Bird's understanding of Curry's role in the Warriors is obviously correct. He is the real core that drives the Warriors.

But Bird still slightly underestimated Klay Thompson's explosiveness in offense.

If Thompson finds the touch in the game, it will be a very dangerous thing.

In the first quarter of the game, Thompson played most of the quarter and scored 9 points. The offensive efficiency of both sides was not high.

The Warriors scored 19 points in a single quarter, while the Pacers scored even lower, only 18 points.

In other words, Klay Thompson alone scored half of the Pacers' points.

Of course, such a low-scoring pace of play is what the Pacers love.

The score of nearly 120 points in the last game is purely coincidental, if there is any similarity, it is because someone cheated.

Li Liang wanted to play tricks tonight, but Thompson was strict with him in the first quarter. He played concisely and efficiently on the offensive end, and spared no effort on the defensive end. He can be called the most critical figure on both ends of the Warriors' offense and defense.

After the start of the second quarter, Li Liang sat off the court to rest, and the Pacers gave Stephenson the offensive dominance.

As a result, as soon as Finsen came on the stage, it was a mistake to break through with the ball...

He wanted to break into the inside and pass the ball to Garnett. As a result, the Warriors' excellent coverage of defense blocked Finsen tightly, which finally led to Stephenson's mistake.

The Warriors' defense is different from the teams in the Eastern Conference. The strength may not be that great, but the overall flexibility and coverage are quite good, especially the double-teaming is very good.

Stephenson took the ball for granted. In the first game, his breakthrough was very smooth, because the Warriors adopted a strategy of less double-teaming for breakthroughs in order to defend against three-pointers. , plus the Pacers are not allowed three-pointers tonight, the score is naturally not high.

But the Pacers' defense is not bad either.

Adhere to the man-to-man defense, so that the pass, cut and pick-and-roll of the Warriors' second team basically have no chance to escape.

In the end, Speights took the ball, faced West's defensive step-back jumper from a high position, and shot out to the basket without touching it.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the offense on both sides was quite ugly.

It took nearly three minutes to score the first score.

Westerka came to the front of the three-second zone, and after receiving the ball, he turned around and picked the basket with his right hand, leading the score at 20:19.

The score in this game is really low enough.

At this time, Klay Thompson had reappeared.

After he came on the stage, he immediately made a three-pointer from the top of the arc and hit it!

20:22.

The second three-pointer hit tonight, Thompson's three-pointer is not like Curry will drag a lot of people to run, he just throws the ball when he catches it, and if he goes in, he goes in. If he doesn't go in, he goes down.

Then, Iguodala stole Stephenson again in defense!

The Warriors counterattacked, the Pacers retreated quickly, and Shumpert snatched the ball back from Iguodala's hands.

Both sides are showing mistakes, and tonight's mistakes are obviously much more than the previous game.

Iguodala fouled in order to prevent Shumpert from countering.

Bird pointed to Li Liang and said, "Let's play, Bruce."

"I think I can rest a little longer."

Li Liang has now learned to bargain with Bird, but he still took off his sports jacket and took the opportunity of a foul to stop the ball to reappear.

As soon as Li Liang returned to the stadium, the atmosphere of the stadium and the scene were different.

It can be felt that the Warriors fans at the scene obviously have a sense of tension, as if the monster is back.

In fact, Li Liang has only scored 2 points tonight, and he hasn't even made a three-pointer yet.

The Warriors' defense against him was undoubtedly relatively successful. Of course, Cole himself didn't dare to think so, because it could be seen that Li Liang was different from the previous game. He was obviously staying strong at the beginning.

After the baptism of the previous game, the other Pacers players felt much better overall.

Although the offense is still so-so, you can rely on defense to prevent the Warriors from being so-so.

Li Liang replaced Stephenson. Finsen didn't play the role of surprise soldier tonight, and seemed quite frustrated.

As soon as Li Liang came on the court, the Warriors immediately felt like a formidable enemy, and the player who defended Li Liang became Iguodala.

As soon as Li Liang got the ball, Iguodala posted it immediately. Li Liang scored the ball to JR-Smith on the wing. Smith held the ball and made a layup with a spinning top in the air. As a result, the ball also spun on the basket. After two laps, still not in...

