The Bulls were dragged to death by a 5-point disadvantage in one game.

5 points is the most uncomfortable gap for the lagging side.

If the gap is small, you can recover it in one round, and you will be full of energy.

The gap is bigger, anyway, we can't catch up in one or two rounds, so we calm down and play slowly.

Five points makes people uncomfortable, the players are uncomfortable, and the fans are also uncomfortable watching.

After Cole's timeout ended, the Warriors' offense still relied on Thompson when he came back.

Get rid of JR Smith's defense, receive a pass from Green in a high position, and hit a mid-range jumper.

In this offense, Curry almost ran around the half court several times, holding the ball, passing the ball, and even made a pick-and-roll screen for Thompson.

There are always two defenders around Curry, which gives Thompson offensive space to shoot.

According to Cole's thinking, if the Pacers continue to insist on such a defense against Curry, then simply let Thompson kill the Pacers.

But the Pacers responded immediately. After receiving the pass from Li Liang, Danny Granger broke through with the ball in the middle and made a jump shot at the free throw line.

The Pacers' offensive routine is very simple. With Li Liang as the core, Li Liang tries to attract the defense as much as possible, and then other players get the ball and attack by themselves when they have the opportunity.

There is not much routine coordination, holding the ball, breaking through, passing the ball, breaking through with the ball again, and making an emergency stop constitute the main scenery of the Pacers' offense.

The disadvantage is that the routines are really monotonous, and it feels like the whole team is not very smart.

The advantage is that even if you are not very smart, you can still score goals, and you save energy, so you can devote more to defense.

The Warriors are also not very smart. After Green got the ball in the middle, he rushed forward by himself, but encountered the same problem that he had encountered before-he was too short, and threw it randomly as soon as he was covered after rushing in.

This time he threw it to Barnes in the left corner. As a result, Barnes almost missed the ball and managed to stabilize it. Turan had no chance, so he blamed Curry.

Curry faced Hill's tight defense, repeated dodges, fake moves, and missed the last three-point shot...

In the regular season, Curry's three-point shooting percentage was comparable to that of Li Liang.

In the playoffs and finals, the gap between the two became apparent.

It's not because Curry's shooting skills are not good, but because there is a natural gap in physical fitness. Curry needs to get rid of too many shots.

The ball was replaced by Li Liang, and he threw it away when he got it. He also made fake moves to dodge and get rid of it, all of which affected the feel of the hand.

The Pacers' counterattack came quickly, Li Liang held the ball in the middle, and the Warriors still shrunk their defense.

This time, Li Liang quickly passed the ball to Danny Granger, who was about to go to the bottom corner. Granger caught the ball from the right corner and threw a three-pointer, and hit it again!

Danny Granger scored 5 points in a row!

With this three-pointer and one shot, the point difference was widened to 8 points.

Li Liang also knew that Granger had a good touch, so he kept feeding him the ball.

After the goal, the two high-fived. In the Clippers, Granger basically didn't get any chance to play in the finals. This year, returning to the Pacers is really his second spring.

Warriors fans need to worry.

Then, the Warriors' offense still missed.

After Li Liang held the ball in a high position, he lobbed it to McGee, and McGee caught the ball and turned around with a hook shot!

Abdul-Jabbar McGee hooked the ball and scored two points!

10 points, the point difference came to 10 points again.

Sure enough, as Li Liang thought, this is a critical node. The Warriors still haven't found an offensive feeling, while the Pacers have become more relaxed as they play, and they have found opportunities to open up the point difference again.

40:30, Oracle Arena was silent again.

"The Warriors need to find their sense of the game. The current situation and rhythm of the game are all under the control of the Pacers. Curry must stand up."

Jeff Van Gundy felt something was wrong with the Warriors. Thompson could indeed score and would score, but his scoring was just scoring, and he couldn't revitalize the team like Curry.

But the problem is that Curry just failed to stand up, and the Pacers did not relax their defense at all.

Taking advantage of your illness, Curry missed a strong three-pointer from outside. Li Liang got a rebound in the backcourt, counterattacked and killed Iguodala. He made two free throws and opened the point difference to 12 points. up.

The fans at the scene were puzzled, did they watch fake Warriors throughout the season?

Destroyed, the three points are like rain, and the three quarters are opened, are they all fake?

Also, why are the Pacers so strong? Can they press the Warriors to the ground and rub them?

Of course, the game is far from over.

But it must be admitted that the Pacers have targeted the Warriors quite well, that is, they have spotted the two most critical points of the Warriors-Curry and Green.

