Chapter 644: Unstoppable Misalignment Advantage
James did a good job, and the Cavaliers did their best...... "If you didn't hear it yourself, you wouldn't believe Barkley praising the Cavaliers so sincerely." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"But the Hawks are the better team!" Kenny Smith, although he often loses money with big P-shares, is still one of the people who knows Barkley best, so he directly helped Barkley make up for the second half of the sentence.
Kevin Harlan said, "So the Cavaliers don't have a chance, or are there teams in other leagues that have found a way to deal with the Atlanta Hawks?"
Barkley pouted and said, "Actually, it's not that complicated, just find someone who can suppress Kraft Nguyen!"
As soon as these words came out, the TNT commentator immediately burst into laughter.
In the '08-09 NBA, Barkley's solution was about a little more difficult than taking a gun directly at the Hawks.
Limit Kraft Nguyen?
Which NBA coach hasn't thought about it, but no one has been able to answer it in the end.
Superstars all have their own "misplaced halos", but the aura on Kraft Nguyen is undoubtedly the one that is exceptionally bright.
A 6-foot-9" (206CM) naked height center is considered a disadvantaged height in the eyes of most people, but basketball is by no means a simple height comparison game.
Facts have proved that Erniu not only blew up all the No. 5 positions in the league, but also can still occupy the absolute top when facing super centers such as O'Neal, Da Yao, and Spark.
With strong strength, incredible speed, kaleidoscopic low-post technology, stable and reliable mid-range shooting ability, and the top-arc three-point shooting ability developed this season, Erniu's basketball talent is undoubted. But what's really scary is the direct mismatch advantage between him and the opposing player when he's in the number 5 position.
Opponents who have advantages in height and weight are almost no faster than him. After Erniu holds the ball in the low position, he can hold the ball in various baskets and choose to attack the basket directly.
Misalignment is not only big and small, but also small and big, or fast and slow.
And the inner line, who is not as heavy as him, or whose core strength is not strong enough, is beaten by Erniu's back in various ways, and he is abused without temper at all.
On the defensive end, the static power of those so-called big centers is even more beyond the control of Erniu.
Once the current center is pushed out of the three-second zone, how many can cause too much trouble to Ruan Erniu?
Even if it is like Yao Ming, who can complete the mutual explosion with Erniu for a period of time, but as the game deepens, the rhythm of offense and defense continues to increase, and eventually Ruan Erniu will be dragged down and dragged down.
When a strong man who is 6 feet 9 inches and weighs about 245 pounds accelerates with the ball like a small point guard, and can score and grab boards in the air, how can such a player not be a super bug?
Some people say that Kraft Nguyen is not a new basketball prodigy, but a "classical" player.
There is some truth to this.
Imagine the era of "black and white", would anyone simply define Magic Johnson and Big Bird Bird as point guards or forwards?
They can be anywhere from 1 to 5 and do what they want and can do.
In the Eagles, Ruan Erniu, who has the most freedom, is the same.
From the first day Woodson recruited him, the Celestial Empire was qualified to control the ball and initiate offensive and defensive transformations.
If last season, people were just amazed at the miraculous change of the Eagles, then this season, when the Hawks won 73 wins, people were left with admiration and admiration.
Ruan Erniu, who had no solution, and the Atlanta Hawks, who had no solution, entered the Eastern Conference finals 8:0, trailed by 11 points at halftime, and immediately reversed the game in the third quarter.
The Cavaliers came up with confidence and courage, only their opponents were the historic Eagles.
James is the best player in the league?
Oh, maybe, provided that Kraft Nguyen is excluded.
At the beginning of the final quarter of the game, Erniu and James sat on the court at the same time to rest.
The difference is that the former is chatting and laughing with his teammates, while the latter is wearing a towel and looking at the court with a frown, whether he has to habitually gnaw his nails to relieve his anxious mentality.
Mike Woodson and Mike Brown also performed very differently than before.
The former sat quietly in the coach's seat with his elbows folded, showing the demeanor of the first consecutive COY in history, while the latter kept directing and shouting from the sidelines, hoping that the players would be able to cheer up and continue to impact the defending champions.
However, Xiao Mo hit the iron, Big Ben was covered, and the Cavaliers' bench lineup did not cause any pressure on the Hawks, and the score tended to pull away.
Less than 2 minutes into the fourth quarter, Brown was forced to replace LeBron James, who played the entire third quarter, and the Cavaliers still wanted to win.
Woodson smiled disdainfully on the sidelines, how could he lose to Black Bread?
With a wave of his hand, Ruan Erniu also returned to the field.
On the offensive end of the Cavaliers, James held the ball on the outside, crushed the embarrassment to break through and enter the restricted area......
Ruan Erniu jumped high and blocked all of James' shooting space......
James was forced to pass the ball, but Dragic judged the passing route, successfully cut the ball, and the Hawks immediately launched a counterattack.
Dragic sent a second pass just after halftime, and Ronald Murray received the ball and hit a three-pointer.
Unwilling to fail James fight!
In the next offensive round, he rushed straight to the basket with the ball.
Will Erniu give him this chance?
Don't!
"Bang!"
A top hat, James has jumped high enough, but Ruan Erniu's cover height is even more terrifying.
Erniu won the backcourt rebound and immediately sent a "touchdown long pass", Dragic took the lead, received the basketball at the far end, made an easy layup, and scored 2 points.
But that's not the point, the Hawks' half, James and Ruan Erniu got into a verbal altercation......
“FOUL!”
James yelled at the referee, but Ruan Erniu next to him didn't see it that way.
"LeBron, this is a good hat, you can't afford to lose like that?"
"You're a thug! You've encroached on my cylinder!"
"I got the ball first!"
"You fouled first!"
"I didn't!"
……
This is just an ordinary goal, and the quarrel between the two sides is not technical at all.
That can only prove one thing, they are all desperate to win this game.
Both of them are the well-deserved core of their respective teams, and the referee naturally will not send them all off the field, and the referee on duty did not even blow a technical foul after giving them both a warning.
Ross Barkley, who was commentator on the sidelines, turned on the taunt mode again, saying: "Some players always want the referee to give them the most help, but forget that they have always been the one who has benefited the most. ”
Regardless of whether James complained too much, his overall performance in the final quarter was quite strong, and there was no so-called "stealth" by some trolls.
KING MADE 4 OF 6 SHOTS AND 2 OF 3 FREE THROWS IN THE FIRST QUARTER TO SCORE 10 POINTS, 2 ASSISTS AND 1 REBOUND. But these are not enough for the knights to win.
Ruan Erniu ushered in an explosion in the final quarter, shooting 5 of 7 in a single quarter, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, slashing 15 points, 6 boards, and 1 assist, contributing his own strength to the Hawks to lock up the victory.
He finished with 53 points, 23 rebounds, and 5 assists, surpassing LeBron James, who had 49 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds.
At 106:118, the Hawks won G1 and took the lead in the Eastern Finals.