Chapter 711: The Moment of the Decisive Battle
The situation has become very unfavorable for the Pacers, the advantage is being eaten away little by little, the key is that the momentum on the court has come to the side of the Cavaliers, and their momentum is very ferocious.
Whether it's offense or defense, the Cavaliers are finding their senses, especially when it comes to how to deal with Li Liang.
As long as Li Liang gets the ball, the knights don't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, at least two people will serve.
One is close, and the other is nearby to prevent Li Liang from breaking through.
As for Li Liang's passing, whatever you want, other people can score goals is your ability, I don't care.
Li Liang gave the ball to Granger, who broke through with the ball and hit the basket with his right hand to score two points.
It's okay, the rest of the Pacers are tough enough, whether it's JR Smith, Danny Granger or David West, they can step up and score.
However, the efficiency and success of their scoring, as well as the psychological blow to the knights, are still much worse than Li Liang.
Another point, Li Liang has already committed three fouls, and James began to focus on Li Liang's point play.
It is 45 degrees on the left side of the same position, and after taking the ball with his back, he turns to the basket, and James is going to hit Li Liang at this point.
He wants to use this game to defeat Li Liang and bring his confidence back.
James broke through with the ball, Li Liang defended very well, and hit the basket, James faked a real pass, and gave Mozgov, who cut to the bottom line, and Mozgov made a rebound!
It's still a two-point difference!
The Cavaliers obviously played with confidence on the offensive end, and all kinds of routines and co-ordination came.
The Pacers continued to transfer the ball on the outside, no longer focusing on Li Liang alone.
Finally, it was given to JR-Smith in the bottom left corner, and Smith hit a three-point shot!
The three-point point that is as precious as gold makes the Cavaliers have to start thinking about whether to stick to such a defensive strategy.
However, for any team that has ever suffered a loss, not letting him score with the ball is obviously the best option.
James still has to hold the ball in the low post on the left side to hit Li Liang, and he has to continue to put pressure on Li Liang at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
This time James found Paul George, who ran out of the empty space in the bottom right corner, and gave a wide range of horizontal passes to George, George received the ball and shot a three-point shot, hit!
It was still a two-point difference, and the Cavaliers were biting hard, and they wanted to turn the score around before the end of the third quarter.
And the Pacers wanted to hold out until the fourth quarter anyway.
The next two attacks from both sides were unsuccessful, and the score remained at 68-70.
When Li Liang missed the fourth three-point shot in the third quarter and James got the rebound, he felt that the Cavaliers might be able to win this game.
James dribbly dribbled past halfcourt, pressed the clock, and then with two seconds left in the third quarter, he shot a long-range three-pointer from the middle...... Hit!
James hit a long-range three-pointer!
In the final moments of the third quarter, he hit a rebounding shot, and at 71:70, the Cavaliers finally overtook it!
In the third quarter, the Pacers scored just 13 points, their lowest score in a single quarter of the playoffs.
Li Liang shot 0-of-4 from three-point range in the third quarter and didn't score, while James scored nine points alone to lead the Cavaliers back to the lead.
Victory beckons to the Clevelanders, and once this game is won, the entire series will return to the same running line.
But the problem is that the momentum has returned to the Cavaliers' side.
Li Liang did not play well in the third quarter, was targeted in the offense, and was timid on the defensive end.
He didn't dare to scold the referee for some unfavorable punishments, because if he scolded him again, he would be scolded out.
He was patient, because he knew that the game was far from over, and whoever had the last laugh would have the sweetest laugh.
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At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, Li Liang sat on the sidelines.
And James still stayed on the court at this time to continue the game.
This is another opportunity for the Cavaliers to widen the difference.
James had already scored 21 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out 11 assists in the first three quarters.
The game is not over, and James has already scored a triple-double.
Li Liang played well in the first half, but he performed poorly in the third quarter and did not score.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Danny Granger caused a foul on Mozgov under the basket, but unfortunately only hit one of the two free throws, and the two sides were tied.
When this kind of bayonet is red and it is necessary to fight for the success rate, the advantages of the knight triumvirate are finally reflected.
Irving, who has always been treated as a defensive weakness, showed his sharp side on the offensive end.
He broke through the middle and scored two points on a jumper in the face of West's defense, and also caused West's beating foul.
Add free throws and hit a three-point shot!
Granger then missed a mid-range jumper in the middle of the offense.
James turned around and assisted James Jones, a difficult three-point shot at 45 degrees on the left side, and hit!
At 77:71, the Cavaliers led by 6 points!
This was the time when the Cavaliers had the most leads in the game.
The situation of the Pacers is quite critical, and the difference of 6 points is very large in the confrontation between the two sides.
Li Liang was still resting, and in the third quarter, he was tired enough, his defense was beaten, his offense was targeted, and he scolded Della.
Bird was calm, just didn't make substitutions, and continued to let the players fight with the Cavaliers on the court.
West showed the consistency of a veteran, and under tremendous pressure, after cooperating with Hill's high pick-and-roll, he hit a mid-range jumper in the horn position.
At 77:73, the Pacers pulled back two points.
Seeing that Li Liang had not returned, James immediately single-handedly rushed to the basket in the offense, causing McGee's foul.
McGee had already committed his fourth foul, and James hit both free throws, still a six-point gap.
Then, Stephenson's breakthrough layup missed, and the Cavaliers counterattacked, Irving broke through and passed to Thompson, and Thompson dunked!
At 81:73, the difference has come to 8 points.
Bird, however, still held his breath and did not call a timeout.
He wants to give Li Liang enough time to rest and adjust.
Li Liang really needs to rest, and he needs to get his senses back.
There was still enough time, and he was not in a hurry.
It depends on whether your teammates can hold it up.
David West's low post offense, missed shots!
The Cavaliers' rebounds, it feels like the Cavaliers have everything under control.
Irving slowly dribbled across the half court and began to play positional offense.
In fact, the knights made a mistake at this time, and they shouldn't have dragged the pace at this point in time.
With 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, you're only eight points ahead and start slowing the pace instead of seizing the opportunity to continue to impact the Pacers, knowing that even one more point could have a decisive impact on the final outcome of the game.
As a result, the Pacers prevented the Cavaliers from violating the rules for 24 seconds.
In the Pacers' positional offense, West responded with a high post and passed the ball to Stephenson who cut to the basket and made an easy layup.
Immediately after, Stephenson and Hill wrapped up Irving, causing Irving to lose the ball in the middle, and Stephenson snatched the ball from Irving's hand and immediately passed the ball to Danny Granger, who rushed to the frontcourt, and Granger made an easy layup.
The Pacers chased 4 points in a row!
The Cavaliers' eight-point advantage built up by the impact was only half of it all at once.
Bird hadn't called a timeout yet, Blatter called a timeout first, and James needed a break.
And at this point in time, it is the time for Li Liang to return to the court.
The decisive moment of the fourth game is coming soon.