Chapter 900 [A Little Rush]

The Cavaliers' bench lineup is equally luxurious, with Thompson and Bagnani forming an interior lineup with height and ability to shoot, small forward veteran Marion, guards Waiters and Dellavedova, and veteran Miller all continue to sit on the bench.

As last year's undrafted rookie, Australian guard Dellavedova had a good record with the Cavaliers last season, even starting four games, especially in the late season. HE IS 193CM TALL, PLAYS POINT GUARD AND MADE 72 APPEARANCES LAST SEASON, AVERAGING 17 PER GAME. 7 minutes, contribution 4. 7 points 1. 7 rebounds 2. 6 assists on 41-point shooting. 2% and 36 three-point shooting. 8%。 LeBron returned, and he remained in the lineup, becoming Irving's number one substitute.

In the summer, Dellavedova played in the World Cup with Australia, and in Mills' absence, he pushed ahead of this year's No. 5 pick Exum as the starting point guard, averaging 22 games per game. 5 minutes, contribution 7. 5 points and a team-high 3. 7 assists.

Of course, this is not to say that Dellavedova and this year's rookies are superior to each other, but that Jazz management is crazy.

Exum is only 30 in Summer League. With an 8% shooting percentage, only 36 entered the Cabinet Tournament. 4% shooting. As a player, he's struggled a lot, trying to adapt himself to a high level of play. Perhaps, many years later, the Jazz will regret choosing such a parallel commodity in 2014.

The score did not open, and the starters came on one after another. Zhou Xuan still focuses on passing, once his teammates don't get the opportunity to shoot immediately, he changes to a scoring guard style of play and finds cover for running without the ball.

Zhou Xuan first hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner of the right side, still grasping the weakness that the opponent couldn't defend inside. The Cavaliers had Vallejo and Love on the floor together in the second half, and the pick-and-roll suddenly showed a clear hole. After a couple of injuries, Vallejo began to move towards a pure centre-forward, getting slower and slower.

Then Zhou Xuan passed Vallejo, attracted the Lefu defense and distributed the ball to the left side, and Jefferson scored with a mid-range shot.

The Cavaliers have four good players on the inside, but the playing time is not easy to arrange, because they don't match each other. The Knicks uniform team is more aware of this, Jefferson and Daim Porter will not be on last season, and Bosh and Beasley will not be on this season. If that's arranged, it's not easy to defend.

If the Cavaliers have LeFou, they should have played Thompson, and the other two interior guards can't break through.

They sent two champions to trade, and all they got was Lefou's three-point ability, and the other two big men were forced to play less time, which was really a loss-making deal. With the Knicks' pursuit of speed, even if they had Wiggins, they would never consider Lefour in a trade.

Although Lefou's low-post offensive proportion is high, his efficiency is not as good as Jefferson's, and his role in the system is not better than Jefferson's, and his annual salary is much higher. There are also people who say that Lefu is a rebounding strengthened version of Nowitzki, which is even more nonsense, Nowitzki has broken through the defense guard, and has done a good job of protecting the basket, and the defense is much stronger than Lefou.

If it weren't for the Cavaliers' rush to produce results, Love's fate would probably be to brush up on the Timberwolves' 8 to 10 seasons, transfer to a strong team when they get their third big contract, try to hug their thighs and get a championship ring, and then rely on the number of jΓΉ as a basis for people to evaluate their historical status. Doesn't it sound familiar? That's right, Garnett is the way to go. The "wolf king" is easy to take this path.

Blatter saw that the situation was not good, and sent Thompson, and the Cavaliers' defense was slightly better and stabilized the situation. But Zhou Xuan still relied on blocking and displacing to play Lefu and scored another 4 points. Seven points and three assists in the first quarter, 15 points and eight assists in the half, leading the Knicks to a 59-54 lead by five points.

James had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and his table was very eye-catching. Owen and Lefu are still sleepwalking, losing their accustomed style of play, they seem very uncomfortable, and they can't play to their full strength.

Delon and Anthony also encountered this problem when they first teamed up, and Garnett went to the Nets and became completely unable to play. Change is very difficult for a person, no matter what profession they do.

At halftime, CCTV5 Su Qun compared James and Zhou Xuan, and said with a smile: "The mage is better than the emperor, and the Knicks control the rhythm." Although the difference is not big, I believe they will win. ”

Yang Jian said: "Anderson's playing time today is very short, I think I can let him play a little longer, Bosh may not be able to prevent Lefou, this two-pair machine qΓ¬ most of the time on the periphery." ”

In the second half, the Knicks sent Zhou Xuan, Leonard, Parsons, Anderson, and the center was Bosh. D'Antoni instructed the misplaced offense, and the big man should be bold and try to make outside fouls.

The Cavaliers replaced Vallejo with Thompson, giving up a height to defend from the outside. They have a big weakness, there are too many people in the front court, few people in the back, and especially the lack of an orthodox No. 2 position.

Weters is not an orthodox 2 position, he is only 193CM tall, and when he is off, Dellavedova will have to make a cameo appearance in the 2 position, otherwise he will have to watch Jones on the water cooler. This can shoot three-pointers, has poor defense, is easy to be passed, and cannot play a fast break, and has a very single role.

It's not that the Cavaliers don't want to make a trade in the summer, but no team wants to "assist" at this juncture and send the strong No. 2 position over.

