The Pacers players didn't expect that Li Kaiming, who played very well before this game, would suddenly become a stick maniac at the last moment, and he didn't say anything after taking all the shots, and actually chose to shoot ultra-long three-point shots on the key ball within a minute.

Therefore, in an interview after the game, Paul George, the core of the Pacers team, also said bluntly, "Although Lee's three-point shot was hit, I still have to say that from the perspective of basketball and the team, it is not a good shot choice!" If it was me, I wouldn't have shot like that, but the game is over, we still have to take our hats off like Lee and the Wizards, and it's more important for us to defend our home court......"

Paul George's statement also caused some controversy, and many fans thought that George's interview was somewhat hard-mouthed, and it was clear that Li Kaiming had already beaten the Pacers with that ball, and said that it was not a good choice.

So after that, some media asked Li Kaiming what he thought of George's interview, Li Kaiming naturally would not sarcastically say anything sarcastic about this young man, but he would not affirm Paul George's statement, "What others say about me and my style of play, that's someone else's business, I can only control myself, I can't control other people's mouths." However, in my eyes, whether it is a good shot choice should be evaluated by the final result, and my shot is in, which means that my shot is a good choice in my place. ”

The reporter who asked this question immediately asked, "What if that three-pointer doesn't go in?" Would you think that was a bad choice? ”

Li Kaiming shook his head with a faint smile, but his answer was a domineering confidence, "There is no such as ......."

Before the start of Game 3 of the second round, NbA also announced the last award, the Coach of the Season Award, although Sanders led the Wizards to win the best record in team history, but the Heat's coach Spo because of the team's record has improved greatly, plus he has also played the best 27 consecutive wins in team history, and Sanders has won the best coach last season, so in the final voting results, Spo received 62 of the 121 first votes, while Sanders received 42 defeats to Spoelster.

The old man Sanders was very frank about this result, and the players of the Wizards were still comforting him, but he didn't expect the bad old man to say, "I can get it again next year if you give me a little effort......

This year, because it is not a shrinking season, the schedule of the playoffs is much easier than last season, even if it was changed from home to away last season, there were only 2 days of rest during the period, but fortunately, the main players of the Wizards are some young people who are in their prime, and if they are 100% older, they will be dragged down by this schedule.

But this extra time did not let the Wizards players relax, the team only slowed down slightly from last season, but everything continued in an orderly manner, and the Wizards arrived in Indianapolis on a team plane the day after the home game to begin preparations for the upcoming two road games.

The series has reached 2-0, so most basketball commentators now expect the Wizards to advance to the Eastern Conference finals, or rather, most people hope that the Wizards can advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

After all, judging from the regular season record rankings, the Wizards and the Heat are definitely the only two top teams in the East.

However, the rising newcomers Pacers suddenly intervened and said that this round of the series is not over so soon, and I want to see the matchup between the Wizards and the Heat, and I have to ask me if the Pacers say yes!

In the third game of the semifinals, the Bankers Life Arena, Vogel learned the lessons of the last game and last season's game, and adopted a brutal trap tactic against Li Kaiming throughout the game, if this tactic is described in just one sentence, it is not to treat the remaining players of the Wizards as human beings at all!

I'd rather let Klay Thompson throw an open space on the outside than let Li Kaiming catch the ball and play alone.

Of course, this statement is still a little exaggerated, after all, Klay Thompson is the top shooter in the Wizards' lineup, and Vogel, as the head coach with a defensive foothold, will definitely not put Thompson to shoot all over the court.

Obviously, in the starting lineup of the Wizards, a center Branch has no offensive ability when he is out of the restricted area, and there is a small forward facial paralysis robot who is extremely unstable in shooting, both of whom can let them shoot from the outside, and letting Thompson shoot open is just the lesser of two evils in some rounds.

In the past two seasons, Brackey's performance against the Pacers has basically not been good, mainly because Hibbert's black and rough hardness is too restrained to restrain him, his body is completely larger than him, and his running and jumping ability is also very good, fortunately, Hibbert's independent offensive ability is about equal to zero, otherwise Bract is estimated to call the police.

Even so, Bracchi also fell into disadvantage against Hibbert in these games, which led to Li Kaiming having to often come over to help him defend, the first two games when the Pacers had not chosen this kind of frenzied tactics, such defense could also allow the Wizards to take advantage of the inside, but after G3 Vogel came up with a perverted bag strategy, Hibbert simply ruled the restricted area directly!

