The Pacers made crazy shots in the first quarter, making eight three-pointers, of which Li Liang contributed five by himself.

Both stats broke NBA Finals records.

In the end, the score in the first quarter was fixed at 40:21, and the Pacers led by 19 points in a single quarter.

When the buzzer sounded at the end of the first quarter, the subtitles flickered in front of Li Liang's eyes: [Achievement, the three-point leader in a single quarter of the finals, you will get a special achievement reward...]

The string of ellipses behind it made Li Liang feel strange, a special achievement reward? Why are you still talking halfway!

This system is getting more and more skinny, and I don't know what rewards to give for bad luck.

For Li Liang, it is becoming more and more difficult to obtain achievements now.

When the achievement system was first established, every fart on the court would get a rune or something for "the first fart in the NBA arena".

Now that the runes are all collected, achievements are becoming more and more difficult to get. Some Li Liang thought they were achievements, but the system didn't recognize them at all, such as triple pairs.

Some people think it's nothing, but the system just placed an achievement for you and gave you some rewards, it really can't see through you.

In short, the Pacers completely crushed the Warriors in the first quarter, with a gap of 19 points.

The Pacers scored 40 points, while the Warriors only scored 21 points. Both offense and defense were completely suppressed.

Cole was still thinking, trailing by 10 points in the first quarter, get over it, and slowly catch up.

Unexpectedly, it doubled all of a sudden, and the Pacers are in amazing condition.

But Cole believes that the state of the Pacers will not always be so good, and the state of the Warriors will not always be so bad. There are still three quarters of the game, and the Warriors have enough time to adjust.

Not only Cole thinks so, but Li LiangTM also thinks so.

"Defense! We must maintain our defense next. This is the first priority. We already have a leading edge. We are not an offensive team. Defense is our foundation. We must block their rhythm through defense and play Disrupt their offense and make them unable to catch up! Defend! Defend!"

Li Liang reminded his teammates on the bench that he did play well offensively in the first quarter, but he should focus on the defensive end later on. He yelled "defence" several times to wind up his teammates.

NBA players are also human beings. As human beings, they will slack off and become distracted. This is normal, and they need constant reminders and encouragement.

Bird watched Li Liang carefully guide, stared at it for a while, and waited for Li Liang to stop talking before asking, "Are you the coach or am I the coach?"

Li Liang had said everything, and Bird had nothing to say. He was right, and that was the Pacers' strategy.

Li Liang stared at Bird for a while, and said, "If you don't mind, I can act as an agent for a while."

At this time, the time for the break has come, it doesn't matter if you mind or not, the game will continue.

At this time, Li Liang has to rest for a while off the court. This period of time is a test for the Pacers.

In order to maintain stability, the Pacers lined up Garnett, West, Shumpert, and Stephenson Garhill.

This is a set of unremarkable features, but the offense and defense are relatively balanced, and the inside defense is particularly stable.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Barnes took Shumpert with his back and turned around and missed a jumper.

Of course, when it came to the offensive end, the Pacers seemed relatively lackluster. Hill picked and rolled and cut to pass the ball to West, who was interfered with and missed a layup.

The Warriors used Livingston and Barbosa in the backcourt. It should be said that the Warriors' bench is indeed very deep, and both are players with strong ability to grab points.

Barbosa crossed positions with Livingston from the outside, and made a three-pointer after receiving the ball, but missed.

The two sides fell into a scoring drought at the beginning of the second quarter.

Shumpert also missed a three-pointer, and then Livingston broke through the basket and was interfered with for a layup. He grabbed an offensive rebound and went up again, but was capped by Garnett again!

In the first half, Garnett can still contribute high-quality defense in the case of abundant physical fitness, which is extremely important for the Pacers.

Compared with the operation of sending Granger away in exchange for Turner last year, Bird's trade before the trade deadline this year is really a godsend operation.

However, Garnett is really not good on the offensive end. He received Hill's pass at a high position and missed a jumper.

