After the third game, Li Liang and his teammates will stay in Chicago for another day.

Winning the third game was a big deal, as they regained home advantage and relaxed a little bit as they prepared for Game 4.

In the third game, the Pacers still exposed a lot of problems, and the intermittent weakness on the offensive end is estimated to be unsolvable.

This is determined by the lineup and the ability of the players, and the performance of non-star players in a single-core team is not stable enough.

Fortunately, Li Liang is a super god, otherwise the Pacers are away, and the referee's whistle is still so biased, it will really be more auspicious.

Compared to the Pacers' hard-fought win in Chicago, the other semifinals in the Eastern Conference will be much easier.

The Cleveland Cavaliers took a 2-0 lead over Atlanta, and the Hawks' home-court advantage that they had worked so hard to build up in the regular season was the same as none in front of James.

By the third game in Cleveland, the Hawks were on the edge of a cliff.

This time, the Hawks finally used their full energy and fought the Cavaliers on the road until overtime.

As a result, in overtime, James controlled the game, scoring 7 points and delivering 2 assists alone, and took care of the Hawks.

At 3:0, the knights can send the eagles back to catch fish in the next game.

James can say that I'm already thinking about the next round opponent.

Li Liang is not in a hurry to think about the opponent in the next round.

The third game at the Chicago United Center can be said to have cost Li Liang a lot of effort.

He doesn't score 54 points in every game, and there are still many restrictions on how this prop can be used.

Besides, he has to lie down tired after such a fight.

Fourth, it depends on the performance of teammates.

It's said that the Pacers' offense is unstable, so you're one game behind, and the next one should be better, right?

I don't know it's not.

In the fourth game, the offense continued to be constipated.

On May 10, the fourth battle between the two sides continued at the Joint Center.

Compared with the previous game, the opening game between the two sides was quite impressive, and there was no situation where the score did not exceed 20 in the first quarter.

The Pacers led the Bulls by two points at 28:26.

The Bulls' outside offense has improved significantly, with the Pacers, J.R. Smith and Granger contributing in the first quarter.

By the second quarter, both sides began to strike as usual, with the bulls playing a little louder.

There is not much room for flexibility on both sides in terms of tactics, and Thibodeau no longer thinks about it, just pinching Li Liang's point, pinching desperately, and at the same time frantically fighting for frontcourt rebounds on the inside.

Thibodeau is still gambling, that is, betting that Li Liang will not be able to score 50 points per game.

In the last game, the Bulls' defensive strategy actually worked.

And the Pacers' strategy has never changed, and the man-to-man defense has persevered to the end.

In the second quarter, the Pacers led the Bulls by 11 points at 25:16 at halftime.

It feels like it's stable.

Who knew that at the end of halftime, the Pacers' shooting percentage fell off a cliff in the third quarter.

The Bulls insisted on multi-person wrapping of Li Liang, Li Liang kept sharing the ball, and missed all kinds of outside catches.

At the same time, Li Liang himself also lost his touch, and was 2 of 8 in the third quarter.

After all, he is not a top mid-distance master like Lao Ke and Jordan, and his stability is very lacking.

The Bulls relied on an excellent play in the third quarter to successfully chase the difference to only 2 points before the start of the fourth quarter.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Bird put Li Liang off the court, and the Bulls relied on a wave of 7:0 climax to successfully overtake the score.

For the Pacers, the situation has reached the most critical moment, but Bird just dared to press Li Liang on the bench, not for anything else, just to let Li have a good rest and fight for the last six minutes.

On the court, Danny Granger stepped up, made consecutive free throws at the critical moment, scored 4 points, and narrowed the gap to 4 points before Li Liang came on the court.

Li Liang got enough rest, and his touch and attack power recovered.

At this moment when things need to be turned around, Li Liang never disappoints.

He now steals Noah in defense and makes a long pass to Stephenson's basket.

Then, McGee interfered with Rose's successful layup, Li Liang won the backcourt rebound, pushed the counterattack, and hit a three-point shot from the outside.