At this time, Li Kaiming's pressure on the defensive end instantly increased, and on the offensive end, he had to stand up to at least two people's defense every time he shot, and then he had to pull up on the defensive end to help Bradge top Hibbert.

The fierce physical confrontation made Li Kaiming's whole body muscles begin to tense, and the final result was that it in turn affected the feel of the offensive end......

Leonard, who was targeted and shorted, handed over a beautiful answer sheet of 1 of 6 three-pointers in the third quarter of this game, and even he had no confidence in throwing it back, facing a large vacancy of more than two meters, he hesitated for a long time and did not dare to shoot, and only when Paul George returned to the defense in place, he passed the ball to his teammates, wasting opportunities to shoot again and again......

In the end, the Wizards scored only 88 points, while the Pacers at home scored 97 points.

Li Kaiming played 42 minutes, shooting 9 of 17, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 3 of 5 free throws, and scored 22 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 blocks and 3 steals.

The 17 rebounds were also a career high for Li Kaiming in the playoffs, mainly because Hibbert was so dominant on the inside today, and Li Kaiming had to join the rebounding race.

Leonard finished with 13 points, eight rebounds and three steals on 6-of-16 shooting, 1-of-7 three-pointers and 3-of-6 free throws, while Thompson hit a team-high three-pointer for 18 points.

In the post-game interview, the rare atmosphere of the Wizards team was a little dull, and this scene was very exciting for the reporters, and it was not easy to see the Wizards lose, and seeing Li Kaiming's state, it was natural to take advantage of the fact that the wound was not healed and dig as much as possible!

"Lee, where do you think you lost this game?"

'We didn't prepare enough before the game, the opponents were obviously better prepared than us, we have to respect their efforts and they won beautifully.'

"What kind of attitude will you have towards the next game? The outside world says that there is a high probability that you will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, do you think so too? ”

"I wasn't decisive enough tonight, I'm sure I can bounce back in the next game, and as for qualifying for the Eastern Conference finals, of course our goal is to beat the opponent and qualify, but now we are two wins away from the goal, and we lost one game just now, so I think we should focus on the current game first, we need to make adjustments and perform better in the next games."

This loss also poured cold water on the heads of everyone on the Wizards, who won too much and won too smoothly before, which made the players inevitably feel a trace of pride and arrogance in their hearts, and thought that this was the regular season, and they could win by playing casually according to the tactics.

Unexpectedly, the Pacers, who lost two games, suddenly began to play with their lives and directly gave the Wizards a slap in the face, at this time, the players reacted, this is no longer the regular season, it is a real playoffs!

Sometimes that's the case, and smooth sailing may not be a good process, because it means that your experience is too comfortable, and when danger and setbacks come, people who are used to it will become like flowers in a greenhouse.

Fortunately, the Wizards' players are not flowers in a greenhouse, on the contrary, they are sleeping beasts, and after being woken up by the Pacers' desperate counterattack, the Wizards, a terrifying team, finally began to show their fangs in the playoffs......

Perhaps even the Pacers themselves didn't expect that a game that seemed to be won by the whole team working together would actually become their lifeline and accelerate the process of their holiday fishing!

Three days later, on May 14, the Bankers Life Arena filled the arena with 18,000 Pacers fans, some wearing Pacers' khaki cheering short-sleeves, others wearing Pacers jerseys, and from time to time some stood up and twisted as the camera swept over the scene.

There are indeed more social terrorists in Emerica, and few people seem to feel overwhelmed by the camera, but most fans are letting go of themselves in front of the camera, even if the more than 10,000 people in the stadium can see their ugly dance.

Li Kaiming moved his body in the players' tunnel with a solemn face, and the entrance ceremony of the home players was going on outside, and from time to time he could hear the passionate shouts of dJ.

When the lights in the passage finally returned to normal, Li Kaiming stopped warming up, and the Wizards players bouncing around him also stopped.

"Brothers, tonight, win the game!" Li Kaiming raised his right arm, and the other players all stretched out their arms, and then leaned against Li Kaiming's arm.

"Let's go! Go！ Go！ Go！ ”

The Wizards' players streamed out of the tunnel under the leadership of Li Kaiming, and the fans at the Pacers' home court erupted in boos for more than ten seconds after seeing them!