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The intermission ended and the third quarter began. The two sides continued to use the starting lineup. The Pacers' point guard DJ Augustin, shooting guard Lance Stephenson, small forward Paul George, power forward David West, and center Roy Hibbert.

The Wizards sent a baseline kick, and Hinrich dribbled the ball across half court. After reaching the frontcourt, Thompson and Li Kaiming ran around Blatche and Leonard. Hinrich was ready to pass the ball on the outside and walked. The defender's side obviously adjusted its defensive arrangement during the halftime break. Wherever Li Kaiming went, he was always followed by one person, and there was another person next to him who was waiting eagerly to double-team him at any time.

In this case, Li Kaiming naturally wanted to open up space for Thompson. Hinrich dribbled the ball and found that Thompson bypassed the screen and cut into the basket, so he directly passed a high pass to Thompson.

After Clay received the ball, he dribbled and then went straight for a three-step layup. However, Hibbert under the basket was too tall and blocked the penalty area like a wall. Clay's layup was affected, and Hibbert was too tall. Burt grabbed the rebound and passed it to DJ Augustine.

The Pacers dribbled the ball past half-court. Hibbert went up and blocked Hinrich tightly. Augustin broke through to the free throw line with the help of the screen. When he encountered Blach's defense, Augustin hesitated and accelerated, then leaned on Blanche went for a layup, but missed the shot due to Blanch's interference.

However, Brach's assisting defense caused him to lose his position to grab rebounds. Li Kaiming did not return to the defense in time to shrink the basket. Hibbert jumped high to grab the offensive rebound, and then made a layup. , 45 to 56.

The Wizards served to the frontcourt. The Pacers still chose one person to top Li Kaiming and the other person to help defend at any time. Li Kaiming received Hinrich's pass without the ball. At this time, David West and George Everyone rushed to force him to play the ball.

Leonard, who was let go by George, was cutting to the basket. Li Kaiming hit the ball to the robot's hands. The latter took a decisive shot from the mid-range and hit a cricket ball!

Fortunately, Leonard's shooting has improved a lot this season. Otherwise, if two points are placed on the court to drag space, the Pacers would be able to double-team Li Kaiming without any scruples.

The Pacers attacked Paul George. George was smart now. He borrowed Hibbert's cover and broke through Leonard's defense with a cool change of direction. Then he accelerated and broke through Blatche's defense. , go to the basket and prepare for a reverse basket with a change of hands.

But this time, Li Kaiming was ready to help defend the basket. When he saw Brac being penetrated, Li Kaiming rushed over and used a nail board to teach Page's younger brother how to behave. The subsequent rebound was also used by Li Kaiming using his height and arm. Zhan protected it and then gave it to Hinrich.

Vogel's defensive training is very good. So far in this game, Li Kaiming has basically never been able to successfully get a backcourt rebound and then push a counterattack fast break. Everyone in the Pacers saw Li Kaiming After taking off the rebound, he ran directly to the backcourt without looking back, for fear of being hit by Li Kaiming for a fast break.

The fast break was unavailable, so Li Kaiming could only pass the ball to the team's point guard. After halftime, Li Kaiming went up to pick and roll Hinrich. When Li Kaiming went up to the top of the arc as a screener, the Pacers players It is to directly choose two people to defend Li Kaiming's catch and pass, completely leaving Hinrich open.

In this case, Hinrich directly changed direction with an underhand dribble and broke through to the free throw line. The Pacers had Hibbert under the basket. It was not easy to challenge this 216-meter-tall guy. Hinrich had tried to break through before. He tried several times, but was either disturbed or eaten hot pot, so this time Hinrich took a step directly inside the free throw line and chose to throw.

Hibbert came out to interfere, and Hinrich's throw missed, but Blatche under the basket helped the team grab an offensive rebound. This is Blatche's only shot so far in this game. Highlights.

Hibbert dominates the basket. Except for Li Kaiming, everyone else on the Wizards has very low efficiency in attacking the basket. Blatche is not very confident in singles inside, so he can only do some dirty work of defense and rebounding. .

Blatche grabbed an offensive rebound, but Hibbert quickly returned to the basket. Blatche did not have the confidence to challenge Hibbert, so he passed the ball out again.

At this time, Li Kaiming started from the baseline, made a big circle along the three-point line, then rushed to the opposite side of the waist three-point line, and raised his hands towards Hinrich to signal for the ball.

Hinrich passed the ball comfortably to Li Kaiming's hands with a direct pass. After receiving the ball, the latter pulled it up from mid-range and shot directly. David West followed Li Kaiming. At this time, it was too late to take off and he could only watch helplessly. Watching Li Kaiming's mid-range shot hit the net!

45 to 58, Li Kaiming scored for the first time in the second half, and small cheers erupted in the MCI Center.

The Pacers sent a baseline kick. After reaching the frontcourt, Paul George used the screen to move without the ball and received a pass from DJ Augustine. At the same time, he also threw Leonard behind him. George accelerated after receiving the ball and passed from DJ Augustin. It went straight into the Wizards penalty area from a [-]-degree direction. It seemed that Vogel did a lot of ideological work for him during the halftime break and finally beat Leonard hard without giving up.

