Chapter Forty-Nine: An Explosive Scoring Performance
After 27 points in a single quarter, the Cavaliers began to find ways to prevent Anxi from scoring. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
David Blatter is not a mediocre talent, as the head coach returning from Europe, he knows very well that at this moment, he should give Anxi the highest courtesy in defense.
So, during the break, David Blatter arranged a bag and clamp tactic and asked LeBron James to defend Anxi in the opposite position.
Compared with Iman Shambot, LeBron James's defense will not be much better, but LeBron James has his advantages, his body can withstand Anxi's strong attack, so if he changes his defense, at least it will be difficult for Anxi to directly beat the opponent with his physical advantages.
This means that it is difficult for Anxi to play the simple and efficient offense in the first quarter.
In addition to LeBron James' single defense, the Cavaliers also replaced Tristan Thompson, protecting the basket while being ready to pinch Anxi at any time.
In the second quarter, the lineup of the two teams was a semi-main lineup, Anxi continued to play on the 76ers' side, the point guard went to Louis Williams, strengthened the offense, Anxi moved to the No. 3 position, the No. 2 position was Troy Daniels, and the interior line was Channingfrye and Cole Aldridge.
On the Cavaliers' side, LeBron James continued to play, with a combination of Matthew Dellavedova and J.R. Smith on the outside and Sean Marion and Tristan Thompson on the inside.
The Cavaliers' lineup is on the short side, but the speed is good, and the defensive hardness of the interior is acceptable, and the two teams are destined to continue to play an offensive battle in the second quarter.
Soon, the game resumed.
The opening of the second quarter was the 76ers' possession, and after coming on the court, Anxi gave Louis Williams a hand-to-hand cooperation in the high post, and Louis Williams received the ball, and then he found that Matthew D'Erredova who was defending him actually let him go, but instead cooperated with LeBron James to start blocking Anxi without the ball.
Obviously, that's what changed the Cavaliers on the defensive end in the second quarter.
Their goal was to prevent Anxi from dying, and in the opening game, Matthew de la Vedova began to deeply implement this strategy.
Louis Williams didn't waste the opportunity, he came off the bench to grab points is still very strong, because he was far from the basket and just shot cold, so Louis Williams finally chose a breakthrough finishing offense, he burst into the inside, and Tristan Thompson on the inside could only make up.
Lowe passed, Cole Aldridge dunked inside, and scored 2 points.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the 76ers easily tore apart the Cavaliers' defense, but An Xi was not happy, the Cavaliers actually wrapped themselves so simply, so it was difficult for him to score in the second quarter, unless he forced a single.
After thinking about it, An Xi thought of a way.
After defending against a wave of offense from the Cavaliers, Anxi handed the basketball to Louis Williams directly in the backcourt, and then began to run without the ball.
The Cavaliers obviously can't wrap up Anxi without the ball, if they do, it is to let the 76ers win this game, after all, one less person on the defensive end means that the 76ers can give the ball to an unguarded player and let go of the basket.
So, at this time, Anxi's off-ball running began to exert its power.
Anxi's off-ball play is also very strong, he goes around the bottom corner, and then runs back and forth, almost a reverse run, and Anxi gets a chance.
This made the knight a little panicked, and Sean Marion hurriedly made up for it, but it was too late.
Anxi had already received the basketball, and when Sean Marion pounced on him, he stepped back and stepped back to shoot a three-point jumper.
Sean Marion, who jumped high and pounced on Anxi, then only heard a clear sound, and the basketball plunged into the basket!
Three points! Anxi directly scored the 30th point of the game!
In this goal, Anxi proved with his actions that not only is he a great threat when he has the ball, but his off-ball is also a sharp weapon that can pierce all defenses!
When there is a ball, Anxi is a superstar, and when there is no ball, Anxi is still a superstar!
Then, Anxi played three consecutive rounds without the ball, and in these three rounds, Anxi hit three points in a row.
As a result, his individual score rose to 36 points.
As a result, the point difference was stretched to more than 10 points, and the situation on the court suddenly turned against the Cavaliers.
Anxi continued to score points, which the Cavaliers did not want to see, and what they did not want to see was that the 76ers expanded their lead under the power of Anxi.
There was nothing to be done, David Blatter made a decision, Tristan Thompson was moved to the No. 4 position, Mozgov re-played, and the Cavaliers decided to drag the pace and let the game go into a sluggish positional battle.
The Cavaliers changed their style of play, but the alignment on the defensive end was still the same, so Anxi continued to play without the ball.
However, the Cavaliers began to pay attention to Anxi's three-pointers, and they began to try not to let Anxi catch the ball outside the three-point line.
An Xi is not stupid, he understands that at this time, he has to make some changes, and he can't shoot three points unchanged.
So in the next ball, Anxi still ran without the ball to catch the ball, a single block after the catch, Anxi appeared outside the three-point line, JR Smith pounced, Anxi's subsequent choice was surprising, he directly made a shooting feint, after flying JR Smith, he held the ball and changed direction and rushed into the inside.
Then before LeBron James could make up the defense, a pull-up jump shot sent the basketball into the basket again!
The 38th point of the game is only 2 points away from the 40-point mark.
The 76ers' bench was boiling, and Reggie Miller on the commentary bench couldn't help shouting: "With only two points left, Anxi can achieve an achievement of 40+ points in two consecutive games!"
Anxi played very smart, and then ran without the ball to catch the ball, and rushed into the inside after the outside feint changed direction, but this ball he was entangled by LeBron James and never made a shot, until he rushed outside the penalty area, and ended the attack with a throwing posture.
However, when throwing, An Xi also used a careful eye, he did not shoot directly, but made another feint, and only threw the basketball after shaking LeBron James again.
At the same time as it was thrown, the referee's whistle sounded.
Basketball into the basket!LeBron James hitter foul!2+1!
Suddenly, there were boos all over the place, and only the bench of the 76ers was boiling.
When Anxi stood on the free throw line and hit a free throw, the cheers on the 76ers bench were louder.
"The 41st point of the game! Anxi's two consecutive 40+ points have been achieved before the end of the half!"
Soon, the game played for a few more minutes, and after the 76ers maintained a 16-point lead, Anxi was substituted.
Evan Turner and McCarvey came on the court with a number of benches, and the Cavaliers also replaced LeBron James, with Kelly Irving coming off the bench.
The two teams continued to play against each other until halftime, and the 76ers still led the Cavaliers by 16 points at 67:51.
Anxi's 41 points in the half, a completely explosive scoring performance, made everyone look forward to the second half of the game.