At the end of the first quarter, the Magic led the Pistons by 4 points.

The Pistons' offense was really terrible. Because of the point of being a big bank, the offensive end was basically 4-for-5.

Li Liang is used to feeding Howard with the Lakers, but he can't do it with the Pistons.

Moreover, the tactics of o3 years nBa are very different from those of 13 years.

Three-point tactics are not that important, and low-post tactics account for a large proportion.

The space on the court was small, and Li Liang only made one three-pointer in the first quarter, but failed to hit the other two shots.

Defensively, McGrady found her feelings again after experiencing the sluggish opening.

In the first quarter, he made 3 of 7 shots and scored 6 points.

Li Liang was looking for the feeling of defending McGrady.

First, during the rest between the second quarter, Rick Carlisle asked Li Liang to go to the inside and play more at the basket.

Li Liang turned a deaf ear to hear that your pistons could lose to Magic?

At this time, Jim Carrey had not touched the championship coach's door, and there were some problems with his understanding of the Pistons team.

He wanted to make the Pistons a team that balances offense and defense, and his successor Larry Brown made it clear that the Pistons are about defense first.

So Larry Brown succeeded, and Carlisle's Pistons were just a strong team.

Li Liang had only one request for Carlisle, "When McGrady comes, I will also go there, let me deal with McGrady."

Carlisle nodded, asking Li Liang to deal with McGrady is indeed better than Curry.

Curry's height defects cannot be compensated, and McGrady is too bad for 6-foot-5.

Also, Curry never knew that he had to start watching McGrady from the backcourt.

When defending McGrady, you must not give him too much room for running, otherwise his big strides, plus a pull-out jump shot, will make your defense useless.

After the second quarter started, Li Liang began to give McGrady strength.

As long as McGrath gets the ball, Li Liang will definitely follow him, and then control McGrath's waist with one hand, approaching it, and not giving McGrath space to start.

If McGrady starts, she will retreat quickly, giving McGrady a chance to shoot a jump shot, but she cannot force herself to break through the basket.

If he chooses to pull up the jump shot, then Li Liang will use the fastest to go forward and block the interference.

His jumping power increased by 10 points and his interference ability became stronger.

Even so, defending McGrady is still a chore and a systematic project. It is not enough to rely solely on Li Liang.

So Li Liang kept communicating with Ben Wallace on the court.

Wallace's assisted defense is first-class, with a high defensive experience and ball quotient, and is the real core of the Pistons' defensive end.

After a few games, Li Liang learned some of Wallace's defensive characteristics and preferences.

The two will conduct sufficient communication meetings and change defenses under appropriate circumstances.

Li Liang has the ability to defend the inside, so he will switch to the inside to deal with Guden and protect the backcourt rebounds.

In this way, Daben could safely jump to the outside line and press McGrady's ball path.

Curry lacked this ability before, which led to McGrady's investment outside, and Big Boss couldn't help.

He must stay at the basket.

In the second quarter, the Pistons and the Magic played hard, and the two sides tied at 48:48 at the end of the first half.

The scores of both sides are really not high enough, and they keep making irons on the field and make frequent mistakes.

By the third quarter, the Pistons' offense still did not improve.

But Li Liang doesn't care. For him, it's better to have poor offense.

Only when the scores on both sides are tightly bitten can the Pistons defend with all their might.

The scene was very ugly, and every pass was not smooth, and every catch was stumbled.

It's really difficult to score a goal.

Li Liang focused all his energy on defense, kept his attacking completely, and did not rush to attack or make three-pointers.

Then he tried his best to keep an eye on McGrady on the defensive end, regardless of whether McGrady had the ball in her hand.

In fact, magic is done very well at this point.

Rivers obviously beat Carlisle in pre-game preparation.

The whole game was made Armstrong and Jacques Vaughn stare at Billups.

Regardless of whether Billups has a ball or not, the Magic player is always entangled in front of him, making him unable to catch the ball or shoot it comfortably.

In this game, Billups's low shooting percentage made 3 of 16 shots, with a shooting percentage of less than 20%, Kobe was not so excessive.

Because Rivers realized early on that Billups is the real brain for Pistons to attack.

The Pistons seem to have no absolute core of offense, but as a point guard, Billups is the Pistons' strongest motivation for offense.