After all, Livingston broke the two-minute scoreless situation, turning around and hitting a mid-range jumper.

In terms of finals experience, Livingston is the only one in the Warriors who has finals experience, and it was just last year.

Therefore, Livingston is very confident on the court, and his movements are not deformed in the slightest.

Of course, Livingston is more aware of the horror of Bruce Lee. As a member of the Clippers, he knows Bruce Lee's powerful energy in the playoffs, which cannot be matched in the regular season.

The Pacers' offense was still very slow. West held the ball in a low post and forced Ezeli with his back, but he still missed the hook with his turn.

After falling into position, the Warriors' defensive interference is extremely strong.

Then, after receiving the ball in the bottom corner, Iguodala cut back, turned around at 45 degrees and hit a jumper with a back, scoring another 2 points.

The Warriors narrowed the point difference to 15 points, barely able to see a little light.

The Pacers need a booster at this time.

Garnett finally stood up, and it was still a high pick-and-roll. The Warriors directly clipped Hill, and Hill returned the ball to Garnett.

Garnett didn't make another jumper this time, but dribbled the ball to the basket in two big strides, and succeeded in a one-handed dunk!

The goal was scored, and Li Liangdu bounced off the bench, waving the towel frantically.

After the dunk was successful, Garnett punched himself in the chest as usual, and the ball was very morale-boosting.

If the Pacers don't score again, Bird will probably call a timeout.

With the current lineup of the Pacers, the ability to involve the outside line is very poor, and the Warriors can pile up the basket.

But they didn't expect that Garnett, who was old and strong, would come to such a surprise attack.

After that, the referee called Shumpert a defensive foul, and the two sides entered an official timeout.

"We did a good job! Defense, defense is still the first, if they want to shoot three points, let them shoot for a while, hold the basket, hold the basket! Rebounding, focus, survive five minutes, I will came back!"

On the bench, Li Liang started yelling at the players again, Bird has stopped talking, here is the tactical board for you, you draw.

In fact, the Pacers don't need any tactics. Now they are strangling, grinding the rhythm, maintaining a 15-point lead, and not giving the Warriors a chance to explode on the offensive end.

The Warriors have shown very strong offensive explosiveness in the regular season and playoffs.

The 15-point advantage is not very stable to be honest, you must know that the third quarter has not yet arrived.

If the Pacers want to win this game, they must be mentally prepared to withstand the Warriors' crazy counterattack.

After the timeout ended, Li Liang still sat on the sidelines to rest.

On the Warriors' side, the main players such as Curry and Thompson are the same, and they did not appear.

It seems that Cole is also betting on the third quarter and trying his best to maintain it in the second quarter, so as not to let the Pacers expand the point difference.

Now it's the turn of the substitute players on both sides to compete for the depth of the lineup.

Stephenson played the role of a nerve knife in the second quarter. This guy is also a big nerve. In the finals, he is not stage fright at all, and he just does it when he gets the ball.

The insiders Garnett, West, and McGee took turns to screen and roll Finsen.

Finsen's continuous strong bursts, as well as strong outside shots, even scored several goals in a row, evening out the Warriors' chasing points!

The Pacers supported until Li Liang came back. The score of the two sides was 52:37, and the Pacers still maintained a 15-point lead.

Li Liang came back after a long rest in the second quarter. He decided not to give the Warriors a chance to counterattack in the third quarter.

In the first half, the fight was over in the second quarter.

He called up the [Three-point Shooting Ratio Improvement Post] from the system...

Hey, where's my three-point percentage boost post? Come out?

I have been preparing it at the exchange center, come out?

Li Liang yelled several times in his mind, but the three hit rate promotion posts did not appear!

Dude, what's going on? The system is broken? A bug?

Li Liang's mind was spinning quickly, and he suddenly thought of a possibility. Could this fucking be a special reward for Lao Tzu from the achievement system?

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