There were two minutes left in the second quarter, but O'Brien replaced Li Cheng.

In the first two games, Li Cheng didn't even rest for a second, and O'Brien was afraid that he would get injured due to overfatigue. Now the Cavaliers are already in a bit of a hurry, if they let their number one warrior get injured in a good situation, isn't this self-destruction of the city wall? So for the purpose of protecting Li Cheng, he replaced Li Cheng.

Since the start of the playoffs, Li Cheng has not played so comfortably like this game! It's a great feeling to sit on the sidelines and watch the game.

Soon the first half was over, with the Pacers trailing the Cavaliers by nine points. O'Brien was a little worried about this outcome, but he was relieved when he saw Hart's eyes.

Larry Bird and Reggie Miller were both in the box at the Quicken Loan Arena, and the two of them got together and talked to each other at halftime.

"It's a bit weird!" Larry Bird frowned, as if talking to himself.

"That's true, the Pacers seem to be playing all the time, and their biggest goal is not to overtake the score, but to prevent the Cavaliers from widening the difference." Reggie Miller frowned, and he didn't know what O'Brien's reason was for letting the team do it. He knew there was a reason, but he couldn't see why.

"I think this might be a ploy on O'Brien's part! A kind of psychological warfare. I have to say that O'Brien really has some levels of psychological warfare! Larry Bird was also speculating about what O'Brien meant.

"What do you say?" Reggie Miller asked.

"The knights are in a state of impatience right now, and they have to fight with their backs. If the Pacers follow the Cavaliers desperately, then they are bound to be consumed even more. And after the halftime break, the Cavaliers will continue to maintain their desperate momentum. After the break, they will continue to fight with the Pacers. The Pacers obviously don't want to fight the Cavaliers, because the two teams fight to the end, and no one can say how they will win or lose. Larry Bird analyzed.

"So the Pacers deliberately created a situation like this in the first half?" Reggie Miller pondered for a moment. He seemed to figure out something.

Larry Bird didn't wait for Reggie Miller to react, he just said: "Yes, if the Pacers fall behind in the first half, the Cavaliers are not very likely to adjust their mentality at halftime, and they will definitely think that their first half is successful and just continue." But when they meet the onslaught of the Pacers, they will definitely panic all at once. And then they will definitely become more and more impatient, and the impatience at this time is undoubtedly suicide. ”

"Suicide! Ha ha! This must have been the idea of Hart's old fellow, who had a lot of ideas. Reggie Miller laughed.

"Hart and O'Brien are a great pair. But they're a little bit close. Larry Bird frowned, he was still a little unhappy with the Pacers' coaching combination, and he seemed to be thinking.

"What's the difference? You see that O'Brien's change of formation in the first two games has worked very well, and this guy has a lot of stuff in his head. Reggie Miller said.

Larry Bird thought for a moment and slowly confided in the reason why he was a little dissatisfied, "They are so easy to talk to, and they are tuning the young players to the level. With that, Big Bird shook his head.

Reggie Miller looked at Larry Bird quizzically. Uncle Bird glanced at Miller, which means that you are still too tender.

"Li Cheng is so talented that it took more than half a season to emerge. I was almost abandoned. I can't praise the coaching staff's ability to coach young players like this. "Larry Bird was very unhappy.

If O'Brien had heard Bird's words here, he would have crashed to his death in the box at the Quick-Loan Arena in frustration. "Li Cheng, this kid is a freak, and I've paid attention to him a lot. But this kid has always been like a piece of wood that doesn't open his mind, and he suddenly opened his mind overnight, can I blame him? ”

And Li Chengruo is here. I'm afraid I'm going to have to run away in embarrassment. "I don't know what kind of potential I have, I got the 'Top of the Basketball System' to come out of nowhere."

While the two former NBA bigwigs are talking, the Pacers' locker room is a tense, busy scene.

"Halfway through the third quarter, it was time for us to get the most out of the game. In the first half we only gave 80 to 90 per cent of our strength, and the opponents were a little bit impatient and they didn't play to their full potential. So we should not take it lightly, and maybe they will be converted. We're gambling, but the odds of winning are huge, and Brown doesn't know what psychology is. O'Brien said.

