Li Liang actually has no pursuit of beautiful shots.

Shooting, as long as you can make it, what's the use of being beautiful?

Free throws like Rick Barry's urinals have a surprisingly high hit rate, so what if they are beautiful?

If you shoot like Marion, you can get a higher shooting percentage, but Li Liang doesn't mind shooting like that.

It's a pity that the conditions and strength do not allow it. The movements of talented people are so handsome.

If there is any difference between Li Liang's jump shot and Jordan's, it may be that Li Liang prefers to be closer in the choice of shooting distance.

After all, the Chicago Typewriter is a submachine gun, not a sniper rifle, and it will be inaccurate if it is far away.

Li Liang made 4 of 5 three-pointers in the first quarter, giving the Bulls and Thibodeau the illusion that "this guy is about to explode with three-pointers".

So after Li Liang reappeared in the second quarter, Butler and Noah used close defense against Li Liang, keeping him as far away as possible without leaving him any space.

Faced with this kind of defense, Li Liang didn't stick to the three-pointer, but kept choosing to break through, and then made a jump shot, broke through, and made a jump shot.

At two 45 degrees on the left and right, Li Liang's rebounding and shooting have been practiced in the system to perfection.

His touch was so hot tonight that the Bulls couldn't stop him from scoring.

Butler's defense is very tough, but his wingspan is his flaw. He can't effectively interfere with Li Liang's jump shot.

When Li Liang hit 4 mid-range jumpers in a row on the offensive end, 3 of which were rebounds, Thibodeau shook his head and called a timeout.

In these two games, the timeout was basically called by the bulls, and Li Liang was about to be stopped as soon as he exerted his strength.

Originally, the situation on the court was developing in a bulls-to-bulls-favorable direction.

The referee's whistle-blowing scale is biased towards the Bulls, the Pacers are habitually constipated offensively, the morale of the Bulls is improving, and the defensive intensity and movement range of the whole team are simultaneously increasing.

But as soon as Li Liang came up, he had four consecutive middle distances, so the Bulls had nothing to do.

This kind of ball, to be honest, the referee has no choice but to help.

People are CIC, what can you do?

If he breaks through, the Bulls' defensive action will be more aggressive, and the referee will pass by with his eyes closed.

The mid-range jumper with an emergency stop was so clean that it couldn't be more clean. Butler wanted to punch and elbow, but he didn't get the chance.

At 30:22, the Pacers still lead the Bulls by 8 points. The scores of the two sides are really low enough.

Almost halfway through the second quarter, the Bulls didn't even score 30 points.

During the timeout, Bird replaced Garnett and replaced McGee.

Bird seems to have seen the power of Li Liang after returning to the third position, and decided to continue to use the big lineup.

It must be admitted that Li Liang's offensive performance is definitely more free and relaxed in the third position.

And on the defensive end, he can also be more relaxed, no longer need to protect the basket, no need to help a lot of defense.

It's just that from the perspective of the team's overall tactical effect, the traditional lineup is not so flexible, not powerful enough, and does not have that kind of offensive explosiveness.

Bird believes that tonight at the Chicago United Center, it is enough to retreat unscathed, not to pursue any explosive power.

This is the case in the playoff series. The home game can be unrestrained and aggressive, while the away game must be played conservatively and steadily.

Bird has quite a lot of experience. He knows that Li Liang is currently in good shape, but his high shooting percentage will not last the entire game.

In order to support Li Liang as much as possible, he must be untied from other aspects, so that he can no longer consume too much in the interior defense.

After the timeout, Derrick Rose attacked with the ball, and directly pulled out from the right three-point line, but missed.

There was a lot of scrambling under the basket. Noah didn't do anything else in the offense tonight, but desperately grabbed offensive rebounds.

Under Noah's scrambling, the ball was knocked out of the baseline by West, and the Bulls still had the ball.

Serving from the baseline, Mirotic caught the ball and tried to sway the space with his feet to shoot, but West didn't take the sway at all.

Mirotic made a forced shot and was slapped off by McGee behind him with a big cap.

Li Liang took the ball and counterattacked, and the Bulls' defense immediately posted up.

Li Liang didn't pass the ball either. He used the screen in the middle to break into the three-second zone, and shot a jump shot from the front.

As a result, he was interfered by Mirotic, who came from the flank to help defend, and missed a hit.

This was the first mid-range jump shot that Li Liang missed in the second quarter, which finally made the Bulls fans at the scene a little relieved.

If it enters again, it will really explode.

But Li Liang knew that he had to take more shots tonight and digest the ball more.

During the timeout, Bodella told Li Liang that the Bulls' defensive strength tonight is not as good as letting others play.

