Regardless of whether Li Liang likes to play No. 5 or not, he faces a problem - he must defeat Duncan head-on.

Perhaps due to physical strength, Duncan could not continue to output in the second half as much as in the first half.

However, his excellent performance brought the Spurs not only scores, but also spiritually.

After the fifteen-minute halftime break, the third quarter began.

Leonard, who had almost disappeared invisible in the first half, finally woke up.

In the first two rounds after the start of the second half, Leonard first received Green's pass and made a mid-range jump shot.

The Spurs overtook the score.

Then, with the defense interruption, Li Liang's pass, counterattacked and layup, giving the Spurs a three-point lead.

The Spurs undoubtedly made effective adjustments in the midfield, and their defensive strategy changed again.

Popovich turned the opponent against Li Liang into Danny Green, asking Leonard to assist in defending Li Liang and at the same time defending Paul.

Popovich realized that letting Leonard and Li Liang face each other head-on may not be a good idea.

It is related to strength and mentality.

Li Liang is only in the second grade, but his mentality and situation control on the court are not something Leonard can reach.

This seems incredible, but Popovich should not be difficult to understand, after all, the Spurs also have such a guy.

Duncan still plays a core role in this point, whether it is offense or defense.

When Leonard clearly understood that he was just an engineer and his core was still Duncan, his mentality could be calmed down.

Just like in the slam dunk, Akagi no longer insists on competing with Kawada, but focuses on doing his own work, and the problem will be solved.

But Popovich and Leonard will never know what the cause of the problem is.

Clippers here.

It was originally a 1-point lead, but the Spurs turned the momentum around.

The Clippers need to stabilize. Li Liang reminded his teammates during the half-time break that he should be prepared for a protracted battle and critical moments in this game.

It's like a long-distance race. If you can't push your opponent away in the middle, then maintain your speed and then decide the winner to the last 100 meters.

Li Liang passed the ball to Griffin in the high position. Griffin beat Split with his back, went to the bottom line to kill the basket, and used his broad shoulder strength to push the defender and make a layup.

Griffin is the Clippers' very trusted attack point No. 3.

Now, the game has gradually entered the traditional positional battle from the beautiful offense in the first half.

Both sides gave off offensive opportunities to the inside and to the star players who had the greatest grasp.

In such a game, at such a moment, success rate is everything.

Duncan once again received the ball at a low post, and the Clippers began to double-team.

Paul took the initiative to step forward to interfere with Duncan, Duncan returned the ball to Parker, and Parker used the breakthrough to tear up the space and scored a three-second throw at the basket.

Griffin received the ball at the low post again, and this time he went in the middle and was surrounded by his opponent.

Griffin passed the ball to the outside line, and Paul transferred the ball to Li Liang at 45 degrees on the left. Li Liang received the ball and made a three-pointer and hit it!

4 of 9 shots, the shooting percentage is recovering.

If you can't get it again, Li Liang has to consider taking Dapu Pills.

The defensive end will definitely be affected by the offensive end.

The two sides were tied.

In the next three minutes, neither side scored any sports game.

The competition has entered a difficult meat grinder stage again.

In this Western Conference Finals, the Spurs and the Clippers are really fast and slow, with their offenses bursting and gorgeous, and the defensive quagmire is deep.

It fully demonstrated the deep strength of the two teams.

Duncan is still the one who broke the deadlock. After grabbing the second rebound at the basket, he made a layup and caused Jordan Jr. to foul and went to the free throw line.

Duncan has already grabbed 4 frontcourt rebounds in this game, and is simply using his life to prolong the Spurs' life.

The Spurs once again took a slight lead after both free throws.

Rivers called for a timeout and wanted to adjust the style of the formation.

After returning from the timeout, Li Liang immediately assisted Barnes in the bottom corner to hit a three-pointer.

Seeing this, Popovich immediately called a timeout, not wanting Rivers' tactical adjustment effect to continue.

The coaches on both sides began to do everything they could, trying every means to increase their advantages.

Both of them stood on the sidelines, "supervising" the referee's yelling at the referee, and they yelled at the referee to gain psychological advantages.

The Clippers are rotated by seven people, and the players consume a lot of energy.

But Rivers didn't dare to expand the rotation easily, because except for Crawford and Odom, most of the others went up and gave it away.

Give one point, which may affect the final game result.

Therefore, giving players more rest during the timeout may be a way to help players.

Of course Li Liang is not afraid.

During the intermission, he came to a bottle of Gatorade to replenish his energy.

For him, it is no problem to output excessively on both offense and defense.

In this high-intensity and tension, some props have failed.

For example, [Graining Wood Fish], Li Liang used Wood Fish in the third section, but the result was not good.

It seems that chanting a sutra in front of Shi Buddha is a sect. It is a big knife in front of Guan Gong, and it is useless to have no eggs.

At the end of the third quarter, the two sides scored 80:81, and the Spurs led by 1 point in turn.

The Clippers scored 19 points in the entire third quarter, and their offensive efficiency declined. The Spurs' defense tightened more and more with Leonard's return.

The Spurs don't want to end their playoff journey so soon, and Duncan doesn't want to give up this last chance to win the championship.

In the Clippers' last attack in the third quarter, Duncan blocked Li Liang's emergency stop jump shot and did not give the Clippers a chance to overtake.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Liang asked Rivers not to replace him, and he would play the fourth quarter.

Rivers hesitated for a moment, because he didn't want to be scolded, so he decided to listen to Li Liang.

Moreover, the Clippers do need someone to stabilize the morale of the army on the court.

Rivers didn't want Li Liang to be attacked by the Spurs in the fourth quarter.

Sure enough, Li Liang stayed on the court and was useful.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Spurs suddenly launched a powerful attack.

Popovich was on the squad of one, four, and a team with strong attack power. Duncan led the team on the field, with the combination of Mills, Bellinelli and Ginobili Gadio on the outside.

This combination has flaws in defense, but is very aggressive.

As soon as the fourth quarter came, the Spurs made three-pointers from the outside.

Drawing Blade Mills made a three-pointer.

Ginobili made a three-pointer in the counterattack.

Belinelli made a very long three-pointer.

But when the game was seen, the Spurs were only one point ahead.

Because every time the Spurs made a three-pointer, Li Liang immediately responded to an answer outside the three-point line.

Li Liang used the [Three-point Hit Rate Improvement Sticker], and he knew he had to use it, otherwise once the score difference was widened, it would be very dangerous in the fourth quarter.

He has scored 7 three-pointers in this game and scored 28 points.

But the Clippers are still behind.

Because no one else could attack at normal level under the Spurs' tight defense.

Li Liang once again dragged the Clippers.

After rescuing the Spurs' attack, the Clippers began to organize a counterattack.

Griffin received a pass from Barnes to hit the basket, causing Duncan to foul.

penalty.

Li Liang blocked Mills' layup, and Crawford made a fast break and made a layup to the basket, causing Dior to foul.

penalty.

The Clippers' counterattack method is very simple, which is to keep rushing into the inside.

The weakness of the lineup of the first and fourth small rosters is the defense of the basket under the basket.

Even if Duncan has three heads and six arms, he cannot defend against every attack.
To be continued...