O'Brien then added: "Before the final quarter, we have to narrow the score to within three points, and then in the final quarter, we have to deal a fatal blow to the opponent. ”

Then O'Brien began to draw on the tactical board, especially the arrangement between Li Cheng and Granger, which was simply detailed to the point of horror. There are more than 20 running routes, and O'Brien has drawn them one by one.

The Pacers' side is nervous and a little high-spirited, and now the cohesion of the Pacers is unprecedentedly strong! In the home dressing room on the other side, the situation is completely different.

The Cavaliers were just as nervous, but there was a kind of madness in their nerves, a kind of madness in their last hand.

After Brown laid out the tactics, he continued to incite the madness of the players.

"Guys, brothers. You guys did a good job in the first half, keep fueling in the second half, keep going. Don't give your opponent another chance, blow them up in one go. ”

"As long as we win this game, the next game will be easier for us. With our two home games, we can go to Indiana for the Battle of Kings Mountain, and we are opponents on the same starting line, so we don't have any psychological pressure. ”

"But if we lose this game, we're done. 3-0 down, who can turn the tables? So, we have to win this game, there's no second way. You know? My knights! ”

"Got it!" The players' collective response, a frenzied atmosphere is spreading in the home team's dressing room.

The second half began with the cheers of the home team's fans.

The Quickloan Arena is also a devil's home stadium in the league, as James' deposit has become the devil's home stadium in recent years. But apart from James, the fans here are also very powerful. Their ability to make noise is definitely no worse than that of other devils' home fans.

In a burst of loud cheers, the second half of the game between the two teams finally began.

The start of the third quarter was similar to the start of the first quarter, with the Cavaliers coming up and continuing their frantic offense. The Pacers, on the other hand, still held on to the point advantage as they did in the first quarter, but at this time they began to exert their strength and adjust.

When halfway through the third quarter, Li Cheng dribbled with his right hand, pointed to the sky with his left, and drew a circle in the air with his left hand. It's a sign that the Pacers are starting to fight hard.

After being suppressed for a long time, their high fighting spirit began to burn.

Li Cheng dribbled outside the three-point line and prepared to move to the left, and then Murphy and Granger came out collectively to block and cover Li Cheng.

The Pacers' two-block tactics, their two-pick is different from everyone else. The Pacers' double-block tactics, one of the people who blocked the pick-and-roll must be Granger, and the only person who was covered was Li Cheng.

Li Cheng was outside the three-point line, attracting the attention of all the defenders. After he moved to the left, the Cavaliers had formed a triangular defensive stance on this side.

Li Cheng chuckled, "I can't do this in the first two games, and I haven't done it in this one?" ”

Although Li Cheng couldn't see where Granger was, he had a feeling that Granger was 45 degrees outside the three-point line on the right side. Because after giving him a pick-and-roll, he noticed Granger's run. As is Granger's habit, he must be in that position at this time.

Li Cheng didn't think about it, he shook it, and then shook his right hand hard. The basketball penetrated the Cavaliers' defense and flew straight in the direction of Granger.

Granger took a small step to the left, caught the basketball, and then calmly completed a three-point shot.

"What's going on? The two of them actually have such a tacit understanding? Brown was a little frightened, but also a little puzzled, if the Pacers played like this at the beginning, then how could they fall behind now, the two teams should be on par!

But if the Pacers play like this from the start, they will definitely usher in an even crazier comeback. When the time comes, it is really unknown who will kill the deer. After all, in the last game, Li Cheng staged a good show of a dozen and five and a comeback. However, James is also such a player!

The Pacers don't want to fight to the end and lose the game. They are willing to make such a bet, after all, even if they lose the final game, they will not waste too much energy, and they can still keep their form in the next game to prepare for the next game.

Granger hit a three-pointer and the Pacers cut the deficit to five points. Then James's layup hit, he was a little suspicious, but he was caught by Li Cheng and it was another machine-gun-like mouth cannon.

James was a little irritated by Li Cheng's words, and just when James was anxious and annoyed, Li Cheng's body suddenly limped, and the whole person suddenly disappeared from James's field of vision. Later, when James turned around and found Li Cheng and chased after him, Li Cheng had already caught Murphy's figure and flashed to the side.

At this time, Tinsley smashed a ball, and Li Cheng received the ball and threw it, and scored two more points.

James frowned, he sensed that something seemed to have changed in the Pacers, but he couldn't tell where the change was! (To be continued......)