During Li Liang's two days in Auckland, apart from sleeping and training, the rest of his time was mainly spent watching game videos.

Yes, he has been repeatedly watching the video of the first game, not to appreciate the highlights of his 55, but to infer inversely from the video what kind of tricks the Warriors might adopt in the second game. Race to contain yourself.

To be honest, he knew that Cole would definitely not let Green defend himself in the second game.

The regular season in the past few years has proved that Green may be good for others, but not good for Li Liang.

Leonard was restrained by Li Liang, you can say that it was due to psychological problems, or some technical characteristics, plus Li Liang's cheating.

It was true that Green couldn't guard against Li Liang. He was completely suppressed from technology, to strength, to style of play, to psychological level.

If Green were to deal with James, he wouldn't be beaten so badly by Li Liang.

Green can deal with James' style of play, backs, body contact, and confrontation at the basket, Green is OK.

And James doesn't talk much trash, he is a more civilized person.

Li Liang is different. First of all, it is very difficult for Green to deal with extremely accurate three-pointers. You can't cover Li Liang with your wingspan and height. Green can't do a good job of defending like Thompson and Iguodala from the outside.

Not to mention physical contact and confrontation at the basket, Green couldn't figure out Li Liang's weird breakthrough and emergency stop jump shot.

As for the trash talk... Forget it, Green still wants to live a few more years, play a little longer on the court, so that he can get a big contract in the future.

Therefore, Li Liang judged that Cole will either let Thompson defend him in the second game, or he will mention Iguodala to the starting lineup.

It's like suddenly adopting five small starters in the Western Conference playoffs.

After a comprehensive discussion with Bird, Vogel, and Brown, I think it is unlikely that Cole will change his starting lineup.

They should still stick to the first game and make adjustments in the matchup.

Of course, the Pacers will remain unchanged and adapt to changes, and the starting lineup is no different from the previous game.

The two sides jumped the ball, this time Bogut took the lead in getting the ball, and the offense started from the Warriors.

Oracle Arena is no longer bright yellow tonight.

Mainly after the game, McGee said in an interview after the game, "Seeing the yellow on the scene, I thought I came to Indiana."

As soon as this kind of statement came out, the Warriors also felt that there was a problem, and it didn't make the Pacers feel the depression of the away game.

So in this game, the Warriors changed the color of the yellow ocean in the previous game and changed all the colors of the T-shirts on the scene to blue.

Now, if there are Chinese fans supporting the Pacers, it will be very obvious.

In the blue ocean, there are lumps of yellow things floating, of course there are still a lot of them.

There are really a lot of Chinese fans in the Bay Area, and there may be many Li Liang fans in the entire California area to watch the game.

During the two years in Los Angeles, Li Liang's accumulated popularity is very impressive.

So the scene of the blue ocean did not appear, but a strange scene of yellow and blue.

I don't know if this strange scene made the Warriors players a little unaccustomed to it. At the beginning, Thompson gave the ball to Green on the left wing.

There was no one in front of Green, and Li Liang didn't even bother to guard him, you have the ability to vote.

Green really dared to vote, but Green really didn't make it.

Green missed the first three-pointer in the game.

However, the Warriors' defense is indeed different from the previous game.

Li Liang passed the ball, Thompson defended closely, and Barnes interfered on the flank.

Li Liang took the ball and walked in looking for an opportunity, but Thompson cut the ball without paying attention, and the ball flew out and was caught by Curry.

mistake!

Li Liang made a mistake at the beginning.

Curry gave the ball to Thompson. Thompson faced JR-Smith. After adjusting the dribble, he made a direct three-pointer from the outside.

Still miss!

Li Liang took the backboard and pushed the ball back, but Thompson was still watching closely.

With the help of McGee's cover in the high position, Li Liang made a quick stop for a jumper after reaching the inside, but he didn't make it.

It seems that the state of both sides in the opening is very average, and the opening is crazy.

On the Warriors' side, it seems that they are very determined to open it to Thompson.

After consecutive passes, cuts, no results, and almost made a mistake, Thompson held the ball on the left and singled Smith.

A beautiful one-legged fadeaway jumper shot, hit two points!

Cole made up his mind tonight. At the beginning of the game, Thompson must make contributions on both ends of the offense and defense, open up the situation, reduce the pressure on Curry, and allow the Pacers to invest more defensive power on Thompson.

In the last game, Curry was almost overwhelmed by the Pacers' defense.

Without Curry's performance, the entire Warriors cannot function, so Cole hopes that Thompson and Green will open up these points first, so that Curry can relax a little, and then Curry can play, and the Warriors can fully operate.

But such an idea depends on whether the Pacers cooperate or not.

For the Pacers, Li Liang felt the pressure of the Warriors' defense, so he passed the ball to Granger without giving it a shot.

Granger received the ball near the free throw line, held the ball away from Barnes and missed a mid-range jumper.

The Pacers feel that they are going to enter the regular season again, where there are various irons in certain games, and then a large area is infected.

On the Warriors' side, after Curry dribbled the ball in the high position, Bogut came out to pick and roll. McGee and Hill circled Curry, but they didn't give Curry an easy three-pointer.

Curry gave the ball to Bogut, and Bogut saw that there was no one in front of him?

So he dribbled the ball and killed from the middle, wanting to make a two-handed dunk!

In the end, Li Liang defended himself head-on, and confronted Bogut head-on!

Bogut's speed was too slow, and his explosive power wasn't good enough, so Li Liang forced him down!

Granger took the ball and advanced quickly, and gave the ball to JR-Smith on the wing. Smith caught the ball and threw it for a three-pointer, but still missed.

After finishing the calf, it is really time to start all kinds of non-advancement rhythms again.

Li Liang knew that the first thing to do in this situation was to stabilize the defense.

Just when Bogut was blocked, Li Liang tried his best to block him for fouling.

Otherwise, if Bogut's big mouth is deducted in the paint, it will be enough for him to talk for a year.

But for Li Liang, what does it matter if you give Bogut a cap?

But the Warriors' counterattack came. Klay Thompson received the pass and rushed to the inside at an accelerated speed. He stumbled and made a stiff layup. The ball jumped twice on the rim and finally fell into the rim middle.

Thompson contracted the Warriors for four points in the opening game.

The Pacers' first score also came.

Because Li Liang began to be heavily guarded, JR-Smith stood up and rushed to the basket with the ball.

In the case of average outside touch, breaking through the basket is always an effective scoring method.

Smith made a layup and scored two points.

The start of both sides was quite dull, and they didn't play very well.

The Warriors faced the Pacers' man-to-man, and the pass-and-cut style of the regular season did not play out.

As for the Pacers... To be honest, they didn't have any rules.

Overall, though, the Warriors' offense feels better.

Li Liang didn't take advantage of a pick-and-roll opportunity until 5 minutes into the first quarter. After reaching the inside line, he hit a jumper with a quick stop on the right side and scored the first point of the game.

This is a world of difference from the first one.

But it is also normal. The Warriors have made a key defense against Li Liang from the very beginning, and Thompson is always close to him, not giving Li Liang a chance to shoot a three-pointer.

The two sides hit the first official timeout, and the score came to 10:11. The Warriors led the Pacers by 1 point.

Among the Warriors' 11 points, Thompson scored 7 points alone, and he also made the first three-pointer of the game.

Thompson is in a hot state tonight, but so far, the Pacers have not said at all that they will relax their marking on Curry and turn to the idea of ​​​​heavy troops to deal with Thompson.

Curry is indeed the core figure of the Warriors' offense, but can Thompson really let him play like this?

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