulled Griffin over, and the three of them were in small groups, discussing what tactics to play in the second half.

Rivers talked for a long time, and felt like they hadn't heard anything.

Rivers couldn't help but feel a little lost, and he looked at Mike Brown, who spread his hands at him, meaning "That's what Bruce Lee is." “

In the Lakers, he often pulled Kobe Bryant and Nash to discuss tactics.

Li Liang is sure that no one knows better than the players on the court how to play.

A good coach should guide and encourage his players to think about the situation on the court, and Phil Jackson did just that, so-called two great teams.

Of course, an excellent ball bully should also guide and encourage the coach to give up thinking, which is what Li Liang is doing.

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