The Warriors got the rebound and wanted to counterattack, but the ball was thrown too fast and was intercepted by Li Liang!

After stealing the ball, Li Liang quickly passed it to Smith under the basket, and Smith made an easy layup.

"Shit!"

Cole couldn't help cursing on the sidelines, the ball was well defended, but Li Liang caught the loophole and stole two points.

Once these two points are taken, it feels like the hearts of the entire Pacers are certain.

Later, Thompson scored again. He received the ball from the low post on the left and played JR singles.

To be honest, Thompson is stronger than Curry in terms of the richness of the skill of shooting.

Curry is watching the game from the sidelines right now.

Then, the Pacers made another mistake in their offense, and the Warriors counterattacked.

This time their counterattack finally came out. Iguodala caught the ball under the basket and passed it back to Livingston who was following up in the middle. Livingston dunked with both hands!

At 22:26, ​​the Warriors led by 4 points.

The atmosphere at Oracle feels a little on fire.

Then Li Liang used Garnett's pick-and-roll in the attack, shot a three-point shot at 45 degrees from the left, and hit...

A pot of cold water is poured down, it is really refreshing.

The fear of being dominated by Li Liang's three-pointer in the previous game struck again.

But Thompson responded immediately, came out to catch the ball, used Bogut's cover, dribbled the ball to the middle, made an emergency stop and made a jump shot!

Thompson broke out tonight, hitting consecutive shots, but the Pacers still have no intention of special defense against him, and always insist on JR-Smith's single defense.

The offense on both sides is still bad. JR-Smith missed a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Li Liang.

Then Thompson got the rebound, held the ball for half the court, made an emergency stop and didn't make a three-pointer.

The Pacers had another turnover on the counter--the Pacers had a lot of turnovers tonight, and the Warriors choked the Pacers' passing lanes.

But the Warriors couldn't counterattack, the ball circled around the perimeter, and finally forced it into Bogut's hands, and the layup caused Garnett's foul.

Almost halfway through the second quarter, Curry was still sitting off the court.

If it weren't for this foul, the two sides entered an official timeout, and it is estimated that Curry can watch the game for a while.

It's not that Cole doesn't pay attention to Curry, but that Cole feels that Curry should take a good rest, and when he plays, he will lead the team to widen the point difference and gain an advantage.

I thought it was beautiful.

After the official timeout ended, the main players on both sides returned to the field.

Curry re-appeared. So far tonight, Curry has been the "auxiliary attack point" on the court.

Bogut made two free throws, but Li Liang immediately responded. After breaking through the middle, he attracted double-teams and sent the ball to Granger on the flank. Granger caught the ball and hit a three-pointer!

A three-point goal, a three-point assist, the score was tied.

Then, the Pacers defended the Warriors against a 24-second offensive violation.

The entire game is slowly being substituted into the pace the Pacers are used to.

28:28 tied.

Li Liang had a premonition that the time had come to break the balance of the game.

He held the ball in a high position, called McGee's pick-and-roll, used the skill [Wanfo Zhaozong], pretended to shoot a three-pointer, actually worshiped Buddha and went inside, and made a jumper with an emergency stop. Not only hit two points, but also caused a foul by Bogut.

To be honest, in Li Liang's opinion, Bogut can retire.

After playing the first game and watching the video repeatedly, Li Liang probably understood the number and rhythm of Bogut's defense.

He has completely lost the sense of prestige at the beginning of the first game. The opponent already knows his defensive weakness.

It's just that your footsteps and movements can't keep up with his consciousness. You have to be faster and fiercer than him, and don't hide. Basically, you don't have to be afraid of him.

Standing on the free throw line, Li Liangjia made a free throw, 31:28, leading by 3 points.

Then, after Curry repeatedly screened outside, he made a three-pointer, but still didn't make it!

Li Liang got the rebound and quickly counterattacked with the ball. He pretended to observe the running position of his teammates, but he rushed in from the right, suddenly hit the bottom line, and then made a sudden stop to shoot a jumper-this move was still when Livingston was in the Clippers Taught it to Li Liang.

Another short-range emergency stop jumper scored 2 points, 33:28, and the point difference came to 5 points.

5 points, a deadly lead score.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cole called a timeout.

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