Chapter 165 Adjustment Counter-adjustment

In the second half, Paul made another adjustment.

Now that "Birdman" Anderson and Boykins continue to play, Paul lets Big Z and Ye Feng play alone.

With an absolute height advantage, both of them are taking what they want.

Big Z showed an unsolvable hook hand, and Ye Feng pulled up a jump shot directly after the confrontation.

The 208-centimeter Anderson and the 165-centimeter Boykins are no way around it.

Playing and fighting, the Cavaliers once again achieved a comeback.

"It's a great game, the managers on both sides are fighting wits and courage, and the players are also playing their own games."

"It's not five to five, it's six to six, and the managers of both sides seem to be on the field."

Bozdrick, who fell to the disadvantage again, held the tactical board, hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and called a timeout.

"Elson and Miller, go all out to organize the attack!"

Camby's absence is an inevitable loss to the Nuggets' interior defense.

Despite all the brains and clever schemes, Bouzdrick was resolved by Paul one by one.

In this way, no matter what Bouzderrick does, it will not be able to fundamentally make up for Camby's absence.

"In that case, we don't fight defense, we just attack well."

Buzdrick is really not simple, and when it is time to make a decision, he is very decisive, without hesitation at all, and he does not drag his feet at all.

After all, not every rookie manager would dare to give up defense in this era.

The Nuggets switched to the most attacking lineup.

On the Cavaliers' side, as a weak team, there is no too strong defense, basically relying on one-on-one single defense ability, and offense is everything.

So, the two teams started to attack.

You attack me for a goal, I exchange you for a goal, it's very exciting, and the fans are addicted.

If you want to watch offensive basketball in this era, you can only watch the Kings game, and other teams can hardly see it, and the fans have earned it today.

On the Nuggets side, Miller played, Lightner and Elson opened up space, and Anthony and Nene showed strong offensive ability.

On the Cavaliers' side, they relied more on individual ability, Ye Feng and Capono opened up space, and Big Z, Davis and James took turns to play singles.

In this way, both teams played extremely high offensive efficiency, and the shooting rate of both teams was close to 50%, and not long after entering the fourth quarter, the score of both sides exceeded 100, which is extremely rare in this era.

At the last moment, Davis of the Cavaliers came out of his power and hit consecutive difficult shots to take away the game in a wave.

Anthony kept fighting back, but because of the limitations of his thin body, the efficiency was still low to Davis.

The final score was 119-115, and the Cavaliers defeated the Nuggets by a small margin.

On the Cavaliers' side, James had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Davis had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Ye Feng had 18 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Ilgoskas had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Darius had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and McGinnis had 10 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists...... All six players in the team scored double-doubles.

On the Nuggets' side, Anthony scored a game-high 26 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks, and performed well on both offensive and defensive ends, but failed to lead the team to win.

In addition to Anthony, Nene had 21 points and 13 rebounds, Leonard had 13 points and 3 rebounds, and Joan Barry had 13 points and 4 rebounds, and only four people scored double-doubles in total.

Miller had only 8 points and 15 assists in the game, and he didn't score in a double-double. Boykins, the first attacker off the bench, also scored just five points. No one may have noticed that under Ye Feng's defense, the Nuggets' two No. 1 positions combined only scored 13 points, which was a big loss.

After this game, the Cavaliers and Nuggets have played both games this season with a 1-1 draw.

The Cavaliers' overall record improved to 7-11.

What's even more striking is that they have won 5-3 in their last eight games, winning even against strong teams like the Pistons and Nuggets.

Even though the Pistons didn't play well with Billups and the Nuggets couldn't play, the Cavaliers just won.

And in these 8 games, the Cavaliers players performed well, playing more and more like a team, and even being blown into the sky by the media.

"They've cashed in on their talent."

"James and Ye Feng are leading this team forward, and they are growing up too fast."

"Ilgoskas and Davis have set an example as veterans, and they've blended in with the two super-rookies."

"Just imagine how strong this team will be when Boozer returns!"

......

In these 8 games, Ye Feng averaged 18.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2 steals and 0.6 blocks per game, which has become the team's second scoring point, including a 32-point, a 30-point, and two double-doubles, only James still suppresses Ye Feng.

In short, everything shows that this Cavaliers are moving in the right direction.

The coaching staff is full of confidence, the morale of the players is high, and the media is holding the ......

The next day, before the back-to-back games against the Clippers, another piece of good news came that Boozer was back early.

In this game, the Cavaliers defeated the Clippers, a weak team in the West, without any suspense.

Boozer, who has just returned, slashed 18 points and 21 rebounds, and he doesn't look like a person who has returned from injury at all.

Ilgoskas had 26 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks, and the two worked together to make the Clippers' interior powerless.

Davis also had 16 points, five rebounds and five assists.

Ye Feng was decent, with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. But to defend the opponent's No. 1 position, the 201-centimeter Marco Jaric only scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, this big man didn't seem to be able to dribble the ball in front of Ye Feng, allowing Ye Feng to easily get 5 steals, creating a career high.

Ye Feng's defense is improving significantly, but James is very abnormal in this game.

Under the defense of the Clippers' second-in-command Corey Margetty, James shot 2-of-13 from the field, 0-of-3 from three-point range, and no free throws, only scoring 4 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, with a miserable shooting rate of 15.4%.

This is James' lowest score so far in the game, and it is also the lowest shooting percentage, compared to his previous average of nearly 18 points per game and 50% shooting, it is simply two people.

And the main reason is not how strong Corey Margeti's defense is, but James' own dysfunction.

Ye Feng personally experienced the whole game, and he can probably see the reason.

That is, Boozer's comeback took away a lot of James's balls, making James very uncomfortable.

Ilgoskas plays inside and outside, Davis plays breakout, and Boozer is good at blocking and picking, which are actually good tactics.

Like Ye Feng, he is very adaptable, because he has a super stable three-point shot in his hand, and the opponent is defensive, Ye Feng can open up space. The opponent was unguarded, and Ye Feng directly threw the opponent to doubt his life. In recent games, because the opponent has paid more and more attention to Ye Feng's long-range shots, Ye Feng's three-point shooting rate has been declining, but the threat has not decreased at all.

On the contrary, James' extremely low three-point shooting percentage made it impossible for him to adapt to the three-man style of play, and when the three-man was single, James was always a little at a loss. When he received a basketball in the open position, he didn't dare to shoot too much, after all, the shooting rate was less than 30%.

At the end of the day, James is the one who needs someone else to adapt to him, and he has that ability. And it's a little too hard for him to adapt to others.

On December 9, James continued to play erratically, shooting 4-of-12 from the field against the Hawks, scoring only 8 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The Cavaliers continued to win and won three in a row, but the core James' stats continued to decline.

Some media even began to question that James really deserves to be the champion, although the data is still good-looking, but the shortcomings are very obvious, and the stability is obviously not as good as Anthony.

And among these media, there is one media that stands firmly behind James, and that is ESPN.

They firmly believe that James is absolutely worthy of the top pick, even one of the best in history.

Everyone is not surprised by ESPN's attitude, after all, ESPN has been holding James since high school, and it can be claimed to be James's royal media.

James was able to beat Anthony in the draft, and ESPN should be the first to take the lead.

Just when these media were arguing, a big deal happened, and Ye Feng was shocked.

(End of chapter)