At the end of the first quarter, the Magic led the Pistons by four points at 24-20.

The Pistons' offense played really miserably, because of the big Ben point, so the offensive end is basically 4 to 5.

Li Liang is used to feeding Howard bread in the Lakers, but not in the Pistons.

And the tactics of the NBA in '03 were very different from those in '13.

Three-point tactics are not so important, and low-post tactics occupy a lot of weight.

The space on the court was small, and Li Liang only shot one three-pointer in the first quarter, and failed to hit the other two shots.

Defensively, Maddie rediscovered his groove after an opening slump.

He scored six points on 3-of-7 shooting in the first quarter.

Li Liang is looking for a sense of defending Maddie.

During the first and second quarter breaks, Rick Carlisle asked Li Liangduo to go inside and hit more baskets.

Li Liang turned a deaf ear, listen to your Pistons can lose to the Magic in an upset?

At this time, Jim Carrey has not yet touched the door of the championship coach, and there are some problems with the understanding of the Pistons team.

He wanted to make the Pistons a balanced team that was offensive and defensive, and his successor, Larry Brown, made it clear that the Pistons were all about putting defense first.

So Larry Brown succeeded, and Carlisle's Pistons were just the strong team.

Li Liang had only one request for Carlisle, "When Maddie is on it, I will also be on it, let me deal with Maddie." ”

Carlisle nodded, letting Li Liang deal with Maddy is indeed better than Curry.

Curry's first height defect can't be remedied, and the 6-foot-5 is too much worse than Maddy.

Also, Curry never knew that he was going to start staring at Maddie from the backcourt.

Defending Maddie must not give him too much space to run, otherwise his big stride acceleration, coupled with a pull-up jumper, will make your defense useless.

After the start of the second quarter, Li Liang began to give Maddie intensity.

As long as Maddie gets the ball, Li Liang will definitely follow, and then control one hand on Maddie's waist, close to it, and don't give Maddie room to start.

If Maddie starts up, he quickly steps back to give Maddie a chance to pull up a jumper, but not to force it to the basket.

If he chooses to pull up the jumper, then Li Liang will use the fastest speed to go forward and block the interference.

His bounce power has been increased by 10 points and his jamming power has become stronger.

Even so, defending Maddie is still a chore, a system project, and it is not enough to rely on Li Liang alone.

So Li Liang kept communicating with Ben Wallace on the court.

Wallace's help defense is top-notch, with a high level of defensive experience and ball intelligence, and is the true core of the Pistons' defense on the end.

After a few fights, Li Liang learned some of Wallace's defensive characteristics and preferences.

The two will have a full communication meeting, and will switch guards when appropriate.

Li Liang himself has the ability to defend inside, and he will switch to the inside line to deal with Gooden and protect the backcourt rebounds.

In this way, Big Ben can safely pounce on the outside and press Maddy's ball.

Curry lacked this ability before, which led to Maddie shooting outside, and Big Ben couldn't help.

He had to stay under the basket.

In the second quarter, the Pistons and Magic played inseparable, and the two sides tied at 48:48 at halftime.

The scores of both sides are really not high enough, and there are constant iron hits on the field and frequent mistakes.

By the third quarter, the Pistons' offense still didn't get any better.

But Li Liang doesn't care, for him, the offense is poor.

The scores on both sides are tight, and the Pistons can defend with all their might.

The scene was very ugly, every pass was not smooth, and every catch was stumbling.

It's really tough to score a goal.

Li Liang put all his energy on defense, completely closed the offensive end, and was not in a hurry to attack, and was not in a hurry to shoot three points.

Then on the defensive end, he went all out to stare at Maddie, regardless of whether Maddie had the ball in his hands or not.

In fact, in this regard, magic does a good job.

Rivers clearly overtook Carlisle in his pre-match preparation.

Throughout the game, Armstrong and Jacques Vaughn were staring at Billups.

Regardless of whether Billups has the ball in his hand or not, the Magic players will always be wrapped in front of him, making him uncomfortable receiving the ball and not being able to play comfortably.