The Cavaliers have good trade chips, Vallejo and Bagnani are both expiring contracts, as long as they stay for a year, they can sign with a low salary next summer, or give up the salary space and bring in a powerful second-rate star. Others sent it out, and other teams couldn't look at it.

When Paul first arrived at the Clippers, the lineup was unreasonable, with a group of powerful people on the outside, and three people on the inside, who could make up for the shortcomings in the regular season, but not in the playoffs.

IRVING IS ONLY 191CM TALL AND HAS A TRAGIC ARM SPAN, AND THE OTHER TWO GUARDS ARE 193CM, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO INTERFERE WITH THE OPPONENT'S INTERIOR SHOOTING AFTER BEING MISALIGNED. Once they get into foul trouble, how is the game played? Do you want James and Miller Sr. to play cameo shooting guards?

James passed the low post to Bosh for the first goal.

The Knicks attacked, and the players all pulled to the perimeter, occupied three corners, and coordinated with the mid-court blocking. Zhou Xuan got rid of Owen and made a quick stop jump shot.

61 to 56, Zhou Xuan's personal 17th point.

The Cavaliers attacked, Love singled Bosh again, shot wide in the low post on the left side under interference, Leonard shot to the backcourt rebound, and fell into the positional battle.

It's still the same tactic, all pull away, Zhou Xuan and Bosh block and dismantle, this time Lefu changed the defense in a more timely manner, Zhou Xuan took the ball and retreated, and used his back to protect the ball and observe the running position with his residual vision.

Bosh cut empty, as soon as Lefu retreated, Zhou Xuan immediately turned to the right to follow Lefu and forcibly broke through. Love followed from the side, Owen followed, and neither could break the ball. At 45 degrees to the edge of the penalty area, Zhou Xuan took the ball and strengthened it, and at the same time he hit Lefu, he half-turned around, and passed the ball from Lefu's side to the middle with his right backhand. Bosh took the ball and jumped up and scored with a one-handed smash. 63 to 56. Zhou Xuan's 9th assist.

Kenny Smith smiled: "This is Zhou Xuan's trick, take the ball towards people, stop him and give the ball to the big man, he always has a way to pass the ball out, so close to the basket, Lefu is not very athletic, it is impossible to stop Bosh from scoring." If he didn't block Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan would vote himself, and he would be too accurate. ”

Barkley said: "The Knicks can let Leonard defend the middle, the Cavaliers can't, Irving and Waiters have weaknesses on both sides of the defense, and they can shoot with a direct pass. ”

James was blocked by Leonard and passed to Irving, who and Lefu blocked and dismantled, faced Bosh, forced a breakthrough shot and missed, Thompson grabbed the rebound in the front court, turned around and threw the ball into the middle. 63 to 58.

The Knicks attacked the high post, and this time James switched defenses. On the side, Anderson covered Leonard and got rid of Waiters, Leonard ran 60 degrees to the right side of the line, Lefu followed, and Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Anderson in the bottom right corner during the run. The latter faced Waiters and forced the ball in. 66 to 58.

Zhou Xuan assisted on a double, and in a sure position, as long as the opponent couldn't cover it, Anderson dared to shoot.

The Cavaliers attacked, James attacked in the middle, Love and Thompson covered on the side, the Knicks changed defenses very quickly, and James brought to the low post. Anderson helped defend and formed a trap and let Thompson go.

James passed the ball to the left and Thompson scored on a 60-degree jumper. He has a medium-range range and is not an object that can be spaced at will. 66 to 60.

In the past two years, Thompson has undergone a magical transformation. A well-established professional basketball player suddenly switches shooters in his third season? This unheard of and unseen news actually happened! Thompson, who has always shot with his left hand, switched to right-handed shooting last season!

Because of his deep appreciation for the Cavaliers, the team hired a shooting coach for him last season. I wanted the shooting coach to help him perfect his shooting posture and rhythm with his left hand, but it was a completely unexpected result. Thompson suddenly opened his mind under the tutelage of his shooting coach and decided to switch to right-handed shooting from then on.

Now that Thompson has made a difference, if he can be as accurate as Ibaka, then the Cavaliers will be unstoppable.

The Knicks battled in a positional battle, and the three-point line was blocked and dismantled, and Zhou Xuan dodged Irving.

This time, Lefu changed defense, Owen chased the defense, and Zhou Xuan hit the ground and passed to the middle. Bosh catches a jumper near the free throw line and the ball hollows into the net. 68 to 60.

Zhou Xuan's 11th assist announced the failure of the Cavaliers' wrap-and-clamp strategy, and Owen and Love couldn't restrain him.

The Cavaliers attacked, James passed the ball to the running Irving, who jumped to the basket and forced a layup under Anderson's interference. His movements were a little deformed, and the person also rushed out of the field by inertia, and the ball bounced out of the frame.

When the Cavaliers desperately needed to stabilize the situation, Owen was fighting. The rebound was picked up by Anderson, and the Knicks immediately counterattacked, and Zhou Xuan passed to Parsons.

James went all out to defend, Parsons passed to Leonard, who faced Vitesse with a pull-up jumper, the opportunity came out, but the shot was a little bigger, popped out of the frame, and James took the rebound.

James shouted "steady" at Irving, and he controlled the ball for half of the court, his expression was very stern and a little anxious.