Li Liang made a free throw and scored four points, and the score between the two sides reached 146.

The Cavaliers actually played well, but Li Liang was in a good condition and fell behind by 8 points in a row.

Blatt called a pause, hoping that this pause would cool down Li Liang's condition.

Compared with James, Li Liang is indeed a firepower pioneer.

The rune system allows him to maintain a good and stable competitive state at all times.

Props and skills give him powerful explosive power on the arena.

Of course, everything is based on his continuous improvement of six-dimensional capabilities.

This makes Li Liang feel that he is not mature enough in some techniques, but his performance on the field always feels like he is "exploding every game".

Like ordinary role players, they will also have a certain game when their state breaks out, such as Brewer, who can get a fifty-tenth on Brother Deng's head.

However, this is a low-probability event and occurs occasionally.

Li Liang is different. He always has a high probability of explosion, especially in the playoffs.

After two rounds of the series, he adjusted to an excellent state whether on the offensive or defensive end.

A brief pause ended and both sides returned to the court.

After James played pick-and-roll with Thompson at a high position, he passed the ball to Thompson who was going down.

As a result, Thompson missed a throw shot, and Mozgov fought hard to grab the frontcourt rebounds at the basket.

But this time, Pacers Granger, Li Liang and Smith all rushed to the basket for rebounds.

In the last series, the Pacers really suffered a lot of losses in rebounding, otherwise the game against the Bulls might have been easier.

Granger caught the backcourt rebound and dribbled and pushed back.

After reaching the three-second zone, the ball returned to George Hill at the top of the arc.

Hill caught the ball and made a three-pointer, but unfortunately he didn't hit it.

James got the rebound, advanced quickly, and then entered the middle to attract defense and then gave it to Irving on the left wing.

Irving caught the ball and made a three-pointer, 14:9, and Irving hit a very important three-pointer.

If Hill scores this goal, the Cavaliers will not get this counterattack opportunity, and the gap between the two sides will further widen.

However, Hill responded immediately, cleared the right side and gave him one-on-one singles to Irving. Hill directly changed direction and made a strong breakthrough, and Irving was broken clean.

Hill made a layup directly. Although Mozgov covered the ball, it obviously interfered with the ball.

Hill was in poor form in the last series, and in this series, he could finally make a difference in the defense of Irving.

The Pacers' overall idea is indeed different from the previous series.

In addition to the two games that were hit at home, Li Liang's personal performance was the only way to win the game away.

When playing against the Cavaliers, Bird believes that the other points must be sufficiently played on the offensive end. For example, Hill must not be a fixed-point pitcher anymore, otherwise Li Liang would have to face the Cavaliers' luxurious backcourt configuration alone.

Afterwards, Mozgov missed a high jump shot.

Li Liang passed the ball to Granger. After Granger stumbled and broke into the basket, he made a difficult throw with his right hand, but he still hit the ball.

18:9, Pacers continue to expand their strengths.

Irving was knocked out by Hill again during the offense, and Granger got another chance, holding the ball quickly passed the half, and it was almost like a dunk.

As a result, Paul George, who followed up from behind, knocked out Granger's ball and went out of the baseline.

Granger lost his easy-ball chance.

The two of them used to grow up together on Pacers, but time has changed too much.

In the middle and late stages of the first quarter, Li Liang and James both looked a little quiet, and they gave all the opportunities to their teammates to play more.

James is a regular operation, and every time he exerts his strength.

Li Liang implemented Bird's pre-match deployment, tried to lay a good foundation at the beginning, and then let his teammates find their form.

Obviously Bird is the idea of ​​a strong man, everything is based on me, and the walker has this qualification to face the knight.

The Cavaliers soon realized that fighting the Pacers in the Consecco Arena was the worst strategy. When both sides fought each other, the Cavaliers were not the opponent.

The Cavaliers still have to start from defense, drag the game into a slow pace, and then at the last moment, use the advantages of the outside three giants to defeat the Pacers.

Blatt's overall idea is still correct, it depends on the players' execution ability.

Both sides entered the offensive drought for about three minutes, and neither side began to score goals.

The speed of the game is slowly decreasing, and the intensity of the game is rapidly increasing.

The competition at the basket became increasingly fierce, and it became difficult to pass and dribble from the outside.

Every time you cooperate and pass, you will be hindered.

Li Liang was as strict as ever and was defended by his opponents.

George no longer cared about others, he just stared at Li Liang.

James is always in charge of Li Liang's defense, and there is no one else in this defensive treatment.

Li Liang did not force himself to rush. He knew that it was not the time and he should hide it when it was time to avoid his sharp edge.

Both sides' score gains slowed down, but the Pacers were the lead and they maintained their advantage.

Moreover, with four minutes left in the first quarter, a situation that was very unfavorable to the Cavaliers occurred.

James made a layup at the basket, but failed to hit a hit due to Li Liang's interference.

Thompson grabbed the frontcourt rebound and forced himself to go again, but was disturbed by Li Liang again, but he still didn't make the round.

But Thompson really could grab the ball, and he grabbed the rebound. This time he didn't dare to play and passed the ball to James.

If Li Liang was replaced with this ball, he would be finished with a jump shot on the board.

James doesn't, I'm going to make a layup.

OK, if you make a layup, I will stop you.

Li Liang stood in front of James, but was hit hard by James and fell to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle and made a gesture of dribbling the ball to hit someone, judging James to foul.

James had already made a defensive foul before, but now he has another offensive foul, with two fouls a total of and he has to go off and rest.

This is quite bad for the Knights, and of course it is good news for the Pacers.

However, the Pacers were not happy for long, and Li Liang was immediately called a foul during the attack.

He was blown up with a mobile cover when he was covering JR-Smith at a high position...

To put it bluntly, the foul of mobile cover is a gray area where the referee can perform foul manipulation.

He doesn't want to yell when you foul, and you just move to the Lord of the Shadow Flow when you cover up. The shadow clone is moved out, and the referee may not yell you.

If he wants to brag about you, if you move a little, he can give you a foul.

Because when blocking people, it is basically impossible to be a wooden stake and not move at all, and there will definitely be some small movements.

Whether the referee can catch these small moves depends entirely on his judgment of the situation, or even on his mood.

The referee may think it was unfair to let James go on like this, so he simply blew Li Liang down.

This time, the mobile cover foul, coupled with the previous rebound foul, Li Liang also made two fouls in the first quarter.

Li Liang was so angry that he didn't make a single attack. I just made an opponent's offensive foul and was hit.

Now I am on the offensive end and I am hit again, and then I fouled again?

Anyway, I am the ones who were hit?

Li Liang must have a discussion with the referee again. The referee was easy to speak and persuade Li Liang.

James on the bench was already full of unhappiness, but when he saw Li Liang go down, he couldn't help laughing.

Seeing this, Bird thought about it and replaced Li Liang with David West.

West's offensive end is still a little more oil than Garnett's fuel tank.

Soon, the two sides began to rotate the substitute lineup.

The Cavaliers' rotation is relatively conservative, and at least one of the Big Three will definitely stay on the court.

The Pacers' rotation was obviously more abundant. Sloan, Stephenson and Shampoo made their debut together and replaced the three players in the starting backcourt.

From the first round to now, the Pacers are still able to maintain 10-person rotation.

I just don’t know if I can continue to maintain this as the series progresses.

In the last few minutes of the first quarter, both sides had fouls and free throws began to increase.

You have two free throws, I have two free throws.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides fought 27:20, and the Pacers led the Cavaliers by 7 points.
Chapter completed!