These two people are the soul of the current Warriors. If they don't play well, with the thickness and depth of the Warriors, they are still a strong team, but they are not a strong team that can be destroyed in the game.

On the contrary, the Pacers are playing normally. As long as Li Liang is normal, the team will be normal.

This may be one of the advantages of a single-core team. One person is normal and the whole family is fine.

After the point difference was widened to 12 points, the Warriors strengthened their defense, and Thompson made another mid-range jumper.

Then at the basket, McGee received a pass from Li Liang for a layup and was blocked by Ezeli. During the counterattack, Thompson made a long pass that spanned most of the court. Iguodala jumped high and made an alley-oop dunk with both hands!

This ball makes people feel as if they have returned to the 76ers period, the connection between the big AI and the small AI, but that was a long time ago.

After chasing 4 points in a row, the point difference narrowed to 8 points. Bird called a timeout to make some adjustments.

There are less than three minutes left before the end of the second quarter.

After Li Liang received the ball, he failed to make a three-point shot from the outside. The scene can be said to be greatly relieved. Li Liang could hear the fans gasping, thinking that I can't hit every shot, so there is no need to be so scared ?

Then, the Pacers fouled Curry on defense.

Hill was the main defense, and Smith rushed over to assist in the defense. The intensity was too great, and he almost overwhelmed Curry.

The TV station gave Curry's shooting map tonight-the three-pointer has not been scored so far, and the feel is quite poor.

Cole's idea of ​​using Thompson to liberate Curry may be going bankrupt, and Bird doesn't accept this.

Curry went to the free throw line, made two free throws and scored 2 points, catching up to 6 points.

Then, after JR-Smith dribbled the ball on the right, he missed a mid-range fadeaway jumper.

Curry seized the opportunity, got a rebound from the backcourt and crossed halftime, using the double screen of Ezeli and Green, he dribbled the ball from the left to 45 degrees on the right, and finally found an excellent shot opportunity, three shots Shot hit!

Curry's first three-pointer of the night!

42:39, finally caught up with the three-pointer again!

The good times didn't last long, Li Liang came again.

The same high ball holding, the same two-person screen, he dribbled from the right to the left, and made another fake move pretending to shoot, and then dodged into the inside line, making an emergency stop jumper and hitting the board for two points.

Li Liang's three-pointer threat is so great that when the defender sees that he may be about to shoot a three-pointer, the center of gravity of his body shifts and he wants to jump up, but he is deceived in the end.

Li Liang knew in his heart that his three-pointer feeling was not so hot tonight, and the Warriors were so tight-marked, so he had to take it easy and play smarter.

The point difference returned to a nasty 5 points.

The first half is about to end.

Iguodala made a successful foul in the offense, made two free throws and made one, and came to a 4-point difference.

At this time, Bird made a substitution, replacing Granger with West to strengthen the inside line.

And Granger's playing time is really a bit long.

As soon as West came on the court, he played an immediate role.

Li Liang got the backcourt rebound and advanced to the frontcourt, West cut in the middle, Li Liang passed it to West, West caught the ball with his back and forced Green, after turning around continuously, he made a throw with his left hand hit.

Green's life in this series is being bullied by all kinds of things.

But Curry immediately showed his value in the Warriors' offense.

The continuous dribbling from the high position attracted the defense of Hill and Li Liang alone.

As a result, the Pacers were empty inside. Curry gave the ball to Green, Green to Iguodala, and Iguodala passed it to Barnes on the other side.

After passing the ball a few times, the Pacers players will not fly as fast as the ball even if they put on wings.

In the end, Barnes dunked with both hands in the big open space under the basket!

Only when Curry started hitting 3s did the Warriors' fluid offense really work.

It's a pity that the first half of the game is coming to an end, and the opportunity for Curry to play like this is gone.

When Li Liang took the ball and crossed the half court in the last ten seconds, almost all the Warriors players gathered towards his defense—…

On the one hand, because I was really afraid that Li Liang would make another ultra-long three-pointer at the end, I started defending before halftime.

On the other hand, because Li Liang has a gravitational wooden fish on his body.

Of course, if Li Liang's performance continues like this, it's only a matter of time before the wooden fish is digested by him one day - when he is bald.

Li Liang saw this opportunity, and made a [One Shot into the Soul] shot. A long-distance ground pass was passed to West who cut to the basket. West caught the ball and made an easy layup!

The score in the first half was fixed at 48:42, with the Pacers leading by 6 points.

With a smart smile, Li Liang left the court and returned to the locker room.

In the first half, he contributed 8 assists, playing with the Warriors' defense with ease.

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