Change Bowen? How could Popovich not know this, but the time to change Bowen has not come, and Popovic will not be human. If the team is not in serious difficulty, Popovich will never disrupt his substitution rhythm at will.

In the fifth minute of the second quarter, after Li Cheng scored his first point of the game, he hit another jumper, this time in his favorite way, and he also caused Duncan to foul him.

Li Cheng was sent to the free throw line, but at this time, the coaches of both teams began to make substitutions.

The Spurs replaced Brewer Bowen, known as the "Kobe Killer", and his goal was obvious, naturally Li Cheng, who had 3 assists and 4 points during this period, and was now standing at the free throw line.

The Spurs made a substitution, the Pacers' bench was not idle, and Tinsley and Granger were on the lineup.

Li Cheng is still a little worried about Bowen's defense, so he must strengthen the support of other players for Li Cheng.

"You kid has adjusted it like this!" Granger said as he high-fived Lee before his free throw.

Li Cheng smiled slightly and replied, "Who am I!" Although he said this, he secretly criticized in his heart: "If I can't adjust, my life will be lost." If every player in the league was playing basketball with their lives, there would be no media reports of a star who was completely out of shape and invisible on the court. ’”

Granger didn't say anything more, he smiled and stepped into his position to grab the rebound.

Li Cheng's free throws hit steadily, and his free throws are always so reassuring.

In the second quarter, the Pacers scored a total of 11 points, and these 11 points were either scored directly by Li Cheng or assisted by Li Cheng. In those five minutes, the Pacers went on an 11-6 run against the Spurs, and they managed to narrow it down to four points. The score is now 27-31, with the visitors in front and the home team behind, as is customary.

In the five minutes of the second quarter, although the Pacers were a bench lineup, they played like two teams in the first quarter. Judging from this period of time, the importance of Li Cheng to this team is self-evident.

"Bowen is on the field, this Chinese is going to be uncomfortable now!"

"In the past 5 minutes, this guy has been too arrogant, and now someone can finally come up and sanction him."

"I'm betting that after this quarter, he won't be able to score in a double-double, after all, it's Bowen who defends him."

"I think it's about the same, in the first quarter of the game, under Bowen's defense, he just disappeared!"

In fact, what the commentator said was right, Bowen did cause enough trouble to Li Cheng. But Li Cheng also put a lot of pressure on the veteran, and Bowen's body lost quickly.

However, relatively speaking, Li Cheng encountered a greater problem. Bao Wenke is a difficult enough guy, and Li Cheng was a little upset by him.

This is not to say that Bowen's defensive skills are really much better than Ginobili, the main thing is that this guy is wholeheartedly devoted to defending Li Cheng's "great cause", and his attainments in small movements are deeper than Ginobili.

Li Cheng is most afraid of the two players now, one is the defensive action and full of strength. The other is a player like Bowen who makes extremely frequent small movements.

However, even with Bowen's restrictions, Li Cheng still hit two goals and scored one assist outside the collar for the rest of the second quarter.

After halftime in this game, the team returned to the locker room, and Li Cheng scored a total of 9 points and 4 assists in the second quarter, which is already very good, but for the two commentators, Li Cheng's number is the most satisfying.

But is there really nothing wrong with what they say? How many players across the league were able to score in double figures in a single quarter.

The first two times they rehearsed Li Cheng's table, the results were all shown to be slapped in the face, and this time they always felt that they had won back Yicheng. However, they are purely asking for trouble for themselves here, Li Cheng has no idea about their actions, and all he is thinking about now is to play his own game.

At halftime, the Pacers did not continue to narrow the gap between the scores, and the gap remained at 4 points, but such a difference for a team like them with particularly strong scoring explosiveness, it only took a few rounds of offense to completely erase it. The next game is the most worth looking forward to.

"How many points do you think the Chinese will get next?"

"Under Bowen's defense, what can that Chinese play?"

The two commentators have already been on the same page as Li Chenggang, but the fans of the Holy City still buy their statements. Who doesn't want their team to be able to completely limit their opponent's sharpest weapon?

"Po\Povich must have continued to make adjustments in the locker room, and as long as the Chinese is restrained, Indiana will never be able to take away a victory here."

In the third quarter, the game was really developing as the commentator said. Popovic continued to make adjustments, and their defensive focus was more on Li Cheng's side, cutting off the connection between Li Cheng and his teammates, and preventing Li Cheng from receiving the ball. For this purpose, Popovich made a very detailed arrangement.

But in his tactics, Bowen is the most important link. Bowen's individual defensive ability has added a lot of hardness to the Spurs' team defense. Duncan's supplementary defense adds a certain softness to the Spurs' defense.

And in the third quarter of the game, the Spurs also showed the Pacers what championship-level defense is. During that time, the Pacers made so many mistakes that they couldn't even find room to shoot.

"A defense that suffocates the opponent, that's what Holy City is all about."

"Strangling all opponents in a suffocating defense."

In fact, to be honest, both teams didn't play very well today. The Spurs had just come off a seven-long road streak and didn't feel good offensively today, but they relied on their defense to build a double-digit lead heading into the seventh minute of the third quarter.

"As soon as the Pacers came back in the second half, they were directly beaten!"

"They're going to collapse, look at Parker! He got past Tinsley, throw! Again! At 14 points, the Pacers are absolutely powerless. ”

At this moment in Indiana, in the face of this sudden third quarter of the game, the fans in the bar were a little dumbfounded, they never thought that their team would be beaten so badly in these 7 minutes.

At this time, Li Cheng wiped off the sweat that had been left behind with his clothes, and he pouted helplessly. During this period of time, he really saw the gap in the strength of the team, but he was still waiting for an opportunity, like a hidden killer, waiting for the opportunity to shoot.