Chapter Ninety-Three: The Rampage James
It's not a problem to be pressed all the time, and Celtic need to look for opportunities to score.
Olynyk was in a position to make the basket, Thomas put the ball in, and he still had a bit of an advantage in the face of Lefou, or at least looked a little tougher.
But Lefu is not so easy to bully, although Olynyk can push, but there is no good chance to make a move. He was also not greedy for credit, diverting the ball and Bradley broke through and split the ball. Shangguan Yu covered without the ball and stuck Owen behind him, and this time the cover was beautiful.
After Thomas got rid of it, he received a pass from Bradley and broke through to the basket. Now that he's unguarded, James quickly made up for it. Owen followed at the same time, Shangguan Yu took the opportunity to disassemble it, and by the time Owen reacted, Shangguan Yu was already in a completely empty position.
Thomas passed the ball to Shangguan Yu in the bottom corner, and when he received the ball, Owen had already pounced.
For Shangguan Yu's safety, the shooting feint made Owen fly, and he took a step and adjusted before throwing the ball.
When he made a shot, he felt that the ball could go in, and if it was Nick Yang, he would have turned around to celebrate, and Shangguan Yu held the shot until the ball landed firmly in the basket.
Shangguan Yu scored the fourteenth point in this game, but he was not happy at all, because he would soon be rested.
And James will soon overtake the score, a task that makes Shangguan Yu feel unprecedented pressure.
Shangguan Yu's goal finally gave Celtic the first lead in the game.
The Cavaliers attacked, and Irving dribbled through and failed to get rid of it, so he handed the ball to James to deal with. Shangguan Yu didn't dare to be careless, he was about half a step away from James, and kept such a distance. Although James had a bad hand today, Shangguan Yu also did not dare to let him make a move.
But his breakthrough, Shangguan Yu was also helpless, and the rest of the Cavaliers pulled away.
The players of the Celtics did not dare to come over and wrap up. James didn't attack head-on, obviously trying to break through to the basket, and now James prefers to kill inside.
Squeezed his back twice, suddenly turned around and dribbled under his crotch, and suddenly accelerated to break through from Shangguan Yu's left.
Shangguan Yu slid to follow, but James suddenly changed direction, crashed into Shangguan Yu, squeezed him away, and was about to kill the basket. But Olynyk closed the door as soon as possible, and James didn't force it and turned the ball to the outside.
The Cavaliers moved the ball in succession, and Irving found an opportunity to shoot a three-pointer from 25 feet out, and the ball bounced out of the basket.
Shangguan Yu predicted the position in advance, and this time the calculation was correct, and the ball flew towards Shangguan Yu's position.
A huge force came from behind him, and James wanted to suppress Shangguan Yu to grab this rebound, but Shangguan Yu didn't give an inch.
The two were entangled to death, and the moment the ball fell, they jumped at the same time.
Although James kept interfering behind him, Shangguan Yu was stuck in a good position, using his height and arm length to control the ball first and win the rebound with difficulty.
James didn't grab the ball and was not angry: "Young man, the strength is not bad, hard enough!"
Why the last two people sound so evil, whether they are hard enough or not does not need to be measured by him.
After Shangguan Yu protected the ball, he glanced over and did not see a chance to counterattack quickly. Pass the ball to Thomas, who advances into the half court and hands the ball inside again.
Olynyk faced Tristan Thompson's defense and had little chance. Although the four-year, 80 million contract is a bit empty, Thompson's strength is still a bit, especially on the defensive end.
And this season, his average rebounds per game has risen from 8 to 9, and the improvement is still obvious.
Olynyk was just a stopover, and the ball quickly came to Claude, who broke through after taking the ball.
Breaking through the ball, and then breaking through the ball, the Celtics continued to break through and did not find any opportunities.
But in the middle of the rebellion, Thomas retreated and shot at a medium distance.
No!
Lefu grabbed the rebound, James had already run past half court, and Shangguan Yu was following closely. Lefu may have been afraid that Shangguan Yu would suddenly grab it, and did not pass the ball out. The Cavaliers fell into a positional battle, Shangguan Yu no longer entangled with James, let Crowder mark the defense, and Shangguan Yu followed Tristan Thompson.
Although he is at a disadvantage in height and body, Shangguan Yu is not false at all, because Tristan Thompson's singles ability is almost non-existent.
Shangguan Yu only needs to pay attention to him turning around and sneaking under the basket, because Tristan Thompson only has two offensive methods, one is a sneak shot under the basket or an aerial relay dunk, and the other is a secondary attack under the basket.
However, as a typical blue-collar worker, Tristan Thompson is still very sensible, especially his big brother, and he has become more active when he gets a fat contract for himself.
Seeing that James needed cover, he ran out as soon as possible.
Claude was stuck, James threw off his defense, faced Shangguan Yu, who switched defenses, and once again forced into the basket.
