Although the Cavaliers don't have Irving now, as long as LeBron is with the Cavaliers for one day, no team will underestimate the Cavaliers.

With the addition of his good brother Wade, LeBron has also left the haze of Irving's departure this summer behind.

The current Cavaliers, if they run in well, will also be very scary.

The only drawback is that the team lacks a person who can create three-point opportunities on his own, Irving can do it in the past, and now, whether it is Frye or Korver, they are top shooters and need others to create opportunities for them.

As for Wade, Rose, Thomas Jr., looking at their entire season, three-pointers, it's not what they're good at.

So, now the Cavaliers are playing more offense inside the three-point line.

The Rockets' defensive strategy is also relatively inward, borrowing from the Spurs' strategy of defending LeBron back then, and putting the outside line a little.

After LeBron scored the first goal, the Rockets also launched an offense, although the Cavaliers have their two brothers, but, brothers off the court, enemies on the court, Paul will naturally not be soft.

After the ball passed half court, in the face of Rose's defense, Paul did not choose to force a breakthrough, after all, the Cavaliers' current lineup has shrunk more sharply, and if you go inside, it is tantamount to playing with fire.

Cheng Lei comprehended and helped Harden make a block, and after the ball reached Harden's hands, Cheng Lei chose to slip to the bottom line.

It is impossible to let LeBron defend a newcomer with all his might, so Cheng Lei is still relatively free on the court, and LeBron is not staring at him all the time.

Everyone knows Wade's defensive intensity, iron-blooded defense, although he is now old, but still maintains his tough defense, Harden faces a Wade who can defend and is full of experience, and wants to make him a foul.

However, this trick was also used by Wade before, where would he be cheated.

There was no choice but to pass the ball back.

Paul slammed the ball towards the inside line with both hands, and it turned out that Cheng Lei slipped to the general and found that LeBron didn't come at all, so he ran directly to the free throw line under the basket.

After receiving Paul's pass, Cheng Lei turned around and was ready to shoot.

"Be careful!" Paul exclaimed.

Cheng Lei only saw a black shadow flash in front of him, and a person pounced towards the ball he had just dialed out.

Syllable...

slapped the ball down and directly fanned the ball off the field.

Cheng Lei found out that LeBron didn't know when, he had already run over from the side, and he was too careless to shoot this time, forgetting that LeBron's pursuit and defense ability is one of the best in the league.

"Ray, it's okay!" Paul hurriedly ran over and comforted Cheng Lei.

"It's okay, I was careless!" Cheng Lei looked at LeBron's back and said.

The first person in the alliance, you really can't be underestimated, isn't he really the goal of his own efforts, but he promised Wu Chunlei that sooner or later, he will surpass LeBron.

Serving on the sideline, Paul stood up, after receiving the ball, he ate Rose, Rose was hindered by a knee injury, many times, he didn't dare to let go completely, Paul just saw this, decisively accelerated, the disguise between the march, the continuous back and forth disguise, and opened the distance with Rose.

Shooting from mid-range, there is no pressure on Paul.

From the very beginning, the two sides launched a fierce competition, in the first quarter of the game, LeBron was still playing, the Rockets did not take too much advantage of the situation, and the Cavaliers' players were too strong in their individual defensive ability.

Even Lefou, who was criticized by the outside world for not giving it defensively, was a comprehensive lead in the face of Anderson.

Harden faced Wade's defense, and his foul-making skills seemed to have become less good all of a sudden, and he could only continue to score points by stepping back, but Harden's hand was not very good today, in the first quarter, he threw in a total of two balls, one three-pointer, one mid-range shot, scored five points, and the others were iron.

Cheng Lei also encountered the biggest trouble so far, even more uncomfortable than the time he faced Anthony, if he wanted to force LeBron, it didn't work at all, he could only shoot two three-pointers through running.

The best performance of the Rockets was Paul, who scored nine points in the first quarter.

At 32:26, the Rockets temporarily trailed by six points heading into the second quarter.

"I'm rubbing, LeBron is still that LeBron, it's really strong, I have to admire it!" Wu Chunlei took a sip of his drink and sighed.

"Yes, after so many years, he is still so capable of fighting!" Hicks nodded.

"Cheng Lei is really uncomfortable today, and he almost doesn't have a chance to play inside!"

"I hope the Rockets can withstand it, Harden's state today is not very good!"

When the main team rested, the substitutes of both sides played on it, fortunately, the bench lineup of the Rockets was still relatively powerful, as for the fact that over there, today's JR-Smith seemed to only have nerves and forgot to bring the knife.

In the first two minutes of the second quarter on the court, the Rockets' bench turned the score into a two-point difference.

De Shuai looked at his group of substitutes and nodded with satisfaction.

The Cavaliers called a timeout, the timeout ended, and the starters were back on the court.

After playing on the court this time, LeBron's offense became active, receiving the ball outside the three-point line at 45 degrees on the left side, and after a few tests on the right side, seeing that Cheng Lei was not fooled, he directly forcibly started.

LeBron's biggest advantage is his strong body, Cheng Lei's tonnage and height, compared to LeBron, there is a natural disadvantage.

Bang... Bang...

The two confronted each other physically, LeBron was like a bulldozer, crushing directly into it, and Cheng Lei had no way to stop LeBron who had already rushed up.

After pushing all the way to the basket, facing Capela's supplemental defense, jumping up is a split dunk, which is extremely violent.

"LeBron, this guy is so perverted, he just rushed inside with Cheng Lei!" Wu Chunlei said with a long mouth.

"Do you know why I didn't go to the draft?" Hicks suddenly looked at Wu Chunlei and said.

"You're not going to tell me you're scared, are you?"

"Hey, to be honest, indeed, you say, how do you feel when you are faced with such a perverted figure!"

"Hehe, I'm just like you, no, after coming here, I don't play basketball anymore!" Wu Chunlei said that he understood Hicks's feelings.

The score that was originally closer, under LeBron's active attack, the score was gradually pulled away, Harden's hand today is really ineffective, after scoring one in the second quarter, until now, he has not scored three points.

DUANG！

After hitting the iron again, Capela and Thompson jumped up at the same time under the basket, and after the two fought in the air, Capela successfully grabbed the rebound from Thompson, giving the Rockets a second chance to attack.

Swish...

Directly thrown to the outside, after Paul received the ball, it was directly a three-point shot.

The ball crossed a graceful arc and landed in the net.

"Thompson, you can't do it, that ball is too much! Look at your legs! Capela duly taunted Thompson.

", what are you talking about!" Thompson's anger came up all at once.

"What? Am I wrong? ”

"You kid, wait for you!" After Thompson said a harsh word, he ran back and prepared to attack.

(End of chapter)