In this game, Billups had a low shooting percentage, shooting 3 of 16, less than 20 percent of the shooting rate, Kobe Bryant was not so excessive.

Because Rivers realized early on that Billups was the real brain of the Pistons' offense.

The Pistons don't seem to have the absolute core of offense, but Billups, as a point guard, is the strongest engine for the Pistons' offense.

Containing Billups, relying only on Hamilton's off-ball movement and a few other players' individual piecemeal, the offensive end could not be brought to an advantage.

Rivers' defensive strategy hit the Pistons' shots, and in the next few games, he even contained Billups to 5 points per game.

Then their 3-1 lead was overturned, also because they couldn't control Billups.

The best chance to eliminate the Pistons at home in Game 6 was knocked down by Billups by 40 points and beaten back to Detroit, and the format was completely reversed.

This is an afterword, in this game, the Magic's strategy was successful, at least half the battle.

Because there are still half of the variables, that is, Li Liang, except for the opening paragraph, he has been holding back on the offensive end.

The opening 7:0 is because I don't want the Pistons to fall behind, and it's not easy to chase behind.

To complete this task, it is necessary to win, but not to win too much and turn it into an attack.

As Li Liang and Wallace teamed up to tighten their grip on Maddie in the third quarter, Maddie's options on the offensive end began to tilt.

He started to make more pull-up jumpers from the outside to finish the offense.

In fact, his jump shot was still very accurate, and in the third quarter, when he hit a three-pointer on the counterattack, the score had come to 20 points.

20 points, Li Liang still has 10 points of forgiveness.

For Li Liang, he is actually gambling.

Defending a superstar is actually a gamble, because it is certainly impossible to completely lock him down.

Li Liang is betting that Maddie will drop in the fourth quarter.

He insisted on letting go of the shot, and did not easily make fouls to give Maddie an easy chance to make free throws.

Of course, defense alone is not enough, and defense is always the passive side.

Li Liang still needs to attack, to attack Maddie's point to consume him!

But Li Liang's three-legged cat's ball-holding offense is okay in the regular season, and in the playoffs, or in the playoffs in the 03 East, it is more funny to want to play Maddie.

Therefore, Li Liang still has to give full play to his advantages in three-point shooting and off-ball running.

At the end of the third quarter, Maddy scored 22 points, and the Pistons and Magic were tied at 66-69, with the Pistons trailing the Magic by three points.

The Magic played really well tonight, and the defense limited the Pistons' two most important attack points, Billups and Hamilton.

Li Liang was very efficient in attack, scoring 10 points, but he was very careful in his choice of shots and had been waiting for his opportunity.

In this game, the Pistons' three-point shooting was very poor, and the full-court shooting rate was less than 30%.

Because the Pistons' two outside points of possession were crushed to death, and the inside Ben had no offensive ability, many three-pointers were barely shot, and the shooting rate was certainly not high.

Therefore, Li Liang predicted that in the fourth quarter, the physical strength of both sides will decline, and the oppressiveness of the Magic's outside defense will be reduced.

That's when his chance came.

At this time, the Auburn Hills Palace Arena was no longer as noisy as it had been at the beginning.

Confident Pistons fans didn't expect to be pressed by the Magic in the first game of the first round.

Rick Carlisle was a saxy face from start to finish, and he was completely suppressed by Rivers in his pre-game strategy.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Maddie and Li Liang were resting off the court.

The two sides were in a defensive battle on the court, and Billups tried to score by scoring by scoring when he had a bad hand.

The Magic made very few three-point shots from the outside tonight, but they hit the same number as the Pistons.

Chris Whitney, who came off the bench, hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up in the fourth quarter to pull the gap away.

Rivers boldly used the 11-man rotation tonight to adapt to the high-intensity playoff matchup, constantly putting pressure on the Pistons.

Carlisle is getting more and more anxious, because he can't find a way to break the game.