Physical confrontation, Shangguan Yu was at an absolute disadvantage, but fortunately, Claude came over in time.
James was caught between the two and passed the ball out again.
After Owen received the ball, he did not attack by himself, but hoisted it to Lefu on the inside.
The latter faced Olynyk's defense and turned for a layup, but the ball bounced off the frame.
Olynyk picked up the rebound in the backcourt, and the Celtics quickly counterattacked, and except for Olynyk, the other four quickly fell into position. By the time the Cavaliers were in position, the Celtics players had already run, and Shangguan Yu used Olynyk's cover to get rid of James's defense, and did not rush to shoot after receiving the ball, because Love had already followed.
Shangguan Yu handed the ball to Olynyk on the inside, who occupied the absolute height on the inside, and after lifting the ball, James couldn't do anything.
Tristan Thompson came over, Olynyk took the ball out, the Celtics players continued to guide the ball, and finally the ball returned to Shangguan Yu.
After receiving the ball and adjusting, Shangguan Yu immediately made a shot, not giving JR Smith, who came over to make up for the defense, a chance to come, but this time the power was a little great, and the ball smashed into the basket and popped up.
James grabbed the rebound, dribbled to the halfcourt, and looking at his murderous eyes, Shangguan Yu knew that he was on the verge of going berserk.
In the face of a team like the Celtics, the Cavaliers can't even play any advantage. And Shangguan Yu, a rookie, has indeed caused a lot of trouble to his team.
Someone needs to step up at this time!
And James was obviously ready to step up, and after dribbling past half court, no one gave it and no one came to cover. Everyone else pulls away, and James prepares to single.
Although Crowder was very serious and tried his best to defend, he was still passed by James, and Shangguan Yu had long paid attention to the situation here and pounced on it as soon as possible.
James is very tough, straight to the basket, Shangguan Yu is also true, jumping up in the air to intercept!
Syllable!
The slap did not cover the ball, but hit James's arm, but fortunately, Shangguan Yu's interference made James's shot miss.
More than 5 minutes have passed in the second quarter of the game, and it is time for Shangguan Yu to go down to rest, after Stevens replaced Shangguan Yu from the court. James went on a complete rampage, and after hitting both free throws, he shot inside and outside again, scoring 7 points in a row.
followed by frequent assists, and the Cavaliers played a wave of small climaxes under his leadership, overtaking the score in one fell swoop.
Although Thomas led the team to chase desperately, he was helpless, because the rampaging Zhan Huang was really terrifying, and he continued to impact the Celtics' inner line, further widening the point difference.
Shangguan Yu only rested for three minutes before he appeared again.
Now James has scored 18 points, while Shangguan Yu only has 14 points, and it is still a bit difficult to surpass him.
Because now he was in a rampage, Claude was beaten to the point that he had no temper at all.
Exhausted on the defensive end, and untouched on the offensive end.
Now Sallinger and Amir Johnson are on the field, the height is not enough, and the defensive effect is average. And the rebound was also firmly controlled by the opponent, and the game was quite aggrieved.
Thomas also had a bad hand today, and could only rush to the inside to make fouls and score points, so the Celtics were suppressed as a team.
Shangguan Yu replaced Amir Johnson and appeared on the No. 4 again, because Tristan Thompson has average offensive ability, and Shangguan Yu can better assist in defense.
After coming up, Shangguan Yu tried to shoot for the first time without success, and Lefu took the rebound and handed it to James to launch a quick counterattack.
Shangguan Yu was outside the three-point line, so he was not far from the middle line, and he chose to defend at the first time.
Claude also followed by James's side, stuck James's breakthrough route, but James, who started up, was like a small tank, and Claude could only ensure that he would not be knocked off.
James stepped up in three strides to finish off the offense with a pick-and-roll.
But he had ignored Shangguan Yu, who had been running wildly behind him, and when he jumped up, Shangguan Yu also flew.
Syllable!
A pegboard hat pinned James' shot to the rebound, but Shangguan Yu couldn't control his body and fell heavily to the ground.
But this time the block was very morale-boosting, and Thomas snatched the ball from Irving's hand.
Such a beautiful block, even at the home court of the Cavaliers, Shangguan Yu also won a lot of applause.
In the broadcast hall in China, Ke Fan almost slapped the table and shouted: "Beautiful! This ball is really beautiful!"
Shangguan Yu, who is the protagonist, got up from the ground, relieved himself, and returned to the arena after confirming that he was not injured.
The shot was a morale boost, and Bradley hit a beautiful three-pointer to tie the score to 41-49 as he quickly countered.
The Celtics finally stopped the decline, but Shangguan Yu didn't know if James was still in a state of rage?
Or the block just now will make him run a double rampage, and Shangguan Yu is a little nervous.