Chapter 688: Psychological Shadow
Li Liang's super long three points scored, and the audience sighed again.
Some fans are already holding their heads, please, this is just the beginning of the first quarter, you are holding your heads?
Even if you come later, it is estimated that hugging your stomach will not be able to alleviate the depression in your heart.
In terms of demoralizing his opponents, Li Liang has always been unmatched in the alliance.
He used to have a nickname, "Lucky Blues", and someone on YouTube made all kinds of magical goal highlights about Li Liang.
The buddy who made this video has now made the highlight show to the tenth episode, and has become a well-known video anchor on YouTube.
In his words, "Bruce is an inexhaustible treasure, he looks amazing at first glance, and if you dig closely, you will find that there is more than just magic." β
This attentive streamer did discover a lot of magic through the game footage.
Those unbelievable long-range threes, those short-lived superb skills, and, of course, that ugly smile, are always accompanied by a crucial goal.
This opening three-pointer in today's playoffs undoubtedly provided him with material again.
Li Liang's gun barrel is still hot.
The Bulls made another mistake on the offensive end, and Noah made a ground-hitting pass to Rose, who was running back, but was cut off by Li Liang.
The bull's retreat is very fast, but it's useless for you to be fast, Li Liang's shot is faster.
He received a pass from Hill, two steps outside the three-point line, a position where no one else could initiate an offense, and made a three-point shot directly after receiving the ball!
Again!
This time, the Bulls players didn't have time to pounce on the defense, and as a result, they were shot coldly.
The biggest effect of Bird's insistence on starting with Li Liang is that Li Liang's three-point shot is difficult for the Bulls to defend.
Who do you have to defend yourself from?
Let Butler defend, and the result is that you have to miss one of the two points of JR Smith and Danny Granger.
And let Noah or Gasol defend, the result is that he can't keep up at all, and he is biubiubiu by Li Liang on the outside.
Two three-pointers in a row, and the Bulls' side hasn't opened yet.
Thibodeau panicked again, Bruce Lee really didn't play according to the routine.
I shot a three-pointer in the first half of the last game, why did I start shooting three-pointers again this time?
On the outside of the Bulls, Jimmy Butler took advantage of Gasol's cover and made a pull-up jump shot from the high post...... Didn't hit.
Under the basket, Noah grabbed the rebound in the front court, and the layup with his left hand was interfered with by Li Liang and did not score.
Gasol followed up with the basket and still missed!
Noah grabbed the frontcourt board again, and then made up for it, and the ball bounced twice on the basket, but still slipped out.
Li Liang blocked Noah's layup twice in a row under the basket, and then he didn't lose the board again and firmly controlled the ball.
The Bulls' offense was just too hard.
I didn't expect Li Liang to provide such a high-quality basket under the basket, which made the fans feel a hint of despair.
After all, Li Liang has the bonus of the skill [Fear in the Three-Second Zone], and Noah has not been in a good offensive state all year this year.
He was affected by injuries, his feet and knees were obviously sluggish, and he still had consciousness and feeling under the basket, but his body could no longer keep up.
The arena is so cruel, and the 0.1 second speed impact of injury will make you no longer the same person you used to be.
The morale of the Bulls in these teams is a big blow, and Noah has no confidence under the basket.
I thought it was an advantage over Bruce Lee, but I didn't know that there was a set of defense under this basket.
Subsequently, Li Liang received the ball again in the high position, Noati went on defense, and this time Li Liang chose to break through and kill the basket!
Noah couldn't catch up and squeezed Li Liang under the basket and was whistled for a foul by the referee.
Penalty kick.
Li Liang hit both free throws, and single-handedly hit the Bulls 8-0 in the opening game, and Thibodeau called a timeout.
To be honest, Thibodeau's timeout didn't have any tricks, nothing more than playing more inside and expanding the defensive surface in defense.
All this was expected by Li Liang, after all, it was not that he had not played with the Bulls in the regular season, and Thibodeau said that he would only play those few moves.
Sure enough, after the timeout, the Bulls put the main point of attack on Gasol.
Gasol singled McGee with his back, but received the ball at the waist position, dribbled it inside with his back, and then when he turned, McGee pushed it to the free throw line......
Gasol made a very reluctant turnaround jumper, but it didn't even touch the basket.
But Noah really persevered, picked up the ball again, and then made a backhand layup.
This time, Li Liang fouled the defense and sent Noah to the free throw line.
βShitοΌβ
failed to prevent it, and paid for a foul, Li Liang scolded.
Noah hit both free throws, and the Bulls finally scored.
And that's not all, Hill receives the ball across half court and passes it to JR Smith.
Li Liang and McGee came over to cover Smith, but Smith didn't go inside, he passed the ball.