Li Liang also knew in his heart that since he returned to the third position, of course he had to bear more offensive responsibilities.

Many times, there is a player in the team who hits the iron crazily, not because he is alone, but because the team's tactics and the situation of the game at that time require him to take more shots.

Especially in the playoffs, even Michael Jordan had a crazy game, but he still shot when he should.

Because you cast and adjust, there is still hope of winning the game.

If you don't shoot because you don't score, and pass a lot of passes, then the entire team's operating system may collapse in this game.

In away games, determination is sometimes more important than reason.

After all, Li Liang was a teammate with Kobe, and he understood this truth.

Li Liang missed the shot, the Bulls counterattacked, and after Rose received the ball, he directly shot a three-pointer from the outside!

In fact, Rose's thoughts are the same as Li Liang's, he must be firm.

It's a pity that the ball still missed, but Noah once again desperately grabbed the offensive rebound!

The Bulls got another chance to attack. Mirotic hit Li Liang in the low post this time.

Mirotic pushed for a long time but failed because Li Liang had already lit [Heinsohn's Big Smoking Gun].

In the end, Mirotic barely made a shot, and the ball didn't even touch the basket...

The referee didn't call a foul. Li Liang's ball was well-measured, and the referee couldn't call a foul anymore.

Noah still tried desperately to grab it, but this time West controlled the ball.

The fight between the two sides on the field has reached a feverish level, and it can be said that every inch of land must be fought for.

Li Liang was surrounded by three players in the attack. This time he had to pass the ball to Stephenson.

Stephenson broke through and knocked Noah down, and was blown by the referee to dribble the ball.

Stephenson was extremely dissatisfied, because the ball was obviously moving, and it hit the side instead of the front.

Li Liang and West rushed forward to pull Finsen away, otherwise another technical foul would cause trouble.

The Bulls' defense was suffocating this time around, but they needed to score.

This time, Noah's high-level support was given to Mirotic, and West was forced to take the low position.

This time Mirotic didn't make a hard top like the last two times. He opened up a little distance, then turned around with a flexible back and wiped it to the basket. With a light pick with his right hand, he made a layup.

At 30:24, the Bulls finally scored, it was really tough.

Immediately after, Li Liang showed the Bulls what a simple score is.

He first slid around the Bulls inside with the ball, and then pocketed it. The high position McGee came out to pick and roll to cover.

Li Liang then took the ball to the inside to kill, and then found an opportunity from the gap, and shot a jumper with a 45-degree emergency stop on the right.

Another mid-range hit! It was still a buzzer shot, scored with the 24 shot clock lights on.

Many Bulls fans at the scene began to hug their heads again.

Li Liang watched as his anger value rose steadily.

This kind of ball really makes people helpless and angry.

His own team used all their strengths, grabbed N offensive rebounds, and scored a goal with a desperate low attack.

You are good, take the ball across half court, slip around the back garden of your home like a curve, run out a pick-and-roll and hit a mid-range jumper and it's over.

This is so unfair!

But Chicago fans, don't forget that you once enjoyed the greatest injustice in NBA history.

In terms of singles with the ball, Li Liang and Jordan are far behind, but using tactics, using screens, using the attractiveness and threats of teammates to create opportunities for himself, from this point of view, Li Liang is very good.

After all, the scoring champion in the regular season did not fall from the sky.

Li Liang is not only the scoring leader, but also has a good defense.

The Bulls are rigid and still have to go low, and they still have to hit Mirotic.

I don't know what Thibodeau thinks in his mind.

This time, Li Liang passed the ball to Mirotic in the low post, and Li Liang directly judged it correctly and broke the ball.

As a result, in the counterattack, Li Liang passed the ball to Stephenson, and Finsen passed the ball to George Hill in the bottom corner.

Hill catches the ball and makes a three-pointer!

At 35:24, the point difference became double digits again.

Desperate, halfway through the second quarter.

The Bulls only scored 24 points.

The referee has already helped, but still can't handle the Pacers' offense and defense.

However, the Bulls still gritted their teeth and insisted, and they continued to insist on attacking from the low post.

This time it was Butler. After holding the ball in the low post on the left, he passed the ball in. Dunleavy cut from the baseline to catch the ball.

When the first ball was blocked by McGee, he got the ball back and made a second tip.

This is a standard Baseline backdoor cut, and it's a good tactical shot.

But such a tactical good shot always makes people feel a little outdated in the current NBA.

The Pacers last season were also very good at playing such tactics.

This season, similar tactics have almost disappeared. West and Finsen will occasionally play such a cooperation, as if it is the tactical inertia left over from the previous Pacers.

I really don't know whether such a change is progress or regression?

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