Li Liangjia hit a free throw, and the Pacers gave the Bulls a 16-2 luxury gift package in the opening game.

Obviously, after being stolen by the Bulls in the last game at home with a win, the whole Pacers team held their breath to vent in this game.

And Li Liang has played an excellent role model, and every point of the Pacers has something to do with him.

The Bulls are in a terrible scoring drought, and they have to have someone step up and score two more points.

After Li Liang hit a free throw, the Bulls chose to play the ball to Gasol in the positional battle.

Gasol was in a good position in the low post on the left, but after receiving the ball, his turnaround shot was interfered with by McGee and missed.

The ball hit the neck of the basket, and Li Liang jammed Noah and flicked the ball to Granger to protect the backcourt rebound.

Granger misses a mid-range jumper on the counter.

The Bulls got a backcourt rebound and counterattacked, and after the cover was given to Dunleavy on the wing, the open three-point shot still didn't go in.

But the ball popped out so far, Rose grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, broke through and made a quick stop jump shot, and didn't hit it under Li Liang's help defense.

The Bulls' basket seems to have a lid added, and no matter how you shoot.

Fortunately, the ball collapsed into Dunleavy's hands, Dunleavy didn't dare to shoot anymore, forced to break through the basket, made a layup with his left hand, and caused McGee's foul, which had to be penalized!

The Bulls finally scored again, and it was still a three-point opportunity.

Thibodeau on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief.

But look at the score...... It's still more than 10 points off.

And can the Bulls really withstand the Pacers' iron horse?

To tell you the truth, you can't stop it.

The morale of the Pacers is getting higher and higher.

Aren't you going to grab a rebound in the front court? I'll grab it too.

Li Liang missed a three-pointer from the outside, but George Hill rushed to the basket to grab the rebound and split the ball to McGee.

McGee missed the layup against the defense of four people under the basket, but he used his long arm to grab and make up again!

“Hook！” Li Liang yelled outside and motioned for McGee to hook his hand.

So, McGee stretched his long arm lightly, shot with a small hook hand, and hit!

In fact, McGee's hook hand is still okay, but if you want to use it in the game, you often can't use it.

Today he seems to be coming to the feeling, and he has already hit two hooks, worthy of Abdul-Jabbar McGee.

Li Liang's encouragement and reminder are undoubtedly very important.

When McGee started hitting hook shots, it showed how good the Pacers' offensive form was tonight.

Not only offense, but the Pacers' defense is also at its best.

Derrick Rose wants to use his speed to make a chase.

The Bulls served quickly in the backcourt, and Rose held the ball straight to the basket, and after using his power to squeeze Hill, he rushed into the basket for a left-handed layup!

As a result, he didn't succeed under the double interference of McGee and Li Liang!

On the contrary, Li Liang seized this opportunity to counterattack with the ball alone, and forced the basket to cause Noah's defensive foul.

Go to the free throw line again.

Li Liang played extremely aggressively tonight, like a running bull on the offensive end.

He really didn't play well in the last game, so this one he's going to get back, he's going to find his form in the semi-finals.

In the past with the Lakers and Clippers, he had a great margin for error, and if he didn't play well in a certain game and felt unstable, someone else would stand up.

It's hard with the Pacers, he's really the only core, and he's going to have to function properly.

And his opponents know that, which is why it is so difficult for a single team to win a championship in the NBA, and it has become more and more difficult in recent years.

After hitting both free throws, the score came to 20:5, a 15-point advantage.

Jimmy Butler then turned over and missed a jumper on the offensive line.

The Bulls' offense has been completely disorganized, and now they can only rely on the individual abilities of their players.

As a result, neither Ross nor Butler had a good job.

Li Liang took the backcourt rebound again, advanced to the frontcourt, left wing, and all pulled away one-on-one to face Jimmy Butler.

Li Liang smashed into the basket like a small bulldozer, and at the moment when the Bulls came over, Li Liang jumped up and passed the ball and gave the ball to JR-Smith who was ambushed in the bottom corner, Smith received the ball and shot three points, and then hit!

The Pacers played a mountain of offense, crazy, completely crazy.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Pacers were 23-5, leading the Bulls by as many as 18 points.

The Bulls really have to wonder if their baskets have been covered with a transparent cover, or if the players have put ice on their hands before the game starts, and the offensive end is as cold as a steel ingot in Los Angeles.

Thibodeau didn't seem to mean to call a timeout.

He probably also knows that it's not a tactical problem, it's a problem of the mentality and the condition of the players.

Subsequently, Jimmy Butler caused McGee to foul McGee on the offensive end and went to the free throw line.

McGee had two fouls in the first quarter and was going to go to rest.

Bird was replaced with Kevin Garnett.

To be honest, Butler might as well not kill at all, you killed a McGee, killed a Garnett?

The physical Kevin Garnett will only be worth more on the defensive end.

And Butler only made one of two free throws under the high-intensity confrontation, and the situation for the Bulls was extremely difficult.

Then, George Hill was blocked by Butler on a strong basket, and the Pacers were on the sideline.

Li Liang served to Granger, and Granger's pull-up jumper caused Dunleavy to foul, went to the free throw line, and hit both free throws.

25:6, 1 point away, the difference will be 20 points.

The referee's whistle began to tighten gradually, probably realizing that the intensity of the two sides was getting higher and higher, and at the same time the score difference was getting bigger and bigger, and it was possible to get on fire and control the situation.

But the referee's whistle blew Dunleavy and the Bulls' players were very unconvinced.

Dunleavy felt like he was coming from the side to block and his hand was on the ball, not touching Granger's hand at all.

