I don't know if it's because the cheers of the Los Angeles fans are too enthusiastic, which makes Li Liang feel a little sorry for the fans here.

When the game officially started, Li Liang's condition was not very good.

The first three-pointer of the opening game was missed.

Li Liang's current opening three points are like telling fortunes for his entire state.

entered, it means that the state is good, and you can vote more.

If you don't score, you have to be careful, which means that tonight's shooting feels average.

Later, Li Liang himself knew that most of it was psychological effects, but once the psychological effects were generated, it was really difficult to eliminate the effects.

Li Liang himself still laughed at other players for their superstitions all day long, what to wear masks, underwear or something.

As a result, his superstitions may become more serious than others, and the first three-point shot on the court is especially important.

If he doesn't score, he doesn't seem so confident in the next three-point shots.

And the Clippers, who returned to their home court, played a smooth offense under the leadership of Paul.

On the defensive end, Rivers learned the lesson of the previous game and did not let Li Liang attack frantically alone, but dealt with him in time.

Once Li Liang's individual offense is affected, the Pacers' offense will be greatly reduced.

Nearly 30 games were played, and the Pacers had found the right way to play.

Li Liang must score more, other players must perform well on the defensive end, and the three-point shot must be accurate.

Li Liang's strategy and assist are actually not particularly significant to the Pacers.

Because JR Smith, Stephenson, David West, and the recovered Granger are not the kind of players who "eat cake" and eat assists, their independent offensive ability is still quite strong.

With or without your Li Liang's assist, the impact is actually not particularly big.

If the current Pacers are given a Nash, it won't have much of an impact on the Pacers' offense.

Li Liang himself is aware of this, and is no longer like the Clippers, deliberately organizing, and attacking when he has the opportunity.

Tonight, Li Liang's attack was not good.

In the back, Rivers began to let Paul defend Li Liang, and Jordan Jr. and Barnes were ready to serve.

Paul was "taken care of" by Li Liang in the last game, and almost came to 58, and this time he returned to Stamps, of course, he also had to take care of Li Liang.

Paul started the second quarter and defended Li Liang.

To be honest, although Paul is a 183 man, his stocky big ass, strong body and cunning defensive style allow him to defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position, and any powerful attacker on the outside, Paul can deal with it, including a long-arm pervert like Kevin Durant.

Li Liang knows the Clippers, he knows Paul, and the same Paul knows Li Liang.

The small movements in his hands never stopped, interfering with Li Liang's attack all the time, making Li Liang very uncomfortable.

The Pacers' offense was hampered, while on the defensive end, the Clippers played a swift offense led by Paul.

For a while, the Pacers couldn't resist, 49:61 at halftime, trailing the Clippers by 12 points.

Li Liang scored only 11 points in the first half, 10 points less than normal, so the Pacers trailed by more than 10 points.

At the start of the third quarter, Bird made a bold attempt to put Li Liang in the No. 4 position and then switch to Granger as the starter.

With that, the Pacers made a one-big four-small lineup, with Finson and West both sitting on the bench.

As soon as this lineup came out, the Pacers' offensive efficiency increased dramatically.

After Li Liang came to the No. 4 position, he reduced his three-point shooting and began to continue his "stealing chickens and dogs".

The ball was digested by Granger, JR Smith and Sloan.

The Clippers suddenly lost their defensive focus, and were chased by the Pacers with consecutive goals to only 2 points.

Rivers immediately called a timeout, and Rivers didn't expect Bird's change of formation.

The two sides then entered a fierce dogfight.

The Pacers found a breakthrough in tactics, which was the point of Granger, and at the same time liberated Li Liang.

The Pacers began to gradually regain the advantage, and finally in the third minute of the fourth quarter, Li Liang came on the court to receive a pass from Stephenson, and hit a three-point shot from the wing in the counterattack to help the Pacers overtake the score.

Li Liang had already "stolen" 12 points in the second half, and this guy was really elusive in the fourth position.

The reason is that the Clippers don't have a good No. 3 position to "check and fill in the gaps", and relying only on Jordan Jr. and Griffin is not enough.

The Pacers didn't carry the momentum forward to the end of the game, though.

Stephenson had just made a good pass and then fouled Paul in defense and sent Paul to the free throw line.

Then JR Smith was on offense, taking the ball himself and forcing the basket to the basket, knocking down Griffin and hitting people with the ball.

Li conscience said for a second and shouted on the defensive end, and everyone was focused.

Li Liang defended the block and dismantled in the high position, and after switching to Paul, Paul made a mid-range jumper and missed the shot.

Li Liang turned around and stuck to the basket, the ball collapsed far away, and he got this backcourt rebound!

Then, McGee and Li Liang grabbed together, and the two of them used force at the same time, and the ball flew out and flew into Griffin's hand under the basket.

A big gift from heaven, Griffin takes the ball and slams into a dunk to win!

Seeing Griffin's dunk successful, Li Liang stood under the basket and crossed his waist for two seconds.

Why is that?

Why?

Who sent these three men?

Who the hell is it!

With this pass, the Pacers' just gained advantage was gone.

It's not just that the score is down again, the key is that the momentum is gone.

After a great third quarter, Granger was on the verge of a strong fourth.

Li Liang originally wanted to use props to change his life against the sky, but after the pause, he sat on the bench and thought about it, maybe it would be a good thing to let the three fools accept the lesson of failure.

Is it better to learn and lose in the regular season than in the finals?

Facts have proved that Li Liang is still too optimistic about human nature.

Of course, that's an afterthought.

The momentum of the Pacers' counterattack was interrupted all at once, and the Clippers became more and more courageous.

Paul took over the game in the final period, making two mid-range jumpers, assisting his teammates to score twice, stealing Sloan on defense and making a layup on a counterattack to help the Clippers beat the Pacers at home, 111-106, with a five-point advantage.

Li Liang scored 30 points again in this game, but the shooting rate was not high, and it felt like he was gradually becoming scientific.

Granger played well, scoring 13 points again efficiently, but the fourth quarter was a bit lackluster.

After the game, Paul was finally able to touch Li Liang's head generously and said, "I'm waiting for you in the finals." ”

Li Liang smiled and nodded on the surface, and smiled inwardly, can you enter the finals without me? I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the West.

Although the Pacers lost this game, it was a good lineup test for Bird.

After a period of debugging, Bird first confirmed that Granger's form had miraculously recovered.

In recent games, Granger has scored in double figures in every game after playing around 20 minutes.

His ability to hold the ball on the offensive end greatly reduced Li Liang's pressure on the ball.

The second is that Stephenson played well off the bench.

Bird found that Stephenson was not a good fit to play with Li Liang.

Stephenson is typical of not having the boss's life and getting the boss's disease.

With the real boss, he is out of place, like a Li ghost.

When the boss is gone, he will go on again, with the second lineup, there is no tiger and monkey in the mountains to call the king, but it is also impressive.

With this rotation system in place, the Pacers are on the right track.

Now, the Pacers have one last missing point guard in the roster.

All they have to do is wait for George Hill to return, and at that point, the Pacers can be considered truly complete walkers.