But he didn't know whether to pass to McGee or pass Li Liang, and he hesitated for a moment, as if he had made a passing feint.
In the end, he decided to pass it on to Li Liang, but Li Liang was deceived by his feints and was ready to go inside.
Unexpectedly, the ball came over and smashed him in the face......
The ball bounced into Noah's hands, and Noah immediately passed it to Butler, who was about to go down.
Li Liang was smashed by the ball, but he still had to endure the pain to chase the defense, but unfortunately Butler finally made a rebound and recovered two points again.
This made Li Liang angry, "You two don't use the ball to hit me, this game is in vain, right?" Isn't it! β
Since McGee and Smith came to the Pacers, it has really happened that the pass in the game finally hit Li Liang's head.
Smith didn't speak, silently took the ball to the baseline to serve.
McGee said, "I didn't hit you today." β
"Yes, you're going to smash me sooner or later!"
Li Liang rubbed his face as he spoke, it hurt to be smashed.
The Bulls have recovered four points, and fans at the United Center are feeling a little relieved.
This breath was relieved for about 10 seconds, Li Liang held the ball, high McGee and JR-Smith double cover, Li Liang got rid of the ball, forced a three-point shot at 45 degrees on the right side, and then hit!
Li Liang's third three-pointer of the first quarter!
At 11:4, Chicago Typewriters really, the first quarter was about to shoot the bull through.
Li Liang's three-point hand tonight felt great, and he was in a great mood.
After shooting this three-pointer, another pile of anger appeared in front of him.
Obviously, this kind of ball is quite demoralizing and will give fans a sense of powerlessness.
There is nothing that can be done, and then anger arises.
In fact, the Bulls' defense is very good, they did a good arrangement tonight, and every point is in place - except for Li Liang.
He throws three points right over your head, you don't really have a good way, and it's that far away.
If a two-man chase is used, the result is likely to be the same as in the last game, when the Pacers broke out as a team.
So in this normal defense, Thibodeau is counting on Li Liangneng to be the same as in the first game, and the three-point shot is not so accurate.
As long as Li Liang's three-point shot is a little out of order, the Bulls can still play.
As a result, Li Liang made a series of three-pointers, and the people who voted were desperate.
Of course, the Bulls didn't give up.
Butler then made a pull-up jumper from the baseline in the middle of the offense, and the ball hit the rebound.
The Pacers countered, and Li Liang passed the ball to Hill, who went deep into the basket, pocketed it out and passed it to JR Smith.
As a result, Smith's jumper was covered by Gasol......
Granger grabbed the ball, but had no chance, and finally threw it to Li Liang at 45 degrees on the right side.
The ball went around and around into Li Liang's hands, and he didn't have much time to shoot immediately, and it was another super long three-point ......
"Huh!"
It's in again!
The fans are going crazy.
As a result, the referee looked at it and waved his hand to indicate that the three points were invalid, because when Li Liang made a shot, it was already 24 seconds.
The Bulls' defense this time was very good, the defense was fast, and the rotation, follow-up, pressing, and co-defense within the three-point line were almost perfect, and the Pacers' offensive time was exhausted.
But that's it, Li Liang's outside line is considered to be a pot, but he still threw the ball in.
The big screen at the scene replayed Li Liang's ball just now, indeed, at the moment of the shot, the time had come, and the 24-second violation.
So Li Liang's three-point shot doesn't count.
But the psychological shadow that this ball gave to the fans and Bulls players was infinite.
It's been so well defended, it's done its best, it's perfect, and there is such a person on the other side, who can destroy everything about you with a flick, can this have no psychological impact?
And Li Liang just shook his head and felt a pity, it's a pity that it feels so good tonight, it doesn't count, Lao Tzu hasn't taken drugs yet.
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In the first quarter, the bull fought tenaciously under the huge shadow of Li Liang.
The Bulls, who are back at home, are indeed different from before, playing more determined and resilient.
Even though there are still few tricks on the offensive end, the whole team is actively fighting for rebounds in the frontcourt.
A lot of times, one offensive rebound solves a lot of problems.
In the sixth minute, when Li Liang was fighting for a rebound inside, he was whistled for a second foul and had to take a break first.
The Chicago typewriter can stop a little.
In just these six minutes, Li Liang made 4 of 5 three-pointers, and there was a violation of 3 points, which should have been 5 of 6 shots.
The fans and Bulls players at the scene, as long as they saw Li Liang holding the ball outside the three-point line, they tightened up.
You can't be unconcerned, I'm going to stab you through.
When Li Liang came off the break, he even heard fans applauding on the sidelines.
Li Liangxin thought, thank you for applauding, I will continue my wonderful shooting performance when the time comes.
You must know that Li Liang is not only able to shoot three-pointers, his mid-range, in fact, was also practicing seriously some time ago.