The Bulls' mentality is really a bit broken.

Then they made another mistake in the attack, and Gasol's pass was cut off by Li Liang!

Li Liang once again held the ball to advance, tonight he seemed to be a running forward on the rugby field, running all the time, almost never stopped!

The Bulls pushed all the way, burst through the middle, and intercepted the three-second zone against the encirclement of three Bulls players, causing a foul on Kirk Hinrich.

Li Liang stood on the free throw line and hit one of the two free throws in a very rare way.

Obviously, his muscles were overexcited, and his hands trembled a little because of the influence of [Iron Body].

But even if it is only 1 point, the difference between the two sides has come to 20 points.

On the Bulls' side, Thibodeau feels like he's given up on treatment, and the whole team is completely out of shape.

After Li Liang hit a free throw, Rose made a mistake on the offensive end......

A very low-level passing error, Butler asked for the ball in the waist position, Rose actually ran to the bottom corner to pass, but the ball touched Butler's hand and flew off the baseline.

It can be seen that both of them are numb.

Can this not be numb? You stomp on you, you're numb.

Butler then wanted to go around Li Liang in defense, but Hill hung a pass, Butler failed to grab the front, and after Li Liang received the ball, he directly hit the board at 45 degrees on the left side and shot a quick stop jump shot.

In order to ensure the hit rate, Li Liang showed an ugly smile, which scared Gasol in the three-second zone and did not dare to come out to help defend.

"What's wrong with you, Bruce?"

After the goal, Gasol also yelled at Li Liang.

Li Liang didn't answer, and ran back to retreat embarrassedly.

I can't get it back, my image is ruined.

But destroying the image is just a trivial matter, and Li Liang played really happily on the field this time.

The Bulls don't know how to play anymore.

Rose broke through the middle and was defended by Li Liang and passed the ball to Gasol, who was pulled out.

Gasol catches the ball and shoots a mid-range jumper and misses!

Li Liang got the backcourt rebound and replied to Gasol, "Bubble!" What's the matter with you! ”

Gasol doesn't know what's going on, it's evil.

The game was all underway, and with less than 4 minutes left in the first quarter, the Bulls only scored 6 points?

In other words, in 8 minutes, the Bulls actually scored three goals.

This goal efficiency, if you change to a football team, if people want to score goals, it is not a dream to score three in 8 minutes.

Thibodeau finally gave up and called a timeout and replaced him with Gibson.

After the timeout, finally, on the Pacers' side, Granger missed a jump shot after receiving a pass from Li Liang.

Then Rose quickly countered and broke through to split the ball to Gibson on the baseline.

Gibson came on in place of Noah, and his role on the offensive end was still a little bigger than Noah's.

Noah reached the pinnacle of his career with the Bulls in 2013 and 2014, being named to the All-Defensive Team twice.

With Rose injured, Noah was once the mainstay of the Bulls on both ends of the floor, and last season he even averaged 5.4 assists per game, making him Sabonis.

However, this season, Noah has also been plagued by injuries, the number of appearances has dropped significantly, and various statistics have also declined across the board.

Neither of them reached double digits in scoring rebounds, and their role in the team was much less than before.

The Pacers' offensive boom cooled down slightly, and the Bulls seized the opportunity to fight back again, and the score was chased to 26:10.

However, Li Liang immediately returned the color, and he tried to beat Butler in a one-on-one position in a high position.

After a spurt, a mid-range pull-up jump shot was another 45-degree shot.

It's a skill that even Tim Duncan rarely uses now, and maybe Wade and Nowitzki are still using it.

However, Li Liang used it handily and became a well-known jumper in the current league.

Anyway, he thinks that at a 45-degree mid-range, the shooting rate is much higher than that of a direct hollow shot.

Li Liang had already scored 14 points in the first quarter.

And he didn't shoot many threes.

The various three-point defense strategies that the Bulls assigned to him were useless.

On the Bulls' side, Gibson's appearance did have an effect.

He caught the ball in the low post and misplaced to force Granger and scored two points with a hook hand after he rolled over.

Gibson has scored six points since coming on, and the Bulls are looking to stabilize the situation a bit.

The Bulls want to slow down the pace, but there is still enough time anyway, and slowing down is in their favor.

But the Pacers weren't ready to slow down, and they continued to attack the Bulls like mad dogs.

Kevin Garnett sniffed an opportunity in the front court when he served from the baseline, a long pass from the baseline, thrown directly into the front court, and the ball flew to Stephenson's hand like a guided missile.

Finson took the ball and strode towards the basket and was blown a walk.

Consec lamented, such a good pass, such a wonderful long pass!

Stephenson was not ready because he saw someone under the opponent's basket, and his steps were slow.

Garnett stepped forward and touched Finson's head to remind him to focus.

Stephenson quickly made up for it, and the Bulls still wanted to hit Gibson, but this time Stephenson took the ball away from behind!

Stephenson launched a fast attack, this time Garnett inserted in the middle, Stephenson passed half court and gave a high toss pass to Garnett, Garnett rushed into the three-second zone and jumped high, jumped up after receiving the ball, and put the ball into the basket with a light release!

If this ball makes Garnett 10 years younger, then he will be a flight attendant.

The years are unforgiving, and I can't play anymore, but the effect is the same.

At 30:10, the Pacers went completely crazy in the first quarter, tearing the bull all over his body.

In the next two minutes, the Pacers managed to rush to 40 points!

Finally, at the end of the first quarter, the Pacers led the Bulls by as many as 25 points at 40:15.

58 in sight, 58 in sight!