Li Liang reminded: "Don't worry, Rick, you can send me to play later." ”

To be honest, Li Liang actually has no bottom in his heart, when he gets to the basketball court, who can say that he can hit and shoot 100%?

Jordan didn't do it.

But you have to have that confidence.

Four minutes into the fourth quarter, Maddie was well rested and back on the court.

Li Liang also stood up from the bench and prepared to appear.

8 minutes into the final battle.

Li Liang stretched out his arm, moved his fingers, and said in his heart that this hand is going to be angry, don't shoot for most of the half, it's over if you don't feel it.

At this time, the score on the court was 72:78, and the Magic led the Pistons by five points.

It was the Pistons' turn to play the offensive round, and Billups held the ball.

This Billups was really sparse and extremely difficult.

But Li Liang still took the initiative to step forward to cover Billups.

Li Liang's cover quality is actually better than that of Big Ben, because Big Ben doesn't have any backhand after covering.

The veteran Armstrong desperately tried to squeeze Li Liang away, but found that he couldn't squeeze it.

Billups rushed forward with the ball, Li Liang followed, and the Magic immediately contracted the defense.

Their defense contracted very hard tonight, and the interior often had three men to protect the basket.

Billups gave the ball to Li Liang, who received the ball and did not break through, but made a close-range pull-up jump shot...... Feints.

Shook Gooden in front of him, and then crashed into it and made a foul.

Li Liang also went to the free throw line.

He went to the free-throw line not only to chase points more consistently, but also to test his touch.

Many experienced players will choose to make fouls on the free throw line to adjust their feel when they have a bad hand.

Li Liang stood on the free throw line, and the thing actually took two steps back and stood at the farthest end.

Are you Van Exel? Or Chamberlain?

Van Exel's product felt that the distance was too close but not accurate, so the free throws were taken from the farthest part of the free throw circle.

Chamberlain is too bad at free throws, and he thinks that if he stands far away, he may have a higher shooting percentage.

Anyway, I don't know how he came up with this logical theory.

Li Liang stood far away, causing the audience to exclaim.

Maddie also joked on the sidelines, "Why don't you stand at the three-point line and make a free throw." “

Li Liang smiled and didn't respond, I'll let you know what a three-point line free throw is later.

The two penalties hit steadily, and Li Liang felt that he felt okay today.

In the next offensive round of the Magic, Maddie received the ball with his back and hit Li Liang strongly.

He opted for a step-back jumper and didn't score.

Wallace took the rebound, Billups got the ball, and Armstrong got it again.

But this time, Li Liang covered Billups far from the three-point line.

Then quickly went down to the three-point line, Billups passed the ball to Li Liang, just to overdo it.

Who knows, Li Liang received the ball and fired directly from the three-point line!

Li Liang was standing in front of Maddie, and he reacted that Li Liang's three points had hit!

79:79, the two sides are tied!

In a normal game, 5 points doesn't seem like a big deal.

But this kind of defensive battle, it takes only one goal in three or four rounds, and it is really not easy to wipe out 5 points so quickly.

Seeing this, Rivers immediately called a timeout.

Li Liang breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately entered, and the feeling was still okay today, and the muscle memory was not disturbed by the high-intensity defense.

After the timeout, the Magic's offensive focus was on Maddie.

Li Liang began to defend Maddie one-on-one from the front court, and the knights of the two faced off!

Maddie passed the half, accelerated with the ball and strode away from Li Liang, and entered the interior from the flank!

The Pistons got up with three players, and Maddie jumped up in the air to pass the ball.

Gooden catches the ball and makes a pick-and-roll.

An assist from Maddie, it doesn't matter, the assist doesn't matter.

The Pistons were still Billups, and Li Liang once again covered in a very far outside position.

This time Maddie posted it, and he couldn't make it easy for Li Liang to make a move.

But that gave Billups a chance, and as soon as Maddie mentioned it, the top of the arc was empty.

Billups held the ball down the middle and threw it for a foul on Gooden and a free throw.

Both penalties were hit, and it was still even.

As soon as Li Liang opened this point, the offensive appearance of the Pistons was completely different.