Overtake!

In two rounds, Li Liang turned the situation around.

Thibodeau had to call a timeout.

Reggie Miller couldn't help but admire, "Whenever he was needed to step up, Bruce Lee never disappointed." ”

Isn't this nonsense, Li Liang's physical strength is back, and his props and skills are not saved for the critical moment.

And although the Pacers still didn't go well on offense tonight, their defense was quite tough, and the Bulls were never able to extend their advantage.

And the referee's whistle today is still very biased.

For a team like the Bulls, who rely heavily on the intensity of the matchup, the scale of the referee's whistle is very important.

Once the referee's whistle is tight, the Bulls dare not make moves in defense, and there are many fouls, and the rhythm of the game is chaotic.

As soon as the whistle is loosened, the Bulls start to make bold moves, and all kinds of small moves in defense are endless.

Li Liang's two arms were already scarred, and they were all knocked out and scratched out when he broke through, stuck in position, and assisted in defense.

But Li Liang didn't care, this little injury was nothing to him at all.

After the timeout, the Bulls returned to the court.

As a result, as soon as he served, Li Liang launched [Death Entanglement] again, successfully stealed, and held the ball to kill the basket and dunk successfully.

With two steals per game, Li Liang always uses them at the most critical and important moments.

The steal was a big blow to the Bulls, and the service tactics set up during the timeout were useless at all.

And the difference was stretched to 3 points.

When Butler missed a low-post turnover jumper and was rebounded by Li Liang, everyone's hearts were cold again.

It's over, this thing is going to blow everyone again.

The Bulls seemed to feel that Li Liang was about to give a blow, so Li Liang hadn't made a three-point shot, so he fouled first and sent Li Liang to the free throw line.

Li Liang was also speechless, I used the block to go inside, but before it started, Noah directly hugged him.

Now that the fouls are counted, comrade, they just watched me go to the free throw line and give me points?

Li Liang stood on the free throw line and hit both free throws.

Some fans were also relieved that they only scored two points, not three.

The difference between the two sides came to five points in the final moments.

Another hopeless 5 points.

The Bulls players may not even want to play when they see this point difference.

Sure enough, the Bulls missed a three-point shot from the outside.

Then, the Pacers didn't score either, as if they just felt that the five points were very comfortable, they didn't want to expand, and they didn't want to make it less, and five points were enough.

For almost two minutes, the five-point margin remained unchanged.

It doesn't matter to the Pacers, for the Bulls, the time of the game, the hope of survival is getting little less and less.

Bird called a timeout in the final 1 minute and set up a service game on the outside.

After Li Liang attracted two defenders from the outside, a long pass across the court was sent to JR Smith, who was completely empty in the bottom corner on the other side.

Smith caught the ball and hit a three-pointer to kill the game.

Bull, dead grievances.

The final score between the two sides was 87-82, with the Pacers outscoring their opponents by five points.

Both sides continued the constipation offense, except that the Bulls were a little more constipated than the Pacers.

Especially at the critical moment, Li Liang's two steals after his debut turned the situation around.

And the Bulls couldn't get the damn ball into the damn hoop when they needed to chase the points.

When the buzzer sounded in the final game, the Bulls players felt unusually lonely.

They had done their best, but there was Li Liang on the other side.

Li Liang still scored 27 points, 3 steals and 2 blocks in this game despite the low shooting percentage.

The Pacers led 3-1 in the series and have already stepped into the door of the Eastern Conference Finals.

A day later, the Cavaliers swept the Atlanta Hawks by 32 points at home 120-88 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Two days later, the Pacers returned to their home court, and the Chicago Bulls were once again defeated without the home whistle bonus.

At 100:73, the Pacers beat the Bulls by 27 points, and 73 points were also the lowest points in a single game in this playoffs.

The Pacers and Knights will fight each other.

James faced Li Liang in the playoffs for the third year in a row.