It curbed Billups, relying solely on Hamilton's off-ball running, and the individual pieces of several other players, could not give an advantage on the offensive end.

Rivers' defensive strategy hit the Pistons' goal, and in the next few games, even curbed Billups to 5 points in a single game.

Then they were turned around 3:1 because they couldn't control Billups anymore.

The best chance to eliminate the Pistons at home in the sixth game was beaten by Billups and scored 40 points back to Detroit, and the form was completely reversed.

This is a later story. In this game, the magic strategy was successful, at least half of it.

Because there is still half of the variable, Li Liang, except for the opening period, he has been holding back his offensive end.

Opening 7:o, I don’t want the piston to come up and it’s hard to chase after it.

To complete this task, you must not only win, but you cannot win too much and become a counterattack.

With the third quarter, Li Liang and Wallace joined forces to control McGrady more and more strictly, and McGrady's choice on the offensive end began to tilt.

He started to end the offense more with outside pull jump shots.

In fact, his jump shot was still very accurate. In the third quarter, when he made a three-pointer in the counterattack, the score had already reached 2o points.

2o points, Li Liang also has a fault tolerance of 1o points.

For Li Liang, he was actually betting.

A defensive superstar is actually just a bet, because it is definitely impossible to completely lock him up.

Li Liang bet that McGrady would feel the shooting feel of the decline in the fourth quarter.

He insisted on making a shot but not making a surprise attack, and did not easily make a foul to give McGrady a chance to make a free throw.

Of course, defense alone is not enough, defense is always a passive side.

Li Liang still needs to attack, attack McGrady and consume him!

But Li Liang's three-legged attack was OK in the regular season. In the playoffs, it was more funny to want to play McGrady in the playoffs in O3.

Therefore, Li Liang still has to use his three-pointer and off-ball running advantage.

At the end of the third quarter, McGrady scored 22 points, and the Pistons scored 66:69 in the game against the Magic, and the Pistons fell 3 points behind the Magic.

The Magic played very well tonight, and the two most important attack points of the Pistons were restricted to death by both Billups and Hamilton on the defensive end.

Li Liang has high offensive efficiency and scored 10 points, but he is very cautious in his choice of action and has been waiting for an opportunity.

In this game, the Pistons made very poor three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of less than 30%.

Because the Pistons were crushed to death on the outside, and the inside was no offensive ability, many three-pointers were barely shot, so of course the shooting rate was not high.

Therefore, Li Liang predicted that in the fourth quarter, both sides' physical strength would decline, and the Magic's outside defense would be less oppressive.

Then his chance will come.

At this time, the Auburn Mountain Palace Arena was no longer as noisy as it was when it opened.

The confident Pistons fans did not expect to be beaten by the Magic in the first game of the round.

Rick Carlisle faced Sima from beginning to end, and he was completely suppressed by Rivers in his pre-match strategy.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, McGrady and Li Liang both rested off the court.

The two sides had another defensive battle on the court. Billups tried to enter the inside and caused a foul to get a scoring opportunity when he felt bad.

The Magic made few three-pointers from the outside tonight, but the number of hits was the same as the Pistons.

Chris Whitney, who came on as a substitute, hit a three-pointer in the fourth quarter, widening the gap.

Rivers boldly launched the 11-man rotation tonight to adapt to the high-intensity confrontation in the playoffs and constantly put pressure on the Pistons' double guns.

Carlisle was getting more and more anxious because he couldn't find a way to break the deadlock.

Li Liang reminded: "Don't worry Rick, you can just send me on the court later."

To be honest, Li Liang was actually unsure. When he arrived on the basketball court, who could say that he could hit a 100% shot?

None of Jordan can do it.

But you must have this confidence.

In the fourth quarter, McGrady returned to the court after a full rest.

Li Liang also stood up from the bench and prepared to appear.

The final 8 minutes of the final battle.

Li Liang stretched out his arms and moved his fingers, thinking that he should be successful in this hand. Don’t miss the shot for the most part of the game, if you don’t feel the touch, you’ll be finished.

At this time, the score on the field was 72:78, and the Magic led the Pistons by 5 points.

It was the Pistons' turn to take the ball. Billups held the ball.

This game was really hard and difficult.

But Li Liang still took the initiative to step forward to cover Billups.
To be continued...