The miserable defeat in the third game sounded the alarm bell for the Pacers.

A 2:0 lead is not an absolute advantage, and it is not uncommon to be turned over by a 2:0 lead in history.

Even if he took a 2:0 lead away, in fact, the impact of home and away games was not that great in the finals.

Especially when the referee insists on taking partiality on one side, don’t say that you are going to the crematorium to play, you should blow or blow, and you are not afraid of your burning red stove.

Li Liang encountered a foul crisis in the third game.

The referee's dictator's criterion is one aspect, and on the other hand, the Warriors also saw this issue and attacked Li Liang's point.

If you don't let Li Liang play center, no matter whether it's McGee or Garnett, it's almost impossible to withstand it for too long.

When Li Liang was asked to play the center, the Warriors' forward line attacked him frantically, trapping Li Liang by foul early, retarding his defense, and then defending him heavily during the attack, and encircling and suppressing him with all his strength.

The Warriors' targeting can be said to have achieved the ultimate goal. Cole took all the opponent's tricks against Jordan against Li Liang.

Once Li Liang gets into trouble, there is no other Pacer who can really stand up and change the situation.

Smith and Granger can assist Li Liang well, but they cannot stand alone.

Stephenson has the courage to be alone, but he does not have the ability to be alone.

Garnett has the experience of being the only one, but he has no age to be the only one.

Who else is left? Could it be that Bird will go on his own?

Bird wanted to go on his own, but unfortunately this was impossible.

After the third game, Bird was worried about the first release of the next game in the Pacers' pre-match training.

While the players were training, he kept paced around the sidelines, holding his hands together, frowning and racking his brains to weigh the trade-offs.

He only has a few cards in his hand. To be honest, he has played all the ones he can play in the first three games. It is basically unlikely that you can let him play out a trick out of nothing.

Bird is now considering whether to use the five small starter directly in the fourth game, or to use Garnett to start to protect Li Liang.

Assistant coaches Vogel and Mike Brown have their own opinions. Vogel believes that they should protect Li Liang and let Garnett continue to start McGee and play for three to four minutes to substitution, which is equivalent to a fake starter.

Needless to say, Brown thought Li Liang was invincible, and if you believed him, you would be done.

Bird was troubled by the arguments between the two, so he simply ignored each other and thought about it himself.

On the court, the players were very relaxed and led 2:1 in the big score. The next game was still in Kangsaiko, and the advantage was still on the Pacers.

Li Liang occupied a half alone and conducted three-point training.

In the last game, Li Liang's three-point shot was not good, with 5 of 15 shots, and his shooting percentage was not high enough.

Of course, this kind of hit rate and shooting volume is already very high for other players, which is not enough for Li Liang.

Especially now that there is no three-point shooting rate improvement post, Li Liang needs to better regulate his feel.

Birds thought about it over and over again, thinking that he should ask Li Liang what he thought about the fourth game.

"Hey, Blues, do you have any ideas about the start of the next game?"

Li Liang stopped practicing and said, "Thinking? Don't you want me to start?"

"Stop kidding, it's a question of whether you want to appear in the fifth position."

"You are the coach, and I am not the coach. I will listen to whatever you arrange."

Li Liang even got on, Bird spread his hands, "You are under too much pressure in position 5... But no one can replace it."

Bird rarely wears a high hat on Li Liang, which makes Li Liang very useful.

Li Liang then said, "Don't worry, I will start playing the fifth position in the fourth game. I have a way to deal with them."

"Really? Tell me what you think."

Bird knew that Li Liang had very deep and unique insights on basketball, which most NBA players did not have.

He has the sensitivity of a coach and the intuition of a top player on the court. At present, Bird can think of such an outstanding person, the league can count one hand - he is the first to recommend himself.

Li Liang threw a three-pointer and made a easy hit, saying, "Well, my idea is very simple. I will get 50 points and then win."

Bird didn't know what to say for a moment, this idea is really simple. Why don't you say you're going to get 100 points? Getting 100 points is not more stable.

Before Bird could speak, Li Liang continued, "I know your doubts, fouls, defense, and our offense are all problems, we are at a disadvantage. But what can you do? What else can you do besides believing in me? Do you believe in God? Then you might as well believe in Buddha. Or you should believe in me. What did Mike say? Have you asked him for his opinion?"

Bird replied, "Mike said, let you continue to start."

"That's right! You must also believe Mike, I know what you are worried about, the referee? Who is the referee in the next game? Crawford? Oh, don't worry, I will deal with this bald guy, I will deal with him."

The league has already positioned the referee as bald Crawford in the next game, and Sima Zhao's heart is obvious.

Someone who is interested once counted that Li Liang had the lowest winning rate in the game called by Crawford.

You know, after Li Liang entered the league, he won 60 years and lost a game.

This guy can make Li Liang lose several games, which is enough to prove his profound skills, is completely unaffected by the hair dryer, and is not reasonable to Li Liang.

But Li Liang still has a way to deal with him.

Hearing Li Liang say this, Bird had to relax and decided to start the five-squad lineup in Game 4.

Of course, Li Liang had this confidence. Because he was not prepared enough in the third game, Li Liang weighed it for a while and still did not force himself to chase it with props. If he chased it, he would not catch up. Wouldn't he lose the game?

In the fourth game, after adjustments, the whole team will definitely perform better. Then Li Liang will strike accurately and teach the Warriors a lesson.

As for Crawford and other things... Li Liang actually has a way to deal with him.

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On the evening of June 11, the fourth game of the Consecco Arena was another game that determined the trend of the series.

Just like the Eastern Conference Final, 2:2 or 1:3, the result is completely different.

Before the game started, referee Crawford warmed up on the sidelines. He was wearing a coat and shiny bald head, and he was already planning to perform his own performance in this game.

Before each game begins, three referees will have a simple communication in the lounge on how to call the game.

Of course, the specific communication content is always confidential, no one will know or disclose it.

Each referee has his own style of yelling. For example, Crawford is a typical performance referee and he likes to be the protagonist on the court.

He made some moves in a passionate way, attracting attention, such as once he blew the coach's foul and made a t gesture, but he broke his finger with too much force.

There is no need to say anything about Duncan's laughter off the court, and he was known to everyone.

How do you say the relationship between him and Li Liang? Anyway, they don’t like each other. Li Liang likes to “reason”, and what Crawford dislikes the most is the reasoning players. Do you think this can be dealt with?

However, as the game was about to begin, Li Liang walked to Crawford and said hello to the referee tonight.

Crawford pursed his lips, ignored him, and nodded.

So Li Lian thought about it and [Don Haggins's Adhesive Plaster] was pressed on Crawford's mouth with a snap.

You pursed your lips, I told you not to brag tonight!

This [Hargins' Adhesive Plaster] is a reward given to Li Liang when he was in the Lakers and was doing double-team tactical training.

I used it once on Crawford before. After using it, Crawford was really obedient and did not yell at all.

Now that it is a critical game, how can you let your referee interfere with my performance?

With this as a guarantee, Li Liang can do his best in the game.

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Chapter completed!