But the Pacers' offensive ideas in the second half also became more radical. Several goals were aimed at scoring directly in the Wizards' penalty area. This was simply an insult to the Wizards' basket defense!

So Li Kaiming and Blatche worked together. One helped to interfere with George's shot, and the other tried to get in position with Hibbert to grab the rebound. With Li Kaiming's assistance, George missed a layup again. Although Blatche He didn't grab a rebound, but he successfully knocked Hibbert out of the basket. The rebound was grabbed by Leonard who rushed in after George!

After observing the Pacers' defense for several rounds, Sanders finally saw clearly the opponent's defensive rotation rules. So while shouting a few words at Li Kaiming, he hit Hinrich who was dribbling the ball. gesture.

The Wizards players understood this, and after arriving in the frontcourt, they started more complex movements without the ball. At the same time, Li Kaiming began to position at the waist like those traditional inside players.

In this case, the Pacers' previous strategy of one man guarding and one man assisting defense is somewhat inapplicable, because Li Kaiming is very close to the basket, and the rest of the Wizards are constantly outside the three-point line. Movement creates opportunities for Li Kaiming. If he still defends like before, Li Kaiming will easily find the opportunity and pass the ball to the open space on the outside.

So this time David West could only defend himself alone. He also thought that if Li Kaiming could make a few more moves after catching the ball, his teammates would come over to help him defend. Unexpectedly, the man in front of him When Li Kaiming received the ball, he turned around decisively, then took one step to pick it up and threw it away. Even David West didn't react and could only reach out subconsciously.

Li Kaiming's turnaround shot was a hollow hit. For some reason, David West felt a hint of Jordan's style from Li Kaiming's style of play.

And Vogel, who was standing by the court, frowned after seeing this scene. If Li Kaiming could take action so quickly, then the defensive tactics he prepared during the halftime break would basically be GG...

Vogel soon knew that what he was thinking was completely correct. After the Pacers began to attack Li Kaiming with the ball, with Sanders' active adjustment, Li Kaiming handed the ball to his teammates, who surrounded him. The tactic allowed him to open up space while running outside, but he directly chose to take a quick shot, taking the shot within 2 seconds of receiving the ball. In this case, the Pacers' double-team would definitely be too late.

Less than two rounds after the Wizards changed their offensive style, Vogel was forced to call a timeout to make adjustments. In these two rounds, once Li Kaiming made a shot himself, and the other time he distributed the ball to Thompson from the outside for a three-pointer. The hit suddenly opened the point difference to more than 15 points. If a timeout had not been called, the game would have entered garbage time before the end of the three quarters.

After the timeout, the Wizards took the initiative to make lineup adjustments. The five-out lineup was once again placed on the court, which gave the Wizards even more offensive space.

The Pacers changed their defensive strategy and began to defend Li Kaiming's catch in advance. It seems that Vogel prepared more than one set of defensive tactics for Li Kaiming before the series. Now it is only in the first game. There were only 3 sets taken out in the competition.

After the Pacers came up, they played an inside and outside pick-and-roll tactic, and then Hibbert passed the ball and used his height to cause a foul on Li Kaiming. He went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws. Richie found that the Pacers were guarding Li Kaiming from catching the ball, but left him plenty of space outside the three-point line, so he took a shot directly. In addition, the opponent DJ Augustin was short, Hinrich could completely hold up the ball. His defensive shooting.

It's a pity that Hinrich didn't seize the opportunity. Hibbert grabbed the rebound and passed it to George. After receiving the ball, George started a fast break and dribbled to the frontcourt with a cool turn. Leonard was blocked, and then he shot directly from outside the three-point line!

But the Wizards' counterattack came quite quickly. Although Li Kaiming still had no chance to catch the ball, this time the other four members of the Wizards passed the opportunity from the outside, and finally Lewis hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner!

Vogel's face turned green on the sidelines. How on earth could he defend against this? Li Kaiming will be blown away if he defends him alone, and his teammates will shoot him out of double teams. Moreover, the Wizards' lineup is simply prepared. They directly put a lineup of five shooters on the court. The Pacers don't know if they should help defend. !

At this time, Vogel, a coach who started out as a defensive coach, felt helpless from the bottom of his heart. Although defense is important, offense is obviously more important. After all, basketball is about comparing who scores more points and who is better. Being able to put the ball into the basket and being strong defensively are of course very useful, but it is impossible to guard against every ball of the opponent...

But the problem is that there seems to be a guy in the opponent's team who can help the team get the ball in no matter what...

This is simply the most true portrayal of offense being greater than defense!

最终全场比赛结束，奇才队以114比102战胜了印第安纳步行者队，拿下了东部半决赛的第1场胜利，李凯明全场出战了34分钟，投篮19中10，其中三分球10中5，罚球7中5，得到30分10篮板8助攻3抢断2盖帽的数据。

伦纳德全场下来主要精力还是在防守端，砍下了9分6篮板4抢断1盖帽，这4个抢断还要感谢乔治在第一节的头铁。

Klay hit 6 three-pointers and scored 23 points and 3 rebounds. It was another boring Wizards-style victory.