The point of Billups is liberated, just like Nash.

Li Liang's cover and cover back hand are not comparable to big instincts.

The defensive pressure on Maddie has increased dramatically.

On the offensive end, Maddie once again held the ball, and Li Liang's pressure continued to escalate.

He has become more and more confident, Maddie broke through on the left side after feintting, and Li Liang took two steps back in a row to give Maddie space to shoot, but blocked his breakthrough route.

Maddie opted for a pull-up jumper with a stop, and Li Liang quickly made up for it, disrupting Maddie with the increased bounce.

"Boom!" Striking iron, missing.

Maddie's shooting arc is very flat, and the iron will generally collapse far.

Li Liang turned around and just got the rebound.

He passed the ball to Hamilton, who was in front of him, and Hamilton made a fast-break layup with the ball!

This is one of the few fast-break points in this game for the Pistons, and it is really not easy.

All of a sudden, the situation began to tip on the Pistons' side, and Carlisle didn't even know what was going on, as if he hadn't done anything to set it up.

It's strange if you know, everything is under Li Liang's control.

Some of the adjustments and changes you made in the later games, Li Liang has them all in his mind.

After that, Maddy once again held the ball and hit a step-back jumper in the middle.

The Magic could only rely on Maddie's strong shot.

And the Pistons already have the advantage in strength, and Li Liang is alive at this point, and the Magic defense is chaotic.

Hamilton caught the ball and hit a mid-range jumper, and it all felt like it was coming.

Then Gooden made a layup and was blocked by Big Ben, and it was another quick counterattack.

Li Liang rushed to the bottom left corner, Billups knew a long pass, Li Liang dribbled and shook Maddie's block, and then made a three-point shot and scored!

This ball hit, and Li Liang knew that he was not far from completing the task.

He played too early in the first few missions, which caused the magic to slowly adjust later, and Maddie played better and better.

Now that the game is in its final stages, it's hard to adjust.

After scoring the goal, Li Liang also followed Maddie's example, and flicked his arm, as if he had bounced off the gun ashes on his body.

The Magic called another timeout, but Rivers had no more cards in his hand.

Originally, the first game was to fight, and it was normal to lose and win blood.

Now that the Pistons have eased up, the Magic can only watch Maddie's.

Maddie felt really good this time, and after the timeout, he hit another three-pointer.

The score came to 25 points.

Li Liang can't relax yet.

He first dragged his time on the offensive end, took the ball and dribbled slowly, and then suddenly a Nesse pass got to Hamilton.

Hamilton scores a layup on an empty cut.

Then a foul on the defensive end disrupted Maddy's rhythm and re-served the ball on the sideline, pestering Maddie to not give him a chance to catch the ball.

As a result, the Magic made a three-point opportunity from the outside, and Girisek missed a three-point shot after receiving the ball.

The Pistons controlled the rebound, and it was a lot more stable now.

Li Liang is also bold, and would rather chase Maddie and give the Magic a chance to open the spot, rather than give Maddie the ball to attack.

Carlisle wanted to curse when he saw it, but he didn't get in, so forget it.

In the last two minutes, Li Liang's attention was highly focused and he didn't give Maddie any chance.

This is the master of 35 seconds and 13 minutes, if you relax with him, he will make you regret going to grandma's house every minute.

Li Liang gritted his teeth, pulled and pulled, and finally let Maddie make a layup, and then hit 2 free throws from the free throw line to score 29 points.

And Billups' belated three-pointer and Ben Wallace's key frontcourt rebound saved the Pistons' victory.

At 98:95, the Pistons beat the Magic by 3 points at home.

Maddie scored only 29 points in the game, and Li Liang finally completed this very difficult task.

Coming out of the task smoothly, Li Liang breathed a long sigh of relief, this time he was really tired to death, really tired to death.

However, seeing that his [basic defense on the outside] has improved to 81 points, Li Liang is still very pleased.

It's just the right time to get ready for the playoffs!

Dear Brother Deng, I'm here with Gan Liliang.